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Although Xiaobao has hoped countless times that the days can pass slowly, slower, and give him more time to prepare, the days are like a white horse, and he suddenly comes to the day of the children's exam.

Qinglan couldn't understand it, but it was just a small exam, why was it so burdensome, she was tired of panicking for Xiaobao!

Walking into the examination room, Qinglan finally understood why the courtyard of the county school was so big.

The originally empty courtyard was full of long tables and benches, with a large gong at the front and a bright red cloth wrapped around the hammer head; There are a few chairs in the middle of the courtyard, presumably for the invigilators.

According to the surname, Qinglan successfully found her seat, in the northwest corner of the courtyard.

Qinglan sat down and looked around the entire examination room, Xiaobao's seat was far away from her, and she was still in the wind.

The wind in February was still very hard, and Qinglan only hoped that Xiaobao would wear enough.

"Knock", just as Qinglan was looking left and right, the big gong was sounded, and the invigilator team headed by the chief examiner entered the venue.

After not seeing Zhao Bingsheng for a long time, Qinglan felt that he had gained a lot of fortune, and his double chin grew a beard. He said a few words, roughly the rules and punishment system of the examination room, and at the end he also gave some encouragement to the candidates, and when he swept to Qinglan, he obviously paused, and when he saw the woman in the examination room, even if it was his niece, he still felt very awkward.

With an order to open the exam, Qinglan opened the test paper bag on the desk, flipped out the exam questions and quickly skimmed the side, fortunately, they were all prepared.

The Tongsheng test can be regarded as the easiest exam in the imperial examination, there are five in total, namely: Jingyi (Four Books and Five Classics), Trial Poems, Sutras, Laws, and Strategies; The main types of questions in today's exam are: word interpretation, sentence supplement, answer source, and simple discussion, Qinglan only needs to answer the questions taught by Mr.

About an hour later, Qinglan had already completed the test questions, she checked it carefully, crossed out a few repetitive prepositions, and kept her answers firmly in mind, and she had to give the master a silent review later.

Zhao Bingsheng has been paying attention to Qinglan's answers, and he can't help but be a little jealous when he sees how easily she finishes.

Last year, he spent a lot of money on his two unsuccessful sons to donate to the prison, the shadow prison must be above the seventh grade, Zhao Bingsheng is not of enough grade, and there is no father who is an official, so he has to spend it to buy, so that the two sons have a stepping stone to enter the officialdom.

However, since the founding of this dynasty, it has attached great importance to practice, and the imperial examination system is strict, and prisoners like this are very looked down upon wherever they go, and it is very difficult to climb up. Zhao Bingsheng no longer has any expectations for his two sons, and he puts his energy and hope on his grandson. Alas, in terms of people's luck and talent, people are really more damned than people, and goods should be thrown away.

The exam lasted for two hours, and now there is nearly half of the time, Qinglan is holding her urine and wants to hand in the paper and leave, but at this time, she can't hand in the paper in advance and can't go to the toilet halfway, otherwise she will be regarded as abandoning the exam.

Qinglan sniffled, she didn't feel so cold just now, she looked up at Xiaobao, I don't know if she was wrong, how did she feel Xiaobao's writing hand trembling.

There are a total of twelve invigilators, the deputy invigilator is Chen Shanchang, most of the others are teachers from county schools, and there are two Qinglan who have never seen them, and they seem to be invigilators who have been exchanged from other places. They walked back and forth lightly, shuttling between the candidates, and if they found a cheater, they would call the officials guarding the door to drag them away.

Qinglan was bored, but fortunately, she risked choking to death in the morning and ate the paste prepared by her father himself, otherwise she would have been "hungry and cold" at this time.

"Stop writing-" Qinglan finally waited for the invigilator's order to collect the papers, and felt that Zhao Bingsheng was not so annoying at this time.

Two hours, four hours, two hundred and forty minutes, Qinglan's buttocks were numb, and she and Xiaobao limped out of the examination room.

"Qingqing!" Shu Lao Er hurriedly stepped forward and wrapped his coat around his daughter, he has experience, he must be cold and hungry at this time. Feeling the heat with her father's residual warmth, Qinglan's face softened slightly, and then looked at Xiaobao, who looked dazed and was helped into the carriage by the family.

Xiaobao, you must hold on, Qinglan thought silently in her heart, there are still four exams ahead. Bidding farewell to the Ding family, Shu Lao Er led his daughter to Pan's house, where there were still family members waiting for them.

After a few exams, Qinglan deeply felt that the exam was really a personal work, and she must have a good body, no wonder it was said that the body was the capital of the revolution, it was too accurate!

Xiaobao also thought so, if he hadn't practiced kung fu with Thirteen for two years, he wouldn't have sneezed so simply now, Qinglan still had a fever at this moment!

That's right, Qinglan was frozen and was eating tomatoes mixed with sugar on the kang.

In the early days of Emperor Yuan Qi's reign, he sent many people to search for various grains, vegetables, melons and fruit seeds, and tomatoes were one of them.

At first, after eating tomatoes, the area around the mouth would be red, similar to the symptoms of allergies, so they refused to eat again.

Emperor Yuan Qi personally made a pot of tomato and egg soup, distributed it to hundreds of officials, and asked people to take the lead in distributing it on the street. That's when everyone became interested in tomatoes.

Now that tomatoes have been planted all over the country, they are not a rare item, but in early spring, they are not easy to find.

Qinglan wants to eat cold as soon as she has a fever, preferably watermelon, which is rich in juice and quickly heated. But at this time, how can there be watermelon, Qinglan retreated to the next best thing, and wanted to eat tomatoes mixed with sugar.

Shu Lao and his wife glanced at each other, at this time... Where to find tomatoes?

Old man Pan took it all in one bite and promised his granddaughter that he would let you eat tomatoes tomorrow!

I don't know where Uncle Pan found the way, so he spent five taels of silver to buy three tomatoes, all for his niece.

Pan Erniang smacked her lips in distress, five taels of silver for tomatoes? In the summer, five taels of silver can buy 30 baskets and 1,000 catties of tomatoes!

I don't know if this expensive outrageous tomato played a role, anyway, Qinglan quickly jumped up and started to study.

"Sister, your letter!" Mingyu had just come back from the post station, as long as he was resting, he would definitely help the store go out to deliver food, and it happened that the messenger was going to deliver the letter, so he simply took it back himself.

Qinglan put down the book in her hand, the last time she sent a letter from the thirteenth, it was before the Tongsheng exam, encouraging her and Xiaobao to take the test well, and it was best to play extraordinarily, looking forward to the two of them becoming the pillars of the country.

This time, the letter was thick, mainly about Thirteen's negotiations with his father.

"Back to Wei County?" Before Emperor Jingtai could say anything, Concubine Jiang Shu, who was sitting opposite him, couldn't help it, "You are the prince, how can you live outside for a long time?" This, this is not at all in accordance with the rules! After speaking, he glanced at Emperor Jingtai's expression - there was no expression, and he couldn't see any emotion.

Propriety? Thirteen really wanted to tell his mother that the Li family had never been very disciplined, otherwise where would they come from the world?

"Mother, I am not yet sixteen, the great monk said that I should not live in the palace, since I want to live outside the palace, what is the difference between Shandong and the capital?" Li Shisan likes this excuse very much now, it is not suitable to grow up in the palace, ha, thank you to the Seventh Emperor Brother, thank you to the Great Monk!

"How is it that there is no difference! Shandong is away from Beijing," Jiang Shufei wanted to say that it was far away from the capital, but she could think about the "SF Express" that her son often sent back, and changed her words: "No matter how close Shandong is, it is not the capital, in case you meet..."Jiang Shufei didn't dare to say that the public security was not good? Someone assassinated? Isn't this a naked slap in the emperor's face! "If something happens to you, there is no one to discuss!" After saying that, Concubine Jiang Shu's face turned red first, the royal family cultivates children to be independent from an early age, and they make their own decisions when they encounter problems, this is one of the compulsory courses for the prince, I am afraid that I will not have an opinion in the future.

Concubine Jiang Shu's heart is like a mirror, even if the youngest son really encounters problems, it is impossible to consult with someone everywhere, who to discuss, with his father who is open all year round? With yourself who has lived in the deep palace for a long time and can't interfere in politics? Or with my brother who has been running errands abroad for many years? In addition, whoever you discuss will become a thorn in the emperor's eyes, a thorn in the flesh, and a suspicion in his heart.

In any case, even if they don't see each other a few times a year, Concubine Jiang Shufei doesn't want to let her youngest son out.

The eldest son has been running around for a long time, patrolling everywhere for the emperor, and the younger son has been gone for two or three years, and when she comes back, she almost can't recognize it! The little boy who used to snuggle in his arms has begun to look like a teenager, and he is about to catch up with her. Whether Concubine Jiang Shufei is selfish or motherly, she can't have a son and not stay by her side, she only has two children, and the emperor has more than a dozen.

"Mother, I have grown up, and many things can be solved by myself," Seeing that the mother concubine was almost about to cry, Thirteen hurriedly stepped forward and knelt in front of Concubine Jiang Shu, "It's the son's unfilial piety, and he can't be under the knees of his father and mother in the day, but the son's minister is not going to play, Mr. Ji is a great Confucian in the world, and the son-in-law has the opportunity to learn, naturally, naturally..."

"The great Confucianism in the palace is not enough for you to learn? There is also a Guozijian in the capital, if you are so studious, it is better for me to send you there. "Little, dare to be cautious in front of me, your skills are all left over from me.

"Father Emperor is wise..."Thirteen turned an angle and climbed in front of Emperor Jingtai, and the thick carpet was pressed out by him with two shallow marks, "Father... Studying is one of them, and secondly, it is also the duty of the prince to observe the people's feelings..."

"Your eldest brother is doing errands for your father, this is the prince's duty, as for you, it is your duty to study in the study and learn government affairs!" Concubine Jiang Shufei has grown a lot stronger, her voice is full of energy, and her voice has become louder.

"The sons are still young, and it's not too late to wait for the ministers to enter and learn after a few years, not to mention that the sons and daughters have not fallen behind in their studies when they are outside, and the father has praised the sons, right?" Thirteen was anxious to pull Emperor Jingtai into his camp, and he understood that the biggest obstacle was not his father, but his mother!

"No way!" Concubine Jiang Shu's hair, there is a posture that if the emperor dares to agree, the old lady will not live.

"Mother! If my son stays in the capital, one day..."

"Thirteen, don't be unreasonable to your mother." Emperor Jingtai interrupted his youngest son's words, he doted on his youngest son, partly because he grew up outside the palace at a young age, and partly because of the fate between people, he and his youngest son were particularly close to each other. Of course, the great monk also advised him many times not to let his youngest son enter the palace, "The thirteen princes are deeply blessed, and they are the blessings of the country, so they should not be hasty." ”

Thirteen remembered the tricks taught by Qinglan, "If you can't be reasonable, you will be coquettish", he put his heart sideways, and the master fought this face!

"Father~~~" Thirteen prayed and looked at Emperor Jingtai, and said cutely: "You have told others, I went to Zhongnan Mountain with the great monk to practice, and I will not come back until I reach adulthood..."

"Then you mean you want to go to Zhongnan Mountain?" Emperor Jingtai didn't raise his eyelids, it's strange, what's so good about that small place in Weixian County, can catch up with the prosperity of the capital?

"No, no, no, no..."Thirteen was frightened, so he didn't go to Laoshizi Zhongnan Mountain!

Sitting behind the thirteenth, the fifth prince saw that the father and the emperor doted on his younger brother very much, and wanted to do what he wanted, but he was worried about his mother...

Thirteen turned his head to look at the eldest brother, his eyes blinking violently, meaning "Hurry up and help me say something!" ”

"Thirteen, what's wrong with the eyes?" Emperor Jingtai saw that his youngest son's eyes were about to cramp, and he deliberately lowered his voice.

Thirteen's body stiffened, Shu Qinglan, you big liar! Didn't you say it worked?

(Qinglan: I'm so innocent (o??) ェ?'o),This trick is obviously my sister's usual trick.,It's hard to try! ）

"Father, mother," the fifth prince who received his younger brother's eyes for help finally spoke, "Officials and noble families, for the sake of their children, they will be sent to famous academies at a young age, or put them in the army for training, for fear that the capital will be rich and noble, and the children will be used to being a gentleman." My younger brother is already ten years old, not a child anymore, he has his own considerations and plans, since he wants to go out for a walk, understand the secular people, and learn how to behave in the world, we should support it, after all, he still has to face these things independently in the future. “

The words of the five princes were like a refreshing piano song, which quieted Concubine Jiang Shu's anxious heart. Shouldn't you hold your youngest son in tow?

"To tell you the truth, what is it in the county that you can't keep the capital?" Concubine Jiang Shufei thinks crookedly, it won't be a woman...

"Erchen, Erchen thinks that the local people are simple..."Thirteen saw that his father's face changed, and he suddenly choked, "I can't bear my little friends..."

"Cut~ Breath!" Emperor Jingtai took a sip, a dignified son, how could he not bear the loneliness! A person in a high position can only control the overall situation if he can enjoy endless loneliness.

"What a buddy!" Concubine Jiang Shufei changed her gentle tone in the past, "How can they be worthy of being your friends!" You are a noble prince! “

Regarding Jiang Shufei's words, the three men present disagree (for the time being, count Thirteen as a man, he himself is positioned in this way), men, especially politicians, often think more about the word "friend" than women.

Concubine Jiang Shu is the glue between the interests of the Jiang family and the interests of the Five Princes, but she doesn't seem to be aware of her responsibilities yet, and she speaks and acts a little rashly, which is also the reason why Emperor Jingtai is relieved to take her with him, a woman who is too calculating, he has always looked down on it.

Politicians look at their friends like a tree not far from themselves, before this tree grows, as long as it is not a friend of the enemy, I will let you succeed, and even sacrifice some of your own soil and water; One day you will grow into a towering tree, and you can be used by me; But if one day I become my enemy, even if it is a piece of moss on the bark of a tree, I will never be merciful until I destroy you completely!

As for the superior, he needs to balance the forces of all aspects, so since the founding of the country, the three generations of emperors have attached great importance to the poor class, and they often have unexpected "effects", such as Zhao Ji, who pulled Qu Keyuan off the horse.

The fifth prince is already a qualified politician, he is the community of interests of the Chiang group and the royal family, and he will have the support of his wife and family in the future. But no matter how many people support it, what he needs most is his father's affirmation, as long as his younger brother's request does not harm his father's interests, he will definitely give his full support.

As for Thirteen, although it is impossible to simply consider his own feelings, he at least retains the precious innocence of the royal family, as long as he does not harm the interests of the royal group, no one will care where he lives.

Emperor Jingtai lifted his eyelids, and saw that his youngest son was looking at him with anticipation in his eyes, and couldn't help asking, "Do you really want to go like this?" ”

(To be continued.) )