"Yes."

Princess Yongning's maid didn't even know what happened, let alone Egret Qingque, she just responded respectfully.

Lu Jinxi then lifted the corners of her skirt and went down the stairs in the southeast corner.

At this moment, Xue Chi was already at Jizhiyin, and everyone around was envious and jealous, but all their attention was in the lobby, but not many people noticed her walking behind.

At this time, it was almost dusk, and the sunset outside the Yuewei Pavilion was dim.

Princess Yongning's luxurious carriage has stopped by the mountain road in front of the pavilion. Princess Yongning is holding a maid's hand and is about to get into the car.

"Auntie—"

Lu Jinxi hurried forward, called out, and bowed.

Princess Yongning, who was about to get into the car, suddenly stopped and looked back at her: "Isn't Brother Chi still apprentice? Why did you come out?"

There was a bit of an aged hoarseness in her voice, but there was no expression on her face.

Lu Jinxi's ability to observe words and expressions is not bad. At a glance, she can see that she is not in a good mood. She is more and more curious about the reason as her mind turns, but she has a somewhat terrified look on her face.

"My niece just saw my aunt leave in a hurry. I'm a little worried, are you all right?"

Her eyes were twinkling, but there was a soft light.

This is a pair of eyes that are easy to impress.

Even Princess Yongning couldn't deny that she was full of anger and had no way of venting it, but when she touched such a pair of eyes, she turned into helplessness.

"Don't worry, there's nothing wrong. But I'm getting old and there are many people in the museum, so I can't breathe."

She shook her head, and finally laughed, staring at Lu Jinxi, but sighed.

"Brother Chi paid his respects to Mr. Good today. You are his mother. It's always bad not to watch. Go back quickly."

"Auntie is fine, niece is relieved." Lu Jinxi seemed to be relieved, his lips curved a little, so he bowed again, "Then niece respectfully sends auntie."

"Ok."

Princess Yongning nodded, then supported the maid's hand and entered the carriage.

The driver is still the guard in black.

It's just that Princess Yongning today was not in the mood to talk to him. After entering the carriage, she leaned on the pillow and raised her hand to press her temple, as if she wanted to relieve the feeling of depression in her heart. .

Xiuhan knelt down beside her and looked at her worriedly: "Princess, you..."

But before she could finish her sentence, Princess Yongning closed her eyes and interrupted her suddenly, murmured, "Xiuhan, Ben Gong has been dreaming of a concubine these few days..."

Xiuhan was stunned for a moment.

Immediately, a chill rose from the bottom of her heart and penetrated into her limbs, making her not dare to move.

Princess Yongning only lowered her eyes and couldn't see her reaction, but she could predict it in her heart. After all, Xiuhan has followed her for so many years, so many things may not be completely clear, but seven out of ten can be guessed.

She gave a low laugh, but said nothing.

The chariot went round and round, and soon went away.

The breeze blew off the lake, over the mountains and forests, and lifted the curtains around the carriage, which looked like a sail away.

Lu Jinxi stood there and watched.

It wasn't until the car driver disappeared that she turned her head to look at the still lively Yuewei Museum, showed a thoughtful look, and walked back slowly.

In the museum, the apprenticeship ceremony has come to an end.

After paying tribute to the second gentleman, Ji Zhiyin, and listening to his admonition, Xue Chi, together with several other selected students, thanked several other great scholars in this exam together.

Here, it is considered a ceremony.

Meng Ji came out and said a few polite words such as "Thank you for your love", and everyone knew that the trial of the Yuewei Museum was over.

"Oh, I knew there would be a lot of people coming, but I didn't expect so many..."

"Yeah, I didn't even pass the first round."

"Don't mention it, even the first place in the Shandong rural examination this year was not selected. What are we doing?"

"But all the children of one, five or six years old have been selected!"

"That's the bloodline of the Great General. Can you compare? There's always a reason to win the eyes of the two gentlemen."

"That's right..."

...

This time, most of the people who were not selected were naturally the majority of the people who were not selected for this test, and there were all kinds of helplessness in their hearts.

But what can be done?

This opportunity is only once, I can't grasp it, my knowledge is not hard, and I can only blame myself for not being selected.

For a while, the hall was naturally full of sighs.

People came and went like a tide. Naturally, some literati took this opportunity to get together, and three groups of five prepared to continue playing later.

As for the few successful apprentices today, they were not in a hurry to leave.

Apprenticeship is one thing, but going to school is another.

The former is just a ritual, while the latter is trivial, and different gentlemen have different habits, so it must be explained clearly at this time.

Xuezhai naturally exists.

Now named "Xingzhixuezhai", it is located opposite Jingzhong Gongyuan, and it is half a street away from Guozijian. It can be regarded as a good place.

However, none of you gentlemen are particularly leisurely people, so they do not make strict requirements on the time and place of class.

Only Xue Chi.

He is young and knowledgeable, and has two gentlemen. Not to mention, one of the gentlemen, Gu Juefei, is about to re-enter the court and will be a busy man.

So he has to go to school tomorrow afternoon, and leave the morning time for him to prepare the books he needs for school.

"I still have some things to talk about with the other gentlemen today, so I will write down the prepared books you need later and have them send them over..."

Gu Juefei stood under the landscape painting in the lobby, watching Xue Chi standing in front of him.

His face did not have the arrogance of the legendary little bully in Beijing, instead he looked very serious. His eyes were wide open, as if he wanted to memorize everything he said.

only……

Because of the eighteen kowtows before, his forehead is now red, looking very funny.

In fact, Gu Juefei is still immersed in the emotion of the moment of the apprenticeship ceremony before, and he has not gotten out of it very much. But at this moment, looking at his forehead, he couldn't hold back and laughed.

"Three worships and nine kowtows, kowtow like this, have you always kowtowed like this?"

"Uh?"

Xue Chi was stunned for a moment, and then he reacted. He touched his forehead, but he didn't understand what was wrong with his kowtow.

"I usually kowtow less often, but I also kowtow like this to my father. Sir, what's wrong?"

"..."

The smile on Gu Juefei's lips faded a lot at once.

With a flash from the corner of his eyes, he saw Lu Jinxi who was walking in front of him, so he just touched Xue Chi's head and said lightly, "Nothing wrong. The general's wife is here, you should go back."

"Mother?" Xue Chi was a little surprised, and turned around quickly. Sure enough, she saw her coming from outside, and immediately ran over happily, "Mother!"

Originally, he was going to rush into Lu Jinxi bad, but when he got close, he remembered that there were many people watching.

That face immediately turned red, and stopped coyly in the middle of the road.

Lu Jinxi naturally saw the changes in the middle, and smiled secretly in his heart: This little fat man, it is different after he has been a teacher, and he has to show his face.