The triennial examination suddenly made Shangjing a bustling place.
This is not only students from poor families, but also many students from many aristocratic families in the capital city will come to participate. You must know that those who can reach the stage of the examination are already the best among scholars, and those who can win the top three
It's even rarer.
On the day before the exam begins, according to the custom of going to the capital, people in the city will pray for students. Those who are going to take the exam at home will even hang a red lantern outside their homes.
There is also a lantern hung in the place where Cheng Sixie lives now. Although it is only one room in a small courtyard, Cheng Sixie still felt very comfortable when he saw this lantern.
Such blessing lanterns generally need to be made by hand. Praying for blessings requires sincerity, and making lanterns by hand is one of the parts.
And now that the lantern is hanging here, it goes without saying who made it.
Cheng Sixie stood under the lantern for a long time, looking up at the lantern, and finally reached out to touch it.
It's as if you can touch the face of the person in your heart through this lantern.
That day at the Prince Regent's Palace, he explained his situation exactly as it was, and even expressed his worries. Su Xiaoyu actually felt quite complicated after hearing those words.
After all, in her opinion, she really doesn't care about identity. As long as you are a suitable person, she will naturally accept any identity. But she has forgotten that as a man, that kind of stubbornness
self-esteem!
Just looking at her status, her status is indeed much higher than his. If he enters the officialdom in the future, others will inevitably gossip, which she has never thought about before.
"I have remembered everything you said, but from now on you must also remember what I said."
At that time, Su Xiaoyu looked serious, but you could tell at a glance that she was pretending to be serious. She said, "You must be in the top three in the exam, otherwise I will not marry you until you pass the exam."
until."
Until he passes the exam, that means she will keep waiting for him, waiting for him to pass the top three exams.
He understood the meaning of these words, and naturally he would not think that she was looking down on him when she said this. If she really despised his identity, she would not have said anything and waited until he passed the exam.
This is what she expects from him and what he strives for.
If she is such a person who despises poverty and loves wealth, then she doesn't have to wait for him at all. It would be the best choice to find someone whose status is equal to hers and marry her.
Cheng Sixie raised his head and raised the corners of his mouth slightly, "I won't let you down."
On the day of the general exam, Cheng Sijie went out with simple things. For several days, those taking the exam would be trapped in that small cubicle, but he really didn't have much to bring.
Except for some food and drink, there were no other small items. In fact, he was not the only one in this situation. All the poor students like him who came from other places to take the exam were the same as him.
Some people even have less than him.
These things require people to prepare and money to prepare.
If they had enough money, they would not be called poor students.
Of course, Cheng Sijie is actually not short of this little money now. The money given to him by the Crown Prince and the money given to him by the Lord were quite a lot, but he has not touched the money for the time being.
He can still bear the hardship of trying.
After leaving the door, he put all the things on the handle on the ground, then turned around and locked the door. However, he never expected that when he bent down again to pick up his things, there was another basket beside him.
"Mr. Cheng, these things were prepared by my lady. There are knee pads and gloves, and some snacks. These things are perfect for eating. They are many times more delicious than dry food."
Cheng Sixie picked up the basket with a very happy smile on his face.
"Thank you miss for me."
He swore that when he came out, he would change his identity!
Carrying these things, we walked slowly towards the examination room. Everyone seemed very excited along the way. When we arrived outside the examination room, there was already a long queue. At the checkpoint set up at the front,
Someone is checking the things brought in by the candidates.
You are not allowed to bring anything written here. Once you are found, you will be disqualified from taking the exam.
Cheng Sixie had already put all these things away when he went out. He didn't bring any of these things with him. After queuing here for a while, he found a person who was carrying a cheat sheet.
As a result, I was disqualified from taking the exam on the spot.
The general examination is held once every three years. Those who can come here to take the examination are already qualified. If they are disqualified from the examination at this time, that person will go crazy on the spot.
Looking at the long line of students, the man smiled crazily.
"Hahaha, they are all a bunch of idiots~ They are all idiots!!!"
Cheng Sijie looked at him with a cold expression the whole time. There was nothing to be pitied for such a person. Everything he was going through now was all his own fault.
People who have participated in field examinations for so many years still make such stupid mistakes. Fortunately, such people have been found out. If they had not been found out, if they could enter the officialdom in the future, they would naturally be in trouble.
Corrupt officials!
This scene was also clearly seen by the people watching outside. Everyone understood what it meant to be able to take the exam. When they saw that someone was really disqualified from the exam, everyone clapped their hands excitedly.
Although they are not scholars and taking the exam has nothing to do with them, it does have something to do with them after these people take the exam.
If such people are allowed to be officials, they will really not have a good life.
Su Xiaoyu and her maid were also in the crowd. Seeing that Cheng Sijie was carrying the basket he had prepared, he secretly smiled in his heart.
The queue in front was still very long. Some brave women, or young women who were already married, saw this and ran to their men one after another, whispering and comforting their men.
Su Xiaoyu really wanted to do this, but she also knew best that she could never do such a thing, otherwise if anything happened in the examination room in the future, she would be the sinner!