In each grade, the college is divided into three grades: A, B, and C. The number of people in each class varies, and if there are more people in a year, there will be more Class A and Class 2, or Class C and Class 2.

If the number of students is small, this establishment will be abolished naturally, and it can be regarded as flexible.

However, because there are many more people in Jinghui Academy who advocate Xinli than Pengfei Academy, they are also bolder than Pengfei Academy in terms of teaching.

The number of students recruited by Jinghui Academy in October this year is about 40 people, including the young ladies from the capital belt and the foreign officials, so this entrance examination has been arranged for three days, and more than a dozen young ladies take the exam every day, and the time is still very relaxed.

And Cui Wanqing and Cui Wanyun's test-taking time is scheduled for the afternoon of the next day.

It's not too far ahead, it's not too far behind, and it's still quite lucky, because the age difference between the two sisters is two years, one can only be in the small class, and the other has to go to the middle class.

Cui's family is about three quarters of an hour's journey away from Jinghui Academy, and the coachman is Cui Laoshi, who is used to Cui Wanhua's sisters, and the carriage is a newly purchased oil-walled car.

Jinghui Academy was built step by step on the west side of Yuxi Mountain, although it was a little smaller than Pengfei Academy in the east, but in Cui Wanqing's eyes, he was already extremely satisfied.

Because Jinghui Academy was built by the decree of the Empress Dowager Zhenxian, it can also be regarded as a royal academy, this winding white wall looks like there is no boundary, and the three large arches passing through from the square to the gate of the academy are even more magnificent.

Stepping into the vermilion gate, facing a bluestone carved shadow wall, the inlaid pattern on it is Danfeng Chaoyang, the peony pattern from the four corners, this shadow wall is larger than the average person, almost comparable to the shadow wall in front of the palace.

Bypassing this finely carved shadow wall, I saw two rows of eight girls in Tsing Yi, standing on the side of the road with a smile on their faces.

Seeing the young lady taking the exam at the door, the two people in front greeted her with a smile. Whispered softly, very politely begged for the post.

After reading the post, he led the Cui Wanqing sisters to the place where the exam took place.

The examination places are all in the same courtyard, and after receiving two red envelopes from Yingqiao and Suyi, the two maids who led the way became more and more careful.

Along the way, it is also considered the layout of Jinghui Academy, said a seven, seven, eighty, eight, here, there are a total of five entrances, the first into the courtyard, is the boundary for receiving guests, the middle three, just three classes of large, medium and small, and the last into is the boundary of dining and teacher rest.

As for the vast garden, it blends with Yujie Mountain and surrounds Jinghui Academy, making the whole academy look like a bird song and a fragrance of flowers, full of life.

The qualified and prestigious gentlemen in the academy, the academy will build a small courtyard for them in the back mountain for rest, basically the family is here, this is because the children of the academy gentlemen, as long as the qualifications are not bad, they are qualified to study in Jinghui Academy and Pengfei Academy.

Because of this favorable condition, many Confucians, in order for their children to receive a good education, are willing to come to the academy to teach, year by year, the gentlemen of Jinghui Academy, is really not much worse than Pengfei Academy.

Today, Cui Wanqing's courtyard for their examination is located in the first entrance of the academy, Fengyu Courtyard, and the courtyard of the examination is called Shuyu Garden, facing three main rooms, two wing rooms on the east and west sides.

Entering the gate of Shuyu Garden, the sisters were led to separate the maids, the examination of the small class was in the west wing, and the examination of the middle class was in the east wing, with a courtyard and a circular flower garden in the middle.

At this time, it is autumn, and the chrysanthemums in the flower garden are blooming just right, and the colors are competing to bloom, which makes people feel refreshed.

Cui Wanqing smiled at Cui Wanyun, who was a little nervous, and took advantage of the salute to whisper, "Calm down." ”

Cui Wanyun gave her a grateful smile back, turned around and followed the maid.

The east wing is a living room with an inner room, when Cui Wanqing entered, there was only a young lady in a pink entwined lotus gown sitting on the six official hat chairs in the small hall, and behind her stood a pretty maid in a blue vest and an elderly mother.

Seeing Cui Wanqing come in, the young lady stood up with a smile and took the lead in saluting, "The little woman Zhang Minglan is nine years old this year, and she is the sixth sister in the family. ”

Cui Wanqing returned the salute with a smile: "The little girl Cui Wanqing, one year older than your sister, is nine at home, my father is a servant of the temple Shaoqing, and my sister is good." ”

The two stood up, smiled and held hands, and curtsied and smiled: "Sister is good (sister is good)." ”

The two looked at each other and smiled, and sat down hand in hand.

Zhang Minglan asked curiously, "Isn't it nine years old to enter school?" Why did my sister come at 10 years old? ”

"It's all because my sister and I were not in good health before, and my ancestors took pity on me, so I haven't let me go to school, but now that my body is recuperating, I want to come to the academy to open my eyes, so I came a year later than other young ladies." Cui Wanqing replied seriously.

Recently, these words have been told to different people, and this lie has been told a lot, and it seems to have become true, and she really said it very smoothly, as if this is the true truth.

As soon as Zhang Minglan heard that Cui Wanqing's father was Shaoqing of Taifu Temple, not to mention that his official rank was one step higher than his father, and his surname was Cui, he was already guessing carefully in his heart.

Look at Cui Wanqing wearing a lilac-colored folded branch orchid tribute satin gown, a purple jade pisces pendant hanging around her waist, a jasper peacock hanging bead hairpin on her head, and a five-petal plum collar buckle inlaid with beads on the collar of her lotus-colored middle shirt.

This young lady speaks and acts very gently, and her smile goes straight to the bottom of her eyes, not a perfunctory smirk, which makes people feel that she treats people sincerely, and she is not the kind of young lady who looks down on people with a shelf.

Zhang Minglan combined these observations together, and vaguely guessed in her heart that such clothes and decorations, such a bearing, Bacheng is the Cui family in the Northeast.

This is a big family, I didn't expect that as soon as I entered the door, I met such a young lady, and I was really lucky.

The smile on Zhang Minglan's face deepened again, and her attitude towards Cui Wanqing became softer and softer.

Cui Wanqing greeted Zhang Minglan while sighing in her heart: "It is worthy of Jinghui Academy, casually meet a young lady from the family of a fourth-grade official, she is already good at talking, and her ability to observe words and emotions is better than that of her own fourth sister, and I think that in the next few years, I will not be bored." ”

The time for the exam was set, and it didn't take long for the six chairs covered with plain embroidered cushions to fill up.

Zhang Minglan's father is the one with the lowest official rank, and the highest is Luo Xuefang, the tenth lady of the Marquis of Hongyao's Mansion, who is good friends with the Marquis of Ming'an, so she has long known that the niece and daughter of the Cao family are in the limelight at this year's birthday banquet of Mrs. Cao Laohou.

She didn't go that day because of something at her grandfather's house, so today is the first time I saw her, Luo Xuefang's attitude towards Cui Wanqing was gentle and polite, but to Zhang Minglan who wanted to talk, she was indifferent and noble.

There were also questions and answers between the two of them, but at first glance, they felt that the daughter of the Hou Mansion was overwhelming, and Zhang Minglan looked and spoke with a bit of flattery and flattery.

Cui Wanqing looked at these nine-year-old children, who were also talking with a shelf, looking at their faces, they couldn't help but feel funny and sighing.

Cui Wanqing was the third of the six to be called into the inner room.

Entering the door and sweeping it, there is a row of bookcases against the south wall, which are full of books, and a wide-headed bookcase is placed in front of the back window, and behind the bookcase sits an elderly old Confucian student, with a gray beard, and the scarce hair is meticulously combed, upright, with a moon-white head, sitting in a precarious position, looking very majestic.

There are two middle-aged men and women sitting on the left and right sides, it seems that there is a chief examiner and two escorts.

In the middle of the room there is a slightly shorter square table, and behind it is a square wooden bench, all of which are of the most simple yellow wood, with no colors or cushions.

This is for candidates to take the exam.

Cui Wanqing walked to the side of the square bench and gave a salute, "Student Cui Wanqing, I have seen three teachers, Mr. Wanfu." ”

Seeing Cui Wanqing calling herself a student, the three people sitting on the table exchanged a satisfied look, one of the two in front of her was a self-proclaimed little girl, and the other was a self-proclaimed Miss Ben.

Only this, the title is appropriate, the etiquette is thoughtful, and then look at the Cui Wanqing book in front of you, on this, who Cui Wanqing's father is and who her mother is, they are all written clearly.

Hu Gaofang smiled lightly and nodded, "Sit down, the old man's surname is Hu, his name is Gao Fang, the words are square, Mr. Yan is on the left, and Mr. Zheng is on the right."

Hearing this Zheng character, Cui Wanqing couldn't help but look up, only to see this female gentleman surnamed Zheng, with an elegant appearance and a long figure, although she was dressed in a light gray Confucian costume and only had a white hosta on her bun, she still couldn't hide her beauty.

Seeing Mr. Zheng smiling at herself in a friendly manner, Cui Wanqing smiled and made another blessing before taking a seat.

Mr. Hu glanced at Zheng Xueyu, Zheng Xueyu nodded, and asked softly: "Cui Wanqing, today's test questions, divided into four kinds of piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, you can choose any one, free to play, the three of us gentlemen, will each ask you a question, you can choose by yourself, whether to answer the question first, or choose the same exam question first." ”

Cui Wanqing stood up when she heard this, bowed her head and said respectfully: "Students choose the exam questions first, then answer the questions, and the students choose the words." ”

Mr. Yan saw that she was polite, coupled with the arrogance and rudeness of the person in front, compared with the two, Mr. Yan's Cui Wanqing was much more pleasing to the eye, "Okay, there is no need to stand and reply, you can sit from the beginning of the exam." ”

Cui Wanqing smiled, sat down and picked up the brush that had been prepared a long time ago, dipped it in ink carefully, and glanced at the boxy rice paper in front of her.

He wrote a five-character quatrain: "The green bamboo is half a seed, and the new shoots are out of the wall." The color invades the book late, and the wine is cold. The rain washes and the wind blows the fragrance. But there is no order to cut down, and I will meet the clouds. ”

This is Cui Changjian's masterpiece, she listened to the sixth brother Cui Changfeng recite at the family banquet, just now all the way, there are bamboo forests like the sea, this will be written out easily, it can be regarded as the right time. R1152