The ninth day of the first lunar month is coming soon, and the capital on this day seems to be extraordinarily noisy.
From around midnight, there has been a long queue outside the Gongyuan. Candidates wearing school uniforms, servants carrying test baskets, and family members who sent them to the test, almost blocked the entire street outside Gongyuan.
Numerous whispering voices gathered in one place, even if it was not crowded with people, the night was long gone.
However, these are common to the soldiers guarding outside the Gongyuan, because Liang Guo's three-year spring festival is about to start, and it is not uncommon to see this once every three years. It was not until the opening time of the Gongyuan, and the officials of the Ministry of Rites who were in charge of the scientific expedition, arrived, and when there was still a lot of noise outside, no one spoke up and demanded silence.
Lu Qicheng was standing in the crowd in a green shirt, and the servant next to him was holding the test basket and looked at him worriedly: "Young, young master, are you okay? It's still early to enter and leave the test at this time, you should go first after you enter. Take a break, don't burn your body."
In the end, it was still midnight, and even though there were countless lights outside the Gongyuan that illuminated the surroundings as bright as day, many things were still hidden in the shadows. For example, Lu Qicheng's current situation is full of dust, and his face is so gloomy that he can almost drip out of water...
The little servant was still chattering, saying things like the body is more important than the exam, which made others feel very unconfident when they heard it. A scholar in line behind Lu Lu Qicheng finally couldn't help it, covered his mouth and turned his head, chuckling lightly.
This laughter fell into Lu Qicheng's ears, which was sarcasm, and his dark face was even more ugly. He grabbed the test basket in the hands of the little servant, and said impatiently: "Okay, if I can't teach you, you can go back by yourself!"
The little servant didn't dare to say anything, and didn't dare to stay, so he had to retreat to the corner worriedly, but he still didn't dare to leave.
Lu Qicheng was about to explode with anger. He clearly calculated everything - Lu Qipei did a better essay than him, and her husband said that she would rank better in the scientific examination. Although he was jealous, but thinking that the other party was a woman, no matter how good he was in the exam, he was paving the way for him, so he didn't feel anything. Even in order to deceive the other party and willing to take the test, he even did a scene and was stabbed for nothing!
But what about now? Where did Lu Qipei, who promised to get the first grade back for him, go? Are those who follow her all with wine bags and rice bags? They can lose someone at this juncture, and they have to run back thousands of miles to take the exam!
Lu Qicheng shook hands, the wound on the back of his hand was not very deep, and now it does not affect his writing. But Lu Qicheng had no idea in his heart, because he was busy with his own affairs during this time, and he never touched the book at all. Coupled with the long journey back, his face is full of exhaustion, how can he compare with those candidates who are recharged
The more he thought about it, the more irritable he became. If the boy hadn't left before, he would have been so irritable that he would have smashed the test basket in his face.
However, no matter how aggrieved Lu Qicheng felt in his heart, the door of the Gongyuan still opened, and the entering team began to move forward slowly. He had to follow the team forward. After all, he could do too many things in three years, so he could only go all out if he didn't want to delay.
When he stepped into the Gongyuan with the test basket, Lu Qicheng still thought angrily: Don't let him find Lu Qipei, otherwise she must be beautiful!
The weather in early February was warm and cold.
When the weather is fine, you can even take off your thick jacket and put on a spring shirt, but as long as there is a storm, it can be as cold as winter. Therefore, the spring season has always been grueling. Many candidates often never fall under the mountain of exam questions, but are tossed to death by the changeable weather.
This spring is an exception, because this year is truly a warm spring.
From the beginning of the test on the ninth day to the end of the test on the eighteenth, the whole nine days will be clear skies. This has made the candidates who can only wear single clothes in the examination room much better, and it has also reduced the number of candidates who dropped out of the exam due to illness this year.
Lu Qipei still remembered how hard it was for the nine days and six nights in the Gongyuan, but these have nothing to do with her now. She slept in Jingchen Palace until dawn, washed and went out, and she felt relaxed and happy when she saw the clear sky - at this hour, should all the exam questions of Gongyuan be sent out? It's so good, this time Chunwei really has nothing to do with her!
Lu Qipei was in a good mood here, and Qi Yang appeared beside her at some point. The two watched the morning sun rise side by side, and the golden sunlight fell on the palace. Qi Yang suddenly turned around and said, "Apei, how about we leave the palace today?"
Lu Qipei was in a trance for a moment when he heard the words, and then nodded in response: "Okay."
It was Lu Qipei's long-standing plan to leave the palace. To avoid Chunwei, her chances of escaping the Lu family's search were much greater. And now she has also told Qi Yang about her identity as a woman and her twin brother, so it's time to leave...
Lu Qipei thought so, and she was quite sad about it. However, Qi Yang was completely different from what she thought!
The two were still riding in the sedan chair, and then changed to the palace where the carriage came out. Just after leaving the palace, before Lu Qipei could decide whether to leave immediately, or to accompany Qi Yang after today, Her Royal Highness's carriage kicked her to a courtyard in the west of the city.
Lu Qipei followed Qi Yang out of the car, but for a while he didn't understand where he was going. But before she could ask, Qi Yang had already pointed around and said cheerfully, "A Pei, this is my new courtyard. Come with me."
Did Her Royal Highness have this courtyard before? Lu Qipei pondered for a while and found nothing.
It's just that Lu Qipei's temperament won't go into depth. She temporarily suppressed her thoughts of leaving, and followed Qi Yang to the other courtyard.
The two did not walk fast, Lu Qipei subconsciously looked at this other courtyard. Pavilions and pavilions, ponds and rockeries, these are exquisite but nothing new. On the contrary, there were many flowers and trees along the road, which attracted her attention. Perhaps because of the warm spring, all things recovered earlier than in previous years.
Lu Qipei stared at an apricot tree beside the wall for a second time, and there were already small buds on the branches. Only a few pink and white flowers bloomed sporadically, but it is already conceivable that this branch will be lively in a few days.
Qi Yang stopped and saw that she was looking at the flowers, he said with a smile, "I'll bring you here in a few days when the flowers bloom."
Lu Qipei was inexplicably touched, seeing that the smiling little princess didn't respond well, and didn't say anything bad.
The two continued to walk, crossed the veranda and entered the courtyard. Lu Qipei looked at the house in front of him and became more and more dazed - it didn't look like she was brought here to play - she finally couldn't help but ask: "Why did Your Highness bring me here? meaning?"
Qi Yang was walking in front, and at this moment he had already pushed open the door of the house in front of him. Through the open door, you can see that the bookshelves and desks are all available, except that there are no books on the bookshelves, and there are no pen and ink on the desks. This is basically what a study room looks like.
Looking at the empty study, Lu Qipei became even more puzzled, but Qi Yang didn't even give her time for doubts - before Qi Yang's answer, Lu Qipei was pushed into the room by her, and then heard her call again: " come."
Zhi Ting appeared out of nowhere, holding a large basket in her hand, and handing it to Her Royal Highness with a blank face.
Qi Yang casually placed the basket on the empty bookcase, and then made a serious appearance, and said to Lu Qipei, "I have a ruthless request, I wonder if Apei can help me?"
Lu Qipei looked at Qi Yang, and suddenly felt that the person in front of her was far from the little princess she remembered. Her little princess will not be so reckless, nor so strong, nor so inexplicable... It is simply overwhelming!
But she hasn't learned to reject Qi Yang, especially when she owed money in her previous life and now decides to leave. Therefore, after a brief silence, Lu Qipei asked without temper, "What's the matter?"
Qi Yang pointed at the basket and smiled, with a particularly bright smile: "Apei is talented, can you help me write a few articles?"
Well, it's not a big deal either...
Lu Qipei opened the basket in a helpless mood, and what caught his eye was a neatly arranged pen, ink, paper, inkstone, and a blank sheet of paper full of topics. She glanced at it inadvertently, and her pupils shrank suddenly, and her body became stiff - what did she see? What she saw was the exam questions of Jinke Chunwei!
She didn't doubt that she read or remembered wrongly, but why did the little princess ask her to write this? !
The author has something to say: Lu Qipei (sad): I don't want to take the exam, not at all!
Qi Yang (touching his head): No, you want to! Good, you can be a concubine by taking a good test.
Lu Qipei (… ): That’s alright, it’s also… quite fragrant.