Zhao Ruxi was registered in Beijing, and the students who took the exam with her were all students with registered residence in Beijing. Her classmates at Beining Women's School were all taking exams in Beining and were not together.

For a woman from a powerful family, if she does well in the imperial examination and is selected as a scholar, it will be a good story. Being hailed as a talented woman is the icing on the cake; but once she fails, she will be ridiculed and said that she has committed suicide.

Don't measure your capabilities.

The disadvantages outweigh the benefits, and the gains outweigh the losses.

So they would not easily come to take the imperial examination.

Those who came to participate were either those who relied on their talents and knowledge and wanted to compete with men; they were also heirs of poems and books who wanted to be known as talented women. But there were not many such people.

After all, studying is still very hard and boring. Even if a woman does well in the exam, it is of little significance if she cannot make any achievements. Why should she suffer this hardship?

Therefore, in such a large capital, they were the only five people to take the imperial examination. Except for Zhao Ruxi, three of them were students at the Capital Women's Academy; the other one was taught by her grandfather in a private school at home and signed up for the imperial examination on her own initiative.

Not long after Zhao Ruxi sat down in the examination room, two examiners arrived.

The leader was a thin man in his forties or fifties who was wearing a regular fourth-grade official uniform. He had a handsome appearance and a fairy-like temperament. The man following him was slightly younger, about thirty-seven or seventeen years old, and was wearing a straight fifth-grade tonic.

son.

The thin man had a serious look on his face. He came in, glanced at everyone, and said, "I, Qin Zhe, am our examiner." After saying that, he sat down and stopped talking.

Qin Zhe?

When Zhao Ruxi heard the name, she couldn't help but raise her head and take a closer look at the old man.

If this Qin Zhe's Zhe is a lucky person, the person in front of her is a great person that she has never had the chance to meet.

There are two national masters in calligraphy and painting in the Jin Dynasty. The calligraphy master is Qin Zhe, a disciple of Master Ming Cang, who is also the master of Xiao Ruotong; the painting master is of course Mr. Kumu Kang Shilin.

Xiao Ruotong's ability to develop such an untainted temper is related to the temperament of her master Qin Zhe.

This Master Qin was extremely arrogant and cold, and he would disdain ordinary people. He was completely different from Kang Shilin.

The two people also dislike each other because of their personalities and usually ignore each other.

Qin Zhe was the elder brother of the late empress and the real uncle of the Jin Dynasty. He did not care about world affairs, but because of his relationship with the prince, he still took up a false position in the Ministry of Rites.

It is difficult for the emperor to invite him to be the examiner of the women's scientific examination.

The deputy chief examiner, named Xie Yu, is an official of the Imperial College.

Xie Yu read out the rules of the examination room for a while. After seeing that the time was up, he handed out the test papers.

Zhao Ruxi had already gone through all the previous scientific examination questions. The questions in this county examination were memorized by rote, so it was not difficult for her. After reading the test paper, she found that there was nothing she couldn't do, so she sharpened her ink and studied

Started writing.

Qin Zhe looked at her, then at the other four candidates, picked up the tea cup and took a sip of tea.

She acts as if no one else is around, but others are not as big-hearted as she is.

They were only five candidates, but there were two examiners, two assistant examiners, and a total of four grown men staring at them eagerly. How could the little girl stand it? The three from the Beijing Women's Academy were okay, and the other one from the poetry and calligraphy heirloom

The girl was extremely affected, holding the pen for a long time without knowing what to write.

The imperial examinations of the Jin Dynasty were influenced by Queen Shengyao in setting the questions, and the contents were not quite the same as those in ancient China.

The county exam tests the basics, mainly testing the candidate's mastery of the Four Books and Five Classics. The questions are large, covering a wide range of topics, and the content is deep and shallow. Without memorizing and understanding the Four Books and Five Classics, it will be difficult to get good grades.

Zhao Ruxi has a good memory and strong understanding ability, so these basic things are not a problem. The annual examination of the Women's College is based on the county examination standards. Zhao Ruxi's perfect score is not a fluke.

But she wasn't arrogant either. No smearing was allowed on the imperial examination papers, not even a drop of ink was allowed on them.

Zhao Ruxi was extremely careful when doing the questions and tried to write neatly.

However, practicing calligraphy for such a long time is not in vain. Whether she is practicing calligraphy or taking notes, because she wants to earn points, she always strives to be neat and beautiful, and over time she has formed very good writing habits.

Therefore, although she did the questions carefully, her speed was not slow.

After she finished writing the test paper with a huge amount of questions, she looked at the incense burning on it and saw that there was still a third of it. She checked the test paper and stood up to hand it in.

Qin Zhe picked up the test paper, looked at it, and waved her out.

For men taking the county examination, although they can submit their papers first, they need to wait for ten people outside the yamen before they can be released. There are only a few female candidates, so this problem naturally does not exist.

Zhao Ruxi walked out of the yard directly, found Qing Feng and others waiting there, and got on the carriage: "Go home."

In the mansion, the old lady and others were worried about Zhao Ruxi at home. Seeing her come back early, they were all surprised: "Why are you back so early?"

"I'll be back when I'm done," Zhao Ruxi said.

The three of them looked at each other and didn't dare to ask how the exam went.

Zhu said: "Are you tired? Go and have a rest. The soup is stewed in the kitchen and I will have it delivered to your courtyard."

Seeing Zhao Ruxi return to Xiuzhuyuan, the old lady asked Zhao Yuanxun: "Have Jing'an and that brother from the Xu family also gone to take the exam? They haven't come back yet?"

"No reply." Zhao Yuanxun said, "I sent a boy to the examination room to inquire about the situation, but he didn't come back."

The old lady was a little worried.

Zhu said with a smile: "We don't need Sister Xi to be admitted as a scholar to get tax exemption and honor our ancestors. What does it matter how we do in the exam?"

When the old lady heard this, she immediately relaxed and said with a smile, "It's me who is in trouble."

After a long while, the boy who went to inquire about the news came back and said: "Our girls are really good. They were released much earlier than the first batch of boys. The girl must be confident that she will hand in the paper so early. She will definitely be in high school tomorrow.

Top of the list.”

Knowing that the young man said this just to flatter and gain favor, the old lady still rewarded him.

The next day when the results were released, Zhao Ruxi sent Ma Wushi to look at the results. Madam Zhao Yuanxun still sent the boy there.

This boy is really smart and works very hard for the rewards. He is better at worming his way through the crowd than Ma Wushi, and he can run faster than anyone else after looking at the rankings.

As soon as he entered the door, he shouted: "Old madam, uncle, madam, congratulations, the girl is ranked first in high school."

Now Zhao Yuanxun and others were shocked.

Zhao Yuanxun asked: "Can you see clearly?"

"Look clearly, the first name above is clearly written with the girl's name."

Zhao Yuanxun looked back at Zhao Ruxi in disbelief.

Zhao Ruxi was also a little surprised.

She was confident about her exam. After all, this exam was all about rote memorization. The marking officer would not include subjective opinions when making corrections. Right would be right and wrong would be wrong. And she knew how to write when she took the exam.

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