Why marry someone when you are reborn?

Chapter 203 Argument

Regardless of what these candidates are like, betting on rankings is in full swing in the city of Peking.

Feng Shihua quietly told Xu Yun: "The highest is that you are the top scorer. The odds are 1 to 600."

Xu Yun's heart moved, and he looked at Feng Shihua: "So you placed your bet?"

Feng Shihua shook his head: "No, I bet on Gao Xu."

After saying this, he looked away guiltily and fanned himself with a fan in a strong and calm manner.

Xu Yun: …

She took out a gold bracelet and said, "Then help me get one too. Bet on Gao Xu."

Feng Shihua turned his gaze back, looking surprised: "You don't even bet on yourself? Besides, didn't you say gambling is bad?"

"I won't gamble anymore." Xu Yun said frankly, "But this time it's about me, shouldn't I support myself?"

"So the way to support is to bet on Gao Xu?" Feng Shihua was confused: What kind of new way of support is this? I don't understand!

Xu Yun asked again: "Is there anyone who can beat me to the top three?"

Feng Shihua nodded: "Yes."

"Then you bet on the third and second place for me." Xu Yun smiled and took out two small gold cakes.

Feng Shihua:!!!

Xu Yun explained: "If we bet a little bit, we won't lose money in the end."

Feng Shihua had nothing to say: What a good way to cast a wide net.

Afterwards, Xu Yun asked with great interest: "What about Cai Ji? Is there anyone betting on his ranking?"

There really are. There are only a few popular candidates, and Cai Ji is one of them. But Cai Ji lost last time, so this time, the betting on Cai Ji is not very hot.

After Xu Yun got a positive answer, he took out a silver cake and said, "Put him between 5th and 15th place."

Feng Shihua immediately sensed something was wrong: "He didn't do well in the exam? How did you know?"

Xu Yun smiled and said, "Have you seen him go out recently? If he did well in the exam and was in a good mood, would he not go out to party? Gao Xu has gone out to attend parties many times. Besides, Cai Ji didn't look good that day in the Golden Palace."

Feng Shihua's eyes fell on the silver cake and he asked the last question: "Why did you bet gold on the others, but only silver on him? Shouldn't you bet big on such a big deal?"

In response to this question, Xu Yun answered honestly: "Let me put it this way, I am not very rich. He has only this much."

Feng Shihua looked at Xu Yun and always felt that she had not yet said "he doesn't deserve it".

After saying all this, Xu Yun and Feng Shihua finally got down to business: "How is Yuewen Pavilion going?"

Feng Shihua hesitated to speak, and finally smiled: "There are too many people. Consider moving to a more spacious place. In addition, many people choose to apply for library cards and take the books home to read."

Xu Yun did not ask about what Feng Shihua wanted to hide.

Since Feng Shihua felt there was no need to say it, she didn't ask.

Xu Yun only said: "This time the interests of the noble families have been affected. If someone causes trouble, you should go find Du Lingyin."

Feng Shihua hesitated: "This is not appropriate."

"This is something that your majesties all support. This is the most appropriate." Xu Yun smiled and quietly imparted his experience to Feng Shihua: "The fox borrows the power of the tiger, do you understand? After a long time, they will understand that when beating a dog, you have to look at the owner first."

As long as the matter is brought before Du Hao, it would be equivalent to bringing the matter before Their Majesties.

Your Majesties will naturally criticize the aristocratic families.

After a while, they didn't want to cause trouble all the time, so they naturally calmed down.

Although Xu Yun’s reasons were very appropriate, Feng Shihua always felt that they were not right no matter how he listened to them... Who is the dog?

But thinking about Your Majesty, Feng Shihua felt that there was nothing wrong with being a dog: Woof?

To be the best businessman, you must be able to bend and stretch!

After Feng Shihua accepted this from the bottom of his heart, he asked another question: "Ah Yun, once the ranking is determined, I'm afraid you will officially enter the officialdom. Which government office do you want to go to then?"

Xu Yun was also thinking about this question.

But she didn't say much to Feng Shihua, she just said calmly: "This matter is not something I can decide on my own, it depends on your majesty's wishes."

Feng Shihua lowered his voice and said, "It would be best if I could stay with your majesties, even if my rank is slightly lower."

In this way, there will be more opportunities for promotion.

He warned solemnly: "Don't be sent out. I heard that a few days ago, a county magistrate who was sent out died suddenly in office."

The local gentry may not be willing to obey.

In other words, if you go there and refuse to cooperate with those local gentry, your life might really be in danger.

Feng Shihua looked worried.

Xu Yun said: "Don't worry."

Feng Shihua shook his head: "You don't understand. If the noble families want to get rid of you, they will be able to do it without anyone noticing."

Xu Yun nodded: "I know. But don't be afraid."

Your Majesties will not let her die easily.

She had to raise the banner of women's imperial examinations in order to promote women's participation in the imperial examinations.

This is her greatest means of saving her life.

She is dazzling enough now.

Luo Li had been listening nearby without saying anything, so much so that Feng Shihua almost forgot about him.

Xu Yun glanced at Luo Li and asked her, "Ali, what do you think?"

Luo Li smiled: "I think the same as you."

Feng Shihua looked at Xu Yun, then at Luo Li, and had nothing else to say for a moment.

After he stood up to say goodbye, Luo Li said to Xu Yun: "What Mr. Feng said is not without reason. It is better to be careful in everything."

Xu Yun responded.

Waiting is always painful.

But this is only for those who are not sure whether they will do well in the exam.

Xu Yun had a good rest for a few days.

In the past few days, except for Feng Shihua, Zeng Wuji, Zhao Mu and a few others, no one else has been seen.

In the palace, there was almost a huge quarrel over the issue of ranking.

This time, the marking of the papers was done personally by their majesties and their ministers - in fact, the ministers would read through them first, remove the particularly bad ones, then pick out the well-written ones, and then roughly determine the rankings.

During this process, these ministers were looking at papers that had been copied and had their names covered.

In fact, except for Your Majesties who looked at Xu Yun and Gao Xu's papers that day, no one else had seen anything.

What Your Majesties actually saw were probably the answers of less than twenty people.

The ones that Your Majesties really need to rank are the top three.

Zhou Ding and Jiang Miao watched it for a whole afternoon.

The ministers in charge of the imperial examinations also watched it for the whole afternoon.

Finally, Zhou Ding and Jiang Miao picked out eight papers and covered the names.

They were Gao Xu, Wang Cong, Lu An, Xiao Zheguang, Xu Yun, Xie Chunlin, Zhang Sunqi and Lu Ran.

Zhou Ding asked Jiang Miao: "How do you think the ranking will be? I think Gao Xu is still number one."

Jiang Miao lowered her eyes and looked for a moment, then said softly, "In terms of literary talent, Gao Xu is undoubtedly the best."

Zhou Ding nodded: "Then choose him as the top scholar."

"Although Xiao Zheguang has good literary talent, he is still immature and not cautious enough in his views." Zhou Ding smiled and glanced at Xiao Zheyue: "Let him be the runner-up."

Jiang Miao also glanced at Xiao Zheyue and asked her: "Zheyue, what can you say?"

Xiao Zheyue's palms were sweaty.

She walked down to the bottom, knelt down, and said in a loud and decisive voice: "I don't think it's appropriate!"

Zhou Ding raised his eyebrows: "Inappropriate? In what way?"