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Chapter 920: The Unlearned Young Master 21

"What's wrong with you? Did something unhappy happen to you?"

Yun Yi just came back from work and saw Luo Xuan sitting at the table listlessly.

She had been busy with the bookstore business these days and had been in high spirits. Why did she suddenly become like this?

"Nothing." Luo Xuan shook her head. She didn't know how to explain how she felt right now.

It's a mess, like a tangled mess that can't be sorted out.

"Yun Yi." Luo Xuan looked up at Yun Yi, "Did you know that my brother came just now?"

"Your Highness the Crown Prince? Is he here to see you?" Yun Yi asked in surprise.

Luo Xuan lowered her head and sighed, "No, he made an appointment with a few students who are taking the exam this year."

"It's normal for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to want to have his own disciples and to examine their knowledge in advance."

Luo Xuan: Of course this is a very normal thing, but the problem is that those students are not very knowledgeable.

Even if the person is so poorly educated, the emperor can come and meet him in person.

It can be seen that other students are not as good as them.

"Yun Yi, how do you think my talent compares to those students?" Luo Xuan couldn't help but compare herself with those students.

She really had no one to talk to about this. After all, she and Yun Yi were classmates, and she wanted to get an answer from Yun Yi.

"You studied at Yashan Academy before, and your teacher praised you many times back then. Your knowledge is naturally excellent."

When she was at Yashan Academy, Luo Xuan had indeed received many compliments, but she didn't know whether the teacher was really praising her poems and essays, or praising her because of her princess status.

Even though Luo Xuan has always been confident, she couldn't help but feel a little inferior when faced with the vast ocean of knowledge.

But today, after hearing her royal brother discussing academic matters with those students, she felt that her own talents were not bad either.

Yun Yi saw Luo Xuan's conflicting emotions and smiled, saying, "Princess, please don't belittle yourself."

"You have been taught by famous teachers since childhood. The teacher who enlightened you and taught you may not be as learned as the Crown Prince's tutor, but he can also be said to be a master of literature."

"Not to mention that you've been immersed in the library since childhood. The knowledge you possess already surpasses 90% of the students."

"Princess, you've been in the bookstore for so many days. Don't you see clearly that ordinary students have no access to a wide variety of books?"

“Even if you’re a wealthy family, without the wealth of your ancestors, the books you can access are just the ones commonly found on the market.”

Before the Industrial Revolution began, even with the advent of papermaking and printing, books were already extremely precious.

Poor students who want to study but cannot afford to buy books can only borrow them, copy them once and then return them.

"Is that so?" Luo Xuan murmured to herself.

Of course Luo Xuan noticed what Yun Yi said.

Under the instruction of famous teachers and having read rare books in the library, Luo Xuan believed that she was no dumber than ordinary people. So it must be true as Yun Yi said, that her talent and knowledge had surpassed 90% of the students.

This realization made Luo Xuan very happy, but then she let out a long sigh.

Even if one possesses more talent than 90% of the students, what good will it do? In the end, there is no place to use it.

When she has nothing to do, she attends banquets hosted by the ladies of various mansions, and composes a few poems while playing games, which is her greatest use.

"Talent and knowledge are one thing, and whether you can pass the imperial examination is another." Yun Yi suddenly said.

"Hmm?" Luo Xuan was puzzled. "What do you mean?"

But isn’t the imperial examination about talent and learning?

Select talented people, train them to become pillars of the country, arrange them in suitable positions, and make them loyal to the Lang Kingdom.

"I used to think so, but not since I took the county exam."

Luo Xuan remembered that Yun Yi had participated in the county examination not long ago and achieved good results. Now he is no longer a commoner, but a scholar.

"why?"

"Learning has no end, and knowledge is as vast as the ocean." Yun Yi smiled, but in Luo Xuan's eyes, that smile seemed a little lonely and... sarcastic.

"But the exam wasn't about students' accumulated knowledge, but rather about classics and policy essays. Furthermore, there were strict word counts, and the constraints made it impossible to express oneself freely."

"How high a score this kind of writing will rank in the exam depends entirely on the examiner's discretion."

Luo Xuan's heart skipped a beat when she heard what Yun Yi said.

She has lived in the palace since she was a child. The queen is her biological mother and the prince is her biological brother, but she knows that she cannot completely control her own life.

Just as Yun Yi said, rules and regulations are restrictive.

She originally thought that it was because she was a woman, and even a princess would eventually get married, so she was not free.

Even if you are dissatisfied with the rules in the palace, you can only endure it.

I originally thought that those who took the imperial examination and entered officialdom could give advice to Your Majesty as they pleased, but it turns out that this is not possible?

Do we also need to understand the preferences of our superiors and cater to their needs in order to get things done?

"So... you don't plan to continue taking the imperial examination?"

"I don't want to be confined to the clichés of essays, nor do I have that much desire to strive for progress. It's fine to just quietly open a small bookstore."

Yun Yi had nothing to hide from Luo Xuan, and she would not tell Yun Wen.

Luo Xuan was stunned. She didn't expect Yun Yi to have such an idea.

But when I think of his love of freedom, at least his soul and body are free in this small bookstore.

There is no need to flatter anyone or try to please anyone deliberately.

But Luo Xuan didn't want to live like this for the rest of her life.

She didn't want to waste all the books she had read in the past.

Since she had been taught by famous teachers since childhood and had read most of the books in the library, she was unwilling to use her knowledge only to compose poems and couplets.

Yun Yi noticed the reluctance on Luo Xuan's face, and a smile flashed across his eyes as he said, "Princess, do you want to compete with those students to see if you are better than them in terms of talent or if you are also better in terms of policy essays and classics?"

Of course Luo Xuan thought about it, but the question is how to do it?

She had previously disguised herself as a man to study at Yashan Academy, but she couldn't disguise herself as a man again to take the imperial examination.

"But I'll have to ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince for help."

It is impossible for a woman to dress as a man, as she will definitely be exposed during the physical examination.

You can ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince for help, get the test questions out, let Luo Xuan answer them in the same amount of time as the other students, and then mix her test paper with those of other students.

In this way, Luo Xuan will be able to know how she performs among all the students.

The more Luo Xuan listened, the more she felt that Yun Yi's idea was feasible.

She hurriedly got up and went back to the palace to find His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and asked him to help her.