Mulan Jing smiled.
Outside, new branches sprout in spring, and inside the hall, people sit opposite each other and enjoy a meal, feeling relaxed and at ease.
After finishing the cakes and drinking tea, Mulan Jing handed Zhao Xiu an embroidered handkerchief and asked her to wipe her hands.
Zhao Xiu took it but was reluctant to let it go, so he just held it tightly in his hand. Seeing this, Mulan Jing felt her cheeks getting hot.
"Lan Jing, I'm sorry for you." Zhao Xiu suddenly said.
Mulan Jing looked at him in surprise.
"Plum Blossom Paper, and everything that happened afterwards." Zhao Xiu didn't dare look into her clear eyes. "I've disappointed you."
Mulan Jing was silent for a moment, tapped the table lightly, and said: It’s good that you change your ways, I don’t blame you.
Seeing Zhao Xiu looking at her, she continued: I don’t blame my father either. You are all doing this for me and my mother.
If it weren't for her and her mother, how could her father and Zhao Xiu be coerced by him? So she had no right to blame him.
However, she could not bear to see Zhao Xiu and her father make one mistake after another, which eventually reached a point of no return, so she gave all of Zhao Xiu's poems and essays to Xu Jiang.
Fortunately, his father and Zhao Xiu finally stopped themselves and turned back to the right path.
After her father returned to Suzhou, he told her everything Zhao Xiu had done. If Zhao Xiu had not risked his life and taken the credit to atone for his father's sins, even if her father had sued her, he would not have been punished with exile from the capital.
What's more, he was demoted back to Suzhou, which was more of a grace than a demotion.
All this is because of Zhao Xiu.
Mulan Jing looked at Zhao Xiu's waist, pointed and asked: Is your injury healed?
The look in his eyes was clear and innocent, but Zhao Xiu felt the scar on his waist burning. He rubbed it with his hand and cleared his throat, saying, "Don't worry, it's healed."
Mulan Jing asked again: Does it hurt?
It hurt, and not only did it hurt, but it almost dragged him to death. Thinking of this, Zhao Xiu couldn't help but curse the Turkic barbarian in his heart.
But in front of Mulan Jing, no matter how much it hurts, he has to say it doesn't hurt, otherwise it will damage his masculinity.
So he shook his head and said, "It's just a minor injury, it doesn't hurt."
Mulan Jing looked at him suspiciously.
He patted his waist and twisted it again, "Look, it's fine."
Mulanhe and Mei Er came into the hall and saw this disgusting act. Their expressions were simply indescribable.
Seeing her sister still smiling, Mulan He frowned and shouted, "Lan Jing, we should go back."
The two of them looked over, then looked at each other, both feeling reluctant to leave.
Zhao Xiu wrapped up the snacks on the table and placed them in front of Mulan Jing. "Take them home and eat them slowly. I'll buy more after you finish them."
Mulan Jing carefully put it away and then smiled at him.
Zhao Xiu moved the flower over again and said, "Put it in the room. It will bloom in two days."
Mulan Jing couldn't take the flowers after she took the snacks, so she had to look at her cousin with pleading eyes.
Mulan He sighed helplessly, stepped forward to help her up, and then went to hold the flowers, "Can we go now?"
Mulan Scenic Spot Nose.
Zhao Xiu and his servant sent the two sisters out of the door. A carriage was waiting at the door. When the two maids saw the two sisters coming out, they hurried forward to help them pick up their things.
Mulan Jing gestured to Zhao Xiu to say goodbye.
Zhao Xiu said softly, "I'll come to your house tomorrow to see you and your wife."
Mulan Jing was very happy to hear this, but was then pulled away by Mulan He, who couldn't stand it anymore.
The carriage drove out of the alley and disappeared at the street corner. Zhao Xiu retracted his neck, turned around and faced Mei Er's kind face, and was frightened.
He slapped Mei Er on the head, "You scared me!"
The slap didn't hurt, so Mei Er leaned forward again and said, "Boss, do you have any feelings towards Miss Lan Jing..." He raised his two thumbs and gave a nod, "Do you have such feelings?"
"Is it obvious?"
"Even a blind man can see that."
"That's good." When Lan Jing was young, he didn't dare to reveal his feelings. Now that he has reached the age of marriage, there is no need to hide it.
Now that the Mu family has moved to Suzhou and Lan Jing is of marriageable age, there is no guarantee that no one will have ambitions towards her. He has to take advantage of the two months she stays in Kyoto to express his feelings to her, and then ask his teacher's wife for her approval after the results are announced.
When Mei Er saw Zhao Xiu revealing her true colors, and thought of Miss Lan Jing's weak and ignorant appearance, he couldn't help but sigh.
The little white rabbit has been targeted by the fox and there is no way it can escape.
In the following days, in addition to participating in the review, audience and pay-per-view organized by the academy, Zhao Xiu went to Mu's house to accompany Mrs. Mu and Lan Jing.
The mother and daughter were very concerned about his imperial examination. They not only prepared spare clothes, writing brushes, paper and inkstone for him, but also prepared a lot of dry food.
Two days before the exam, Mrs. Mu asked Zhao Xiu to move back to the Mu house so that she could take care of him nearby, and Zhao Xiu did not refuse.
When Chang Bo saw him move back, he couldn't help but sigh. As an old man, he could not compare with a young girl like his young lady.
Mei Er looked at the pot of good wine and treated him to two drinks, which finally made him happy.
On the day of the exam, Madam Mu and Mulan Jing personally sent Zhao Xiu to the examination room.
Zhao Xiu stepped into the gate of the Imperial Examination Hall and looked back to see them crowded among the families of the candidates taking the exam. She felt at ease and then walked into the examination room with steady steps.
After the exam, Zhao Xiu was not as keen on gatherings and social events as other scholars, but instead accompanied Madam Mu and Mulan Jing on spring outings and visiting friends.
Mrs. Mu knew what he was thinking. She found an opportunity to ask him privately, and Zhao Xiu spoke frankly without hiding anything.
"I only have this one daughter, born late and with a disability. If I gave her to another family, I would be worried about her being bullied and mistreated. I originally planned to raise her for life, but I realized that your teacher and I would pass away sooner or later, and she would be left alone in the world and would be just as miserable and lonely." Madam Mu looked at Zhao Xiu and said frankly, "I'd like to tell you that when your teacher accepted you into his family, he had the intention of matching Lan Jing with you."
"Who would have thought..." Madam Mu sighed softly and apologized, "Who would have thought that I would bring trouble upon you and ruin your future."
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