This sudden imperial edict made everyone present stunned. The Shen family was confused. Of course, whether it was stunned or confused, the imperial edict had to wear regular clothes to set up incense tables to receive the imperial edict. While Chen Muke ordered people to set up incense tables, he rushed back to the yard to change his official edict.

Tao also looked confused and Hui Ruoshuiyuan. She was so good at making up. Why didn’t she know that Chen Muke was so capable? A mere third-rank official could also make the emperor issue an imperial edict. Chen Danxia was the simplest. She was wearing gorgeous clothes and didn’t have to go back to the yard to change it. Then she was caught by Chen’s mother, “Nine Girl, how could there be an imperial edict?”

How can someone answer this question? Chen Danxia really wanted to say something to Chen's mother, how could she know how there would be an imperial edict? She is not the emperor.

Chen's mother didn't seem to need Chen Danxia's answer. She stared at Chen Danxia's face and thought that today was Chen Danxia's birthday and the birthday of the eldest prince; the fifteen-year-old eldest prince can also get married. Is the emperor trying to point his granddaughter to the eldest prince as the official concubine?

Born on the same day of the same year, the same month and day, it was the destined fate of God. The more Chen's mother thought about it, the more she felt it was possible. She smiled so hard that her chrysanthemums bloomed, and Chen Danxia looked horrified. Could it be that her old lady was scared by the imperial edict?

Chen's mother was not scared by the imperial edict. She just thought too beautifully. She thought that the eldest prince would be lucky enough to ascend to that position in the future. Her granddaughter was the queen. What a glorious thing that would have been to have an empress in the Shen family. With the appearance of her granddaughter, she thought she could be the only one who favored the harem. At that time, the wealth of the Shen family would definitely last for hundreds of years.

Chen’s mother had expected it well. This was indeed a marriage imperial edict. The woman was Chen Danxia, ​​but the man was not the eldest prince Gao Ju, the mother expected. But Chen’s mother looked down upon and disliked, her youngest daughter’s stepson Xu Lang.

Kneeling in front of the incense table, the eunuch who announced the edict opened the imperial edict and recited loudly: "In accordance with the will of heaven, the emperor said: The Shen family has a daughter named Danxia, ​​who is virtuous, kind, gentle and kind, and outstanding in character. I am very happy to hear it. Now the Xu family has a son named Lang, who is already in the crown. When it is time to marry, you should choose a virtuous daughter and match him. The Shen family daughter is in the name of the boudoir, and she is a golden boy and jade girl with the Xu family. I want to be beautiful in becoming a man, so I specially betrothed the Shen family daughter as my wife. The two families choose a good day to get married, and I admire this!"

Chen's mother instantly understood why she invited Mrs. Xu to be the guest, but she understood that she was so nervous that the Xu family's ability increased, and she could ask for an imperial edict to marry. A few years ago, when the third master of the Xiangqing Marquis' Mansion got married, they were just the imperial edict of the Empress. After the emperor ascended the throne for so many years, this was the first imperial edict to marry.

"Thank you, Lord, Long's kindness." Chen Danxia didn't know about this before, but it did not prevent her from happily accepting the order. If she could marry the chosen one, the process was not important.

Yuan Qingyin quickly stuffed a bag of silver to the eunuch who announced the eunuch. Following Chen Muke, Tao and Shen Bomi sent the person out the door. Compared to Chen's mother's frustration, Tao's mother was very satisfied with the marriage and had a great chat with Mrs. Xu, the in-laws. Chen Muke felt relieved, and a scapegoat helped him with Gao Yan's anger.

Some people were happy, some were envious, some were dissatisfied, some were angry, and there were quite a lot of angry people. After all, Xu Lang is a famous talent in the city. There are not a hundred or eighty people who want to marry him. Moreover, Chen Danxia is not famous and is just the daughter of a third-rank official. What can she do to let the emperor point her to Xu Lang?

It’s better not to mention those who don’t know each other. Chen Danxia knew at least three people and was very disliked by this marriage. One was Xu Wen, who was about to become Chen Danxia’s sister-in-law, and the other was Chen Danxia’s former classmate Dong Liluo. The last one was Prince Anping Gao Yan, who was preparing to come to the Shen family to propose marriage tomorrow.

Xu Wen's reaction was the slightest, just curled his lips and said a few sour words; Dong Liluo pounced on the bed and cried loudly, "Mr. Xu, whom she missed, how could she marry a mandarin duck like Chen Danxia? How could the emperor ask for trouble? Her heart hurts so much, she is so sad! She completely forgot the fact that she is married as a woman."

Gao Yan was furious and smashed the things in the room to pieces. Seeing that things were about to succeed, they were intercepted by someone. And he could not make the matter change, unless he immediately rebelled and successfully rebelled and ascended the throne successfully. Only then can the new dynasty ignore the old dynasty and he can bring Chen Danxia into the palace, but everything was not ready and he could not rebel.

After a blow, Gao Jing calmed down. There was no way out on the surface, but it was still possible to do something secretly. No one could take away what he wanted.

The marriage of the legitimate daughter was given by the emperor so that Chen Muke would not be upset. So he cared about the marriage of Chen Danxun, who was more than a month younger than Chen Danxia. Yes, Chen Muke had not given up letting Qiao Zhijia be his son-in-law, but the legitimate daughter could not be successful, and there was also a concubine. Why didn't he consider Chen Dan? It was because Dong Qixiu was unwilling to do so.

Dong Qixiu looked down on Qiao Zhijia. Even if he passed the imperial examination and could become an official, he still could not change his origins as a merchant family, nor could he hide his odor. Just like the Tao family, she disliked her. She refused to allow her daughter to marry such a person.

Of course, when Dong Qixiu convinced Chen Muke, he was still very tactful. Chen Muke just wanted Qiao Zhijia to be his son-in-law. As for marrying that daughter to him, Chen Dan would be fine. If Chen Dan couldn't think about it, then Chen Danxun would be fine.

Although Chen Muke didn't want to see Tao, Tao was the mistress after all, and she had to take care of the marriage. "It was supposed to have decided to have this matter before the spring exam, but since the spring exam has been released, let Xun Jie'er and the Shihui decide the marriage before the palace examination to avoid sudden changes. What do you think?"

Tao had no objection to marrying Chen Danxun to Qiao Zhijia, but thinking about Chen Danxun’s background, he still said too much, “Don’t the Qiao family dislike the Fourth Girl who is a illegitimate girl?”

"The Qiao family has a shallow foundation." Chen Muke touched his beard and said. Qiao Zhijia was good at studying, but the Qiao family has no successor for the time being, and he still has to rely on his gentleman.

Tao immediately understood, waved his hand and said, "Then get engaged to them." Tao took the time to meet Qiao Zhijia's parents while busy preparing dowry for his legitimate daughter, and then handed Chen Danxun's Geng Tie to the matchmaker invited by the Qiao family.

After a few days of busy life, Chen Danxia and Shen Danxun’s marriage was basically a foregone conclusion. When Chen Muke learned that Chen Muxun had betrothed Chen Danxun to Qiao Zhijia, Chen Dannian rushed into Jingyuan and slapped Chen Danxun in the face. Chen Danxun was stunned by her, "Are you crazy?"

"Shameless." Chen Dannian cursed.

Chen Danxun never cares about Chen Dannian. In her eyes, Chen Dannian is a fool. His mother went out to attend a banquet and never took Chen Dannian and Shen Dannian to know that these two people would be raised by her mother to become an old girl. In the future, she would definitely get married, but the ones who married would definitely not be able to go there. However, Chen Danxun was also annoyed by her slap for no reason and asked in a deep voice: "Why am I shameless?"

"Mr. Qiao clearly I fell in love with him first. Why should you get engaged to him? You should tell your wife immediately, that if you marry him, I will marry you." Chen Dannian said shamelessly.

Chen Danxun was stunned for a moment. She was really knowledgeable. How did Chen Dannian say such shameless words? Chen Danxun had no time to get entangled with Chen Dannian. She was busy embroidering her dowry and said lightly: "My parents are the ones who are the ones who are good at marriage. The fifth sister is very capable and dare not listen to her parents' words. I dare not. If the fifth sister, if she can persuade her father to change her mind, everything will be followed by the fifth sister."

Chen Dannian ignored the ridicule in the words and asked seriously: "Are you serious about this?"

"There is no falsehood at all." Chen Danxun was not worried that Chen Muke would change his mind. Even if Chen Dannian could persuade Chen Muke, his mother would never allow this matter to live. It is not a good reputation for easy marriage between a sister.

"Wait, I'll go find my father now." Chen Dannian hurriedly turned around and walked out. Chen Danxun looked at the background where she left, his eyes were slightly slight, and he raised his hand to cover his cheek. She would give Chen Dannian one day the slap she would give Chen Dannian back.

Chen Muke was still in the yamen, and Chen Dannian could not find Chen Muke; Tao knew about her slap in the Jingyuan, and also knew the content of the conversation between the sisters. Tao was too lazy to come forward to "teach" Chen Dannian, so he called Madam Zou, "I've been busy these days and I don't have time to ask, how have I learned the rules of the fifth girl after learning so long?"

Madam Zou has been tutoring the Shen family for so long, and she knows the relationship between Tao and Shen Dannian. Madam Zou seems to be much more generous than the mistress of other mansions. In fact, she has her own strengths. She doesn't beat or scold the concubine's daughter, and also keeps her delicious food and drink, but she completely ignores the concubine's daughter, as if there is no such person in the mansion. Now she suddenly cares about how Chen Dannian learned the rules. Madam Zou is sure that Chen Dannian made a mistake, which aroused Tao's dissatisfaction. She wants to learn the rules to make trouble.

In a moment, Madam Zou thought of a word, "Miss Five is not willing to learn the rules. She has become more lazy these days. The old slave persuaded her with great sincerity. She couldn't listen to her at all. She also said that she was a charmer and she would enjoy her happiness at home."

Tao snorted coldly, "Mum is too kind and ruthless. She has to start and discipline her hard for such people who don't learn the rules well, otherwise what's the use of me asking you back?"

"I understand. From now on, I will teach the five girls the rules strictly." Madam Zou said hurriedly.

"If you still can't teach well, then the rotten wood cannot be carved. I won't make things difficult for you. I will help you find a good place to enjoy your old age." Tao said with a smile.

Madam Zou was overjoyed and kowtowed, "Thank you, Mrs.

From this day on, Chen Dannian had no free time. From the morning of Mao to the evening of Hai, she had to learn the rules. When she resisted a little, Madam Zou took a ruler and hit her on the handboard. She made her miserable and cried to Dong Qixiu.

Dong Qixiu asked Mama Zou to plead with her. Mama Zou almost pissed Dong Qixiu to death with just one word. "My aunt is from a small family and doesn't know the importance of learning rules. The old slave can't explain it clearly to the aunt. Please get out of the way and don't delay the girl learning rules. Girls are different from aunts, but they will be married to others in the future."

What else can Dong Qixiu say? She can't say anything and can't complain to Chen Muke. After all, letting Chen Dan recite the rules is to make Chen Dan recite the good.

On the seventh day of the fourth month, Shen Bomi and others entered the palace to participate in the tribute examination; the tribute examination was held in the Baohe Hall of the palace and was presided over by the Ministry of Rites. Three hundred Jinshis passed the exam again. After passing the exam, they were called tribute scholars and obtained the qualification for the palace examination chaired by the emperor himself.

The purpose of the tribute examination is to test whether the candidates have real talent and knowledge, and then to look at the appearance and figure of the Jinshi. Officials must be able to pass the test, be too ugly, have misbehaved, and lose their official power. A total of 100 tribute scholars admitted this time were admitted to the palace at the beginning of Chen Shi and ended at the beginning of Shen Shi. After the exam, they had to receive an hour of etiquette training in the palace.

At the right time in Chen, the tribute examination officially began, and 300 Jinshi were busy writing. At the right time in the afternoon, the morning exam ended, and the palace maids sent a simple lunch to fill their stomachs. After lunch, they rested for a quarter of an hour and continued the afternoon exam. The afternoon exam was poetry and essays.

The Fu is: "Tongtiantai Fu" is based on the rhyme of "Hongcun, the floating scenery is below". Shen Bai thought hard for a moment and wrote on the paper: "Peachers wander, climb the Qinyuan and wander around..."

The title of the poem is: "Poems on the Forest Garden in Flowers", Qiao Zhijia wrote: "The east 6 wind arrives, and the flowers on the garden are blooming. The branches hide the birds, and the fragrant stamens blow on the carriage. The whites are scattered and the sunny days are sunny, and the reds are slack and the evening is... "

At the beginning of Shen Shi, the Jinshi sent someone to take away the roll of paper, and the Jinshi began to learn etiquette. In the school, everyone had learned etiquette, but now they learned it similar to what they had learned before. The main reason is that the etiquette in the face of the saint is the top priority. Offending Shangguan can be solved. Although offending the emperor, although he will not be chopped off his head, there is basically no hope of promotion. Even if everyone is tired on this day, they are cheering up and studying seriously.

By the time they could leave the palace, they were already in a state of decline and were hungry. They greeted each other in a hurry, and went back to their own houses to prepare for the palace examination, stayed in the door and worked hard to study.

Five days later, the tribute test list was posted. Shen Bomi, Qiao Zhijia and Gu Qingshan were on the list, and Shen Boyu and the four of them failed the exam without any surprise. Cui Chengda, Shen Boyu and Shen Boyu were self-aware and accepted it calmly; but Zhao Shifei, who believed he was talented, snatched the ground with his head in annoyance.

Only tribute scholars can participate in the palace examination, and the rankings of the palace examinations of this dynasty are the same as those of the previous dynasty, and they are divided into three grades. There are three grades in the first grade, the first name is the top scholar, the second name is the second name, the third name is the Tanhua, and they are given the Jinshi. The second place is the fifty, the first place is the Chuanlu, and they are given the Jinshi. The remaining people in the third place are all given the same Jinshi.

The same Jinshi as the wife, who is a little shorter than the Jinshi, and the same wife is actually a concubine. According to the convention of this dynasty, the same Jinshi cannot stay in the capital and can only be qualified for the qualifications. If there is no political achievements and no connections, maybe decades have passed and he is still a seventh-rank county magistrate.

What made Shen Muke angry was that Shen Baiyu Changshui took the exam for 101, but the tribute scholars only ranked in the top 100, so he was better than not. Yongning Marquis' Mansion thought it was nothing. At worst, he would have planned a county town near Jindu for Shen Baiyu and asked him to be the county magistrate. He was the son-in-law of Yongning Marquis' Mansion. Even if he was a Jinshi, his official career would still be prosperous.

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Note: "Tongtiantai Fu" borrowed the top scholar of the Dingsi Department in the 12th year of the Dali period of the Tang Dynasty.

"Poems on the Linyuan in Huashang" is written by the top scholar who has not yet been a student in the 14th year of the Dali period of the Tang Dynasty.

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