Lucky husband

Bai Zhiwen's guess was correct, Concubine Chun didn't tell the sixth prince about their existence, and even asked Princess Jing'an not to mention it, so that the sixth prince didn't know.

Originally, after Princess Jing'an found out the identities of Bai Zhiwen and his party, she was thinking about asking the sixth prince to find Bai Zhiwen and them. Although Zhang's family is small, they are trusted by the emperor, and they have a greater chance of supporting the sixth prince.

Concubine Chun analyzed the pros and cons with Princess Jing'an, and it was because the emperor trusted Zhang's family that he could not be tempted.

Now the prince is still a prince. Although His Majesty is old, his mind is still very clear. What the sixth prince has to do is not to win over the courtiers, but to do a good job so that His Majesty can see his ability.

After listening to Concubine Chun's advice, Princess Jing'an immediately stopped thinking about it. She wanted to help her younger brother, but not to harm him.

Concubine Chun didn't have any movement after the year, Bai Zhiwen still discussed with Li Mingde, and went to Zhang Mansion to tell the matter to his teacher Zhang Anhao.

Zhang Anhao didn't care much about this, the Zhang family has been in the court for so many years, not everyone can move, he told the two disciples not to worry, just concentrate on preparing for the exam.

After the Chinese New Year, the exam is getting closer, and the number of foreigners in the capital gradually increases, most of them are students and their family members who came to Beijing to rush for the exam.

Zhang Anhao felt that the two disciples were almost ready, so he asked them not to go to the Zhangfu every day, but to go to several famous teahouses in the capital to see what the students from all over the place were like.

Before the exam, all the famous teahouses in the capital would offer free hospitality to students rushing for the exam, allowing students from all over the world to discuss knowledge in their teahouses, leave calligraphy and so on.

If the student who left the calligraphy becomes the number one scholar, the second place, or the third flower in the future, then the calligraphy they left behind will be valuable, and there will definitely be many people who come here for the first-class calligraphy, and the reputation of the teahouse will be further improved. Floors.

Years later, Bai Zhiwen and Li Mingde began to visit different teahouses under Zhang Anhao's suggestion, and naturally Wan Rongtong was with them.

Bai Zhiwen and the others were born in the original Han province and belonged to the students in the southeast. The two of them had never left the original Han province before they passed the Juren examination, so naturally they had never communicated with the students from the North and West.

Different regions will breed different people, and the writing style of each place is also very different. When the knowledge has accumulated to a certain level, communicating with others is more useful than working behind closed doors at home, and progress will be rapid.

At the beginning, no one knew the identities of Bai Zhiwen and the three of them, and they all quietly listened to other people's debates and discussions in the corner. They might not be rewarded every time, but after listening more, they became more interested in Beidi and The students in the West have a better understanding.

They often go in and out, see them every day, even if they don’t speak, others will remember them. During a debate on border military supplies, their table was targeted by two groups of people from the north and west who were arguing. They talk about who is right and who is wrong.

Some issues have right and wrong, and some issues have different opinions because of different perspectives. It is difficult to distinguish right from wrong. Military supplies are a sensitive topic, and only these fledgling students dare to discuss it loudly in the teahouse.

Leaving aside these students who were blushing from the quarrel and had thick necks and completely lost their literati bearing, Li Mingde and his table had different opinions.

Facing the eyes of many students, Li Mingde, Bai Zhiwen and Wan Rongtong expressed their opinions calmly.

I thought they would become a third party to the quarrel after they said it, but I didn't expect that because of their peaceful attitude, they would infect the students from the two places who had been arguing just now. point of view to discuss the issue.

Since Li Mingde and the three of them opened their mouths, they naturally joined the subsequent discussion. Whenever there was another quarrel, Li Mingde, Bai Zhiwen or Wan Rongtong would open their mouths to suppress the smell of gunpowder. Although they didn't talk much, they Every time you say something, it makes sense.

In the end, these Beidi and Xidi students who had a small quarrel for three days and a big quarrel for five days accepted each other's point of view, and when they met again, there was no smell of gunpowder in the past.

Later, in the teahouse, some students almost quarreled over a certain issue. This time, the students from the west and the students from the southeast had different opinions. Li Mingde and Bai Zhiwen were present, and they also turned the smell of gunpowder into a discussion of problems. In the end, they disagreed. The two groups of people shook hands and made friends, and some became friends because of it.

After a few times, Li Mingde and the others became famous. After being promoted by students who were also from the former Han province, everyone knew that the three of them were the top three in the former Han province's rural examination last year. Regardless of their young age, they have real skills.

Speaking of which, the style of study in the original Han province was relatively strong. After all, the original Han province was located in the southeast, with many fertile fields and relatively affluent. People who had spare money were willing to send their children to schools to learn and read.

However, the original Han province was not ranked first among the southeastern provinces. In the past, the students from the former Han province would not get much attention in the capital examination. This year, because of Li Mingjin and the others, the students from the former Han province received more attention than in previous years.

The students of Jintai Academy who knew the three of them before suddenly became nervous, worried that Bai Zhiwen and the others were being followed by so many people at this time, what if they did not perform well in the exam.

Bai Zhiwen and the others were very calm. They came to the teahouse because they wanted to see more of these foreign students and to increase their knowledge, not to promote their own reputation.

If they fail the exam this year, then they will go back to Fucheng to study hard for another three years, and then come to the capital to take the exam after three years. Whoever said famous students must pass the exam once.

Such words spread, some students thought they were pretending not to care, and waited to see their jokes, some students thought they were broad-minded and liked them more.

After coming and going, before the exam, Li Mingde and Bai Zhiwen also made some like-minded friends. Everyone came from different places. Although their views may be different, their starting point is the same. After discussing knowledge together, they will gain something from each other. .

This kind of point of view burst out after discussing with peers and through ideological collisions is something that Bai Zhiwen and the others could not learn from Zhang Anhao.

From the beginning of the new year to the end of February, in just two months, Bai Zhiwen and Li Mingde felt that they had changed a lot, but it seemed that there was no specific change.

In the past two months, Concubine Chun and Princess Jing'an did exactly what they said and never appeared again.

Different from the low-key of the sixth prince and his lineage, the prince and the Liu family behind him are not at all restful. I heard that many students who came to Beijing for the exam got very close to the members of the Liu family.

It stands to reason that the fact that the people of the Liu family got close to these students was fairly secretive, and they didn't keep showing it to the outside world, so it wouldn't spread to the market and almost everyone would know about it.

But for some reason, the ordinary people in the capital knew about it, and they even talked about it, when and where, someone from the Liu family met, drank tea, and ate wine with XX and XX students.

The common people don't think there's anything to it, they just say it when they are chatting, and take it for fun.

In the tense moment before the exam, some people study hard and want to pass the exam to change their fate; Similar things happen every year, but today they are discussed a lot. One of the protagonists is the uncle Liu's family, who is the most powerful in the capital besides the royal family.

Li Mingde and Bai Zhiwen paid attention to the rumored students who had a lot of contact with the Liu family. Most of them had real skills, and a small number of them were good at making money without skills. They not only had contact with the Liu family, but also had contacts with other families.

Some students looked down on those people's behavior and felt that it was insulting to the gentlemen, but the exam was approaching, and everyone didn't spend too much attention on others, and they passed it by saying a few words in private.

Soon it was March [-]th, and the three-year general examination began.

The general examination is the same as the rural examination. There are three exams in a row, each three days, with a one-day break between each exam. There are eleven days of exams in total. It starts on March [-] and ends on March [-].

The capital, which was bustling the day before, seems to have become a lot quieter, especially the Gongyuan area. Even if the streets and alleys are some distance away from the Gongyuan, and there are no official patrols, the voices of the people walking and talking will be involuntarily lowered.

Early in the morning on the [-]th, before dawn, all the examinees carried their baskets to line up outside the Gong Yuan, waiting for the check-in and draw of lots.

Li Mingjin, Bai Ting and Mrs. Wan stood outside the crowd, watching their respective husbands line up behind many students with baskets, and behind them, there were still students walking past.

Li Mingjin, who had not been very nervous before, suddenly had a quick heartbeat. He looked at the men who were wearing only a few thick single clothes in the cold wind, and asked worriedly: "Brother, Awen, and Mr. Wan, let's prepare enough food for them." Is it? Are their pens and ink enough? It’s so cold in March in the capital, will their clothes be thin?”

Bai Ting had the experience of accompanying Xianggong and the others to participate in the township examination. Before preparing the things to bring to the Gongyuan, she and Li Mingjin made a special trip to Zhang's mansion to ask Mrs. Zhang for advice. In normal cases there is no problem.

Seeing that Li Mingjin was so nervous, Bai Ting comforted him and said: "All food and supplies are ready, and there are several layers of single clothes, so they won't be cold. Brother Jin, Xianggong and the others have been taking the exam step by step since childhood. , we have to trust them."

Li Mingjin bit his lip and nodded heavily, not relaxing in his heart, because just now, a strong uneasiness suddenly surged in his heart.

I don't know if it's because it's too early, Li Mingjin always feels that the sky is dark and heavy, and he can't breathe. He obviously hasn't had a dream during this period of time. According to his usual experience, there shouldn't be any problems in this test.

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