The money was more expensive than a good book. Bai Shan's was the most expensive. Among the three pens he picked, the most expensive one cost eight taels of silver. He paid the money without blinking.

The shopkeeper brought the box and carefully packed the pens and ink sticks they selected. Then he took a box from the clerk with a smile, opened it, and asked with a smile: "Young ladies, do you want to see it?"

Look at the inkstone? This is the best inkstone in our store, but it is made by a famous artist."

The three of them took a look and shook their heads together. This inkstone looked very expensive at first glance, and the three of them were still young and couldn't quite understand why adults like to collect inkstones.

The shopkeeper was a little disappointed when he saw them being so straightforward, but he still smiled and sent them out.

After spending a lot of money in the bookstore, everyone feels that it is very cheap when they look at the various exquisite, beautiful or ingenious things on the street.

The three of them couldn't suppress their raging desire to shop. Just as they were about to walk down, Daji put the box away and turned around and said: "Master, Master Tang, Miss Man, we should go home. It's almost time for dinner."

It's time."

The three of them stopped their legs, climbed into the carriage, and reluctantly lay at the window looking at the stalls on both sides of the street.

Man Bao touched his little heart and said, "I really can't bear to part with you."

Bai Shan was reluctant to part with it, but now he had come back rationally, "We won't need to buy so many things for the time being. Let's just wait until we buy our own house to play with."

Bai Erlang was fascinated when he heard this, "Can I also buy a house in the capital?"

Man Bao calculated his money and said: "We can't afford a big house, but we can still afford a smaller one, but we're not sure yet whether we want to live in the capital permanently, so there's no need to spend money on it now."

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"That is, if the King of Yizhou comes to Beijing and wants to annihilate us all, we have to flee for our lives," Bai Shan said: "We can still take the money with us, but we can't take the house with us."

Sitting in the carriage at this moment, both of them were informed, and the driver outside was Daji, so Bai Erlang stopped hiding and clearly expressed his worries, "The King of Yizhou really doesn't know

Us?"

"I don't know," Bai Shan said, "don't you think we passed the exam successfully and are about to enter the Imperial Academy? If he might know, Mr. Tang would not fail to write to us."

Bai Erlang lowered his voice and asked, "Then you will really play the Dengwen drum in the future?"

Bai Erlang looked at their small bodies and said, "Can you withstand that big stick?"

Man Bao said: "We are not stupid, so we don't beat the drum."

Even if you want to avenge your parents, you can't risk your own life, it's not worth it.

Bai Shan also nodded, "There are many ways to file a complaint, but this is the worst policy. Unless someone guarantees me that I won't have to be punished with a stick, I won't beat the drum."

Bai Erlang breathed a sigh of relief, "I was still thinking that if you went to beat the drum, I would have to find a doctor for you and wait beside you."

"Thank you then, I am a doctor myself." Man Bao said.

Bai Shan was concerned about another thing, "I don't know when King Yizhou will come to Beijing."

Other ministers of the imperial court were also concerned about this matter, because in less than a month, the emperor had already proposed twice to allow King Yizhou to enter the capital, and each time the courtiers expressed opposition.

It has been pushed from June to July, and July is the Ghost Month. The Queen Mother thought it was unlucky to go out this month, so she was very angry. For two days in a row, she announced that the family members of several ministers had entered the palace and made them sit on the bench.

Those ministers were the ones who were most opposed to King Yizhou's advance visit to Beijing.

I thought they would take a step back, but who knew that the ministers were aroused to be rebellious, and instead they opposed it even more strongly. In the past few days, the emperor did not even mention it, because every time he started talking, he was interrupted.

The ministers spitted all over their faces.

But the strange thing is that Master Wei Zhi is not among them this time.

Although he also expressed his opinion at the court meeting that he did not agree with King Yizhou's entry into the capital, he was not the most fiercely opposed. Therefore, his wife escaped and was not announced to the palace, and was not remembered by the Queen Mother for the time being.

The Imperial College only released the results early the next morning, but in fact the results came out early.

After all, there are only forty-eight students taking the exam this time. Each exam takes half a day, and in the remaining half day, the examiners go over the test papers and the results come out.

So yesterday afternoon, only two hours after the poetry test, all the results came out.

Today is mainly about rankings.

The Imperial College first ranked the quotas internally, and then presented the top ten papers they thought were the best to the emperor, asking him to select the three best ones.

After all, the top three will go to Guozixue.

Of course, this matter is not entirely up to the emperor. The opinion of the Imperial College's wine ceremony is also very important, and the Imperial College's wine ceremony represents all officials of the Imperial College.

The emperor read through all the policies and poems of the ten people, and the two papers were the only ones that were controversial. Tie Jing and Mo Yi were almost fixed answers, so there was nothing to argue about.

The three papers placed at the top are the three papers selected by the Imperial College as the best.

The emperor opened the paper and picked up the paper in the middle. It was Bai Shan's paper.

Kong Jijiu saw it and said: "Bai Shan is fourteen years old. Although he is young, his articles are full of spirit. The most commendable thing is that he is knowledgeable about the past and present, and his words are meaningful. He has obviously not only read a lot of books, but also has experienced outside."

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The emperor smiled and asked, "Then why did Kong Qing only rank him second? I think his policy is better than Peng Zhiru's."

Kong Jijiu said: "But this person's temperament is too arrogant. I feel that the publicity is too mellow, so I need to polish it a bit."

"Oh?" The emperor closed their papers and asked doubtfully: "But why haven't I heard his name? But Peng Zhiru's name is often heard. Obviously he is very low-key."

Kong Jijiu shook his head, "Your Majesty, you can recognize people by reading their words, and you can also recognize them by reading their writings. There is a sense of arrogance in every line of his words, and it is precisely because none of the ministers have heard of him that it further proves his arrogance.

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"Who enters the Beijing exam without submitting an essay first? Even if he doesn't submit an essay to become famous, he will still think of other ways to become famous. Only by publicizing his talents can others know that he is a talented person." Kong Jijiu said: "Peng Zhiru is only better than others.

He came to Beijing two days earlier. After entering Beijing, he became famous in the Zhuangyuan Building. He also submitted poems and essays to us. However, he kept silent and only focused on taking exams. Apparently he was too confident in himself and felt that he would definitely be able to pass the exam.

Zixue, I don’t bother to become famous.”

emperor:……
Chapter completed!