On March 23, that is, the day after the Great Queen, Li Qing summed it up in his heart and felt that it was too late.

"Li Shi will definitely participate." Li Qing lowered his eyebrows and said softly.

The high maid looked at Li Qing so gentle, a little unexpected.

Jinzhou is the land of Tianqi Southern Barbarian, and it stands to reason that ordinary people are quite unreasonable. She came to give the order before, and on the way, she thought that what she saw was an old adult woman with rough skin and thick flesh and inappropriate appearance, but she didn't expect the legendary Li Niangzi to have such a face.

After listening to his mouth, his posture and words showed his education. Therefore, the high maid nodded, took out a token from her sleeve, handed it to Li Qing, and said: "This is a token that is free from prohibition when entering the palace, Li Niangzi can use it to enter the palace, and the palace can only enter and exit, so before you leave, you can return it to me." ”

"Okay, then thank you Lady Gao."

Li Qing sent the maid away and put the token in the box in the house.

In the house, Yun Ji said, "Does my mother want to enter the palace?" ”

"It was the queen who invited me to the palace banquet, I think I came to see the Li lady who was rewarded by His Majesty." Li Qing sat on the couch, and Yun Ji poured her a cup of tea.

"Child, work hard, my mother has already met the official family once, and now I want to enter the palace to see the queen, but you haven't seen it once."

Yun Ji: "...... "Am I trying to meet them?" Yun Ji rolled his eyes in his heart.

"Haha, teasing you, most of the time I entered the palace this time to see me make a fool of myself." Li Qing said with a smile.

Yun Ji doesn't understand, why does his mother think like this, is it better to be fought over when they meet?

"Why?"

"That's because my mother is different from them, think about it, if my mother is born in a noble, naturally there will be no such troubles, but it's a pity that your mother and I ...... Oh, no, it's us, we're all from the countryside, and we all seem the same, but we are inferior to them. Li Qing patiently explained to his son.

Just like before, she is a woman, and she doesn't have a name, as soon as Wei Xichen enters the door, everyone will think that she is Wei Xichen's outer room raised outside. No one would think of her as an independent person.

Is there no factor in this status gap?

"So children, we don't have a sense of superiority, and we can't show superiority in front of others, because such people have nothing left but that little bit of self-righteousness."

The cloud seems to understand but not understand.

Although he didn't understand it very well, he felt that what his mother said was very reasonable. Therefore, when he went to study in the academy, he was correct, if he did not have a little background, he would have entered the officialdom early, and he would definitely be excluded and misunderstood because of his age, background, knowledge and opinions.

In this way, Yun Ji understood the good intentions of his mother.

"When Shang Xuan comes out of the examination hall, you can go to the academy to report, I have inquired, Gu Youcheng is a knowledgeable person, not inferior to Master Zhu in the slightest, you can study with him with peace of mind, after all, the person chosen by His Majesty, he must have considered it."

After thinking about the cloud and who to support in the future, Li Qing said in his heart.

"Mmmm, I will kiss my mother, I will definitely become the best version of myself and fulfill my father's long-cherished wish."

After so many years, Yun Ji still misses his father.

Zhong went to the outside of the examination hall every day to keep watch, and once the examination hall of the provincial examination was closed, he could only come out after the exam, which was to prevent someone from missing the question and causing panic.

Because the test method of the provincial examination is different from the state examination, there are only three policy questions in the provincial examination, which are tested for three days and one question a day.

That's why it's not allowed to be released, eating, drinking, and Lazar are all in the examination hall.

This is the real selection of political talents for Tianqi, and these people basically want to enter the court as officials.

According to the day, Guan Shangxuan should finish the exam today. Zhong waited for three days, and finally got the result.

As soon as the hour came, the door of the examination hall opened, and groups of candidates poured out from inside, and Guan Shangxuan was among them.

"Mother, why are you here, didn't you tell you not to guard? Accompany your father more, why do you have to work hard here. Guan Shangxuan saw Zhong and blamed.

"Mother is not hard, mother just wants to come to see you." Zhong Shi took Guan Shangxuan's hand and found that his hand was cold. Thinking that it was frozen, she immediately took off her cloak and draped it on Guan Shangxuan, who was taller than her.

"Mother, I'm not cold." Dropped the test basket, took off the cloak and put it on Zhong, "Don't take it off, I'm not cold." After ordering the Zhong family not to take off his cloak, Guan Shangxuan lifted the examination basket and asked, "Is there a carriage?" ”

"Yes, it's been prepared for a long time, quick, let's go back and warm up, there are pastries made by your aunt Qing in the car, I'm afraid you'll be hungry." Zhong hurriedly pulled Guan Shangxuan into the carriage.

"Is that him?" There were two people standing next to the examination hall who did not move, and one of them pointed to Guan Shangxuan.

"It's him, Jinzhou Guan Shangxuan, his father has just been promoted from the head of the eighth grade of the household department to the sixth rank of Shilang."

"From the sixth grade? Hehe. The man listened and smiled sarcastically. The person next to him suddenly flattered: "No matter how big the official is, he can't be as big as Hansheng's father." ”

"It's good to know."

……

Yun Ji was packing up his things, and he hurriedly met Guan Shangxuan today, and he was going to Guozijian.

Li Qing was also preparing, preparing the costumes and jewelry for the banquet in the palace, and she found that she still did not have a complete set of heads. Adhering to the principle of simplicity, she never made some good jewelry for herself, and even the hairpin was carved from wood at home on weekdays.

No, she had to go out and go to the so-called Shufangzhai to buy a few sets of jewelry for herself, and by the way, she also got several sets for the Jiang family. also lost a lot of money to her, otherwise she couldn't afford it.

Clothes, she is not lacking, just take two sets directly from the Shengjing Hongcang in Shangjing. In order to deal with emergencies, Li Qing prepared an extra set of clothes for himself.

Produced by Sheng Jinghong, it is a high-quality product. The fabrics and embroiderers used are all of the same quality. However, she was self-aware and knew that her appearance did not match her age, so she went to the rouge gouache shop to buy a complete set of skin care and cosmetics.

Back then, she couldn't even afford a box of face fat, but now she can buy it in sets. Li Qing couldn't help but smile, this is thirty years in Hedong, thirty years in Hexi.

Cosmetics are not bought to be beautiful, but to be old. Just darken your face a little bit and don't stand out so much.

Hey, she is the only one in this world who "walks against the sky", just to get old.

When Li Qing returned home, Zhong and Guan Shangxuan had already returned.

"Sister, Brother Xuan has finished the exam, his father rented a house on Xuanwu Street, and took him over to live, thank you for taking care of him during this time." Seeing Li Qing coming back, Zhong stepped forward to say goodbye.

"Why doesn't Sister Zhong live here? But what is my lack of care? Li Qingdao said.