"Young mistress, it's time for you to go and say hello to Madam." Azhen stood outside the door and asked Zhao Ling'er.
"Ah!" Zhao Ling'er, who was still in bed, yawned deeply, raised her head and said to Su Yi Ning: "Do I have to go and say hello every morning?"
Su Yining touched Zhao Ling'er's head, smiled and said, "Yes."
"Ah, okay, okay." Zhao Ling'er climbed out of bed, hurriedly washed up and walked into the hall.
Mu Yunqing was also there, and Mrs. Su was smiling and talking to her.
Seeing Zhao Ling'er, Mrs. Su lowered her face and said, "Even if you get married, you still have to know how to dress up. Look at you, you look barefaced all day long. Not only does it lose the style of the Su family, but it won't keep Yi Ning for a long time."
heart of."
Zhao Ling'er secretly glanced at Mu Yunqing: she was wearing a golden hairpin, gorgeous clothes, and Zhu Cui bracelets. She was dressed so grandly even at home. She was indeed much more refined than herself.
"Ah, my sister is still young and I'm afraid she doesn't know how to dress up yet. I'll teach her a lesson in the past few days so that my mother doesn't have to worry about it." Mu Yunqing said to Mrs. Su with a smile.
Mrs. Su said: "Zhao Ling'er, learn from your sister-in-law. Since she married into the Su family, she has been greeting her every morning and dusk. Not only does she manage the housework well, she also gave me a fat grandson in less than a year. Moreover, the Mu family is in
Yunzhou is also a famous and wealthy family. You should consider it yourself and don't cause any trouble for me."
Zhao Linger nodded.
"It seems that Mrs. Su is very dissatisfied with me!" Zhao Linger thought to herself.
"Okay, step aside. Qing'er, come and dine with me." Mrs. Su waved her hand to signal Zhao Ling'er to step down.
Zhao Ling'er hurriedly returned to her room.
Su Yining had already gotten up. When she saw Zhao Ling'er, she asked, "How is it? Is mother giving you a hard time?"
Zhao Ling'er shook her head and said, "Mom said I don't know how to dress up and she wants me to learn from my sister-in-law."
Su Yi Ning thought of how she looked after dressing up last night, and couldn't help but smile slightly and said, "You look quite good dressed up."
Zhao Ling'er's face turned red.
Is it because I didn’t have a boyfriend in my previous life because I didn’t know how to dress up?
"Azhen!" Su Yining called.
Ah Zhen comes in.
Su Yi Ning said: "From now on, you will dress up the young lady every morning. You must not delay the young lady's visit to the madam."
"Yes." Ah Zhen agreed and went out.
"By the way, didn't you say you were going to do something serious today? What serious thing?" Zhao Ling'er asked.
Su Yi Ning said seriously: "From today on, I will study hard and try to pass the examination, so that next year I can take you to the capital to take the provincial examination."
"Ah, is it true? Are you going to the capital to take the provincial examination?" Wang Ruoxi asked in surprise.
Su Yi Ning nodded and said: "So, your main task now is to serve me well. When we go to the capital, you don't have to be so restrained."
Zhao Linger smiled.
"Hey, what is the name of the exam you are taking now? Is it difficult? When is the exam? What is it tested on?"
Su Yi Ning pulled her into the study room, pointed to a row of books on the bookshelf, and said: "The test I am taking now is called the Jie test. If you pass the Jie test, it is called "De Jie". If you get the Jie exam, you will be recognized as a member of the provincial gift-giving department."
Qualifications for the exam.”
"Oh." Zhao Ling'er nodded. He still had to take the provincial exam. So this exam is similar to our modern high school entrance examination.
"What are the contents of the test?" Zhao Ling'er asked.
"One poem and one poem each, ten scriptures, ten tacit meanings, one essay, and one policy."
"What do the ten chapters of scriptures and the ten silent ways of meaning mean?"
Su Yining sat down and gave Zhao Linger an example.
"Oh." Zhao Ling'er understood. Isn't this just modern fill-in-the-blanks and translation of ancient Chinese sentences?
Su Yining sat down, opened "The Analects of Confucius" and memorized it silently.
Zhao Ling'er finished polishing the ink and looked at Su Yining's concentration. What should I do to help him?
She recalled the "Preface to Prince Teng's Pavilion" that Su Yining had copied before, and then the "Red Cliff Ode" written by Fan Zhongyan.
"Kuangwu and I were fishing and woodcutting on the river bank. We were friends with fish, shrimps, and elk. We rode a small boat with a leaf, and raised bottles to show our friendship. We sent mayflies to the sky and the earth, a drop in the vast sea. I mourned for a moment in my life, and I was envious.
The Yangtze River is infinite. It carries the flying immortals to fly around, and embraces the bright moon for a long time. It is unexpected to see it suddenly, and the legacy is heard in the sad wind..."
Su Yining came over to see what she had written. After reading it, she couldn't help but praise her with her hands.
Su Yining looked at Zhao Ling'er in disbelief: "Have you read many books?"
Zhao Ling'er rolled her eyes and said, "That's right."
Su Yi Ning nodded silently, it seemed that he had married a treasure!
Zhao Ling'er thought for a while and planned to write down all the poems and songs she remembered. Maybe some of them could be used by Su Yining.
Zhao Ling'er was a little tired, so she sat at the desk and took a nap.
"Zhao Ling'er, what are you doing? If you don't study ink well for Yi Ning, go back to where you came from!" Mrs. Su said fiercely to Zhao Ling'er.
Zhao Ling'er sat up suddenly and shuddered.
No, no, I have to find a way to please the old lady quickly! If this continues, sooner or later I will be kicked out of the house!
Zhao Ling'er looked at Su Yining, who was dictating an article.
Zhao Ling'er rolled her eyes, quietly opened the door, and called for Ah Zhen to come over: "Go to Xiuchunfang and wait for a girl named Lin Wan'er. Tell her that Zhao Ling'er is looking for her and ask her to meet me after finishing the work."
Su Yi Ning said: "What? You want to go out to play again?"
Zhao Ling'er said: "Where is it? I have some private matters that I want to see Wan'er."
Su Yi Ning put down her pen, stood up, pulled Zhao Linger, and said, "Let's go, I'll go find her with you."
Zhao Ling'er hurriedly pushed his hand away and curled her lips: "You don't have to go, just study hard at home. If I delay you, I will have one more good sister!"
Su Yi Ning laughed and said, "Don't worry, I know what's going on. As long as we don't come back late, mother won't say anything."
Finally, when Lin Wan'er came out of Xiuchunfang, Zhao Ling'er hurriedly walked over and grabbed her.
"Why are you here?" Lin Waner was overjoyed.
Zhao Ling'er took her hand and said, "I'm getting married now. I feel like my mother-in-law looks down on me. I want to design two more sets of clothes for her. Can you help me make them?"
Lin Wan'er said: "Okay, just give me the design when the time comes."
After saying that, he sighed unconsciously.
"What's wrong with you?" Zhao Ling'er asked.
After not seeing Lin Wan'er for several days, Zhao Ling'er felt that she was a little depressed.
"Hey." Lin Wan'er sighed again and said, "Yesterday, Zhou You went to my house to propose marriage."
"That's a good thing! Why are you sighing?"
"What's so good? My mother had agreed on fifty taels of silver as the betrothal gift, but after traveling around yesterday, she changed it to two thousand taels!"
"Two thousand taels? This is too much!" Zhao Ling'er couldn't help but gasped.
"Hey, the day before yesterday, people from the Tongpan family also came to propose marriage, and they said they would give a dowry gift of two thousand taels!"
"Ah? No wonder!" Zhao Ling'er suddenly realized.
"However, they want me to marry him as a concubine. His wife is sterile."