After Ji Ning participated in the palace exam, he came out very early and returned to the small courtyard where he temporarily lived, and when he knocked on the door, Yu Ling, who was guarding the door inside, still looked a little scared, and after hearing Ji Ning's voice, she put her mind at ease and hurried out to greet her.

"Young Master, why are you coming back now?" Yu Ling looked at Ji Ning with a puzzled expression, her little eyes were still looking behind Ji Ning, as if Ji Ning came back early to bring someone, and in the end, she was now the only one who came back, "Young Master, have you finished the palace exam?" ”

Ji Ning looked a little tired, and said: "Well, I'll hand in the paper after I finish it, come back early, I didn't have a good rest last night, come back and sleep directly, unless someone comes to me, don't wake me up!" ”

"Oh, got it!" Yu Ling hurriedly closed the door, bolted the door again, and when Ji Ning arrived outside the bedroom, he saw Lin Juan'er washing clothes.

In the past, Yu Ling was basically doing the laundry for Ji Ning herself, but after arriving in the capital, because there was more Lin Juan'er at home, Yu Ling felt that Lin Juan'er was easy to talk to, and the relationship between the two little sisters was good, Yu Ling had a little cleverness, so she asked Lin Juan'er to do these heavy work, but Yu Ling herself was not completely lazy, and the cooking was basically up to her, because she knew Ji Ning's tastes and preferences better, although Lin Juan'er's craftsmanship was also good, but she still liked to show herself in front of Ji Ning.

"Sir?" When Lin Juan'er saw Ji Ning coming back, she was still a little flustered, as if she had something to hide.

Ji Ning glanced at Yu Ling, Yu Ling didn't say anything, Ji Ning didn't want to ask the two little girls what they were hiding, because he rested in Zhao Yuanrong's small residence for a night yesterday, he still looked a little tired, and he just wanted to lie down and sleep well.

After he lay down, he quickly fell asleep, and when he woke up, it was already sunset, and Yu Ling moved a small bench to sit at the door of Ji Ning's house, and was picking up beans with a small dustpan.

"Young Master, are you awake?" When Yu Ling saw Ji Ning coming out, he quickly got up, raised his head and said in a cheerful tone.

Ji Ning said: "Prepare a little dinner, I'm going to go out after eating, and the door is tied at home!" ”

"Huh? The young master is going out again? Yu Ling was a little unhappy, she wanted to use her own special method to make Ji Ning "relax" yesterday, but Ji Ning didn't get his love, not only that, Ji Ning didn't return overnight, and didn't come back until after the palace test, although Yu Ling didn't know the specific process of the palace test, but she probably knew that the palace test would take one day, and Ji Ning came back in less than half a day, which made her very puzzled.

Ji Ning said: "Let you prepare, what, don't you want to move?" ”

"No, the young master will blame others, and the slave will go!" Yu Ling pouted and hurriedly went to the kitchen to prepare dinner.

After Ji Ning washed briefly, he also put on his clothes again, after all, the scribe clothes on his body were too conspicuous to go out, no matter what, his scribe clothes had to be kept until the name of the Jinshi was determined, and then the imperial court would give new clothes, which would be Jinshi clothes.

The Jinshi uniform is only temporary, it is used to participate in some of the Jinshi's sacrificial activities, or it is used when the court worships, as for other times, the Jinshi uniform cannot be casually reached.

After Ji Ning hurriedly ate dinner, he came out of the house, and did not go anywhere else, he was going to find Tang Xie and Han Yu.

Because Xie Tai and Song Rui have returned to Jinling City, he is now in the capital, and the best relationship is the two who were admitted to the Gongshi with him, and it is rare to have friends in the capital, and many things should also be discussed together, especially after the palace examination.

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The three of them met in a wine shop, Ji Ning sat down and waited for a while, Tang Xie and Han Yucai came over together, they also went back to change their clothes first, and simply cleaned up before coming out.

"Yongning, when we handed in the papers, now that you have left, you haven't seen when you left!" Han Yu said first.

Although Ji Ning's position is very forward, when he leaves the palace, he can't pass by other candidates, he needs to make a detour to the corner and leave from a distance, so those candidates around Ji Ning may know when he will hand in the papers, but those in the middle and back rows may not know, at that time, all the candidates' attention is on how to write articles, and it is really difficult to care when others leave.

Ji Ning said: "I left at noon!" ”

Tang Xie was surprised: "No wonder when I left the palace, some people were talking about it, and some people handed in the papers and left when they just arrived at noon, it turned out to be Yongning you?" ”

Ji Ning didn't expect the news to spread so quickly, he nodded, and Han Yu next to him smiled: "Yongning is so determined to hand in the papers, it must be that the article is well written?" ”

At this time, Ji Ning would not be arrogant, he said with shame on his face: "I just finished the article, I don't want to wait for a long time, it has something to do with yesterday's bad rest!" ”

"Yongning said in the morning that he didn't rest well, could it be...... Ha ha! Tang Xie smiled, "It seems that I thought too much, thinking that yesterday was the eve of the palace exam, Yongning will definitely not be distracted, maybe it is because of the depression that he has not rested well, right?" ”

Ji Ning thought to himself: "If I said that I spent one night with Princess Wenren, and I only rested so late because I got along awkwardly, what would you think of me?" ”

Faced with such a question, Ji Ning felt that Tang Xie was looking for a step for himself, he smiled, nodded slightly, and agreed with Tang Jie's statement.

Tang explained: "Yongning didn't rest well yesterday, originally after the palace test ended, you should have been allowed to go back to rest earlier, but today there is indeed a good place to go, I want to invite Yongning to go over and have a look." This is the best chance we have to meet this person! ”

Ji Ning asked, "What person?" ”

"Haha, Yongning has been studying behind closed doors for the past few days, maybe I don't know, but I said that there is a talented woman in the capital, this woman is still a person who learns swords, and it can be said that she can write and martial arts. This person prepared a banquet in the Huiyuan Building, saying that he was going to invite the scholars of the capital, and it was clear that he would not accept people with the name of Jinshi to go to the banquet. Tang explained, took out three invitations from his arms, and said.

Ji Ning took a letter, opened it and took a look, but saw that it was Juanxiu's small characters, this font looked very neat, inherited willow style, and it had everyone's style.

It's just that at first glance, it was written by a woman, not appreciated by Ji Ning, because in Ji Ning's opinion, the words of her daughter's family are always more agile and less magnificent.

And the name of the inscription is "Cloud Dance".

Hearing this name, Ji Ning seemed to remember something, when he was in Jinling City, he heard that there was a woman in the Central Plains generation, who called herself "Cloud Dance", and she was one of the few people in the world who could dance palm dance.