Chapter Eighty-Eight: Preparing for the Nine Talents
She herself used to be a little too naïve, thinking that she was very shrewd and showy, and thinking that she could protect everyone, but now all kinds of lessons have made her realize herself, she needs to be more cautious in the future, and if she is not careful, she will carry a life on her body.
Xie Qingyu still got up very early today, and went to the school early in the morning without dinner.
I didn't expect to see Master Zhang as soon as she entered the school, because she has paid more attention to the content of the Nine Talents recently, and she has not studied the literary examination, so she naturally has no chance to meet Master Zhang.
Thinking of this, he bowed to Master Zhang and made a big salute.
"The student whispered to meet the master."
"Light rumor, you have become the leader in this literary examination, but you haven't come here to congratulate you as a teacher." Zhang Fuzi was naturally very pleased to see that he, a student who has always been strictly disciplined on weekdays, could have this result, and Xie Qingyu was not arrogant after becoming the leader of the literary examination, and he still respected him very much as a teacher, and he was indeed a talent that could be created!
"Master's words, it's just a small success, it's all the Master's early teaching, otherwise the light rumors will not pass." Xie Qingyu listened to Master Zhang's words, and was very grateful to Master Zhang in his heart, if there was no Master Zhang, where would his vernacular general strategy compare to Xie Youran.
"You worked very hard that day, and you deserve to achieve this now, but you don't have to forget your original intention in the future." Zhang Fuzi looked at Xie Qingyu and was also very proud, this woman will definitely be able to become a female official in the future, and she can be regarded as living up to his careful teaching.
"The light rumor is to keep the master's teachings in mind, and the light rhyme will retire first after a while." Xie Qingyu thought that there would be a talent class to go in a while, so he said goodbye to Master Zhang first.
Zhang Fuzi looked at Xie Qingyu's very firm back, as if he saw himself back then, Rao is no matter how complicated the environment is, it has become his stepping stone, even if he is not in office now, he also believes that Xie Qingyu will definitely be able to become a female official in the future, he is extremely sure.
Xie Qingyu has long been prepared for the content of the Nine Talents, among the Nine Talents, each young lady chooses what she is best at to perform, and then the officials sent by the imperial court will select it, and the Nine Talents exam is not only the entire Jiangning City's family ladies this time.
The ladies from other cities passed the first round of the exam in their own city, and after that, all the people who passed the literary exam in the entire Jiangnan would go to Gusu City to take the second round of the exam.
That's why Mrs. Xue was able to leave so easily that day, they had long been convinced that Xie Qingyu couldn't pass the exam, just because they understood the difficulty of the female officer assessment, so Xie Qingyu was just a clown in their hearts that day, so they naturally disdained it.
When Xie Qingyu came to the piano room, there were not many people, many people had given up this exam, although the piano art was simple, but there must be a lot of people in the exam, and the competition was very great, so there were still many people before the Chinese New Year, and now there are only a few people left.
"Light rumors, light rumors, come quickly, I have prepared it for you a long time ago." When Seinfeld saw Xie Qingyu stepping into the door of the piano room, he waved very enthusiastically.
Xie Qingyu also smiled slightly, and walked over with his feet raised.
She and Seinfeld haven't seen each other since years ago, and this time she came to the piano class just to accompany Seinfeld, she has never been very interested in the guqin, and her sister's guqin skills are already extraordinary, presumably it is also imperative to get the cards, so why should she bother to fight hard.
"I miss you so much, you said that you don't come out of the house to play during the New Year, I only saw you by delivering letters." Seinfeld has been staying at home, her father didn't let her go out, saying that Jiangning City has not been peaceful recently, she wanted to come out to find Xie Qingyu but she didn't have a chance, and now there is nothing to do during the New Year, and Xie Qingyu didn't come to find herself.
"I've had some things happen these days, and I don't have time to go out of the house to look for you for a while, and in a few days, when I'm free, I'll go to you." Xie Qingyu saw that Seinfeld was as angry as a child, and instantly remembered Yuanbao, Yuanbao has always been like a child, greedy and loves to nag her, so thinking about it, Xie Qingyu's expression also became very lonely.
Seinfeld didn't know why he felt Xie Qingru's sadness, and he was also annoyed in his heart, if Qingyu didn't come to her, then he would come to her, now it's okay to say the wrong thing.
The two seemed to be listening to the female teacher's lecture, but they didn't listen to it at all, and when Xie Qingyu came back to his senses, he found that Seinfeld was looking at her with a solemn face.
Such a strange gaze made Xie Qingyu involuntarily chuckle, as if he had done something big.
"Why are you looking at me like that?" Xie Qingyu couldn't help asking, and he didn't write anything on his face.
"Something is wrong, how did I find out about this year, how do you look several years older, light rumors, you are still young! This hasn't chosen a female officer yet, why are you so old-fashioned. Seinfeld said it at this time, as if he was very worried about the young man who was talking about it, and sighed while reading, as if it was a pity.
Xie Qingyu didn't expect Seinfeld to say such a thing, she thought that Seinfeld would comfort herself like her mother, she was even ready to speak, but she didn't expect Seinfeld to be teasing herself.
Immediately laughed with Seinfeld, and when the female teacher heard the voice, she shot a sharp gaze at the two, and then the two stopped their movements, pretending to study the strings very seriously.
By the time the class was finally finished, it was already noon, and I had just eaten.
The two talked again, and Xie Qingyu went back to the courtyard, she was unintentional about today's piano lesson, it was nothing more than Seinfeld who sent a letter saying that she wanted to see her, and she just came, otherwise she would not come.
But after chatting with Seinfeld for a while today, her heart is also a little relaxed, it is true that she has pushed herself too hard in the past few days, and it also makes her mother worry about herself, and now she has to cheer up, she must find out who harmed Yuanbao.
No matter who it is, she won't let it go!
After Xie Qingyu returned home, Xie Qingyu did not talk as little as before, and even talked to his mother, who has been leaving the embroidery behind for the past few days, and now he has to catch up.
Just after eating, Xie Qingyu was going to take advantage of the good weather to exercise, but Qianqiu came over to say that the people sent in those days were back, saying that Xiu'er didn't go home at all!
Hearing this, the corners of Xie Qingyu's lips gradually curled, and now it seems that his guess that day was indeed not wrong.
In a blink of an eye, it was time for the second round of the examination of the nine talents, which are piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, music, embroidery, dance, etiquette, and scriptures.
All the ladies of the family who have passed the literary examination before, this time they have to go to Gusu City, the largest capital in the south of the Yangtze River, to take the exam, and now the final exam time is approaching.
In addition to learning some basic Jiucai content these days, in addition to calligraphy and embroidery, she can also remedy some through motherhood and self-study, and the rest can be said to be ignorant, because the exam at that time is carried out because of the way of drawing exam questions.
There is still a trace of luck in her heart, and now she is just practicing calligraphy and embroidery first, but in terms of calligraphy, the font she learned since childhood is not particularly applicable in this world, and she doesn't know whether it is good or bad.
And the embroidery himself has only achieved a little success with his mother, and I am afraid that it will not be as exquisite as Xie Youran's skills when the time comes.
As for Yuanbao, although there were clues about Xiu'er a few days ago, I heard Qianqiu say that this girl died, and this line was broken, but he was about to travel far away, and this time he was not in the Xie Mansion, and this matter was impossible to verify, so he could only entrust it to Qianqiu to deal with it now.
Some time ago, she asked Qianqiu to find someone to find Xiu'er's whereabouts, which was a temptation for her, and she didn't doubt Qianqiu's loyalty, but Yulanyuan hadn't encountered anything before, and she didn't see Qianqiu's extraordinary abilities.
Now it seems that Qianqiu has not left these days, taking care of Liu Yuehan, and can still know Xiu'er's whereabouts quietly, and when she asked before, Qianqiu can also recall Xiu'er's things, which is enough to show that she is a careful and capable person.
Xie Qingyu originally wanted to go out to take her mother with her, Xie Mansion was very crowded, she really didn't want to try to lose anyone's pain, but she couldn't take Liu Yuehan away now, she hadn't been admitted to the female official yet, and she had no reason.
Putting her mother in this house, she really can't rest assured, but at this moment, except for Qianqiu can entrust, there is no one for her to trust, she also believes that with Qianqiu, her mother's life should be no worse.
If she really successfully passed the female official exam this time and successfully became the leader of Jiangnan, her mother's illness would have been cured, since Yuanbao left, she cherished the two people around her even more, and she was no longer able to bear the loss again.
On this day, after Xie Qingyu had breakfast, he learned to play chess in the courtyard.
But she couldn't read the chess game at all, and she didn't know how the chess pieces were placed, so she could only study them blindly, and then silently prayed to God not to let herself draw chess, otherwise it would be hanging this time.
It was like this, and Qianqiu walked over to Xie Qingyu with a snack.
"Miss checked, Xiu'er's family said that they received fifty taels of silver in Xiu'er's name a few days ago, and there was no news from Xiu'er after that." Qianqiu deliberately lowered her voice, and then turned her head to look at Liu Yuehan, who was still watching Xie Qingyu in the house.
After listening to Xie Qingyu, he did not stop the move of chess in his hand, but the expression on his face became a little cold and hard.
Hearing Qianqiu say this, he knew that the events of the day must have something to do with this Xiu'er, and the fifty taels of silver sent home must be the income after the fire prevention!
"Is there any news of Xiu'er? Life is to see people, and death is to see corpses. Xie Qingyu's voice was still faint, but the killing intent in his eyes couldn't be suppressed.
Yuanbao's death was only because of a mere fifty taels of silver, and fifty taels now bought a human life, and the driving force behind this is really a good calculation.
"Miss, the slave maid has already asked people to find it again, this time it must be to catch the real culprit behind the scenes, so that the ingots can rest under the nine springs." Asaka's voice was extremely firm.