The carriage stopped at the gate of the Marquis Mansion, and Shen Mingshu got out of the carriage behind Shen Ronghua.

To her surprise, Shen Ronghua somehow came over and took her arm, wanting to go with her, as if he was deeply in love with her sister.

After walking a few steps, Shen Ronghua suddenly covered her mouth and chuckled: "Ming Shu, please stop drooping your face. Isn't it because you didn't do well in the exam? Just study hard at Taixue in the future."

It was rare for Shen Ronghua to comfort her with words. Before Shen Mingshu had time to respond, she heard a strong male voice: "Mingshu didn't do well in the exam this time?"

I saw Cheng Jiahou walking towards him. He "happened" to hear Shen Ronghua's words and instantly frowned.

Just comfort me, she will know...

Before Ming Shu could speak, Shen Ronghua rushed to say: "Dad, please don't blame Ming Shu. I was sitting next to her. During the exam, Ming Shu was so anxious that she sweated. It can be seen that she also answered the questions carefully. "If you don't do well in the exam this time, it doesn't mean anything..."

"Right, Ming Shu."

Shen Ronghua smiled gently at her, like a good sister who truly cared about her sister.

Shen Mingshu: You have finished talking, what else do I have to say.

She nodded and looked at Cheng Jiahou with big watery eyes: "Sister is right, Ming Shu didn't do well in the exam this time..."

Hearing this, Shen Ronghua's smile became even bigger.

"I will definitely not get the first place this time." Ming Shu lowered her head, looking sad.

Shen Ronghua's smile froze instantly.

"If you can't win the first place, you can't bring glory to the Hou family. Ming Shu is really useless." She clenched her hands into small fists and made a tear-wiping gesture on her eye sockets.

Shen Ronghua:???What nonsense are you talking about?

She was sitting next to Shen Mingshu, but she saw that her face was red with anxiety, and she obviously couldn't finish the questions...

And she still had time left to finish the three questions. Although she felt that her answers were not very good, they were definitely better than Shen Mingshu who had not finished all the questions.

Shen Mingshu actually had the nerve to claim first place before she even finished the questions. This little girl is quite thick-skinned?

Do you really think she won't tell the truth in front of her father?

But Cheng Jiahou had already walked over, touched Mingshu's head and comforted her softly: "Mingshu is still so young, and she will have many opportunities to bring honor to the Hou family in the future."

"Be good, stop crying..."

Shen Ronghua:...It’s really hard for her to say.

Her previous derogatory words could be considered as concern for her sister, but if she pointed out Ming Shu's "lying" at this time, it would easily be considered as deliberately smearing Ming Shu in front of the Marquis, and she would lose her grace as an eldest sister.

Although Cheng Jiahou is a bit straight, she is not a fool. Her little thoughts will definitely be seen.

Moreover, Marquis Chengjia actually doesn't care that much about their academic performance in Taixue. What he cares about is always the position of the princess's companion, which is what can bring glory to the Marquis Mansion...

Shen Ronghua thought he understood clearly, so he suppressed his unyielding thoughts and added with a chuckle: "What dad said is that our sisters went to Taixue not really to study. Grades and other things are not important. Obviously If Shu becomes the princess's companion, it will bring honor to the prince's family."

Marquis Chengjia cast an approving look at her, obviously agreeing with what she said.

But when Shen Mingshu heard this, she raised her head and said seriously: "Of course I went to Taixue to study. Didn't my sister just say that it doesn't matter if I didn't do well in the exam this time? I just need to study hard in the future..."

She opened her big tear-filled eyes and tilted her head, as if she was confused: "But now my sister said that I went to Taixue not to study, so what do you think?"

Shen Ronghua's smile froze. Of course she had the second thought. Her previous words were just an excuse to reveal that Ming Shu had failed in the exam.

If women can't take the imperial examination, what's the use of reading so many books?

But for her to say in front of Ming Shu that she went to Taixue not to study, but just to become the princess's companion, it seemed that she was a head shorter than Ming Shu.

Moreover, for some reason, Song Xueguan's previous words suddenly appeared in Shen Ronghua's mind - "Taixue is a place to read the books of sages and learn from the sages." Somewhere in his heart seemed to be hit hard, and these words made it even more exciting. I can't say anything.

"No matter what my sister thinks, I went to Taixue just to study."

Shen Mingshu is short, with a girl's haircut and tears hanging from her eyelashes, but her words are inexplicably sonorous and powerful.

"Of course you have to learn." Seeing that the eldest daughter looked unhappy, Cheng Jiahou smiled and smoothed things over, "It would be great if she could get along well with the princesses."

Shen Mingshu blinked in confusion: "But, as long as you have a good relationship with the princess, can you become a companion?"

"That's natural..." As soon as Cheng Jiahou finished speaking, he was stunned.

"But if you really want to find a playmate for the princess, there are so many maids and attendants in the palace, why do you need to choose a companion to play with the princess?"

As if to relieve the previous embarrassment, Shen Ronghua chuckled and said softly: "Third sister is joking, how can the identities of those palace maids be compared with those of the princess's companions?"

"Yes." Shen Mingshu nodded, with stern eyes, "If you are not going to be a palace maid, then why do you only want to do what a palace maid does?"

These words immediately made Shen Ronghua speechless.

Shen Mingshu turned her attention to Cheng Jiahou again: "Mingshu knows that dad wants us to be the princess's companion for our own good, but if becoming a princess's companion only requires a good relationship with the princess, then why does the emperor want us all to do it first? How about entering Taixue?"

"Can't we just decide on the candidate directly?"

Cheng Jiahou looked at his third daughter, who had an immature face but strong words, with complicated eyes.

"Even if you, Dad, want to find a companion for Ming Shu, you will prefer someone with good character, learning, and outstanding talents..."

"Cheap Dad: No, I just want you to find someone with outstanding power." No. 666 continued her words and complained.

After hearing Ming Shu's words, Cheng Jiahou touched his nose and looked a little guilty. He originally agreed with the eldest daughter's words, but after hearing what the younger daughter said, he also felt that it made sense, so he said warmly: "Ming Shu said That's right, Daddy is very pleased that you think so."

When he saw his eldest daughter's absent-minded expression, he comforted her again: "Rong Hua is also a good daughter of my father."

Cheng Jiahou looked at Shen Mingshu and Shen Ronghua with loving eyes: "Which of you will become the princess's companion, dad will be happy."

After going around and around, I still can't do without being a princess to read with. A cheap dad is indeed a cheap dad.

Hearing this, Shen Mingshu and Shen Ronghua rarely had the same views, and they unanimously said the word "hehe" in their hearts.

Taixue, Qingyin Pavilion.

"Teacher." The young boy saluted the old man behind the desk with his hands crossed.

"Jiayan is here." Jiang Yunian put down the file in his hand and said in a very kind tone, "Sit over here."

Xie Jiayan raised his head, revealing a handsome face. He straightened his clothes and sat down with his knees beside Jiang Yunian.

Jiang Yunian handed him a stack of answer sheets: "This is the test paper for today's entrance exam. You can take a look at it first and roughly estimate your grade."

As he spoke, he stroked his beard with a smile: "The results are urgent. They will be released today and will be sent to various mansions in time. I have to trouble you to help the old man take a look."

"The teacher's words are serious." Xie Jiayan lowered his eyebrows and was already flipping through the stack of answer sheets. "Rather than writing documents, Jiayan would rather be troubled by the teacher on this kind of thing."

Jiang Yunian remembered the heavy official work that he had asked him to help with last time. His face did not turn red, and his heart did not beat. He chuckled twice: "Jiayan is doing things, the old man can rest assured."

"Since you need it so urgently, why don't you ask other academic officers to help you read it?" Xie Jiayan asked doubtfully after flipping through a stack of answer sheets.

"You also know those old guys." Jiang Yunian shook his head, "I have knowledge, but I have a lot of small thoughts. The relationship between students this time is quite big, so I have to be fair enough."

Jiang Yunian said something cryptic, but Xie Jiayan understood what he meant. When he thought about the small characters on the hairpin that dangled in the answer sheet, he knew what this was related to.

There was silence in the pavilion, only the sound of paper turning was heard.

Suddenly, Jiang Yunian said in surprise: "This answer sheet..."

While looking up and down, Jiang Yunian's expression kept changing. After a while, he sighed: "Why did such an accident happen?"

Xie Jiayan took the answer sheet and frowned instantly.

Nothing else, it's just that this character is really ugly. It's a little bigger, but it's still square and square, like neatly stacked boxes and cages, which looks clumsy and funny.

However, after reading the first line, Xie Jiayan understood what the accident Jiang Yunian was talking about.

"No disrespect, Yan Ruosi, calm words, peace of mind." He murmured the words, his voice was clear and clear that was unique to a young man.

His eyes turned to Jiang Yunian: "This is the "Qu Li" chapter."

Jiang Yunian nodded: "Yes, memorize the Thirteen Classics. This question was originally a question for the internal examination, but somehow it got into the bamboo slips of the entrance examination..."

"It just so happened that this little girl got it."

Little girl? Xie Jiayan flipped through the answer sheet and found the name of the respondent—Shen Mingshu.

It is indeed a girl's name.

But when he looked at the rough square characters again, he couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth. It really didn't look like it was written by a girl.

Jiang Yunian knew Xie Jiayan best, and he knew at a glance that he thought the word was ugly, so he explained: "Look at the end."

Xie Jiayan turned to the last paragraph - to the king, he said to prepare the wine; to the doctor, he said to prepare the sprinkler.

Browsing through the entire text, Xie Jiayan couldn't help but be surprised. This girl actually silently memorized the first and second chapters of "Quli". However, after reading through it, he couldn't find any mistakes in the silence.

Simply writing down questions may not tell how talented a student is, but it can tell whether a student is diligent or not.

Silently writing the contents of the Thirteen Classics was a headache for all the students in Neishe, but as a new student of Taixue, she actually silently wrote the entire chapter, and she chose "Quli", which contained a lot of content.

It's really rare for a little girl to be able to do this.

Xie Jiayan recalled the questions he had seen in other answer sheets. Compared with this one, they were not difficult enough.

"Jiayan thinks this volume should be the best."

"But she only gave a rough answer to the other two questions..." Jiang Yunian smiled bitterly, "It was also our negligence. The dictation took a long time, and the entrance exam only lasted one hour. How could she have time?"

Xie Jiayan looked back and saw that the next question was about the Book of Songs. The first thing that caught his eye was the word "answer" written by Douda.

Answer: The article I chose to appreciate is "Jianjia". This article begins with a scene description, describing the scene of xx and exaggerating the atmosphere of xx...

The whole article is written in vernacular, but the handwriting is still sloppy.

Xie Jiayan barely read two lines, then frowned and put down the answer sheet.

"Read it carefully. What she wrote is quite insightful, but it's a pity that it's a little brief." Jiang Yunian stroked his sparse beard and sounded regretful.
Chapter completed!