Ji Ning and Zhao Yuanrong got along until late at night, and at this time, Zhao Yuanrong couldn't help but be sleepy and wanted to rest first.

She was a little puzzled and said, "Ji Ning, don't you feel tired?" Tianming is going to take the palace exam, why are you still in good spirits? ”

Ji Ning smiled, he didn't explain the specific reason, this is mainly due to his habit of staying up late, which will let him go to sleep, and he won't be too sleepy, but it will be a little difficult to get up very early in the morning.

He didn't want to delay the palace exam because he overslept, it was a once-in-a-lifetime thing.

"The princess rested earlier, she is not very sleepy in the next place, read more books, and treat it as a temporary cramming!" Ji Ning said.

Zhao Yuanrong pursed his lips and smiled: "With your talents, do you still need to hold Buddha's feet temporarily?" If you don't play well in the temple exam, I think it may be because I called you here to make your swing tomorrow have an impact. ”

Ji Ning said: "The princess asked me to come over to warm the book, which is important to the next, and the princess should rest early!" ”

"Okay, then you can rest early!" After Zhao Yuanrong finished speaking, he first went to the backyard downstairs to wash up briefly, and then came back, but he didn't have wide clothes, but slept in clothes as Ji Ning expected. Ji Ning couldn't take his eyes off it, he was afraid that Zhao Yuanrong would think that he was abrupt, so he would be a "righteous gentleman".

In fact, he didn't want to take a peek himself.

Zhao Yuanrong went to the bed and did not cover the veil, as if she wanted to see what Ji Ning looked like when she was studying.

After a long time, when Ji Ning thought that Zhao Yuanrong had fallen asleep, he glanced sideways at the bed, but saw Zhao Yuanrong half-leaning on the soft pillow, looking at him with a smile, and said, "Ji Ning, do you know?" The way you study seriously is very stylish! ”

Ji Ning said with a flat face: "The princess praised it falsely!" ”

"Saying that you have style doesn't mean that you are anything...... Forget it, you continue to study, if I get up early tomorrow morning, I will wake you up, otherwise I will listen to the barking dogs and chickens outside, there will be people here who will go out to work early in the morning, and you should also pay attention to the sound of the neighbor's door opening and closing! Zhao Yuanrong arranged it very carefully, and she seemed to be afraid of delaying Ji Ning's participation in the palace examination.

Ji Ning nodded slightly and continued to look back at the book.

It wasn't until the second half of the night that he couldn't open his eyes a little, so he closed them and rested.

Because he knew that there was someone in the room who was resting like himself, Ji Ning slept very peacefully.

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Early the next morning, Ji Ning woke up very early.

Zhao Yuanrong fell asleep first, but she didn't have as good self-control as Ji Ning, and when Ji Ning woke up, Zhao Yuanrong slept soundly.

Because the sky was still dark, Ji Ning didn't wake up Zhao Yuanrong, endured the dryness of his eyes, went to the backyard to fetch water by himself, and after washing his face, he went out of the courtyard.

At this time, there were people who went out to work, and they saw Ji Ning at the mouth of the alley and said hello, Ji Ning did not have the arrogance of a scholar, and also greeted these people, and when he arrived at the street, he saw that there were those who sold breakfast, but there were no soy milk fritters here, at most someone made gruel and dry cakes, with a plate of small pickles, which was very simple.

Ji Ning wanted to buy food nearby, but he was afraid that the roadside stalls were not very hygienic, so he didn't mind much in normal times, but the key was that he was going to take the palace test that day, so he could only endure the hunger in his stomach first, went to find a carriage, and asked the coachman to carry him to the gate of the palace.

"This son, what are you doing at the palace? It's not that the contemptible people don't want to pull you, it's just that ...... Contemptible people are afraid of causing trouble! When the coachman heard that Ji Ning was going to the palace, he was so frightened that he almost drove Ji Ning out of the car.

Ji Ning said: "This old man, I don't hide it from you, I am going to the palace to participate in the palace examination today!" ”

"What are you kidding? What to attend at the Royal Palace? You don't mean to say that you are still an official yourself, are you? Come down, it's a madman! The coachman was still angry with Ji Ning, but when he heard that Ji Ning was going to enter the palace, he felt that Ji Ning was crazy, and he didn't even want to listen to Ji Ning.

Ji Ning was also very helpless, this coachman had no business to do, so he had nothing to say.

He was about to look for the next carriage when he heard a voice say, "Why didn't you wake me up first when you left so early?" ”

Ji Ning glanced sideways and saw Zhao Yuanrong dressed in the men's clothes he had fallen asleep yesterday and appeared in front of Ji Ning on a high-headed horse.

He didn't like this feeling of looking up at others, but he also knew that Zhao Yuanrong had the qualifications to ride a horse in the city.

"Zhao Gongzi, got up so early?" Ji Ning said, "I wanted to leave earlier, I didn't want to disturb Zhao Gongzi's rest!" ”

Zhao Yuanrong was relieved and said to the coachman: "Lao Hu, my friend wants to take the car, why don't you pick it up?" ”

"Zhao Gongzi? You...... You are a big customer, you are a nobleman, and the villain can pick you up, but this son ...... is full of nonsense, and he actually said that he was going to enter the palace to participate in something, isn't this a joke with the villain? "Because he is taken care of by Zhao Yuanrong on weekdays, this coachman is obviously also a snob, and his attitude towards Zhao Yuanrong is very flattering.

Zhao Yuanrong said angrily: "This friend of mine is the Huiyuan who can take the exam, and after today's palace exam, he will be a jinshi, and he can even be the top student in high school." How can you despise him so much? ”

“…… What? Lao Hu held back for a long time before he came up with a sentence, he really didn't have much knowledge, and he didn't understand what Zhao Yuanrong was talking about.

Ji Ning said: "It won't be difficult for people to be strong, it's not very far from the palace here, just walk there!" ”

Zhao Yuanrong said: "Don't be, since someone looks down on people and doesn't want to send you, I'll give you a ride!" By the way, we will find a place to eat on the way, I know a restaurant, opened very early, doing the business of the morning market, which is very rare in the capital, so on the way to the palace, let's go! ”

After speaking, Zhao Yuanrong stretched out his hand, meaning to pull Ji Ning on the horse.

This made Ji Ning a little embarrassed.

Originally, there was only one horse, if he got on the horse, it meant that the two of them would ride together, and riding a horse on the streets of the capital was already a very flamboyant thing.

"This ...... Not so convenient, right? Ji Ning hesitated.

"Ji Ning, is it important for you to participate in the palace exam, or is it important to save face?" Zhao Yuanrong was a little angry and said, "If you want to go by yourself, it will mean that you have to hurry up along the way, you can't eat when you get to the place, a test is a day, and you didn't rest well yesterday, so it's no wonder if you don't get tired!" ”

Ji Ning thought about it, and looked at Zhao Yuanrong again, what he was worried about now was not the problem of impact, but the problem of Zhao Yuanrong's face.

Zhao Yuanrong glanced at Ji Ning, and his gaze seemed to say: "I don't mind riding the same horse with you, but now you are twisting and pinching, is it that I ride with you, and you are the one who suffers?" ”