novelden Chapter 211 I want to eat the food you cook
Chapter 211 I want to eat the food you cook
"Mother," Xia Weiwei finally found Liu in the kitchen, where she was rolling out dough.
"Hey, daughter, eat the wontons made by your mother later." Hearing her daughter calling her, Liu waved for the child to come over.
"Okay, but my brother and the others are waiting for mother in the hall for dinner." Xia Weiwei took her to wash her hands, and went to eat with her brother and the others.
"Yang Biao, what do you want from me?" Yang Biao went to the silk shop to find Qin Xiaoran, wanting to put the three women in her house, but she smiled brightly and hesitated again.
"I'm looking for you to have dinner. Do you want to go home or go to a restaurant?" Yang Biao pinched her face. He liked to see her smile and gave up the idea of putting them together.
"I want to eat the food you cook." Qin Xiaoran was afraid that if she went out to eat, she would run into Xie Xiyao again, so it would be safer to eat at home.
"Okay, let's go home and cook," Yang Biao took her hand and led her into the car and went to Corning Street.
"Yang Biao, there are too many people, we can't squeeze in." Qin Xiaoran, wearing men's clothing, came to the Ministry of Rites with Yang Biao and others. She wanted to squeeze into the crowd to see the list, but her strength was too weak, and she was squeezed out every time she rushed in.
"Besides, Lu Gang, the twelve of you can escort Xiaoran in to see the list." Yang Biao smiled and fulfilled her wish to see the list.
"Yang...Biao, you...won...the prize, you...got...the second place!" Qin Xiaoran ran back excitedly after looking at the list, and was a little incoherent with excitement.
"Why is it the second place again?" Yang Biao frowned, but then he changed his mind and thought, this is a good thing, the first bird to stick its head out gets shot. In this world, the best way to live is to avoid the limelight and live in peace.
"Let's go back to Corning Street. The Ministry of Rites should have sent the badge to your home." To take the palace examination, one must have a badge issued by the Ministry of Rites. Yang Biao pulled her into the car.
"Ah, the address you filled in is my home?" Qin Xiaoran was a little surprised. Shouldn't she fill in Tianguan Street where Xia Weiwei lives now?
"If it weren't for Prince Jin, Xia Weiwei and I would never have become husband and wife." Yang Biao was angry, so he told Qin Xiaoran everything about his relationship with her.
"It turns out that you and Sister Weiwei became husband and wife by accident." Qin Xiaoran was happy. It turned out that they did not get married just because they were in love with each other.
"Master, the Ministry of Rites has sent someone to deliver the badge for the palace examination." Yang Biao's carriage had just arrived at the door, and Chao Kuang came to report.
"Oh, please invite them to the hall." Yang Biao jumped out of the car and ran home.
"No need, I'm right at the door." Zhu Shijie, the deputy minister of the Ministry of Rites, bowed. Zhu Shijie was a friend he met at Tianshi Academy.
"Oh, it's Brother Shijie." Yang Biao also bowed to him. He didn't expect that he was assigned to the Ministry of Rites.
"This is your badge. You must show it when you enter the palace for the examination on the first day of March." Zhu Shijie reminded him not to lose it.
"Okay, I understand." Yang Biao took the badge, patted his official uniform, and smiled, "Brother Shijie, you are amazing. You have risen to the fifth rank after three years of not seeing you."
"Hey, don't get my official uniform dirty." Zhu Shijie slapped his hand away and kicked him.
"Hey, you've been in Beijing for three years and have become cunning." Yang Biao avoided him but did not forget to tease him.
"I still have to go and see off the tribute student badges, so I won't tell you anything." The two of them played around for a while, and Zhu Shijie remembered his business and hurriedly said goodbye.
"Okay, let's drink together next time we have a chance." Yang Biao patted his shoulder and stuffed a silver note with a face value of one hundred taels into his arms.
"Yang Biao, we have to make the champion's uniform," they were talking just now, and Qin Xiaoran was not convenient to meet. The candidates for the palace examination have dress requirements, and they all wear the red champion's uniform.
"Xiao Ran, help me measure the size and I can make it myself." Yang Biao pulled her into the house and went to take her measurements and tailor the clothes.
On the first day of March, Yang Biao got up early and rushed to the gate of the palace.
"Xiao Ran, you should go home soon. I still have another day to take the test." When he got out of the car, he asked Lu Gang to drive back.
"Okay, Yang Biao, I'll pick you up in the evening." There were many people holding lanterns at the gate of the palace, but no one spoke, so Qin Xiaoran whispered to him.
"Well, go back." Yang Biao waved at her. Seeing that the candidates from the same class were looking at him, he quickly found his seat and stood still.
All candidates were trained in palace etiquette by officials from the Ministry of Rites the day before the exam. During the palace examination, they were not allowed to go to the toilet, so all candidates tried not to eat or drink water to avoid making a fool of themselves in front of the emperor.
Officials such as Xia Yuxuan would enter the palace in advance, read out the rules and requirements of the exam, and check the materials brought by the candidates.
The sun was about to rise, and the candidates entered the palace according to their exam rankings. Yang Biao's seat was on the right. He walked to the seat with his name on it and knelt under the table.
After all the candidates had taken their seats, the Ministry of Rites began to distribute the test papers. Yang Biao first filled in his name and the information of three generations of his family on the test paper, and then looked at the test questions. There were a total of ten questions in this test.
The questions were all about opinions on principles and situations, and the response measures to droughts in the north and rebellions by refugees. These were just repetitions of what others had said, and Yang Biao said it was effortless.
He filled up the draft paper and then simplified the text. After all, if it was too long, the examiner would not want to read it.
After many deletions and cuts, time passed little by little. During this time, he could still feel someone walking beside him, but he didn't dare to look up. He couldn't afford the charge of being disrespectful in front of the palace.
After Yang Biao finished revising his article, he began to copy it. He couldn't leave after finishing the test paper, so he copied a section and then took a break to avoid making mistakes in a hurry and dirtying the paper.
The palace examination began as soon as the sun rose and ended at dusk. All candidates had to leave the examination room quickly. The whole day lasted for a great deal of the candidates' physical strength.
Yang Biao left the hall and followed Huiyuan out of the palace. Everyone tacitly kept silent. This was also the result of the training by the Ministry of Rites. Noise was prohibited in the palace. In the future, everyone would serve in the same court and there would be many opportunities for them to talk to each other.
"Yang Biao," Qin Xiaoran, who was sitting in the car and saw him leaving the palace, waved and called out.
"Don't make such a loud noise." Yang Biao ran over quickly, looked around, and saw that many candidates were looking at them. He quickly pulled her into the car and told Lu Gang to drive away.
"Yang Biao, when will the results be out?" Qin Xiaoran couldn't help laughing when he heard the voice coming from his stomach.
"We're going out the day after tomorrow. Hey, did you bring any food?" Yang Biao felt like he was starving to death after not eating anything the whole day.
"Drink some water first. I bought crispy meat and snacks before I came." Qin Xiaoran first handed him a water bag, and then took a cowhide bag from the car and gave it to him.
"Okay, I'm dying of thirst," Yang Biao took the water bag and started drinking.
"Sister, I saw Yang Biao today. He took part in the palace examination." Xia Yuxuan came to Xia Weiwei as soon as he got off work.
"Ah," Xia Weiwei was a little confused after hearing what her elder brother said. There was no one from the Ministry of Rites in this family to deliver the badge for entering the palace. She thought that Yang Biao had failed the exam.
"Sister, are you sure the Ministry of Rites didn't send anyone to deliver the badge?" Xia Yuxuan asked her with narrowed eyes, stroking his beard.