The husband walked around the street, carrying lanterns, beating gongs and drums, and slowly shouting: "The weather is dry, watch out for the candles!" ”

The concierge of the Yan family slept soundly, smashed his mouth, and vaguely heard that the husband was beating the gong and drum for the fifth watch, turned around and fell asleep again.

At this moment, there was a knock on the door outside. The porter pulled his shoes to open the door, and found that it was still dark, and scolded the doorman in his stomach.

Opening the gate, two mule carts were parked outside the gate of the Yan Mansion, loaded with a lot of things.

"I'm sorry for you, I'm from Ningfu. There are two carts of gifts, one for the Yan Mansion and one for the eldest lady of your mansion. The person who drove the car said crisply.

The porter wiped his eyes in disbelief, he came to give gifts so early, but he was afraid that he would go out on the third watch. Isn't Ning Mansion the Right Prime Minister's Mansion, usually his young lady often exchanged gifts and letters with Yan Qingge, and the porter knew about it. But this time, I pulled two carts full of things, and things were not ordinary.

He didn't dare to delay, hurriedly invited someone in, and went to call Yan Songnian again.

Yan Songnian dragged him out of the bed, and after listening to the report, the whole person was confused.

Right Prime Minister Ning Chenglin is now being favored, and he has served as the chief examiner of the scientific examination for three consecutive years, that is to say, the candidates who have been admitted in the past three years are all his protégés, which is a unique honor for a while. Speaking of which, Yan Songnian hasn't seen the face of the right minister yet.

Before dawn understood, the Right Prime Minister's Mansion suddenly gave a gift, even if the young ladies of the two mansions were friendly, it shouldn't be.

He couldn't figure it out, but he still accepted the gift, wrote a thank you post, and sent the people of Ning Mansion back with a good voice.

Before Yan Qingge went to Le Yi in the morning, he went to Yan Songnian's house as usual to ask for peace, but he didn't expect that Yan Songnian had already gotten up today, pointed to the two carts of gifts in his yard, and said: "This is sent by the Right Prime Minister's Mansion in the morning, saying that there is a cart for you." ”

Yan Qingge was stunned for a moment, and then understood. Thinking that it was Ning Chenglin who went home and told his family about last night's incident, Ning Minzhi befriended her, and naturally guessed that Yan Xiaozhu was Yan Qingge, and it was the eldest lady of the Yan Mansion who helped Ning Chenglin.

Looking at the gift in the car, Yan Qingge was full of emotion, this gift must have been prepared by the Ning family overnight and then sent early in the morning.

Why do some people know how to repay their kindness, and the grace of dripping water springs to reciprocate. And some people are ruthless and don't even care about their own daughters?

Yan Qingge looked at Yan Songnian, and finally gave up thinking about this problem.

After going back, Ruyi helped her pack her gifts, and exclaimed from time to time: "Wow, this is a snow clam, and there is a blood bird's nest!" There's also a box of ginseng! This set of lacquerware boxes is really good-looking, Miss, it's going to be autumn, and the jewelry boxes in the house feel like ice hands, so it's better to change to this set......"

"It's all up to you, it's all up to you!" Yan Qingge was in a hurry to leave, and said with a smile: "You can put it as you like." ”

Time passed like water, and soon it was the day of the exam.

Yan Qingge helped Le Yi pack up a tool for the exam and personally sent him to the door of the examination room. Le Yi has to take three exams in a row, each for three days, and after nine days, the exam will end, and no one is allowed to enter and leave at will in the middle.

Yan Qingge watched Le Yi walking into the examination room, and silently made a wish in his heart, hoping that he could get a good score in the exam.

Yan Xiuyu looked at Yan Qingge reluctantly, they definitely couldn't wait at the door for nine days, Le Yi was not at home these days, Yan Qingge would definitely not go to Le Yi's residence, and he wouldn't be able to see her for many days.

However, it would be good to leave him a few days in the void, he has a small plan that he has not yet done.

After Yan Xiuyu returned home, he called the servants who were waiting by his side and asked, "Where is my black clothes?" ”

Yan Xiuyu had a lot of colorful burnt bag clothes, but not many black clothes, so the next person immediately understood which one it was, and said, "But the one that I lent to the eldest lady of the Yan family to wear that day?" ”

He was surprised in his heart, Yan Xiuyu never wore a piece of clothing a second time. Even if it's just for a short while, you won't touch it again.

"Yes, bring it to me." Yan Xiuyu commanded with a dark face and a stiff tone.

Seeing that Yan Xiuyu seemed to want to lose his temper, he quickly found it and handed it to him. Fortunately, he still kept this clothes, and he didn't take them out and distribute them to his subordinates who had children in the family as before, otherwise he would be in trouble.

Yan Xiuyu turned around and locked himself in the room, put on the clothes that had not had time to be washed, he lowered his head and sniffed carefully, there was a unique fragrance on the clothes on Yan Qingge's body.

Yan Xiuyu's face burned, and he touched the dress in obsession, but in the end he still didn't have the courage to walk out in it. After thinking about it again and again, Yan Xiuyu took it off, folded it carefully, and put it on the head of the bed.

He decided, this dress will be his pajamas in the future!

Le Yi came out after being locked up in the examination room for nine days, Rao is usually strong physique, but he still walks with fluttering feet and sunken cheeks. There are also many people who are weak on weekdays, and they are carried out by others.

Yan Qingge felt sorry for Le Yi, and cooked a lot of bird's nest porridge, ginseng chicken soup and other things for Le Yi, and Le Yi had several nosebleeds in the middle of the night.

The time after the exam is too fast, and the release day is nearly one day.

If you are on the list, you can continue to participate in the temple examination, and after the palace examination, it will be mid-October no sooner or later. No matter how close or far away you are, you can rush back to your hometown, there is an old saying, called "It's better to get the champion for the New Year", that's what it says. However, there will be many candidates who choose to stay in Beijing and get the appointment order next spring before leaving.

Yan Songnian knocked on the side and found that his brother-in-law did well in the exam, and all kinds of complicated thoughts rose in his heart, and he almost lost his head overnight.

In Mingxinzhai, Aunt Hai held Yan Shuyu's hand and said, "Shuyu, your poems, my mother has asked people to release them in the past few days?" ”

"Why are you choosing these days?" Yan Shuyu was puzzled.

"The list is about to be released in the next few days, and people outside are discussing who is the champion, and those poems of yours are circulating, and when they see them, they can't praise you as a female champion. This is much stronger than the average talented woman. Aunt Hai patiently explained and taught Yan Shuyu by example.

Yan Shuyu smiled and said, "Mother, why don't we ask Mr. Chu to buy a few more poems, ask someone to publish a poetry collection, and send some money to the bookstore, so that they can set the price a little lower, half sell and half give, but I'm afraid that there will be a lot of people who buy it." ”

"My son, your head is smart, my mother sees that if you are a man, I am afraid that you can really win the championship." Aunt Hai praised Yan Shuyu with her mouth, and her heart was full of joy. What a great idea to publish a poetry collection! Only her daughter could come up with it.

That night, Yan Qingge's courtyard ushered in an uninvited guest, it was Chu Danzhu.

Chu Danzhu trembled and told Yan Shuyu that she was asked to compose poems again.

Yan Qingge sneered: "What's the use of Mr. Chu telling me now?" I'm afraid you've already handed over the poem to their mother and daughter. ”

Chu Danzhu didn't dare to speak. Yan Qingge was right, she had indeed handed over the poem to Yan Shuyu.

But what can she do, the eldest lady and Aunt Hai, she can't offend any of them.

Yan Qingge couldn't help Chu Danzhu, so he waved his hand and said, "You go back." ”

Yan Shuyu asked Chu Danzhu to write a lot of poems this time, a total of thirty, plus the ten last time, it adds up to a lot, I don't know what the use is?

After thinking about it, Yan Qingge wrote a letter to Ning Minzhi, Ling Xiao and Yan Xiuyu, asking them to help keep an eye on it, to see if he, an unconscious sister, had made trouble again during this time.

At noon the next day, Yan Qingge received a letter from Ning Minzhi, and copied a piece of paper with a piece of Yonghe poems, which were all written by Yan Shuyu and wanted to be dedicated to Princess Rouhui. In the name of the descendants of the Yan family and Miss Lady Xiu, these poems have become popular.

Yan Qingge picked it up and looked at it, and among them was the one that Yan Shuyu recited on the Zhuangzi.

It seems that Aunt Hai, mother and daughter, want to hype up Yan Shuyu's reputation, and they can be said to do everything.

This matter was also known to Yan Songnian, and when he went out to socialize, many people asked about the second lady of his family, praising Yan Shuyu for being talented and the first talented woman in Beijing. Yan Song has a big face when he gets older, and after returning home, he praises Yan Shuyu one after another.

Five or six days later, in bookstores all over the capital, there was a collection of poems called "Seeing the Lotus Collection" on the shelves, and the author was Yan Shuyu.

Whenever a guest comes to the door, Xiao Er and the shopkeeper of the bookstore who have received money from Hai's mother and daughter strongly recommend: "Buy a copy, as long as six big dollars, this money is only enough for you to buy a few knives of paper in the shop, it is cheap, not to mention that it is written by a female champion." Take it back and ask the girl at home to carry it, it can dye a little expensive. If you don't have a girl at home, read it a few more times, and maybe you will win the top prize in the next year. ”

This sales pitch is quite good, and "Seeing the Lotus Collection" sells very quickly. The bookstore makes money at both ends, so why not.

Yan Qingge's table also had such a book on it, she flipped through it at random, and found that the forty poems in it were all bought by Yan Shuyu from Chu Danzhu. Come to think of it, Yan Shuyu, a person who has not finished reading the Book of Songs, if no one writes it, what poems can he write?

Chu Danzhu's literary style is average, except for the first ten Yonghe poems of uneven quality, the next thirty poems, most of which express the personal feelings of the girl in the boudoir, and even two of them faintly have hatred and sorrow, and have no thoughts of meeting confidants.

It seems that this collection of poems has thrown away all the inventory of Chu Danzhu's poems for more than 20 years. In the future, if Yan Shuyu wants to buy poems from Chu Danzhu, I am afraid it will not be as easy as it is now.