"Father, you mean, don't go to grandfather! Why is that? ”

Cen Erniang thought that Cen Erye would have the same idea as her, and took this opportunity to bring down her grandmother and the big house, and from then on, once and for all. It was a rare occasion that she had evidence of her grandmother's and aunt's mistakes at the same time.

Previously, Yang Er and his wife had confessed in their confessions, saying that her eldest aunt instructed Yin Zhu beside her eldest uncle to lure Yang Er into the gambling game, so as to bring down Yang Er's family, so that Yang Er's sister-in-law and Yang Er would obey the orders of her grandmother and eldest aunt and deal with Erfang. In the past, the fierce medicines that her mother drank that hurt her body were all bought by Yang Er secretly going to a pharmacy outside.

But what her father said that "it is better to be still than to be still", did she let her mother suffer in vain? Let them suffer this loss in vain?

"Yumo and Shuying retreated and went outside to guard, no one was allowed to come in without my order." Second Master Cen waved away the two Yumo, drank a sip of warm rock sugar pear water, and his dry and itchy throat was finally more comfortable. Seeing that Cen Erniang was not angry, he smiled lightly: "What are you doing with a straight face?" The father did not say that he would not take revenge, but the timing was not right. We'll have to wait. ”

"Wait for what?" Cen Erniang always has a noble and cold and strict face when facing the servants on weekdays, and at this time, facing her father, who has always doted on her, finally has a bright and pretty girlish appearance, and pouts coquettishly: "Hmph! Father doesn't know that he can't miss the opportunity, and he won't come again? ”

"Erniang, this year's exam ......" Second Master Cen hesitated, "My father quit halfway, and only half of the exam questions were answered." Did you know what that means? ”

"It means that my father can only barely pass the Guò year old exam, and he can't enter the Hanlin Academy to worship Dr. Zhang as a teacher according to the previous plan."

After ascending the throne today, he has drastically reformed and reformed the imperial examination. One of these initiatives is one of the most popular people in the world. That is: those who are ranked first (i.e., the top three) in the year-end examination of the government school can enter the Hanlin Academy before the spring of the next year and study with the doctors inside.

The doctors in the Hallym Academy are all talented and knowledgeable, and it is the dream of students all over the world to be able to follow them to learn the industry! Moreover, most of these doctors are still examiners who will issue questions in the spring of next year. If you can get their guidance before the spring season, it will benefit you a lot for the exam.

Cen Erniang saw that Cen Erye's face was gloomy, and she was a little puzzled: "Did I say something wrong?" Father, it's nothing if you can't enter the Hanlin Academy, didn't your eldest grandfather have led you to visit Uncle Liu, the secretary of the Criminal Department, before? I went to Uncle Liu's house last month as a guest, but my sister and aunt told my mother and me that Uncle Liu read the article you voted for him, and he loved his father's talent and was very satisfied with you. He also said that as long as you are in the middle of next spring, I will write to ask the Holy Admiral to send you directly to the Criminal Department......"

"Erniang!" Cen Erye didn't have the heart to listen to Cen Erniang's gossip at this time, the corners of his mouth almost collapsed into a line, and he interrupted her words in a deep voice: "You didn't understand what I meant!" In this annual examination, I will most likely be listed as the last ......"

The smile on Cen Erniang's face froze sharply, and she stood up from the armchair in a gaffe, "How is it possible?!" Father, don't be alarmist and destroy your own ambitions. My daughter doesn't like to hear you say that! ”

"Qingzhi! Sit down! Second Master Cen put down the celadon bowl containing the soup heavily, and said with a cold face: "Look at you just like that, but you still have a little bit of everyone's beautiful appearance!" ”

"Yes. The daughter knows that she is wrong, please don't blame the father. Cen Erniang straightened her back, skillfully and gracefully blessed Cen Erye, her movements were arrogant and standard, and she had the posture of a noblewoman.

Cen Erye got up and walked in front of Cen Erniang, helped her up with his own hands, sighed, and said, "I'm not alarmist. Five or six out of ten of the contents involved in the annual examination of the Criminal Division are related to the "Dajing Legal Code" that has just been published. ”

"Father remembers that I have told you that this new edition of the Dajing Law Code is very different from the old version, and many trivial legal provisions have been added. Two months ago, because your mother was critically ill, I didn't have time to memorize the new Vinaya. And this year's annual exam, because I am seriously ill, there are still nearly half of the exam questions on my exam paper that have not been answered. As for the half of the questions I answered, I can't guarantee that all the content is correct. ”

"Erniang, you know the rules of the annual examination. Each Xiucai only has the opportunity to take the exam once a year, and the exam lasts for three days, and I only lasted one and a half days. Therefore, I am at the bottom of the ranks, and the chances of being deposed to the people by the body of Xiucai ...... Very high ......"

"Father, is it really that bad?" Cen Erniang eagerly pulled the sleeve of the wryly smiling Cen Erye, "You are rich in five cars, how can you not even cope with a small annual exam?!" The eldest grandfather and the teacher of ethnology also said that you have the best talent! ”

"Half a year ago, when you got the first place in the mid-year test of Fuxue, Dr. Qian and Dr. Gao of Fuxue also said that you will definitely be able to rank first in the spring of next year. That's why my grandfather gave you the best and largest grange of our three bedrooms......"

Cen Erniang said too many words in one breath, her throat was thirsty, and she swallowed her saliva very unnoblely, "Now, you said that you may be returned to farming, this is not a fantasy, what is it?" ”

"Erniang, being knowledgeable does not mean that I am good at taking the exam, I have studied hard for my father for many years, since I was sixteen years old, that is, in the fifteenth year of the first emperor, after I was admitted to Xiucai, my luck in the exam has been poor. In the eighteenth year of the first emperor, I went to Beijing for the first time to take the exam, but I encountered a flash flood on the way, and was hit in the chest by a flowing stone wrapped in the flood, and almost died. ”

"Three years later, I entered Beijing again, but who knew that the former emperor died violently in the spring, and the whole country was mourned. Now that he ascended the throne, he canceled the scientific expedition of the year, and decreed that he would add an enke for the next year. But that year, I went to the Dayin Temple outside Beijing with a few classmates to hold a party, and when the homeless people made trouble, I was unfortunately seriously injured by the homeless, so I naturally missed the Enke that year. ”

After that, the Holy Lord rectified the rule of officials, and carried out great reforms and reforms, and the imperial examination bore the brunge. In the second year of Enko, the Holy One decreed that the status of a tried-and-true talent like mine should be abolished, lest we waste the money and food of the treasury. ”

"Although Xiucai's monthly receipt of a bucket of rice and five hundred copper coins is only a small amount, the saint probably wants to accumulate a lot." Second Master Cen smiled bitterly and continued: "Then, the Holy Lord changed the content of the scientific examination, and divided the Spring Sect into subjects, and the six parts corresponded to six subjects, and the content of the examination was very different from before, more detailed and specialized. ”

So, I spent another three years studying, preparing, and re-passing the township and government exams, and got a show of talent. Three years ago, two months before I participated in the Spring Festival, your great-grandmother died of illness, and as a grandson, I had to keep filial piety, so I missed the scientific examination again. ”

"In the past three years, I have hardly left the study in order to be ranked first in the spring of next year, shining on the lintel, holding the scroll in my hand, and having nothing to do......

Cen Erye's voice was obscure and sad, and when he heard Cen Erniang's sadness, he unconsciously burst into tears, "Father, I know everything!" You don't have to say ...... anymore"

It's not the first time that Cen Erniang has heard Cen Erye talk about her scientific expedition, but there has never been a time like this time, she empathizes with her father's lack of talent and poor luck in the exam, and she feels such regret and hatred, she has not experienced it personally, and she is uncomfortable.

The father himself who has experienced this must have been so painful.

Cen Erniang didn't care about the manners and etiquette of a noble girl, she walked behind Cen Erye who was standing with her back to her in a few steps, stretched out her hands, hugged his waist, and let tears fall silently on his vest.

Second Master Cen didn't move, and let his daughter hold him like this. In this way, he felt less sad and bitter, and felt that he had the strength to support himself and not be defeated by the cruel reality.

He couldn't say those things to his wife who had not yet recovered, to his father who had too high expectations for him and who had never cared about the results of the exams, to his teachers and friends who were very optimistic about him, and not to the ignorant and naughty children......

Although they were his dearest and loved ones, they were not the best people to talk to.

Only Cen Erniang, a smart, sensible and strong intimate little padded jacket, is the person who knows his mind best.