Chapter 414 Restraint

When she was busy on weekdays, Shen Yueyao felt that time passed very quickly, but now she felt that time was really slow.

There were more and more horse-drawn carriages, and they were lined up far away on the street.

She has good hearing and can hear many people talking and discussing something.

"It hasn't come out yet."

“Time goes so slowly.”

"I don't know what's going on with the Second Young Master."

"Oh, Master, I've taken the exam several times, and I don't know if I can pass this time."

"You must not faint when you come out. You must hold on."

"The exam is finally over after nine days. It'll only be a short while. Everyone should be out soon."

"The results will be announced in about ten days. Don't be so nervous. If you pass the exam, you'll be a Jinshi..."

"The palace examination is all about ranking."

…

Everyone was waiting for the people inside to finish the exam. They were just sitting there doing nothing, so some of them started talking.

While everyone was waiting, a few peddlers came with shoulder poles to sell things.

"Selling cakes."

"Steamed buns, freshly baked steamed buns..."

"Hot scones, hot scones..."

"Tea..."

"Sachets, selling sachets..."

"Selling flowers, selling velvet flowers..."

The peddler walked around the carriage with a shoulder pole, shouting to attract business.

Shen Yueyao sat in the carriage and watched, touching her chin with her hand, sighing that the people in the capital really had a business mind.

Everyone knows to come here to sell things.

Everyone was waiting anxiously and was indeed a little bored. Some people also spent some copper coins to buy some food.

Some thought that the master would probably be hungry when he came out, so it would be a good opportunity to eat something hot to fill his stomach.

So the peddlers had good business and many people came to buy things.

Shen Yueyao smiled. Sure enough, everyone was quite smart.

Shen Yueyao's expression changed just by looking at it.

She feels that the more students there are, the more traffic there will be and the better the business will be.

This suddenly gave her an idea, which was to do some business near the academy.

By the way, there seem to be several academies in the capital, including the Imperial College and other academies.

She would go and see what the situation was like near the academy later. She was thinking of buying a store and opening a shop.

If Su Xueyi passed the exam to become the first member, her ten thousand taels of silver would become one hundred thousand taels of silver, and she could use this money to buy a store.

If the milk tea shop business is good, you can also open one near the college.

Can we open a bookstore near the academy, organize the students to form a college club, and start a college newspaper to publish college articles...

Thinking about this, Shen Yueyao felt a little excited.

There were no such things as newspapers in this era.

But if you want to do all these, it is best to invent papermaking and printing.

Otherwise, it would be very slow to just copy them one by one.

With the advent of printing, copying one sheet at a time is fast.

And with the invention of papermaking, paper became cheaper.

Shen Yueyao was thinking about business matters, and time passed quickly.

It was not until the evening that the gate of the Imperial Examination Hall opened.

Candidates came out one after another.

Some people looked very weak, as if they had been hungry and worked hard for several days.

"Second Young Master, you are finally out. The master asked us to come and take you back."

The man called the Second Young Master nodded weakly, not even wanting to say anything, and was taken to the carriage and left.

“Boom…”

One of them fainted on the ground as soon as he came out.

"Dad, Dad, what's wrong with you? Wake up..."

The person who fainted was also taken back by his family in a carriage.

Some people stood weakly by for a long time before walking away.

Not all of them were from the vicinity of the capital, and their families had carriages to pick them up.

Some people become very weak right away.

Seeing people fainting one after another, Shen Yueyao felt anxious.

She looked towards the door.

When she saw Su Xueyi coming out, Shen Yueyao's eyes lit up.

Even after nine days of exams, he still looked noble and elegant, and his temperament was very different from those around him.

Seeing that he was fine, Shen Yueyao breathed a sigh of relief.

She hurriedly got off the carriage and ran towards Su Xueyi.

Su Xueyi also saw Shen Yueyao in the crowd at first sight, and his eyes instantly showed a tender and warm color.

The cold and lonely aura around the whole person suddenly became gentle.

There was also a restrained longing in Su Xueyi's eyes.

Shen Yueyao ran towards Su Xueyi. Su Xueyi's face changed when she saw more people around. She hurried forward and gently protected Shen Yueyao, fearing that people next to her would bump into her.

"You're out now. Are you tired?"

Su Xueyi smiled gently and said, "I'm not tired."

As soon as he came out and saw his Yao Niang, all the fatigue in his body disappeared.

It was indeed hard in there, but this little bit of hardship was nothing to him.

Su Xueyi had to use great self-control to restrain herself from hugging Shen Yueyao.

But he still reached out and touched Shen Yueyao's hair.

The movements are gentle.

Shen Yueyao looked at Su Xueyi's expression and felt that he was still a little tired, which could be seen between his eyebrows.

Just looking at it, Shen Yueyao felt a little distressed.

Su Xueyi lowered her head to meet Shen Yueyao's eyes and could tell what she was thinking.

Su Xueyi said gently: "It's okay, don't worry, just go home and rest."

"Hurry up and get in the carriage. We'll go home soon."

"But why haven't Brother Dong and the others come out yet?"

Su Xueyi said softly, "He should be in the examination room inside. He should be out soon."

After a while, Dong Wenren and the other three came out.

When the three of them saw Shen Yueyao driving a carriage to pick them up, they were even more moved.

Their legs were a little weak and their bodies had no strength at all. If they hadn't held on tightly, they might have fainted on the ground.

Seeing that many people nearby had no one to answer their calls, they sat there to rest, as if waiting to have enough strength to return to their residence.

However, Dong Wenren and the others were in worse condition than Su Xueyi, and looked much more haggard.

After everyone got on the carriage, Lusong drove the carriage home.

However, Dong Wenren said, "Cousin, cousin, let's go back to our place and clean up."

The exams are over, how can they still stay at their cousin's house?

Then there are Feng Xiu'an and Kang Haozhi who feel even more embarrassed to stay here.

They don't want to cause any more trouble.

There was no other way before because of the exam.

Now that the exam is over, they should also pay attention to the necessary details.

It’s not like there’s no place to live.

Moreover, the imperial court would subsidize travel expenses for the candidates who came to Beijing to take the imperial examination, so they would have more money in their hands at that time.

It would be more reassuring to go back and live here.

Moreover, Dong Wenren felt that since he hadn't seen his cousin and his wife for nine days, he naturally had a lot of personal things to say.

Seeing that Dong Wenren insisted, Shen Yueyao asked Lusong to send them back first.

At this time, everyone wanted to have a good rest first, and talking would probably be very tiring.

They thought they would talk about some things after they had rested.

Furthermore, if it weren't for the things Shen Yueyao prepared for them, they probably wouldn't have been able to hold on for nine days.

That pick-me-up really works.

Also, Kang Haozhi was nervous before, and when he entered the examination room, his stomach really started to hurt and he felt uncomfortable. He was scared at the time.

Fortunately, I took the spare medicine given by my benefactor, and it worked immediately, and I no longer had stomach pain or discomfort.

I was still nervous, but when I really focused on answering the questions, it was okay.

And the thin duvet is really warm.

Down vests are even warmer.

It has no impact at all when writing articles.