"Have you heard? Xiang Xian Xie Yuan is the female apprentice of Mr. Deadwood. ”

"Well, I heard. You said that these candidates, one by one, are older than others, and they have been studying longer than others, and they are all carefully taught by famous teachers in the family, why can't they take the test for a female baby? Shame on you. ”

"Not really. Don't say anything about Mr. Guozijian's advice. How many of the candidates are students of Guozijian. They have been following these Confucians for several years, how long did Zhao Zhiwei get the guidance of Confucianism? I can't pass the test, I really don't have the face to say it. ”

"I've read Zhao Zhiwei's article, and it's really well written."

"It's really good."

"Alas, this girl is smart. Mr. Deadwood has really found a treasure. ”

"Then Sui Pingbo has picked up the treasure. Have you heard about Weiqiu? That Zhao Zhiwei was originally deliberately replaced by Wei Qiu's daughter, who grew up in the countryside before the age of thirteen, and it was only two years after he was brought back, and he brought so much glory to Suiping Bofu. Why don't I have such a granddaughter? It's jealous to watch. ”

"Isn't it? My grandson also took the township exam this year and took the fifteenth place in the exam, which is really far from Zhao Zhiwei. Seeing Zhao Zhiwei's article, he was very ashamed, he was studying hard at this time. ”

"Hahaha, that's a good thing. It's time for these kids to tighten their strings. Don't think that you have a family background, and you are not stupid, you are proud and complacent, and you always feel that you have no problem with exams. At this time, she was suddenly defeated by a fifteen-year-old female doll, but she had to be convinced, and she had to work hard? ”

"Yes, I said the same. Besides, Zhao Zhiwei is an outlier after all, how many years has this one woman done so well in the exam, and she may not be an official in the future, so she will not have much impact on the government. It's a good thing to motivate these little bunnies to work hard. ”

Such conversations are ubiquitous both inside and outside the court.

It's the people, and the content of everyone's discussion is probably the same.

The township test and the meeting test are different from the county test. The articles of the top three candidates do not need to be posted. After the list is posted, the bookstore will ask the candidates and pay a certain fee, and then print their articles for sale. All candidates will buy it as a model essay to study.

Zhao Ruxi's articles have been instructed by the great Confucians, and they are extremely mature in terms of rhetoric, writing style, and quotations. Coupled with her own novel ideas and unique opinions, it is not surprising that she stood out among many candidates and became Xie Yuan. When the candidates saw her article, they were also convinced.

This also made the candidates work harder as if they had been beaten with chicken blood. Especially the candidates who are going to take the entrance examination next year are aiming to surpass Zhao Zhiwei, and they vow that they must not be pressed down by Zhao Zhiwei during the examination.

……

Kang Shilin, Princess Shangde and Mrs. Cui also sent people to look at the list when the list was released, and the time to get the news was not much later than that of Suiping Bofu. Everyone learned that Zhao Ruxi understood Yuan, which was called a joy.

Especially the eldest princess and Mrs. Cui, they simply raised their eyebrows.

"Ah Wen, you said that Zhiwei did so well in the exam, and gave our women a big face, and even more so a big face for the Bac Ninh Women's Academy, what should we reward her?" The eldest princess walked around the house happily and asked Mrs. Cui.

Because she was concerned about the release of the list, she came to Bac Ninh Girls' Academy early in the morning to wait.

Mrs. Cui's eyes were red and she was excited, and when she heard the words of the eldest princess Shangde, she was stunned for a moment, and then shook her head: "This...... I don't know. ”

"You say, how about I give her another Zhuangzi?" Eldest Princess Shande asked.

She didn't really want to talk to Mrs. Cui either. She also knew that it was not easy for Mrs. Cui to express any opinions in this regard. She asked this, but she was hesitating and considering.

Mrs. Cui said: "It's good, I'm afraid that Zhiwei will be embarrassed to accept it." ”

The eldest princess of Shangde waved her hand: "I'm embarrassed, I have to accept it." The elders gave it, and they didn't dare to resign. ”

Since the last time she sent Zhuangzi, she could see that Zhao Zhiwei still likes this kind of real thing.

Later, she also sent someone to see it, and the small peach village was very well taken care of by Zhao Ruxi. Some time ago, Zhao Zhiwei also sent someone to give her some canned food made by Xiaotaozhuang, and she liked it very much. Later, I asked someone to buy a lot secretly.

Now the ladies and ladies of the capital have risen up to eat canned food. If there are no bottles of canned food on the table for a banquet, it will look shabby.

Zhao Zhiwei is not only studying, but also very good at general affairs.

Thinking so, she made up her mind and asked the housekeeper to bring the booklet, and she planned to choose it carefully to see which Zhuangzi was the most suitable to give.

In the palace, Concubine Jin was holding a silver fork and sending the yellow peaches in the canned food to her mouth, while asking lazily: "Today is the day of the township trial list, right?" How many did Zhao Zhiwei take the test? ”

She didn't care more about the situation of the imperial examination than Xiao Qi. But who asked Zhao Zhiwei to participate in the township test?

For this woman who changed her fate, she was extremely resentful in her heart. It's just that the appearance is completely invisible.

Last time, because of the exam, the county lord of Pingyang targeted Zhao Zhiwei, and the emperor was annoyed that she was not strict with the people below, and she was unhappy and favored the newcomer, and since then she has not been the emperor's favorite concubine.

With the new person laughing, where can you hear the old person crying? During this time, the emperor came to her bedroom less and less. Sometimes when he came, he didn't stay overnight, he sat down and left.

This made her concubine more and more frightened.

Her mother's family is not as good as the Cen family at all, and their mother and son have lived better than all the concubines and princes for so many years, all because of the emperor's special favor for her.

Without the emperor's favor, what else can she have?

She also knows that the fall from grace actually has little to do with Zhao Zhiwei. Zhao Zhiwei's matter is just an introduction, the key is that the young concubine took advantage of the emperor's dissatisfaction with her and took the opportunity to invite favor; Cen Guifei also took the opportunity to target her, making her sick, and she had no time and energy to save the situation.

But she still has a deep grudge against this Zhao Zhiwei in her heart.

She won't do anything to Zhao Zhiwei, Concubine Cen and the new Dutch nobles are staring at her, once she does it, they will inevitably make a fuss about it, making the emperor even more displeased with her. But this does not prevent her from paying attention to and hating Zhao Zhiwei in her heart.

The little eunuchs in Concubine Jin's palace also knew this, and they had already asked people to pay attention to today's list, for fear that if they couldn't answer, Concubine Jin would be angry with them.

Since the emperor did not favor the concubine, Niangniang's temper has become worse and worse, and it has become more and more difficult to wait.

When they asked at this time, they hurriedly replied: "I heard that Zhao Zhiwei understood the yuan in the examination." ”

"What?" Concubine Jin sat up straight with her fork.

The little eunuch stubbornly repeated the words again.