The two sisters were sitting in a carriage and detailed their separation. Yang Yuanqing got into a carriage, and hundreds of personal soldiers guarded the two carriages and returned to the Chu Palace.

Pei Minqiu's carriage is large and comfortable, with a simple layout. The car is covered with carpets, a small table is placed beside the window, and an incense burner is in the corner of the carriage. The blue smoke is curling, making the carriage filled with a faint fragrance of water lilies, warm as spring.

Yang Yuanqing leaned against the wall of the car and put a soft pillow on his waist. He relaxed suddenly and closed his eyes. At this time, he didn't think about anything and wanted to have a good sleep.

Pei Minqiu sat beside him, held her husband's hand, pursed her lips and smiled, "I have something to say to you, why are you asleep?"

"I'm so tired. For some reason, I just want to sleep when I get on your carriage!" Yang Yuanqing smiled with half-squinted eyes.

"Okay then! I'll just say something important."

"Hmm! You said, what's the matter?"

Pei Minqiu pondered for a moment and said, "It's about Ning'er's study. My second uncle has asked my uncle to come back twice. He is willing to be Ning'er's master and teaches him specifically. I think he is a famous scholar in the world, so I'm a little moved and I want to discuss it with you."

The second uncle my wife mentioned was Wang Tong, the great scholar. He actually wanted to teach his prince alone. Yang Yuanqing smiled and said, "If your grandfather knew that if the Wang family was Ning'er's master, he would scold you to death."

"I don't care about him. Ning'er is my son, not his Pei family's son. I want my son to receive the best education and ability. The Pei family has also produced a world-renowned scholar. I can also let Ning'er take him as his teacher."

Yang Yuanqing shook his head, "Isn't Li Gang so good? Why do you need to change your teacher?"

"But... I just think my second uncle is more famous. Many powerful and noble children want to find a gap to worship him as their teacher. Now he has taken the initiative to propose that he is willing to teach Ning'er specifically. I think this is a good opportunity."

"Opportunity?" Yang Yuanqing sneered slightly.

Pei Minqiu held her husband's hand and said anxiously: "Don't be so sarcastic. I also know that this matter is very important. Of course, I also know that the Wang family has long-term plans, so I didn't agree to him and decided when you come back."

"Okay! I decided to refuse. A utilitarian person came to teach my son. No matter how knowledgeable he had, his character would be lower. Although Li Gang refused to serve me, his personality and character were much higher than that of Wang Tong, and his knowledge was not bad. Only by handing over his son to him can I truly feel at ease."

Pei Minqiu was also in a state of hesitation. In fact, she also knew the conflicts and secret struggles between the Wang family and the Pei family. As a mother, on the one hand, she hoped that her son would get the best education, and on the other hand, she was unwilling to become a victim of the secret struggles between the Wang family of Pei, so she was very conflicted. The Wang family came to persuade her twice, but she did not agree.

Now her husband's decision finally made her heart fall. At least she doesn't have to think about this anymore and can send someone to the Wang family to refuse. At this time, she smiled and asked, "Are you really planning to recognize Princess Danyang as your sister?"

Yang Yuanqing said lazily: "Don't you just say one thing?"

Pei Minqiu was stunned and immediately laughed, stretched out his finger and poked his forehead, "You! I knew I was going to ask you about this, so I blocked my words first, okay! I will ask you again in the future, let you rest now."

Yang Yuanqing smiled and slowly closed his eyes. As the carriage swayed gently, he felt that he was about to fall asleep.

Yang Yuanqing's return immediately changed the court, which was a bit lifeless. First, the Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of Rites jointly announced that the highly anticipated autumn examination will be held in three days. This is the first imperial examination after the establishment of the Northern Sui Dynasty. Two hundred people will be admitted to supplement the officials in various counties and counties in Hedong and the central central government of the court, so it attracted special attention.

For Yang Yuanqing, Pei Ju and Su Wei and other senior officials of the Northern Sui Dynasty, this imperial examination was the best opportunity to test the orthodox nature of the Northern Sui regime. It can be seen that its support in the landlord class. Therefore, the Northern Sui court attached great importance to this imperial examination.

At this time, there were already thousands of scholars in Taiyuan City, and more than 20,000 scholars from Hedong and Hebei gathered in Taiyuan City, waiting to participate in this imperial examination that could change one's life destiny.

This imperial examination is different from the Fengzhou imperial examination three years ago. The Fengzhou imperial examination three years ago is relatively remote, with few scholars and difficult to come here, so all the food and accommodation are handled by the government. As long as you have studied, you can take the exam. It is better to say that it is an imperial examination. This time, the people who come are basically full of scholars, and the government does not care about life. There are many inns and residences in Taiyuan, and many temples can also spend time to solve the problem of food and accommodation for more than 20,000 scholars. Moreover, if you are a scholar who is recommended by the county school, you can also get a certain food and accommodation subsidy.

As the saying goes, there are classes where there are people. More than 20,000 scholars are divided into three major classes. One is the students of various famous families, including children of famous families and children of different surnames who study in famous families, such as the famous Pei family, Wang family, Xue family, and the Lu family of Fanyang, Bairen Li family, Boling Cui family, Qinghe Cui family, Qinghe Zhang family, Julu Wei family, Pingxiang Chai family, Guangping You family, Hejian Zhang family, etc. They all have family schools and send their best children to participate in the Northern Sui imperial examination.

Among the major gentry, in addition to the two major regions of Hebei and Hebei, some famous families from other regions have also attracted much attention, such as the Yang family of Hongnong, Du family of Jingzhao and Wei family, the Xie family of Danyang, Liu family of Pengcheng, Shen family of Wuxing, etc. These prominent local families also have children in Taiyuan City.

Another class is the children of officials from all over the country. When Emperor Wen of Sui Yang Jian ascended the throne, he built official schools in various prefectures and counties. It was the most prosperous when Emperor Wu Yang Guang and cultivated a large number of scholars. They were the foundation of civil officials in the Sui Dynasty. They pursued their lives as officials. They had very little chance of becoming officials in troubled times. In most cases, they became the primary target of killing bandits in various places. The family was destroyed and the wife and children were separated.

This Northern Sui Dynasty imperial examination was the first official imperial examination since the chaos in the world. Governments from all over the country recommended outstanding children to go to Taiyuan to take the exam. Even many officials and students from Hebei counties occupied by Dou Jiande rushed to Taiyuan.

The third class is the children of small and medium-sized families who claim to be poor children, without a family background, and have no official background. Because the Fengzhou imperial examination was admitted a large number of poor children a few years ago, they brought hope to them. They sold land and houses, bid farewell to their wives and came to Taiyuan to work hard in an attempt to change their lives.

Among the officials of the Northern Sui Dynasty, many of them were from poor families, such as Wei Zheng, the Huangmen Minister, Zhang Liang, the Neishisan Sect, etc. They knew the hardships of poor students and wrote to the court, asking the court to set up a Jicai Pavilion to provide these poor students with the most basic food and accommodation.

Among the three major strata, the famous gentry has the highest status. Most of them have a wealthy family, they have abundant travel expenses, and have extensive connections in the officialdom. Among them, they are the most active, and they appear in major places in Taiyuan City. Among them, the two major students, Wenxi Pei and Taiyuan Wang, are the most prominent, and they have a sense of standing out.

Since Zhang Chuchen gave birth to his son Yang Zhi, he has been recuperating his health. He rarely goes out. She was named a concubine and the position of inner officials was Liangdi, so everyone calls her Zhang Liangdi outside, but in Yang's mansion, the maid of the family called her the second wife.

The courtyard where you live in is called Furong Garden, covering an area of ​​five acres, three acres are ponds, and they are planted with hibiscus flowers, that is, lotus flowers. A winding white jade bridge passes through the lotus pond. In the middle is a small island with two acres of land. The edge of the island is green and the middle is full of strange flowers and plants. Three small buildings are built among the flowers. The daughter Yang Bing lives alone in a small building, she takes her son to live in another building, and there is another building for more than a dozen maids and servants.

It was late October, and there was a hint of early winter. Most of the lotus plates in the lotus pond had withered. Pairs of mandarin ducks passed by in the pond. Chuchen took his daughter Yang Bing back from Yuanqing's study. Yang Yuanqing was tired all the way and fell asleep.

"Bing'er, do you want to talk to your mother or read a book?" Chuchen asked softly, holding his daughter's hand.

Yang Bing is ten years old this year and is named Princess Xihe. She looks graceful and beautiful, very much like her mother now, who is possessed by martial arts, but she doesn't want her daughter to practice martial arts. She wants her daughter to study. Yang Bing is now studying with Li Gang with her younger brother Yang Ning.

Yang Bing was anxious to go back to his room, so he took his mother's hand and said coquettishly: "Mom, I want to finish the homework assigned by sir earlier, so I have time to talk to my father in the evening."

"Little girl, I don't want my mother when my father comes back."

Chuchen smiled and pinched his daughter's pretty face, "Go! Finish it early and let Dad see what you wrote tonight."—

Yang Bing smiled and ran towards his small building. Chuchen looked at his daughter's back and ran away, thinking about the difficulties he had when he was pregnant with her. In this flash, she was already ten years old. She couldn't help but sigh softly, lamenting how time passed and that she was twenty-eight years old.

"Second Madam!" The voice of Xiaoxiu, the close-fitting maid, came from behind.

Chuchen turned around and asked, "Is there anything wrong?"

"Mrs. You are here and want to see the second lady."

There are not many relatives who have been born in Taiyuan. Her father's family is a prominent family in Yuhang County, but since she was born, she has almost no contact. Her mother is the Shen family of Wuxing, and she has a lot of contact. She also has two Shen family children around her husband Yang Yuanqing. One is Shen Xing, the assistant general of the Inner Guard Army, and the other is Shen Chun, a military officer in the Records Room. Although Shen Chun was born in the Shen family of Dunhuang, his father is Shen Qiuniang's brother, so Shen Chun is actually Zhang Chuchen's cousin. This is also the reason. Shen Chun was used by Yang Yuanqing as a confidential position in the Records Army.

The visiting Mrs. You was Shen Xing's mother. Zhang Chuchen called her aunt. She often had contacts and was not an outsider. Zhang Chuchen nodded, "Please invite her to my yard!"

Soon, Mrs. You walked into Furong Courtyard under the guidance of her maid. Mrs. You are over fifty years old, wearing a high bun, wearing a narrow-sleeved long skirt, with a head full of pearls and jade, and dressed in a graceful and luxurious manner. She is Shen Xing's mother and has a third-rank imperial edict.

As soon as he arrived in front of the living room, Chuchen smiled and greeted him, "Why is my aunt here today?"

Mrs. You hurriedly bowed and bowed, "See the Princess on the Side!"

"Auntie, you are here again. Didn't you say you shouldn't be so polite?" Chuchen complained to her a little.

Mrs. You smiled and said, "Today I have a serious matter to look for the princess, so you must be well-polite."

【Ultimately request recommendation votes!!】
Chapter completed!