A Lady's Tranquility

Thinking of the world that You Fangyin said she lived in in the previous life, and thinking about the place she was in, Jiang Xuening didn't know why, and her heart was not very refreshed. So when I buried my head and stared at the questions posed by these gentlemen again, the more I looked at them, the more I didn't like them.

Originally, she was going to pretend to be a waste who did not seek to make progress.

But now, just staring at it, I felt a bit of arrogance: I don't stay in the palace anyway, and I'm afraid of offending these old men?

Jiang Xuening held the pen with her slender fingers, and slowly turned it around in her hand, a smile suddenly appeared on her lips.

The entire question paper is indeed as Xie Wei said before, it is not particularly difficult. Most of the content of the examination is the way of Confucius and Mencius, plus some poetry rhythm and music theory knowledge.

Now she has already answered half of the answers in words like a dog crawling.

As for the remaining half...

"The Master said: The three armies can seize the commander, but the common man cannot seize the will. What is the explanation? How to say 'a gentleman is more valuable than aspiration'?"

Jiang Xuening seriously drew a bastard on the answer sheet stroke by stroke, and then wrote: "One said, 'every man sees humiliation, draws his sword and stands up to fight, this is not brave enough', and second said, 'Every man is angry and bloody Splashing five steps'. If you are a "plain man", you are mediocre. How can you have "aspirations"? If you have no ambition, what is there to take away? I don't know how to explain it, but I understand one thing: the sage is also talking nonsense!"

"The Master said: I was born with virtue, how can I give it? Please use the word 'virtue' to make an argument."

What this means is, Confucius said, God has given me such a character, what can Huan of Song State do to me?

It is said that Confucius passed through the state of Song when he went to the state of Chen. Sima Huan of the state of Song heard about it and went to harm Confucius. At that time, Confucius and his disciples were talking about the rituals of Zhou under the big tree, so Huan Shu led people to cut down the big tree, intending to kill Confucius.

These words were said by Confucius on the way to escape.

Scholars have always regarded Confucius as a "sage". Everything Confucius said is correct, and even nonsense can give you a lot of truth.

Jiang Xuening almost rolled her eyes when she saw this sentence.

If a person possesses "virtue", can he turn danger into good luck and not be afraid of other people's harm? What are you talking about. And this is still a description of myself, and I really don't blush when I brag about myself.

For this question, she has too many "theories" that she wants to formulate.

Immediately, he scribbled on the answer sheet again.

Apart from the ugly writing, there is nothing wrong with it.

An hour and a half passed quickly.

At this time, most of the other people in the hall had stopped writing, and the palace servants rang the bronze chime in the hall, and came up to collect the scroll.

When Jiang Xuening received it, she was still lying on the desk and writing.

The palace man coughed: "Miss Jiang Er, hand in the paper."

Jiang Xuening was unmoved, and without looking up at her, she just said, "Oh, wait until I finish writing the last sentence."

The palace man couldn't help being embarrassed, subconsciously turned his head to look at Xie Wei who had stood up and looked this way.

Xie Wei didn't say anything.

The palace servant had no choice but to stand aside with his hands down, quietly waiting for Jiang Xuening to write. It's just that her "last sentence" seemed extraordinarily long, and she wrote a lot more.

Everyone's eyes fell on her, and they were a little puzzled in their hearts for a moment: It shouldn't be. Jiang Xuening seems to have passed all the questions that Jiang Xuening gave them earlier, which shows that she is well prepared, and this question paper is not too difficult, like Xiao Shu and Fan Yilan, in fact, it only took an hour to complete the answer paper It's finished, but I don't want to show off, so I didn't hand it in in advance. Why did she take so long?

After much difficulty, she finally put down her pen, and then she lifted the densely written answer sheet from the case, blew on the ink, and handed it to the long-awaited palace servant: "Thank you."

The palace man secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

She only thought that the second girl Jiang took the exam very seriously and was knowledgeable, so the answer sheet was so full. But when she took the answer sheet and looked at it, was the word full of ghosts and talismans serious? And also wrote this much...

Cold sweat almost came out on his forehead.

The palace servants didn't dare to say too much, after collecting all the answer sheets and sorting them out, they presented them to Xie Wei.

At this point, the exam is considered complete.

Everyone relaxed a little bit.

Fang Miao sat closer to Jiang Xuening, watched Xie Wei above take the answer sheet and spread it on the desk, then put his head next to her and asked, "Why did you take so long to answer? What kind of mystery is not easy to find?"

There is no mystery.

If I have to say yes, it is: the wisdom of the gangster.

Jiang Xuening also raised her eyes and looked up, seeing that Xie Wei didn't pay attention to the bottom, she turned her head and lowered her voice, "I'm just stupid, so I took a long time to answer."

fool?

She looks like she has something to do with the word "stupid"?

Fang Miao didn't want to talk to her for a moment, but felt that she was hypocrisy of "she is very powerful but wants to be modest", so she glanced at her quietly and said, "Just pretend."

Seeing that she didn't believe her, Jiang Xuening couldn't explain any more.

Anyway, she felt relaxed after answering the paper.

The answer sheet this time is completely "prescribing the right medicine", I'm afraid those old men will blow their beards and stare when they see it, and they will bleed out of anger. She doesn't have to worry about getting out of the palace!

So he quietly began to look at Xie Wei.

The answer sheet on the top of the desk was from Xiao Shu, the eldest lady of Chengguo Duke's Mansion.

Hairpin Hua Xiaokai is extremely beautiful, and it can be seen that it has been practiced for a long time.

After reading it, Xie Wei nodded lightly, then put the answer sheet aside, and picked up a new answer sheet to read, his expression was still calm, and the people sitting below couldn't see any clues from it.

But when he waited for the fifth answer sheet, the corners of his eyes suddenly twitched imperceptibly.

Jiang Xuening, who was paying close attention to his expression, was shocked in her heart: it's my turn, it's my turn!

Think about Xie Wei in the previous life.

He is familiar with the books of sages and sages, is proficient in a hundred dialects, can write good characters, and can talk well on the piano. I don't know if seeing her answer sheet will cause smoke from the seven orifices?

If this person wanted to change his face on the spot, how exciting would it be?

God knows how much Xie Wei was shocked when he suddenly saw the densely packed dog crawling characters on the fifth answer sheet after reading the first four answer sheets with neat handwriting.

The horizontal and vertical are not straight, and the left and right are crooked.

It's like a Taoist priest drawing ghost charms, but even the seven or eight-year-old children in the school can write better than this!

For a moment, he frowned, raised his hand and wanted to throw this answer sheet on the ground.

But looking at the front of the scroll, the word "Jiang Xuening" came into view. Xie Wei tightened his fingers holding the answer sheet, only raised his gaze, and looked towards the corner of the hall that was already brightly lit by the sky outside at this moment, unexpectedly saw Jiang Xuening secretly looking at him, his black and white eyes were a bit like a fox The sly dark light. But as soon as he turned his gaze around, the shrewd glint disappeared completely, and he only looked at it with an awkward and timid gaze, and quickly lowered his head, as if he knew how bad his answer was. I feel very worried about this.

Xie Weizu stared at her for a while.

Jiang Xuening thought that he would turn his gaze away just by looking at it, so shortly after he lowered his head, he raised his head again, wanting to continue watching Xie Wei's reaction.

But who would have thought that he would meet the gaze that he didn't look back at all.

In an instant, the hairs stood on end!

Although Xie Wei didn't have any harsh and stern expression on his face, it looked indifferent, like a calm sea, but Jiang Xuening felt that there was a turbulent undercurrent hidden underneath, which was shocking.

The calmer the outside, the more turbulent the inside.

The back of her neck felt cold, resisting the urge to run away, and slowly buried her head down again, but this time she dared not lift it up again.

It was only then that Xie Wei withdrew his gaze very slowly, and looked at the answer sheet again.

The hall was suddenly very quiet.

Because all the ladies from other aristocratic families who were also secretly paying attention to Xie Wei's expression were very surprised to find that Mr. Xie, who didn't need to read an answer sheet for half a moment, had already read the fifth answer sheet for a full hour. the whole moment.

Although the expression couldn't tell the depth, it was inexplicably frightening.

For a moment, everyone felt a little nervous.

On the one hand, I pray that this answer sheet must not be my own, and on the other hand, I can't help but think about what shocking content is written on this answer sheet, which can make Mr. Xie, who is a young teacher of the prince, look at it for so long ?

At this moment, the three old academics from the Imperial Academy who had gone out earlier came back from the outside, and they knew that everyone had finished answering the questions, so they walked up and smiled at Xie Wei: "Are you reading the answer sheet? Come on, why don't you?" Let’s take a look at the remaining copies.”

As he spoke, he stretched out his hand to the answer sheet on the case.

Xie Wei's eyelids twitched slightly, and he quietly pulled away Jiang Xuening's answer sheet that was on his face, then handed out the remaining few answer sheets very naturally, and said, "Thank you sir. "

Several old scholars didn't notice such a subtle movement. They took the answer sheet and read two or three copies each, and made comments while reading: "This answer is completely wrong! This one is also, a thousand words written, and a thousand miles away from the topic! I can't even explain what Meng Yasheng said about 'born in sorrow and died in peace', so why should I read it as a palace companion..."

The faces of some young ladies from aristocratic families in the palace turned pale.

At this time, Jiang Xuening felt a little relieved, secretly thought that these old men had come back, and when they saw his answer sheet, they would definitely not let him be selected. That's it, it's done!

Soon, the gentlemen finished reading the answer sheets, picked out four, and shook their heads at Xie Wei.

This means that these few pictures are not good.

Xie Weijie came over to take a look, didn't say anything, nodded, put all the answer sheets back together, and said to everyone: "Just now I read the answer sheets with a few gentlemen, and the results of the evaluation have also come out."

Everyone tensed up and held their breath.

Jiang Xuening quietly clenched her fists, waiting to hear her name.

"Xiao Shu from Duke Cheng's mansion is excellent and can stay;

"Chen Shuyi from Chen Dashi's residence is excellent and can stay;

"Yao Xi in Yao Shangshu's mansion is above average, you can stay;

"Fang Miao of Fang Jianzheng's residence is average. Although he is not good enough in terms of knowledge, his handwriting is serious and neat, and he is very eager to learn. You can keep it."

Xiao Shu, Chen Shuyi, and Yao Xi were not worried that they would not be able to make it through, so when they heard the result, they were only excited for a while, which was a kind of expected dust settlement.

But Fang Miao was worried.

When I heard the word "keliu" from Xie Wei's mouth, I almost couldn't help jumping up, got up quickly, and bowed to Xie Wei: "Student, thank you for your guidance, and I will work hard to learn from you in the future, and do my best for the elders." Her Royal Highness will accompany you!"

In this way, four people have been left.

The rest of the people heard that things were going well, and thought that the requirements of the gentlemen were actually very lenient. Even if they were not well educated, they couldn't help but hold some hope, thinking that if they were lucky, they might be able to pass.

But no one expected that Xie Wei would read three names next, all of which failed!

He glanced down, and saw that the ladies of the family whose names were being read were all pale and about to cry, and said: "The answer sheets of the ladies are not without merits, they are already considered as good compared with ordinary girls' families. He is well-informed. It’s just that he is choosing a companion for His Royal Highness the eldest princess, and he has to consider other people’s knowledge and compare them. So don’t worry too much about it.”

All three stood up and thanked them.

At least on the surface, they are very convinced, but no one knows what they think in their hearts.

The results of seven people have been released.

There are five left.

Jiang Xuening felt that it should be her time soon.

At this moment, Xie Wei picked up the eighth answer sheet, but did not speak immediately, but read it for a while, as if he was thinking about something.

Jiang Xuening thought this was hers.

Unexpectedly, the next moment Xie Wei opened his mouth, he asked, "Who is Fan Yilan?"

Fan Yilan was startled for a moment, stood up and saluted: "Mr. Xie, I am."

Xie Wei's eyes fell on her, he sized her up for a long time, and then said: "Go up to the top class."

Everyone including Xiao Shu widened their eyes in surprise.

But the next moment, Xie Wei said: "But you can't stay."

Can't stay? !

Everyone was dumbfounded, and the expression of surprise before had not had time to put away.

Fan Yilan herself didn't react.

Xie Wei didn't explain anything, just handed the answer sheet to her and said, "Take your answer sheet back."

I read the results before, but I didn't return the answer sheet.

Seeing this, Fan Yilan was indifferent and thought that she had done something wrong in the answer sheet, so she was a little uneasy.

She stepped forward and answered the answer sheet respectfully.

At this time, Xie Wei said to her lightly: "There are no good poems in the palace."

Fan Yilan was shocked suddenly, all kinds of thoughts came out from the bottom of her heart, like a river flowing hard to stop.

Holding her answer sheet in her hands, she stood there blankly for a long time.

In the end, he bowed his head to Xie Weishen: "Yilan, remember Mr.'s advice!"

Others didn't quite understand this endless conversation, only Jiang Xuening looked at Fan Yilan with a slightly complicated face: Fan Yilan has poetic talent, Xie Weishi saw her from her answer sheet Her aura and talent, so even though her answer sheet was top-ranked, Fan Yilan was not left to accompany her to read.

Because if you want to write good poetry, you can't stay in the palace.

In the previous life, Fan Yilan traveled all over famous mountains and rivers, and indeed wrote many good poems that are admired and recited by men.

In the previous life, Jiang Xuening scoffed at this, and couldn't understand how someone would give up their glory and wealth, and didn't question Xie Wei's actions; but in this life, she realized how much she had to travel freely and indifferently all over the famous mountains and rivers. envious.

Thinking about it, I lost my mind when I didn't pay attention.

Until a sentence suddenly sounded next to my ear: "Ning——"

But only one word came out, and then suddenly stopped.

Jiang Xuening raised her eyes, and saw Xie Wei looking at her from above, she didn't know why for a while, she felt that she was sure of everything, but now she was a little flustered——

Maybe Xie Wei was too scary.

She got up and stood still waiting for him to read the final result.

Xie Wei uttered the word "Ning" and realized that it was inappropriate at this time and place, his eyes narrowed slightly, and he changed his words as if nothing had happened, and said flatly: "Jiang Xuening from Jiang Shilang's residence——you can stay."

Jiang Xuening bowed subconsciously: "Mr. Xie pointed out that when the minister returns home, she must..."

wait a minute!

Jiang Xuening, can you stay? ! !

There was a sudden explosion in her mind like thunder, she suddenly looked up, because she was so surprised that she even forgot to cover her bright and sharp eyes, and looked at Xie Wei all at once!

What a joke!

Didn't she know what papers she answered and what words she wrote? Not to mention choosing a companion for the eldest princess in the palace, even if it is used to invite a gentleman from a private school, the husband may not be willing to teach!

Fang Miao heard that she even said the word "go home", she couldn't help covering her mouth and laughing, and said: "Look, it's my turn to be the last one. They're all talking nonsense!"

Xie Wei looked at her flatly: "Miss Jiang Er?"

Jiang Xuening's scalp was numb, and she didn't understand why things suddenly slipped out of control, and her heart raced suddenly.

When will Her Royal Highness the Eldest Princess be able to handle even Xie Wei?

It was even more impossible for Yan Lin.

That is, Xie Wei wants to keep her under his nose to take a good look at her, to see if she is pretending to be crazy?

No……

In any case, he could not stay in the palace.

Let alone being Xie Ju'an's student!

That's courting death!

People are quick-witted when they are in a hurry, Jiang Xuening rolled his eyes, even though he knew that Xie Wei might pay more attention to him, he had no choice but to bite the bullet and said: "Mr. Ms. Fan can’t be selected for the first class? And the husband only returned her answer sheet, but we can’t see my own answer sheet, let alone the answer sheet of others. Although the students are selected to stay, they can put themselves in the shoes of others. The losers probably don't know why they lost the election. Why can't we distribute the answer sheets to everyone, so that the losers can also be convinced?"

To be honest, when Jiang Xuening said this, the few people who had been deposed before were a little moved.

It's okay to check the papers.

What if someone is worse than you but gets away with it?

However, Xie Wei just glanced at them, and didn't even change his straight voice: "Ms. Jiang's words are also reasonable. Although the answer sheets of the unselected people have also stated why they cannot be selected, it is rough after all. There are many flaws that I haven't explained in detail. If the young ladies are willing to learn, Xie will stay for a moment and explain them in detail for the young ladies."

Breaking it down in detail...

How is this different from whipping corpses in public?

Originally, these people wanted to echo Jiang Xuening, but after hearing Xie Wei's words, they were afraid that their clumsy answer sheet would be put on the stage and everyone would listen, it would be embarrassing!

The previous emotion suddenly disappeared completely!

They all said: "I'm convinced, I've got my husband's advice, I don't dare to bother you anymore!"

Jiang Xuening: "..."

She is one foot tall, Xie Wei is one foot tall!

Can't these silly girls have some backbone! Do you know that you have given up such a good opportunity to stay in the palace! It's impossible for anyone in the audience to answer worse than me!

Xie Wei only turned to look at Jiang Xuening: "Miss Jiang Er, do you have any questions?"

Jiang Xuening's eyelids twitched: "I, but I..."

Xie Wei's fingers lightly pressed on the bastard drawn on the answer sheet, and next to her were her uncompromising answers, and she only interrupted with a blank face: "Why don't Miss Jiang stay for a while and wait Xie alone to solve your doubts for you?"

Jiang Xuening was so terrified that his face almost turned green.