Huang Zhong quickly picked up the child and began to discipline him with a stern look, but his son burst into tears, causing him to panic!
Since Vice General Zhang hadn't brought his family and couldn't discuss court matters with Wang Yan, he could only bury himself in his food. It must be said that Qin Qing's cooking skills were truly exceptional.
Wang Yan ate his food slowly and deliberately, glancing at Qin Qing with a complex and guilty look... before continuing to eat.
Mu Yang ate with impeccable manners, completely unaffected by anyone. He would occasionally glance at Wang Yan and Qin Qing, keenly noticing something, but knowing it was none of his business, so he continued eating his crabs.
Qin Qing felt uneasy under Wang Yan's gaze, but she didn't want to interrupt the lively atmosphere. Then, when Wang Yan looked up at her again, she reached under the table and grabbed his thigh, squeezing hard!
Wang Yan's face immediately turned pale, but he quickly smiled, lowered his head, and continued eating!
The eerie atmosphere finally came to an end as time passed!
Huang Zhong took Shaoyao and left first, since the child was already asleep...
Deputy General Zhang then left, and Qin Zifeng and Mu Yang returned to their room. Little Mu Xing was also extremely sleepy…
So Qin Qing went to wash the dishes, followed by a silent, expressionless man! He was like a shadow...
Even as Qin Qing was washing dishes with her back to someone, she could feel that burning gaze, which startled her so much that she broke one of the dishes!
Seeing her action, Wang Yan immediately came to his senses and spoke slowly in a calm yet restrained tone.
"How are you?"
Qin Qing paused upon hearing this, then silently lowered her head and sarcastically remarked.
"It's alright... Apart from almost being poisoned to death, being surrounded and nearly hacked to death, and almost being discovered and chased by hundreds of thousands of troops! Everything else is fine!"
With each word she spoke, Wang Yan felt increasingly distressed, and his expression grew more and more unpleasant.
"I'm sorry! It's all my fault!"
Qin Qing shook her head, put down the bowl in her hand, and turned to look at him.
"This isn't your fault. When two armies clash, we've already disregarded life and death once we made our decision. Besides, I didn't die, did I? You did the right thing. The army needs you, Tianlong Kingdom needs you, the people need you, everyone needs you! I shouldn't have insisted on you living in seclusion with me; I was selfish..."
How could I not be angry? We had agreed not to get involved in court affairs, but once war broke out, Wang Yan would be the first to rush to support us. We had agreed to live in seclusion with her, but even though the old emperor was so cold to him, Wang Yan still came back!
During her time as a doctor in Liuyun City, whenever she had a spare moment, she would think back to the time when Wang Yan hadn't left with the army but had stayed in Liuyun City searching for her. They would have definitely met and found a place to live in seclusion.
But Wang Yan still left. She would never forget the scene when the army left Liuyun City that day. That tall and mighty man sat on horseback, revered by thousands, high above everyone else!
But she could only stand outside the crowd, watching with a heavy heart, praying, but the person did not stay as she had hoped.
Anyone would be heartbroken! Plus, she was troubled by the poison on her at the time, constantly worried about hurting her family, and simply didn't dare go back…
At that time, she longed for someone to rely on, but there was no one! Wang Yan did not turn back!
Pulling herself back to reality, she looked at Wang Yan and suddenly hesitated. This kind of Wang Yan might be popular with the people, but he wasn't the one she wanted!
Wang Yan watched her silently, observing the myriad changes in the Pantheon until it finally calmed down, as if trying to expel him. His heart grew increasingly panicked and desperate!
A moment later, he went straight up and hugged Qin Qing tightly!
Qin Qing could almost sense his trembling and despair...
"I'm sorry, please don't leave me..."
These seven short words stirred up Qin Qing's recently calmed emotions, but she didn't know how to face Wang Yan at this moment, so she could only sigh.
"Maybe we both need to calm down! It's late, you should go home! We can talk about these things later, I'm really tired today!"
Wang Yan froze upon hearing this. He could hear the weariness in Qin Qing's voice, and swallowed back the words he wanted to say.
Wang Yan didn't sleep a wink that night!
Qin Qing slept soundly that night!
Time quickly came to the preliminary imperial examination…
That day, Qin Qing brought his family to send Mu Yang off to his exam, and Xiao Muxing patted him on the shoulder.
"Don't be nervous, brother. Just do your best. We all believe in you!"
Qin Zifeng, however, was too lazy to encourage him and said directly.
"Don't worry, this guy is a monster. He always gets first place in the academy exams. The teacher said that at the very least, he'll become an official! He'll definitely pass the preliminary exam without any problems!"
Originally, he said that Mu Yang was no trouble for them, it was just a simple preliminary test, but Qin Qing was so worried that she insisted on coming to see!
He received only a silent glance from Mu Yang, and then he looked at Qin Qing.
"The weather is getting colder and colder. The exam shouldn't be too long. Grandma, just wait for me at the inn!"
As he spoke, he pointed to the teahouse not far away.
Qin Qing nodded, feeling a surge of nervousness within her, as if her own son were about to take the high school entrance exam…
Seeing this, Mu Yang confidently walked into the examination room, without any nervousness.
Just then, a young man suddenly walked over from not far away, surrounded by everyone, with an extremely arrogant and domineering expression!
"Young master, you will surely be the champion today. We will have to rely on you a lot in the future."
"Indeed, indeed! With such talent and learning, we are all ashamed of our own!"
Accompanied by a barrage of flattery, the arrogance on the young man's face grew even stronger! Mu Yang merely glanced at them, as they were blocking his way. Just as he was about to go around them, the young man saw Qin Qing and the others, and his eyes lit up instantly.
"Hey you over there! Come here!"
Qin Qing didn't react for a moment. Since she didn't recognize the person, she prepared to take Xiao Muxing and Qin Zifeng to the inn to wait after Mu Yang left.
To everyone's surprise, the boy got angry when he saw this and walked straight over.
"Hey, little girl, I'm calling you!"
"Little girl?" Upon hearing this, Qin Qing subconsciously looked around and, confirming that apart from some women who had brought their children to take the exam, there were hardly any little girls around, she turned around.
Then Xiao Muxing turned around and met the boy's gaze! She asked in confusion.
"Is the little girl talking about me?"
Seeing this, the boy smiled even more arrogantly and then walked over directly.
"This little girl is quite adorable. Be my maid! I promise you won't be mistreated! And when you grow up, maybe I can even give you the position of concubine..."
Qin Qing was stunned, staring at the boy who looked no more than thirteen or fourteen years old, her lips twitching…
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