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Master Shen nodded and gestured to Gu Qingyuan.

Gu Qingyuan walked towards her, stopped half a meter away from her, and said with a smile: "Hello, Master Shen."

When in front of Master Shen, Gu Qingyuan put away the cynical expression she had when she was joking with them at the door, and became serious.

"You came on time today."

"When it comes to academic matters, I dare not be careless."

After all, she had seen students who were late for many important exams, crying and shouting at the door, or even kneeling down to be let in, but rules are rules and cannot be broken.

Master Shen developed a slight liking for her and then took her to an empty room.

"Logically, I should have given you a test before you even walked in."

Master Shen said this and glanced at her.

"Thank you for your concern, Master Shen. I wonder how Master Shen plans to assess me next?"

"Write an article first and let me see your current level."

The pen, ink, paper and inkstone were already placed on the table. Gu Qingyuan sat down at the table and bit the pen tip out of habit. Then he was surprised to find that he was holding a brush and might get a mouthful of ink. He awkwardly moved the brush away.

"Can you write your own name?"

When Gu Qingyuan heard Master Shen ask this, she immediately sat up straight and nodded, "I can write. My mother taught me."

Since she could read, Master Shen didn't say much. He pondered for a moment, looked at the sky outside, and said, "Since ancient times, people have given the moon various meanings. So how about you write an article with 'moon' as the title today?"

Gu Qingyuan didn't dare to use the ancient sayings about the moon that she had memorized. She wasn't sure whether people in this world had heard of those sentences, and she didn't dare to say that she had written them. Therefore, after Master Shen finished telling her the topic, she thought about it for a long time.

Master Shen was disappointed to see that she looked stumped. He thought that he couldn't have too much hope in Gu Qingyuan, this playboy. He shook his head and was about to leave saying that she couldn't write, when Gu Qingyuan suddenly picked up the pen.

After all, she read the essays of those top scorers overnight last night. Someone specially bound these essays together and made a collection. After reading it, Gu Qingyuan understood the general content and format.

Without further hesitation, she began to write on the paper with a brush filled with ink.

Master Shen did not disturb her and stood quietly at the door.

The only sound in the room was the rustling sound of the pen writing on paper. Master Shen was actually quite curious about what Gu Qingyuan could actually write.

The students in the academy should have finished their classes. There was some noise outside. Afraid that the noise would disturb Gu Qingyuan, Master Shen closed the door.

An hour later, Gu Qingyuan raised his head, rubbed his sore wrist, placed the brush on the inkstone, and blew on the paper, hoping it would dry quickly.

Master Shen saw that she had stopped writing, came to her side and asked, "Are you done?"

Gu Qingyuan nodded and said, "I've finished writing."

Three whole pages! Her hands were sore from writing.

Master Shen picked up the paper full of words written by Gu Qingyuan on the table and suddenly frowned.

"Why did you write it in two parts, upper and lower?"

After hearing this, Gu Qingyuan's heart skipped a beat. Damn it! She was just writing an essay, forgetting that in ancient times, writing was always from right to left...

However, Master Shen's brows relaxed as he read her article. He even read it aloud to her, "Written in sections, it seems much easier."

Gu Qingyuan quickly said, "Master Shen, I can rewrite it. I just..."

Master Shen interrupted her and asked her, "Did you really write this article?"

“…It wasn’t a ghost writing that just now.”

Gu Qingyuan muttered softly, and although her voice was low, Master Shen heard it.

Master Shen asked again, "I mean, before coming here, have you memorized the relevant articles?"

Logically speaking, it is not possible.

She asked questions randomly, and the question she asked Gu Qingyuan today was the one she suddenly thought of.

"I did read a few of the top-scoring essays and drew inspiration from them when I wrote this."

Gu Qingyuan answered honestly.

Master Shen was a little excited. She wanted to take the article written by Gu Qingyuan out to show to everyone in the academy. She asked Gu Qingyuan, "Did General Gu ask anyone to teach you when you were at home?"

Gu Qingyuan was about to say no, but then she changed her mind and realized that in the eyes of the world, she was an illiterate and uncultured person who could not even write her own name, but now she could write articles. She swallowed the word "no" back.

"I learned some from a traveling teacher."

Master Shen became even more excited.

If Gu Qingyuan's master could teach her to this extent, it proves that her master must be a very powerful person. It would be great if such a person could be used by Your Majesty.

"Is your master in the capital now?"

"No, she's traveling around again."

Gu Qingyuan doesn't even draft when he tells lies.

Master Shen was a little disappointed, but still asked, "Is your master a man or a woman? Where is his home? Can you contact him?"

Gu Qingyuan shook her head and said, "I don't know where she is either. She is a woman."

"Did she reveal her name?"

"Her name is Ti Qiao."

"Tiqiao, what a strange name."

Gu Qingyuan said this name casually. After all, she has many teachers in modern times, and she can't tell Master Shen their names one by one, right?

Besides, she had long forgotten the names of some teachers.

Although it is impossible to contact Gu Qingyuan's master, as long as Gu Qingyuan can be kept in Baichuan Academy, it should be only a matter of time before she meets her master.

As the two of them talked, the ink on the paper had almost dried. Master Shen read it again and muttered to himself, "This left-to-right, top-to-bottom writing style is new to me. Could this also be what your master taught you?"

"Yes."

Mr. Shen felt that this writing style could be promoted and it was indeed easier to read.

"So have I passed the test?" Gu Qingyuan asked.

Master Shen nodded and said, "I have decided to accept you. You can come to the academy to study tomorrow."

Gu Qingyuan suppressed the excitement in her heart and said calmly, "Okay."

"I'll find someone to show you around later. With your level, you're already qualified to go to the inner dormitory."

The college has three types of dormitories: outer dormitories, inner dormitories, and upper dormitories. Newcomers usually stay in the outer dormitories, and only those with some academic performance can stay in the inner dormitories. Only if you do well in the exams in the inner dormitories can you be promoted to the upper dormitories.

Gu Qingyuan didn't expect that she could enter the inner quarters right after arriving. She said to Master Shen, "Thank you, Master Shen."

"You don't have to keep saying thank you. If you can keep up this level, I believe you'll be able to enter the upper dormitory soon."