Houfu Key Class

General's Mansion.

After getting off the carriage, Xu Wan did not return to her room, but said: "Originally, they said that they would draw a group photo of the whole class after they entered the Imperial Examination Hall. So let's go to the study room to start now?"

"Okay." Zong Zhao replied.

Because the project is large and may take a long time to draw, they selected a long, blank scroll in advance and put it in the study room early.

The two of them first made a sketch on a small piece of paper. Zong Zhao was responsible for drawing two versions of the outline of the study room to fill in the character draft.

Xu Wan began to list the characters of the key class on the side:

Five students in the student group: Zong Jincheng, Zong Wenxiu, He Zheng, Shen Yibai, Wei Xinglu.

Five teachers in the teacher group: Xu Wan, Baili Xi, Yan Suxue, Su Xi, Zong Zhao.

Five private tutors: Pan Hongzhi, Zhao Yin, Cheng Zhidong, Jiang Yan, Xu Jin.

Xu Wan hissed and said, "I don't know if I don't line it up. It feels like there are too many people in one line. There are fifteen people. Wouldn't it be too dull to just draw a group photo of everyone?"

Zong Zhao picked up the two sketches in his hand and said to her, "Do you think this will work? Draw two pictures side by side, one in the courtyard of the big study, and one in the inner room of the big study; both pictures have five children, and the teachers take up half of the inside and half of the outside."

"The children will be a little repetitive..." Xu Wan thought about it, and suddenly a light bulb flashed in her mind, "I got it, I will draw the five children in the room when they just entered the class, and draw them when they are older outside!"

The teenagers are always growing up.

The appearance of a child may not be much different from now, but the personality and behavior have changed a lot, so it's just right to draw them like this.

Zong Zhao nodded and agreed, "Not bad, a good idea."

Xu Wan took the fifteen names in her hand and began to assign positions: "The five people in the private tutoring group will be placed in the room to accompany the children to study, and the five people in the teacher group will be placed outside the room to accompany the children to dig water spinach."

"Okay."

Just do it.

After deciding the frame, the positions and ages of the characters, the two began to work at the same time.

Zong Zhao was more familiar with Su Xi and others, and was responsible for drawing the group photo outside the house, while Xu Wan remembered their initial appearance and was also very handy in drawing.

Just thinking of the naughty appearance of the children when they first entered the class, Xu Wan always couldn't help laughing, and she was very happy when drawing.

Three days passed in a flash.

The couple finally completed this group photo, framed it after the ink dried, and hung it on the back wall of the big study, waiting for them to come back after the imperial examination.

The entrance of the Imperial Examination Hall.

As Zong Jincheng said, after only staying in there for three days and two nights, it was indeed not as dirty as before.

"Mom! I'm done with the exam!! Hahaha, I feel that I performed very well, and I will definitely get the title of Huiyuanlang!" The little devil was as confident as ever.

Xu Wan took a handkerchief to wipe his face as usual. She had done the skillful action thousands of times, and her eyes became more and more gentle. Although she had never really been a mother, her maternal nature was getting stronger and stronger.

This is the feeling that comes from raising a child.

Xu Wan smiled and said, "Okay, okay, I'll wait for you to come back with a first place in the exam, bragging king."

Zong Jincheng raised his head proudly and said confidently, "Humph, I'm definitely not bragging this time, I can definitely take first place!"

Xu Wan shook her head helplessly and said, "Let's go home and rest for a night, and see what surprises your parents have prepared for you."

"Surprise? What surprise? Is it a celebration banquet?" Zong Jincheng's eyes flickered, full of curiosity.

Xu Wan chuckled: "The celebration banquet is held when the results are announced. Your banquet is at most a welcoming banquet, which is another surprise."

Zong Jincheng asked anxiously: "Where is it? Is it in our room? Or do we need to go to the front hall to see it?"

Xu Wan smiled gently: "In the study."

"!"

The little devil was looking forward to it all the way. When he got home, he was the first to jump off the carriage and shouted excitedly: "Brothers, don't rush to take a bath. Come to the study. Dad and mom have prepared a big surprise for us!!!"

"Ah? What big surprise?"

"I don't know, go and see!"

The five teenagers ran faster than each other. The remaining four private tutors of the candidates thought they had nothing to do, but Xu Wan smiled and said to them: "Teachers, go and see it together?"

The four of them ran in quickly.

As soon as people arrived at the yard, they heard the exclamations of the teenagers in the house: "Wow!!"

"Oh my God!!"

"What a masterpiece!!"

"This is me, this is me, two of me, one is eight years old, and the other is eleven years old!"

"And me, and me, I have two of me too, haha ​​why is it this expression?"

"Hahaha, it feels like a secret, you two must have been planning to skip class at that time, aunt saw it all and wrote it down!!"

"Brother, don't laugh at second brother, what is that black spot on your arm, He Zheng, is it the evidence left after burning the quilt?"

"!!!"

The dark histories of the teenagers were exposed one by one, and this long, exquisite group photo recorded their growth in the past three years and evoked everyone's memories.

"This was painted by my uncle and aunt together. They are so good at painting."

"It's so beautiful. I want to hang it in my room so I can see it every day."

"I want it too, I want it too!"

"It's useless to want it. There's only one copy. Don't grab it. If you want to see it, why don't you just look at it in the big study?"

"That makes sense."

"Hehe, it's so beautiful..."

Xu Wan stood at the door and watched the children's happy faces. She felt that her hard work in the past few days was not in vain. She even wanted to paint a few more paintings. She turned to Zong Zhao and asked, "How about choosing a time to paint a few more paintings?"

Zong Zhao never refused her suggestions: "Okay."

The agreement was made.

But they didn't have time at this stage anyway.

While waiting for the results of the joint examination, the young people couldn't stop studying, because the next one to be announced was the palace examination, which was the final exam of the imperial examination.

Ministry of Rites.

The people in charge of the imperial examination this year were Shao Jiming, the left assistant minister of the Ministry of Rites, and Han Daxueshi of the Hanlin Academy.

After more than 20 days of reviewing the papers, they continuously selected outstanding students from thousands of essays and ranked them for the emperor's reference in the palace examination in the future.

"This is good. It has careful thinking and comprehensive considerations. Its writing and talent are both the best. It can be selected as the first-class candidate."

"This is also good. It can be selected as the first-class candidate."

"This can also be selected as the first-class candidate."

Shao Jiming kept picking out papers that could get the first-class prize. Soon there were enough for three people. He looked up and saw that Han Daxueshi was also picking people. He was still muttering:

"First-class, well-deserved."

"First-class, first-class, good article!"

"First-class!"

Shao Jiming: "..."

We have selected so many first-class candidates from this year's examination students. We have to present them to the emperor for reference in a month... I'm afraid the emperor will beat us to death, right?

He reminded weakly: "Han Daxueshi, are there really so many students who can get the first-class prize?"