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Ji Mingyan started sneezing again, sprinkling poison powder with his backhand while explaining, "A-choo—I didn't think so. My brother-in-law came to my house for dinner before, and he took the initiative to say he wanted to take some back. A-choo—"
The cook also sneezed and paused after hearing this: "Oh, I remember! You put Danzhi in the dish!"
Ji Mingyan: "Yes, I put some in this time..."
Before he finished speaking, the cook carried the two large buckets, one on each side, and effortlessly placed them on the table next to him. "Not bad, not bad. Give me more of these leftovers. If you give me some, I'll be happy. I'll tell you how I suppressed the Golden Toad Gu."
Ji Mingyan looked excited and agreed immediately.
He was delighted, thinking that such a good thing could happen in the world. Finally, someone would eat his leftovers. Not only that, but the other party also offered to teach him how to suppress the Golden Toad Gu.
The cook watched Ji Mingyan leave the Wu family as if she had been taken advantage of.
Then she rushed back to the kitchen, kicked the door shut, opened the two large buckets of food, and rubbed her hands ready to go.
It would be such a waste to eat this as a meal. She wanted to try to extract those good medicinal herbs worth tens of millions of taels from these leftovers.
The cook kicked the door a little too quickly, and a lot of sawdust and wood chips fell in the air.
Xuezhu came over with a broom and quickly swept the floor clean.
In the lighted room nearby, Wu Weian was still reading.
However, since Ji Yunxi was not there, he leaned on her exclusive beauty bed.
But after leaning against it for a while, Wu Weian lost interest in reading.
A hint of Ji Yunxi's fragrance lingered on the beauty couch. Her scent was always cool and refreshing, unlike the sweet scent of an ordinary woman. But inexplicably, it made Wu Weian unable to concentrate. The image of her lazily leaning there in the evening kept flashing through his mind.
Wu Weian sighed, put the book down, and went out for some fresh air.
As a result, as soon as I went out, I met Xuezhu who was walking by with a broom.
Generally speaking, it would just float away, but this time, the snow bamboo actually floated back.
Xuezhu had been doing well these days, and the acne on his face was almost gone. He called out, "Young Master."
Wu Wei'an stopped and raised his eyebrows: "?"
Xuezhu opened her mouth but still asked dryly, "Master, don't you want to read anymore?"
Wu Weian took a closer look at the cleaning boy whom he had raised.
Why did he feel like something had changed?
Wu Weian didn't answer, but Xuezhu still looked at him seriously, waiting for his answer obediently.
Wu Wei'an said calmly, "I'm taking a walk."
After he finished speaking, he walked towards the yard and happened to meet the cook who was returning to her room to get tools.
The cook was much bolder than Xuezhu. Upon hearing this, she asked directly, "Sir, aren't you reading at this time?"
Wu Wei'an's face was calm: "Take a walk."
The cook said: "Sir, please don't take a walk for too long. Otherwise, it will be hard to explain to the third lady if she finds out."
Wu Weian looked at her quietly.
The cook immediately shut up, tiptoed back to the room.
Wu Weian was walking in the yard. The round-faced steward who always hid in the dark stopped not far away, wanting to go forward but not daring to.
Wu Wei'an's forehead twitched, and he could no longer bear it. He said word by word, "I'm going for a walk."
Seeing that Wu Weian seemed to be really about to get angry, the round-faced manager quickly disappeared.
Wu Weian stood there, looked up at the moon in the sky, listened to the sound of firecrackers coming one after another in the capital city, and suddenly felt that it was really boring.
After a while, he went back to his room to continue reading.
Seeing this, the four pairs of eyes hidden in the dark all retracted their eyes.
After all, the young master's spring examination also concerns their future.
Time passes day by day as the pages of the book turn.
The snow stopped falling, the weather began to warm up, and the dead trees in the yard sprouted new buds.
February is here.
The Spring Examination is also here.
Chapter 30 As long as she survives, she must take this test
During the reign of Emperor Yu, the imperial examinations were conducted in a phased process, beginning with the provincial examinations in the autumn. Generally speaking, only successful candidates could participate in the spring examinations in February. After the spring examinations, the results were announced, and the top 288 candidates participated in the final palace examination, where the emperor determined the final rankings.
However, there was a convention in the Dayu Dynasty that every official in the capital of the sixth rank and above could have one place exempted from the provincial examination and directly participate in the February spring examination.
Ji Yunxi had five brothers, the eldest brother, the second brother, the fifth brother, the sixth brother, and the seventh brother. The third and fourth brothers died early due to smallpox.
The eldest brother Ji Mingxi grew up with the prince. Later, his father died unexpectedly. He inherited the title of Marquis of Qingyuan at a young age. With the appreciation of the prince and the emperor, he rose to prominence in officialdom without having to participate in the imperial examinations.
My second brother is now stationed on the border of Dayu, and he is not taking the path of imperial examination.
The fifth brother has no official position and has no intention of becoming an official, so we will not mention him here.
Sixth brother entered the Dali Temple with his excellent poison skills, so the place for exemption from the examination fell on Ji Mingshuang.
As for the Wu family, it was a coincidence that Wu Qi was still serving as an official in Pingjiang during the provincial examination last autumn, having not yet been promoted, and therefore not exempt from the examination. Both the eldest and second sons of the family took the provincial examination, but the eldest son did not take it at the last minute. The second son did pass, and his ranking was among the top five in Pingjiang.
But within two months, Wu Qi was promoted to the sixth rank of Yuwenlang of the Ministry of Works. Now, Wu Weian had the opportunity to participate in the spring examination in February.
Pingjiang is far away from the capital, so everyone only knew about these things from the stories told by the scholars who came from Pingjiang to take part in the spring examination.
The Spring Examination consists of three sessions, each lasting three days. Today is the first day, and soon the Imperial Examination Hall will open and the candidates will enter.
Therefore, at this time, the outside of the Imperial Examination Hall was crowded with a large number of candidates, some of whom were still holding books and reciting them, trying to read as much as possible.
Most of the candidates had no intention of reading and gathered together to chat, and the topic of their conversation was Wu Weian.
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