"Butler Wu, it's been a long time since."

Chen Yichen clasped his fists and signaled to the middle-aged man, and also called out his last name.

This butler Wu once served as a manager in the Duke Cheng's Mansion in Yingtian. Later, he followed Zhu Yong to the capital and was promoted to the steward of the Duke's Mansion, so Chen Yichen met him.

"I haven't seen you for a long time. The prince has been waiting for a long time. Please, Mr. Chen."

Butler Wu bowed and replied with a smile, but did not neglect any etiquette because Chen Yichen was a maid.

It is not without reason that the concierge can be promoted to a butler. After all, the concierge is just a concierge.

"Please also ask Butler Wu to lead the way."

Chen Yichen was also kind of polite and thoughtful, and this behavior surprised Butler Wu.

Although I have seen Chen Yichen many times in Yingtian Mansion, it happened many years ago.

In the impression of Butler Wu, Chen Yichen was abandoned by Duke Cheng, and gradually became an ignorant person, no different from a local child.

I thought that if Chen Yichen continued to follow this trend, he would eventually be driven out of the Duke Cheng Mansion's private school, and from then on he had nothing to do with the Duke and was completely lost to everyone.

Who would have thought that I would see you again today? Chen Yichen was like a gentleman calm and generous, no less than the other two young men in the mansion.

No wonder the prince has recently started to pay attention to this maid again. As expected, the man has been separated for three days and should look at him with admiration.

Chen Yichen and A Niu followed Butler Wu into the Duke Chengguo Mansion in the capital. The layout here is similar to that of Duke Yingtian Mansion. Except for the different scale, there is nothing special about it.

However, after passing the corridor, Butler Wu called another servant and took A Niu to the side room to wait, allowing Chen Yichen to meet Duke Cheng.

This is also a normal operation. After all, A Niu is just a Bai Ding, so he will naturally not see him as Duke Cheng. In addition, it is not convenient for many outsiders to be present after a private conversation between the "father and son".

In the main hall of the Duke's Mansion, Zhu Yong, Duke Cheng, sat on the main seat, watching Chen Yichen come step by step from the distance.

It has been almost a year since the last time the Duke Ying Tiancheng family banquet was met. This time I saw Chen Yichen again, in addition to growing taller and growing stronger, I could also feel a calm temperament.

He is no longer the boy he used to remember.

"Chen Yichen pays homage to the prince."

When he entered the main hall and looked at Zhu Yong, Chen Yichen did not have the emotional turbulence when he first met. Instead, he became much calmer.

I don’t know if I have adapted to this special father-son relationship, or if the emotions brought by Chen Yichen have been suppressed, but on the surface, I can at least treat them calmly.

"I haven't seen each other for a year, and it seems much more stable."

Chen Yichen just smiled and didn't answer this.

Perhaps it was the embarrassing relationship between the two, which was not suitable for the "reminiscing old love". After Duke Cheng Guoguo Zhu Yong finished speaking, he did not continue and directly got to the point.

"I learned the news before that you have won the county and government examinations. If nothing unexpected happens, you have already achieved the reputation of a scholar, right?"

Zhu Yong, Duke Cheng Guo, still did not know Chen Yichen's examination results, but under normal circumstances, the head of the case will definitely win a scholar. In addition, he is wearing a shirt today, and it is obvious that he has already achieved the reputation of a scholar.

"Go back to my grandfather, I have already achieved the reputation of a scholar."

"What is the score of the college entrance examination?"

"I was lucky enough to be raping the school's college as the head of the court."

Hearing the three words "the head of the court case", Duke Cheng Guoguo Zhu Yong's pupils shrank significantly.

You should know that the chief examiner of the college entrance examination was an official from Beijing. He would not be favored by himself because of his status as a Duke of the State, and would make an exception to give Chen Yichen the first place to be the head of the case.

Even if you want to be favored, you must at least say hello to him yourself.

In other words, Chen Yichen relied on his own ability to become the leader of the small Sanyuan case in Yingtianfu. This change was indeed somewhat beyond Zhu Yong's psychological expectations.

"good!"

Zhu Yong nodded and praised him in a rare way. Even if he had no father-son affection for this "son", he had never seen him several times in so many years.

However, as a member of the Duke of Chengguo's Mansion, it is also a glorious thing to be able to get a small Sanyuan case leader in Yingtian Mansion. The operational space in the future will also be significantly improved.

"Since you have won the head of the case and have come to the capital, then go to the Imperial College to report as soon as possible."

"I have greeted Lord Li Shimian, the Imperial College Priest, and I will go to school soon."

Zhu Yong originally thought that since Chen Yichen had chosen to come to the capital, he must have obeyed his intentions in the letter and went to the Imperial College to study in the capital.

Unexpectedly, Chen Yichen shook his head and said, "Go back to my grandfather, I don't want to join the Imperial College."

Hearing this rejection, a murderous aura appeared on Duke Cheng's face. This was Chen Yichen's second decision to disobey his own decision.

Even if he has some appreciation in his heart and the idea of ​​thriving with all his might, as a super duke, he cannot accept such an attitude.

"Chen Yichen, don't consume my patience with you."

The words of Duke Cheng have already had a very obvious warning. The bloodline of Duke on his body cannot be a talisman. Once he is arrogant and breaks through the bottom line, he will be given up again.

"The reason why I dare not enter the Imperial College is just to prepare for the provincial examination."

To be honest, Chen Yichen did not have any rebellious intentions and deliberately sang an opposition to Duke Cheng Guo. It was purely Zhu Yong's decision, and it had a conflict with his own development plan, so he could only choose one of two.

"There are two months left for the provincial examination. Are you sure you will win?"

Although Chen Yichen's progress rate was somewhat beyond ordinary expectations after a year, and he even won the title of Yingtianfu to Xiaosanyuan Case. However, the difficulty of the provincial examination is not comparable to that of the boy's examination, and it is not that easy to be a high school juren.

Of course, the more important reason is that Duke Cheng Guogong Zhu Yong did not have much confidence in this son, and his impression of changing over a year is far less than that of the previous ten years of ignorance.

"If you are in Yingtian, if you are in the capital, you will be sure to get the most of five or five. Now that you are in the capital, you will be 90% sure you can get the most of them."

There is one thing that Chen Yichen is unique in Zhu Yong's mind, that is, many of his answers, you can't guess the answer at all.

It’s like this question. If it were an ordinary person, they either had or had no. Only Chen Yichen dared to give a very detailed probability directly, and he dared to say this when facing his dignified Duke.

"Then tell me why it is like this."

It's true that this answer aroused Zhu Yong's curiosity. He wanted to hear what explanation Chen Yichen could give.

"Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, various factors have led to an objective gap between scholars in the north and south, so Taizu divided the imperial examination into the north and south list to ensure the basic fairness of the imperial examinations in various places."

"As for the Southerners, I will take the provincial examination in Beizhili as a southerner. The competitive pressure will be much smaller than that in Nanzhili, and I will definitely improve my confidence in getting the most out of the way."

This is the first reason Chen Yichen gave. The reason why he was willing to come to the capital to take the provincial examination was that the competition in the northern imperial examination was relatively lower than that, and he was more likely to get out of doubt.

In fact, this model has a more intuitive and clear word to describe in later generations, that is, "college entrance examination immigration."

Of course, not all the scholars in the south can perform this operation. The fundamental reason why Chen Yichen can do this is that Duke Cheng can participate in the right of himself, otherwise he would not be able to participate in the northern provincial examination when he came to the capital.

"It can indeed be called a shortcut, and what about?"

Duke Cheng Guozhu Yong nodded. He didn't care about the difficulty of competing in the rural examinations between the north and the south before.

Because of this method, only the children of honors and relatives can do this, and other scholars are restricted by the household registration system.

"There is also the chief examiner of the provincial examination, who needs the help of the prince."

Chen Yichen's words were quite explicit, and he almost said bluntly that Zhu Yong would go and say hello to him through the back door.

However, this is exactly the reason why Chen Yichen chose to come to the capital. Since Zhu Yong's philosophy is to prosper, he must do his best before he can glorify his family and become the Duke's Mansion.

At this moment, a playful smile appeared on Zhu Yong's face. He looked at Chen Yichen and said, "When Yingtian was about to recommend you as a student in the prison, I still remember you once said that you wanted to get a fame by yourself, but now it has changed?"

"Those who know the times are heroes."

When talking to a military general Xuqiu like Duke Cheng Guo, who likes simple and direct, he never needs to go around like a literati.

Therefore, Chen Yichen's conversation was not as literary as Lin Zhen and Sun Ding, but was expressed directly in his mind.

"What a good person who knows the times is a hero. Chen Yichen, you really have the intention to be a marquis and a general."

To be honest, the impact of Duke Cheng Guo Zhu Yong was really badly suffered at this moment.

In the past, his impression of Chen Yichen was that this kid held a grudge for his mother and had a little bit of scholarly enthusiasm, so he was unwilling to succumb to his own arrangements.

Even if Chen Yichen said, "Who has been in history for ten thousand years, and wants to be a marquis three thousand miles away." Zhu Yong did not take this bold statement seriously.

People who do not know how to judge the situation will not be able to accomplish things by relying on a sense of arrogance alone. When they enter the officialdom in the future, such people will understand what the cruelty of reality is.

Today, Chen Yichen's words no longer have the same scholarly spirit as before, and are more like a full ambitious man planning with himself.

You should know that the maid in front of you is only aged 16 or 17. How can such changes not shock people?

"I dare not forget what the grandfather said about all prosperity and prosperity."

Chen Yichen replied with a smile, "If you will become like this now, it is better for you, "I" to teach you."

Now that I am not right with your wishes, I am perfectly bound to the Duke Chengguo Mansion. Have you all prospered?

Listening to the words of Yirong and Jiarong from Chen Yichen, for some reason, Zhu Yong felt something was wrong, and even felt a sense of crisis of raising a tiger.

It is logical that under the moral principles of gentlemen, father and son, even if they have not yet entered the genealogy, Chen Yichen's blood relationship cannot be denied. He never has to worry about rebellion from his son. This is a natural and stable "interest alliance".
Chapter completed!