But these days are the days of the ancient imperial examinations, and as a younger sister, she should pick a gift for Du Wenwu.

It was thanks to Shen Jie that he had someone give Du Wenwu a break in the Qingzhou provincial examination last year, so Du Wenwu had the good fortune to go to the capital to take part in the metropolitan examination this spring.

After browsing the stalls on both sides, Du Yaoyao took a fancy to a Duanxi inkstone from Lingnan and agreed on a price of one hundred taels of silver. She was about to pay when she heard a commotion at the gate.

Ye Ying gracefully escorted the governor of Wuxing out.

This caused many young men to sigh and look around.

Beauties are common, but prime ministers’ women are rare.

People around started talking in low voices.

"She's so beautiful, talented and charming. I'd love her even if I were your husband."

"She is beautiful, but it is rumored that Miss Ye is not as pretty as Prime Minister Chen's first wife, who is truly a beauty. Tsk tsk, it's a pity that such a beautiful woman has such a tragic fate..."

"Prime Minister Chen and Miss Ye were childhood sweethearts. After the Crown Prince won the battle for the throne with Prince Chen, Prime Minister Chen immediately replaced him with the governor of Wuxing to avenge Miss Ye."

"It seems that the two of them have long been in love with each other. It would be better if the arrogant original wife died. By the way, why didn't Prime Minister Chen marry Miss Ye, but let her go back to her hometown?"

"You don't understand this, right? A man with power should let his woman do what she likes. Once a woman has achieved a certain level of success in her career, the man will come and marry her in a grand sedan chair. How glorious and impressive..."

…

"Madam, do you still want this inkstone?" The vendor saw that the woman in front of the stall did not move for a long time.

"I didn't bring enough money today, so I don't want it." Du Yaoyao waved her hands in disappointment, "Sorry."

"Poor!" the vendor spat, "You can't afford to touch it for so long, it's really bad luck for a pregnant woman!"

Du Yaoyao was completely unaware and turned around and walked towards the carriage.

Xiao Cui retorted, "If you don't buy it today, we may buy it tomorrow. Don't look down on others!"

She quickly caught up with Du Yaoyao.

"Madam, why aren't you buying anything again?" I clearly saw her carrying two hundred taels of silver in the morning.

"I don't want it anymore..." Du Yaoyao said softly, her words were difficult to understand, "I don't want it anymore..."

"What's wrong?" Xiao Cui scratched her head in confusion.

An inkstone, such a big reaction?

The little girl chased after him and changed the subject, "Madam, you said that Prime Minister Chen's original wife must be very beautiful, with a beauty as beautiful as a fairy. Is she more beautiful than Madam?"

Du Yaoyao is the most beautiful woman Xiao Cui has ever seen.

"I don't know." Du Yaoyao sighed. The wind lifted a corner of the white gauze of her veil, and tears welled up in her big, crystal clear eyes.

"No matter how pretty her face and figure are, she is just a dispensable gun stand beside a man."

"What is a gun mount?" Xiao Cui asked curiously.

Du Yaoyao did not answer. She pulled her lips in self-mockery and forced back her tears.

…

Ye Ying stared at the back of a familiar figure in the crowd. She widened her beautiful eyes, suspecting that it was an old acquaintance.

In a flash, I saw the woman stroking her big belly and getting into the carriage. I blinked, thinking maybe I was seeing things.

…

Two days later, Du Yaoyao went to another place to buy an inkstone.

Before the inkstone got hot, a shocking piece of news came from the capital.

Du Wenwu was imprisoned along with the examiner for cheating in the imperial examination.