The next morning, Zhao Hao announced that he would go into seclusion with his father until three days before the exam, and ordered his disciples to prepare for the exam with great success and urge each other not to slacken.

He had already said this before, and the disciples were not surprised. He helped the master and his master set up a retreat place in the East Courtyard, so he reluctantly returned to the West Courtyard.

Considering all factors such as insufficient staff who are absolutely trustworthy, Zhao Hao did not choose to be in the wilderness like last time, but went into seclusion at home.

However, the defense was not relaxed.

In order to avoid being confused, Zhao Hao specially announced that the popular science exhibition will be temporarily closed. More than ten guards were divided into two shifts and guarding outside the room day and night. Gao Wu sent food and drink to the door every day and night, and no one was allowed to step into the door.

Zhao Shizhen wanted to follow him in and serve him, but Zhao Hao ruthlessly kicked back to the west courtyard and asked him and Zhang Jian to tinker with the automatic water lifting device.

~~

When there was only father and son left in the room, Zhao Hao closed the door and took his father into the inner room.

When Zhao Shouzheng saw the image of Song Taizu standing against the wall, he immediately knelt on both knees in surprise, wishing he could pounce on him and kiss the fat black man.

"Ancestors still love us!"

"The ancestors will naturally start and end well." Zhao Hao rolled his eyes secretly, thinking that no wonder Mr. Zhao was careless all day long, and it turned out that he was placing all his hopes on his ancestors.

If the ancestors were not very effective, it would be a big blow to him. I guess he would have to be a filial and honest person in this life and live like this...

However, it saved a lot of nonsense. After Zhao Shouzheng burned incense and kowtow to his ancestors, Zhao Hao took out yellow paper from his sleeve and handed it to his father, "Old rules."

"I know, I can't even say that I'll burn it after reading it, but I can't even say that I'll kill it." Zhao Shouzheng held it in his hand as if he had received a treasure. When he opened it, he found that it was still a big question:

‘The Master said: For example, do you teach a girl to know? Knowing it means knowing it, not knowing it means not knowing it means knowing it.’

Mr. Zhao was shocked and happy, and kowtowed to Zhao Kuangyin hard, saying repeatedly: "Bless our ancestors, our ancestors are blessed!"

You should know that if it is replaced by the usual interrogation questions, a large piece of it will be killed just by examining the questions. For example, the examiner cuts cucumbers, eggplants, and bitter gourds into pieces. Do you think it has eggplants with cucumbers and bitter gourds, or cucumbers with eggplants and bitter gourds?

That doesn't mean that the longer you think, the more you can understand the examiner's thoughts thoroughly. You have to match the examiner's answer. If you don't match, the article you make will be too far away from the topic and you won't be able to win the whole bunch of flowers.

It would be different if it were a big question. The examiners just wanted to do it randomly, so they could only follow Zhu Xi's annotations honestly.

At this time, we can compare who has solid basic skills and who has made fewer mistakes. Zhao Erye still has more than 20 days to prepare for the opening composition. If he fails to win this, it will probably be a shady situation - after all, it is much more difficult to become a Jinshi in Beijing than to become a Juren in Nanjing.

What made Zhao Hao feel a little relieved was that Li Chunfang is a mature and cautious official and should be attentive in his work...

However, those uncontrolled variables are useless to think of, and they only add to their worries.

Zhao Hao then calmed down and sat next to the stove outside. While taking care of the fire, he was writing the tutorial for the next lesson for his disciples.

~~

Three days later.

The eldest princess's phoenix sedan chair arrives at the Fire God Temple.

Although the Fire God Temple is called a temple, it worships the Taoist Southern Fire Demon Lord, which belongs to the lower courtyard of Baiyun Temple.

The Taoist Master Wang, who presided over this place, was a Taoist priest from Xiao Penglai more than ten years ago. Because he often helped the princess carry water and water flowers, he got this experience now.

When he heard that His Highness had arrived, the fat Taoist Master Wang hurriedly welcomed him. He also came out with him to welcome the jade master Lu Zigang who was staying here.

Master Lu did not show any surprise at all about the arrival of the eldest princess, and he invited His Highness into the process step by step.

The eldest princess first sings incense in the Fire Ancestor Hall, and then came to the Jade Emperor Pavilion to rest.

Knowing that Your Highness was looking for Lu Zigang today, after Daozhu Wang served tea, he tactfully stepped back.

"Thank you for what happened that day, Master."

The eldest princess smiled and said to Lu Zigang: "I'm so embarrassed to ask you to accompany you to act."

Lu Zigang said in his heart that he didn't see any embarrassment at that time.

However, His Royal Highness, in order to help his first love untied his meaningless knot, Lu Zigang has to admire him.

He shook his head slightly and said, "Your Highness is so serious, let alone I am not acting. The person I am talking about is true."

"Oh?" The eldest princess looked at Lu Zigang in surprise and said, "I'm just talking about being a master for Zhao Lang."

"It's not the case. Her name is Xiu Niang. Maybe Liu Shanggong can still have some impression." Lu Zigang looked at the middle-aged palace maid standing beside him and said, "I heard from Eunuch Chen that you are the same group of people who were selected into the palace."

"Is the embroidery lady?" Liu Shanggong recalled carefully, shook his head apologetically and said, "When I entered the palace, I was trembling and didn't dare to speak. Before I could get to know each other, I was assigned to various places."

"That's it..." Lu Zigang smiled a little disappointed, then took out a brocade box from his arms and presented it with both hands.

"Your Highness, the jade pendant has been closed."

Liu Shanggong took it and opened the brocade box to present it to the eldest princess.

I don’t know what technique Lu Zigang used to repair the jade pendant intact, just like “Shouzheng” and “Ning’an”, never separated.

The eldest princess picked up the round jasper pendant and looked at it in the sunshine, but there was still no flaw on it.

"It's so amazing." The eldest princess was very satisfied. She happily put the jade pendant close to her body, and then smiled at Lu Zigang: "Master has helped a lot this time. Just don't worry about your affairs. Next time I enter the palace, I will advise the emperor to let you go back to Suzhou."

"Then I will thank Your Highness in advance!" Lu Zigang said happily when he heard this: "I am old. Even if I am in Suzhou, I can still carve jade for Your Majesty. I don't have to stay in the palace."

The eldest princess nodded and said empathetically: "Yes, that kind of place is really too depressing for people like the master."

~~

It is true that Lu Zigang was invited by Emperor Longqing, but the jade materials used by the craftsmen who helped him come from the imperial shops in Beijing.

Because of the fate that year, the eldest princess has taken good care of Lu Zigang for nearly a year, and the two have become friends with age.

Seeing that Zhao Lang was reluctant to get to know him for a long time, the eldest princess actually asked Lu Zigang to help him inspire him. Lu Zigang also wanted to ask the eldest princess for help and advised Emperor Longqing to let him go back to Suzhou... The old man knew that his childhood sweetheart had already died in the Forbidden City, and every time he entered the palace, he felt suffocated.

That day she asked Lu Zigang to wait at Yinding Bridge and took Zhao Shouzheng all the way, which led to the reunion that happened sixteen years later.

Otherwise, there would be no such coincidence.
Chapter completed!