A birthday banquet for the county lord of Huaizhu let Ji Ning know that he had met him occasionally before, and the little boy who had discussed the problems of learning and learning several times and disguised himself as a man turned out to be the pretty Huaizhu county lord Zhao Yuanxuan, and Zhao Yuanxuan was also the younger sister of Zhao Yuanqi, the son of Chongwang, and it was quite fateful.

Ji Ning still appreciates Zhao Yuanxuan's innocent nature, but after knowing Zhao Yuanxuan's identity, Ji Ning is a little discouraged, the identities between the two are very different, if he wants to think about Zhao Yuanxuan, it means that he is a little far away from the dream of three wives and four concubines, the county lord of the royal family will not allow him to have other women, there are gains and losses, and many things have to choose a compromise plan in some things.

Don't provoke Zhao Yuanxuan, let it be.

August 23 Huaizhu County Lord's birthday banquet ended, the next day Ji Ning woke up, the mood is still good, he has begun to prepare for the next year's exam in the past few days, not that he has much conceit, but he thinks, since he has to prepare sooner or later, and the content of the township examination exam is actually very well prepared, even if he does not win this time, it is not a problem of his strength, there are many factors in the township examination exam, whether an exam paper can be admitted, there is always a subjective assumption of the examiner, If you add bribery and some political factors, then there will be more problems. Therefore, he would rather meet some more challenges, and instead of reviewing the content of the township exam preparation, it is better to skip the township exam preparation and go directly to the preparation for the exam.

The content of the examination and the township examination are actually the same in most aspects, but the examination and the subsequent palace examination will involve a deeper examination of current affairs, and by preparing for the examination, he will have to figure out the decision-making of the Confucian Temple and the current imperial court rulers on some current affairs, to figure out what their political views are, and what kind of articles he can make in line with their interests. Instead of blindly talking about some big truths, just quoting scriptures and classics is not enough for him to pass the examination to become a "quasi-jinshi", or try the post poem in the exam, that is to say, he is best at copying poems, and finally can play a role in the exam, and the test post poem also plays a very important role in the final admission consideration.

"Young master, isn't it about to be released? Today, the slave maid went out to buy fresh vegetables and meat, and when she passed by the market, she especially looked at the word flower stall, and the odds of the young master in the exam suddenly dropped to thirty-nine to one loss, hehe, think about it this way, the slave and maid seem to buy it or the time, and when the slave and maid bought it, the young master lost one hundred and two, if you buy it now, it must be a loss. Yu Ling went out for a spin, and when he came back, he spoke happily like a little lark in front of Ji Ning.

Ji Ning has always respected her very much and gave her the opportunity to talk on an equal footing, which is what Xiao Yuling is most proud of, girls are especially slaves, it is difficult to get real respect from men in this era, Yuling likes to talk to Ji Ning very much, and she also likes to express her true emotions with her young master.

Ji Ning raised his head and smiled: "You're not afraid that they will pay their debts when they turn back?" ”

"Don't be afraid, if the young master really understands the yuan, it must be very powerful, the young master will be the master of the slave and maid, and go to smash his character flower stall...... Young master, the slave and maid are just talking, you don't have to take it too seriously, even if they don't cash it out to the slave in the end, as long as the young master can solve the yuan, the slave and the maid will be very happy. Yu Ling suddenly blinked her big watery eyes and looked at Ji Ning with affection, with a lot of expectation in her expression.

Ji Ning beckoned her to her side, and just when Yu Ling was a little confused, Ji Ning suddenly stretched out his finger and scratched her little face, and said: "Then young master, I am just for Yu Ling's expectations, and I should work hard, but Zhong Jieyuan's requirements are too high, and I still meet some expectations. ”

"Uh-huh." Yu Ling was very happy when she heard Ji Ning say that she wanted to work hard for her, her little head nodded quickly, and she said, "The young master is the best." ”

After saying that, he went out happily and went to work on the affairs of the inner house.

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After going to the banquet in Chongwang's Mansion, Ji Ning stayed at home for a few days and didn't go out, preparing for the exam with peace of mind.

These days are also the most impetuous time for the city scholars, many people are looking forward to the results of the final township examination, there is no interest in sinking down to learn, but at this time it is still the most common time for the autumn outing, all kinds of people in the city organize the literary meeting and autumn tour under the banner, the scholars are also very keen on this, before the township test list, everyone is likely to be promoted in the examination, and they can also talk to each other, and so on after the real township test list, most of them have to hide at home for a few months without coming out, It will be at least next year that these people will not be seen again in public.

People want to have a face and a tree to have a skin, even those students with thick skin, they are embarrassed to come out and walk around again without lifting people in the exam.

But it is rare for someone like Ji Ning to study behind closed doors at home before the release of the list, which is only one explanation in the eyes of outsiders, that is, Ji Ning knows that he did not perform well in this township exam, and he must feel that he can't pass the exam, so he reviews directly at home. But because of Ji Ning's excellent performance at the Chongwang banquet, his voice for Xie Yuan became higher, and he vaguely became the appearance of ranking third or fourth among many scholars, but this is not a fixed number, according to the experience of previous years, the higher the voice, the easier it is to fall very badly, and many people who are jealous of Ji Ning's talent will feel that Ji Ning is the person who fell the worst this year.

Although it is not human nature to gloat, it is inevitable that people's hearts are narrow-minded.

After Qin Feng returned from the banquet in the Chongwang Mansion, he was quite angry in his heart, but he didn't deliberately say that he was hiding at home, because he felt that he could only say that he was afraid of Ji Ning, a township test Xie Yuan in the last session, why should he be afraid of a fledgling boy? And Ji Ning only surpassed him in arithmetic, arithmetic has never been the content of the imperial examination, even if it comes to the general examination and the palace examination, it will never involve arithmetic.

“…… How is Gongzi Qin going to teach Ji Ning's kid a lesson? "At noon on August 26, in the Tianxiang Building, Wu Bei set up a banquet to invite Qin Feng to eat wine, and the two were discussing how to deal with Ji Ning, "This kid is becoming more and more arrogant, and the prince of Chongwang also respects him, and this time he is even more in the limelight at the birthday banquet of the county lord of Huaizhu, if he doesn't do something, he may have to fly to the sky!" ”

Qin Feng looked at Wu Bei and said, "Do you have any good suggestions?" ”

"This kid is not easy to deal with, because he has Shen Kang behind him to support him, but Shen Kang is about to retire from the position of the country's priest wine, and at that time, even if Shen Kang enters the Temple of Literature, the kid surnamed Ji will also have a big backer in the court, we can use Zhang Linwu's death to blame him, and let the people of the Zhang family find him to take revenge!" Wu Bei said viciously.