Xu Xi asked, "How are these three now?" ”

Mrs. Cui said: "The three of them are all married after passing the examination. The one who was admitted to the juren was still teaching at the girls' academy at the beginning, and after having a child, he stayed at home completely. ”

"It's a pity." Xu Xi sighed.

Mrs. Cui's expression has always been more serious, and she didn't have any emotions when she said these words, but after hearing Xu Xi's words, a look of surprise appeared on her face, and she asked, "Why do you say that?" ”

"The conditions for women to study are not good, and they can still be admitted to Xiucai and Juren, which shows that they are extremely smart, and their intelligence is stronger than that of many men. It's a pity that such a person only stays in the back house and teaches his husband and children. ”

Mrs. Cui looked at her: "Then if it were you, what would you do?" ”

Xu Xi saw that there was expectation in her eyes, and her heart moved, remembering that she called herself to talk because she had won the first place in the Four Books and Five Classics, and had a bold guess about Mrs. Cui's thoughts.

She thought for a moment and said, "No matter what, don't bury your talents. Being an official in the yamen may be harder, not only do you have to do as well as a man in order not to be criticized, but you also have to bear the strange eyes and fingers of others. This kind of thing cannot be done by people who are not different from ordinary people. Therefore, it is difficult for a woman to stick to being an official. But it's still okay to teach female students in the academy, there's no need to come out with difficulty, and after getting married, you'll be confined to the back house. Of course, I'm not a client, and I'm not in a position to judge their choice. Perhaps in their minds, husbands and children are more important. I can understand that. I'm just feeling sorry for them. ”

Mrs. Cui showed a disappointed look in her eyes and sighed: "What you said has some truth. ”

She stood up, walked to the window, and looked into the distance: "Empress Shengyao has won such treatment for our women, which has never been done in the past. Therefore, we women should live up to her hard work. How can you go back to the back house and be an inner house woman? If everyone is like this, what is the point of the queen's hard work and the busy work of our people? ”

Xu Xi nodded. Indeed it is.

"I saw your exam paper last night and didn't sleep well all night. So I came to you early this morning and wanted to ask you, do you want to take the imperial examination? Can you set an example for us women? Mrs. Choi asked, a look of anticipation on her serious face.

Xu Xi pursed his lips and didn't speak for a while.

In fact, she thought about this problem last night when the system told her that the points obtained were different depending on the level of taking the exam.

She is now in a book, and the background settings are all made up by the original author, whether they are valid or not, they all exist. [Note]

Since the original author set that women can also participate in the imperial examination and can enter the court as officials, then participating in the imperial examination is a good way to brush up points.

However, there are too many things involved, and it is easy to cause too much trouble, and if it is just to brush up the scores, she feels that it is completely unnecessary.

Now that Mrs. Cui has raised her participation in the imperial examination to the realm of setting an example for women, she is even more afraid to agree to this matter easily.

Seeing her hesitation, Mrs. Cui hurriedly said, "You go back and discuss this matter with your family." "Anyway, even if Xu Xi agrees, if her family stops her, it won't go well. As an ancient woman, there was no autonomy. The family level can't be bypassed.

In order to prepare Xu Xi psychologically, she also reminded: "Do you know why there are so few people taking the imperial examination? Not because only such a woman's talent can compare with a man's, but because the family is against it. ”

Xu Xi has thought about this question. She still had some questions that she didn't know, so she asked, "Do women have to be in the same examination room as men to take the imperial examination?" And do you need to do a body search like a man? ”

She'd seen it before. In ancient times, men who participated in the imperial examinations stripped naked when they searched their bodies, and even jumped into the water to prevent the entrainment of paper cheat sheets. To prevent pinching, even the back door has to be checked.

If a woman is to pass such an examination with a group of men, it is not a pursuit of equality, but a self-inflicted disgrace. Not to mention that her parents would not agree, even she herself resolutely refused to take this kind of test.

"No, no, no......" Mrs. Cui hurriedly said, "That's not the case. The queen had this in mind when she was trying to qualify for the women's exams. The main reason why the man checked so strictly was because there were many candidates and few invigilators, so he couldn't take care of it. There are few women participating in the imperial examination, there are three or four invigilators, several people are staring at one, and every movement of the candidates is under the noses of several people, so naturally there is no need for body searches. ”

Xu Xi breathed a sigh of relief: "I see. ”

She nodded: "Okay, I'll go back and ask my family, and then I'll reply to you, Master Cui." ”

Mrs. Cui bowed: "That's okay, you go back to class first." Come here and find me when you have news. Without waiting for Xu Xi to stand up, she added, "If you take the imperial examination, we may teach you separately and specialize in the subjects of the imperial examination." ”

Xu Xi stopped doing it when he heard it: "If I take the exam, I will spend time reading." But there are some courses I still want to learn, such as piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. Can I teach the Four Books and the Five Classics, the Law, and the History Books alone, and I study with my classmates for the rest? ”

In the piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, regardless of the piano, calligraphy and painting are definitely a sharp weapon. She also wants to learn calligraphy from Mrs. Xiao and increase the points obtained for each word, but she can't give up; As for painting, she has a foundation in modern painting, and she still has an advantage in brushing points.

As for chess, she thinks that she has a good memory and quick thinking, so it shouldn't be difficult to learn Go, right? Chess is about winning and losing, and the higher the level of the opponent you face, the higher the score. All in all worth trying.

Participating in the imperial examination is to brush up points, learning piano, chess, calligraphy and painting is also to brush up points, and it can also cultivate sentiment, which is much more interesting than learning the Four Books and Five Classics.

Although she understood Mrs. Cui's intention to ask her to participate in the imperial examination, as a technical social animal, she was really not interested in going to the officialdom to compete for power and profit with that group of stinky men. Let her set an example for the queen for the queen's hard work, regardless of her own personality preferences and wishes, and struggle for a long time on the front line of the struggle against the rules of the whole society, she feels that she will never like this way of life.

Finally got a life, not to enjoy life well, but to shed blood for others, sacrifice herself to illuminate others, she really does not have such a high consciousness and ideological realm.

At this moment, she beat the drum of dropping out of school in her heart.

Note: Ling. Dump the pot. Shui solemnly declares: All the unreasonable settings in this book are the original author's pot, and have nothing to do with the author of this book. Well, that's it.

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