Chapter 316

After Shen Qingling gave the Emperor a useful suggestion, the Emperor did not recruit him into the palace alone until the result of Spring Test was released.

There were still some injustices in this Spring Test, but not much. What can be changed was the ranking at the back on the list. No one had the courage to change the front rankings. After all, the one above had been watching the Spring Test.

The ones who didn’t have the power didn’t dare to change it, and those who had the power had the same idea as the Emperor. They wanted to select a few capable men for their own use, so they didn’t change it. So it turned out to be the fairest Spring Test ever.

Those in the top ten of the written examination could take the royal examination, and then the Emperor would select the very best (champion scholar or Zhuangyuan), the second one (Bangyan) and the third one (Tanhua). Other people would also be employed by the court according to the corresponding ranking, given the corresponding official positions, but the treatment was not as good as the top three.

Among the top ten students in the written test, except for Tangtang, everyone else was the aristocratic descendants of the capital.

Tangtang did well on the test. He took the third place, not as conspicuous as the first, but much better than those behind.

Tangtang came to see the ranking with Guoguo and Shen Qingling did not came with them. Most importantly, there were many aristocratic descendants who knew him. If he was with Tangtang, it would be too eye-catching.

Tangtang didn’t show much excitement when he saw his name. He lifted his eyes to look at someone else.

Tangtang also saw the names of their acquaintances, Wang Yi and Qi Sang. Both of them did well, one fifth and the other seventh, and both of them were in the top ten who could attend the royal examination.

After reading the name on the list, Tangtang felt that there were too many people here. He said to Guoguo, “Come on, let’s go back first.”

Guoguo had no objections and turned around to lead the way.

However, the two of them didn’t leave quietly because one of Tangtang’s acquaintances saw him and even shouted his name, “Brother Xu, Brother Xu Qing, wait, wait for me. I have something to tell you.”

They were all squeezing inside, and the only people walking outside were him and Guoguo. They were very eye-catching. In addition, Wang Yi was standing behind them, so when he shouted, everyone around them knew that he was calling them.

Because of what Wang Yi said, Xu Qing, Tangtang felt that he was suddenly being noticed by many people, while at the same time, a lot of people were pushing towards him.

Tangtang was very unhappy. Luckily, he didn’t respond when Wang Yi called him and Guoguo was sharing it with him. Similarly, Tangtang also sensed Guoguo’s emotions and Guoguo seemed to be even more unhappy than him.

The two of them were already surrounded by people, so it was impossible to walk out just like that. The people around them were all talking about who Xu Qing was and why they looked exactly the same. Because Guoguo was in front of them, someone even asked Guoguo if he was Xu Qing. The worse thing was, someone boldly went to hold Guoguo’s hand and pull his clothes.

However, all of them were waved away by Guoguo. Guoguo didn’t understand the meaning of these people’s actions, but it annoyed him intuitively.

Guoguo looked more and more angry. Just as he was about to explode, Wang Yi finally squeezed his way to their side. Guoguo looked at Wang Yi coldly and said, “Clean up the mess you made. You idiot.”

After Guoguo said this, he took Tangtang with him and suddenly fllew out. Tangtang didn’t expect him to be like this and almost cried out.

After Guoguo flew out of the crowd with Tangtang, they picked an alley where no one was around and landed. After they landed, Tangtang let out a sigh of relief. “I don’t know what these people are thinking. They keep pushing towards us.”

Guoguo also let out a sigh of relief. “What else can they think? They just want to make friends with you. Most of them probably want to recruit you. Don’t you see that all of the names in the top 10 are descendants except for you? We have heard a lot of things about these people after we arrived here.”

Of course Tangtang knew it, the names of these people were familiar to him.

Tangtang said, “Alright, I don’t want to get in touch with these people. If someone really wants to force me?If someone really wants to force me, then I won’t take the job. Don’t I have to go with you to the Shanwai tribe to pick up your husband and child?”

Guoguo didn’t answer him. After all, how could they control the complicated situation of the captal?

The two of them stood silently in the alley for a while before Guoguo said, “Alright, we can go back now. There should be someone coming to annonce the good news later.”

“Okay,” Tangtang nodded.

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On the other side, Wang Yi was dumbfounded by Guoguo’s words. At that time, he had called Xu Qing to congratulate him. How could he have thought that this call had attracted so many people’s attention? However, the last thing he could accept was what Guoguo said before he left.

The situation in front of him seemed to remind him that he was as brainless as Guoguo said.

However, Guoguo flew away directly after scolding him, which made Wang Yi even harder to accept.

After Tangtang and Guoguo left, the crowd gathered around to ask Wang Yi who Xu Qing was and what background he had.

Wang Yi was also annoyed by these people ang got impatient. He shouted angrily to ask them to move aside before pushing the crowd away and walking out.

Qi Sang was waiting for him outside. Seeing Wang Yi awkwardly squeeze out from the crowd, he went to take him away hurridly.

After walking for a long way, they found that no one was following them, so they stopped.

The two of them went together when the results were released, but when Wang Yi called Xu Qing, Qi Zan Sang walked away. Before this, he had also pulled Wang Yi to ask him not to scream, but Wang Yi didn’t listen to him, which was why the next scene happened.

Qi Sang looked at Wang Yi’s disgruntled expression and asked, “What happened? Why did I see the two of them flying out of the crowd? Didn’t you talk to them?”

Wang Yi looked even angrier When he heard Qi Sang’s words. “Brother Xu’s brother is so unbelievably arrogant. He actually said that I’m idiot!” Wang Yi gritted his teeth and said everything.

Qi Sang laughed after hearing Wang Yi’s words. He said, “Wang Yi, it’s not me against you. Xu’s brother is really right. It is thoughtless of you to call brother Xu at that time.”

Wang Yi and Qi Sang have been good friends for a long time. Wang Yi was not angry when he heard that Qi Sang also agreed with Guoguo. Instead, he got confused. He asked Qi Sang, “What did you say? Was he right to scold me?”

Qi Sang explained, “I know you called him just now because you saw Brother Xu’s name, but you are not the only one who had seen his name. Just look at the top ten names, which of them are unfamiliar to you? But brother Xu’s name was the only one that other people were unfamiliar with, there must be many people paying attention to him. But you just called his name so loudly. Do you want everyone to notice him?”

Qi Sang paused for a moment before continuing, “Don’t you know what these people were thinking? Brother Xu was not someone who liked to be in the limelight. So of course he would not like this kind of situation. Besides, Brother Xu didn’t say it, but his brother said it. Even his brother couldn’t stand it anymore, not to mention Brother Xu. Wang Yi, you should really be thinking about it. ”

After hearing Qi Sang’s words, Wang Yi knew that he had done something wrong, but he still couldn’t accept Guoguo’s words. Therefore, Wang Yi didn’t say anything.

Having been together with Wang Yi for so many years, Qi Sang naturally knew what he was thinking. He comforted him and said, “Brother Xu’s talent is only revealed in the royal examination, so no matter what, it won’t wrong for us to be friends with Brother Xu. You shouldn’t offend him now. Let’s go back now and apologize to Brother Xu after the person who announced the good news came. It is really your fault today.”

Qi Sang had always been more open than Wang Yi, and Wang Yi also felt that what Qi Sang said made sense. He nodded without refuting, “Alright, let’s go back first!”

The two people walked back side by side.

As for the people who were left behind, they all went home to report. In an instant, Xu Qing’s name spread across all the aristocratic families in the capital and he became a celebrity. Everyone knew him, even the Emperor of the palace had heard about him.

Because of this name, the Emperor also recruited Shen Qingling into the palace.

When the Emperor saw Shen Qingling, he asked him without preamble, “Qingling, are you acquainted with Xu Qing who got the third place on the Spring Test List today?”

His Highness already knew about him, so Shen Qingling did not hide it. He told the truth, “I do know this person, and he is currently living in a courtyard of mine with his brother. We are on good terms. I also admire Xu Qing. He is a capable man.”

Shen Qingling’s words were straightforward, directly expressing his view of Tangtang.

The Emperor also appreciated Tangtang more because of Shen Qingling’s words. The Emperor was very clear that Shen Qingling was a person who rarely praised others. So far, there were only two people he had said that he admired, one was King Yan, and he even asked him to grant King Yan a fief, and the other person was Xu Qing. In the eyes of the emperor, the person who could get Shen Qingling’s favor must be pretty good.”

The Emperor began to be interested in this person, so he let Shen Qingling tell him in detail.

Shen QingLing didn’t have much to say in detail. He chose only some of the things he usually talked about with Tangtang to tell the Emperor.

Tangtang had his own unique opinion. He, a modern soul, could not have thought of it. His Majesty listened to him with interest, which meant that he would definitely recruit Tangtang.

After the Emperor heard about Tangtang, he remembered that he also had a younger brother. The Emperor asked, “You know Xu Qing so well. Then how much do you know about his younger brother?”

Shen Qingling did not want to know him at all, but he couldn’t say so since the the Emperor was asking him.

Shen Qingling said, “I don’t know much about him, but I know that this person is good at kung fu and is very capable in military. If he goes to the battlefield, it won’t be a problem for him to make meritorious contributions.”

The Emperor became even more interested after hearing this.