Originally, she wanted to have a good rest, but when she saw the man standing at the door of his own residence, Hu Xiao felt a headache, she did not know what reason the man had come here.
"Who are you? What are you doing here? "
Zhi Lan naturally also saw that person, and thus spoke to him.
"Excuse me, are you Empress’s maid? I wish to pay my respects to Empress.
The man looked like a scholar, and his words were filled with scholar’s vitality. However, the people of Sui City all looked like they were not full yet, so it was rare to see such a clean scholar.
"Why are you looking for me?"
Seeing that the person did not seem to be a bad person, Hu Xiao thought for a while before walking over and whispering to him. But when the man saw Hu Xiao, her courteous attitude just now disappeared, and she knelt on the ground, crying uncontrollably.
"What’s going on?"
Hu Xiao did not know whether to laugh or cry, how did she become like this the moment she saw her? Had she done something? Thinking back on what shshehad done recently, she really couldn’t remember, so he gave up.
However, the man still kneeled on the ground and continued to cry, there was no gap for him to speak. Hu Xiao and Zhi Lan helplessly looked at each other, and could only stand to the side and watch the man cry.
The man seemed to have cried enough, when he saw Hu Xiao and the young lady who had chatted with him looking at him strangely, the tears that he had just managed to stop felt like they were falling again.
"Stop stop stop stop, don’t cry anymore. Men don’t cry easily. You’ve already drained your entire life of tears."
Hu Xiao was afraid that the man would cry again, and so she quickly replied.
The man might still have tears in her eyes, but she was stubborn enough to not let her tears fall. Seeing that, Hu Xiao started to relax a little, though she did not know why she was like that.
"Thank you, Empress!"
He thought that he would be relieved, but the man had just stopped his tears and kowtowed once again. This was a place where stones were everywhere, but the man seemed to not be able to see it, and knocked himself down to the ground right away. It hurt even when Hu Xiao looked at him.
"Wait, you usually do so many things without saying anything?"
Just as she was about to continue, Hu Xiao anxiously stopped him, but the mockery in her words made the man feel embarrassed.
"No, it’s just that I can’t help it."
That man had never had such experience in this aspect. Now that he saw Hu Xiao, this Empress from East Court was even more nervous and fearful, but it was precisely because of this reason that Hu Xiao would waste such words on this person.
"Forget it, why did you make such a big move just now?"
Hu Xiao could no longer be bothered to say anything else to him.
"I didn’t know that Empress had saved a mother and son from the hands of an official of the imperial government. That woman was even carrying a baby."
"Mother and son?" "Child?"
"Hu Xiao felt that it was a little strange that she had never saved her. "No, I think so."
When the man heard Hu Xiao’s words, he seemed to feel at ease.
"That’s not your wife and children, is it?"
Before the man could say anything, Hu Xiao said with a strange expression.
The scholar in front of him seemed to be young, but the woman was a little old. So she already had this sort of combination? Hu Xiao seemed to have thought of something, and her expression became even weirder, looking at the man with various surprise.
"Empress!"
Even though the man didn’t know what Hu Xiao was thinking, he had a bad premonition when he looked at Hu Xiao’s appearance. Furthermore, the words that he said just now seemed to be different from the legends, and this Empress didn’t seem to be that strict.
"Those are my mother and my youngest brother."
said helplessly, afraid that Hu Xiao would say something shocking, seeing that, Hu Xiao felt helpless, if she was really as curious as she thought, but her face had an expression of inconvenience.
"So this is how you came to thank me?"
If Hu Xiao still did not know what the man was doing, he would be a fool.
Even Zhi Lan who was standing at the side had a terrible look on her face.
Yes, I went to the capital to hurry up and take the examination not long ago, but because of an accident, I only found out that something huge had happened there. My mother told me that if it wasn’t for Empress, I would have seen the corpses of my mother and little brother right now, and she especially came here to thank Empress.
The scholar spoke in a straight and precise manner, causing Hu Xiao to feel embarrassed, he himself only raised a hand, but to be remembered by this family, he felt embarrassed, but even so, he was still extremely happy.
An elderly mother was probably leading a young child, and there wasn’t even a single man following her. The family head was most likely dead, so the family’s life must have been extremely difficult, and so she had been forced to travel so far to run into their carriage.
He had clearly seen how the soldiers had treated their Hu Xiao, if she had not made her move, her corpse would probably have been turned stiff, no wonder she had come in such a solemn manner to express her gratitude.
"It is merely a small matter. There is no need to be so concerned about it."
With that said, Hu Xiao decided to leave. Scholars normally valued these things, and Hu Xiao had saved his family with such ease, how could they let Hu Xiao leave so easily?
"Oh right, you said that you were going to the capital to take the exam?"
Hu Xiao seemed to have thought of something, and when the scholar was about to speak, Hu Xiao asked anxiously.
Glancing at Zhi Lan, Hu Xiao nodded her head, and Hu Xiao knew why she came out to see so many young children outside the city. It turned out she was here to take the exam, but she needed Qin Shuo to personally host the exam, why would he return so quickly?
"Yes."
The scholar didn’t know what Hu Xiao was thinking at the moment, it was just that when Hu Xiao spoke, he replied obediently.
"It failed?"
Initially, he thought Hu Xiao would ask about other things, but only Hu Xiao said it out loud. Even though it was a shame in her heart, she still nodded.
"Then what do you think your results are?"
The scholar was somewhat baffled, but he was also thinking of a way to reply.
"Don’t give me those pretentious words. I want the truest thoughts in your heart."
His words caused the scholar to be stunned for a moment. After a moment of thought, he slowly opened his mouth.
"Reporting to Empress, this one feels that this one might be able to make it onto the leaderboard, but it’s a pity that this one’s family has fallen. It’s not good enough ..."
Hearing that, Zhi Lan looked at the man with wide eyes, his eyes slowly revealing shock, but Hu Xiao was not surprised, she knew that the history of the Imperial Examinations had a lot of subterfuge, and the top scholar were mostly the rich merchants of their families, or the eldest son of talented government officials.
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