Believe him?
Pei Ji was stunned for a moment, then curled the corners of his mouth slightly.
"By the way, how long have you kept this guest room open?"
"One month, it will expire two days after the Spring Examination."
"Will you move in with me then?" Suddenly remembering his feelings for her, she quickly explained, "My guest house has a yard and three rooms. It's quite large, and the environment is much quieter and more comfortable than the guest rooms. It's perfect for you to study..."
Pei Ji looked at her for a long time without knowing what was going on before he said, "Okay..."
Su Li pretended not to notice and took out a small wooden box from his sleeve and placed it on the table: "This is the jade pendant you asked me to bring."
Pei Ji was about to take part in the Spring Examination, and she didn't plan to tell him about the jade pendant just yet, fearing that it would affect his mood.
If you want to tell him, you have to wait until he passes the palace examination.
"Have you prepared the necessities for the examination?" The Spring Examination will last for nine days. During these nine days, the Ministry of Rites will not provide food for the candidates. Therefore, the candidates need to bring their own dry food and some necessities.
"I only prepared pen, ink, paper and inkstone..."
"Then I'll prepare the rest for you tomorrow..."
She is now his nominal wife. Since she has followed him to the capital, she must fulfill her responsibilities.
Seeing Pei Ji nod in agreement, she continued, "Then go read. I won't disturb you. I'll be back soon..."
Then he stood up and walked out.
There was a half-opened book on the table. It was obvious that Pei Ji was reading before she came.
The Spring Examination is the day after tomorrow, so he must be busy reviewing.
"Ali." Pei Ji called her.
"What's wrong?" Su Li turned around.
Pei Ji paused for a long moment before saying, "I'll take you there..."
"Oh... okay."
The two of them left the guest room together. Pei Ji sent Su Li to the door of the guest house and watched her enter the yard before going back.
Returning to the guest room, he picked up the book on the table, but found that he couldn't concentrate on reading it.
His mood was a little complicated. On the one hand, he was very happy to see Su Li, but on the other hand, he felt a little lost.
Recalling Ah Li's reaction just now, it seemed that she had no feelings for him other than basic responsibility...
February 28th is the day of the Spring Examination.
Su Li got up early, packed up, and took the dry food and necessities he had prepared for Pei Ji yesterday and went out.
"Pei Ji? When did you come?"
As soon as I walked out of the guest house, I saw Pei Ji standing outside with a medium-sized bag in his hand. It should be the writing brush, ink, paper and inkstone he would use for the exam. He had said before that these had already been prepared.
"Just arrived." Pei Ji took the two big bags from her hands.
"Then let's go..."
When I left the inn, I saw a carriage waiting outside the door. It was the one Su Li had booked yesterday.
The two of them got on a carriage and headed to the Ministry of Rites.
Jufu Inn is quite far from Gongyuan, and even if the journey was smooth, it still took them half an hour to arrive.
In order to avoid chaos and accidents, a roadblock was set up a hundred meters outside the entrance of the Imperial Examination Hall, and carriages could not enter. Su Li and Pei Ji took a few bags and got off the carriage.
At this time, the entrance to the Imperial Examination Hall was already filled with candidates and their family and friends who came to see them off.
Su Li suddenly recalled the scene in her previous life when she sent her two younger brothers to take the college entrance examination. At that time, the two younger brothers were under quite a lot of pressure.
She turned her head to look at Pei Ji, wondering if he was nervous or stressed.
She patted Pei Ji's shoulder and encouraged him, "Pei Ji, don't feel pressured, just perform normally..."
This is how she encouraged her two twin brothers in the past.
Pei Ji was a little amused. During the Chinese New Year, Su Li had used the same tone when giving him lucky money, as if she treated him as a junior.
He had no choice but to nod slightly: "Hmm..."
The examination hall is inside the Imperial Academy. Friends and relatives of the candidates are not allowed to enter. There are several men in blue shirts standing at the door, who are specifically responsible for checking the candidates' examination documents.
"I'll pick you up after the examination..." Su Li lined up with Pei Ji and only walked back to where they got off the carriage after he entered the examination room.
After three days in the capital, her accommodation was arranged. Pei Zhao had taken a look and sent Pei Ji to the imperial examination. Next, she had to go about her business and make a few fortunes along the way...
The carriage she had come in was still waiting for her. She boarded it swiftly and said to the coachman, "Master, let's go to the market west of the city."
"West City Market? Okay!" The coachman immediately turned the car around and drove towards the west of the city.
She had learned yesterday that in addition to the imperial palace in the center of the capital, there were four residential areas, namely the east, west, south and north of the city.
The east side of the city is mostly inhabited by officials and wealthy people, while the west side is the opposite, where the poor gather. The market in the west side of the city is also a mixed bag, and of course, the things sold are also varied, which is a bit like a black market.
The carriage took more than an hour to reach the West City Market. Su Li got off the carriage at the market entrance, looked at the bulletin board at the entrance for a while, and then slowly walked into the market.
The market street is very lively. On one side of the long street are shops, and on the other side are a variety of stalls. The layout of the market looks quite fresh.
Su Li walked and looked along the way, and when he reached the middle of the street, he entered a pharmacy called Guangming.
"Sir, what can I do for you?" The owner of the pharmacy asked politely as soon as I entered the door.
"Boss, do you have any preserved apricots?"
"I'm sorry, sir, we don't have dried apricots in our shop," the shopkeeper replied politely.
"If you don't have dried apricots, you can at least have candied fruit. I'm desperate for it."
The shopkeeper smiled and said, "We have candied fruit. How much would you like?"
"Three two three, pick the big ones for me."
The shopkeeper paused and said with a smile, "Please follow me..."
Su Li nodded and followed the owner of the pharmacy into the inner room.
"Sir, what would you like to order?" When entering the inner room, the shopkeeper still had a smile on his face.
"Ten bottles each of Mihunsan and Ruanjingsan."
"Please wait a moment, I'll get it for you..." the shopkeeper said and turned into another inner room.
In the Great Jin State, Mikunsan and Ruanjingsan are controlled drugs and cannot be sold privately, except in certain stores like those in the west of the city. Moreover, the sale of drugs is not open to the public, and one needs to use the pharmacy's code words when purchasing.
The code words usually come from recommendations from acquaintances to ensure that the store will not be easily discovered.
However, this is actually something that many people know tacitly. Sometimes even some court officials would buy and use this medicine.
Su Li knew the secret code because Pei Ji learned it during the trial in the original novel.
The pharmacy owner quickly came out with a tray filled with twenty small bottles and two large bottles. "Sir, the small bottles are Ecstasy Powder and Muscle Softening Powder, and the two large bottles are the antidote. A total of two hundred taels of silver."
"good……"
Su Li complained in her heart, a bottle of medicine is only used once, it's so expensive, more expensive than the house she bought in the town of Taohua Village. She didn't show it on her face, paid the banknote neatly, and after the owner of the drugstore packed her things, she took the things and left the drugstore.
She continued shopping, passing several shops, and then entered a knife shop.
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