But this was in her own yard, and she knew that Fang Aixuan was now in the hands of Mother Qiu and the two girls, and no one could easily approach her, so she indulged herself so much to take off her guard and concentrate on reading.

Xi Ling did not disturb her immediately, but went to flick the oil lamp, and lit the candles, so that the light in the room was brighter, who made the young lady always like to read at night, she was afraid that she would really burn her eyes if she went on like this.

After a long time, Jiang Wanxiu put down the book, she did things in a very orderly manner, and when the time came, she naturally stopped, looked at Xiling, and had some questions in her eyes.

Seeing that she finally came back to her senses, Xi Ling said: "I heard that the second miss and Miss Biao have been working very hard in their respective courtyards these days, and I am afraid that they are both preparing for the draft!" ”

Jiang Wanxiu didn't have many surprises, this was what she expected, the people in the second room were all mercenary, and it was impossible to give up such a good opportunity, while Bai Qingqing was eager to become famous, and he wanted to beat himself, so naturally he would not miss the opportunity.

However, to her surprise, Jiang Wanwen has become much smarter now, she is very cautious in doing things, and she doesn't even tell the maids around her about some things.

Xi Ling looked at Jiang Wanxiu's expression before asking, "Miss, what should we do next?" ”

"You don't have to do anything." A slight smile appeared at the corner of Jiang Wanxiu's mouth, and her eyes sparkled.

Xi Ling frowned slightly, and asked puzzledly, "Isn't this cheaper for their young lady?" If they get a good ranking, it's not good for us! ”

Jiang Wanxiu nodded and smiled, and said, "It's okay, it's all sisters, how can you not support each other?" My sister and Miss Cousin are famous, and I am naturally honored! ”

Xi Ling looked at Jiang Wanxiu as if she didn't care at all, although she had some doubts in her heart, she still believed in Miss's judgment, anyway, she just had to fully implement Miss's orders.

Jiang Wanxiu looked at Xi Ling's performance with great satisfaction, what she needed was such a person, no matter what her decision was, she could be confused, but she definitely had to implement it without discount, because not all the time, she was willing to explain her thoughts clearly.

After dinner on this day, the old lady left Jiang Wanxiu alone in Heshoutang and pulled her to advise.

The old lady has been thinking about it in her heart for the past few days, looked at Jiang Wanxiu, and she was very relieved about her eldest granddaughter, Jiang Wanxiu is superior in both heart and wisdom, and it is not difficult to excel in the draft, Jiang Wanwen's qualifications are not very bad, if she shows her hands a little in the election, it will be enough, maybe these two granddaughters can be favored by nobles, and when the time comes, both will achieve good things, which is also a good thing.

It's just that her granddaughter Bai Qingqing really gives her a headache, she has been spoiled by her since she was a child, and she is not proficient in what she has learned.

The old lady thought about it for a long time before she said, "Wanxiu, the day after tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, the draft day of the Feng Girl Academy will come." ”

Hearing this, Jiang Wanxiu smiled lightly and said, "Grandmother, Wanxiu knows." ”

The old lady nodded and said, "That's good." ”

Alive, but sighed heavily.

Jiang Wanxiu frowned slightly, and said suspiciously: "Why is grandmother sighing?" ”

Immediately afterwards, the old lady sighed again and said: "You also know that Qingqing grew up beside me since she was a child, I know how she is, she didn't show much talent before, and I am really worried about her in this draft." ”

Hearing this, Jiang Wanxiu lowered her head slightly, her eyes were a little worried, and she couldn't help asking, "What does grandmother mean?" ”

The old lady frowned, sighed deeply, and said, "If Qingqing doesn't get the ranking, it will also affect the reputation of my Jiang Mansion, and you know it." ”

Jiang Wanxiu lowered her head, closed her eyes and asked, "Grandmother has an idea?" ”

The old lady looked at Jiang Wanxiu a little embarrassed, coughed lightly, and then said: "Wanxiu, you can only help her more, grandmother is not partial, but for Jiang Fu's consideration, grandmother believes in your ability, and she will definitely be able to think of a child to help Qingqing in the draft." ”

Jiang Wanxiu didn't expect the old lady to come up with her own idea, this is really a big joke.

Does she look like a great benevolent person?

Maybe she pretended to be too similar, so even the old lady thought that she could really let go of all her grudges for the benefit of Jiang Fu, right?

Jiang Wanxiu sneered in her heart, but she deliberately frowned, and said worriedly: "Grandmother, it's not that Wanxiu is unwilling, it's just that ...... I don't know how to help my cousin? If something goes wrong at that time, then my cousin and I are afraid that we will be ruined! ”

To get her to promise to help Bai Qingqing is simply a fool's dream.

When the old lady heard this, she also felt very embarrassed, should she keep one and give up the other, or risk the two of them being both prosperous and losing both?

The old lady was undecided, and asked tentatively: "Can't Wan Xiu improvise and give your cousin some help when the time comes?" ”

Jiang Wanxiu pursed her lips and thought for a moment before she said: "Yes, it can be, but I'm afraid that I won't be able to do it, but as long as it's possible, I will definitely do my best!" ”

The old lady nodded with satisfaction, feeling that Jiang Wanxiu was really a sensible and obedient person, and she deserved to be trained by herself.

It's just that I don't know that Jiang Wanxiu's words sounded like she agreed, but in fact, she didn't respond to anything, because when the time came, she only said that she was too busy to take care of herself, and what happened to Bai Qingqing couldn't blame her.

Old Madam Bai continued: "Are you ready for yourself?" You have to remember that the test is not only piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, etiquette is also very important, whether you can stand out, it depends on all you have! ”

Jiang Wanxiu nodded, there was not much expression on her face, she just said with a straight look: "Grandmother, don't worry, Wanxiu will do her best!" ”

The old lady still trusts Jiang Wanxiu's ability very much, her previous paintings, but won a lot of good reputation, embroidery she has also seen in person, no worse than her back then, she has also observed Jiang Wanxiu's stitching, the flying needle line, almost dazzling, but every stitch and thread are so exquisite, as if carefully calculated.

After seeing Jiang Wanxiu's techniques with his own eyes, he also knows that showing this set of skills in front of everyone is probably really unique in the world, and no one can match it.

The old lady told Jiang Wanxiu a few more words, telling her that she must pay attention to this draft, don't miss the opportunity, and try to mention Bai Qingqing as much as possible, and don't let people see jokes.

Jiang Wanxiu naturally responded one by one, and behaved very well-behaved, which made the old lady trust her a little more.

There are a total of 12 subjects in three rounds.

The first round of the examination of four subjects, morality, etiquette, literature, arithmetic, is the basic subjects of the assessment, the moral examination is "women's morality", "filial piety" and other Confucian scriptures, the literature and arithmetic examination is poetry and poetry and nine chapters of arithmetic, etc., are written examinations, and the imperial examination of scholars has the same effect.

The only ritual is that the chief examiner holds the palace ritual of worshipping the heavens, which is a complex ceremony for four hours, and the on-site ceremonial officer will observe it in person, and if there is any loss of etiquette, it will be punished as a failure of etiquette.

All four subjects must be awarded a middle or upper bamboo medal in order to participate in the next round of the exam.

This first round is enough to screen out half of the girls.

And these four exams lasted for two days and one night, the ladies lived in the examination room, all news was closed, it was forbidden to exchange news with the outside world, and they could not go out until the exam was over.

There is not only one examination room in Wende Palace, there are twelve in the capital.

But Wende Xinggong has the most people, because there are King Jing and Song Yuanxi here to take the main exam, maybe many ladies want to show themselves in front of these two people, even if it is a little bit of fame, if these two people value it, will the days of climbing the dragon and the phoenix be far away?

After the first round of exams, in the twelve examination rooms, including the Wende Palace, the ladies who have passed all four subjects can participate in the second round of exams.

The second round of assessment takes place 10 days later.

In the second round, there are six subjects, piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, female celebrity, and cooking, also known as the six major arts.

This is not like the first round of group exams, but according to different subjects, such as ten people cooking together, 100 people painting together, and there are also individual exams, such as the piano subject.

The assessment of the six major arts lasts for about a month, and regardless of the results, you can participate in the third round.

There are only two subjects in the third round, also known as "small arts", which refer to all other talents except for the six major arts.

These two subjects are optional exams, and the ladies can choose two exams from the hundred arts, such as perfumery, dance, and the music of the sheng flute orchestra.

In this assessment, the ladies can choose what they are good at.

The three rounds of twelve subjects are all the assessments of the Feng Nu Academy's draft.

Eight of them passed, obtained the middle card, and was canonized from the nine grades.

Nine branches passed, won the card, canonized the nine boudoirs.

Ten subjects passed, obtained the card, canonized from the eight boudoirs, and so on, twelve subjects passed the customs to get the middle card, canonized from the seven boudoirs.

If you only get the middle card, even if you pass the test, it will be only one from the seventh grade at most.

And if one of the eight subjects that has passed the test gets the card, it is the seventh grade of the girl.

One card is better than three cards.

It can be seen from this that the difficulty of obtaining a card, between passing the level and the superior, is a moat.

Two of the eight subjects were awarded the cards, and they were canonized from the six grades.

There are three subjects to get the card, canonized six kinds of boudoirs.

And so on, if the twelve branches are on the card, it is a product.

The rank of the phoenix girl is from one to nine, and there are eighteen in total. "From" means vice.

The seventh to ninth grades, called the lower grade boudoir show, are not eligible to enter the Fengnu Academy. But even if you don't get in, if you can belong to the list of the nine best girls, it is also a leader.

It's like not becoming the champion in the imperial examination, but being able to win the examination is already very powerful.

After all, if you want to become a nine-grade girl, you must pass at least eight subjects, be both civil and military, proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and both moral and artistic.

Many women know that they can't be admitted to Fengnu Academy, and they come to participate in the assessment just in the hope of becoming a low-grade lady.

From the sixth to the fourth grade, they belong to the middle grade and are eligible to enter the Fengnu Academy.

Three products to one product, that is the top grade of the girl.

However, in the assessment of Fengnu Academy, the ladies can only be awarded the title of middle-grade ladies at most, and it is impossible to canonize the top-grade girls.

Even if you can get the upper cards of the twelve branches, no one will ever give you twelve upper cards.

Because if you don't enter the Fengnu Academy, you will not be qualified to canonize the top lady, just like the best in the imperial examination can only be the champion, and it is impossible to take the first exam to make you the prince.

The best ladies must all be phoenix girls.

The rank of the high-grade lady is to enter the Fengnu Academy, and wait until the annual Fengnu exam, which is canonized by the Queen Mother herself, which is very rare.

The ladies who came to participate in the assessment of Fengnu Academy were nothing more than three results.

The first type is that he failed to pass the eight subjects and did not enter the stream.

The second is to become a low-grade lady, although you can't enter the academy, you can also glorify your ancestors.

The third is to become a middle-grade lady and obtain the qualification to enter the Fengnu Academy, and there are thousands of girls in the country, and there are only 100 people who can be selected.

Eight branches obtained the upper card, canonized from the third grade, located in the top grade of the lady.

Only one person from each province can receive this honor.

Except for the first person, everyone else is just a middle-grade lady.

Although there are a total of twelve subjects, there is no need to take the rest of the tests, because eight cards are the best results that can be obtained in the assessment.