Wouldn't It Be Better If She Had Been Allowed to Take the Imperial Examination Earlier?

When he was at Qingya Academy, Mingtang had a very hardworking classmate. He always gets up the earliest and goes to bed the latest. He completed the homework assigned by his master the best. The clean and beautiful pavilion body made Mingtang extremely envious. He only has two or three sets of clothes, but they are always clean. Mingtang always saw him sitting alone in the corner of the dining hall, with green vegetables and tofu in front of him, without any oil on it. Mingtang couldn't bear it, so he gave him his clothes and shared his meals with him. Whenever this happens, he will raise his clean and beautiful eyebrows and say thank you to Brother Ming. Mingtang thought how great it would be if he could be an official in the same court with him in the future and stay with him for a hundred years. But in the end, he failed to participate in the imperial examination with his classmates. It's not because of poor knowledge or poor family background. It's because "he" is actually "she". She is a poor girl who disguised herself as a man and entered the academy. After her identity was revealed, she packed her bags silently and left the academy where she had studied for three years. Her luggage is very small, just one small bag can fit in it. Mingtang carried this small bundle and sent her out of the mountain gate. Standing in front of the mountain gate, Mingtang didn't know what to say to her. I've actually liked you for a long time, but when I found out you were a woman, I was more sad about your hopeless future than happy? Or is it that I have a rich family, so you go to my house to avoid the limelight, wait two or three years, change to another academy and continue to disguise yourself as a man? In the end he said nothing. When he handed her the small bundle with the banknotes secretly stuffed inside, he only said "take care". So she also said, Brother Ming, take care. Mingtang stood in front of the mountain gate, watching her back drift away and disappear into the mist of the mountain. He returned to the academy, studied in seclusion, and did not care about worldly affairs for five years. Five years later, he finally came out of seclusion. He felt that his knowledge had reached perfection and he would be the best in Chinese. As a result, his classmates told him that you have missed a lot of things in the past five years of seclusion. For example, we have changed dynasties, and Jinke is the first year of the new emperor's accession to the throne. Mingtang was unmoved. After the dynasty changes, don't we still have to take the imperial examination? His five years of knowledge were not in vain, and he won the first prize in one fell swoop. In the Jinluan Palace, he knelt in front of the new emperor and said, Your Majesty, I am brave enough to die, please listen to my heartfelt words. The new emperor said yes, you raise your head and look at me. He said that I am willing to exchange my fame and honor and ask your Majesty to fulfill my wish. The new emperor said yes, but you raise your head and look at me. He said that I have an old friend who is noble in character and knowledgeable, a hundred times more knowledgeable than me. Xizai was born a woman and could not be loyal to His Majesty. I beg Your Majesty to have mercy and allow women in this world to take part in the imperial examinations and become officials in the court. The new emperor smiled. After laughing for a while, he finally said: I promise you. But, Brother Ming, raise your head and look at me. Mingtang raised his head blankly and saw her sitting on the dragon chair, with the same smile as when she beat him in the academy. She said, Brother Ming, you are fine. Mingtang suddenly thought that on the way to Beijing to take the exam, he had heard a lot about the new emperor. It is said that the new emperor has three heads and six arms and can eat ten cows in one meal. It is said that the new emperor sent the previous emperor to Qiongzhou and asked him to count coconuts every day. Mingtang thought, the former emperor must be regretting it now. Wouldn't it be better if you let her take the imperial examination earlier? Motto: Life will always find a way