The bookstore is still the same bookstore, very lively.
Not only scholars were coming and going, but from time to time, women wearing curtain hats could be seen coming, and carriages in twos and threes were parked in front of the book shop.
When Baishi Academy started school, not only women's studies, but also classics, history, and philosophy, all schools started together.
Although the two academies of classics and history accept students with unusual status, the exams still require a lot of attention, and the Ziyuan and Jiyuan are the objects of competition.
The entrance examination of Ziyuan is not much worse than the scientific examination. In every scientific examination, the number of people selected by Ziyuan is the largest. It is even said that Ziyuan is the real essence of Baishi Academy.
This year, all colleges have started exams early, and the same is true for the sub-college. There are more students who want to enroll than women, and the competition is stronger.
There was an endless stream of people coming to the bookstore. Yu Xijiao helped Qingyue's hand get out of the carriage and entered the bookstore with the two maids.
I picked up a lot of pens, inks, papers and inkstones downstairs, and then went upstairs again.
In front of the bookshelves upstairs, Yu Xijiao picked more. Qingyue stood guard at the stairs. Mingyue took the books she liked to the stairs. After a while, there was a stack of them at the stairs.
This choice has attracted people's attention. Paper is expensive in Beijing. When others buy books, they only have two or three copies. You can see people buying so many books anywhere.
Is this for one person, or for a whole family, or which family has a new study room in their house, and they deliberately study more and go back to decorate it.
"Why do you buy so many books in your house?" A mother-in-law came over curiously. After looking at Qingyue, she asked kindly, "New to the capital?"
"We girls just arrived in the capital." Qingyue nodded.
When Mingyue Shu was not brought over, she was guarding a pile of books at the entrance of the stairs. People going up and down the stairs could see them at a glance, which was very conspicuous.
"Is your girl's house newly decorated? There are so many books." The mother-in-law asked with a smile, then looked at the pile of books on the ground and sighed.
"We girls have just returned to Beijing, and we already have a house already." Qingyue thought for a while and said seriously.
"We already had them a long time ago. Why did you buy so many? There is no study room in your house?" The mother-in-law became more and more curious. She knelt down and picked up a book for Qingyue that had fallen down, and piled it neatly in one place.
Seeing her acting like this, a smile appeared on Qingyue's face: "Thank you, mama. Our girl is going to take the entrance exam, so we might as well buy a few more books to prepare."
"The female concubine of Baishi Academy?" the mother-in-law whispered in shock, "The girl in your house has an unusual status!"
People in the capital often refer to Jiyuan as a women's college, and some also call it a women's college. Those who are admitted are the daughters of aristocratic families, but the daughters of aristocratic families have to take the entrance exam to enter. It is very famous in the capital.
"Our girl's status is indeed noble." Qingyue nodded proudly, very proud of her girl's status.
"I heard that Baishi Academy took the exam in advance, and you girls just came to Beijing. Do you know about this? If you go late, you may miss this period. If the girl's family misses... it will be troublesome." The mother-in-law sighed.
, "It was because we, the second girl, missed the first issue, and then we had no chance."
Women's colleges only accept girls who are thirteen or fourteen years old, and there are also a few who are fifteen years old. They are definitely not allowed to marry when they enter the school. However, if they find a suitable person after entering the school, they can also get married, but generally they are married.
People no longer study further. In the second-year semester, those who can finally complete the study are usually those who were thirteen or fourteen years old.
Basically, very few people who are fifteen years old have completed two years of study.
There are also those who feel that they cannot pass the exam, and will miss one semester, and then stop taking the entrance exam on the grounds that they are getting married and are busy preparing dowry. Externally, it can be said that it is due to physical reasons, not because of lack of talent. Although everyone
I know what's going on, but at least it makes sense on the surface.
"How old are you girls?" the mother-in-law asked curiously after sighing.
"Our girl is not very old, and our girl can enter school directly without taking the entrance exam." Qingyue became more and more proud after being told that, and she raised her head high, feeling very proud.
"You girls, why don't you take the entrance exam? Isn't it possible... you are from the royal family?" The old lady stuttered and looked at Qingyue in shock.
"Of course not the royal family, our girl is the Xie family from Jiangnan..." Qingyue became more and more proud of being welcomed and was about to reveal Yu Xijiao's identity.
"Qingyue, be careful what you say." Mingyue's voice suddenly appeared, holding in her hand the three books that Yu Xijiao had just picked.
"I...I'm not talking nonsense." Qingyue took the book unconvinced and whispered.
"Qingyue, you should be more cautious when you follow the girl from Jiangnan. Didn't the girl tell you that in the past?" Mingyue said with a serious face.
"Yes, I was wrong." Qingyue said reluctantly.
"Girl, I still need to pick out a few books. You stay here and don't talk nonsense." Mingyue glanced at the mother-in-law beside Qingyue and said pointedly.
Then turned and left.
"Who...who is this?" The mother-in-law looked at Mingyue's back and asked in a lowered voice.
"Mingyue." Qingyue shrugged her head and said casually in a moodless tone.
"Is it the maid next to your girl?" the mother-in-law understood.
"I am also a first-class maid who followed the girl back from the south of the Yangtze River. I have been serving the girl since she was a child." Qingyue curled her lips, showing her reluctance.
"It turns out that you are also a first-class maid." The mother-in-law said, looking back at Mingyue who was walking away behind her, "You are still the one you girls grew up in, what about this one?"
"She's not, she just followed our girl." Qingyue said impatiently.
"Miss Qingyue..." The mother-in-law just heard Mingyue's words.
"Auntie, do you have anything? If you have something, just go and get busy!" Qingyue became impatient.
"Okay, then I'll go down. Our girl is still downstairs. I'll talk to Miss Qingyue again when I have the chance." The old woman knew that this maid disliked her, so she said to Qingyue in a good-tempered way.
Seeing her like this, Qingyue was a little embarrassed, so she smiled and said, "Mommy, walk slowly."
The mother-in-law then went downstairs.
There were two girls downstairs who were choosing pens and inkstones. When they saw the mother-in-law coming down, a maid standing behind the girl in red lowered her voice and asked, "Mother Xu, can you tell me which family the girl is from?"
The two girls who were selecting pens and inkstones also turned their eyes. They were curious about which girl would choose so many books, so they sent their mother-in-law to find out.
"Girl, that maid was also very cautious. The old slave didn't find out much. He only heard that his surname was Xie, or that he was related to someone surnamed Xie. Later, a maid didn't let the previous maid talk about it. She came from Jiangnan
, I just came here, and I also heard... that there is no need to take an entrance exam."
The mother-in-law put the words together in one sentence.
"Your surname is Xie?" Another girl in purple clothes said slowly, "The legitimate daughter of a great scholar of the Xie family in Jiangnan? She can still be exempted from the exam, and only the Wang and Xie families are the only ones. The Wang family is not in Jiangnan."
"It's never been heard in this world that a legitimate daughter of the Xie family is admitted to school." The girl in red shook her head, put down the pen in her hand, picked another one, looked at it and said, "It's not Xie's.
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"It can't be the Wang family again, can it? Wang Nian really stole the show last year, so he won't come again today." The girl in purple snorted coldly. She lost the election last year. If she loses again today, she will have no chance.
I am full of resentment towards the Wang family's legitimate daughter who not only enrolled in school last year but also had an excellent reputation.
"No, seeing that she has chosen so many books, it is obvious that she is trying to make ends meet. Maybe the maid is trying to wipe her master's face. If she is exempted from the exam, why did she buy so many books at once?" The girl in red said disapprovingly, raising her head.
I looked to the second floor and saw that they had just come down from upstairs.
Yu Xijiao was wearing a curtain hat, and they didn't know who it was.
"Pretending to be the legitimate daughter of the Xie family?" The purple girl was startled, but suddenly she was overjoyed, "Then we go to the government to sue her and say that she pretended to be the legitimate daughter of the Xie family."
"I didn't even say that I could be related to Mr. Xie." The girl in red said disapprovingly.
"That means she is really exempted from the exam? Why!" The purple-clothed girl looked ugly, and the more she thought about it, the angrier she became. She had worked so hard and single-mindedly wanted to be admitted to White Rock Academy, but others could easily enter. The most important thing was that she was not the king.
Thanks to the two families, this is really why.
The two people spoke not loudly, but people around them could still hear them.
Looking at the books stacked at the top of the stairs, many curious people were wondering who was buying the books upstairs. Did he learn a lot, or did he have no skills at all and wanted to learn more temporarily?
He is related to the Xie family in Jiangnan, and he is from Jiangnan, and he can go to school directly, so he must have an unusual relationship with the Xie family.
While listening to their conversation, a woman looked strange. She looked up at the stairs, picked up the hem of her skirt and walked up.
She came late and didn't know who was upstairs, but many people downstairs were talking about the girl upstairs, and she didn't agree with the one she thought she was, so she couldn't help but go up and take a look in person to see who she was.
who.
Going up the stairs, when I passed by Qingyue, I glanced at her a few more times, but I didn't recognize her. I was about to step up when I suddenly saw Mingyue coming towards me, holding two thick books in her hand.
This maid looks familiar. When Yu Xijiao went to expose Yu Lanxue in front of the empress, this maid was the one who followed her. Compared to the other maids who were cowering and incompetent, this maid looked quite calm at that time.
Coincidentally, this girl deliberately looked at Mingyue a few more times at that time.
Therefore, the person upstairs buying books on a large scale is Yu Xijiao from the Xuanping Hou Mansion.
Yu Xijiao's biological mother is the Xie family of Jiangnan, and she just came back from Jiangnan. It's not clear whether she is exempted from the exam or has to take the entrance exam, but at least the previous points are correct.
Walking further, I walked around several bookshelves, and I saw Yu Xijiao. There were few people upstairs. Yu Xijiao had already taken off her curtain and leaned in front of a shelf. She casually picked up a book to read and listened.
He didn't even notice when someone came over, he just turned his body to one side and got out of the way, his eyes still falling on the book in his hand, reading with gusto.
The girl walked by and glanced at the book in Yu Xijiao's hand, with a faint smile on her lips. It was a casual book.
What she just saw on the stairs was a collection of classic classics and history.
He is still fishing now, and he looks like an uneducated person...