Chapter 39: Xiaoshanzhang loves me alone

"Yeah, nice clothes."

After Ye Shian finished his comments, he continued to write the memorial.

Ye Shiran knew his elder brother's character. Being able to say the word "not bad" was already a huge compliment. He ran out happily with his teeth grinning, ready to show off in front of his parents.

A gust of wind passed by Ye's father, who was tilling the vegetable field in the backyard garden, and soon the wind swirled back.

Ye Shiran stood in front of his father and said, "Dad, take a look. Does the dress look good?"

What's so special about a piece of clothing for a troublesome child? Father Ye raised his hand impatiently and pushed it away, "Get out of the way, you're stepping on the seeds."

Before his old father's muddy hands touched him, Ye Shiran took a step forward to avoid them. His father did not know how to appreciate things. He only knew how to farm. In midsummer, the yard was filled with lush green tall corn stalks.

Ye Shiran pouted in grievance, turned around and left.

Ye's father suddenly remembered something and shouted at his back, "Go find your mother and pack all the items that will be presented to the tribute court tomorrow."

"I know~"

Ye Shiran went to Shuxin Garden to find his mother without looking back.

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Xia was packing things for her daughter, and she kept saying, "Yan Yan, put a bunch of cotton strips in the bag with your clothes. You will have your period starting tomorrow, so don't rush to answer the questions. It doesn't matter if you pass the exam or not. The main thing is to take good care of yourself. Women are precious these few days."

"I know mother."

Xia Yange answered absentmindedly, wearing the same sky blue clothes as her classmates, looking left and right in front of the full-length mirror with a smile on her face.

Different from the men's style, hers was a blue cross-collared tulle lotus leaf skirt, fastened with a simple belt, and covered with a light blue tulle jacket, which also had the words "Xiaoshan Qingyun Academy" embroidered on the right chest.

The style is simple and elegant, and her coolness makes her seem more otherworldly.

"Wow~ Yanyan looks really good in this."

My daughter has been here for quite some time. After packing her luggage, Xia came over to take a look. She didn't expect that the academy would provide clothes for her daughter. The fabric is not cheap.

Xia Yan Ge was praised by her mother and happily hugged her mother's shoulders, "I am the only female student in the academy, and Principal Song only loves me."

Xia didn't have a good impression of Principal Song. Since her daughter entered Qingyun College, she had been reading a book every day without any appetite, and the lights in the study were still on in the middle of the night.

He has advised Yanyan many times to be a good lady from a noble family. With the powerful Duke Zhenguo's Mansion behind her, she will not have trouble marrying into a good family. But the little girl is very opinionated. She wants to take the role model of General Gu Jiaxing. When she was young, she couldn't lift a gun, so she decided to take the imperial examination.

They would have to stay together for a while as they would meet again in three days. Xia originally wanted to prepare some cakes and dry food for her, but when she heard from her daughter that the academy had prepared it, she had to give up.

It started to rain heavily again before dark. In the courtyard of Qingyun Academy, Song Yanjin sat quietly by the window at the tea table, brewing tea and listening to the rain.

Somehow, she was not going to take the exam tomorrow, but she was very nervous and drank cup of tea one after another.

Bai Zhu, who was serving beside her, couldn't stand it anymore and knelt down to clean up the tea set. "Miss, please don't drink any more. Drinking too much tea is bad for your health. Are you going to sleep tonight?"

As he said this, he snatched the teacup from the lady's hand.

Song Yanjin laughed, "Girl, you are becoming more and more aggressive now."

No matter what the young lady said, Bai Zhu quickly cleaned up the tea table and dragged the young lady to wash up.

The next day, Song Yanjin wore a plain blue robe and Confucian shirt as a teacher, and went to the cafeteria with Bai Zhu, who was wearing the same sky blue dress.

Cui Yuanchang, wearing a blue robe, was already distributing instant noodles and dry food. The canteen cook, the housekeeper, and the gatekeeper all wore blue clothes.

Mr. Su, who was eating happily at the table, was wearing a blue Confucian robe. If he ate noodles elegantly at this moment, he would look like an immortal.

Xia Yunheng was distributing dry food to his brothers when he saw his eldest cousin coming towards him. His eyes lit up. He knew that his eldest cousin was pretty, but he didn't expect that she would look so pleasing to the eye in a teacher's robe of the same color.

"What are you looking at? Hurry up and post it."

Song Yanjin slapped him on the back of the head without any hesitation, looking at his silly look.

Xia Yunheng's teeth were almost broken by his cousin's rude behavior. "My cousin is so beautiful and dressed so elegantly, can't she be more gentle?"

It was rare for the brat to say something she liked to hear. Knowing it was because of what he was wearing, Song Yanjin's mouth curled up with joy. In fact, she had specially made a set of mountain robes. The academy was still not doing well, so it was not appropriate to wear something so high-profile.

There were just enough instant noodles and dry food for everyone, and there was some left over. Ye Shiran shamelessly asked for some more, and he planned to take it home for his eldest brother to try.

If there is one, there will be two. The usually calm Shen Muzhou also ordered a big bag.

There was not much left on the table, so Mr. Su, who was in charge of the food, packed it all up and handed it to the cook. "Donzi, keep it and cook it for me every morning."

Chef Dongzi was a little older, and they were the only two old men in the academy. They would occasionally gather in the teacher's rest area to drink tea and chat to relieve boredom.

Dongzi smiled and nodded and carried all the noodles into the kitchen.

After the things were distributed, the students returned to the classroom to review. Today was their last time to read.

Song Yanjin and the well-fed Mr. Su were there at the same time. No matter whether it was the Four Books and Five Classics or policy essays, whoever had questions would go over and explain them.

In the afternoon, the heads of various noble families came to the academy to accompany their children to be sent to the Imperial Examination Hall. The one who came for Gu Jiajing was his second uncle, while the others, who were lackeys and illegitimate brothers, were not valued in their families, and most of them were wet nurses.

The one who came from the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion was the Marquis. After meeting his granddaughter Xia Yan Ge, he went to find Old Su. The two of them used to be officials in the court and stood together in the court. Occasionally, when something said something that didn't please the emperor, the two of them would help out and smooth things over. It's not an exaggeration to say that they are a good pair.

Ye Shiran sat steadily at the table, holding the secret book and reading ten lines at a glance. He didn't even know when his elder brother came to him.

Until the book in his hand was taken away, Ye Shiran looked up unhappily, and when he saw that it was his elder brother, he immediately backed off and laughed, "Hehe, elder brother is here to see me off, I thought it was dad."

Ye Shian glanced at the book in his hand, but before he could understand it clearly, it was snatched away.

Ye Shiran put away the treasure and said, "Brother, don't look at it. This is a secret book that we at Qingyun Academy don't pass on to others."

There was no life on Ye Shian's stern face. The brat was memorizing the so-called secret book at home in the middle of the night, often sleeping soundly on the table. It was not like he had not seen it before if he passed by occasionally.

Looking towards the lecture hall, this book should be written by Principal Song. Ye Shian had to admit that the girl was indeed very good at learning, and even the old scholars in the Imperial College might not be as good as her.

Noticing someone was watching him, Song Yanjin looked up and saw Brother Ye. He smiled and nodded as a greeting, then turned around and continued talking to Cui Yuanshang.

Ye Shian: “…” You are so busy!

The time was almost up, and the students all came forward to say goodbye to Principal Xiao Song and went to the Imperial Examination Hall.

Xia Yunheng put his arm around his brother Gu Jiajing's shoulder and walked out of the academy, determined not to stop until he saw him off to the entrance of the Imperial Examination Hall.

A large group of students from the Imperial College also came out to the Imperial Examination Hall. When they saw their old friends from the Qingyun Academy across the street, who were dressed in uniform, and were handsome and elegant, they felt jealous and couldn't help but step forward to tease them.

"Yo~ Brother Gu, are you ready to go down too? I thought you were going to do some acrobatics and sword dancing."

Lu Jie tilted his head to look at the lackeys behind him, "Why, are all of you from Qingyun Academy taking the exam?"