After I got into the drama, I led the plot astray

In order to avoid suspicion, Jinping did not go to Prince Ming's Palace for the past two days. However, he did not study for the exam either. Instead, he took me, Yiping and Zheng Yunyan to paint in the garden every day.

He drew many pictures for each of us, some of us alone, some of us together; some from the front, some from the side, all kinds of pictures. There were dozens of them in total.

Yiping laughed at him for only pursuing quantity and not quality. She was obviously prettier than me, but she painted me like a fairy from heaven, and painted herself like a fairy maid beside the fairy. She looked like a maid no matter how you looked at her.

Jinping perfectly inherited Gongsun Wen's sharp tongue and said bluntly: "It's already very good that I painted you, and you still want to compete with a fairy."

Yi Ping was so angry that he immediately started to fight back. The two of them refused to give in to each other and kept arguing with each other. Zheng Yunyan, who was watching from the side, burst into laughter.

I think Zheng Yunyan's sense of humor is quite low. No matter what Jinping says, she can laugh for half a day.

This love-brained person is hopeless.

Soon it was time for the palace examination three days later.

Jinping wore a dark blue brocade robe and a white jade hairpin in his hair. His dress was not luxurious, ostentatious or eye-catching, but he always made people feel that he was the most dazzling one in the crowd.

Jinping went out with Zhao Zhenyuan. I didn't see him off, but just told him to come back soon no matter what the result was. We prepared good wine and food at home to celebrate when he came back.

Zheng Yunyan acted as if nothing had happened, and followed Yi Ping to inspect the shops early in the morning. In her eyes, her husband was already the best husband in the world, and even if he didn't get the top prize, it didn't matter to her. Anyway, there were enough shops in the mansion and a lot of money, enough to support herself and her husband.

I was the most anxious person in the whole mansion. I couldn't explain why I was so anxious, I just felt that Jinping had studied so hard for so many years, and there should be a good result.

The results of the palace examination were announced on the spot. Zheng Yan felt that he was young and might not have considered some things comprehensively, so he invited several very learned scholars to serve as assistant judges for the palace examination. In order to avoid suspicion, Gongsun Wen declined Zheng Yan's invitation and only agreed to listen from the side.

This palace examination was fair, but also very strict, because in addition to Zheng Yan setting questions for the three of them, the other great scholars could also set questions for them. These great scholars knew everything from astronomy to geography, and the questions they set were tricky and weird, and even Zheng Yan was a little overwhelmed, and secretly lit a few candles for the students taking the palace examination.

Despite this, Jinping debated with everyone in the palace without fear, and won unanimous recognition from everyone with his outstanding talent, and finally won the title of top scholar.

As soon as the top three are announced, the new number one, number two and number three will ride horses and parade along the streets with drums and gongs, so that the people can get a glimpse of these three people.

So Jinping wore a big red flower and rode a tall horse to parade through the streets, while we were still waiting for news in the mansion. It was not until Jinping was almost done parading through the streets that the eunuchs from the palace came to the mansion to announce the good news, so we missed the chance to watch his graceful parade through the streets.

When I received the good news and learned that Jinping had finally passed the exam and become the top scorer, I rolled my eyes with joy and fainted.

It was indeed a bit embarrassing. I didn't faint even when I took the city's college entrance examination, but I fainted when I heard that Jinping had passed the exam and was the top scorer.

The fact that Jinping was the top scorer in the imperial examination was known to all the clan members, and the clan elders sent several famous clan members to congratulate him. The clan leader also wrote the fact that Jinping was the top scorer in the clan tree, and also erected a plaque with the words "top scorer" for him in the ancestral hall.

Zhao Zhenyuan felt that he had reached his highlight moment in his life after becoming the top student in Jinping High School.

He held banquets for three consecutive days in his house, entertaining all his colleagues, relatives and friends. He also set up a soup kitchen in front of the house to give out porridge, clothes, and wedding money.

For a time, the Duke's Mansion was in great glory and became the biggest topic of conversation in the capital.

The Duke's Mansion was full of joy and excitement, but the protagonist Jinping seemed to be an outsider, not showing any excitement at all. According to Jinping's talent, he was more than qualified to enter the Hanlin Academy, but Gongsun Wen took him with him and let him directly assist Zheng Yan in handling government affairs.

With Jinping's help, Zheng Yan felt a lot more relaxed and began to respect Jinping more.

After winning the top spot in the imperial examination, Jinping was the first person to immediately enter the core government agency of the imperial court.

Others may not know Gongsun Wen's thoughts, but I know them clearly. He was an extremely lazy person and wanted to retire to the countryside after Zheng Xian's death, but Zheng Xian forced him to stay and assist Zheng Yanshen in government affairs. Now that he has finally caught Jinping as a substitute, why doesn't he quickly take Jinping to familiarize himself with government affairs so that he can slip away?

Jinping certainly knew Gongsun Wen's little thoughts, but he was Gongsun Wen's only disciple and would become a grand tutor in the future. Now that the burden had been transferred to him, he could not escape it.

New Year's later, the medical clinic and the school opened smoothly on a day chosen by the Imperial Observatory.

Since all the people living along the Wei River were poor, even if a school was opened, few children would sign up to study.

In order to encourage children from nearby areas to enroll, I not only waived all tuition fees, but also provided high scholarships. The income of children who received scholarships was higher than their parents' wages, so many people were tempted. In addition, on the day of registration, I also gave away rice, noodles, and meat, so many people finally couldn't help but send their children to try just to get the rice and noodles.

So in the first semester, we barely enrolled thirty or so students.

The wages of the teachers in the school, plus the food expenses, pens, paper, bonuses, etc., not only does the school not make any money, it even loses money.

Yi Ping frowned as she looked at the account book sent by the school manager. It was not that she could not afford to lose the money, but she had never done a business at a loss before.

Yi Ping pointed at the account book and asked me in confusion: "Second sister, this school loses several hundred taels of silver every month. Although it's not much, it's not a long-term solution."

Zheng Yunyan was eating fruit and nodding continuously.

I smiled and said, "Not only will this school not make money, but even the medical clinic will lose money. You'd better be mentally prepared."

"What?" Yiping looked at me in surprise and asked, "Why did you open it if you knew you would lose money?"

I rolled up my sleeves and said, "You have lived a life of luxury in the past few years, but you have forgotten that there are still many people who can't even afford to eat, and can only wait to die if they are sick, let alone hope to go to school."

Yiping was choked by what I said.

She really forgot those days when she was worried after every meal.

I went on to say, "My goal is very simple. I want people without money to be able to go to school and poor people to have a place to get medical treatment. Don't worry, once we become famous, we won't keep losing money."

Yi Ping was silent for a while and said, "I understand. You want to do good deeds. Since you want to do good deeds and accumulate virtue, how can I stop you? You still have the money you lost, so you don't have to worry about it."