My husband is a sick cat

Tongsheng can take part in the academy examination every year, and those who pass are called scholars. However, if a scholar wants to take part in the provincial examination, it is held once every three years. Because the provincial examination is usually held in August, it is also called the Autumn Examination.

Those who pass the provincial examination are called Juren. Juren can take part in the metropolitan examination in February of the following year. Both the academy examination and the provincial examination are held nearby, but the metropolitan examination is held in the capital, and the palace examination follows immediately after the metropolitan examination.

Because the provincial examination, metropolitan examination and palace examination are almost connected, this is called the year of big writing.

Generally speaking, most people who passed the imperial examination and went to take the metropolitan examination would just bring one or two servants with them to the capital. There was no need to bring all the family members with them, after all, no one was sure that they would pass the examination.

What's more, if you really pass the exam and become a Jinshi, you may not be able to become an official immediately. You still need to wait for the opportunity. Even if the top three in the palace examination can directly enter the Hanlin Academy as an official, they will be given enough time to allow the candidates to return to their hometown to arrange family affairs.

But they were just ordinary candidates. Tang Ying was different. He had already copied all the books in the secret room and had nothing to keep as souvenirs. Moreover, he was confident enough to become a Jinshi, especially since his goal was to become the top scorer.

This was what he promised to Lu Jian, so he would definitely do it, which was why he decided to move to Beijing with his whole family, thus saving the trouble of traveling back and forth.

Zhou and Lu Jian didn't know much about the imperial examination, so naturally they just followed Tang Ying's advice. Fortunately, in the past year or so, Tang Ying had hired a few servants and a steward for the family, so they didn't have to pack the things themselves. They just had to tell the servants what they wanted to take away and let them pack it up.

When Tang Ying first brought the servants back, Zhou was not quite used to it, but Lu Jian adapted very quickly, and was able to arrange these people's work very appropriately.

Of course, these were the abilities that Tang Ying had taught Lu Jian subtly, and she had long known that Tang Ying was going to hire people to serve them, so she accepted it well.

Seeing that all the things had been packed up, even the house that they had lived in for less than two years was taken over by Xu San. He would just wait for them to leave so that he could sell it.

If it were in the past, Xu San would definitely not do this. He would only be the middleman and take a commission. However, this house was once lived in by Jie Yuan, so there would be no problem selling it. Naturally, he would take it over without hesitation.

Early in the morning on the eighth day of the first lunar month, everyone gathered in a restaurant to have breakfast. After breakfast, they could prepare to leave. However, in addition to Tang Ying's family, there were also a few people who were going to Beijing to take the imperial examination together. They were all Tang Ying's friends and had agreed to leave together.

Lu Feng, Qin Tong and others were among them. They all sat together with Tang Ying. Lu Jian sat with Zhou, several maids and Lu Yao.

Sitting on Tang Ying's right was Lv Feng. This man was now familiar with Tang Ying, and his usually restrained martial arts demeanor was no longer restrained. His sitting posture at this moment was different from the others' upright posture, and was a little crooked, but not too ugly.

He approached Tang Ying and said with a smile: "Are you so sure that you can pass the exam and become the top scholar?"

Tang Ying's expression was calm. This group of people all knew that he was going to take the imperial examination. Of course, these people had the same idea, but they were not as sure as Tang Ying.

"If you fail, try again."

He spoke calmly, but several people were a little surprised. Although it was not impossible, who would try again just because they didn't pass the exam to become the top scholar? What if they couldn't even pass the imperial examination the next time? Wouldn't that be even more frustrating?

But they couldn't say this to Tang Ying. After a year of getting along, these people already knew that Tang Ying was definitely a person with a smart mind. Not only was he extremely talented in studying, but he was also good at calculating people's hearts.

At first, these people thought Tang Ying was just a sickly kid who could read, but later they became close to Tang Ying unknowingly. Then one day, these people found out that they had misjudged him.

For example, Zhang Hai, who looked down on Tang Ying in the beginning, became particularly supportive of Tang Ying later on, even more than his support for Qin Tong. When asked the reason, Zhang Hai said that only Tang Ying understood him, and he didn't say anything more.

Zhang Hai is actually not a bad person, he is just narrow-minded and has no tolerance. He has unhappy relationships with many people in the academy, and sometimes when his temper gets twisted, no matter what anyone says, it's useless. But as long as Tang Ying speaks, he will listen. Although he won't do what Tang Ying says, he will give up some bad ideas.

In addition to this, there are also Yu Ning and Zhang Jun. Zhang Jun is the son of the butcher who had previously falsely accused Yu Ning of stealing money.

Yu Ning's family lives behind Tang Ying's. His family is very poor. In order to get ahead, he always studies very hard, but neglects other things. As a result, he is called a weirdo in the college because he has no friends and does not know how to socialize, but is a very honest person.

Next door to Yu Ning's house lived a family with the surname He. This family had a daughter named He Yuanyuan, who was very beautiful. She grew up with Yu Ning. It was not an exaggeration to say that they were childhood sweethearts. Moreover, the two families were also interested in bringing the two young ones together.

It's just that He Yuanyuan's mother looked down on the Yu family's poverty. Under her mother's teachings, He Yuanyuan also had high aspirations. Although she liked Yu Ning's handsome looks and thought his dull personality was easy to control, she felt that the Yu family was too poor and not worthy of her.

So after meeting Zhang Jun by chance, although he thought Zhang Jun was too fat and ugly, he came from a well-off family. Being a butcher made a lot of money. Not only did he have a big yard at home, but his house was also newly built with blue bricks and tiles, which was incomparable to Yu Ning's adobe house.

In addition, Zhang Jun liked her and would do whatever she said, so she didn't know how to choose for a moment. Later, when she was embroidering purses, she simply embroidered two identical ones and gave them to the two of them to avoid making a mistake.

Regarding the money bag incident, Zhang Jun deliberately framed Yu Ning. He had known for a long time that He Yuanyuan and Yu Ning were neighbors, but there was still something unclear about it.

Zhang Jun has lived with his father since he was a child, and he is much better at dealing with people than Yu Ning. He can guess what He Yuanyuan is thinking just by looking at her behavior. However, he really likes He Yuanyuan, so he wants to cut off her contact with Yu Ning.

He Yuanyuan's mother was not a simple person, so he started with Yu Ning, although he also knew that if he succeeded in framing her, Yu Ning would probably lose his status as a scholar and would never be able to succeed in the imperial examinations in his life unless he could turn over a new leaf.

However, given Yu Ning's family situation, they simply couldn't do this, so when he was framing Yu Ning, he was very conflicted and kept telling himself that even if he didn't frame Yu Ning, with Yu Ning's personality, even if he passed the imperial examination, he would not be able to be an official.

After all, his character flaws are too obvious. Even if such a person is lucky enough to enter the officialdom, he will be cannon fodder. So he is saving people in disguise. At most, he can quietly give more help to the Yu family in the future.