Chapter 61

Mr. Yu spent a full quarter of an hour before he suppressed the regret in his heart, and asked Zhen Tingyun, "How could you not keep such precious spices?! It was even destroyed..."

As he talked, Mr. Yu felt another burst of heartache, and he finally endured the heartache and asked, "Speaking of which, who destroyed your spice."

Although Mr. Yu is obsessed with incense, she is not a fool, and she naturally knows why Zhen Tingyun came to ask her to identify the spices at this time—mostly to explain the value of the spices to the person who destroyed the incense, and to seek compensation from the other party . Mr. Yu deplored the destruction of the spices in his heart, so he stood on Zhen Tingyun's side and said, "Others are fine, the few pieces of incense I just mentioned, but if they are damaged, their value must be immeasurable and inestimable. ."

As he spoke, Mr. Yu paused slightly, and couldn't help sighing: "If it were an ordinary family, I'm afraid they wouldn't be able to pay for it even if they went bankrupt."

Before he finished speaking, Qian Manyue's face was already pale, and his eyes were black, and he passed out before he could even make a sound.

Seeing this, Mr. Yu didn't bother to explain other things to Zhen Tingyun, so he quickly called someone over to help Qian Manyue who fainted, and then ordered someone to ask the female doctor from the women's school to come and see the fainted student.

After such a tossing, after the female doctor came to help Qian Manyue go out, the house was quiet again. Mr. Yu stared at Zhen Tingyun and wrapped the spices again, then took a plain white silk handkerchief and carefully wiped his hands, looked up at Zhen Tingyun, and said, "Speaking of which, what happened? thing?"

Zhen Tingyunyuan didn't want to hide it, let alone in front of Mrs. So, she stood on one side with her hands down, and honestly took out what happened last night. In order to show that what he said was true, Zhen Tingyun also deliberately added: "If Mr. still has doubts, you can ask Du Qingqing, who is in the same room with me, to come over - she is also a witness to what happened yesterday."

Mr. Yu took a deep look at Zhen Tingyun, suddenly smiled, and shook his head: "No need, you are Madam Chu's disciple, and I believe her in her eyes and your character. "

Zhen Tingyun never thought that Mr. Yu would even know that he had worshipped Mrs. Chu as his teacher.

Seeing her stunned, Mr. Yu couldn't help but smile, but he didn't tease her, and said calmly, "I gave a gift for you and Madam Chu's apprenticeship, although I didn't go there, I naturally know about you."

Zhen Tingyun was suddenly stunned.

Because of Madam Chu, Mr. Yu still had some kindness towards Zhen Tingyun, raised his hand and patted her on the shoulder, and said proactively, "You don't have to worry about this, I will inform you and the dean for you, please. She came forward to solve the matter. In a few days, the joint entrance examination between the two schools will be held. As a student, you should focus on your studies, and don't mistake your own affairs for other people's affairs. "

Zhen Tingyun knew in his heart: Mr. Yu said that, the matter of Qian Manyue dropping out of school is more than half decided. She was moved in her heart, and hurriedly bowed and complied solemnly.

Seeing that Zhen Tingyun was so well-behaved and polite, Mr. Yu's impression of her was better, he hesitated a little, but reminded Zhen Tingyun: "This ambergris is an imperial incense, a special use of the royal family, even if it lives in the folk. You want to pay tribute, and this piece of ambergris in your hand is almost white in color, and it can be called the first class, even in the royal family, it is rare."

Zhen Tingyun was startled when he heard the words.

Seeing that she really didn't understand the matter, Mr. Yu breathed a sigh of relief and continued: "I don't know if the teacher who gave you these precious spices knows the speciality of ambergris, but our incense making class is You won't use too precious spices, especially the royal incense like ambergris. So, I still suggest you find an opportunity to return this piece of ambergris to your teacher."

Zhen Tingyun knew that Mr. Yu was intentionally reminding herself - otherwise, she wouldn't need to say more about such a thing. Zhen Tingyun was even more moved, and hurriedly bowed his head and said, "Yes, Mr. Xie reminded me."

Mr. Yu nodded slightly and said everything that should be said. She got up and wanted to leave, but she couldn't help but look back to see those rare and rare spices.

Although the spices have been repackaged, a master of incense and Taoism like Mr. Yu has a keen sense of smell. At this time, he can still smell the faint fragrance in the air, which is really intoxicating, and even more words: " Speaking of which, Qian Manyue would do such a stupid thing, it's not that she is stupid, but she has limited knowledge and vision, and she doesn't know the true value of your spices. Since you have taken the course of incense making, you need to use more Be careful and study hard. Otherwise, wouldn't you be living up to the good incense and the kindness of the teacher who gave the incense?"

Speaking of which, Mr. Yu himself laughed, and couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "Speaking of which, your teacher who gave the incense is really generous. Even me, this is the first time I have seen these spices on the same table..."

After that, Mr. Yu laughed at himself, but he didn't say any more, shook his head indiscernibly, and walked out the door.

Zhen Tingyun sent Mr. Yu away, raised his hand to put away the spices on the table, and began to ponder the piece of ambergris in his heart - does Yuan Hui know the speciality of ambergris? Moreover, this ambergris is a royal fragrance, so where did Yuan Hui come from? Could it be that he was rewarded by the Regent? But what did the Prince Regent reward him with such a piece of incense for no reason?

The questions came one after another, even Zhen Tingyun was full of doubts, but she was still in school, so it was difficult to go out to Yuan Hui to ask about the matter, so she had to wrap the piece of ambergris carefully, thinking that after a while, Return this piece of incense to Yuan Hui, and ask for clarification by the way.

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The matter of Qian Manyue was resolved quickly.

In the evening, Zhen Tingyun and Du Qingqing were chatting about the flowers in the house.

Because Du Qingqing only took the flower class today, and on the way back to the house, he cut a few flower branches that were still soaked with rain and dew, so he turned over a white jade flower bag and put it in carefully. She placed the white jade flower bag with flower branches on the window sill, smiled and showed off some flower skills she had learned in class with Zhen Tingyun, boasting triumphantly: "I've applied what I've learned..."

Not to mention, there is a white jade flower bag in the house, and a few fresh flowers are inserted, it really seems to add a lot of fresh and sweet colors, and even the air has a hint of floral fragrance.

It is strange that the noble ladies in the palaces and the palaces spend their leisure time making flowers and fragrances. This is indeed a fun way to polish time and make life more colorful and fragrant.

Seeing Du Qingqing's enthusiasm, Zhen Tingyun, who was holding the book, also agreed: "I really like this natural floral and fruity fragrance. In fact, many of the spices used in making incense are also taken from Flowers and plants, such as dipterocarp, Suhe, etc. are all like this..."

The two were talking happily when they heard someone push the door outside, and looked up to see that it was Qian Manyue.

Qian Manyue's face was no longer embarrassed, and she only glanced back at them with resentment, her voice was extremely cold and sarcastic: "You don't need to look at me like that." After a pause, she sneered and said directly, "I want to I dropped out of school, and now I'm back to pack my things."

Du Qingqing quickly looked away, neither looking at her nor talking to her.

Zhen Tingyun glanced at Qian Manyue: "You should understand: You were dropped out of school because you stole, and you damaged my spices but couldn't afford to pay."

Qian Manyue gritted her teeth and squeezed out a smile, her voice seemed to come from between her teeth: "Yeah, thanks to you, the dean is eager to ask me to drop out, and even pays back all the money I paid when I enrolled. It's my honor to live and eat for free in school these few days, and to be able to share a room with a lady like you."

After all, Qian Manyue rolled up the quilt and other things, and then went out with the things.

Zhen Tingyun turned a page of the book, looked at her back, and suddenly said, "Don't always think that you are smart and others are stupid. Don't you know that the most inseparable thing in the world is smart people."

"Yes, this time, my vision is limited, I don't recognize your fragrance, I'm stupid." Qian Manyue turned around after hearing the sound, and finally looked around the house, and finally set her eyes on Zhen Tingyun, "I will remember this lesson."

After all, she hugged those things, slammed the door and left, even though it was very difficult to hold the things in her hands, she still held her head high, raised her head like a swan, and just stepped out of the aggressive momentum, without the initial shyness and introversion. .

Du Qingqing didn't speak until now, and whispered, "Why are you talking to her about this?" She was really frightened by people like Qian Manyue, so she didn't even dare to say more.

Zhen Tingyun said: "Everyone says, 'Leave everything in the line, and see each other in the future'. Qian Manyue, like this, can't really push her to the end - such a person has ambitions and calculations, but she is the best She is able to endure and ruthless, as long as she is not at a dead end, she will not give up. You didn't listen to her, the dean also returned her all the money she had enrolled in? It is estimated that the dean did not want to push her too much, so she kept some room."

Du Qingqing still had lingering fears when she remembered what Qian Manyue had done, so she was inevitably worried, and whispered, "What if she wants to take revenge on us?"

Zhen Tingyun: "...Then, ask her to pay me the spice money then?"

Du Qingqing was amused by Zhen Tingyun's words, but in the end she put the matter of Qian Manyue on hold.

So, there were four beds in the room, and in the end, only Du Qingqing and Zhen Tingyun were left.

For this reason, the people in the three rooms in the row and the other two rooms were very awe-inspiring to Zhen Tingyun, and they greeted Zhen Tingyun with extra care when they met in the bathroom in the morning. Du Qingqing listened to the gossip, and the thief came back and told Zhen Tingyun: "It's rumored outside that your tactics are very powerful, and you kicked a girl out as soon as you came in; you kicked Qian Manyue after only one day of class. Now, they're all betting that I can stay here for a few days."

Zhen Tingyun: "..."

As Du Qingqing spoke, he laughed to himself: "That's fine, no one will dare to come here and squeeze with us in the future. It's quite empty just for the two of us! Hahaha!"

Zhen Tingyun: "..."

After a while, Zhen Tingyun replied, "Forget it, you'll be happy."

Rumors like this, the more inexplicable it is, the more it can spread.

Anyway, after it was passed on, even Yang Qionghua knew about it, and came to make fun of it.

Zhen Tingyun didn't care, mainly because the joint examination between the two schools was coming soon. Zhen Tingyun only hated why people had to eat and sleep, otherwise she could really bury it all in books for twelve hours a day.

After Yang Qionghua finished joking, seeing that Zhen Tingyun was only burying his head in reading, he could only comfort the other person in a slow voice: "Don't be too nervous, relax. Otherwise, you will not perform well in the exam."

Zhen Tingyun finally raised his head from the book and laughed at himself: "You are a full man but don't know how a hungry man is hungry - I have a basic foundation, it's good to have room to play, and I don't care whether I play well or not."

Yang Qionghua was amused by her, and after laughing, he patted her on the shoulder: "You are a little bit self-defeating like this. Although you were admitted to the women's school for the reason of luck, there are also reasons for you to accumulate it. It's because of your hard work. So, even if you can't compare to a six-top all-rounder like Zhou Qingyun now, you may not be any worse than the people behind you."

"Talent is bestowed by God, and most cannot be forced; experience and accumulation are left over from the past, and most require time. Only hard work can be grasped by you and me at the moment. Stop Cloud, 'Learning is like sailing against the current, if you don't advance, you will retreat. , if you don't learn, you will be at risk', you work harder than them, and one day you will surpass them. So, you really don't have to be so anxious."

Therefore, a talented woman is a talented woman, and the words of praise are better than others. Listening to Yang Qionghua's words, Zhen Tingyun was also very happy. He was thinking about whether to praise each other as well.

As a result, Yang Qionghua thought for a while, and then summed up: "Of course, whether you can get on the top 100 red list of the two schools this time depends on your luck."

Although he knew that the other party was telling the truth, Zhen Tingyun was still angry.

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In fact, Zhen Tingyun was not the only one who was anxious for the joint entrance examination between the two schools.

After all, the joint entrance examination between the two schools is not limited to freshmen who have just entered the school, and even Zhen Yiyun has to take the test.

Last year's entrance examination, and last year's two joint entrance examinations, Zhen Yiyun was the top figure in their level, overwhelming the crowd, and the scenery was infinite, so she was called a talented woman. Because of this, Zhen Yiyun was also under heavy pressure.

In particular, since Zhen Tingyun entered Beijing this year, many things have happened in the Zhen family, which has delayed some of Zhen Yiyun's homework. It is Zhen Yiyun herself, she has already reached her wedding age, she will inevitably have to remember her future marriage, always thinking about pleasing the little princess of Yan Wangfu, always thinking about getting acquainted with Yan Wang Shizi, the future heir....... People's energy is also limited, Zhen Yiyun When I focus more on foreign affairs, I naturally lose the focus and seriousness of the past in my studies.

For this reason, Mr. He, the gentleman, also reminded Zhen Yiyun a few words.

But Zhen Yiyun only went in from his left ear and out from his right ear, so he didn't care. After all, Zhen Yiyun is a girl who wears books. She already has her own three views and cognition. She consciously has a higher vision than others. A talented woman's reputation, and this talented woman's reputation is just a bargaining chip in marriage. Since she already knew that the Prince of Yan was the future emperor, she should naturally try to get close to the other party and marry the other party before he was established as the heir. When she marries Prince Yan's heir and becomes a queen, and her mother is in the world, will there be anyone who cares about her past achievements?

Seeing that Zhen Yiyun's mind was impetuous, he couldn't listen to persuasion, and even didn't want to study, Mr. He had to tell Pei about this again, thinking about making Pei's mother's persuasion.

Since Zhen Tingyun entered school, the Zhen family has returned to tranquility. There is nothing at home, the husband is considerate and caring, the eldest daughter and the youngest son are as smart and caring as before, even though Mrs. Zhen didn't come out to block, Pei's mood gradually improved a lot. She is still young and her body is good. She is in a good mood and her body is much better. She is not as sick as she was when she came back from Pei's house earlier.

In the end, Mrs. Pei loves Zhen Yiyun, the eldest daughter. He heard about such a thing from Mr. He, and he had to say a few words to the eldest daughter: "The graduation will be completed next year, so don't relax at this time."

Zhen Yiyun said to Pei's family, "Since the second sister and grandmother came to Beijing, a lot of things have happened in our family. I have also taken several vacations, and it is inevitable that there will be some delays in studying. Especially mother, you I was ill a while ago, and although I can’t take care of it all day, I’m really worried and can’t care about other things…”

Saying that, Zhen Yiyun lowered her eyelashes again, her eyes were slightly red, and she looked a little uncomfortable and guilty: "I was thinking of serving my mother well, and I would not make my mother tired and worry. already."

Thinking about the many things that happened in the family these days, Mrs. Pei felt sour in her heart. She felt pity for her daughter, and said softly, "These days, I have wronged you."

Zhen Yiyun snuggled into Pei's arms and whispered, "As long as you are well, mother, I will have no more grievances."

Such a daughter, if it is so appropriate, how could Mrs. Pei not iron it? She let out a long sigh, raised her hand and stroked her daughter in her arms, and Mrs. Pei was already thinking about it in her heart: Then Zhuangzi gave it to Zhen Tingyun, what should be the compensation for the eldest daughter?

Since Zhen Yiyun was growing up, it was hard for the mother and daughter to be so close, so they couldn't help but cuddle and talk for a while, and they were very close.

After a while, Zhen Yiyun just got up from Pei's arms, wiped her tears with a handkerchief, and said embarrassedly: "Yeah, really, I'm so old, and I'm making you laugh..." As if remembering What, she changed the subject inadvertently, "Speaking of which, the second sister also has to take the joint entrance examination of these two schools, right? She lives in the school alone, and she doesn't know how she is doing?"

When Pei shi heard her talk about Zhen Tingyun, her brows furrowed. Immediately, she remembered Mrs. Pei's scolding again, barely suppressed her displeasure, and tried her best to say in a calm and objective tone: "She's not better than you, you've been enlightened earlier, and you've worked hard since you were young. She's just cramming her feet. I rushed for a few days before the exam, but the foundation is not solid. Even the five A and B in the entrance exam are mostly flukes. This time, as long as she can pass the exam, I don’t need to be a mother. I'm worried."

Zhen Yiyun also thinks the same way: the foundation of the self is the most difficult to make up. Zhen Tingyun had missed more than ten years, and no matter how hard he worked, he couldn't make up for those ten years overnight. This time, the five A and B is a fluke. The joint examination between the two schools is the real test of the foundation and ability. With Zhen Tingyun's strength, I'm afraid it's good if she doesn't come in the bottom... No matter what, she can't compare to her!

Therefore, hearing Mrs. Pei say this, Zhen Yiyun's tone was gentle and regretful: "It's a pity that the second sister is not at home, otherwise I would have given her some books from last year's college entrance examination."

Pei Shi couldn't help but say, "What's a pity? If she's really at home, I'm afraid there are still many things to do. Even if you are really kind, she may not appreciate it."

"What's more, this time she had to live in the school herself. Could it be that someone in the family is forcing her? You three siblings, only she has the most stubborn temper and worries me the most. Don't worry, when the results of the joint examination between the two schools are obtained this time, you will have to talk to me again." After speaking, Mrs. Pei shook her head again, not wanting to say more, "Okay, let's not talk about this."

Zhen Yiyun looked at Pei's face and knew that Pei really didn't like Zhen Tingyun - you know, it's easy to have a prejudice against a person, but it's not easy to change the prejudice. What's more, Mrs. Pei suffered a lot from Zhen Tingyun. Even if she knew she couldn't blame her daughter and couldn't express her anger, it was impossible to be so rational and restrained at all times.

Ah!

Since Mrs. Pei said this, Zhen Yiyun, a filial daughter, naturally changed the subject very considerately, but instead talked to Mrs. Pei about her recent banquets with the little princess.

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During Zhen Tingyun and Yang Qionghua's tense preparations for the exam, Zhen Yiyun's careless preparations, a few days passed in a flash, and soon it was July 5th, which is the time for the joint exam between the two schools.

After all, this is not an entrance examination, nor is it a tedious and solemn examination like the entrance examination. That is, the gentlemen of all levels of the Kyoto Women's School and Yuhua Women's School gathered together, each level was given a paper, and then two The school examines the students together.

This paper mainly examines the two compulsory courses of women's school: classics, history and etiquette. Of course, the quality of students' roll calligraphy must also be accounted for.

The exam room was drawn by lot. Zhen Tingyun, Yang Qionghua and Du Qingqing were not the same exam room, so they had to make an appointment to have a meal together after the exam.

Originally, Du Qingqing wanted to discuss the answer with Yang Qionghua while eating, but Zhen Tingyun refused to listen, so the two shut up.

Therefore, the examination of classics and history in the morning, the etiquette examination in the afternoon, and the second day, July 6th, is the preliminary assessment of the secondary courses selected by the students in the Kyoto Women's School - this is only a small assessment, and it is not very important. It is mainly the gentlemen who teach sub-courses who need to have a thorough understanding of the foundation and progress of their students, so as to determine the next teaching plan.

After two days in a row, it is the Qixi Festival on July 7th. Kyoto Girls' School has a day off.

Different from the previous flower viewing or lantern viewing, this time, the theme of the Kyoto Women's School is different from the past, it is the cruise and the river lanterns - it is said that the women's school also prepared many female students to make their own. The river lanterns are either in different shapes or inscribed with poems and inscriptions. It can be placed on the river or sold to tourists, which is very useful.

In addition, a few days in advance, the Kyoto Women’s School specially recruited female students who were willing to volunteer to help in the school on July 7th—this is like voluntarily going to the women’s school cafeteria on the day of the entrance exam. The order of the schoolgirls in general.

Yang Qionghua had already said something before, and after the exam, he directly pulled up Zhen Tingyun to sign up.

So, on July 7th, Zhen Tingyun and Yang Qionghua also put on red shirts and white skirts unique to the Kyoto Women's School, and stood at the east gate, responsible for receiving and attracting tourists.