After Duanmu took two sips of flower tea, he sighed: "It's a pity, the taste of this flower tea is a little worse." ”

Have it? Wu Congsu also took a shallow sip of chrysanthemum tea, raised his eyebrows, and felt that this flower tea couldn't be better.

Dangui couldn't know more about his cousin, Wu Congsu just raised her eyebrows, Dangui saw her thoughts, and silently gave her four words with her mouth: cow chewing peony.

Her cousin, her temperament and taste are very similar to her uncle's, and things are only good and bad in her mouth, and she can't taste the subtle difference at all.

"Not bad." Zhang Lan crooked her little face, reminisced about the fragrance of flower tea in her mouth, and echoed Duanmu with affection, "This flower tea has been baked for a little longer, so that the color of the calyx is darker, and the astringency is also a little more." ”

Not bad. Duanmu Fei nodded slightly, and analyzed thoughtfully: "Nine times out of ten, the chrysanthemum was overbaked, and he simply added some fetal chrysanthemum to the flower tea to cover up the lack with the fragrance of the fetal chrysanthemum." ”

Zhang Lan's eyes lit up when she heard this, and she hurriedly picked up the cup of chrysanthemum tea in her hand again, first looked at the clear tea soup, then leaned to the end of her nose and smelled the fragrance of tea, took another sip, savored it for a while, and nodded vigorously: "Fourth girl Duanmu, you are right." ”

She looked at Duanmufei's pupils shining brightly, and her admiration was overflowing.

However, in just three breaths, Zhang Lan realized that he had lost his temper and returned to a dignified appearance.

Dangui and Lan Tingyun are Zhang Lan's classmates, and they have long been accustomed to the liveliness that she sometimes shows when she talks about Xing, and they exchange a tacit look with each other.

Duanmu Fei naturally saw it, and quietly continued to chat with his little cousin about flower tea: "I just happened to make some chrysanthemum tea, and when Miss Zhang Wu goes to my house, be sure to taste it." ”

She threw down the bait again, wanting to tempt Zhang Lan to go to her house with her today.

Just a little bit, Zhang Lan was about to blurt out, and at this moment, there was a familiar ringing of the bell from the southeast.

"Bell!"

The loud ringing of the bell shook the surrounding air, causing the girls in the pavilion and even the lakeside to subconsciously look in the direction where the sound came from, Lan Tingyun got up and said, "The exam is over." ”

Duanmu Fei secretly said in his heart that it was a pity, and the corners of his lips were still crooked.

Dangui and Zhang Lan also stood up one after the other, and Dangui smiled at Wu Congsu and said, "Su Su, we are going to help Mr., why don't you play with Sister Scarlet in this garden for a while." Hui Lan Yuan was originally a royal garden, and the scenery here is still good. ”

As the bell rang, the ladies who came to take the exam came out of the three examination rooms one after another, and the female students who had been resting by the lake all went back.

Next, they will help the husband to sort out the papers, paste the names on paper, review the papers, and remove those with mishandwriting and fishing in troubled waters.

Duanmu Fei and Wu Congsu continued to stay in the pavilion, drinking flower tea, looking at the fish in the lake, and being comfortable.

However, this silence did not last long, and soon the candidates who came out of the examination room noticed Duanmu Fei in the pavilion, and from time to time girls came to say hello in twos and threes.

For many ladies in Beijing, Wu Congsu is Zhang Sheng's face, and it is inevitable to introduce a few words of greetings.

It was only less than a stick of incense, and Wu Congsu had at least a dozen people to greet him, and he was secretly surprised in his heart.

Of course, she also heard from Dangui that Duanmu Fei is Cen Du's sister, but Dangui just mentioned it in passing, what she focused on was that Duanmu Feiqin, chess, calligraphy and painting are all superb, and they can also pinch and calculate, if they want to go out of the city, bow, play polo or something, they must ask her in advance if it will rain that day.

Wu Congsu accidentally flew out of the sky, and when he came back to his senses, the two girls who came to greet him in front had already left, and three strange girls came to the pavilion, smiling and talking about a new play with Duanmufei.

"Fourth girl Duanmu, Jiusiban has recently released a new play, and the play book has also come out, it's very interesting, has the girl been to see it?"

"The girl must go to see it, Jiusiban is not only a new play, but also a new sword and horse, with good looks and even better skills, playing Hua Mulan, Mu Guiying and Dou Xiantong are all unique in their own way."

"Recently, due to new dramas and new arrivals, Jiusiban is almost full......"

Duanmu Fei was a little interested, so he asked casually: "What is the new drama about?" ”

The three girls were overjoyed, and quickly exchanged a look with each other, it seems that the news they inquired about is correct, and the four girls of Duanmu really like to listen to the play.

As soon as the play was talked about in the pavilion, they stopped, and the maid added tea and snacks to the stone table from time to time.

Duanmu Fei listened a lot and said little, and if he was not careful, he ate a lot.

I don't know how long it was, but the third bell rang again from the southeast.

One of the girls in the pavilion said excitedly: "It should be the first list to be announced." ”

"Fourth girl Duanmu," the girl in the white dress smiled at Duanmu Fei, "Do you want to go with us to see the results?" ”

Duanmu Fei was too lazy to move, and the words of resignation had already reached his lips, but he saw that Wu Congsu couldn't wait to stand up, and his little face was full of interest.

Duanmu Fei changed his words and said with a smile: "Susu, let's go over and have a look." ”

Wu Congsu responded, looking happy and expectant.

The girl in Cuiyi was the first to walk out of the pavilion and raised her hand diligently to make an invitation, "Fourth girl Duanmu, I just asked, the preliminary examination list will be posted on the bulletin board at the entrance of the Water Pavilion." ”

The water pavilion is just across the lake, around half of the lake, which is a tea kung fu journey.

In fact, even if there is no one to guide the way, it will not be to find the wrong place, after all, the surrounding candidates are all interested in the direction of the Water Pavilion together, like a hundred birds returning to their nests.

When they arrived at the main entrance of the Water Pavilion, there were already more than twenty girls' homes gathered there, a crowded scene, fragrant clothes and sideburns, some people were happy and some were sad, and everyone whispered to each other one after another.

Most of their eyes were focused on the bulletin board in front of them and Xie Xiangling, who was standing at the front of the crowd with a begonia red gown.

Xie Xiangling's side was surrounded by more than a dozen girls like stars and moons, and those girls flattered her with a word from you and me:

"Miss Xie Liu is really talented, and she passed the first test easily...... It's like me, I can only take the test next year. ”

"Miss Wang, how can you compare with Miss Xie Liu, Miss Xie Liu is the first place in the first exam!"

"It's really not easy to take the exam this time, especially the chess question, which I didn't answer. Since Miss Xie Liu won the first place, I think she has answered all these questions. ”

“……”

Xie Xiangling stood quietly elegantly, without saying a word from beginning to end, his chin was slightly raised, and the curvature from his slender neck to his chin was a hint of arrogance.

At this time, she heard a girl in Tsing Yi beside her call in a low voice: "Duanmu Fourth Girl......"

Xie Xiangling immediately turned his head and followed the gaze of the girl in Tsing Yi, and the corners of his mouth curled almost invisibly.

Today, she saw Duanmu Fei when she first entered the women's school, originally she thought that Duanmu Fei was also a student of the women's school, until she saw Duanmu Fei go to Huanbi Pavilion from a distance, and she didn't know that she was also here to take the entrance exam.

The women's school has been open for almost two years, and she has just returned to Beijing, Duanmu Fei is different from herself, she has been in the capital.

In other words, she didn't pass the exam for two years!

Duanmu Fei is really in vain, but it is just for the face of the concubine Niangniang, so many people flatter her!

Xie Xiangling squinted and glanced at Duanmu Fei, the bottom of his eyes was as dark as night, and he immediately withdrew his gaze.

Just now, she also found Duanmufei's name on the bulletin board, Duanmufei's name is about the middle of the list, and her results are obviously mediocre.

But in this way, Duanmu Fei is not worth taking to heart at all.

Xie Xiangling's chin was raised higher, and he walked past the bulletin board unhurriedly and walked into the water pavilion.

The dozen or so girls around her immediately followed, and the door suddenly became a lot empty, and there were still seven or eight girls standing in front of the bulletin board to look at the preliminary examination list.

Wu Congsu stepped forward in three steps and two steps, stretched his neck between the girls and looked around, found Duanmu Fei's name, pointed to a certain position on the list and said, "Scarlet, you have passed the first attempt!" ”

Duanmu Fei touched his chin with satisfaction, this score is just right.

Anyway, all she had to do was get to the last exam and see the painting.

She called Wu Congsu and also entered the water pavilion together.

At the front of the Water Pavilion, there were three female students with Peilan on their chests sitting behind the bookcase, one of them was Zhang Lan, Zhang Lan beckoned to Duanmu Fei.

Those candidates who passed the preliminary examination stepped forward to receive a name tag from Zhang Lan and the others, and there were four bamboo tubes on the bookcase, on which were written the words "piano, chess, calligraphy, and painting".

Zhang Lan pointed to the four bamboo tubes and said warmly: "Girls, please choose the items for the re-examination with your own name, the re-examination will start in the afternoon, and the girls can go to the West Wing to have some light meals." ”

Xie Xiangling quickly glanced at the four bamboo tubes, and decisively put the name tag in his hand into the bamboo tube with "painting" written on it.

Piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, no matter which one it is, she has the confidence to pass the retest, among which "painting" is what she is best at.

Moreover, she deliberately came to take the women's school exam today, not just because she wanted to be a student of women's school, but because she wanted to worship under the name of the Qi family.

Women's School was founded by three women, Qi, Zhong Yu and Li Yu, the world often compares these three people, praise Zhong Yu for having the talent of Boya, praise Li Yu is a female chess saint, and can poetry and painting, Qi is the most prominent of the three, the most prominent person, all say that she not only has the talent of Yongxu, but also has the wind of the forest.

If she can become the introductory disciple of the Qi family, it will be a good story for her to become the crown prince or even the queen in the future.

"Boom."

The bamboo skewers with the words "Xie Xiangling" written on them were thrown into the bamboo tube and collided with several other bamboo sticks.

Xie Xiangling was about to leave, and out of the corner of his eye, he saw that Duanmufei, who was still separated from her, also put her name tag into the bamboo tube with "painting" written on it.

Xie Xiangling's gaze swept lightly over Duanmu Fei's body, and he turned to leave.

A few more girls greeted Xie Xiangling, complimenting her with gossip, but Xie Xiangling was perfunctory without a word.

Those people hugged Xie Xiangling and left the Water Pavilion.

The remaining dozen or so girls in the Water Pavilion looked at Xie Xiangling's back with subtle expressions, and then looked at Zhang Lan in front of them, and exchanged their heads and ears.

Zhang Lan didn't seem to be aware of it, and said with a smile: "Fourth girl Duanmu, the 'painting test' in the afternoon will be held in this water pavilion. ”

"Su Su, you can watch the retest, if you are interested, when the time comes, I will find someone to accompany you to other examination rooms to have a look, and in the afternoon, Dangui and Tingyun will invigilate the 'chess test' at Huanbi Pavilion."

Wu Congsu was happy, with a bright smile, "Scarlet, I'll come here to see you retake the test in the afternoon." ”

Duanmu nodded straightly: "I'll hand in the papers early that afternoon, maybe we still have time to go to other examination rooms to see the excitement." ”

Zhang Lan and Wu Congsu were stunned, they always felt that something was wrong with Duanmufei's words, how did her meaning sound like she was here to play?

Soon, the other girls who passed the preliminary examination also finished their name tags, as for those girls who did not pass the preliminary examination, some left the women's school, and some decided to stay until the afternoon to see the re-examination, so as to learn from the experience for next year.

Under the guidance of some female students, the candidates left the water pavilion one after another and went to the west wing room for a light meal, and the water pavilion soon became a lot empty.

After Duanmufei had lunch, she returned to the water pavilion, and before the retest time in the afternoon came, she drank tea with Zhang Lan and the three of them, enjoyed the flowers, and fed the fish...... Yawn.

On weekdays, Duanmufei goes to take a nap every afternoon, so when the time comes, she yawns for days.

"Bell!"

Before that, the fourth bell rang on time, announcing the start of the afternoon retest.

Ten large red lacquer wood carved books were neatly placed in the water pavilion, and it was obvious that a total of ten candidates chose the "painting test".

Almost at the same time as the bell rang, Qi took a few female students to the Water Pavilion.

Qi Shi wore a willow-colored dark pattern jacket, a green silk neatly rolled into a round bun, and only wore a pair of jade Ganoderma lucidum pattern flat squares, pure and dignified.

As Qi walked forward, he quietly glanced around, his eyes fell on Duanmu Fei, and the smile on the corner of his lips became stronger.

She finally found the painting of Qi Daozhi and "fished" this little girl.

However, this little girl is still so lazy that she can even be lazy in taking a test.

In today's preliminary exam papers, Qi was the first to take Duanmufei's copy to see, there were eight questions on the paper, and Duanmufei's share only answered four questions in total, it is estimated that she has calculated it, and she can pass the preliminary examination after answering half of the questions.

The enrollment of women's schools is not to recruit perfect all-rounders, half of them look at the candidates' basic skills in piano, chess, calligraphy, painting and poetry, and the other half also look at whether the candidates have outstanding skills.

Others may not be so clear about the criteria for women's admissions, but the little girl must be the most clear, and she passed the first exam lightly and skillfully. What a little fox!

Duanmu Fei smiled innocently at Qi, his eyebrows and eyes were crooked, playful and cute.

Under the scorching gaze of everyone, Qi Shi walked to the front of the water pavilion unhurriedly, and sat down behind a bookcase with a graceful posture, smiling, the whole person looked gentle and demure, and his bearing was elegant.

The group of candidates below hurriedly curtsied at her: "Mr. Qi." ”

The girls who sat on both sides of the water pavilion and came to watch also stood up and saluted at the same time.

Qi stroked his sleeves and said to the candidates with a smile: "Ladies and gentlemen, today's painting test time is one and a half hours, and every half an hour, we will remind you that you can adjust your progress by yourself." ”

As he spoke, Qi slowly looked around at the girls, and his gaze stayed on Duanmu Fei's little face for two more breaths.

Qi moved his eyebrows, and then said: "Recently, I just got a painting of Saint Qi Daozhi, so I used this painting as the color of this painting test and gave it to the leader of this subject. ”

The eyes of those candidates lit up at first, but then their eyes dimmed again, and many people secretly glanced at Duanmu Fei and Xie Xiangling, it is conceivable that the leader of the painting exam is one of these two people.

Bang bang! Xie Xiangling's heart beat faster, and she thought: Since Mr. Qi took out such a precious painting as a color for the leader, it is obvious that she attaches great importance to this painting test. Could it be that Mr. Qi also intends to take advantage of this female school enrollment to accept an introductory disciple?

Xie Xiangling took a deep breath, and his eyes flashed with an inevitable light.

Duanmu Fei didn't care, and casually lowered her head and played with her fingers, thinking: Anyway, she is not greedy, as long as she can look at it, she will be satisfied. Boss or something, I'm so tired.

Who would have thought, the next moment, I heard Qi Shi say again: "But the mounting of this painting is a little damaged, and I sent it to ask someone to reframe it, so I'm afraid this color head will be delivered two days in the evening." ”

For Xie Xiangling and others, Caitou is not trivial at all two days in the evening and two days in the evening, the key is that winning this painting is a great reward.

Only Duanmu Fei was so shocked that his jaw almost didn't fall, and for a moment, his mind went blank.

No way!

Doesn't that mean that she won't be able to see the painting even if she passes the retest today?

Doesn't that mean that she can only see that painting if she becomes the leader of the "painting test"?

Duanmu was dumbfounded, and Sakura's lips opened slightly.

Qi naturally didn't miss the cute little girl, and smiled secretly in his heart, but his face was still dignified.

"Today's exam question is 'Female Studies', girls, please feel free to play." Qi Shi calmly announced the exam questions for this session, "The drawing paper and painting tools have been prepared, if you have any other requirements, you can ask these female students in the examination room for help." ”

This question surprised the candidates present and the girls who were watching, Qi's question was really vague, and there were too many things that could be included in this word.

If you want to draw a picture of the question, you can draw a corner of Hui Lanyuan, you can draw a reading picture of the female students gathered in the class, you can draw the scene of the three gentlemen planning the female school, and you can draw today's exam......

However, how to make the painting profound and stand out among the candidates is a difficult problem.

Several candidates looked at each other secretly.

There was silence in the water pavilion, and no one was moving for the time being, all thinking, pondering, and planning.

Xie Xiangling frowned and thought for a while, and out of the corner of his eye, he saw a blue and blue figure just walking past her, and called out to stop the other party: "Zhang Wu girl." ”

This call made several other candidates come back from their thoughts, and subconsciously looked at Xie Xiangling and Zhang Lan with complicated expressions.

Zhang Lan stopped and looked at Xie Xiangling with a dignified expression, "Miss Xie Liu, what do you need?" ”

Xie Xiangling looked at the rice paper on the case with disgust and said, "Give me silk, I like to use silk for painting." ”

At that time, people generally painted on rice paper, silk and walls, especially more than half of the famous paintings were painted on silk, this requirement is not unusual, but Xie Xiangling said, everyone always felt a bit of arrogant taste.

"Miss Xie Liu, please wait." Zhang Lan smiled slightly, her smile was gentle and decent, and her bearing was excellent.

She looked around at everyone and asked, "Are there any other girls who want silk too?" ”

Zhang Lan asked, and a girl in Tsing Yi next to Xie Xiangling also spoke: "Fifth girl Zhang, give me a piece of silk if you are tired." ”

Zhang Lan answered, went to the next room, and quickly fetched the silk that had been prepared a long time ago.

Zhang Lan paved Xie Xiangling and the girl in Tsing Yi with silk silk, and their manners were elegant, and every movement was indescribably good-looking.

Xie Xiangling hooked the corners of her lips with satisfaction, feeling that everyone was looking at her, and she was quite proud: she was a wife, Zhang Lan was just a concubine, and the concubine was a subordinate, so she should have served herself.

Xie Xiangling's eyes swept over a sharp light.

After the queen's aunt sent someone to the Cheng'en Mansion to make it clear that she was selected as the fourth princess, her mother told her that she could not be the only one in the backyard of the four princes, and now there would be two side concubines, and he would have other concubines as the emperor in the future.

Men like the new and hate the old, just like today, there are three thousand beauties in the harem.

No matter how many women the fourth prince will have in the future, as the main family, she must first suppress these women, otherwise, she will be like the queen's aunt, who will be suppressed by those concubines in the harem, and she will not have the honor of the queen at all.

The queen's aunt chose the girls of the Zheng and Zhang families to be the side concubines of the four princes, the girl of the Zheng family is a quiet and knowledgeable person, and she looks at her horse-headed style, but this Zhang Lan, relying on her background in the Zhang family, is very restless, and obviously has an attempt.

Today, she has to set up rules for this Zhang Lan, so that she knows what it means to be different from a wife and a concubine!

After Zhang Lan laid out the silk, she was about to leave, Xie Xiangling stopped her again, and commanded again arrogantly: "Miss Zhang, I want to paint, get me a few kinds of pigments, stone green, garcinia cambogia, rouge and silver zhu." ”

"Miss Xie Liu, please wait." Zhang Lan smiled again, not angry, and turned around to get paint for Xie Xiangling.

Xie Xiangling looked at Zhang Lan's back, secretly proud in his heart.

The other candidates were very complicated, on the one hand, they were still worried about not knowing what to draw, and on the other hand, they couldn't help but look at Xie Xiangling.

"Miss Xie Liu, this is the paint you want." Zhang Lan didn't take a moment to bring the four-color paint.

However, Xie Xiangling still didn't intend to let Zhang Lan go, and in just one cup of tea, he instructed Zhang Lan to the east and the west, and gave a series of instructions:

"Miss Zhangwu, this sheep pen is too small, bring me a few large and small models."

"Miss Zhangwu, this stone green is not good, change it for me Shi Qing."

"Stone blue is not good, it's better to change the cyanine, and then get me cinnabar."

“……”

"Chapter 5 girl, grind ink for me!"

The other people around shook their heads secretly when they listened, and said in their hearts: How can Miss Zhang Wu say that she is also the future concubine of the Fourth Prince, but Miss Xie Liu is a person who calls people as people, is honest and domineering, narrow-minded, and can't tolerate people!

Several candidates meditated and pondered the layout of the painting and the painting tools needed.

What no one expected was that this time, Zhang Lan actually rejected Xie Xiangling:

"Miss Xie Liu, forgive me for refusing."

What the?! Xie Xiangling was stunned and looked at Zhang Lan in surprise, almost thinking that he had misheard.

The girls who were watching around couldn't hide their surprise.

Zhang Lan looked at Xie Xiangling with clear eyes, and her posture was straight and elegant.

In the afternoon, the golden sunlight fell softly on her through the window, gilding her with a faint layer of brilliance, just when the girlish temperament of Fanghua was quiet and pleasant.

"Miss Xie Liu, we have a total of one hundred and eight school rules in our girls' school, one of which is that you can't bring maids into the girls' school to accompany you." Zhang Lan smiled lightly, and persuaded seriously, "If Miss Xie Liu's body is not diligent, you might as well not take the test." ”

The little girl's voice was clear and tactful, like a mountain stream flowing through a valley.

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