I rely on the system to support my eighteen brothers and sisters

The servant came quickly, the same one from before. When he saw Qiao Linxi, he bowed and said, "Miss, what do you want to see me for?"

Qiao Linxi looked down, then turned his eyes away and looked at the servant and asked, "Is the manager of your academy here?"

The servant replied: "The dean is here. What do you want to see the dean for?"

Qiao Linxi motioned to Dong Qing to hand over the silver. The servant happily took the silver and said he was going to invite the dean.

Everything is inferior, only reading is superior.

Bullshit, it should be that money is the only thing that matters, and money can make the world go round. Look, as long as the money is in place, everything can be solved.

The dean arrived soon. Tianqi Academy was a royal academy, so the dean was naturally of a high status. In the capital, there were countless dignitaries who wanted to curry favor with him.

The dean, who was over sixty years old, was still very strong and had an extraordinary demeanor. When Qiao Linxi saw him, he inexplicably felt the pressure of seeing the principal of his own school.

She quickly stood up and saluted.

The dean waved his hand and asked directly what Qiao Linxi wanted to see him about.

He had been running the academy for decades and had developed the ability to see through everything. Although there were only three people, the master and the servant, in the private room, he could find people belonging to this young lady around.

They were scattered in various directions, not close to each other, but could arrive quickly in case of emergencies. Moreover, their positions formed a circle, protecting the woman in the middle.

"Excuse me, are there any rules for this competition?"

The dean smiled and said, "Miss, is this your first time watching a competition?"

Qiao Linxi nodded.

"No wonder you don't know. This competition has no rules. It's just a competition between students. Students can exchange knowledge with each other, write poems, debate, and express themselves freely."

Qiao Linxi nodded: "Free play can indeed allow students to perform at their best. But since we are holding a competition, why not set some rules? This may better test the students' knowledge."

The dean didn't show any displeasure on his face. Instead, he clasped his fists towards Qiao Linxi and said, "I'd like to hear more about it."

"I don't have any profound knowledge, but I think it might be more exciting if some rules were added. For example, when they write poems, they can specify which words should be in the poem. For example, if the poem contains the word rain, the first person's poem must have the word rain as the first word, and the opponent's poem must have the word rain as the second word. If they are answering, it must be the third word, and so on."

This was exactly like the flying flower order in the poetry competition, the difference was that the poems she saw in the poetry competition were already written by the ancients, and the contestants only needed to memorize them. Now the contestants were completely writing poems on the spot. This was a test of one's talent and ability to perform on the spot.

"This……"

The dean thought it was very novel, but also felt that it was somewhat difficult. Writing poems is not difficult for scholars, but using designated words is difficult. And it has to be done within the specified time, which makes it even more difficult.

“Will it be too difficult?”

Qiao Linxi smiled and said, "It has to be difficult so that the students' knowledge can be demonstrated. This is just for fun, and it doesn't matter if you lose. It won't affect your participation in the imperial examination."

The dean was still struggling: "But if the students lose, it will affect their mentality. I'm afraid they will not perform well in the exam and fail."

"If someone fails the exam because of losing an insignificant competition, then that person has a bad mentality. Even if such a person passes the exam and becomes an official in the future, do you think they can handle important tasks?"

The dean was stunned. He didn't expect that the woman in front of him would think so deeply. Talent and learning are important, but a person's mind is more important. If an official has a bad mind and his mentality collapses at the slightest setback, can he be a good official? Can he do good things?

The answer is no.

"Thank you for your advice, Miss. I will go and do it right away."

After the dean left, Qiao Linxi continued to watch the competition below. However, the contestants had changed, and it wasn't as exciting as before.

She lost interest and just waited for the yard to issue new rules.

There was a sudden commotion outside the crowd on the first floor. Qiao Linxi stretched his head to look, and saw that the two students were stopped by several burly men.

Ah, the drama of a rich lady forcibly tying up a poor scholar. She is a local dog, and she loves to watch it.

Qiao Linxi suddenly became interested. He walked out of his private room and ran to a location closer to the "crime" scene to watch the show.

When Dongqing saw the little expression on her princess' face, she felt like she wanted to stage a scene where the beauty saves the hero.

"You two poor scholars, it's your fortune that my lady has taken a liking to you. Why don't you kneel down and express your gratitude? Instead, you refuse. It seems that you are refusing to accept my toast."

The big men knew who the guards were, so they drew their swords and tried to intimidate them with force.

"No matter which family you are guards from, and no matter who your young lady is, we came to the capital only to participate in the imperial examination, not to curry favor with the rich and powerful."

Scholars are naturally proud. Even when facing gleaming swords, these two men stood straight and showed no fear.

"cut……"

The guard laughed sarcastically: "Isn't the purpose of taking the imperial examination to become an official? As long as you obey my young lady, can you lose your official position?"

"If we want to be officials, we must pass the imperial examinations with dignity, not take crooked paths."

Seeing that the two men were stubborn, the guards lost their patience and started to use force regardless of the number of people around them.

What surprised Qiao Linxi was that when the people around saw this scene, not only did they not stop it, but they actually avoided it.

"Miss, they are from the He Mansion."

Qiao Linxi was puzzled.

Nanny Wang added, "The guard of He Yuxuan, the granddaughter of the Minister of Rites. She has taken many students from Tianqi Academy over the years."

"So, did those students become officials later?"

Nanny Wang shook her head: "Some of those who are good at scheming have become officials by flattering Miss He. Some who are stubborn and unwilling to bow to power are kept by Miss He and become bed slaves."

Qiao Linxi: ! !

"Those students have no identity background, and even if their families knew about their situation, they could do nothing about it."

"Are those people willing to become...disgusting?"

"Well," Nanny Wang leaned close to Qiao Linxi and whispered, "Miss He has a lot of those drugs and instruments. She would have people give those people drugs, and then watch them go crazy, watch them take the instruments..."

"What a pervert. Is there no one to control it?"

Nanny Wang shook her head. "No one dared to intervene. Those students were from humble backgrounds and had no power. Besides, her grandfather was the Minister of Rites, in charge of all official promotions and demotions. No one would risk their official position to save someone with no background or connections."

Human hearts are cold and indifferent.

"Oh, no, we can't just watch them fall into the clutches of the devil."

Qiao Linxi took just one step and stopped again. If she continued walking forward rashly, would those two people think that she was the same person as He Yuxuan?