With the golden ticket of passing the imperial examination, Zhao Yiming was not finally dragged away by Tian Mingwu to compete.
After warning him harshly for a long time, Tian Mingwu went to interrogate the two men in black with a whip in his hand.
Tian Mingwu was a general and had many torture methods in the military camp. The two men in black died before because they failed to swallow the medicine in time. Now they fell into his hands and confessed everything in just two rounds.
The result was similar to what Tian An and the others had expected. The person was sent by Zhao Ningsong, the current head of the Zhao Mansion.
When Tian Mingwu learned the result, he was so angry that he almost broke the table.
"That bastard Zhao Ningsong allowed his daughter to bully An An at Gu's house last time, and this time he even had the audacity to have someone attack my general's mansion. I'm going to kill him..."
The more he thought about it, the angrier he became. Tian Mingwu stood up and wanted to go find Zhao Ningsong to settle the score.
Fortunately, Tian An stopped him in time, "Dad, our top priority now is to ensure that Brother Yiming can successfully take part in the imperial examination.
The reason why Zhao Ningsong sent people to assassinate Brother Yi Ming was not because he was afraid that Brother Yi Ming would return to the Duke's Mansion openly after gaining fame and seize the Duke's title that he had been coveting for many years?
The title is what he cares about most, and the best revenge we can take from him is to rob him of what he cares about.
The two men in black failed to go back and report yesterday. I guess Zhao Ningsong already knows that they have failed. He is so obsessed with that title that he might send someone more tonight.
We have to be careful tonight."
Tian Mingwu immediately slammed the table and stood up, "Hmph! Let him come. I'll arrest as many people as he sends and send them all before the emperor. If he continues to blackmail me, I'll fine him and give him several shops as a dowry for my daughter."
Seeing Tian Mingwu plotting against the shop of the Duke's Mansion in front of him, Zhao Yiming was at a loss whether to laugh or cry.
After all, the Duke's Mansion will be his in the future. Is it really okay to plot against him so blatantly in front of him?
For Tian An's dowry, Tian Mingwu was determined to sleep with Zhao Yiming no matter what, under the pretext of protecting him closely.
Tian An had to persuade him to agree to live next door to Zhao Yiming.
Sure enough, four more killers sent by Zhao Ningsong were captured that night.
Tian Mingwu felt very happy and immediately took people to interrogate the people who had signed the agreement. Looking at their eyes, it was as if he saw shops flying towards him, and he wished that Zhao Ningsong would send more people.
But when he continued to guard Zhao Yiming the next night and prepared to catch the last wave of people, he kept his eyes open and did not see any shadow of a man in black until Zhao Yiming left for the exam.
"Could it be that Zhao Ningsong has given up?" Tian Mingwu said, rubbing his sore eyes.
Tian An didn't think so. "Maybe he wants to send someone to tamper with the exam on the way. We can't let our guard down until Brother Yiming enters the exam room."
Hearing this, Tian Mingwu perked up again.
After they finally arrived at the Imperial Examination Hall in a crowded carriage, Tian Mingwu widened his eyes as soon as he got off the carriage. He followed Zhao Yiming closely and stared at the person walking beside him.
His aggressive look was quite intimidating, scaring the people around him so much that they subconsciously stayed away from them, which actually reduced the chances of being tampered with.
Tian Mingwu protected Zhao Yiming until he could go no further. Then he patted his shoulder and said, "I'll take you this far. The rest of the way is up to you."
Seeing that Zhao Yiming was about to enter the tribute hall, the people hiding in the dark finally couldn't hold back any longer.
A scholar standing two people in front of Zhao Yiming suddenly fell backwards without any warning.
At the moment when the crowd was in a panic, Zhao Yiming noticed with his sharp eyes that a candidate who was standing behind him with a few people between them was taking advantage of the chaos to come towards him.
His alarm bells immediately rang, and he held the exam basket tightly in his hand. When the man threw a ball of paper at him, he nimbly dodged to the side.
By some strange coincidence, the paper ball ended up in another candidate's basket.
The yamen runners responsible for maintaining order quickly calmed the chaos here.
The candidate who was hit by the paper ball was quite alert. After realizing something was wrong, he took advantage of the chaos and threw the paper ball into the crowd.
The yamen runners searched for a long time but couldn't find the source of the paper ball, so they had to give up. However, the inspection at the entrance was more strict than before.
Seeing Zhao Yiming enter the examination room smoothly, Tian An arranged two servants to guard the door and keep an eye on the movements in the examination room at any time, and then took Tian Mingwu, Xiaokang and Xiaoqi back home.
"Dad, you haven't slept well these past two days. Go back and catch up on your sleep today since you don't have to work."
Tian Mingwu shook his head and looked towards the city gate. "It's a rare day off, so I should go to Peach Blossom Mountain to see the peach trees I planted last year!"
Tian An knew that he was thinking of An Wan, so he stopped the carriage, bought some cakes on the roadside and handed them to him, then watched him ride towards the city gate.
Because of the imperial examination, the streets were packed with people. By the time she and her two children returned home in a shaky and sleepy carriage, it was almost noon.
As soon as she arrived at the gate of the mansion, before she even got off the carriage, the doorman came running over and said, "Miss, a distinguished guest has arrived. We have been waiting for you for a while."
When Tian An arrived at the flower hall and saw Yaoyao eating cakes and snacks and drinking hot milk tea with gusto, he was stunned for a moment in disbelief.
"Yaoyao? Why is it you?"
When Yaoyao heard this, she immediately became unhappy. She put down the cake in her hand, her face puffed up with grievance, "Sister An An, you don't welcome me."
"No, no, I'm so happy! How could I not welcome you?" Tian An hurriedly explained, quickly stepping forward to pull her. "I just couldn't believe it. I thought I was seeing things."
When Yaoyao heard this, she took Tian An's hand and touched her face, saying happily, "I'm not seeing things, it's really Yaoyao!"
Tian An couldn't help but touch the tender and smooth little face a few more times. Then he reacted, smiled awkwardly and put his hand down.
"But why did you suddenly come here today? Are the Emperor and Empress willing to let you leave the palace?"
Suddenly remembering the last time she was kidnapped from the palace, Tian An was shocked and said, "You didn't sneak out!"
"What do you mean by sneaking away? I left the palace openly." Yaoyao argued with a stern face.
Then he said happily, "Not only can I leave the palace today, I can also live here with Sister An An in the future!"
Tian An always felt that she was talking in her sleep, "Live here? Are you sure?"
"I'm sure, certain, and certain." Facing Tian An's face full of disbelief, Yaoyao was full of confidence.
Seeing that she didn't seem to be joking, Tian An fell silent and began to look at the palace maids following her.
Only then did he realize that they were the people who always followed Yaoyao around when she was in the palace.
When the personal maid saw Tian An looking at them, she smiled and greeted them, "This servant greets Miss An An."
After exchanging a few pleasantries, Tian An pulled Yaoyao over and said, "Tell me! What's going on?"
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