The examiners in charge of the academy examinations were already standing on the stage and the female teachers who were holding the lots had already recorded their respective items as they were to be tested in groups.
First was the female group, the four categories of zither, chess, calligraphy and painting. Among the students of Guang Wen Tang, the first level students did not need to go through the academy examinations and only the second and third level students. The third level students were in the next group and this group of second level students were only twenty over people.
The females that came to Guang Wen Tang were the daughters of noble families in the capital and Shu daughters naturally did not have the qualifications. Among the Di daughters, there was no lack of teachers that came to the residence to teach. Moreover the threshold for entering Guang Wen Tang was not low and every year they had to pay one thousand taels of silver.
Initially Shen Xin did not care about these worldly possessions and sent the three daughters of the Shen residence to Guang Wen Tang. Ren Wan Yun was somewhat dissatisfied with this but with a wave of Shen Xin's hand, she did not dare to continue to argue. After all the money that was confiscated was the Emperor's reward for Shen Xin's battles.
The twenty two people were divided into four groups. There were more people in the zither category and there were seven people. Females always liked these kinds of things that could highlight their charm and the other three categories had five people.
In the painting group that Shen Miao was in, there was Shen Yue, the Left Imperial Censor's Di daughter Qin Qing, Fan Liu-er of the Fengtian residence's magistrate and Zhao Yan of the Left Assistant Minister's family.
Fan Liu-er and Zhao Yan were somewhat disappointed. Fan Liu-er was good at the zither category and Zhao Yan was good at chess. Not everyone was like Shen Yue who was proficient in every category. Not being able to draw the category that they were good at, Fan Liu-er and Zhao Yan were not very happy in front of the males. It was Qin Qing who was as arrogant as usual. Qin Qing's beauty was the only one in Guang Wen Tang who could compete with Shen Yue but it was not because of talent. Even though Shen Yue was also gentle and beautiful, Qin Qing's beauty could suppress her without batting an eyelid.
Shen Miao's gaze landed on Qin Qing. Today she was wearing a green cotton embroidered robe with wide sleeves and there was a goose yellow belt around her waist which made her slender waist less than a grasp and the fluttering of her clothes made her look like a fairy. Compared to the soft and weak Shen Yue, she was more like a lotus.
However, this arrogant and beautiful woman followed the late Emperor and began to clean up the aristocratic families. After the Left Imperial Censor's family was defeated, she became a prostitute for the army. Later, it was said that she took a knife and died together with a small general in the army camp.
Seeming to have sensed Shen Miao's gaze, Qin Qing looked over with some surprise before turning his head away in disgust, as if he was unwilling to look at Shen Miao.
Shen Miao did not bother about it but it was Feng An Ning who was standing beside her who pulled the corner of her clothes, "At that time, you just draw casually and do not think too much."
Feng An Ning's thoughts were simple. She would eventually make a fool of herself and to make a fool of herself in such an open manner would make others feel bored. But if Shen Miao did something out of line on the stage in order to fight for her pride, that would be a big problem.
Shen Miao nodded. The official on the stage banged the drum heavily, signaling the start of the academy examination.
The first thing to compare was "Qin."
It could be considered as Feng An Ning's good luck as the female students who drew 'qin' today had mediocre skills. Coincidentally, those who played the zither the best didn't get this category. For no reason, Feng An Ning picked up a bargain.
And Feng An Ning's recent days of hard work in the zither skills was finally not in vain. When she was sitting upright, there was a bit of a virtuous lady's style and in addition she was good looking. The zither sound was faint and compared to the previous few mediocre zither skills, it was like a gust of wind that blew on one's face.
There was a blue clad youth at the male side of the banquet, "Lingering for three days."
When Cai Lin heard it, he kicked that youth unhappily, "What is this considered as? That is because one did not see Yue-er's zither skills. If Yue-er were to play a song, even the fairies from the Nine Heavens would not be able to compare. Inexperienced! "
Cai Lin had always protected his sweetheart but when Su Ming Lang heard his words, he curled his lips in disdain and seemed to want to say something but when he saw his Eldest Brother's warning eyes, he held it in.
The 'qin' category quickly finished and the few examiners on the stage began to discuss and judge. After the 'qin' category was over, it was the chess skills. The process of the chess skills was much simpler. Five people would play against each other and one game would be the winner and the score would be given based on the playing style and style. In this category, the winner was Yi Pei Lan.
After the chess was the 'book' category. Shen Qing, Bai Wei and Jiang Xiao Xuan were in the same group. These three people were good friends on normal days but in the academy examinations, the atmosphere was rather tense. This time the book was to compose a poem with today's chrysanthemum as the topic. One reason was to look at the calligraphy and the other was to look at one's talent. Shen Qing's best skills were not poetry but chess and calligraphy. Unfortunately calligraphy was in the male group and she did not draw chess.
But until the final result, no one would know who was the first in this category.
At the end, it was Shen Miao's group's turn.
Shen Yue glanced at Shen Miao. Most likely she bore a grudge against Shen Miao for making her look bad, Shen Miao did not maintain the appearance of a good Older Sister. She smiled and said to Shen Miao, "Later on the stage, Fifth Younger Sister must give way to Older Sister. This kind of confident appearance, even I am somewhat afraid."
These words were heard by Fan Liu-er who was standing at the side and could not help but laugh, "Shen Yue, what are you talking about? What confident appearance? Could it be that Shen Miao has some tricks up her sleeves? "
"Now that you mention it, I also have some expectations." Zhao Yan rejoiced in other's misfortune, "Remember last year when Shen Miao drew the zither, she pulled out the strings of other people's bamboo fragrant zither. Most likely she inherited General Shen's bravery. This year when drawing, one must not break the brush. " As she spoke, she touched Shen Miao's cheeks, "Such a white and tender face, would it be painted into a face by oneself later?"
Shen Miao did not move and looked at her indifferently. Under that extremely cold gaze, Zhao Yan's smile gradually froze. Fan Liu-er also felt that Shen Miao's expression was not good and her heart suddenly felt an inexplicable lingering fear. Involuntarily, she pulled Zhao Yan's hand back.
Qin Qing seemed to be somewhat impatient and looked at Shen Miao, "What are you quarrelling about? If you want to quarrel, go quarrel on the stage and let everyone see your faces. "
When she said that, even though Zhao Yan and the rest were dissatisfied, they did not speak anymore.
At the male side of the banquet, Cai Lin looked at Shen Yue's figure excitedly but that glutinous rice dumpling pulled Su Ming Feng, "That beautiful older sister is also there. Eldest Brother look."
Su Ming Feng did not know whether to laugh or cry as he did not know why his Younger Brother was so persistent with Shen Miao. He was already in the third year of the country and this time he lied that it was the first time he went out after he was seriously ill and he appeared to be very weak so he could not participate in the academy examinations. He also knew of Shen Miao's name since the entire Ding capital knew that the formidable Great General swept across the battlefield but gave birth to an idiot daughter.
"She will definitely win." Su Ming Lang clenched his fist and said.
Su Ming Feng's heart was noncommittal as he knew that today it would be Shen Yue who would come out on top.
Before going on stage, Shen Yue could not help but tease Shen Miao, "Fifth Younger Sister, later do not be lenient. Older Sister will wait for you."
"Definitely." Shen Miao answered.
She would definitely not be lenient.
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