Qing Jialu

One year later, in the spring of the seventh year of Qingjia.The imperial court opened a course to select scholars, and all the candidates went to Beijing to rush for the examination.

The triennial Spring Festival has started again, and the student Han Chuang has been studying hard for more than ten years, just waiting to show his skills in the Grand Competition.Sitting in a small teahouse, Xiao Yi and Shen Jia watched the people coming and going on the street, and the traffic was busy.Looking around, the capital is full of figures in green shirts.

"This spring is even more lively than last time." Shen Jia said excitedly and excitedly, "I'm really nervous."

This exam was submitted by Shen Jiazhi, and it was his first time as an examiner, so it was natural for him to be nervous.Seeing this, Xiao Yi smiled and said, "As long as you don't get drunk and make friends with candidates, nothing will happen."

Shen Jia remembered the acquaintance with Du Huan three years ago again, and he said with a smile: "Although Du Huan took the exam three years late, he married a lovely wife and became my brother-in-law, which is a blessing in disguise. Besides, I didn't Thinking that a person I met casually back then could actually become a relative with him."

"I didn't expect that I met a group of officials casually back then, and found one of them..." Xiao Yu looked into his eyes, stopped talking halfway.

"What did you find, can you entrust it to someone for life?" Shen Jia asked with a deadpan face.

Xiao Yi took a sip of tea, but smiled silently.

If you like this kind of thing, it's meaningless to say it.Shen Jia also took a sip of tea with a smile, then looked anxiously out of the window, "Why hasn't Du Huan arrived yet, didn't he say he'll be back today?"

Speaking of Du Huan, I have to say that he is really a blessed person.Before New Year's Eve, he took his wife Mu Jin back to his hometown in Hangzhou to celebrate the New Year and reunite with his parents.As a result, before the end of the year, Mrs. Du found out that her daughter-in-law was pregnant.They hastily called a doctor to make a diagnosis, and it has been two months.

While laughing, Mrs. Du scolded her son for being careless for not even noticing that his wife was pregnant.And Mu Jin herself was still ignorant, and didn't suspect anything if the letter didn't come, and she continued to eat, drink, run and make trouble as usual.

But in this way, Mrs. Du was worried that Mu Jin would return to Beijing, so she directly asked her to stay in Hangzhou and take care of her pregnancy and childbirth in person.Du Huan stayed with his wife in Hangzhou until the end of February. Seeing that the spring was approaching, he reluctantly parted from Mu Jin.

Now, Shen Jia and others have already known the good news about Du Huan and Mu Jin through letters.So I waited for him to come back here and questioned him carefully.

While waiting for Du Huan, Xiao Yi and the others refilled several pots of tea.Finally the protagonist arrived, and Du Huan walked in with a happy face, and he didn't know where to put his excited hands and feet.

Seeing his foolishness, Shen Jia said happily, "I'm going to be a father, why don't you be more stable?"

Xiao Yi also smiled and said, "Zi Chuan, congratulations."

"Tong Xi Tong... Ah, no, no." Du Huan hurriedly changed his words, "Oh, my mind is in a mess right now, and I'm talking nonsense. Please don't take offense, Your Majesty."

"Zi Chuan, can you still take the exam like this?" Shen Jia was deeply skeptical, "Would you write and write a book on raising children?"

"Brother, don't tease me, my heart is pounding. I thought Chun Wei was nervous enough, but I didn't expect to have a baby now, and I was even more nervous."

"It sounds like you are giving birth." Shen Jia said helplessly, "You should prepare for the exam with peace of mind, and don't make trouble for my sister."

Du Huan smiled foolishly, Shen Jia couldn't help but rolled his eyes, and Xiao Yi looked at him enviously.

So, is this what it's like to be a father?

So nervous, so flustered, and so excited.

Since Shen Jia is the chief examiner this time, it is inappropriate to meet with Du Huan frequently.So when Du Huan returned to the Imperial College to study, the two stopped seeing each other.On the contrary, Kapok often goes to Du's house to find out about her sister's recent situation through Du Huan.

Kapok really wants to go to Hangzhou to accompany her sister, but she has recently taken over the East Factory, so she really can't leave.Since Kapok was able to handle the harem affairs with ease, under Xiao Yi's instruction, she also took charge of the affairs of the ceremonial supervisor.Now he is also the admiral of Dongchang, in charge of redemption.Apart from the fact that Kapok does not have the title of Supervisor of Rituals and Bingbi, his actual power has already surpassed all the supervisors of Rituals, only under Eunuch Chen.

Letting women do men's things has never happened before.But with Xiao Yi's powerful interference, and Chen Gonggong's secret support, Kapok managed to gain a firm foothold in the past two years, and can do things for His Majesty with all his heart.

Of the sisters, one reaped love, the other reaped career, and they all got what they wanted.

Not only Du Huan and Mu Jin, but also Shen Jia and Xiao Yi are going to experience a brief separation.As the chief examiner of this exam, Shen Jia had to live in the Gongyuan for half a month, and could not leave the gate of the Gongyuan until the invigilator was finished and the papers were corrected.

So before sealing off the Gongyuan, Shen Jia stayed in the Hall of Mental Cultivation every night, and made love with Xiao Yi.

Xiao Yi really couldn't understand why Shen Jia kept pestering him.It's not a year or two apart, as for?

But Shen Jia didn't think so, he wished he could get tired of being together with Xiao Yi every day, he was afraid that time would be short and the future would be uncertain, and he wanted to cherish every moment together.

On the last day before the exam, Shen Jia was obviously a little restless.Xiao Yi saw it in his eyes and wondered: "It's not that you haven't been to the Gongyuan, what are you afraid of?"

"Who's scared?" Shen Jia was like a dog whose tail was blown out by stepping on it, and still spoke stiffly.

Xiao Yi saw it and didn't say it, and asked again: "That year when you took the imperial examination, did you come to the capital alone?"

"With my classmates, they are all from Fujian." Shen Jia explained, "Although there is no one in my family, Teacher Wan in my school takes good care of me. He helps me subsidize travel expenses and so on."

After Shen Jia's parents passed away, she had no source of income for a long time.Fortunately, there was a kind private school teacher who helped him, exempted him from the training, and let him move to the school.Later, Shen Jia won the provincial examination, Jieyuan, and suddenly became famous in Fujian.Some people flattered him, offered him a house and land, and those who wanted to marry him, were all rejected by Shen Jia one by one.

Shen Jia was not dazzled by fame and fortune, she was still studying in the school, preparing for the next year's exam.

It was the first time Xiao Yi heard Shen Jia talk about the past, and he asked, "Later, you became an official, did you go back to see your teacher?"

"Teacher Wan... passed away." Shen Jia said desolately, "I also thought about going back to Fujian to visit my teacher's wife, but Shaanxi is too far away from Fujian."

One north and one south, it is indeed very far away.Xiao Yi thought for a while and said: "When the spring is over, I will allow you to take a vacation, go back and have a look."

"No, I'm going back now. It's a waste of time and money." Shen Jia is no longer a poor scholar, and Ge Lao went back to his hometown to visit his relatives, which would alarm many officials.

"Wealth and honor do not return to the hometown, like traveling at night in brocade clothes." Xiao Yi joked with a smile, "If you have time in the future, let's go to Fujian in micro-services."

"Are you with me?" Shen Jia's eyes suddenly brightened.

Xiao Yi nodded, "I'll accompany you."

Speaking of which, Xiao Yi has never been to Fujian yet.He was very curious about what kind of place could raise a character like Shen Jia.

The author says:

Note: The Ming Dynasty Examination is usually held in February. In order to take care of His Majesty's leg ailments, it is scheduled for the beginning of March when the spring is warm and the flowers are blooming. Don't worry too much about it.