diskusbooks Chapter 527: Announcement of the Imperial Decree
Chapter 527: Announcement of the Imperial Decree
"Really drunk?"
In the swaying carriage, Li Xingsang leaned over and asked in a pretentious manner.
The little girl closed her eyes, leaned on her brother, her eyeballs rolling around under her eyelids, but she didn't say a word.
OK, you are really drunk, right?
Li Xingsang reached out and pinched the little girl's face, "Still pretending!"
“Hey…!”
Jiang An's face was being pulled, and he smiled at Li Xingsang ingratiatingly, "Wake up, wake up~"
Isn't that waking up?
"cough…"
Qi Shanyuan quickly stepped forward to dissuade them and rescued the little girl from Xingsang.
"Okay, okay, it's not a big deal."
Li Xingsang was furious, "It's not a big deal!"
He saw the little girl running around in the alley. Some of the servants who were doing the work did not know her, and when they saw a stranger barging in, they really wanted to kill her!
If the owner of Shangxianfang hadn't been chasing her closely, what if some blind person really hurt her?
"If you have any plan, you should talk to us first so that we can cover for you!" Li Xingsang poked the little girl's forehead, still feeling unsatisfied.
"Hehe~"
Jiang An, with a flushed forehead, shrank towards Yuan Yuan.
She is still very smart. It is useless to look for her brother, so of course she has to go to Yuanyuan.
Huo Changming is so strong and is a head taller than Li Xingsang!
Whenever he got into trouble, Xingsang would always teach him a lesson, which was better than his father's.
This is what I developed since childhood, there is no other way~
"I just thought of it on impulse after I saw her~"
Originally, I really just wanted to come to Shangxianfang to celebrate!
"And I was really a little drunk. I wasn't lying." The girl did not forget to make some excuses.
But as I was running, I had already sobered up~
She muttered to herself, and her quibbling appearance made Qi Shanyuan laugh.
He handed the little girl a cup of hangover tea, half coaxing her and half changing the subject, and asked, "What did An An find out after all this trouble all night?"
When talking about this, Jiang An looked proud.
She pointed to her head and said, "It's all in my head!"
Tomorrow I will go to the Ministry of Industry to get the drawings of Shangxianfang. By comparing them one by one, I will definitely find some clues.
"Eh…"
The little girl suddenly whispered, gossiping in her eyes, "I just saw quite a few familiar faces from the court in the alley."
"Everyone acts like a saint in front of others, but I didn't expect that in private they are actually... ugh!"
Jiang An's mouth was blocked, and his round eyes rolled around with a cunning look.
Li Xingsang almost fainted from anger. Is this something a little girl like her can see?
Not only did he see it, he also told others about it!
"This Shangxianfang looks elegant, but behind the scenes it's nothing but dirty things." He said angrily.
"Don't tell these words to anyone else, not even Lord Wu and the others!"
"otherwise…"
Jiang An made a gesture of keeping his mouth shut, shook his head, and said obediently, "I definitely won't tell you~"
"Oh, what did I say just now? I forgot..."
The little girl hugged Yuanyuan's arm and muttered, "I feel dizzy, I fell asleep~"
Jiang An closed his eyes and actually fell asleep.
Jiang An: I will never give you the chance to write a letter back to Beidi to complain! !
The day was finally over. The next day, when the results of the palace examination came out, I saw the ceremonial officer coming out of the main gate of the palace...
The people who came to watch the fun followed the ceremonial officer, wanting to see who would be the top scholar this year.
As expected, there was a knock on the county lady's mansion.
"The ceremonial teams of the top and third place candidates are all in front of the county lady's gate. Could it be..."
"what do you know!"
"They were the first and second in the imperial examination this year, and their essays are still widely circulated in Beijing."
"It's just... I heard that the bookstore's pamphlets are all sold out, and now they are hard to come by!"
There was constant discussion among the crowd.
"It's open, it's open... the door is open!"
I saw that the main door of the mansion and the side doors on both sides were wide open.
Since there were only a few young people living in the mansion, it was Huo Changming and three other people who came out to greet the ceremonial team.
The three of them were dressed in fine clothes and bathed in the sunshine, truly demonstrating what "high-spirited and vigorous" meant!
The music played by the ceremonial officer stopped, and the young eunuch beside His Majesty came to announce the decree. They had also met before.
"Congratulations, gentlemen..."
The young eunuch smiled and looked kind.
Although he was talking to Qi Shanyuan and the others, his eyes passed through the gap in the stone screen and looked at the little ancestor sitting at the first seat in the main hall.
Is she not going to come out?
Although he had some vague guesses in his mind, the young eunuch remained calm.
"My two lords, please accept my order!"
Qi Shanyuan and Li Xingsang didn't waste any time, they lifted up their robes and knelt happily.
Huo Changming also knelt down, but his mind was already wandering.
He said why his sister didn’t come out to join in the fun today, so there is such a part!
Jiang An never knelt before His Majesty in the court, but now she had to kneel before a piece of cloth. She couldn't do it...
But the gate of the mansion was wide open, and the matter of announcing the top and third place in the imperial examination was again underway.
If she came out but didn't kneel, these onlookers would inevitably gossip.
Jiang An herself was not afraid, but now that Yuanyuan and Xingsang's careers had just begun, she would not come to cause trouble.
The imperial edict is long and boring, but there are not a single useful sentence...
Fortunately, the little girl specifically ordered their officers to clean the area in front of the mansion gate carefully this morning, otherwise there would be some small stones there, and their three knees would have suffered!
In the end, Huo Changming only remembered to let Shanyuan and Xingsang ride in a parade through the streets, and then choose a day to set off back to the north to announce the good news. As for the appointment, he would wait until after the new year to come to Beijing... and talk about it later!
Huo Changming's face was wrinkled like a bitter gourd.
Still have to come...
After the imperial edict was announced, the ceremonial officer took the two of them away with music and drums.
Jiang Anding was worried about them, so he sent a few good men to follow them along the way.
The common people who came to watch the fun did not leave with the ceremonial officers, but stared at the county lord's mansion which was still open.
In the main hall, Jiang An propped his head up with his hands and said lazily, "Take out the copper coins that you prepared..."
"Has the restaurant been booked?"
Zheng Yan: "According to your instructions, we have booked eight restaurants in four directions of Kyoto, and are waiting for the two young masters to ride their horses and parade through the streets to start the feast."
"It's done~"
The little girl blinked her still sore eyes and said, "Let me clean up."
"Let's go out and watch the fun!"
"Yes!"
In front of the mansion gate, seven or eight strong men carried out four baskets, which were covered with red cloth.
Zhengyan stood in front and bowed to the people, "There is a happy event in the palace today, give out wedding money!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the red cloth on the basket was removed.
"hiss…"
Some people gasped, while others lamented the county lord's wealth.
Good words come out like crazy without any cost.
"Don't worry, everyone...don't worry!"
"My young lady said that eight restaurants in the city will hold a buffet today. Regardless of your status or where you come from, as long as you show your support on the street, you can all go and have a seat!"
"There's plenty of wine, food and drinks, everyone, enjoy your meal!"