Yun Ji ordered some side dishes, and the two had a happy lunch. Yun Ji is not a drinker, not to mention that he doesn't dare to ignore Jiuqing's reputation, so there can't be wine on the table.

"My maid is still on the shore, so I will leave first, and the Jiang brother will take care." After eating, Gu Jiuqing got up to say goodbye. Although there are thousands of words, she is not a person who does not know how to take measure. Lonely men and widows will always be gossiped about if they stay in the same room for too long, even if there are no rules here, but what about getting off the boat?

She can't ruin her little brother's reputation.

Yun Ji has the same idea.

The two saluted each other, Gu Jiuqing pulled her hat slightly, so that people couldn't tell that she was the daughter of the Gu family, so she got on the boat that got off the boat.

Yun Ji watched her away from the window until she reached the shore. Yun Ji sat down and carefully opened the purse sent by Jiuqing.

Sure enough, there was a jade pendant lying inside.

The texture is as fine as its own hosta.

The reason why Yun Ji sent the hosta was because Gu Jiuqing was going to be in time next year. He couldn't hold back for a while and gave a hairpin. When he turned back, he found that he was not suitable for sending hostas at all.

Wow, it's a shame.

Yun Ji felt that he had made a big fuss.

After returning home, Yun Ji spread out on the bed in shame and covered his face with a quilt. Guan Shangxuan saw this appearance of Yun Ji when he entered the door, and suddenly he smelled the smell of adultery.

"Did you do something wrong?" Guan Shangxuan uncovered the quilt covering Yun Ji's face with a smile, raised his eyebrows, and showed a lewd smile.

"No, don't talk nonsense, it's misunderstood." Yun Ji slapped away Guan Shangxuan's salty pig hand, and said angrily.

"Heh, your virtue Lao Tzu is still not clear?" Guan Shangxuan didn't care about Yun Ji and slapped him, turned his face, and said with disgust.

"Hmph, if you don't believe it, forget it." After Yun Ji finished speaking, he pulled the quilt and covered himself underneath. There is a charcoal fire in the house, and it will not be cold. Guan Shangxuan sat beside the charcoal brazier and roasted the fire, "You little, Lao Tzu won't talk about it, tomorrow Dr. Wang from the academy will let me go to the school, will you go?" ”

"Don't go, I'll follow my mother these days." Yun Ji muttered under the covers.

"Okay, you don't need this anyway, so I won't force it." Guan Shangxuan said.

"Who said I don't need this, I'm just too tired and want to relax for a few days." After Yun Ji finished speaking, he was going to drive Guan Shangxuan away, he was different from Brother Xuan, his mother would give him a lot of inspiration, and Guan Shangxuan might not understand these inspirations, so it was a wise choice for Guan Shangxuan to follow Dr. Wang, but he couldn't.

He can always feel a sense of pedantic, which is not in A-Niang. Sure enough, the next day, Yun Ji borrowed his aunt from the study. These days, A-Niang is busy with business matters, and Yunji feels that she is about to fall out of favor.

Fortunately, Li Qing was prepared in the morning.

Li Qing has never given up studying over the years, coupled with the memory of the two lives, learning is twice the result with half the effort, and her knowledge is not inferior to the doctor of the academy. Compared with them, Li Qing won by having a wide range of thinking. Yun Ji also scavenged a lot of good things under Li Qing's teaching. He felt that if he didn't do well in the palace exam this time, he was sorry for his mother's teaching and his own efforts.

As early as a few days before the palace examination, the court released news that because the emperor was "seriously ill", the palace examination was presided over by a scholar of Su University. and a qualified bachelor in the Wenyuan Pavilion as a grader.

This time, a total of forty-five people participated in the temple examination, and two-thirds were taken, that is, thirty people. While the odds are high, so are the risks. What if it becomes the outcast fifteen?

In the evening, Yun Ji and Guan Shangxuan went to the Ministry of Rites together. Because of the passage of time, the weather in Shangjing is gradually getting better, at least not as heavy as before.

However, as the saying goes, snow is not cold, and the snow is cold, and the two scholars are still wrapped in jackets. This time, they didn't have to prepare anything by themselves, and the martial arts hall had everything ready.

In the courtyard of the Ministry of Rites, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites was talking, and the candidates below were standing neatly, like a square team. Coincidentally, in addition to Guan Shangxuan and Gu Cangyu next to Yun Ji. The three of them all showed a confident smile.

Guan Shangxuan was still a little uneasy before, he was scared by the incident three years ago, so he had to be more cautious. And now that it had come to this point, he was sure that there would be no more surprises in this palace test.

"Tomorrow's palace exam, you just need to answer the questions well, do your duty, and wait for the results of the judgment before speaking, I hope you remember." The waiter of the Ministry of Rites said to the dozens of people below at great risk. He doesn't want to, these are all seed players in the central system of the imperial court, and many of them are from powerful noble families, but rules are rules, and it's another thing to have rules.

"Remember, sir." Everyone below replied in unison, and Yun Ji was no exception.

If I remember correctly, one-third of the forty-five people here are from good backgrounds, and they have entered the palace with their own parents, and the rest are mostly from the local area, but they are not too poor themselves.

If you can read to this extent, if you don't have money at home, it's not that your family is useless, but that you're incompetent.

After the lecture, all the candidates were ready to leave for the palace.

Because it is a palace, I don't dare to look around if I haven't been there, and everyone doesn't squint. I fantasize that one day I can create a foundation here and become a famous person in history. They have never experienced all kinds of darkness in the court, no matter how old they are, they still have a trace of fantasy. I thought that I could follow His Majesty the Emperor and make great contributions, and become famous for a lifetime.

When they do enter the world of politics, they will be beaten.

Yun Ji is no different from them.

"The lecture hall is the place where the palace test of the past dynasties is, you will go to the lecture hall today to familiarize yourself with the environment, and wait for the fifth watch tomorrow in the lecture hall." The attendant in the lead said as he led the way.

It was clear that everyone was more reserved, and no one spoke. The palace is already majestic, and it invisibly adds a bit of seriousness to this group of scholars.

Finally got through this level, Yun Ji and the others were taken to the lounge, and as soon as they entered, they could see dozens of people's Chase Shop.

I'm going to rest here tonight.

The environment here is too simple for the descendants of the noble families, but they don't dare to show any dislike. Because from the moment they entered the palace gate, everyone's words and deeds were recorded.

This is not a scene for the selection of concubines, it is a selection of talents for Tianqi. If the talent is not of good character, it is useless to have no knowledge. Therefore, everyone trembled, as if facing the abyss, like walking on thin ice.

It's not the first time Yun Ji has come to the palace, as a prisoner of the Guozijian, he has had the right to observe the court since the second year of admission, and he has not let go of almost every early dynasty, so he is quite familiar with the palace.