Because of the three-year delay of the national filial piety of the spring festival kicked off, the first in the capital Gongyuan held the examination, by the Ministry of Rites and the Hanlin Academy of the bachelor invigilated the examination, the students before the examination have visited the homes of the scholars, but the examiner is a few days before the examination, there are clear regulations in the court, prohibiting candidates and examiners to do more contact, so the emperor to a few days before the examination to finalize the examiner, to see who is the most honest and neutral, those who have frequent contact with the candidates can never be pointed out as examiners.

The examiner does not know whose test paper he has gotten, but if a candidate has been in contact with the examiner in advance, and the examiner can recognize his handwriting, then there is a suspicion of favoritism. Before the exam, not only these adults should observe the students to see which one is the potential stock and can be recruited by them as a son-in-law, but the candidates will also observe these adults and guess which one may be the examiner this time, so that they can build a good relationship in advance.

After all, the examiners are not biased during the examination, but they also have the right to propose during the palace examination, and discuss with the emperor the final ranking of the tribute students.

There will be a test for three days, a total of seven days, during which it is not allowed to go out of the examination room, from the ninth day of the first month to enter the examination room, the twelfth and then one more test, to the fifteenth and then the last one, the environment of the Gongyuan is hard, some of the candidates who are weak and study hard, enter the Gongyuan for a few days, can not stand such suffering, and are carried out.

Most of the local students in Beijing are both civil and military, like Li Yulin, Lin Rui and others, this bit of hardship can still be endured, and weak children like Qiao Qingyun are a little unbearable.

When sleeping at night, the quilt in the Gongyuan is a little thin, and the March day in the capital is still a little chilly, Qiao Qingyun is used to the light wind and soft water in Jinling, and he is not very suitable for the climate in Beijing, and he huddles the quilt in a ball at night, and sleeps not very peacefully.

He and his classmates entered the examination room together, and after entering the room, they were disrupted, and the order of the beds in the dormitory was according to the order of the seats during the exam, and several children from the capital slept next to him.

Lin Rui looked at his weak appearance, afraid that he would be frostbitten, so he pushed his quilt and whispered to him: "Hey! Are you panicked from freezing? Come and sleep with me on a quilt, use my quilt as a mattress, your quilt as a cover, and two people will not be cold when they sleep. ”

Qiao Qingyun turned his head to look at him, and when he saw the sincere look of the other party's eyes, he also thought about it seriously, although he didn't like to sleep with people, but the night in this tribute courtyard was really difficult, Lin Rui looked clean and gentle, and there should be nothing wrong with sleeping in the same bed with him.

"Thank you, Young Master Lin."

The two got up and cleaned up the bed, Lin Rui told him not to be polite, called him Lin Rui, and asked: "You are a foreigner, I'm afraid you don't know the bitter cold of this capital tribute courtyard, didn't Prince Li's mansion prepare something for you?" "It seems that many of their children are going to participate in the scientific examination, and the elders are familiar with the things they prepare for him, so they don't want gorgeous and cumbersome robes, but thick and simple green gray cotton robes, which are warm and dirt-resistant, and it is better to search their bodies when they enter the examination room.

Lin Rui originally asked, but it made Qiao Qingyun feel more hearted, isn't this Lin Rui the one who discussed marriage with Sister Ting before? I heard that it is still Sister Ting's bamboo horse, and now that we meet on the narrow road of Gongyuan, he can still give a quilt generously, and he is also a true gentleman.

Qiao Qingyun said: "I'm ready, but I didn't bring many of them in." ”

No children in Prince Li's house have participated in the imperial examination, and they prepared a lot of dry food and meat cakes for Qiao Qingyun, and also made thick clothes, and also put on a gorgeous fox fur cloak for him, that is, I heard that the tribute courtyard was bitter, and I was afraid that he would starve and freeze, but I didn't bring it in.

The two made the bed, and then got into the quilt to lie down and squint, Lin Rui slept comfortably, in the past, he went out to play with his friends, and often squeezed into one bed to sleep, not to mention that this Qiao Gongzi is beautiful, more lovely than his rough friends, and sleeping in the same bed with him is not unusual, but can smell the faint fragrance of wood on his body, it is really a child.

Qiao Qingyun is not very comfortable, he doesn't like to be too close to people, in the past, he slept alone in the academy, but now the situation is forced, he has to sleep with others, although there is nothing wrong with this Lin Gongzi, but he is not very comfortable, not to mention that this Lin Gongzi was quite peaceful when he first slept, and then he fell asleep and wrapped his arms, legs and feet around him, he was originally unstable, Lin Rui woke up as soon as he was hit, and he quietly wanted to withdraw and couldn't pull out, gently pushing the other party and couldn't push it, so he had to let him be entangled all night, The next morning, Lin Rui saw that he was lying on Qiao Qingyun's body, and Qiao Qingyun was still in a gentleman's sleeping position, so he was a little embarrassed, so he quietly took off his hands and feet and lay down upright.

Qiao Qingyun actually woke up early, afraid that the two of them would be embarrassed to get up early, so he pretended to sleep, and when Lin Rui woke up and put himself in the right position, he woke up quietly.

Lin Rui saw him wake up, and greeted him with a smile, "Brother Qiao, it's early." ”

Before he got up in the morning, Qiao Qingyun was afraid that there would be a smell in his mouth, so he didn't dare to speak, he only smiled to express his kindness, and when Lin Rui talked to him, he also held his breath, afraid that the other party would have a smell in his mouth.

Lin Rui's eyebrows and eyes were crooked, and when he got up in the morning, he saw Ruyu Beauty smiling at himself, he really had to be in a good mood every day, no wonder they all said that when he saw Qingyun, he was mistaken for life, this face was really cute.

Yesterday I only had an exam, the next one is the day after tomorrow, these two days the students will be in the Gongyuan Wenshu, breakfast Lin Rui ate very quickly, just a simple bun pickled porridge, after the plate into his hands, he quickly drank the porridge, then took two buns out, before leaving, he also glanced at Qiao Qingyun, Qiao Qingyun did not understand the meaning of his eyes, slowly finished breakfast, and then went out to find Lin Rui, I don't know where to go.

When he went out, he saw that the rows of sunny tables and chairs in Wen's study room were full, and he could only go to the cold place to sit, so Lin Rui occupied a golden area of feng shui treasure and beckoned to him: "Brother Qiao!" Come here, I've got you covered! ”

Qiao Qingyun also saw him just now, and said in his heart that he had run so fast, he had come to Wen Shushu to occupy a place, but he also saw Li Yulin sitting next to him, recalling the previous confrontation with the Wenguan, this Li Gongzi seemed to dislike him very much, and he still didn't come over.

Li Yulin didn't like Qiao Qingyun before, because he thought that he was going to marry Jing'er, and his rivals were very red when they saw each other, but now Qiao Qingyun is the quasi-son-in-law of Prince Li's mansion, and he has no conflict of interest with him, and he has eliminated those hostilities, and now all that is left is a fair competition between literati and sons, he doesn't want this Qiao Gongzi to be weak and fall ill before he takes the exam, so that people can say that he is invincible.