The Little Lucky Girl.

Chapter 160 Title on the Gold List

On the 17th day of the second lunar month, the last day of the imperial examination, the gong sounded in the afternoon to collect the papers. After nine days of confinement, the examinees came out like birds from a cage, pouring out! Every one of them was disheveled and pale, and some were so weak that they had to be supported by others to walk unsteadily.

Only Su Zhiyuan came out with his head held high. Apart from a tired look on his face, he was in pretty good condition!

When Su Qing saw his father, he was in good spirits and his heart finally settled down! "Daddy!"

"Daughter, why are you here?"

"I'm here to pick you up!" Su Qing helped Su Zhiyuan onto the carriage and handed him some spiritual spring water. "Daddy, drink some spiritual spring water to calm down!"

"Okay, thank you, my dear girl!" Su Zhiyuan took the spiritual spring water and drank a few sips. The tiredness in his body disappeared a lot! He felt much more energetic!

After returning to the inn, Su Zhiyuan took a hot bath and went to sleep! He slept until noon the next day. After lunch, he felt refreshed!

The exam rooms were cramped, small, damp, and cold, making it impossible to lie down. People could only curl up. Many people were carried out mid-exam due to acclimatization issues. Su Zhiyuan was lucky to have his daughter prepare food and spiritual spring water for him, which helped him to barely hold on!

The results will be announced on the second day of March, and there are still about ten days before the announcement. During these ten days, Su Zhiyuan sometimes reads books in the inn, and sometimes goes shopping with his good daughter to buy some gifts for his family!

Days passed like this, and finally the day of the results announcement arrived. Su Qing arranged for Ying San to show the results to his father! The place where the results were posted was packed with people, and it was impossible to get through!

As the morning hour arrived, the list was posted, and the crowd rushed forward like crazy. Ying San was squeezed in the crowd. Starting from the first place, the second place was Su Zhiyuan, a tribute scholar from Yun'an County, Hongzhou Prefecture. Ying San quickly returned to the inn to report!

Some in the crowd were happy, some were worried, and some even broke down and burst into tears, "Why isn't my name on the list? I've tried so hard!"

After ten years of hard study, the whole family is happy when your name is on the list of successful candidates!

Ying San returned to the inn and said, "Miss, the Second Master won! He won! Second place!"

"My daddy, I won! That's great!"

Su Qing knocked on Su Zhiyuan's door and said, "Dad, congratulations on winning! You won second place!"

"Really, my girl!" Su Zhiyuan was also very happy!

"Yeah, the newspaper will be here soon! Let's go downstairs together!"

Just as Su Qing and Su Zhiyuan arrived at the lobby downstairs, a messenger came in: "Congratulations! Master Su Zhiyuan from Yun'an County, Hongzhou Prefecture, has passed the imperial examination and ranked second on the list of successful candidates!"

"Congratulations! Master Su Zhiyuan from Yun'an County, Hongzhou Prefecture, has passed the imperial examination and ranked second on the list of successful candidates!"

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"Oh, second place! That's amazing! Congratulations!" The other guests staying at the inn heard this and all bowed and congratulated! The room was filled with congratulations. Su Qing asked Ying San to reward the reporter with a full ten taels of silver! This was a big happy event, and he had to pay a lot!

The messenger took the reward and secretly weighed the amount in his hand. He was so happy in his heart, thinking that Master Su was really generous!

The Prince Zhan's Mansion and the Imperial Tutor's Mansion both sent gifts! Before the palace exam, Imperial Tutor Shen personally came to explain to him the etiquette and manners he needed to pay attention to before the exam! Su Qing also returned a generous gift! She didn't want to owe anyone a favor!

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The palace examination on the fifteenth day of March arrived, and the emperor himself was in charge! Su Zhiyuan calmly and steadily completed his paper! The palace examination concluded, and the results were announced on the third day. Su Zhiyuan was on the list! He was ranked second! Afterwards, he was paraded through the streets on horseback!

That night, Murong Ye came to the inn to look for Su Qing! "Brother Ye, why are you here?"

"I came to see Uncle Su!"

"Okay!" Su Qing took Murong Ye and knocked on Su Zhiyuan's door!

"Meet the prince!"

"Uncle Su, there's no need to be so polite!"

"I came here to find out whether you will stay in Beijing or be sent out to other places this time."

"I want to be transferred abroad. It would be even better if I could return to my hometown, Yun'an County!"

"Okay, I understand! Then I'll take my leave, Uncle Su!"

"Okay, Your Majesty! Take care!"

"Qingbao, I have something to do and I'm leaving first!"

"Okay, Brother Ye! I'll take you to the door!"

"Thank you Qingbao!" Murong Ye took Su Qing's little hand and walked towards the door of the inn!

When they reached the door, Murong Ye said goodbye to Su Qing and left! Su Qing watched Murong Ye get on the carriage and leave, then went upstairs to the room in the inn!

Two days later, Su Zhiyuan received the letter of appointment. When he saw that the place he was to take up the post was his hometown, Yun'an County, Su Zhiyuan was so happy! He laughed so hard!

That day, Su Qing and Su Zhiyuan prepared gifts to express their gratitude at Prince Zhan's mansion! Su Qing also prepared gifts for the Emperor, Empress, Retired Emperor, and Empress Dowager, and asked Murong Ye to pass them on...

The next day, Ying San drove a carriage carrying Su Qing, Su Zhiyuan, and Dr. Yue out of the capital! Su Zhiyuan's replacement was at the end of April, so the group wasn't as anxious as they had been when they arrived! They drove the carriage back slowly!

Spring is a beautiful season, with flowers blooming everywhere and rapeseed flowers in the fields emitting a rich fragrance. Accompanied by the gentle spring breeze, the fragrance of flowers is refreshing and intoxicating.

At the Su family home in Sujia Village, Old Man Su and Old Lady Wang were muttering in the yard, "I wonder how the second son did on the exam? Did he go back?"

"According to the time, we should be heading back! As long as Guaibao is here, everything will be fine!"

Su Qing and his group wandered around until dark. Su Qing put the carriage back into the space, and the four of them boarded the plane. Su Qing then drove the plane out of the space! They flew towards Yun'an County! It was almost the morning hour, and they were almost outside Yun'an County. Su Qing put the plane back into the space! He released the carriage and drove it to the outside of Yun'an County! At the twentieth hour, Su Qing had Ying San drive the carriage to the Princess's Mansion!

The housekeeper heard Su Qing was back and hurried out to greet him! "This old servant greets the princess, the second master, and the divine doctor Yue!"

Su Qing entered the Princess's Mansion and said, "Dad, you will go to the county government office in a few days. The county government office will escort you back home in glory! I guess the county government office will go to Sujia Village to announce the good news tomorrow!"

"Okay, my dear girl! I understand!" After Su Qing gave Su Zhiyuan instructions, she returned to Sujia Village!

After returning to the Su family, Su Qing immediately went to Old Man Su's yard to announce the good news! "Grandpa, Grandma! I'm back!"

"My dear granddaughter is back! Where's your father?"

"I asked Dad to stay at the Princess Mansion in the county town. He came back so quickly to avoid people getting suspicious!"

"Oh yeah, yeah!"

"Dad, I'm the runner-up in the imperial examination this time! I'll be appointed the magistrate of Yun'an County! I'll take office at the end of April!"

"Really? Oh, thank God! From now on, I'll be the county magistrate's mother!"

"Grandpa, Grandma, you haven't taken office yet! Don't make it public! Otherwise, there will be trouble!"

"Yeah,"

"I guess tomorrow the county yamen runners will come to announce the good news! When Daddy comes back on his tall horse, escorted by the runners, we'll treat everyone in the village to a feast!"

"Okay, let's do as my dear granddaughter says!"