Dong Nuan kept thinking about whether his brother could enter Qinghe Academy, but he didn't speak again. However, Shen Yancheng heard that Dong Nuan was very curious about Qinghe Academy, and continued to speak.

"Although Shenghua Academy is relatively difficult to enter, as long as the students are in the academy, most of them can be admitted to the meritorious service, and since the founding of the country, there are very few champions who are not Shenghua Academy." Dong Nuan moved his body, became interested, and then asked, "What do you learn in Shenghua Academy!" ”

Shen Yancheng was stunned, she didn't know what Dong Nuan was asking for, and she didn't take the test, but she still replied: "The imperial examination is legal, arithmetic, calligraphy, literary talent, political theory, these are studied in the academy, and there are others." Do you know how to take the imperial examination? ”

Dong Nuan stopped asking, and the female master did tell her, but she only scribbly mentioned it, saying that she had to go through several exams, and it had nothing to do with their women, so she didn't elaborate.

"I don't know." When Shen Yancheng heard this, he immediately felt that the opportunity had come.

"Then I'll tell you that the examination subjects are divided into two categories: regular subjects and system subjects.

The imperial examination has to go through the children's examination, the township examination, the meeting examination, and the palace examination.

This is the first step. Some white bodies, that is, people without a degree, are still taking the examination for children at the age of 70. The examination of children is to take the examination of Xiucai, and they must go through the county examination by the prefect, the prefect and the provincial academic and political examination to obtain the qualification of Xiucai.

Township Examination, with the status of Xiucai, you can participate in the township examination once every three years. The township examination is an examination in the province and is the most important part of the imperial examination. The township test, also known as the autumn test, is held in the autumn. The test questions were set by the emperor himself, and the invigilators were also appointed by the emperor from the central government. The competition in the township test is very fierce, and the first name is generally raised.

If you take the examination, you will be eligible to participate in the triennial examination, that is, you will enter Beijing to take the examination, and the examination is also called Chunqiu. The examination room is located in Beijing Shuntianfu Gongyuan, a total of three tests, each three days, nine consecutive days. Those who pass the examination are awarded the title of "Gongshi", that is, "Jinshi".

In the palace examination, you can become an official if you win the "Jinshi", but the official depends on the final palace examination.

The first class of the palace test takes three places, that is, the champion, the top eye, and the flower, and the second and third grades take a total of 100 to 300 people. The order of the top seven and the top two is determined by His Majesty, and then the first, second and third grades fill in the gold list in order of results. There are two kinds of gold lists, large and small, the small gold list is presented to His Majesty's royal view, and the big gold list is posted outside the Chang'an Gate.

People often say that there are three joys in life, the cave room spends candle nights, and when the gold list is inscribed, it is a hometown to meet old acquaintances. The title of this gold list is the imperial examination. ”

After saying so many words, Shen Yancheng was a little thirsty, so he took a sip of the cup of cold tea and shivered.

"It feels difficult, so why are many students in Shenghua Academy able to be lifted!"

"Although Shenghua Academy is controlled by the royal family, in fact, His Majesty only selects his wife to teach in the academy, because many masters have been officials in the court for many years, or in a certain aspect, they are particularly outstanding to enter Qinghe Academy to teach, so the students learn more than other places."

Dong Nuan was a little sleepy, his head was like a chicken pecking rice, Shen Yancheng saw Dong Nuan like this, and smiled slightly, "If you are sleepy, go to sleep!" ”

Without waiting for Shen Yancheng to finish speaking, Dong Nuan fell asleep. At this time, the sound of opening the door suddenly came, and the red lotus came in with the red lotus, the red lotus holding a teapot, and the autumn holding a plate of pastries.

The two entered the room and said at the same time, "The slave maid has taken hot tea." ”

"The slave took the pastry." Their voices startled Dong Nuan, and they opened their eyes, a little confused.

Shen Yancheng saw that Dong Nuan was woken up, turned around, and looked at the two, "Get out!" ”

"But, tea..."Qiu Qiu was usually not very bold, and when he heard Shen Yancheng's tone, he didn't dare to speak.

"Things put down, people... Get out. The two of them heard that Shen Yancheng was indeed angry, so they hurriedly put down their things and left the room.

Dong Nuan, who had already woken up, sat up, still a little unconscious. Shen Yancheng looked at Dong Nuan, who was a little dazed, and said softly: "Sleep!" They won't come in again. ”

"Hmm!"

Shen Yancheng waited until Dong Nuan fell asleep again, added a carbon fire, and extinguished the candle before leaving the room.

As soon as I got out of the room, I saw the red lotus and Qiu Qiu standing outside, and they were not too cold.

"What are you still doing here?"

The red lotus plopped down and knelt down, startling Qiu Qiu, and knelt down too.

"The slave is wrong, please punish the young master." Shen Yancheng didn't want to pay attention to the two of them, and planned to go to the next room to sleep, but he didn't expect the red lotus to shout loudly: "Young master, the slave is really wrong." With that, tears flowed.

Shen Yancheng turned around and took a look, a little disgusted, he hated others crying the most, especially crying inexplicably.

What's more, if you have to cry so loudly outside Dong Nuan's room, I was scared just now that Dong Nuan didn't want to punish the two of them, but now it seems that they want to beat them well.

"You two don't go to Yunzhong to receive the punishment, hit thirty hands, and don't appear in front of me until the injury is healed."

She originally thought that Shen Yancheng was a good-tempered person, as long as she admitted her mistake, she would definitely not take this matter to heart, but she didn't expect that she would really punish herself.

Qiu Qiu clenched her hands, her heart had been red lotus in the grassland, if it weren't for her, how could she be punished. And that little slut, I don't know what the origin is, so that the young master cares so much.

"Young master, spare the slave maid! If the slave is punished, there will be no one to take care of the winter girl. The red lotus thought she was clever and thought of a way, so she said it.

This completely annoyed Shen Yancheng, and said coldly: "The red lotus penalty is doubled." After saying that, Shen Yancheng left.

Hearing Shen Yancheng's words, the red lotus root collapsed on the ground, but Qiu Qiu was a little gloating in her heart.

"Sister Red Lotus, why don't you go and get the punishment! It's too late, and the young master is afraid that he will blame again. The red lotus glared at Qiu Qiu, stood up, patted the soil on her body, lowered her voice and said, "Can you compare with me?" The young master has always been closer to me, what are you? ”

Hearing this, Qiu Qiu gritted his teeth, "You..."

"What are you, you... Even if I am punished, it will not be your turn to come to me. ”

Flicked his sleeves, and the red lotus went to find Yunzhong. Qiu Qiuqi's face was red, but he couldn't do anything, so he had to follow the red lotus root to find Yunzhong.

Shen Yancheng, who was about to sleep, suddenly remembered that the two of them were punished by him, and no one took care of Dong Nuan at night. So he turned back and gently pushed the door open.

Seeing that Dong Nuan was sleeping soundly, he took a thick quilt from the cabinet and slept on the beauty couch.

The faint breathing of two people could be heard in the room. Shen Yancheng's consciousness gradually became a little blurred and entered a dream.

In the dream, in a peach blossom forest, the peach blossoms bloomed beautifully, and he sat on the ground with a woman in his arms.

Although I can't see the woman's face clearly, I can smell the fragrance of peach blossoms on her body, not the fragrance that emanates from the peach blossoms, but really emanates from the woman.

He slowly touched the woman's face, his eyes full of sorrow, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

In the blink of an eye, the woman was gone, and there was an extra jade pendant in his hand with a warm word on it. Involuntarily, he wanted to find the woman, go around the peach blossom forest, just like the formation in the book, and return to the original place.

He couldn't get out of the peach blossom forest, and slowly, all the peach blossoms suddenly withered, and there was a gust of wind around him, and the petals that blew off blocked his vision.

There was a dull ache in my heart, which then grew stronger and stronger.

Shen Yancheng woke up from the dream, a little stunned, not knowing what this dream meant.

At this point, there was already some light outside. Yunzhong walked in and breathed a sigh of relief.

Yun Zhong went to the room next to him just now, Shen Yancheng was not there, so he came over to see Dong Nuan first, but he didn't expect the young master to be here.

"Young master, wash up!"

He looked at Dong Nuan and hadn't woken up yet, so he said, "Go to the next room, she hasn't woken up yet." ”

In this way, Shen Yancheng went to the next room with Yunzhong to wash.

After it was over, Yun Zhong thought that the red lotus and Qiu had been punished, and now there was no one to serve Shen Yancheng, so he asked: "Young master, the two of them were punished yesterday, and you have no one to serve." ”

Shen Yancheng sat down and said, "It's okay, I don't need a maid to serve me, it's just that the winter warmth can't do without the maid." ”

"Then I'm going to find a few rough maids in the courtyard to come over first?"

"No, I'll go to my grandmother and ask Yunxiang later, she has been with Dong Nuan for a long time and knows Dong Nuan."

"Then what did the young master use for breakfast today?" Shen Yancheng thought about it, and went to his grandmother now. "No need, I'll go to my grandmother's now, eat breakfast in Shou'an Hall, you just let the small kitchen cook for Dong Nuan."

After speaking, Shen Yancheng left the room and went to Mrs. Tai.

Because of her age, Mrs. Tai woke up when the time came, and she couldn't sleep anymore. At this time, Shen Yancheng happened to meet Mrs. Tai for breakfast.

Mrs. Tai, who saw her grandson, was a little surprised, "Why did Cheng'er come here so early." ”

"Grandmother, you don't want me to eat in Shou'antang!"

"I didn't say I wouldn't let you eat, just sit down and eat! Today there is your favorite egg custard. Shen Yancheng sat down and spoke directly about Dong Nuan, "Grandmother, I punished the red lotus root and Qiu Qiu who served in my yard yesterday, and now I want to borrow someone from my grandmother." ”

"Even, what did they do to make you do it?" The city has always been mild, and it is not common for people to be punished like this.

"It's nothing, just don't say it." Mrs. Tai took a bite of tofu, but she hadn't eaten it yet, and when she heard her grandson say this, she put down her chopsticks, "You don't have only those two girls in your yard, how do you think of asking for someone from me." ”

Shen Yancheng was a little embarrassed, "I don't like the maid to serve, it doesn't matter if there are two of them or not, but Dongnuan still needs the maid to serve." ”

"Then you don't have to ask for someone from me!" Mrs. Tai already knew in her heart, and she still wanted to tease her grandson.

Dong Nuan was frightened, I thought that if there was someone familiar to accompany her, it would be better soon, and the injuries on Dong Nuan's body would also have to be medicated! ... If my grandmother doesn't give it to me, then I'll personally give it medicine to Dongnuan. ”

As soon as she heard this, Mrs. Tai didn't dare to tease her grandson anymore. Hurriedly said: "Okay, I just promise." ”