It's better to be happy alone than to be happy, she still couldn't help it, went to the old lady, told the old lady about it, and met Zhao Yuanxun and told Zhao Yuanxun again, and the family was extremely happy and proud.

Kang Shilin was also very concerned about the results of the apprentice's county exam, so he had already sent someone to see the list, and when he heard the first place, he was relieved: "Haha, it's still my Lao Kang who has a unique vision and accepted such an apprentice." ”

If Mrs. Cui heard this, she would definitely give the old gentleman a roll of the eyes.

If it weren't for her wit, Kang Shilin might have accepted Zhao Ruxi as an apprentice, but it wouldn't be so early, and it might not have been robbed by others.

But Mrs. Cui can't take care of these at this time, she sent someone to guard the list early in the morning, as soon as the list is posted, her family went to Beining to report the good news, Mrs. Cui was so happy when she heard the news that she didn't know what to do, and immediately took a car to the eldest princess of Shangde, and told her the good news in person.

"Fortunately, this child was not snatched by Concubine Jin, it really gave me a long face." The eldest princess said.

"Not only did it give us a long face, but it also set an example for other students in the college." Mrs. Cui said, "Zhiwei relies on her own ability, and now she is also a Qingliu celebrity, who dares to underestimate her when she goes out?" The reason why Mr. Heyou went to be this inspector is not necessarily because he appreciates Zhiwei's paintings. ”

It can be seen that women can also make some achievements, and they can also be respected by others for their own skills. Instead of a wife being more expensive than her husband and a mother being more expensive than her son, she will always be a subordinate to a man. ”

The eldest princess nodded and instructed the maidservant: "Go to my study and bring the notebook of Master Mingcang." ”

Mrs. Choi looked at her in surprise.

The eldest princess of Shangde smiled: "Guessed it?" I saw that the kid practiced his handwriting every day, and his handwriting was decent. Maybe after a while, Master Heyou will also chase Zhiwei to take her as an apprentice. Now take this opportunity to give her a copy of Master Mingcang's notebook, which can be regarded as a reward. ”

Mrs. Cui remembered the incompatible personalities of Qin Zhe and Kang Shilin, shook her head and said, "Impossible." If Zhiwei hadn't been taken in as an apprentice by Mr. Deadwood, it would still be possible. Now Zhiwei is Mr. Deadwood's apprentice, and Mr. Heyou has such a good apprentice as Ruotong, even if he appreciates Zhiwei's words, it is impossible to accept her as an apprentice. ”

The eldest princess said, "So I'm going to give her a copybook." It doesn't matter if you can't worship the teacher, you can write good words. In a few years, Mr. Tsuruyou may regret this angry move. ”

Mrs. Choi laughed.

After laughing, she asked, "Do you want to wait until the exam is over before sending the copybook?" ”

"It's fine. so as not to disturb her. Princess Shangde said.

The outside world was disturbed, and Zhao Ruxi had no time to take care of these, and she took the second exam the day after the list was released.

The first test is rote memorization, and the second test begins to test comprehension, and there are more paraphrasing questions.

Zhao Ruxi still finished writing and handed in the paper in advance.

Some people have been screened out in the first session, and only the 100 candidates will be eligible for the exam. The other four female candidates, three people from the Beijing Women's Academy have become two, and the female candidate who is a family of books and poems has disappeared.

In other words, there are only three people in their examination room now.

And those two candidates are now looking at Zhao Ruxi's gaze, from the original scrutiny, curiosity and faint hostility, as early as when the list was released, it has become full of admiration and admiration.

People have a strong mentality. Zhao Ruxi won the first place in the annual examination, and they were unconvinced, suspicious, and jealous; But Zhao Ruxi can suppress a group of men under the list with her ability, and they are only left with admiration.

Now seeing that Zhao Ruxi still handed in the paper early, looking at her back as she left in style, and then seeing that she still had a lot of blanks that she couldn't or didn't have time to write, they only sighed.

On the second day, the list was released, and it was still the clever guy who was sent out. He went to the yamen early and squatted there waiting for the list to be released.

Half an hour later he came back and reported: "The girl is second." ”

Because of the top of the first game, Zhu and others have high expectations for the second race, hoping that Zhao Ruxi is still the first.

If she can win the first place in the first and second games, then she will be the head of the county case.

Now that they heard that Zhao Ruxi was the second place, the three of them were inevitably a little disappointed.

Thinking of what her daughter said the day before yesterday, the old lady sighed: "These people also said that they wanted to compete fairly, but they deliberately suppressed our sister Xi. There is no real fairness in this world. ”

Zhu said: "Didn't they say they were unconvinced in the last game and asked to see the test papers?" I'd like someone to ask to see the exam papers. If the first place is not as good as our sister Xi on the test paper posted, I don't know what kind of expression everyone will have. ”

"Hmph, they won't dare to post it this time." The old lady snorted coldly.

Zhao Ruxi was coming in from outside, and when he heard the conversation between the two, he couldn't help laughing.

"You are so sure that I did better than the first place in the exam, but I was suppressed and I was relegated to second place. Isn't it true that someone else is better than me? She asked with a smile.

"It's also possible." Zhao Yuanxun, who had been silent, hurriedly said.

Like the old lady and the Zhu family, he believes that Zhao Ruxi is the best one. The reason why he only won the second place was that he was deliberately suppressed.

But he couldn't make his daughter think so.

If Zhao Ruxi thinks that she has no hope, what if she takes the third casual test?

"No matter what, you have to take the test well in the third game and get the best results. They deliberately suppress you, and you are really inferior to others, there is still a difference. There is no shortage of discerning people in this world. He encouraged his daughter.

Zhu also reacted and said, "Your father is right. If you are inferior to them, they will be disdainful and think that women are inferior to men after all. But if you are better than them, they are the first place that they have won by small means, and I am afraid that they will have a weak heart for a lifetime. ”

Zhao Ruxi nodded: "Dad, mother, don't worry." The daughter is arrogant, how can she easily bow to reality? I'm definitely giving it my all. ”

The third test is to select two passages from the Four Books and Five Classics, and ask the candidates to write two essays of about 300 words; In addition, I have to write a poem and do two very basic arithmetic problems.

The judging of this kind of topic is very subjective.

The same article, some people like it very much, and some people scoff at it. It's like eating vegetables.

Zhao Ruxi came back from the examination room and had no hope for this ranking. It's not that she didn't do well in the exam, but she felt that the Yin of the Beijing Mansion would definitely suppress her ranking.

Sure enough, when the list came out, she only finished seventh.

Because of Zhao Ruxi's fame some time ago, there are many people who pay attention to this exam. In addition to those who are close to her, there are also concubines and the county lord of Pingyang. In addition, the emperor also paid attention to this matter.