Concubine Jin was silent for a long time before she sighed: "We underestimated her." We thought she was nothing, but she won the admiration of your father and the emperor for her talent, and also won the respect of the ministers of the court. Now he has become a jinshi, a master of painting, and I heard that calligraphy is also very powerful. This kind of person, what kind of ant is it, is clearly a wolf. You treat her like an ant, can you not suffer? ”

Thinking about the reason why she fell out of favor, didn't it start because she couldn't get used to Zhao Ruxi stealing the limelight of the Beijing Women's Academy and making the county lord of Pingyang embarrass her? Although half of it was the county lord of Binh Duong who made the claim, she didn't stop it.

Now her daughter has made the same mistake as the county lord of Pingyang, so that the situation that she finally recovered a little bit has been wasted.

It can be said that they are all planted on Zhao Ruxi.

Realizing this, she would not let her daughter continue to die.

She let out a long breath: "Then Zhao Zhiwei is evil, look at it, how many people provoked her, what is the end now?" Let's have a good life, but is it necessary to compete with her? ”

Xiao Ruoyu blinked, as if she didn't understand.

Concubine Jin investigated her, and Zhao Ruxi told her about the fate of the people who embarrassed her since she returned to Beijing.

Xiao Ruoyu obviously thought of metaphysics, shivered, and asked, "Mother, do you think she is some kind of demon and monster?" ”

"What nonsense?" Concubine Jin said that, but she wanted to prevent her daughter from dying, and she didn't think Zhao Ruxi had anything.

"This is so because she is talented and appreciated by your father; Mr. Deadwood, her three senior brothers, Qi Xugu of the household department, Zhang Changshen, the secretary of Dali Temple, and Peng Guoan, the priest of the country, all of them appreciate her, and she can still win glory for your Aunt Shangde. With these people to protect her, even if we meet her, we may not be able to please her. ”

Speaking of this, Xiao Ruoyu was not convinced.

"That's her showmanship. There are many talented women in the capital. Not to mention anything else, there are many talented students in our Beijing Women's Academy alone, but they don't like to show their heads and don't compete with men. She retorted.

Concubine Jin sighed lightly and shook her head: "Xiangyang, although you are a princess, you can't look above the top and deceive yourself. This Zhao Zhiwei, not to mention the imperial examination, only said that the eight talents of piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and the number of poems in archery accounted for three of the number of calligraphy and painting. The handwriting she wrote during the palace examination is said to be no worse than that of Master Mingcang. Lord Qin Zhe was already alarmed, and handed over the sign and wanted to enter the palace to see, but was rejected by your father. said that after the ranking of the palace examination was announced, the top ten test papers would be posted in front of the Gongyuan, so that he could read it later. ”

"Hmph, doesn't that mean it's not decided yet?" Although Xiao Ruoyu was still not convinced, her voice lowered.

Concubine Jin knew that her daughter had a strong nature, and now this performance shows that she has been convinced, but she is just hard-mouthed and refuses to admit it.

She said: "In short, Zhao Zhiwei, don't provoke her, it's not good for us." That Duan Chen, whether he wants to learn from Zhao Zhiwei or admire her talent, as long as we reveal the intention of recruiting horses, he will definitely abandon Zhao Zhiwei and turn to us. ”

She paused and looked at Xiao Ruoyu: "Do you want to give Duan Chen to Zhao Zhiwei?" ”

"Hmph, she thinks beautifully. Even if I don't want to, she doesn't want to get married. Xiao Ruoyu raised his chin and said proudly.

"Mother, since you think he is good, then choose him. But I had to see him twice and think he was a good man. She added.

The corners of Concubine Jin's mouth raised a lot.

She knew that the most useful thing was to use the radical method.

Her daughter was domineering when she was a child, and even if she didn't like her things, she would rather destroy them than give them to others; If someone she doesn't like wants something, even if she doesn't like it, she'll fight for it.

Duan Chen didn't show interest in Zhao Zhiwei, but it was okay; Since he showed that he wanted to make friends with Zhao Zhiwei, Xiangyang would never let him have anything to do with Zhao Zhiwei, and he would definitely snatch him over.

……

Zhao Ruxi went to Kangfu and came back an hour, got out of the carriage and asked the porter, "No one from the Ministry of Rites?" ”

The porter who originally sent the post in hurriedly shook his head and said, "Back to the girl, after the girl confessed to wait for the adults of the Ministry of Rites, the slave was afraid of delaying the girl's affairs, so she stayed here and never left." But the Ministry of Rites did not send anyone. ”

Zhao Ruxi nodded and entered the gate.

When she returned to the backyard, she changed her clothes and cleaned her hands and face, practiced two more words, and when she saw that it was twelve o'clock, she went to the old lady's yard.

Every day at 12 o'clock, the three grandparents will eat together.

Zhu was already there, watching the next person serve the food.

Seeing Zhao Ruxi, she asked, "I heard someone say, are you waiting for someone from the Ministry of Rites?" Will the Ministry of Rites send someone to you? ”

Zhao Ruxi touched his nose a little embarrassed: "I thought the emperor would point me as a messenger." ”

She is still very confident in her writing and calligraphy. The palace examination is ranked on the basis of the general examination. As the second place in the examination, if she doesn't take the initiative to be released, give up the first class, with her original ranking and the articles and calligraphy of the palace test, the first class will always have her place, right?

Since she has taken a step back and not embarrassed the emperor, there is a high probability that the emperor will point her to be the heir, that is, the fourth place in the palace examination.

Tomorrow's Chuan Yu Ceremony, as a Chuan Yu, you have to be named at the ceremony. If something goes wrong, it's a lack of effort on the part of the Ministry of Rites.

She just took the opportunity to greet the master and asked the master about the process.

Kang Shilin also said that at this time, the top ten rankings have been roughly discharged, although there will be adjustments in the emperor's summons before tomorrow's ceremony, but the ceremony is a solemn matter, and the candidates for the pass are also very cautious.

In order not to mess up the ceremony, which one is the herald has basically been decided in advance. The Ministry of Rites will send someone to explain the process today.

But until this time, the people from the Ministry of Rites had not come.

Didn't the emperor think that she was not even qualified to be a messenger, so he had to put her in the back? That's too miserable?

When the old lady heard this, she immediately became serious.

She glanced at Zhu and said to her granddaughter: "Anyway, after the exam, the final ranking depends not only on strength, but also on luck." You are good enough, how many boys who started enlightenment at the age of five or six can be admitted to the Jinshi at the age of fifteen or sixteen, and still achieve such a good ranking? From the founding of the Great Jin Dynasty to the present, there are only a few of them combined. So you don't have to be burdened, rest assured and wait for the news. ”

Zhao Ruxi nodded: "Well, grandmother, I know." ”

When the old lady said this, she exhaled and really relaxed.

It's that she's too competitive. From the moment she took the imperial examination, she knew that the difference between men and women would be a big obstacle on this road. But after the two fair and just exams of the township examination and the general examination, why does she still have such great expectations for the artificially ranked palace examination?