Ding Xiang sent this picture, not only to thank Xun Qianli and Xun Yiqing, but also to attract Xun Yibo, hoping that he would come to his house to discuss his painting skills with nothing to do.

On the second day, the old lady Xun asked people to send four good inks and a set of paints to reward cloves. said that Brother Qian'er's picture was good, he liked it very much, he was really a talented young man......

Clove sent him a jar of tonic soup with ginseng.

On the second day of May, Ding Liren took the exam.

Three days later, the Guozijian released the list, and Ding Liren was admitted to the Guozijian with an excellent score of third place.

In this era, the country was divided into three levels: outer house, inner house, and upper house. There are more than 3,000 people in the entire Guozijian, of which only 500 are born in the inner house and more than 100 are born in the upper house.

There are also international students from Goryeo, Fuso, Siam, and Western Yuan.

The general age of admission for Dali students is 14 to 19 years old. Like Xun Qiandai who entered the national prison at the age of twelve, and Xun Yibo who entered the national prison at the age of thirteen, they are prodigies, and they are recommended by someone to pass the special examination to enter, which is extremely rare.

New students enter the outer house to study, pass the public examination and private examination, and then refer to the weekday art to upgrade to the inner house.

Students who are admitted to the dormitory take the examination once every two years, and the examination results and the scores of the public and private examinations of the year are all excellent, and they are the upper dormitory students.

Students from the upper hall can be awarded official positions, and those who will be recommended to the Ministry of Rites and Books to participate in the imperial examination are those who are admitted to the Jinshi.

Some people were recommended to enter the national prison and went directly to the upper house.

Residents can also be officials. As long as there is a way, these students can basically become officials.

This is the benefit of the Shangguo Zijian.

However, if you do not do well in your studies and cannot enter the inner house for many years, you will be expelled from school.

Lilac's understanding is that the outer student is a beginner, and the inner student is equivalent to a talent. The students belong to the lifters, and they can directly become officials, or they can participate in the imperial examination.

Xun Yibo has been promoted to the inner house this year. He was not in a hurry to take the exam two years later, and Xun Juma asked him to study for two more years and get a good ranking in the imperial examination.

Xun Yitang was also promoted to the inner house this year, and Gu's grandson Xun Yitang was still in the outer house.

Ding Liren is a talent, and going to the outer house is equivalent to a downgrade. But it's not a loss, study hard for two years, and with his strength, he will definitely be able to be admitted to the inner house.

Guozijian's Neisha is more popular than Xiucai. Few people with talent and fame become officials, but most of the inner monks can become officials.

Moreover, he can manage his own network in the Guozijian.

Ding's family was happy and had a treat on the tenth day of May.

invited the Dong family, Xun Qianli's family, Xun Yibo, Shen Yu and his wife, Tao Gong and his wife, Sun Youmu, Wang Qing's family, Gu's family, Ding Shan's family, Tang's family, Ding Erfu's brothers, and Ding Zhao's two colleagues to come to the house for dinner.

I couldn't climb Princess Dongyang, so I didn't invite her.

Second Master Xue's wife came with her eldest son and Xue Tian. They arrived in the capital the day before yesterday to celebrate Ding Liren's ascension to the country.

Mr. and Mrs. Tao Weng brought Tao Jing with them.

Ding and Mu also brought Ding and Hao.

Sun and Hao were on an errand in the Royal Forest Army, and they had already married their daughter-in-law, but the daughter-in-law was pregnant and did not come.

The Mi family somehow learned the news, and the uncle of the Mi family brought the younger brother and sister Mi Hongmian of Shangguo Zijian to congratulate.

The Patriotic Mansion actually sent a steward to send a congratulatory gift.

The gift from the Weiguo Mansion made Ding Zhao very puzzled.

Ding Zhuang whispered to him, "Lord Qiu's daughter likes our family Feifei. Hehe, Feifei will pull the relationship, and even the Guogong Mansion has climbed."

There are so many distinguished guests here today, and the Guogong Mansion also gave gifts, which made Ding Zhuang and Ding Zhao feel more face-saving.

Lord He and several others were impressed by Ding Zhao, but they didn't expect the Ding family, who was born as a blacksmith, to have such a wide connection.

Ding Xiang took Xue Tian, Mi Hongmian, Tao Jing, He Qihua, and Ding Zhen, the granddaughters of Lord He, to play in Zixuan for most of the day.

Lilac exchanged handkerchiefs with He Qihua and became handkerchiefs.

Here are three unmarried couples today. Although we didn't see each other when we were playing and eating, we still looked at each other several times in the outer courtyard when we came and left.

Lilac thinks that all three pairs are there

Lover, talented man and woman. Although they have not been in free love, they admire each other.

Seeing off the guests, Zhang quietly complained to Ding Zhao, "I don't know what happened to Second Mrs. Shen today, I suddenly noticed Xiangxiang, and kept praising it, and what I said was very exaggerated, I was embarrassed to listen to it. She also invited me to take Xiangxiang to her house tomorrow, but I made an excuse to refuse."

Zhang was particularly afraid that Shen Yu and his wife would notice Lilac too much.

Ding Zhao said, "Cousin Shen is very good, this cousin-in-law...... At the beginning, she suffered a lot with her cousin, and her cousin also felt that it was not easy for her. For my cousin's sake, don't embarrass her, just stay away."

He said with a bitter face, "Do you know who I met yesterday?"

"Who?"

"Zhang Laosan is the neighbor of Qikou Hutong before, thanks to my quick hiding. Alas, the more you don't want to see it, the more you have to see it......

Zhang was not steady, "I'll go talk to Xiangxiang and let her stay away from Mrs. Shen."

Lilac is feeding the little fairy.

Seeing that Zhang was coming, he smiled and said, "Mother, is there something?"

Zhang pulled Lilac to sit down and said, "Xiangxiang will not talk to Mrs. Shen in the future. She has been bullied by that wicked woman for a long time, and her brain is a little abnormal."

Lilac knew about Zhang's heart disease and felt very uncomfortable.

My father and mother are afraid that they will return to their own family in the near future, but they are not the Shen family they thought.

Lilac leaned into Zhang's arms, "Well, I see."

At night, Lilac dreamed again, dreaming that her grandfather secretly gave her a snack. When she finished eating, she went out, and the two little brothers looked at her with blank eyes and licked their lips with their little tongues.

These days, she often dreams, all of which are dreams of the happy times she spent with her grandfather, father, and brothers when she was a child.

When nothing happened, Lilac drew a "family portrait" from memory.

There are hard strokes, there are soft strokes, they vary in size and size, and they also have to be colored.

She wants to draw a lot and make a few "photo albums".

Tao Weng's guidance has benefited Lilac a lot, and the skills of gongbi painting are accurate, and some of his own ideas are not exactly the same as traditional gongbi painting.

At fourteen o'clock, Ding Liren was sent to the door, and Ding Zhuang and Ding Zhao accompanied him to the Guozijian.

Lilac is very sad, her brothers go out one by one to earn a future, and she spends less time with them.

As soon as Ding Liren was sent away, the Tang steward came to find Lilac and said that Lord Qiu's personal soldiers told him that Lord Qiu had something important to look for Lilac, and he would see him in the old place tomorrow.

The next day, Lilac took Aya'er and Luo'er to Sipinzhai in a carriage to see the progress of the decoration.

Ding Zhuang wanted to follow, but Ding Xiang was unwilling, and her small mouth pouted.

"I'm eleven years old, and if people know that I have to be accompanied by my grandfather even when I go to the street, they may laugh at me."

Ding Zhuang had to compromise, "Okay, okay, if you don't follow, let your mother follow."

Ding Xiang still didn't want to, "Sister Tao and Sister He are about the same age as me, and they only bring a few people with them when they go shopping on the street."

"They don't have my granddaughter."

"Oh, this is not Beiquan Village, only I am the most handsome...... I'm an adult, and my aunt said that I should be married, how can I still treat me as a child and tell people to laugh at me......