Chapter 358 The Unexpected Number One Scholar
"I stabbed him to death and fled. After that, I wandered around, changed my name, and disguised myself as a refugee. I was chosen and brought back. I re-registered my household and taught myself some servant skills. Then I was sent to the princess's palace as a gift."
Yu Qing said this with his eyes downcast and a lonely look on his face.
Seeing him like this, Xiao Ning raised his hand and patted his shoulder, trying to comfort him, but unexpectedly he raised his hand to cover it.
Xiao Ning immediately withdrew his hand.
Yu Qing didn't even touch her finger.
"Qiu Minghuan, do your best to be the top scholar. Your future is limitless."
Yu Qing smiled, "The future..."
Not interested.
He was already a lonely man anyway.
No matter how promising your future is, it is just like walking in the night in gorgeous clothes, which is very boring.
Xiao Ning said: "Yes, you are young and promising now. If you work hard under me, I will definitely promote you in the future."
Yu Qing bowed and said, "Then I would like to thank Your Majesty first."
Xiao Ning smiled and said, "You're welcome. Work hard and you will have everything you need in the future."
Yu Qing: "...I feel like Your Majesty is just making empty promises to me."
Xiao Ning coughed and said, "That's not true. Don't talk nonsense. I'm just trying to motivate you."
Yu Qing smiled and said, "Even if Your Majesty is just talking nonsense, I am happy to eat it."
Xiao Ning: “…”
…
After Yu Qing left the hall, the fellow tribute students were still waiting for him.
"Brother Qiu performed well today, and His Majesty treats you so specially. It seems you will rise to great heights in the future!"
Yu Qing bowed and said, "No, no, it's just my humble opinion. I can't compare with my colleagues."
"Brother Qiu, aren't you being too modest?"
"that is!"
"By the way, Brother Qiu, His Majesty just asked you to stay. Is there anything important you need?"
Yu Qing: "There's nothing important, just a few words of casual chat."
"Brother Qiu, I've prepared some wine at home. Come to my house and be my guest!"
When the others heard this, they immediately gathered around and invited him.
Yu Qing knew that these people from aristocratic families wanted to win him over.
They wanted him to serve them.
He curled his lips and said, "Everyone has sincerely invited me, which makes it difficult for me to make a decision. How about this, let's go to Tianxianglou for a meal together, which can be regarded as a fulfillment of the friendship of being a fellow examinee."
Everyone could only agree.
So everyone went to Tianxiangyuan.
The female tribute students went home early and did not organize a drinking party like the male tribute students.
When they came home from their last exam, they were severely lectured.
But who among them is a fool to go on the expedition? They justify their actions from the perspective of interests.
In the eyes of these men, family interests are above everything else.
Finally, I managed to handle this matter lightly.
Otherwise, I might not be able to go out for the palace examination today.
When they return home, they still have to play the role of good wives and good daughters.
…
After finishing his work, Xiao Ning returned to the Qinzheng Hall, where Shang Xi was leaning on the chaise longue reading a book.
The graceful figure is like a willow in spring.
Xiao Ning walked up to him and asked, "What book are you reading?"
Shang Xi heard the voice and quickly put away the book, his face a little red. "I just picked it up from the table to kill time."
Xiao Ning laughed, "Baby, you don't look like you're reading a serious book."
Shang Xi's face was still hot. He simply lay down and said, "Yeah, it's not a serious book, so what?"
Xiao Ning bent down and kissed him, "It's nothing, are you not allowed to ask?"
Shang Xi held the back of her head and deepened the kiss.
Xiao Ning had just left court and hadn't changed out of his imperial robes yet. The tassels on his head swayed and hit him between his eyebrows and on his eyelids...
Itchy.
Shang Xi raised his other hand and grabbed the tassel that was in the way.
After the kiss, Shang Xi moved in and let Xiao Ning sit up.
"So, who was chosen as the top scholar? Is it still Qiu Minghuan?"
Xiao Ning nodded, then paused, feeling a little guilty.
"Well, Ling Hui, let me tell you something. Don't be angry..."
Shang Xi's originally casual expression turned serious when he heard this, "What's the matter?"
Xiao Ning said: "Qiu Minghuan is actually Yu Qing."
Shang Xi sat up suddenly, "What did you say?"
Xiao Ning: "This is something I didn't expect either."
Shang Xi laughed in anger: "I didn't know that there was a top scholar hidden in my backyard!"
Xiao Ning: “…”
Who could have imagined this?
She had never thought that her male favorite would be a top scholar...
She looked at Shang Xi's face and asked softly, "You're not angry with me, are you?"
Shang Xi glanced at her and asked, "Why am I angry with you?"
Xiao Ning said, "I'm angry that I knew his identity, but I still chose him as the top scholar."
Shang Xi was of course angry, but they all witnessed Qiu Minghuan's abilities. He knew that she loved all the people in the world, and he was not a cruel and vicious person.
So he had to swallow his anger alone.
Is it possible that I still need to quarrel with her...
She didn't make any mistakes.
Shang Xi swallowed his anger today, but he was even more angry the next day.
Because rumors were spreading that the new top scholar had once been a servant of the Queen.
Such rumors were exploited by people with ulterior motives and soon spread to the palace.
After Shang Xi learned about this, his face turned pale. "How did this rumor spread?"
The eunuch reported, "I heard that the number one scholar said it yesterday when he was drinking with his fellow Jinshi and got drunk..."
Shang Xi grabbed the paperweight on the table and smashed it hard.
Make a dull sound.
"This bastard!"
Originally thought that after escaping slavery and becoming an official, he would be successful in the officialdom and would definitely not be involved with Xiao Ning anymore, but who would have thought...
When Xiao Ning was in court, he felt that the atmosphere was a little strange. After leaving the court, he heard the eunuch's report and knew why.
Xiao Ning was speechless. Yu Qing was deliberately trying to make things difficult for him.
If you say Yu Qing likes her, she doesn't believe it at all.
But it’s better this way, so that those people from the aristocratic families won’t dare to touch him easily.
Whatever she asked him to do in the future would infringe upon the interests of the aristocratic families. If they wanted to touch him, they would have to consider whether they could withstand her anger.
only……
How should she explain this to the jealous person in her family?
Xiao Ning had a terrible headache.
I thought I would face Shang Xi's anger after returning, but he didn't get angry. He even stood by the table, painting leisurely.
Xiao Ning said cautiously: "Ling Hui, haven't you heard..."
Shang Xi's voice was indifferent when he heard this: "What did you hear?"
Xiao Ning: “…”
Shang Xi put down his pen, raised his eyes, and looked at Xiao Ning: "Aning, do you sometimes feel that I like to make trouble for no reason?"
When Xiao Ning heard this, he quickly shook his head, "That's not true! Ling Hui, I'm never afraid of you making a fuss. I'm just afraid that you'll be holding your anger inside and make yourself sick."
Shang Xi smiled when he heard that. She was always like this. How could he not love her?
He waved to Xiao Ning, who immediately strode over to her and shook his hand.
"Aning, I'm not angry... Well, I was a little angry at first, but what he said was true..."
He was the one who brought about this fact...
"And you said you only love me in this life. I think I should believe my Aning."
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