Liu Yan suddenly realized that what he said was indeed somewhat ambiguous, and he could not help but be stunned.
The atmosphere suddenly became a little weird.
Fortunately, there was a knock on the door at this time, breaking the awkward atmosphere. Liu Yan hurriedly opened the door, and the waiter brought in the hot porridge and said with a smile: "The doctor said that you need to take medicine after dinner. I am boiling the medicine and will bring it to you in a while."
Liu Yan smiled and nodded, then closed the door.
Mu Zhuohua walked to the table and said nonchalantly: "The waiter is so attentive, the prince must have spent a lot of money."
Liu Yan said: "Only five hundred taels."
Mu Zhuohua widened his eyes and looked at Liu Yan indignantly: "He just served tea, water, cooked, and ran errands. You gave him five hundred taels, and I worked hard for you. Is it only worth five hundred taels?"
Liu Yan took out a stack of silver bills from his arms and put it on the table.
"Five thousand taels."
Mu Zhuohua immediately put away the banknotes and put on a smile: "My life, Your Majesty, just take it!"
Liu Yan couldn't help laughing: "Why do I want your life? Remember to take medicine after eating porridge, and go to sleep after taking medicine."
Mu Zhuohua looked at the closed door, and touched the warm banknotes in his arms, thinking that since he was generous, he would not change his thigh for the time being.
The next morning, the carriage prepared by Liu Yan stopped at the door of the inn. Mu Zhuohua looked at the sedan chair bearer with a murderous look on his face, and knew that this was Liu Yan's men, and his heart was relieved.
The carriage was prepared with four treasures of the study and some clothes for change. Mu Zhuohua checked it and found it was very well prepared.
"According to the time, we will go straight to the examination room after returning to Dingjing. We will have time." Liu Yan said.
Mu Zhuohua clapped his hands and suddenly remembered something: "My little girl doesn't know where I am yet. I'm afraid she must be worried to death!"
Liu Yan said: "I asked Zhimo to bring her the news last night and told her that you went to treat someone."
Mu Zhuohua breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "Your Highness is thoughtful. Zhimo stopped those people yesterday. Was he not injured?"
Liu Yan smiled and said: "Zhimo and Zhijian are both masters. It's okay. Don't worry. There is still some time on the road. Your body is not well yet. You should take more rest while you are in this world."
Mu Zhuohua looked at the thick bedding in the carriage. Thinking that Liu Yan prepared it for her, she felt a little warm in her heart.
"Thank you, Your Highness."
Mu Zhuohua was indeed tired, but her spirit was too excited to calm down. What's more, there was a big man sitting next to her. Even if he was reading a book, it was difficult for her to fall asleep in front of others.
Mu Zhuohua grabbed the quilt and covered herself with it, revealing only a pair of eyes that were rolling around. She couldn't help but turn to Liu Yan. This carriage should have been specially prepared. It was quite spacious inside. Liu Yan sat with his back to the chair and stretched out his long legs, and the space seemed a bit cramped. Mu Zhuohua looked up from the long legs to the side of Liu Yan. Liu Yan's nose was very high, and he looked more masculine from the side. At this moment, I don't know what book he was reading, his thin lips were slightly curled, and he was smiling.
Mu Zhuohua couldn't help but say, "Your Highness, you seem to be twenty-six."
Liu Yan paused, but still looked at the page, and only hummed softly with a nasal sound.
Mu Zhuohua said again, "You are not young anymore. My father had a dozen children when he was your age."
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Liu Yan hummed again, but the sound seemed to come from his chest, vague and low.
Mu Zhuohua's almond-shaped eyes rolled around, shiny black and twinkling, and he lowered his voice and said mysteriously: "Your Highness, I am a doctor, and my medical skills are pretty good."
Liu Yan felt that this topic was a bit confusing, and frowned slightly, turning his head to look at Mu Zhuohua in confusion.
Mu Zhuohua said in a whisper: "Our Mu family, ahem, my father, has many secret recipes for strengthening yang."
The corners of Liu Yan's naturally smiling moon lips suddenly froze.
Mu Zhuohua covered his mouth and said meaningfully: "If you need it, I can treat you cheaply."
Liu Yan's face suddenly fell, and without saying a word, he threw the book in his hand over, and it hit Mu Zhuohua's head with a "bang".
Mu Zhuohua was startled and shrank into the quilt. After a while, she poked her head out again, revealing her two eyes, and looked at Liu Yan timidly, her mouth covered by the quilt, and made an unclear sound: "It's not impossible to do it for free..."
Liu Yan had a gloomy face, lifted the curtain and went out, and it seemed that he sat in the front.
Mu Zhuohua sighed in her heart. From the looks of it, it was clear that she was said to be worried. She was pretty, but it was a pity that she was useless. She heard her father say that love between men and women is the most beautiful thing in the world. If a man doesn't have that fun, he will not be happy to be an emperor. But
she didn't think so. There are crows in the world, and there is no man who is not romantic and lustful. Only men who are inhumane are good men. Prince Ding is a good man. Mu Zhuohua slept again in the carriage. When she woke up, she was outside the Imperial Examination Hall, and Liu Yan had disappeared. Mu Zhuohua remembered that Liu Yan was the chief examiner, and he must have been busy, but he still carefully left a servant for her, and even helped her call Guo Juli. When Guo Juli saw Mu Zhuohua, he was so surprised that he shouted, "Miss, are you going to treat patients or yourself? Why do you look so haggard?" Mu Zhuohua smiled awkwardly and touched her cheek. She was indeed thinner. "It's also very tiring to treat patients." Guo Juli didn't bother to ask other questions. He quickly helped Mu Zhuohua prepare her luggage. Before leaving, Mu Zhuohua stuffed a package into Guo Juli's hands. Guo Juli asked blankly, "What is this?" Mu Zhuohua said, "Keep it. This is the consultation fee." Guo Juli opened it and was stunned.
The imperial examinations of the State of Chen have allowed women to participate since fifty years ago, but there are not many women who can read, and even fewer who can pass the test and come to the examination hall. Those who can are all children of famous families with a long family history. The Imperial Academy has set up an independent examination hall for female candidates. The palace ladies are responsible for body searches and serve as co-examiners, but when marking the papers, all the papers are shuffled, and the marking is not divided by gender. In the end, the number of people who can pass the imperial examination is no more than three in a session. There have been no female imperial examinations for many years. This is the norm.
Mu Zhuohua followed the instructions and entered the examination hall exclusively for female candidates. This year, there seem to be more female candidates than in previous years. There are about twenty of them. Each of them is surrounded by maids. Judging from their words and deeds, they are all famous ladies, only Mu Zhuohua looks a little shabby.
Mu Zhuohua held her things and found her own examination hall and settled there. The examination hall is divided into three sessions, each lasting three days. The first session is the interpretation of classics, the second session is poetry and prose, and the third session is policy questions. Mu Zhuohua was very confident about the meaning of the classics. She could not say that she could recite all the works of various philosophers by heart, but she could recite them word for word. Poetry was a little more difficult. She could barely write a poem with good rhythm, but it was a pity that she did not have much inspiration and was neither good nor bad. The policy questions were a big problem, because she always let herself go, her imagination was unrestrained, and she often said something shocking. If she met a conservative examiner, she might be a bad one, but if she met an examiner who could appreciate her, she would be a good one, so the result was very uncertain.
Mu Zhuohua held her chin and thought, in the first round, she should ask for help from herself, in the second round, she should ask for stability, and in the third round, she should ask for help from God.
Before the exam, the two examiners had to preside over the ceremony. Liu Chen looked at Liu Yan, who was late, and felt puzzled.
"Uncle, why are you..."
Before Liu Chen finished asking, Liu Yan said, "Let's talk about it later, don't delay the ceremony."
After being interrupted by Liu Yan, Liu Chen did not ask any more questions.
As the gate of the Imperial Examination Hall was closed, the entire capital of Ding fell silent, especially near the Imperial Examination Hall, where even the flying birds were shot down.
In the quiet Imperial Examination Hall, Liu Chen sipped his tea and said to Liu Yan, "This exam of the classics is the most boring. It's nothing more than right or wrong, and it all depends on how well the examinees remember."
Liu Yan looked away, looking a little distracted, and nodded casually.
Liu Chen said, "Those who get first-class in the classics may not necessarily be talented in the world, but are mostly old pedants."
Liu Yan thought that Mu Zhuohua had a photographic memory, so she must have gotten first-class in this subject, but he didn't know if her body could hold on for three days.
"Uncle, you seem to be worried?" Liu Chen looked at Liu Yan suspiciously.
Liu Yan came back to his senses and smiled, "Nothing, I was just thinking that there are many more female candidates this year than in previous years."
Liu Chen said, "Indeed, but with the background of the aristocratic family, it is not difficult to cultivate a few female candidates. To pass the imperial examination is indeed as difficult as ascending to heaven. Since the opening of the imperial examination to women for fifty years, the number of women who have passed the imperial examination is less than twenty." Liu Chen found it ridiculous and sneered, "Even if they pass the imperial examination, they will just go back to take care of their husbands and children and study hard. What's the point? If you don't know how to govern the country, you might as well spend more time learning about virtue, speech, tolerance and merit. "Liu Yan smiled faintly: "Everyone has his own ambitions, but reading more books is always beneficial. Different books you have read will give you different tastes of the same scenery."
Liu Yan pointed to the peach tree in the courtyard that was about to bloom and smiled: "For the same peach tree, some people turn a blind eye, some people pick flowers to understand the truth, some people pity its weakness, and some people love its scorching. Whether you become an official or a wife and child after studying, if you gain something, you gain something. "
Liu Chen was speechless when he heard this.
After a while, Liu Chen couldn't help asking: "Then what do you think of when you look at this peach blossom, uncle?"
Liu Yan smiled faintly, but didn't say anything.
A few walls away, someone sneezed, raised his head and sniffed, and looked up to see the peach blossom that was about to bloom.
——This peach blossom is really good.
Mu Zhuohua rubbed his nose and thought.
——This year's peaches must be delicious.
The first round of the imperial examination finally ended amid the eager anticipation of countless people. As the door of the Imperial Examination Hall opened, candidates with worried and haggard faces came out one after another.
Some were ecstatic, some were regretful, and some were indifferent.
Mu Zhuohua, holding her luggage, saw Guo Juli from a distance. Just as she was about to walk over, she heard a commotion next to her.
"Young Master Jinghong is out!"
Mu Zhuohua tilted her head and took a look. She said in her heart: He is indeed Young Master Jinghong. Others are disheveled, but he is still well-dressed.
Countless followers of Shen Jinghong surrounded Shen Jinghong and asked him about his exam situation. Shen Jinghong smiled and said that he would do his best, but looking at his expression, he was determined to win.
Guo Juli met Mu Zhuohua and asked hurriedly: "Miss, why is there so much money!"
Mu Zhuohua was still thinking about the exam. When she was asked this question suddenly, she didn't react for a while: "What money?"
Guo Juli thought to himself, the young lady is really arrogant. She forgot about five thousand taels.
Seeing Guo Juli making a mysterious gesture, Mu Zhuohua remembered the five thousand taels she had cheated from Prince Ding.
"Life-saving money." Mu Zhuohua raised his eyebrows and smiled slyly.
Guo Juli had been guarding that large sum of money these days and couldn't sleep well. He had to get up three times in the middle of the night to check it.
"But Juli, everyone is concerned about the test results of the candidates. It's not right for you to ask me about the money as soon as you open your mouth."
Guo Juli helped Mu Zhuohua carry the luggage and said confidently: "With this money, what does it matter whether you pass the exam or not, young lady?"
Mu Zhuohua shook her head: "You are still a maid in the Mu family, and you look so unsophisticated. This little money is not enough for my father to throw into the water to hear the sound." Guo Juli agreed when
he heard it. He was immersed in the beautiful dream of getting rich for three days. After being poked by Mu Zhuohua, he woke up from the dream and became aware of the crisis again.
"It seems that there must be a proper way to make money." Guo Juli said seriously, "Miss, how did you do in the exam?"
Mu Zhuohua waved her hands and laughed, "I'm not bragging, it's impossible for anyone to be better than me."
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