Fair Lady

Today is the day of the examination, at the first hour of the hour, Shuyao sister and brother accompanied Shujie to the gate of the Ministry of Rites Gongyuan.According to regulations, candidates enter the arena at four o'clock every hour.

There are three consecutive exams in the big week exam, nine days.Answering papers, eating, drinking, and sleeping are all inside, and they are not allowed to come out. The same is true for the autumn Juren Examination. Many people were carried out sideways before they finished the exam.

Shuyao lamented that a scholar's body is still very important, even if he doesn't require both civil and military skills like his eldest brother, he can't be weak.Otherwise, ten years of studying hard in the cold window, even if you are really talented and full of economics, it is useless if your body can't survive these nine days.

In her previous life, she saved money and embroidered every day in exchange for money. Not only did she want to provide for Xue Minglang to study, but she also wanted to let Xue Minglang eat better and take care of his health.She remembered that Xue Minglang had a classmate, everyone looked up to him, and his grades in the provincial examination were better than Xue Minglang's, but he was carried out on the eighth day of the examination, and it was said that he passed out suddenly.

However, in such a small space, you can only drink water and eat dry, you can’t eat well, you can’t sleep well, and you have to answer the papers continuously with high intensity. It is normal for your body to be overwhelmed.

Shujie's exam basket, especially the food inside, was prepared by Shuyao herself.Fried rice, bacon and pickled vegetables, cakes, water, tea leaves, spare pills, and topical rubs are all in the treasure chest to increase the spirit and enhance the effect.

Shuyao not only prepared Shujie's exam basket, but also prepared one for Mu Yongqi, and sent it to Weiyuan Hou Mansion before dawn.

Mu Yongqi's test basket was also prepared in the Marquis of Weiyuan, but when he saw the basket sent by Xia Zhai, Mu Yongqi immediately chose this one.Not to mention that the food looks different, even the small stove, oilcloth, pen, inkstone and other things can be seen that it took a lot of thought.Sister Yao'er has always been the most exquisite and translucent.Mu Yongqi felt very heart-warming even for a test basket, not only did his parents treat sister Yao'er as a daughter, but he also really liked her.

Marquis Weiyuan looked curiously at the rice in the porcelain pot and asked, "Why is this rice different from what we eat? Is it cooked? It smells so good."

Xiao Wu was the first to answer: "I know, I know, it's fried rice. Sister Yao'er personally watched people fry it in the kitchen yesterday. Sister Yao'er said, use fried rice to cook porridge. I'm not afraid that it will be undercooked, and it's not easy to accumulate food. In the past They are lying in bed sick, and Auntie Rou cooks porridge with this kind of fried rice for them."

Candidates for the scientific examination sat there for nine consecutive days answering questions and writing essays. There was no way to exercise in such a small space, and there was no time to exercise. It was easy to accumulate food and make people uncomfortable.Except fried rice.The pastries that Shuyao prepared for the two elder brothers are also easy to digest.

Mu Shuiling, who got up early in the morning to send his brother to the exam to please his parents, said softly, "It's not a good omen to eat something when you're sick. It's so weird. I've never heard of such a practice. Brother still uses mother's Prepare the test basket, only the things prepared by the mother are the most reassuring."

Mu Yongqi frowned, and said displeasedly: "Sister Yao'er prepared it. There is nothing to worry about." What does this concubine mean?Is it to discredit Yao'er's sincerity, or to provoke the relationship between Niang and Yao'er?

Xiao Wu snorted: "Sister Yao'er prepared the same things for Big Brother and Big Brother Jie. They must be exactly the same."

Yao Xuelan was furious. On such an important day today, the concubine who has always been timid said unlucky words, and she was looking for trouble. But now Mu Yongqi is going to prepare for the exam, and she doesn't want to spoil the atmosphere and bring bad luck , did not make a sound.Just let Mu Yongqi's servant take the quilt and Shu Yao's test basket to the carriage as if nothing had happened.

Mu Shuiling saw that her reminder had not been paid attention to, and her mother treated her like a transparent person.Embarrassed and angry, she hated Shuyao even more in her heart.But at this moment, Marquis Wei Yuan looked at her and said a word, but it was: "Go back to your own yard." Yes, why did she run so hard to get in trouble?

Mu Shuiling's eyes were clouded, she didn't dare to shed tears, and left with a feeling of grievance and unwillingness...

Marquis Weiyuan looked at Yao Xuelan: "There's no need to be angry with her. It just so happens that Shujie is not at home for nine days. You brought Yao'er and Wen'er to accompany you for a few days. Didn't it mean that the chest is stuffy these two days and it's not very exciting?"

Yao Xuelan responded with a smile, knowing his wife Mo Ruof, this husband still cares about her thoughts very much, she is planning to do so.

When the three of Shujie arrived at the gate of the Gongyuan, they realized that many people had arrived at just the right time.

Shuwen said strangely: "These people are really strange when they come so early and can't get in, so it's better to sleep a little longer."

Shuyao laughed: "You think everyone is heartless like you. The scientific examination is such an important matter. People are inevitably nervous and afraid of being late." Quarter of an hour, but it takes more than half an hour for many people to come, especially those poor students from other places who live in relatively cheap inns in the suburbs of Beijing, and it even takes more than an hour to arrive.

Shuwen disdained: "You don't need to be nervous when you're ready. Dad said before when he taught my elder brother how to practice martial arts. If you work hard on weekdays, facing the enemy is just like practicing martial arts on weekdays."

Shujie laughed and said, "That's right, so Wen'er has to remember what Dad said, and work harder on weekdays."

The three brothers and sisters were chatting and laughing easily, and the three people walking towards them were Zhen Kebao, Zhen Keying, and the aunt and cousin of Zhen Kebao's wife Zhu Shi.Shujie met this former Jieyuan when Zhen Kebao got married, and he looked aloof and arrogant, but now the two Jieyuan are facing each other. That person lacked the aloofness he had when we first met.

Zhen Kebao looked at the three Shujies who were full of vigor and temperament, and had mixed feelings in their hearts.

Accompanying Zhen Keying and two people to Beijing for the exam this time, Mrs. Zhen and Mrs. Lin originally murmured that they should live in the summer house, but Mrs. Zhu objected. It doesn’t make sense that my uncle is in the capital, and I want to live at my cousin’s house to prepare for the exam. Yes, they are the cousins ​​of the aunt's family who "severed their ties publicly long ago". Once the three of Shujie refuse, it will only make the Zhen family even more ugly.That's in the capital, where all the people who support their brothers and sisters are there.

Zhu's cousin, who was traveling with him, was also high-minded, and he didn't want to lower Shujie before taking the exam.

Later, when Zhen Dafu heard that Jin Xida lived in Xia Zhai, he was the adoptive father of the three of Shujie, and that there was an imperial decree from the emperor to "bestow relatives", he immediately

Ma hesitated, Jin Xida hated their Zhen family so much, and... what he didn't want to think of... the attitude of the people around the empress dowager towards their Zhen family.

Finally decided, that's all, I'd better listen to my daughter-in-law Zhu Shi, and before repairing the relationship with the three Shujie brothers and sisters, don't provoke those people, they are people they can't afford.

The Zhen family is very timid and afraid of death.

Therefore, when they arrived in the capital half a month ago, the three of Zhen Kebao directly lived in Zhen Dagui's house, and only Zhen Kebao took the gift prepared by Mrs. Zhu to the summer house to sit for a while.However, only sister and brother Shuyao received him. Shuwen said: "Brother is preparing for the exam, we didn't tell him that there is a guest." (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation.)

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