After that night, Du Li thought of a thought. Because he was worried that his sister left his family for the first time and entered Beijing from afar, the day of the palace examination in Shunri was almost here, so he finally decided to get up and pack his luggage, and go to the city with his sister the next day, and go to Beijing. On the one hand, the brothers and sisters could take care of each other on the road, and on the other hand, they could adapt to the palace examination in advance, so that they could prepare for the palace examination.

Du Li followed the official team day and night, and walked for nearly a month before he arrived at the imperial capital Chang'an at that time. As soon as he entered the city gate, the brother and sister had no time to say goodbye, and the palace officials who came to pick him up took Du Juan and other newly arrived palace servants away.

He chased after him to the outside of the palace gate of the imperial city, and watched his sister and the palace envoy pass through the moat. There was an imperial guard outside the palace gate, so he couldn't get in.

He always remembered the last impression his sister left on him: she turned around at the door, kept waving at him, shouting that he would take the exam with peace of mind, and she would wait for good news in the palace, and so on. Her pretty face was filled with a smile, and she took her hope for a beautiful palace life, stepped back step by step, and walked deeper...

Until the moment the palace gate closed, Du Li would not have the idea of ​​an unexpected prediction. This was a road of no return and he could never see her again.

Who knew that when the palace gate parted today, what was obtained was the separation of yin and yang?

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Just like in previous years, he found a cheap inn to stay in. He studied hard and half looked for work. Fortunately, his sister would ask someone to give him some money every month, which would barely maintain his food and clothing cost in the capital.

She also met some friends who could write in the palace and asked their pens to write to him to inform him of his current situation. Not long after, he learned that his sister had been assigned to serve in Ganquan Palace in Xianyang. Although she was not too far away from the capital, it was just that the letters between brothers and sisters were inconvenient, and he could not get news from her for a long time.

That year, he lost the election again as expected. He seemed to have become accustomed to it, and he didn't feel disappointed. In comparison, he was more concerned about his sister.

But when he was about to write a letter to tell his sister that he planned to go back first and come back in the spring of the next year, asking her to take good care of her. As if she was suddenly favored by God, the court sent someone to deliver an edict to him, informing him that the royal family moved the capital to Luoyang in the early spring of next year, and set up a special "Hundred Confucian Spring Examination". The Taifu of the dynasty was the chief examiner and selected 100 outstanding scholars from various candidates, and was exempted from the provincial examination and directly participated in the palace examination. The emperor finally chose him personally, and he was among the quota.

This made him overjoyed, thinking that it was his time to make progress and the opportunity to make a name for himself, but there were many troubles that followed. If he returned home at this time, he would go directly to Luoyang next year, but his sister might still be in Xianyang, one in the east and the other in the west, which was beyond the reach. But if he chose to stay in Chang'an to prepare for the exam, the daily living expenses would make him feel very troubled.

In the end, he couldn't let go of his sister and decided to live in Chang'an for the time being. In order to make a living, he looked for a job everywhere, decent, and could be a accountant for the inn and restaurant for a while. If he was worse, he wrote letters and articles for others, and even wrote elegiac couplets for those who had fun. He would never refuse any things that a literati could do and not be ignorant of his conscience. He had changed his residence several times in the middle because he was short of money and could not pay the house. When he was at his worst, he lived in a dilapidated temple and slept in the woodshed at his employer's house.

In the six months he was wandering in Chang'an, he was a scholar, but he lived like a beggar several times, sleeping in the open air, and even enduring hunger, and experiencing the coldness of the world. But for the ambitions in his heart and for his sister, he gritted his teeth and held on. He had a trace of immortal belief, no matter how difficult the difficulties, no matter how great the wind and rain were, he would eventually suffer and be happy.

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In a letter from Muchun, his sister told him that she saw the azalea he mentioned in Ganquan Palace! The colorful flowers bloomed in the sun, and they looked very beautiful. Of course he was happy for her.
Chapter completed!