On the first day of August, everyone on Suwangfu East Road ushered in the first monthly exam in their lives.

Whether it is the servants in the reading class or the six concubines, they all have to take the exam.

Mian Mian anxiously followed everyone in line to enter the courtyard of Wufangzhai. He heard several women whispering: "Have you heard? There will be rewards for the top five in our literacy class exam!"

"I heard it, I heard it! The first place is a piece of satin, plus a piece of jewelry, and five taels of silver!"

"The second place is a piece of satin, plus five taels of silver, the third place is five taels of silver, the fourth place is three taels, and the fifth place is also two taels!"

"Hey, our Crown Princess is so generous. Do you have exams every month?"

"Yes, every month."

"Doesn't it mean that once we take the exam, the Crown Princess will have to pay for it once? That adds up to twenty taels."

"What do you know? What is the origin of our imperial concubine? The Minister of the Ministry of Finance married his daughter, and the dowry was generous!"

"Oh, you can't say that. Among those on the West Road, which one has a poor background? Who has a less dowry? I know that the second lady's dowry is a full 80,000 taels! Who has seen her generous? We

The Crown Princess is still a concubine, how much money can her aunt prepare for her?"

Next, the gossip became more and more ridiculous. It was purely a comparison of Meng Yuyan and Song Qingyue's dowry, who had more dowry and who had less.

When Mo Zhu, who was in charge of invigilating the exam, happened to hear the comment, he immediately glared at the gossiping women and shouted loudly: "Sister Fengjiu, come here!"

Feng Jiu came like a gust of wind. Mo Zhu glanced at the name tags of several ladies and said: "This is buying Mrs. Han in the dining room, buying Mrs. Zhao in the dining room, buying Mrs. Wang in the sewing room, and this one, buying Mrs. Huang in the flower house, and discussing the prince publicly.

The concubine and the second madam are extremely disrespectful! They are disqualified from taking the exam this month. Sister, please throw them out!"

Before the four women had time to defend themselves, Feng Jiu raised her seemingly thin arms and threw them all out in a few strokes.

The women's buttocks hurt from the fall. They wanted to curse a few words, but Fengjiu glared at them with round eyes and frightened them away.

Originally, they didn't come here seriously to learn how to read, but they just saw that the breakfast in the reading class was good. Every morning they had either sweet bean paste buns or egg and leek boxes. Sometimes they also had pork glutinous rice shaomai or meat buns.

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In fact, it was not that Song Qingyue had not expected this to happen. For example, the Baoding factory opened a literacy class for children. Most of the children just came to have breakfast.

But she didn't mind. No matter how absent-minded she was in class, she could still learn something, and that was enough. After all, farm children were too hard-working.

But she would not indulge the maids and women in the palace like this. She was here to select talents.

This group of maids (and a few young Huangmen) don’t know that they will be divided into classes after this monthly exam. A perfect score of 50 points will be included in the key training plan. Those with 40 points and above will be included in the key training plan. As for getting 10 points

For the following, Song Qingyue will directly ask them to get out of the literacy class and will not be allowed to come back in the future.

Although she has a lot of money, she really doesn't like being ripped off.

It wasn't until everyone finished the exam that Mo Yun informed: "Those who are below 10 points will no longer need to come back starting from this month."

"What!"

"Why didn't you tell me earlier?"

"This, this, hey, can you give me another chance?"

Many of the women who came over to have breakfast were so regretful that they were almost green, as was the case with several women who were in the laundry room with Mian Mian. They didn't come at first, but later they heard Mian Mian say that the breakfast in the literacy class was particularly good, and they started talking.

They followed, but they were typical people who didn't want to study at all and dozed off during class time.

There is even a blank paper that the mother-in-law handed in just now!

She can't even hold a pen!

Now she was anxious and wanted to find the laundry manager to come to the imperial concubine to intercede. Little did she know that the laundry manager herself was worried to death.

The Crown Princess said that if she couldn't get a steward with more than 40 points, she would replace her. The stewardess was in her forties and had grandchildren. She had been burning the midnight oil for the past ten days, reviewing and preparing for the exam.

Ever since the three girls Zi Yuan, Xin Lu, and Xiang Die were beaten to death in public, and their family members were also beaten half to death, the servants on the east road knew how powerful the Crown Princess was!

Especially Zi Yuan, her mother was originally the first-class maid of Concubine Sun, her brother was in the accounting office on the middle road, and her father was the servant of the prince in the front yard!

Why not be captured by Feng Qi and Feng Jiu, beaten to death, and sent to Zhuangzi covered in blood?

The prince didn't say a word about the Crown Princess.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is so doting on me, and the prince is even more considerate of me.

She said she wanted to change someone, but no matter how she tried to find connections, it didn't work.

The Crown Princess was not only ruthless in doing things, but also had no scruples. Just her previous bold words about giving abortion pills to the concubines made everyone understand what kind of temper she had.

She is not afraid of others saying bad things about her at all, and with so much money being spent, most of the servants in the palace can only say good things about her. No matter how bad she is, she is still a very good master.

No one dares to ignore what the Crown Princess says now.

As for Cotton, she cherishes such learning opportunities very much. She listens carefully to every class. While washing clothes every day, she is still thinking about what Sister Mo Yun said in class in the morning.

After writing the test paper today, she checked it seven or eight times before handing it in.

Two days later in the morning, everyone gathered at Wufangzhai.

Aunt Bai had a loud voice. Standing on a simple podium made of wood, she loudly announced the names of the maids and mothers-in-law who had received more than forty points, "If you please, please come to the front if your name is given! Sweep the big garden, it's sunny in the evening,

Forty-one points! Washing vegetables in the kitchen, jujubes, forty-two points! Waiting for flowers in the hibiscus garden, hibiscus, forty-two points!..."

Aunt Bai reported a dozen names, and soon, the top five were reported.

"Fifth place, Baoguang Palace Sweeper, Chen Xiaoer! Forty-eight points!"

The next person, Xiao Huangmen, who was about eight or nine years old, stood up with great excitement and jumped to the front.

Mo Zhu held a small silver spindle and gave it to Chen Xiaoer in public. Chen Xiaoer hurriedly said: "Thank you, Sister Mo Zhu! Thank you, Sister Mo Zhu!" He also put the silver in his mouth, bit it, and put it into his sleeve.

Extremely happy.

"Fourth place, Baoguang Hall Sasou, Li Goudan, forty-nine points!"

Li Goudan is only eleven years old, and this is the first time he has received a reward from his master since he entered the palace! Although it is not as exaggerated as Chen Xiaoer, he can't hide the embarrassment on his face.

Aunt Bai cleared her throat and continued: "The following are three people with perfect scores. They are tied for first place. Everyone can get a piece of jewelry, a piece of cloth and five taels of silver!"

Wow!

Everyone is excited. The Crown Princess is so grand! She has perfect scores and she is actually giving rewards to the first place!

Mian Mian's name hasn't been reported yet. She looked at the stage eagerly, feeling that there was no way she couldn't even get forty points. She really tried her best!

"First place: Xi Jin Palace, jade chess, jade screen, and laundry room and cotton!"

Yushu and Yuqin looked at Yuqi and Yuping in disbelief.

What kind of simplified characters and pinyin did the Crown Princess come up with? What nonsense are they? What about the rules of the ancestors? What about the etiquette? That word also says that if you miss a few strokes, you can just drop a few strokes at will?

The two of them actually studied seriously!

Yushu and Yuqin both handed in blank papers when they took the exam. The noble prince and the first-class maid serving in the study looked down upon these two things very much.

Although Yujing and Yuxiang didn't care much about these two things, especially the simplified characters, which made people feel extremely uncomfortable, just like a person missing arms and legs, so they didn't study hard, but they were very interested in pinyin.

The senses were still good, so they only studied the pinyin part carefully. They didn't bother to write simplified characters, so they wrote traditional Chinese on the test paper.

As for Mian Mian, she screamed on the spot and quickly covered her mouth, feeling a little overwhelmed by the gazes that gathered.

Mo Zhu smiled and gave her a beaded flower and a piece of silk that he had prepared a long time ago, as well as five taels of silver!

After that, there was a list of people who announced that they would no longer come to class starting this month. There were sighs and sighs at the bottom, but no one dared to make trouble. With Feng Qi and Feng Jiu here, no one dared to make trouble. They could only leave with regret and shame.

Aunt Bai continued: "Everyone, let's start having breakfast. After breakfast, class will begin! There will be another chance next month!"

Then he said to the fifteen servants who had scored more than 40 points: "Follow me, the Crown Princess has prepared a good meal for everyone."

This time, they were led into a side room to have breakfast.

On the long table, there are preserved egg and lean meat porridge, taro crisps, shrimp dumplings, chicken soup and eggs, and all kinds of breakfasts. The array is so dazzling that Cotton feels dazzled.

She asked Aunt Bai in disbelief: "Mommy, can you eat them all?"

Aunt Bai responded with a smile: "Take it yourself and eat whatever you want."

Yu Qi and Yu Ping looked at each other, smiled at each other, took the plates and went to get their own food.

Yuping was the youngest and said somewhat uncertainly: "Sister Yuqi, I see Yushu and Yuqin are angry, what should I do?"

Yuqi sneered: "Ignore them, let's do our thing. Yushu and Yuqin have a big heart, just look at it, sooner or later the imperial concubine will not be able to tolerate them."

Yuping nodded worriedly, but this delicious and attractive breakfast quickly pushed away the little worry in her mind.

The pearl flower given by the Crown Princess is so beautiful! It uses a handful of pearls, and there is a small plum blossom inlaid with rubies in the middle. Although the silk is about to go out of season, I will probably have to wait until next year to wear it again, but there are

Isn’t it better? The bright green color looks great too!

Yuping is so happy today.

In the main hall, Song Qingyue, who got up late again, led six concubines to have breakfast together.

Several people have seen their test results.

Both Yan and Shen received full marks, and both had already received the silver rewarded by the Crown Princess. They also said that as soon as breakfast was finished, Aunt Bai would open the warehouse and let them choose their own jewelry and fabrics.

When the two of them entered the warehouse, they were both shocked. The Crown Princess didn't put away the valuable things on purpose, but just displayed them in such a big way. And this warehouse is too enviable, isn't it? Is she really a concubine?

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To be continued...