Chapter 40 Autumn Examination
Xia Yunheng rubbed his hands together, and stepped forward with a smile to speak up for his brothers, "Lu Jie, I haven't seen you for a long time. You have become more capable. I will loosen your bones for you."

Before he could throw his fist, Cui Yuanchang stopped him, "Sir, the headmaster has repeatedly warned us not to cause trouble at critical moments."

Cui Yuanchang's cold eyes were full of warnings.

Gu Jiajing pulled his brother back. In the past, they had little education and only knew how to swing their fists. A real man can bend and stretch, and can endure. Only he can accomplish great things.

Gu Jiajing stood in front of his brother and said, "Lu Jie, do you dare to take a gamble and see whether the first, second and third place winners of the autumn examination will go to the Imperial College or our Qingyun Academy."

"Oh~"

"Hahaha……"

The people behind Lu Jie were laughing so hard that their mouths almost reached their ears. The people on the opposite side were so arrogant!

Lu Jie almost laughed himself into a choke, and stepped forward to pat his brother on the shoulder, "What good students can a female teacher teach? Brother Gu, stop joking."

The person in front of him was really hateful, slandering the headmaster in such a way. Cui Yuanchang had already touched the whip on his waist, but he saw that the person next to him was one step faster, and Xia Yunheng kicked the person far away.

Xia Yunheng pulled his legs back perfectly, "I see you haven't tasted my shadowless kick for a long time, so you came here deliberately to get kicked."

"Ouch~"

Lu Jie, who was lying on the ground like a dog, was helped up by the servant. He glared at the arrogant man opposite him fiercely, "Xia Yunheng, you are really amazing!"

The loss he suffered last time was in vain. He, Prince Yunheng, did not receive any punishment from His Majesty. Lu Jie looked at Gu Jiajing beside him with a sinister look, intending to teach him a lesson. "Brother Gu, if the top three are from the Imperial College, you have to crawl under my crotch according to the old rules."

Humiliating Gu Jiajing openly and honestly, letting him have a good brother and an amazing sister, he has all the good things in the world.

Gu Jiajing raised his head confidently, "On the contrary, if the three of you are from Qingyun Academy, you will have to crawl under my crotch. Everyone present is a witness. If anyone breaks his promise, hmph..."

The rest of my words: That will be the laughing stock of the whole capital!

"Slightly, slightly, slightly..."

Lu Jie and a group of his friends smiled and raised their middle fingers towards the opposite side. This is the coolest gesture to look down on people in the recent popular storybook "The Howling Partridge".

The people of Qingyun Academy were very angry. The hot-tempered Xia Yunheng rolled up his sleeves and wanted to step forward to deal with them, but was pulled back by Gu Jiajing, "Sir, please be patient. We will humiliate them after the list is announced."

After being tricked by him into going to Qingyun Academy, the brothers studied harder and harder. Xia Yunheng had confidence in them. He put his hand on his brother's shoulder and said, "I'll listen to you."

The two groups of people went to the Imperial Examination Hall in a mighty procession.

Xia Yunheng and Cui Yuanshang sent the people to the gate of the Imperial Examination Hall and then returned to the academy.

Cui Yuanchang went to the Master's Rest House and reported to the dean about the conflict that had just occurred at the gate and at the Imperial College opposite.

Song Yanjin, who was furiously writing the materials for the Spring Examination, did not even raise his head and said, "Let them make a fuss."

The winner and loser are clear at a glance, and she has confidence in her students.

Cui Yuanchang continued to report on the matters at hand, "Shanzhang, the ban on leaving the capital has been lifted, and the streets are gradually opening up. The things you mentioned will be ready in three days."

Song Yanjin stopped writing, looked up and smiled comfortably, "I trust Yuan Chang to do the job. I'll ask Qingmu to drive to the West Market and bring back the shoulder bag embroidered by the old lady next door."

"Okay, Headmaster."

After everyone left, Bai Zhu came over with tea, "Miss, I've always felt that Sister Cui doesn't look like someone who would be in the slave market. She's knowledgeable, courageous, and thoughtful. She's better at management than the ladies in the mansion."

How could Song Yanjin not know what the little girl said? He took the teacup and sighed, "Baizhu, everyone has their own difficulties. Yuan Chang might be a woman abandoned by her family."

Ah~ Sister Cui's life story is so tragic! It's not easy for her, the headmaster, to send students to the examination room. Song Yanjin handed the cup in his hand to Bai Zhu and continued to fight with his pen.

The difficulty rating of the Autumn Examination is three stars, while that of the Spring Examination is five stars. The difficulty of the subsequent Palace Examination is four stars. After going through five levels and defeating six generals, what is tested in the end is the mentality of facing the king.

Song Yanjin let out a breath, the road ahead is long and arduous.

At night, each candidate was locked in a separate cubicle in the Imperial Examination Hall. Only hot water was provided and one had to pull a bell to use the toilet.

Due to severe drought, some students had no dry food to eat, and a few grains of rice floating in a bamboo tube were their food for three days.

The young masters of aristocratic families had it better, eating large pancakes and exquisite pastries.

The students of Qingyun Academy were all grateful to Principal Xiao Song and were enjoying the fragrant, steaming instant noodles at this moment.

The invigilating official smelled the odor and approached the cubicle door. If he opened it hastily, it would definitely affect the people who were answering the papers. He didn't know who the young man was inside, and it would be bad if he offended his future master.

On the morning of the fourth day...

Diagonally opposite the entrance to the Imperial Examination Hall, there was an abrupt little stall, on which were displayed practical shoulder bags, exquisite bookmarks, and the academy's admission brochures.

Famous poems were hung on both sides of the stall.

Right: "No one helps me achieve my ambitions"

Left: "I walked on the snow to the top of the clouds"

The last two sentences, "If this luck is not in my destiny, I can still wait for Kunlun alone," are somewhat negative, so Song Yanjin did not write them.

In the stall, Xia Yunheng saw his slovenly brother Gu Jiajing coming out and waved his hand happily, "Xiao Jing~ here you are."

Gu Jiajing looked at the carriages outside the door, and saw the heads of various families and their servants waiting. The ostentatious stall of his own academy was too eye-catching, and he didn't want to go there. What should he do?
Xia Yange ran to the Qingyun Academy stall instead of her mother's, and hugged the dean, "Woo woo... I passed all the exams, thank you so much, dean Song."

Song Yanjin smiled and patted her on the back, "That's the result of your hard work. I'm just a guide."

Gu Jiajing walked over slowly, punched his brother first, then pulled him to hide behind the stall and whispered, "Why is there such a big fuss? Principal Song is really greedy. It's not enough to worry about us, but he still wants to recruit students."

"Why didn't I realize Xiao Jing was so stingy before? It's normal for my cousin's huge academy to recruit students," Xia Yunheng hugged his brother like a good brother, missing him very much after not seeing him for a few days, "It's my cousin who's worried, why do you care so much."

Gu Jiajing curled his lips, feeling as if his favor was being taken away.

Ye Shiran also did not run towards his family, but came to the academy's stall instead.

Yin Guanshu and others came one after another. The unified style of Qingyun Academy was very pleasing to the eye at the gate of the Imperial Examination Hall.

"Is this the newly opened Qingyun Academy across from the Imperial College? I saw Prince Yunheng wearing the same clothes, it seems that the female headmaster has an extraordinary background."

Many students from other places are very curious about Qingyun Academy and comment on it.

Some of the brave ones stepped forward to take the flyer, and were shocked to see that one or two of the questions on it were answered correctly.

The excited man called out to his classmates, "Brother Liao, come over here, I got this question right!"

　Good news~ I won the PK! Sprinkle flowers, thank you for reading.

　　Nowadays, everyone is watching the data and following the data. Little hamsters, stop hoarding food and start following the data...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)