"Know."

"I know I dare to do this. If something really happens, I can't even protect you!"

A sense of anger surged into my heart, and Duke Cheng Guoyu slapped the table with a "slap", which scared Butler Wu in the lobby.

Looking at Zhu Yong with anger on his face, if it were the past moment, Chen Yichen would have been stubborn and refused to surrender. He had a reason for his own efforts.

After all, Chen Yichen was not just for the sake of showing off or being a scholar, but was simply forced to stand up and prevent a larger casualty accident from happening.

But this time, the scene of the previous one at the palace gate appeared in his mind. At that time, Duke Cheng Guo, Zhu Yong, looked at him with no anger, but a kind of worry.

For the first time, Chen Yichen felt that family affection existed in Zhu Yong's eyes.

"Thank you, Mr. Duke."

There was no argument or defense, Chen Yichen just bowed deeply and thanked Zhu Yong.

Looking at Chen Yichen's actions, Zhu Yong was stunned. The anger that had already surged out instantly disappeared, and his heart was filled with complexity.

It was at this moment that under the swaying candlelight, Zhu Yong saw Chen Yichen's wet trouser legs, so he sighed secretly and said, "You go back to the house first."

"Yes, Master."

Chen Yichen bowed and said goodbye, turned around and left the lobby.

Looking at Chen Yichen's distance, Butler Wu came to Duke Cheng and said, "Mr. Master Chen actually has your love in his heart, but he is just not good at expressing it by nature."

"Hmph, I don't need his love, just don't cause trouble for me in the future."

"What the master said is very true. With this lesson, Mr. Chen will definitely be more steady in the future."

Butler Wu naturally followed Duke Cheng, but he muttered in his heart that the two father and son's mouths were so hard...

Time flies, and the moon passes by, and time soon arrives on the seventh day of the second lunar month.

The emperor formally issued an order to appoint two chief examiners, together with eighteen examiners, to review the examination of the Yichou Department in the tenth year of Zhengtong of the Ming Dynasty.

However, this kind of appointment is just a formality and a formality. It is almost the candidate for the chief examiner at the end of last year. It has been circulated among the scholars, and there is no accident in the end.

It fell on the heads of Qian Xili, a member of the Hanlin Academy of Parliament, and Ma Yu, a member of the cabinet and the Wenyuan Pavilion.

However, Chen Yichen did not feel any tension or joy in meeting the exam, because the teacher Li Tingxiu's body has not recovered for more than ten days and is still in a weak state.

The squeeze and collision that day made Li Tingxiu feel depressed. In addition, he fainted when he saw Zhao Hongjie's angry and finally he was willing to do something and froze in the snow for several hours.

Various factors are superimposed, and with the medical conditions in ancient times, it is almost impossible to recover from a serious illness in a short time.

In the corridor outside Li Tingxiu's guest room, Chen Yichen and Li Da were standing here to discuss, with their faces extremely solemn.

"Yichen, with Mr.'s physical condition, I'm afraid he is not suitable for participating in the exam."

Hearing Li Da’s words, Chen Yichen did not answer immediately, but fell into deep thought.

The ancient imperial examination was not as simple as modern people thought that it was just a few days. The imperial examination was the same as the provincial examination. Each examination was three days, and a total of three and nine days were tested.

But the biggest difference between the imperial examination and the provincial examination is that the imperial examination cannot be submitted in advance, and must stay overnight in the examination room. The imperial examination is in the cold season of early spring, and the climate is not as pleasant as the autumn examination.

During the Ming Dynasty, the examination hall was called "Journal Tomb", and some people even called it "Diemen Pass".

The reason is that the mailroom is small and cannot sit or lie down. If it encounters heavy rain or heavy snow, it will be extremely cold. Candidates with poor physical fitness will be frozen to death and die of illness in small mailrooms.

In addition to the problems of eating, drinking, defecation, and psychological stress in the exam, the normal test will have to lose at least several pounds after a test, let alone patients like Li Tingxiu who are taking the exam.

If you force the sick to participate in the examination, you may not be able to leave the tribute hospital alive.

"I understand, it's just that the husband has been dormant for more than ten years and has finally made a decision. Just for this spring exam, how can he open this mouth?"

Chen Yichen knew very well that the reason why Li Tingxiu took the exam was that his success was his own, which gave the teacher a fighting spirit.

If he missed this class again, will he still have the courage and fighting spirit to apply for the next class exam?

"How about I tell the sir, I'm so mean anyway."

Li Da knew that Chen Yichen's personality was scrupulous and he was used to it, so he was more suitable for doing such difficult things.

"It's better for me."

Chen Yichen doesn’t want to give the difficult questions to others. Since the teacher’s fighting spirit in taking the exam is because of himself, let himself be cruelly extinguished.

Just as Shen Yichen made a decision, the door was suddenly opened, and Li Tingxiu appeared at the door with a sallow complexion.

"Sir, we..."

Chen Yichen wanted to explain a few words, but saw Li Tingxiu shook his head and said, "Yichen, don't need to say much, my teacher has heard it."

"Your worries are right. My teacher is really unable to take the scientific test. Now he is almost 40 years old and it is time to accept his destiny."

Li Tingxiu himself thought a lot about lying on the hospital bed during this period, and regretted escaping the imperial examinations for more than ten years, and was also proud of his career as a teacher for more than ten years.

In life, I have been able to see many things clearly for more than ten years. Now that I have come to the capital to take the exam, I have made up for the regret that I have not mustered up my courage in the past ten years. I am nearly forty years old and it is time to accept my fate.

"Sorry, sir, it's because my disciples are not capable enough."

Chen Yichen is now also a literati who participated in the imperial examination. He deeply understands how difficult it is for a candidate who has finally been brave and courageous.

If you can be stronger, you may not have to be in the snow and your condition will not be aggravated by dragging it.

"What are you talking about? What do you choose to do with you by your teacher? And then again, I am proud to see the growth of you in the capital!"

When he said this, Li Tingxiu showed a proud smile on his face. The grades of the private school in the outer yard can be said to be a failure in any private school, and even the children cannot pass the exam.

However, in addition to the grades, the students taught by Li Tingxiu did not go astray and always stick to their bottom line and virtues in their hearts.

From this point of view alone, I am worthy of my identity as a teacher.

"gentlemen……"

Chen Yichen opened his mouth, but he didn't know what else to comfort him.

"Okay, don't act like a woman!"

"Yichen, tomorrow I will enter the tribute court to the ancestor Confucius. You don't have to stay here, go back home early to prepare."

"It's okay, sir, I..."

Before Chen Yichen could finish his words, Li Tingxiu waved his hand and signaled him to leave first.

"Yes, sir!"

Chen Yichen understood that Li Tingxiu had made up his mind, so he bowed and turned around and left freely, so that he could both have less psychological burden.

Seeing Chen Yichen's back disappearing into the guild hall, Li Tingxiu finally couldn't hold on and coughed violently.

Seeing this, Li Da immediately came over to support him and said, "Sir, Yichen has left, you should go into the house first."

"Um."

Li Tingxiu held Li Da's arm and walked back into the house with a staggering pace, just praying silently in his heart that I could win the toad palace for the future.

On the eighth day of the second month of the 10th year of Zhengtong, Shuntian Gongyuan, located in Mingshifang, southeast of the capital, was already bustling with people.

In the entire Ming Dynasty, the thirteen provinces of the 13 provinces of the Ming Dynasty, a total of 5,326 students came here to take the exam, and the number of references reached the highest level in history.

There are new students who took the exam for the first time, and the old scholars who referred to the second, third, and even more times. The pursuit of countless scholars in their life was when they won a golden exam in just nine days!

However, compared to the crowds of people in the provincial examination, the waiting period was obviously much quieter. All the students stood in the square, waiting for the arrival of the Minister of Rites Hu Yi, and delivered the predecessor of Confucius together.
Chapter completed!