"You're talking about the Spring Festival and the Palace Examination," Zhu Changxun smiled slightly, and a trace of doubt crossed his dark eyes, "There are three tests in the imperial examination, don't you know?" ”

"Uh......" After he mentioned this, Jiang Shu realized that as the daughter of his first assistant, he should know this, and after a little hesitation, he excused, "My father has never mentioned this kind of thing at home, I don't know too well, I don't know if the prince can tell me about it?" ”

Zhu Changxun looked at her with an open mind to ask for advice, but did not question the authenticity of these words, and raised the corners of his lips and said: "This imperial examination is divided into three categories: the township examination, the meeting examination, and the palace examination, all of which are held once every three years. Among them, the township test is held in the year of the child, Mao, noon and unitary, and the examination period is in mid-autumn and August, so it is called Qiuqiu. The examination will be held in the year of Chou, Chen, Wei and Xu, that is, the next year of the township examination, and the examination period is in early spring and February, so it is called Chunqiu. The palace examination will be held in the spring of March after the release of the examination list, and only those who will try to enter the examination can participate. ”

"Does that mean that only those who enter the township examination can participate in the entrance examination?" Jiang Shu guessed based on what he said.

"That's good," Zhu Changxun nodded slowly, paused and said, "Okay, don't stand outside, it's cool outside, let's go in." ”

"Okay." Jiang Shu smiled faintly, and he led him through the chaotic crowd and into Yunxiang Building.

At this time, it was lunch time, and as soon as the two entered the door, they saw that in the hall on the first floor, many scholars were preparing to gather for dinner.

One of the young men in blue shirts and a young man in green shirts had just walked over and arrived at the seat. The blue-shirted young man raised his hand and made a gesture of invitation to the green-shirted young man and said, "Brother Zheng, please sit down first." ”

The young man in the green shirt refused to sit down, and also stretched out a hand towards him: "Brother Liang should please first." ”

The blue-shirted young man did not follow: "Brother Zheng, please first." ”

The young man in the green shirt insisted: "Brother Liang is invited first." ”

"Brother Zheng, please first."

"Brother Liang, please first."

……

The two of them kept letting go and going, and in this cold weather in late autumn, the corners of their foreheads were soaked with light sweat, and they didn't decide who would invite first.

Jiang Shu looked at it for a while, his eyes moved slightly, and he said appreciatively: "A scholar is worthy of being a scholar, that is, he knows how to be polite." ”

Zhu Changxun glanced at her, did not respond, chuckled lowly, and pointed to the curtain in the corner: "Do you want this king to take you to the back kitchen to have a look?" ”

"Okay!" Jiang Shu had never seen what the back kitchen of this ancient restaurant looked like, so he naturally had no opinion on this.

"Let's go, then." Zhu Changxun said, gently took her arm, and walked over there.

Jiang Shu originally thought that behind this curtain was the kitchen, but he didn't expect that it was a small courtyard with a simple and elegant shape.

There are two sycamores and a number of fine bamboos planted in the courtyard. Although the leaves of the sycamore have been exhausted, and the bamboo is no longer as green as before, in spring, it must also be a scene of paulownia and bamboo.

Jiang Shu imagined the beautiful scenery of spring, and couldn't help but look at the people around him twice.

This Zhu Changxun, although he is not very popular in talking and doing things, it is undeniable that he still has some taste in terms of courtyard layout.

However, this is not the time to praise him, Jiang Shu looked around, there was no trace of the kitchen, and he was about to ask him, but before he could speak, he saw a man dressed in a blue-gray straight shirt walking out of the corner behind the house in the courtyard with a lacquer plate full of food.

Seeing Jiang Shu and Zhu Changxun in the courtyard, the guy immediately quickened his pace and walked over, and bent down towards the two of them not very easily: "The little one has seen the prince and the princess." ”