"What? The Prince Consort!"
"Please forgive me, Your Highness, I was blind and didn't know you were also taking the imperial examination." The leader said with a smile, bowing and scraping.
Even if they had a hundred times the courage, they wouldn't dare to snatch the prince consort back.
After exchanging pleasantries with his classmates, Zhen Jingxiu turned to look for Su Jin, only to see Lin Xiangzhi acting like a bully.
"Oh no! There's a 'marriage contest' today, and Young Master Lin has been caught!" A scholar who knew Lin Xiangzhi exclaimed in a low voice.
"Have you seen Su Jin and Xie Yunchen? Could they have been captured too?" Zhen Jingxiu quickly looked around.
“No, Xie Yunchen’s carriage is gone. He must have run away,” said a scholar who had seen Xie Yunchen come by.
Zhen Jingxiu looked at Lin Xiangzhi again, rubbing his hands anxiously. "What should we do? How can we get Young Master Lin out of their encirclement?"
As soon as Zhen Jingxiu finished speaking, the group of people surrounding Lin Xiangzhi bowed to him.
Lin Xiangzhi stood calmly beneath the wall of top scholars, showing no intention of running away.
As everyone was wondering what was going on, Zhen Jingxiu saw the group of people turn around and walk towards them.
A sense of foreboding rose in his heart, and he quickly shouted, "Run! The groom-hunters are coming!"
"Damn it, how did Young Master Lin escape?" A scholar took off running to the left, but seeing a tall man rushing over from the flower bed, he quickly turned back and ran to the right.
Chaos erupted at the scene. The scholars fled in panic, while onlookers in the distance laughed and jeering.
Zhen Jingxiu's carriage was the closest. He had just stepped onto it when he felt a tightness around his waist as a hand suddenly grabbed his belt.
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