Chapter 208 Traveling far away
Chapter 208 Traveling far away
A few days later, the examination room was finally opened and the students inside came out one by one. They all looked pale and almost fell down.
Xiao He saw Dai Yanhua and quickly put her on the carriage to take her back home. There were already two or three doctors waiting at home.
Many people failed the special examination this time, and even two students died. But there was nothing that could be done about it, as the examination was the same every year.
These wives of successful candidates are risking their lives in the imperial examinations. Whether they can pass the exam depends on their luck and strength.
Gu Yao received the news at the announcement, and she could only sigh and then went back to work.
Fortunately, there were no other accidents during this Enke test, so it will be fine as long as their Ministry of Industry does not fail.
Gu Yao returned home after her shift in the afternoon and saw Lin Wulang pacing around the house anxiously.
"Alu, what's wrong? What's troubling you?"
Lin Wulang saw Gu Yao coming back and hurried forward. When he saw her, he said, "My dear wife, it's raining so hard this time. Fortunately, you brought an umbrella, otherwise I'm afraid you would catch a cold. But I still asked the kitchen to make ginger soup. You can drink a bowl later."
After a while, the servant brought ginger soup over. Gu Yao was also afraid that she would catch a cold. After all, in ancient times, colds were no joke. One could be fatal.
Although the ginger soup was spicy, she felt warm after drinking a bowl of it. Although she had a carriage when she came back from her shift, she was still quite cold.
"It was indeed quite cold in February this year, and I don't know if those scholars can survive it. But now that it's over, they should be able to. By the way, have you sent some herbs to the Marquis' Mansion? After all, we are relatives."
"They have all been sent, my wife, don't worry. Yanhua is still doing well, she just caught a cold, nothing else."
Gu Yao heaved a sigh of relief when she heard that Dai Yanhua was fine: "Fortunately, she is fine, otherwise Xing'er would be worried. As long as she can survive this time, then it will depend on whether she can pass the exam or not."
When Lin Wulang heard this, he immediately said, "She will definitely pass the exam, don't worry. After all, Yanhua is very knowledgeable, you and Ah Ping already knew that."
Gu Yao shook her head and said, "Before, an elder in the Lin family passed away, so Yue'er didn't marry into the Lin family. This year, their wedding will be brought forward. No matter what, we can't let Yue wait too long."
Although Gu Yao was unwilling, she couldn't cancel the engagement since they were already engaged, and Lin Ye was indeed a good man. "
Lin Wulang had long wanted to have Gu Yue and Lin Ye get married, after all, she was the wife he favored.
Last year, someone in the Lin family passed away, and Lin Ye had to observe mourning, otherwise Gu Yue would have been married last year.
There is no other way, I can only wait for them to live in the school, but fortunately they will be out in a month? Oh 6 a few, they can definitely get married, "
Lin Wulang was calculating Gu Yue's dowry. Her dowry was indeed good. Gu Yao treated all their children equally, except for the three of them.
Although he treats everyone equally, he only goes out sometimes, and some of his are quite good.
After a while, the people who went to the Marquis' Mansion came back and reported that Dai Yanhua had woken up and was in much better health, so they didn't need to worry.
Gu Yao felt much more relieved, and she didn't want anything to happen to her wife.
After all, Gu Xing and she had been married for a short time. If something happened to Dai Yanhua, she would probably be blamed.
A few days later, the list finally came out. Dai Yanhua was indeed on the list, but her ranking was relatively low, at 50th. This also made Gu Yao a little nervous.
If the score in the palace examination is too low, there is a high possibility that he will be relegated to the same level as the Jinshi.
A lady like you who is a Jinshi will be looked down upon in the court.
Lin Wulang was anxious and said quickly, "My dear wife, what should we do? Her ranking is so low, is she really going to become a fellow Jinshi?"
Although Lin Wulang didn't know much about these scientific examinations, he had been with Gu Yao for so long that he must know the difference between the first, second and third class.
Since he wanted Dai Yanhua to be in the first or second place, this was related to her future after all.
"I don't think so. As long as she does well in the palace examination, it won't be a problem for her to get into the top two. Tell Xing'er not to put too much pressure on her, otherwise it might not be worth it."
Lin Wulang had no choice but to nod. He knew that he had already taken the exam and nothing could be done about it. He could only pray to Buddha all day long hoping that Dai Yanhua could perform well in the palace examination.
Just after Gu Yao went back to work, a major event occurred in the court. The tomb of the late empress dowager collapsed, and almost all the people who were keeping vigil died, which shocked the entire court.
After all, the late Empress Dowager's mausoleum is still quite good, and there is no way that we could cut corners.
Everyone felt that there was some conspiracy, wondering if someone was cutting corners, or if someone was trying to achieve some purpose for the Empress Dowager's tomb.
Some people think that it might be tomb robbers. After all, it is understandable for tomb robbers to rob tombs.
Stealing once can make you rich for a lifetime, and the new emperor will naturally not let this opportunity go.
He immediately sent people to investigate, and also sent people to rebuild the tomb of the late empress dowager.
Gu Yao was also involved in this project. As soon as she heard about it, she knew that she would be going on a long journey, and now she might be away for several months.
Of course she is willing to do the work, especially now that scientific research is underway, she would rather stay away from it.
Her daughter-in-law was also taking the imperial examination, so she had to avoid suspicion.
Lin Wulang was a little reluctant about Gu Yao going on a business trip, and his eyes were red.
"My dear wife, why did you let me go out when it's so cold? What if I catch a cold while walking on the road?"
"This is an imperial decree and we cannot refuse it. Besides, it is not easy to catch a cold. My body is still in good condition. At most, I can ask Xiaoshu to bring me some more herbs. And don't worry, Xiaoshu is with me."
Originally, Gu Yao didn't want Gu Xiaoshu to go with her on the business trip, and her husband was pregnant, so she wanted to let Gu Xiaoshu stay at home to accompany her husband.
But Gu Xiaoshu didn't want to do that. For her, she had never been so far away from Gu Yao before.
What's more, even if her husband is pregnant, she can only watch him. There is nothing else he can do, and she can't do anything.
After all, there are servants in the house, and she trusts them very much to protect her husband, not to mention her eldest daughter.
Gu Yao agreed after hearing what Gu Xiaoshu said. She thought that at worst she could ask A Lu to take care of her family more, which would also make her feel at ease.
Lin Wulang felt relieved when he heard that Gu Xiaoshu was going with them.
He didn't want Gu Yao to travel far away if there was no one to protect her.
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