Women Wearing Men: The Growth Path of the Bastards of the Aristocratic Family

Su Qi was playful when he was young, and he agreed to go to Luxi Academy to study. A large part of the reason was that the crickets there were fat and fat. In the final analysis, it was for fun.Now that several years have passed, Su Qi's enthusiasm for playing has gradually faded, and his heart is devoted to the army. In addition, the crickets in northern Xinjiang are thin and small. He hasn't played these games for a long time.

Hearing Gu Yunji's words, he was stunned for a long time before realizing that he was teasing himself, and immediately quit: "Well, Gu Yunji, after three years of separation, you will make fun of me now!"

Gu Yunji suppressed a smile, pretending to say: "Who made fun of you? I just said that there are people, and I didn't name them. How do you know it's you?"

Cheng Yan interrupted solemnly: "Anyway, I remember that when Yunji and I were studying hard, someone was catching crickets in the bamboo forest with his buttocks pouted in the summer, but he was bitten all over by mosquitoes. We looked at each other and didn't know who it was."

When mentioning the embarrassing things when he was young, Su Qiteng blushed and glared at him: "Cheng Yan, why are you laughing at me!"

Cheng Yan hurriedly stopped, and said with a smile: "Okay, okay, I'm not making fun of you. It's just that a playful child needs to be educated. If she is guided well, she can focus on the business; It's even harder to control when she gets older. Xi'er is still young, so it's good to let her read and write to kill her energy."

Su Qi was not a material for studying since he was a child, and consciously studying is a hard job. Now that his goddaughter is about to step into the sea of ​​study at a young age, he can't help but feel sorry for her: "My precious goddaughter will be sold to you! Such a father and uncle, I am afraid that they will not live a happy life in the future, it is really pitiful."

Gu Yunji heard it funny, and punched him: "How do you say it? It's pitiful to tell her to read and write? There are many more pitiful things in the world. The examination is approaching, and Cheng Yan and I are going to the Jiangnan Imperial Examination Hall and fellow villagers in Songjiang Mansion I will go and have a look, originally I wanted to take Xi'er to feel the atmosphere of the imperial examination, but she is on her lunch break right now, you can go back by yourself first, we are going out soon."

Su Qi hurriedly stopped him: "Anyway, I have nothing to do, so I'll go with you."

Cheng Yan said: "We are going because we are Jinshi from the Songjiang Mansion. We are backed by the Jiangnan Scholars faction. Now that the exam is approaching, we should go and see our fellow countrymen. You are from Shuntian Mansion, and you are not an imperial examination man. What are you going to do with us?"

Su Qi disapproved and said: "Although I am from Shuntian Prefecture, I have studied in Luxi Academy for two or three years. I can barely be regarded as half a scholar of the Jiangnan School. Why can't I go and have a look?"

Gu Yunji had no choice but to say, "Okay, then you can go with us."

There are many factions in the court, and they attack each other. Although there is no large-scale party struggle, the division of small groups based on geography and kinship is still obvious.The style of writing in the south of the Yangtze River is at its peak, and a large number of places can be obtained in each imperial examination. Officials from the Jiangnan area account for almost half of the officials in Beijing.

Winning over and encouraging scholars from the same country who take the exam can not only add glory to the hometown, benefit the village, but also pretend to be the power of the big faction in the court.Although this is also a tacit practice, but Gu Yuanhui and others are important officials of the imperial court after all, and it is often inconvenient to come forward, and Hanlin officials with little interest involved are suitable candidates.

As champions and candidates of the last imperial examination, when Gu Yunji and Cheng Yan appeared at the Jiangnan Association, they immediately caused a commotion in the crowd. Scholars looked at them as if they saw themselves on the high school gold list a few months later, envious and yearning , several people excitedly promised loudly that they would not be disappointed, and that they would earn another honor for Jiangnan.

After some encouragement, it was almost time for the three of them to leave, but Su Qi spotted a shrinking figure in the crowd who was about to slip away, and walked up to him with a half-smile: "Hey, old acquaintance, how about we meet?" Don't even say hello, are you leaving now?"

Ren Yingze froze, turned around resignedly, and said with a sneering smile, "Su Qi..."

"Huh? Su Qi?" Su Qi folded his arms leisurely and narrowed his eyes dangerously, "Did you forget your identity, why should you call me?"

Ren Yingze's complexion changed brilliantly. After struggling for a while, he finally suppressed his depression and saluted him respectfully: "...Student Ren Yingze, I have met the Duke."

As he said that, he turned to Gu Yunji and Cheng Yan: "I have met Mr. Gu and Mr. Cheng."

Su Qi withdrew his gaze in satisfaction: "It's not too bad."

The two parties who used to be tit-for-tat at the entertainment fair did not like each other, wishing that the other would make a fool of themselves.Now three years have passed, Su Qi is the deputy general of Xuanfu Town, and has also inherited the title of Duke Dingguo, while Gu Yunji and Cheng Yan are officials of the Imperial Academy, their status is very different from before.

However, Ren Yingze failed the exam three years ago, and he is still a candidate, so it is impossible for him to sit on an equal footing with the three of them.He is so good at face, but now he has to bow down to his former enemy, which is more uncomfortable than killing him.

Gu Yunji didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and whispered next to Su Qi: "What do you care about with him?"

Su Qi looked very innocent: "I don't care about it. The difference in status is here. It is right for him to salute us."

Seeing Gu Yunji's "I don't know you yet" expression, Su Qi curled his lips and said: "Back then he made things difficult for us, looked down on our Luxi Academy, and insulted my father's old subordinate Wei Shiqian when he resettled the refugees, which made him Go back and eat at the officer's hang. Now I just ask him to give us a salute and get back some places, isn't that okay?"

Gu Yunji had no choice but to let him go.

Su Qi had a good time in front of everyone, but he didn't deliberately make things difficult for Ren Yingze, he just asked him about his homework and how he was doing recently.However, in this situation at this moment, in Ren Yingze's ears, every sound of Su Qi's words was ridiculed and ridiculed at him, but he didn't dare to do anything, so he could only squeeze out a smile and accept it forcefully.

Just as they were talking, a familiar voice came from behind them: "Master Gu, Master Cheng, long time no see."

Gu Yunji turned around, and when he saw the person coming, he was slightly pleasantly surprised: "Bai Xingjia? You're here too? What a coincidence."

Bai Xingjia smiled slightly: "Miss Gu, forgot? I've been here all the time. I stayed in the capital after I failed the exam last time. I heard that two fellows from the south of the Yangtze River will come to the Imperial Academy masters from the Songjiang prefecture today. I have some guesses. I didn't expect it was really you."

Cheng Yan looked him over carefully, and asked, "How have you been in the past three years? This year's exam... are you sure?"

Bai Xingjia showed a confident smile: "The past three years have been passable, although there were some difficulties, but fortunately we have survived. As for this year's exam, I am indeed somewhat sure."