At the beginning of August, the autumn is crisp, the osmanthus is fragrant, and the time for the second examination is approaching, and the city of Nanjing is full of readers from all over the world.

Jiangnan Gongyuan is located on the bank of the Qinhuai River, forming a special atmosphere for talented and beautiful people, but now the business on the banks of the Qinhuai River is much colder.

Since Zhu Cihong abolished his lowly status, many girls who have lost their footing by the Qinhuai River have been ransomed and married, and some good girls have even redeemed themselves and left the Qinhuai River.

The remaining six of Qin Huai's Bayan were also eager to leave, and after learning that they had been abolished, they couldn't wait to enter the palace in person to thank the prince for his great kindness.

Zhu Cihong did not miss this opportunity, and soon sent someone to summon the remaining Qin Huai Liuyan, and after careful selection and selection, he finally left the three people who were the most pleasing to the eye and the youngest: Kou Baimen, Dong Xiaowan, and Bian Yujing.

Kou Baimen is the most beautiful of Qin Huai Bayan, although the family has opened a brothel for generations, but it is as pure as white paper, known as a woman, it is said that there are a few brushes in the martial arts attainments, and the figure is superb.

Bian Yujing is a typical talented woman, born in a bureaucratic family, poetry, piano, calligraphy and painting are omnipotent, especially good at Xiaokai, but also proficient in literature and history, she is skilled in painting, especially orchid painting is very good.

Dong Xiaowan was born in a Su embroidery family, the family has opened an embroidery village for generations, she is a full lady, her parents are cultural people, and she is also very affectionate, she has cultivated Dong Xiaowan since she was a child, carefully taught her poetry, calligraphy and painting, needlework and female red, and wanted to train a talented and virtuous girl.

A few years ago, Dong Xiaowan's father died of illness, the Dong family's embroidery village was bankrupt by the guys, his mother died of grief, and the family was in debt.

Dong Xiaowan's beautiful appearance and otherworldly temperament soon made her famous in Qinhuai River, but because of her self-appreciation, self-pity, and refusal to be at the mercy of others, she quickly offended a vulgar guest, but won the appreciation of some noble people.

These three people have their own personalities, Zhu Cihong fell in love with them at a glance, Kou Baimen has the heroic spirit of a female general, Bian Yujing has a kind of classical beauty, Dong Xiaowan is cold-eyed, and the others are just like that, not their own dishes......

Zhu Cihong kept the three of them on the grounds of teaching the etiquette of the maidservants in the palace and learning from the culture, and made the female officials in the palace.

The three of them are sixteen or seventeen years old this year, and they are very easy to fool, and when they saw the serious appearance of Prince Zhu, a prodigy who has been rumored recently, they didn't think much about it, and they all happily stayed.

Zhu Cihong placed them in the Rouyi Palace, went to see them in his spare time, and took turns with them to learn the four arts of piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, cultivate their sentiments, and live a life like talented and beautiful women......

After the incident in Meixianglou, Zhao Jinglin's face became thicker for some reason, and he went to harass Li Xiangjun every once in a while.

After going back and forth, Li Xiangjun saw that he was handsome and golden, and he took the initiative to admit his mistakes and have a progressive heart, so he agreed to associate with him.

Seeing that there were only three people in Qin Huai Bayan, Li Shaoyou was also anxious, he heard that Chen Yuanyuan and Liu Ruyi had a very good relationship, so he brought a few jars of good wine to ask Chen's sister-in-law to talk about a matchmaker.

Liu Ru is a twenty-three-year-old leftover girl, and she has long wanted to find someone to marry, where can she withstand Li Shaoyou's rhetoric and stubborn fighting, and the two were ambiguous at that time.

Qian Qianyi, the leader of the Donglin Party who was over half a hundred years old, also fell in love with Liu Ruyi, and also asked Li Shaoyou to have a literary competition.

Qian Qianyi and other Donglin party members played up the arrogance of military generals in "Jiangnan Xinbao", insulting Sven, but no one paid attention to them.

The scholars were busy with the second entrance examination and reviewing their knowledge; Li Shaoyou was busy accompanying the beauty, papapa;

Two days before the start of the examination, scholars from all over the country rushed to Nanjing one after another, and under the large-scale propaganda of the Huangming Times, not only scholars from Zhejiang, Fujian, Jiangxi, Huguang, and Liangguang came, but even scholars from as far away as Beizhili also rushed to take the examination.

I've already missed a round, and if I want to have another chance, I have to wait three years, so why not take advantage of this heat to fight again?

On the ninth day of August, the day before the start of the examination, there were as many as 20,000 scholars in Nanjing who came to take the examination.

Zhu Cihong still felt dissatisfied, the trial was carried out too hastily, there was only one month to publicize and prepare, and there were basically not a few scholars from Sichuan and the north, and the standard of collecting talents from all over the world was not achieved.

This examination was a pilot project for Zhu Cihong to carry out the reform of the imperial examination.

Zhu Cihong attached great importance to the scholars who came to take the examination, and specially allocated funds from the household department to charter half of the inns and restaurants in Nanjing, provide free food and lodging for the scholars who rushed to take the examination, and each person also paid ten taels of silver for the journey.

This kind of treatment is simply too considerate for poor scholars, and many scholars have a warm heart, and they all think of the crown prince's goodness.

Outside an inn not far from the Jiangnan Gongyuan, a large group of scholars were queuing up to register and get their numbers.

In front of the inn, a servant of Ying Tianfu shouted in a long voice: "The next Xiucai master!" ”

A man in his thirties, dressed in a green mountain and carrying a shabby baggage, stood up and looked around his surroundings.

The official asked mechanically, "Please ask your name and place of origin." ”

"Yan Yingyuan, a person from Tongzhou." The man replied calmly.

"Your number plate." The official glanced at him in surprise, but he didn't expect that even the scholars of Beizhili went to Nanjing to catch the exam.

After the number plate was issued, the official continued: "The next Xiucai master!" ”

"Excuse me, my name, my place of origin."

"Song Yingxing, a new person from Jiangxi."

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"Excuse me, my name, my place of origin."

"Zhang Huangyan, a person from Yinxian County, Zhejiang......"

"Chen Mingyu, a person from Shangyu, Zhejiang, ......"

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In the inn, it was dark and full of scholars who were rushing to take the exam, all waiting for the free lunch provided by the imperial court.

A group of young scholars looked at the old Xiucai who was leaning alone in the corner, the old Xiucai was of medium stature, his beard was white, and he was in his fifties, and his appearance immediately attracted the attention of a group of young scholars.

No one made fun of Lao Xiucai, and many people sighed in their hearts, will they insist on participating in the scientific examination as he did when they reach this age?

Lao Xiucai's name is Song Yingxing, when he was young, he participated in the provincial township examination, and won the third place in the province among more than 10,000 candidates.

Within a few years of teaching, Song Yingxing published a large number of works, including the first few volumes of "Heavenly Creations", and his knowledge was extremely extensive.

I heard that the crown prince held the second examination, and the content of the examination was not limited to eight strands of literature, as well as arithmetic, and even recruited hundreds of special students, who had a deep study in the fields of arithmetic or gewu, and had the opportunity to pass the exam, and Song Yingxing came for this special student quota......