My name is Chang An, your name is Gu Li

While eating hot pot, Chang An suddenly asked, "By the way, Brother Mo Jie, when will the results of the Spring Examination be announced?"

Wang Wei thought for a while while holding his chopsticks, and replied: "It shouldn't take a few days. The examiners are fast enough to mark the papers. The announcement of the results will be released tomorrow."

"Then when does Brother Mojie plan to return home?" Chang An asked again.

"Let's see if it's successful first. It's not a good time to jump to conclusions." Wang Wei shook his head.

"When the results are announced, please remember to let us know. Chang Lang and I will go and see it together." Gu Li also said, "Chang Lang has good eyesight, maybe he can help you two gentlemen."

"We will," Wang Wei said.

"Okay, okay, let's stop here for today's topic and eat." Chang An didn't plan to continue this topic. He would feel burdened if he talked too much.

In the Ministry of Rites, almost all the officials were marking the imperial examination papers. The imperial examination was a big event, so Chen Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites was no exception. While marking the papers, he suddenly heard a knock at the door.

Minister Chen looked up and found Song Jing standing at the door with his finger still on it.

When he saw Song Jing, he quickly stood up, bowed to Song Jing, and greeted him, "Prime Minister Song."

"Minister Chen, you go ahead and do your work. Don't worry about me." Song Jing waved his hand and said with a smile.

Minister Chen was also somewhat suspicious. Song Jing was the prime minister, so it was impossible for him to have nothing better to do than go shopping in the Ministry of Rites to digest his food. Eighty percent of the time, he was here to make an introduction. The remaining twenty percent of doubts naturally involved Song Jing's student Chang Yonghe.

Because Chang Yonghe did not participate in this year's Spring Examination, and if Chang Yonghe really wanted to participate in the Spring Examination, Song Jing would not have to inform them himself, because their Ministry of Rites would have put Chang Yonghe's paper first.

"Um... I wonder if Minister Chen knows about Wang Wei's paper?" Song Jing said.

Wang Wei?! Minister Chen was stunned for a moment, as if he had just corrected the paper. So he searched through the papers in front of him and soon found a paper.

"Wang Wei, Wang Mojie, is this the test paper?" Minister Chen put the test paper in front of Song Jing and asked.

"Yes, let me take a look." Song Jing took the paper from Minister Chen:

There is obviously no problem with the annotations of the classics. As for the essay writing, Wang Wei wrote a poem, which is also a very good trial poem, and there is no problem with it.

When it came to the final question, the answer was a little disappointing. The answer was relatively simple, not very detailed, but it was good enough to be selected.

"I wonder what ranking Minister Chen will get for this paper?" Song Jing asked.

"In my humble opinion, it should be impossible to win." Minister Chen replied.

"I won't make things difficult for you, Minister Chen. Please do me a favor tonight and give Wang Wei a ranking. As for what it looks like, it doesn't matter." After Song Jing returned the test paper to Minister Chen, he planned to leave.

"Oh, what a coincidence, Prime Minister Song." Chang Wenmeng also walked in at this time and bowed to both Minister Chen and Song Jing:

"Meet Prime Minister Song and Minister Chen."

Minister Chen was stunned again and said, "Dr. Chang, your son did not take the imperial examination."

"I know that," Chang Wenmeng said with a smile, and then said, "I just want to ask Minister Chen if there is a paper from Mr. Gao Shi?"

"Gao Shi?" Minister Chen flipped through the pile of test papers in front of him again, took out another test paper, which was signed by Gao Shi, and handed it to Chang Wenmeng.

Chang Wenmeng took Gao Shi's paper and started reading it. At first, he felt a little reluctant when reading the scriptures, essays and poems. But when he saw the last question, his eyelids couldn't help but jump up -

"What's wrong, Doctor Chang?" After seeing Chang Wenmeng's appearance, Minister Chen and Prime Minister Song couldn't help but become curious, so they both leaned over to take a look.

As a result, when I read to the end, I found that these policy papers were very good, and even well-reasoned. But when I went back to read the previous scripture posts and essays, it was hard to believe that they were written by the same person.

"This... Minister Chen," Chang Wenmeng said hesitantly, "Just, can you please give me a ranking for my sake?"

After seeing the paper, Minister Chen reluctantly said, "It's not impossible. After all, with the recommendation of Dr. Chang, he must be an extraordinary person. If I give him a ranking... it's not impossible."

"Thank you very much, Minister Chen." After handing the paper back to Minister Chen, Chang Wenmeng bowed and said, "I will take my leave now."

"Take care, Dr. Chang."

Song Jing and Minister Chen both watched Chang Wenmeng leave, and then he said, "Minister Chen, I'll take my leave first."

"Prime Minister Song, take care."

Minister Chen was assigned two papers in a row, and he looked a little disheveled at the moment. To be honest, if Song Jing and Chang Wenmeng had not come today, these two papers might have been suppressed by him.

One is a very good essay on scriptures and calligraphy, and the other is not bad in terms of policy questions.

"Forget it, forget it..." Minister Chen held the two test papers in his hand and simply stopped thinking about it. He put the test papers aside and went back to continue grading the papers.

The next day, Chang An was studying law as usual. While sitting in the carriage, Chang An heard a lot of voices coming from outside the carriage, which seemed to be about the announcement of the results. He stopped the coachman, opened the curtain, and randomly called a student.

When the student saw that it was Chang An, he bowed and greeted him, "Mr. Chang."

"Sir, are you discussing the announcement of the results just now?" Chang An asked with a smile.

"That's right. Today is the day when the results will be announced. It's February 20th," the student replied.

Chang An nodded slightly to him, said "thank you" and lowered the car curtain.

......

February 20th was Chang'an's day off, and he didn't sleep in. He sat up right after waking up. Gu Li, who was beside him, was also woken up by Chang'an's actions, and he hummed twice and moved towards Chang'an again.

Chang An saw her like this every day, so he leaned over slightly, kissed her on the cheek, and then said softly: "Dear mother Gu, we should get up."

"Okay..." After receiving a pat from Chang An, Gu Li opened his eyes with satisfaction and sat up from the bed.

"Today is the day when the results will be announced, and we have to accompany Brother Mojie and Brother Gao to see the results." Chang An said, and got out of bed to put on his shoes and clothes.

"After accompanying Brother Mojie and Brother Gao to look at the list, we will go to Doctor Zhang to take his pulse and check his body." After Chang An put on his clothes, he took the clothes that Gu Li had placed on the hanger and changed Gu Li into them.

"Really?" Gu Li heard what Chang An said while he was being served by him. He seemed a little excited at this moment. "Didn't Chang Lang say a while ago that I don't cough much anymore? Does that mean I can give birth to a baby for Chang Lang?"

Chang An smiled and stretched out his hand to pinch Gu Li's cheek: "But you have to listen to Doctor Zhang. We can't make the decision."

After saying that, Gu Li's eyes darkened a little. It was obvious that Gu Li was disappointed. Chang An felt a little distressed when he saw this. He leaned over to "bite" her little lips twice and said, "But I think that Gu Niang is definitely ready to have a baby. I fed her so many delicious foods that she has gained weight."

"Really?" Gu Li actually stretched out his two little hands and held them on his waist. "It seems that you have really gained weight. This will make it easier to give birth, right?"

"Yes, of course."

At 2 o'clock in the morning, Wang Wei and Gao Shi also arrived at Chang's residence, each riding a horse. Chang An also quickly took out the white horse that Li Guinian had given him, and then took Gu Li out with him.

Wang Wei looked at the white horse and asked in confusion, "Isn't this Mr. Li's horse?"

"Indeed, but Mr. Li has given it to me now." Chang An replied with a smile.

"I see." Wang Wei nodded. "The results will be announced at 9:00 pm. Brother Yonghe, let's set off now."

Chang An nodded and said, "That's right. I will follow with Gu Niang, and Brother Mo Jie and Brother Gao can lead the way first."

Wang Wei and Gao Shi nodded, and then set off on horseback. Chang An rode a white horse and followed behind them with Gu Li.

The place where the results were posted was at the entrance of the Ministry of Rites, where a wall was specially built to post the list of the imperial examination. At this time, many candidates had gathered in front of the list, and opposite them were a group of soldiers who were maintaining order.

Chang An and others found a position and rode on their horses to look at the list from a better angle.

Soon, the sound of a gong was heard in front of the list - "It's noon, the list is open!"

As soon as the shout ended, the cloth hanging on the wall to cover the list was torn down, and the surrounding officers and soldiers also made way for them to prevent being squeezed by the candidates.

"Brother Yonghe, you have good eyesight, can you help us take a look?" Wang Wei stretched his neck and said nervously.

"no problem......"

Chang An narrowed his eyes slightly, looked at the position on the list, and then said: "Brother Gao got it! But it's in a relatively backward position."

After hearing this, Gao Shi also asked nervously: "I won, what about Brother Wang's?"

Chang An looked at the list carefully again, and then said, "That's right! It's third."

"Really?" Wang Wei was a little bit unbelievable.

At this time, Chang An smiled, then called a candidate, took out a silver ingot, and said, "Sir, can you help me see the list of two people? One is named Wang Wei, and the other is named Gao Shi."

"No problem." The scholar took the silver and squeezed into the crowd.

Not long after, the examinee came out again and said, "Congratulations! Mr. Gao is ranked at the bottom of the list, and Mr. Wang is ranked third!"

Chang An smiled and nodded, then waved his hand to indicate that he could leave.

"How is it? I didn't lie to you, did I?"

Wang Wei and Gao Shi were both excited at this time. They dismounted from their horses, raised their hands, bowed, and saluted Chang An deeply.

"Thank you very much, Brother Yonghe (Brother Chang) for your recommendation. Without your recommendation, we two would have had a hard time passing the exam." The two said in unison.