Never mention Master Shen again.

"By the way, do you still remember Fan Dao who was looking for trouble for you outside the Hall of Supreme Harmony?"

Shi Zhongkui sneered, forgetting that no one would forget this Fan Jinshi.

When Yu Tongfu saw Shi Zhongkui's sneer, he knew that he must have always held grudges.

While secretly sighing at Shi Zhongkui's pettiness, he smiled and said, "There is only half a month until the Hanlin Academy exam, right?"

"Don't worry about this matter." Even if Shi Zhongkui wanted to plot against Fan Dao, he wouldn't do it as obviously as Yu Tongfu thought.

Moreover, almost no one could fail the Hanlin Academy exam.

Just like students who have just taken the college entrance examination, although their mentality is indulgent, they will not forget all the knowledge in their heads in two or three months.

Not to mention the new scholars, who have been studying in the Hanlin Academy for more than two months to prepare for the exam. Under tremendous pressure, their knowledge will inevitably improve.

Now if you use the big exam to make trouble for others, you might be the one who gets slapped in the face.

Therefore, Shi Zhongkui not only did not cause trouble for Fan Dao, but also helped him get a good ranking.

They worked secretly and sent him to the Ministry of Rites to observe politics, and there were many opportunities to take away his fame.

Jia Yucun is a proud man who relies on his talent. If someone disrespects his etiquette, he has to get out.

If it were not for the opportunity of becoming Lin Daiyu's teacher and following the path of Lin Ruhai, Jia Zheng, and Wang Ziteng, I would have had no choice but to stay in the countryside for the rest of my life.

With his song "Bamboo and Stone", Na Fan Dao not only became more famous than Jia Yucun back then, but because he was mistakenly identified as Shi Zhongkui by the examiner, he deliberately ranked second from the bottom of the second list of the examination, and his extreme character became even more extreme.

When such people are resentful and instigated by others, they may become overheated and make irreparable mistakes.

When Yu Tongfu saw Shi Zhongkui say this, he immediately prayed for Fan Dao in his heart.

According to his biological father Yu Honggao's evaluation of Shi Zhongkui and his understanding of this junior brother over the past year or so, none of the people he cares about will have a good outcome.

"Sir, Mei Chengyi and Mei Hanlin would like to see you."

Upon hearing the clerk's report, Shi Zhongkui was stunned, "Who?"

Yu Tongfu shrugged, but Yu Shun, who was serving at the side, felt moved in his heart.

"Sir, it seems that the young lady from Mr. Xue's family is engaged to Mei Hanlin's youngest son."

Shi Zhongkui reacted immediately.

What name is not good to choose? Why should we call it Mei Chengyi?

In ancient times, in addition to appearance requirements when becoming an official, the name was also a key factor.

Even if your name is not chosen well, the emperor will not choose you as the number one scholar.

When colleagues and people in the officialdom hear "insincere", they immediately regard him as a joke, and subconsciously ignore him and dislike him.

Needless to say, this Mei Hanlin must have suffered losses in this regard.

But when he came to visit him this time, he saw that he had been promoted to the third position in the Imperial Academy, and he began to feel that the Xue family was useful, so he hurriedly came to seek relatives.

He waved his hand to the clerk and asked him to go out and wait. Then he looked at Shun and went out to stare.

Then he asked Tongfu, "If I help this Mei Hanlin find a position as a sixth-grade foreign official, will he thank me or hate me?"

"If it were me, I would hate you to death."

Yu Tongfu chuckled, and after a moment's thought, he realized that Shi Zhongkui must be plotting against Mei Hanlin.

"But if I were someone who didn't know the reason, I would definitely be grateful to you. After all, since Mei Hanlin is the second-in-law of the Xue family, he has been in the Hanlin Academy for at least ten years, but he is still only a seventh-rank Hanlin.

If he was awarded Jinshi in his thirties, then Mei Hanlin might be nearly fifty by now.

It is much better to be promoted and find a good position than to continue to waste time in the Hanlin Academy."

Don't think it's too late to be a Jinshi in your thirties. It's said that thirty years old can teach you the truth, and fifty years old can be a Jinshi.

In other words, there are many people who won the Jinshi award at the age of 40 or 50.

People like Shi Zhongkui and Yu Tongfu who won the first prize and third prize in their early twenties are definitely the proud ones of heaven, and they are very rare.

"Let's go. Since we are in-laws, we senior brothers must not lose our etiquette."

Yu Tongfu rolled his eyes after hearing this.

Then he changed his smile again, and followed Shi Zhongkui, who was wearing a red robe official uniform, a jade belt around his waist, and a silver medal, with some envy, out of the official hall.

His own father Yu Honggao also wasted more than ten years before he was promoted to the sixth rank of Daxing County Magistrate.
Chapter completed!