Qin Yuanyuan's demeanor is still the same, and there is still a kind of sadness on her face, which is also a portrayal of her unfortunate fate, today she came to the teahouse, but also to collect accounts in one of her own industries, and overheard someone outside talking about Ji Ning, so she asked the personal maid to go out to listen.

The maid said, "Miss, if you care about Ji Gongzi, why don't you come to the door and ask?" After all, Ji Gongzi is also our neighbor, isn't it normal for neighbors to care about each other? ”

"No, you can't." Qin Yuanyuan shook his head slightly and said, "Ji Gongzi is now taking the test for fame, and the list has not yet been released at this time, everyone else is staring at his every move, I am an ominous person, if I go to see him, others will think that we have something in secret, which will have a great impact on his reputation." On the contrary, it is better to wait for the list to be released, and then I will congratulate him, so that the name will be justified, and others will not chew the root of the tongue. ”

"Miss, how do you know that Ji Gongzi will be promoted after the list is released? It is said that he is the first time to take the exam, and the probability of being able to win is not high, even the odds of Zhongjieyuan, he is also very low, a few days ago he was still a hundred to a hundred, and now it is almost a loss of two hundred. Others say he's in vain. ”

"I don't know, don't talk nonsense, Ji Gongzi's talent and learning will be able to win the world in the future, how can you despise him like this? If you say this again, I will not keep you, and sell you to those reckless men who like to chew their tongues with you, and let you live with that kind of reckless man for the rest of your life! When Qin Yuanyuan heard that her maid had slandered Ji Ning, she couldn't bear it in her heart, and she actually spoke with harsh words.

When the little maid heard this, she quickly stopped talking, her own young lady is rich and powerful, and she can be regarded as a person with background strength in Jinling City, and it is not a big deal to change a personal maid at all. She thought to herself: "Miss is so good to me on weekdays, why is she so angry when she mentions Ji Gongzi?" It must be that Miss cares a lot about what others think of her and Ji Gongzi, I have to be careful in the future, so I can't make Miss angry again. ”

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On August 23, Ji Ning had two things to do.

One is to go to Chongwang's Mansion in the evening to be perfunctory, and maybe at noon they will meet Tang Jie, Han Yu and others, talk about the evening banquet first, and then set off together in the afternoon. The second thing is that he is going to the Tribute Academy, and this day is the day to determine which day the list will be released.

The list will generally be released on the last day of August, twenty-nine or thirty, or the first and second days of September, which is not very fixed, but also because the number of candidates in each township examination is different, the answer to the examination paper, and the marking situation are also different, but in general, when the marking work lasts almost halfway, the examiner will finalize the date of the list according to the existing marking situation.

In fact, Ji Ning may not need to go to this kind of thing in person, but he just finished the exam at this time, and he doesn't want to stay at home all the time, just go out to have a look, and listen to the rumors in the city in the past few days, and then go to meet Tang Xie and Han Yu and others at noon, have lunch together, and discuss whether to go to the literary meeting or go out of the city in the afternoon, and discuss it at lunchtime.

Yu Ling originally wanted to go out together, the usual money that Ji Ning gave her yesterday, and now she still has nine hundred and eighty-four dollars, a few small pieces of silver weighing a few coins in her hand, and dozens of copper coins, she will be having a headache about how to spend this money. When Ji Ning asked her if she wanted to go out together, she propped her head and said: "Young master, the slave maid is still not going, you want to see those sons, the slave and maid don't understand anything, they must be in the way next to it, and besides, you have to go to Chongwang's Mansion at night." ”

Ji Ning nodded and said, "Well, then don't be greedy at home, if I come back late at night, you will sleep first, you know?" ”

"Uh-huh." Yu Ling's little head was flying fast, but in fact, she didn't plan to do what Ji Ning said, no matter how late Ji Ning came back, she would definitely wait, because she was Yu Ling, and she regarded Ji Ning as the only little girl to rely on.

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Ji Ning asked He An to catch the car, and the master and servant arrived at the Tribute Academy, but before they arrived at the Tribute Academy, there were already candidates in front of them who wrote down the content of the notice posted on the wall, which was actually a question of the release time.

The release of the list was set for the first day of the ninth lunar month, not too early or too late, Ji Ning personally stepped forward to verify, and was about to leave with He An, when he saw Song Rui and Xie Tai also come over with their servants.

"Brother Ji, I didn't expect to meet here." Song Rui smiled, "I still want to go to your house to inform you after reading it, and then go to see Ziqian and them together, since we met, let's go together?" ”

"Okay." Ji Ning asked He An to go back first, and he walked with Xie Tai and Song Rui to the wine shop where they met.

On the way, Xie Tai said: "Didn't you say before that you were going to hold an autumn outing?" After the initiation, there were not many people who responded, perhaps because there were many people among the scholars who were waiting for the township test list, and they had no intention of agreeing to go to the autumn outing, but they were also afraid that they would not pass the exam, and they would be embarrassed! ”

Ji Ning thought about it and couldn't help nodding.

He can still understand the mentality of these people, he has been studying hard for more than ten years, and in the end, others have been lifted, and he has not been hit, and when he goes on an autumn trip, he looks at other people's scenery and talks and laughs infinitely, and the kind of loss in his heart is difficult to speak. Of course, everyone also hopes that they are the one who is beautiful, but there are always few young scholars who can lift people, most of them are foiled green leaves, and many people have to wait for the township test list to decide whether they will participate in this autumn outing.

Xie Tai said: "Because of this year's autumn examination, there are not many students in the city to contact the autumn tour, the autumn tour was almost set in the Mid-Autumn Festival in the past, even if there is one this year, it will have to wait until after September, and Chongyang is also the time when there are the most activities, I heard that the Chongwang Mansion also intends to hold another event, maybe it will be announced at the banquet of the county lord of Huaizhu tonight." ”

"No matter what the event is, I don't think I will be able to walk around casually after participating in this autumn outing in September." Ji Ning said.

"Why is that?" Xie Tai and Song Rui didn't understand.

Ji Ning said: "If you are lucky enough to be lifted, there will only be a few months in the spring of the coming year, and you will have to rush to the capital halfway, so you will naturally have less time to prepare, and you must concentrate on preparing for the exam, after all, the content of the exam will be more complex and profound." If you don't win, come out to participate in an autumn outing to relax, it is already a matter of delaying your studies, how can you go to participate in activities twice in three days and delay the next exam? ”

Xie Tai and Song Rui glanced at each other, they themselves were also candidates waiting for the release of the list, and their mood was roughly the same as Ji Ning.

But there are some differences, Song Rui said with a smile: "If they are like Yongning and put too much pressure on themselves, then the students in Jinling City don't all hide at home or study in the academy on weekdays, who would dare to come out and waste time?" ”