On the day Huang Dehai was to take the palace examination, Lin Xue sent him to the examination hall early in the morning.
I estimated from outside the examination hall that there were probably more than 2,000 candidates who went in this time.
Selecting 500 out of more than 2,000 people was not as exaggerated as Lin Xue had imagined.
After Huang Dehai entered the examination room, Lin Xue turned around and went back to her rented courtyard.
The examination lasted only three days. During these three days, the candidates did not need to stay in the examination hall. They could go in in the morning and come out in the afternoon.
On the morning of the second day, the same routine was repeated for three consecutive days, covering the time it would take to travel back and forth the previous day.
Because of the tight schedule, Lin Xue embroidered very quickly.
On the day Huang Dehai finished his exams, Lin Xue's performance was also completed.
How fast is it to complete a large embroidery piece in half a month?
However, Lin Xue paid a huge price: she didn't go out to play for even a single day.
After the exam, Huang Dehai didn't have time to spend with Lin Xue.
Because many candidates in the same examination hall would invite each other to go on outings.
Or they could meet up for tea and a chat, exchanging their experience in answering questions.
Lin Xue didn't care about any of these things. She just threw some change at Huang Dehai and took the embroidery to the largest embroidery shop in the capital.
As expected of the embroidery industry in the capital, Lin Xue's "Mount Tai and Big Dipper" embroidery sold for a high price of 800 taels of silver.
Seeing the good price, Lin Xue took out her previously collected "Hundred Longevity Blessings" painting. Perhaps because both paintings were excellent for birthday celebrations, this "Hundred Longevity Blessings" painting also sold for a high price of 500 taels.
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