It was originally said that Chen Xi was too demanding about scholars this year, but when things were about to come, Zhou started to nag again.

Chen Xi came back and smiled. Zhou said he was doing well in the exam. When Chen Xi sat down to eat, Zhou said he was rich and noble. When he went to bed at night, Zhou said he would definitely have a good dream. The next morning, Chen Xi got up and left the door. Zhou stared at the door, muttering: "There is good left and the right is bad, and you will step on your right foot first. This is not right..."

Chen Xi felt speechless. I was thinking about him as crazy as a scholar!

Chen Xi quickly told Hui Niang about this. Hui Niang shook her head and said, "I also calculated it for you last night, but I don't understand these things. Today I have to find a reliable fortune teller to calculate it for you..."

Care is chaos!

Zhou and Hui Niang said they didn't force it, but they cared tightly, hoping that he would become a talent as soon as possible. After he finished the exam, they were unsure. While comforting themselves, they used some mysterious methods to cheer them up.

However, after the exam, no one forced him to study anymore. But in the morning, Feng Huaqi came and asked him to write down the article from the second part of the college entrance examination.

Feng Huaqi learned about the title of the Four Books in the second session of the Academy Examination in advance. He knew that this topic was difficult. After reading Chen Xi's article, Feng Huaqi frowned and finally nodded and said, "Shang Ke."

The two-word comment made Zhou nervous for a long time. She quickly asked Xiu'er to go to the Chamber of Commerce to notify Hui Niang... Anything about Chen Xi's entry into school would be informed in detail, and even Feng Huaqi's comments could not be missed.

"It's okay, but it should be a big increase in chances. I don't know how others wrote. If it's all the same, who will the examiner admit?"

Zhou was not very energetic all morning. As long as there were no customers in the pharmacy, she went to the door of the back hall to stare at Chen Xi, muttering.

It was not until noon that Su Tong sent someone to send an invitation to Chen Xi for a lecture, and that it was said that Chen Xi was "saved" by Chen Xi. Chen Xi asked Zhou for leave, and Zhou waved his hand, meaning that Chen Xi would go wherever he wanted, and after he left the house, Zhou's voice came from behind: "Come back early."

When we arrived at the agreed place, there was a restaurant with two tables of banquets on the second floor. The banquets were all candidates from the same class of college entrance examinations, and they were all children who passed the first exam.

As the owner, Su Tong was pouring tea for the candidates present. When he saw Chen Xi coming, Su Tong was very happy and pulled Chen Xi to everyone: "This brother Shen... haha... everyone is familiar with you, right?"

If you want to talk about others, the scholars present may not know each other, but Chen Xi is a celebrity among the candidates of the same class. Wu Shengyu was still the focus of the banquet just now, but when Chen Xi came, the limelight was immediately overshadowed.

After the ceremony, Wu Shengyu picked up a cup of tea and told Chen Xi: "I will use tea instead of wine below. Give me a cup of Mr. Chen."

After saying that, without waiting for Chen Xi to answer, Wu Shengyu poured a cup of tea into his stomach with a "gudong", then shook his sleeves and went downstairs, which made the children present feel in an uproar. Wu Shengyu was a little too unruly. Su Tong smiled and said, "Young Master Wu just said that there was something wrong at home..."

Someone said: "Young Master Su, don't make a fool of yourself. The last year of Wu was very fashionable. This year, his concubine's son was upright and his eyes were higher than his top. He became more and more arrogant."

Because Wu Shengyu passed the county and prefecture exams at the age of fourteen, his talent and knowledge were outstanding among the people of the same clan. His grandfather, the Shanxi governor Wu Wendu, intended to let Wu Shengyu go to the Imperial College for study. In the eyes of outsiders, this is the support of the concubine's son.

In the Ming Dynasty, the Imperial College was divided into two Yongshen. Beiyong was the Imperial College in the capital, and Nanyong was the Imperial College in Nanjing. The number of people in Nanjing Imperial College reached 10,000 during the Yongle period. Mainly, there were no college entrance examinations in the early Ming Dynasty, and ordinary candidates had to take the provincial examinations. They could only rely on the government's recommendations, and many of the Imperial College students were local talents who were recommended to participate in the provincial examinations and were temporarily offered to study "mixed diplomas" in the Imperial College.

The imperial examination system in the early Ming Dynasty was modeled after the Song Dynasty's third-level examination system, provincial examination, and palace examination, and established provincial examination, metropolitan examination and palace examination. However, because there were too many students in the Imperial College and the level of local candidates for the provincial examination were not uniform, the basic examination system for the Tongsheng Examination was officially established during the Xuande period. Later, the county examination and government examination were added before the Tongsheng Examination, which made the imperial examination system more perfect.

After that, the number of students in the Imperial College Supervisory Commission decreased significantly.

Although the supervisor is at the same level as the scholar and can participate in the provincial examination, he is a "school for the children of high-ranking officials". Being able to study in the Imperial College has also become a kind of honor for the children of officials.

Wu Shengyu has been selected as the younger generation of the Wu family to study in the Imperial College. No matter how this college entrance examination, he can actually get the provincial examination for the fame of scholars or supervisors, so he is the real candidate for admission.

Su Tong seemed quite generous, asked everyone to fill the wine glass in front of him, raised his glass and said, "Okay, okay, don't affect your grace because of leaving alone. Come on, I wish me a success when the sunrise case comes, and a flower in the provincial examination will be held."

There was an allusion of four phases wearing flowers in the previous Song Dynasty. In the Ming Dynasty, men occasionally had to "wear flowers", namely when they passed the imperial examination and newly married, they even had to wear gold flowers even when they passed the imperial examination.

However, Su Tong's words were difficult to get the recognition of those present. Even if everyone had full expectations for the future, they knew that it was not easy to pass the scholar and pass the imperial examination. There were fifteen or sixteen people present at two big round tables, and only a few of them could pass the scholar level, let alone pass the imperial examination.

"Mr. Su, we have just finished the exam, and we will hold a banquet to celebrate. Is it too early?" Someone questioned.

Su Tong smiled and said, "You have been preparing for the imperial examination for several years and have little time. If you don't find any fun and relax at this time, after the case comes out, whether you enter the school or not, you will have to study hard for future fame and fortune?"

Everyone thought that this was indeed the case.

Anyway, I just finished the exam, because I didn’t know if I could pass the exam, I was worried. Even if I couldn’t read the review, I might as well relax for a few days. Regardless of whether I passed this time, I would either be for the next college entrance examination or for the next year’s annual exam and provincial exam. I still need to read it at night and stay up day and night.

Thinking of this, everyone felt much more relieved and there was no restraint on having a banquet together.

After drinking and eating, most people would have to disperse, while several scholars with good relationships with Su Tong stayed. Su Tong smiled at Shen Xi and said, "Brother Shen, I specially drank a few less drinks just to keep my mind clear. I will ask you to go back and paint later."

Shen Xi immediately had goose bumps on her body: "Brother Su, I think I'd better wait until I look back and draw... Today is not a good time."

Su Tong asked in surprise: "Brother Shen, you should choose a good day when you paint, bathe, change clothes, burn incense and worship?"

A sentence made the people around him laugh. Zheng Qian said, "Young Master Chen, don't misunderstand it. In fact, Brother Su wants you to make a painting for his wife, and he will not treat it badly in terms of rewards. Brother Su is about to be a father, and he is happy in his heart. He wants to leave some pens and ink for his wife's appearance of having a big belly and pooping baby with her first child."

Chen Xi thought to himself. This should be similar to leaving a photo as a souvenir. There are no mobile phone cameras these days, so if you want to keep your appearance, you can only rely on painters to paint.

Everyone came downstairs, and Su Tong sent a carriage to take Chen Xi home to get the brushes and paints. He went back to his house first to "prepare", and he knew nothing about what Chen Xi was preparing.

When Chen Xi took the carriage to Su Mansion, he saw several sedan chairs parked at the door, and several women came out of the sedan chair. One of them was very conspicuous, and it was Xier. As for the other women, Chen Xi felt very jealous, as if he was not from the Jiaofangsi.

Zheng Qian had already welcomed Chen Xi at the door: "Young Master Chen, please come inside."

Chen Xi asked, "Didn't you let me draw Mrs. Su?"

Zheng Qian said with a sloppy look: "I'm going to ask Brother Su, I don't know what he is going to do."

Chen Xi felt strange in her heart. But when she thought about returning home, she had to endure Zhou's nagging, so she still followed Zheng Qian inside. It was still the inner courtyard, but the one who went to the small flower hall where Chen Xi had entered last time. At this time, Su Tong was sitting there looking at the treasures he had collected.

Seeing Chen Xi, Su Tong smiled and said, "Young Master Chen, I will trouble you to draw a beautiful picture later. Don't blame me for not explaining it in advance. I am afraid that you will not agree."

"Among these ten beauties, in addition to my wife and concubine Teng, there are also Mr. Zheng's wife and two concubines, as well as Miss Xier and the four girls in Chunyuan Pavilion, they just make up the ten beauties."

"I originally wanted to invite Miss Yunliu with me. Unfortunately, my mother refused to let anyone go."

Chunyuan Pavilion is a famous Qinglouchu Pavilion in the city, and belongs to the "private prostitute house". Some of the girls inside are also famous for selling their skills but not selling their bodies, but they basically do flesh and blood business. Needless to say, these four girls who came from Chunyuan Pavilion are all "old lovers" of Su Tong and Zheng Qian.

Su Tong said again: "I asked the guests to wait in the front hall. You will paint in the small hall next door in a while. Hehe, Brother Shen is so lucky."

After hearing this, Chen Xi was frightened.

After Su Tong invited his wife, Teng concubine, and the people who were picked up by a sedan to the inner hall, Su Tong made his meaning clear.

When the girls heard that they wanted to draw "Ten Beautiful Pictures", they didn't think so. The wives and concubines of Su Tong and Zheng Qian naturally understood the little bad habits of Su Tong and Zheng Qian. As for the invited Xier and the girls in Chunyuan Pavilion, they had money to collect and could also be included in the painting, which was a good thing.

Su Tong finally smiled and said, "What I mean is to let you all draw with clothes, don't know what?" After he said that, let alone Xier and the girls from Chunyuan Pavilion, even Su Tong's wife and Teng concubine showed surprise on his face.

On the contrary, Zheng Qian's monogamous wife and two concubines were very normal, and he was just a little embarrassed. It was obvious that Zheng Qian had explained it clearly in advance.

The one who reacted the most was Xier, who said angrily: "Is Mr. Su bullying too much?"

"Miss Xier, don't get angry. When Mr. Chen is painting, Mr. Zheng and I will leave here. Keep no one to disturb me. Leave you behind, Mr. Chen..."

For the girls in Chunyuan Pavilion, they can say anything as long as they have money. Although Su Tong's wife and concubine were wiping tears, they could only endure it in order to maintain their status at home. However, Xier was not so easy to meet. She originally heard that she was painting by Chen Xi, and she still made "Ten Beautiful Pictures". She was competitive and wanted to show her appearance and style in front of all the beauties.

I haven't seen Chen Xi for a long time, and she also wants to demonstrate in front of Shen Xi.

But now she heard that she was a painting that was unbearable to her eyes. But with her identity, she could not directly get along with Su Tong and others, because this would affect Yu Niang's business. She gritted her teeth and said, "Even if I am willing, I'm afraid Mr. Chen will not agree, right?"

Chen Xi had already pulled back. Although there were girls but no men, they were not considered Spring Palace, but they were not much different.

Chen Xi looked at Su Tong and Zheng Qian with a look of fear. After a while, he was silent, he said, "Two brothers, I think it's better to give up this matter."

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