Celebrating the Year of the Fish: A Princess is Not a Concubine[GL]

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Zhou Jinyu rode a carriage all the way into the Imperial City Government Office. The Imperial City Government Office occupies a very large area. As soon as you enter, you will find a long street. The street is paved with blue bricks. There are many students who will take part in the scientific examination tomorrow. , walking forward in twos and threes, everyone was going to the Ministry of Rites, and from time to time, young red-robed officials hurried past.

The Ministry of Rites is next to the Ministry of Households. If Zhou Jinyu wants to enter the Ministry of Rites, he must pass through the Ministry of Households.

The two official offices of the household department and the military department are obviously the two most dignified. After all, one is in charge of money and the other is in charge of military transfers. Zhou Jinyu passed the household department and saw Feng Weizhi, the first son of the capital, was in front of the household department. What is father Feng Boyang talking about.

When Zhou Jinyu passed by, Feng Boyang squinted his eyes and looked in her direction. Zhou Jinyu met his gaze, stood still immediately, and saluted him respectfully.

Feng Boyang was taken aback for a moment, then nodded slightly.

Not far away, Feng Weizhi also turned his head around, saw that it was Zhou Jinyu, and turned his head away with a chuckle.

Feng Boyang said in a deep voice: "The young man, I look familiar, but why can't I remember where I saw him, Weizhi, do you recognize him?"

Feng Weizhi snorted softly and said, "That man's name is Zhou Jinyu, he is the young master of Qingfengnian, and he has some reputation in Chang'an City."

Feng Boyang was startled, pondered for a while, and replied: "Is that the young man who saved him during the ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven?"

"That's him," Feng Weizhi nodded unwillingly, and said again: "This person has good luck. He won the first prize in the first year's exam. He was not the first candidate. According to Li Wei'an, he picked up a big bargain."

Feng Boyang looked in the direction of the young man named Zhou Jinyu, and saw that she had already walked far away, but she was very personable and extraordinary from the back.

Feng Weizhi said firmly: "Father, don't worry, I will definitely win the champion this time. Li Wei'an said that this person is an idiot with no real talents and learning. He will not be my opponent, nor is he qualified to be my opponent."

Feng Boyang snorted coldly, and reprimanded: "Don't speak too early, your grandfather was recuperating in the mansion some time ago, and the arrogance of the Meng family became more and more arrogant, in case things change—"

There are too many people in the imperial city government office, so Feng Boyang will naturally stop talking, and Feng Weizhi immediately understands: "Yes, my son must act cautiously."

Only then did Feng Boyang feel relieved, and waved his hand: "Go."

Feng Boyang saluted: "Yes, my son will retire."

Zhou Jinyu had already arrived in front of the Rites Department, and because today was the day when the judges came to report, the Rites Department was full of voices.A table was prepared in the yard in advance. Behind the table were two officials from the Ministry of Rituals. There were two registers on the table in front of them. The two officials, one on the left and the other on the right, were drawing names on the registers with pens in their hands.

There were already quite a few people lined up in front of Zhou Jinyu, and some of them were familiar. They had failed the imperial examination the previous year. Some people had already recognized Zhou Jinyu.

"Who am I? Isn't this Tanhualang Zhou Jinyu?"

"Hey, it's really Zhou Tanhua, what's the matter, it's not enough for Zhou Tanhua to pick up a Tanhua man in the first year, this year he is here for the number one scholar?"

"Based on his luck, the number one scholar may come in handy. Let's break up as soon as possible and mess around here for a while. It's not as easy as someone else picking up a leak."

The two sang together, although the voice was not loud, it was enough for everyone around to hear.

They all looked in her direction with contempt in their eyes.

"So besides good luck and good fate, what else does he have? If we have his luck..."

"Dream, how can we have the luck of someone else, who has a lot of money, and won't starve to death if he doesn't pass the exam. If we don't pass the exam, why don't we go home and farm?"

"Farming? I don't farm. If I fail the exam, I will take the exam next year! I don't believe it!"

"Brother Wang is so ambitious, so he can't follow the wishes of some villains!"

Zhou Jinyu silently listened to their taunts. After a while, she became a villain?

People's words are scary, people's words are scary, but she doesn't pay attention to what goes in her left ear and out of her right ear, and lets them speak.

It was one of the registration officials who couldn't stand it anymore. He put the pen on the table and scolded: "What are you arguing about! Keep quiet!"

Zhou Jinyu glanced at him gratefully, but the official didn't pretend to speak, just nodded to her.

When it was her turn, Zhou Jinyu handed over her paperwork and said loudly, "Student Zhou Jinyu."

The official flipped a few pages from the roster in his hand, found her name, circled her name with a brush, and said, "Okay, you can go."

Zhou Jinyu bowed and saluted again. Just as she was about to leave, the official stood up and called her, "Zhou Jinyu, wait!"

Zhou Jinyu was startled: "My lord, please tell me."

The official leaned forward, and quickly said in a voice that only the two of them could hear: "The second prince asked me to tell Mr. Zhou, I wish Mr. Zhou the title on the gold list."

Hearing this, Zhou Jinyu stared at the official with wide eyes, a little surprised.

The official immediately returned to his indifferent look, and said with a businesslike look: "Don't be late tomorrow, don't cheat, Zhou Jinyu, do you remember?"

Zhou Jinyu hurriedly said: "Students remember it, thank you for reminding me."

After Zhou Jinyu finished speaking, she turned around and walked through the crowd, just in time to see Feng Weizhi looking at her with a half-smile, his eyes made her very uncomfortable, as if she was watching a play.

Zhou Jinyu pretended not to see it, and walked out the gate of the Ministry of Rites.

Who knows how far I had just walked out of the imperial city, and before I reached the place where the carriage was parked, a man walked straight up to her and asked her in a low voice: "My lord, do you want to go to high school for the imperial examination tomorrow?"

Zhou Jinyu wanted to bypass him and leave, but who would have thought that the man would stand in front of her and block her way.

Zhou Jinyu frowned: "Get out of the way."

The man said with a smile: "Young Master, don't rush to refuse. Looking at the young master's attire, he must have money. Our boss likes you who have money."

Seeing his sneaky look, Zhou Jinyu thought about it, and asked tentatively, "Who is your boss...?"

Seeing Zhou Jinyu take the bait, the man squinted his eyes and smiled: "Master, take a step to talk."

Zhou Jinyu nodded, and followed the man to a place where there were few people, while looking around. She hadn't noticed it just now, but now she felt that something was wrong.

This place has gone beyond the jurisdiction of the six government offices, and even the guards are gone.But this place is the place where the disciples must pass through to enter the imperial city, so not only her "Master Qian" was arrested, but also several gorgeously dressed young masters.

When she turned her head, she saw that Feng Weizhi was also held back by a strange man.

Feng Weizhi obviously saw her too, and smiled, apparently with the same intention as her, wanting to see what these people really wanted to do.

Zhou Jinyu followed the man to a relatively secluded place and asked, "What's the matter?"

The man lowered his voice and said, "Young master, don't worry. You obviously have a lot of money by looking at your clothes. I have questions for tomorrow's scientific examination. I don't know if you are interested."

Zhou Jinyu looked surprised: "Impossible? Tomorrow's test questions? Why do I think it's impossible? It is said that the test questions this time were written by the Lord Long Live himself. You all know before they come out of the Golden Palace?"

The man laughed: "My lord, to say something disrespectful, what is this Golden Palace? Our boss has his own means. Look..."

As the man said, he took out a piece of paper. On the lower right corner of the paper was the seal of the current emperor. Zhou Jinyu saw it once last year, so there was no doubt that it was fake, and the date was marked on it. It is the tip of the iceberg of tomorrow's exam questions.

Zhou Jinyu was startled, and just about to take it over: "This is it!"

The man had already put away the cutout, and said in secret, "I'll just ask you, do you really want to go to high school?"

Zhou Jinyu nodded immediately: "I want to, even in my dreams!"

The man said with a satisfied smile: "That's it, I can give you the test questions, it depends on whether the young master is willing to spend money."

Zhou Jinyu tilted his head to look in Feng Weizhi's direction, and saw that Feng Weizhi had agreed to leave with the man negotiating with him. Zhou Jinyu asked, "How much money?"

The man extended a slap.

Zhou Jinyu was stunned: "500 taels? That's too much, you guys are fighting for money!"

The man shook his head and smiled, "No, it's 5000 taels."

Zhou Jinyu: "..."

This is better than grabbing money directly.

Zhou Jinyu intentionally made an extremely conflicted look: "But my mother may not give me so much, I..."

As soon as the man saw her hesitate, he immediately said: "The matter of money is easy to discuss, and we are considered destined. In this way, I will intercede with my boss for you, and maybe it will be cheaper."

Zhou Jinyu clapped his hands immediately, and said gratefully: "Brother, it would be great if this is the case. Let me tell you the truth, if I can go to high school, my mother is not willing to pay money, and my grandma is willing to pay too. It's just..." Zhou Jinyu looked at him eagerly: "Can it really be cheap?"

The man patted him on the shoulder and smiled at her: "Don't worry, you call me big brother, you are one of your own, how can big brother let you suffer, and leave it to me."

The man's eyes were full of greed at this moment, and he was trying to hide it just now, but now he looked at Zhou Jinyu like he was looking at a fat sheep waiting to be slaughtered.

After another flick that he spared no effort in, the fat sheep finally agreed to take a look at the exam questions with him, and made an appointment that once he saw the exam questions, Zhou Jinyu would go back to the mansion to buy them with silver.

Zhou Jinyu followed the man to the place where the carriage was parked, which happened to be not far from Zhou's carriage.Ah Zhong, the coachman of the Zhou Mansion, saw that Zhou Jinyu was about to get into the carriage with a strange man, and just as he was about to follow him, Zhou Jinyu immediately gave him a dark look and shook his head.

Ah Zhong understood immediately.

Zhou Jinyu followed the man into the carriage, and the carriage started driving instantly.

Zhou Jinyu chatted with the man casually.

"Judging from your accent, you shouldn't be from our local area, right?" Zhou Jinyu asked.

The man thought that Zhou Jinyu was easy to deceive, so he naturally relaxed his guard, and replied, "I just came to the capital last month, and I'm a cousin who went to the capital."

Zhou Jinyu nodded: "That's it, I'm talking about your official language, big brother, so I can't keep my mouth shut."

The man smirked: "I also feel troubled by the official dialect of the capital."

Zhou Jinyu nodded approvingly: "It's okay, as long as you can explain clearly." She changed her voice: "By the way, brother, let me ask you, if I can buy this test question, how much money can you raise from it?"

The man rolled his eyes and said, "We can't raise money here. This is not just to do things for the boss, but to let you all go to high school."

Zhou Jinyu said gratefully: "Brother, you are such a good person. It is my honor to meet you. If it weren't for the fact that we just met and I was afraid that you wouldn't trust me, I would sworn brothers with you."

The man was taken aback, and started to look at the rich man again: "You, are you really willing to be sworn brothers with me?"

Zhou Jinyu sighed, wondering: "Oh, I'm not afraid that you will dislike me, but it doesn't matter. When I get the test questions, if I can go to high school, I will never forget the kindness of my elder brother."

The man seemed agitated, looked at Zhou Jinyu several times, and said frankly: "Brother, I'm committed to you brother!"

Zhou Jinyu grinned sincerely: "Me too!"

At this moment, the carriage had already traveled a certain distance, Zhou Jinyu thought, everything went well on her side, so she didn't know what was going on with Feng Weizhi.