Shen house, upper room.

The servants set the table, and Shen Rui sat down under Xu's and accompanied Xu's to dinner. Sister Yu has been "sick" these days, and she is recuperating in bed and has not come to the upper room.

Of course, this is the official statement, Shen Rui, as a cousin, heard that his cousin was sick and would definitely go to investigate

According to Shen Rui, although the little girl's complexion was a little pale, her face was shy and shy. The adoptive mother and maidservant who followed him did not look sad, but were all happy.

It's Xu's, and his heart is a little better, and he asked someone to add clothes and jewelry to Sister Yu.

Where is the disease?

Shen Rui had a sister of the same age in his previous life, who was forced to go to a 24-hour convenience store in the middle of the night to buy a wing-guarding baby, so he naturally understood these physiological and hygiene knowledge.

In ancient times, a girl's menarche represented fertility and being able to go out to get married, which was naturally a happy event.

It's just that the elders can congratulate on this matter, but Shen Rui, who is a cousin, is not good to congratulate, so he can only be ignorant.

The Xu family had already mentioned to him that he wanted to pass Sister Jiyu to the long house, and now the letter to Jiangxi has also gone, so he will be the second master's reply.

Shen Rui naturally has no objection, whether it is for Sister Ganyu or for the Shen family, the status of a concubine is a good thing

If you really want Sister Yu's identity to be raised, Shen Rui has a candidate for a sister-in-law in his heart, but now that the second master's side has not yet been settled, and there are still many variables, he has not said it.

The eldest lord has a party tonight, and there is an old friend of the same year who is worried about the same year, and he entertains the guests and invites the eldest lord to be a guest.

Shen Rui got the news, so he came to the room and had dinner with Xu.

In this family, the Xu family works hard inside and out, the hardest, but also the most lonely. Shen Rui often came over to accompany the Xu family for dinner, and when the eldest master was there, he still came and sometimes didn't come, and when the eldest master was not there, he mostly wanted to come over.

"Although this white water sheep's head was bought from outside, that one is a halal shop, and it was cleaned up, otherwise I wouldn't have bought it, and my mother would have tasted it." Seeing that Xu had no appetite, Shen Rui opened his mouth to persuade.

Next to the maid prepared a vinegar dish, which was the leftover Laba vinegar from the previous year.

Using this cold cut lamb head meat is sour and spicy, but it is extremely appetizing.

Xu's old age, his mouth is dull, and he is tired during the New Year, and he has not eased up, but now after listening to Shen Rui's persuasion, he drank an extra bowl of porridge with lamb's head meat, and his face was a little more energetic.

After the dinner table was removed and the tea was served, Xu asked about Shen Rui's day out as a guest.

After more than a year in Beijing, Shen Rui is not a lively person, and he has made limited new friends. This time when he went out, Xu was quite concerned.

Shen Rui said: "I drank egg tea, and the tea soup of millet noodles, I only heard it earlier, but now I have tasted it."

When Xu heard this, he smiled and said, "Brother Rui, is this going out in the morning with an empty stomach?" Why do you just look at the food? Can the elders be forgiving and loving? What kind of character is the little brother of the Gao family? ”

"I didn't see the family, I only saw the lady of the Gao family, although she is a poor family and has a difficult livelihood, she is a poor and happy character, and she treats others with a heart, otherwise she would not have raised such an innocent and simple child." Shen Rui thought about the mother and son of the Gao family and said.

Don't say anything else, just see that Mrs. Gao doesn't dislike Brother Shou when she sees a little beggar, and she doesn't stammer when she hears that Shen Rui is the son of a big official, and this character is much stronger than ordinary people.

Xu said: "It's not only the right eye, but also a reliable family, and the little brother of the Gao family will have more contacts in the future, at your age, it is the time to call friends......"

Shen Rui shook his head and said: "The child's mind is full of April's house exam, and he has been out of the house for a long time, and he has already breathed, and then it is important to study." ”

Xu sighed and said, "Don't worry about it, what are you really about...... It's not a smart person to force yourself like this for the sake of a few gossips from others."

Shen Rui said: "It's not just for leisure, it's just for the sake of preparing for a rainy day...... There is no wind and no waves, now there is a spring to compare, there is no movement, and when it is turned up, it is impossible to say what is wrong and falls on the master. Tongue can kill, not to mention that even if the child fails to take the lead in the officialdom, as long as the ranking is at the top, it will be a ...... to deal with."

Shen Li saw that he was estranged, the second room of the Shen family was green and yellow, and the eldest lord was in a critical place.

Although the Yang family is in-laws, that is the road in the future, and it has not been able to borrow light in recent years.

Shen Rui could think of this, Xu Shi only felt sour in his heart, and said: "Although the idea is good, you must remember to do what you can, if you damage your body, it will be more than worth the loss......

Shen Rui raised his fist and said: "The child insists on practicing boxing every morning, and the mother is relieved to ......"

Shen Rui is so sympathetic to his elders and so sensible, Xu can only be pleased.

Shen Rui didn't tell the Xu family about meeting the prince, it's useless to talk about this matter, can he still stick to the prince now? It is not easy for the prince to leave the palace, and I don't know how many people are staring at him behind him. Is there a next time to meet like today, or two words, and the eldest master and the Xu family, in addition to making them worry, there is no side benefit.

Although Shen Rui was faintly happy about today's "chance encounter" with the prince, and he also had the heart to hug the thick legs of the future son of heaven, he also knew that this was not something that could "be happy".

Just like the Xu family would inquire about the temperament and temperament of his friends, the couple in the palace would inquire in more detail, and they couldn't even ask what Shen Rui said and what expressions he was.

Shen Rui can only "meet" the prince by chance, and he should not recognize the identity of the prince. Otherwise, if you are not careful, you will be regarded as a strange-minded climber.

Just like what Shen Rui said to Gao Wenhu before he came out of Gao's house today, he plans to study behind closed doors in the next month and a half, even if he meets Gao Wenhu again, it will be after the house test.

Shen Rui planned it in this way, and the whole of March was also implemented according to this plan.

Get up at five o'clock in the morning every day, write a text, and then practice Xingyi boxing for half an hour, and then have breakfast.

After breakfast, go to the main courtyard to say goodbye, send the eldest lord to the gate, and serve the eldest lord to get on the sedan chair or horse.

After returning, he began to copy the "Commentary on the Four Books" for an hour and read the history of the Bible for an hour.

After lunch, take a break for half an hour after dinner, continue to analyze the two essays made by the predecessors in the afternoon, and make one essay by myself, and then continue to read the "Notes on the Four Books".

At dinner time, most of them are in the main room, talking to Xu or the eldest master.

After dinner, I stopped reading books, and mostly wrote down the homework I had reviewed during the day, until the beginning of the child's placement.

For 30 days, Shen Rui closed the door except for the first day of junior high school to ask Mrs. Hongda to say goodbye

This diligence and self-control, the Shen family has long seen it in their eyes, and they don't feel unusual. It's just that the Xu family here, even if he knows that Shen Rui is sensible, he feels sorry for him, and orders the small kitchen to make all kinds of warm supplements.

But this hard work, in the eyes of others, can only sigh.

Forbidden City, Kunning Palace.

On the Luohan couch near the window, across the square table, sat the most honorable couple in the world.

Emperor Hongzhi is more than thirty years old, and because of his poor health, he looks a little thin and his face is a little innocent

The plump and beautiful woman sitting opposite is the wife of Emperor Hongzhi and the current Empress Zhang Niangniang.

"I have to read books for seven or eight hours a day, this kid is hard work, not to mention the son of the eunuch family, that is, the son of a poor family, it is not easy to complain about being able to get the head of the case if he can do this, just this momentum, if he is not the first, he will lose" Zhang Niangniang looked at the fold in her hand and sighed.

Emperor Hongzhi nodded and said: "In the end, it is the Shen family, for more than a hundred years, how many Jinshi and Juren have been produced." If you change to someone else's family, after a few generations, your children and grandchildren will not be able to endure this hardship......"

Zhang Niangniang put down her fold, frowned and said: "Brother Shou, don't say seven or eight hours, but if I am willing to read a book quietly for an hour every day, I will thank God for ......."

When Emperor Hongzhi heard this, he was also worried, but he said: "Brother Shou is just when he is naughty, and he will inevitably play a little ......."

Zhang Niangniang sighed and said: "If I am greedy for a while, I am not afraid of anything, but I heard that the internal official said that Brother Shou is now in love with martial arts, and he shoots a bow and arrows in the school field all day long......"

Speaking of his only son, Emperor Hongzhi was also worried.

However, in front of his wife, he didn't want to show it, so he acted disapprovingly: "That little nerd of the Shen family doesn't forget to practice boxing every day with a book, isn't it to strengthen his body?" Brother Shou is the time to grow his body, so he goes to practice more exercises, and his body bones are stronger......"

Zhang Niangniang knows how much her husband loves her eldest son, and if she wants to say that it is not good for him to hear the eldest son, she doesn't have to think about it.

She lowered her head, her smile a little stiff.

If her youngest son is alive, where will she put all her mind on Brother Shou?

Could it be that God destined her to have only one son?

Zhang Niangniang only felt sour and sour in her heart, and she didn't know whether to regret or hate......

The most important thing in March is the temple exam.

Before the palace test, Shen Ying did not stay in the Hanlin Academy, nor did she go to the Sixth Division, but went to the James Mansion.

When the palace examination is completed, the new jinshi in the year of Renxu is freshly baked.

Shen Rui is determined to take the imperial examination, but of course he is concerned about this year's spring. There were more than 3,700 candidates at the time of the examination, and 300 people were taken from the middle tribute, and the tribute yuan was Lu Duo, a prisoner from Huguang Jingling County.

When the results of the palace examination came out, the tribute Lu Duo was not in the first class, but he was also in the top of the second class, and then he was admitted to the Shu Jishi.

In the first class of this year, the champion Kang Hai is a citizen of Shaanxi martial arts and a prisoner; Gang Yao Sun Qing is a native of Wuqing, a native of Yuyao County, Zhejiang, and a prisoner; Tanhua Li Tingxiang is a native of Jinyiwei, a native of Puzhou, Shandong, and a student of Shuntianfu. The first of the second class and the first of the third class are all people from Nanzhili, and they are all prisoners.

The inmates of later generations are overflowing, and they are despised by scholars, but the current inmates are golden, and people often haunt Dingjia, and this year it is even more rounded up with three Dingjia.

Shen Rui saw it, and he was even more curious about Guozijian.

When the college examination is completed this year, he will be in the official status and can become an official student. However, looking at the seniors of Chunshan Academy, most of them are in the official school and continue to study in Chunshan Academy.

Where he will go to study at that time, Shen Rui has not yet decided in his heart.

The most important thing right now is the exam in April.

Shen Rui did not slack off in the slightest, tightened his books, and tightened his breath until April 15, and the government examination began......