Chapter 29.6

Wu Weian’s face was calm: “… I am taking a walk.”

The cook: “Then, don’t walk for too long, Young Master.
Otherwise, if Third Miss knows about it, it will be difficult to explain.”

Wu Wei’an looked at her quietly.

The cook immediately shut up, stepped softly and flashed back to the room.

Wu Wei’an was walking in the courtyard but the round-faced housekeeper who had always hid in the dark stopped not far away, as if wanting to come forward but also dare not come forward.

Wu Wei’an’s forehead jumped.
Unable to bear it any longer, he said word by word: “I, am, taking, a, walk.”

The round-faced housekeeper saw that Wu Wei’an seemed to be about to lose his temper, so he quickly disappeared.

Wu Wei’an stood there, looked up at the moon in the sky, and listened to the sound of firecrackers in the center of the capital.
Then, he suddenly felt that it was really boring.

After a while, he went back to his room and continued reading.

After seeing this, only then did the four pairs of eyes hidden in the dark were all withdrawn together.

After all, the matter of their Young Master’s Spring Imperial Examination also concerns their future.

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Time passes day by day in the turning of the pages.

The snow stopped falling, the weather began to warm up, and the dead trees in the courtyard also budded.

February came just like this.

So does the Spring Imperial Examination.

The Imperial Examination in the Dayu Dynasty was selected step by step, starting with the Rural Examination in autumn.
Generally speaking, only those who have passed the Rural Examination can participate in the Spring Imperial Examination in February.
After the Spring Imperial Examination is done, a list of successful candidates will be announced and the top 288 successful candidates of the Spring Imperial Examination will participate in the final Palace Examination, where the final ranking is ranked by the Emperor.

However, in the Dayu Dynasty, there is a practice that each official in the capital, from the six rank and above, could have their family member be exempted from the Rural Examination and have a spot reserved for them in the list to directly participate in the Spring Imperial Examination in February.

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Ji Yunxi has five older brothers.
The Eldest Brother, Second Brother, Fifth Brother, Sixth Brother, and Seventh Brother are all still alive, while the Third Brother and Fourth Brother died very early due to smallpox.

Her Eldest Brother Ji Mingxi grew up with the Crown Prince when he was young.
Later, his father died unexpectedly.
At a young age, he inherited the title of Marquis of Qingyuan.
With the appreciation from the Crown Prince and the Emperor, he directly rose to the top of the officialdom without taking part in the Imperial Examination.

Her Second Brother is now stationed at the Dayu border and is not taking the path of the Imperial Examination.

Her Fifth Brother has no official position and no intention of being an official either so there is no need to mention it.

Her Sixth Brother entered Dali Temple by virtue of his good poison skill, so the quota of exemption fell on Ji Mingshuang’s head.

As for the Wu family, it is also a coincidence that Wu Qi was still an official in Pingjiang during the Rural Examination last autumn, and he has not yet been promoted so there is no exemption from the examination.
Both the eldest son and the second son in the family took part in the Rural Examination, and the eldest son did not take the test in the end, but the second son was in the top five in Pingjiang.

But after less than two months, Wu Qi was promoted to the sixth rank, a member of the Ministry of Works.
So this time, Wu Wei’an can have the opportunity to participate in the Spring Imperial Examination in February.

Pingjiang is far away from the capital, and everyone only knows about these things from the successful candidates who came to participate in the Spring Imperial Examination from Pingjiang.

There are three consecutive exams in Chunwei, each for three days.
Today is the first day, and as soon as the examination hall opens later, the candidates will enter the venue.

Therefore, at this time, the outside of the examination hall was crowded with a large number of successful candidates, some of whom were still holding books and reciting words, trying to read a little bit more.

Most of the candidates have no desire to read books anymore, so they just get together to chat and their topic this time is Wu Wei’an.

The author has something to say:

Eldest Wu, oh Eldest Wu, do you know how the relation with people is lost? Do you know how miserable it will be in the future when you are isolated and helpless, and can only sleep in your study?