Chapter 293 Sweet

"Time flies by so fast. It feels like it has only been a short time since we stood here and watched the parade of top scholars."

Standing on the corridor facing the street, Shen Yuan always felt that this scene seemed just like yesterday, except that "people are different every year", same street, different people.

"We haven't congratulated Yunyi yet, how do you feel about being the wife of the top scholar?"

Jiang Yunyi's husband, the grandson of the current imperial tutor He, was selected as the third place winner in this year's imperial examination. Jiang Yunyi smiled and said, "Don't say I didn't expect it. Huaiyi himself didn't expect it either. He told me that it was probably because he was the only one younger than the top five candidates in the imperial examination that the emperor selected him as the third place winner."

So in fact, the compartment for watching the parade of the top scholar today was not chosen by Jiang Yunyi, but by Yan Siyu. This year's parade of the top scholar was on a holiday, and Yan Siyu had booked a compartment in a restaurant on the street early in the morning and invited them to come and watch the excitement.

I heard that the number one scholar in this imperial examination is over 40 years old. He had missed several imperial examinations due to poor health before that. He broke his arm on the eve of going to Beijing for the last imperial examination. His road to the imperial examination was really bumpy. Fortunately, nothing went wrong this year. He was the first in the imperial examination and also performed very well in the palace examination.

This year's runner-up was not from the Imperial College either, and he was even older than the number one. If the number one had a bumpy road to examinations, this one was the epitome of "God rewards hard work". Ever since the examination for students of the Tongsheng class, he had never passed any examination in his first attempt, and he took the provincial examination four times. When he heard that he was ranked second when he heard the results of this provincial examination were announced, he fainted with joy, and was woken up by someone pinching his Ren Zhong point.

However, such situations are not uncommon in the imperial examinations. Sometimes, no matter how well the essay is written, if it does not meet the examiner's taste, it will not pass.

Shen Yuan was standing on the corridor and happened to see Xie Hui passing by. There were many people on the road today, and the Jingzhao Prefecture must have sent people to patrol the streets. She did not call out to Xie Hui, but took off the purse from her waist, watched him approach, and threw it down when the time was right.

Yan Siyu didn't notice the people below, and asked Shen Yuan curiously, "It hasn't even started yet, and you're already throwing purses? Besides, this year's top two candidates... I don't think anyone would throw sachets to them, right?"

Xie Hui, who was downstairs, saw something coming towards him from the corner of his eye. His first reaction was that it was a hidden weapon, so he drew out his sword to block it. When the purse fell to the ground, he realized that it looked familiar. He had taken it off himself last night...

"Tsk tsk, I was wondering why you threw your purse, it turns out that's your Mr. Xie underneath. You two young couples are really interesting. I won't bother you anymore." Yan Siyu rubbed his arms and stood further away.

Xie Hui picked up his purse and when he looked up he saw his daughter Manman standing outside in the corridor waving at him. Manman was still sleepy when Xie Hui went out, so the two of them had not had time to say a word to each other that day.

Shen Yuan said to the people downstairs: "Xie sir, this is a reward from me. You have worked hard patrolling the streets. Please buy some meat for lunch."

Xie Huiben was planning to go upstairs to return the purse, but after hearing what Shen Yuan said, he smiled and put the purse in his arms, "Thank you for your gift, Miss."

Shen Yuan waved his hand, "Go and do your work, there's no need to come up."

Xie turned around and there were still a few Jingzhao Prefecture yamen runners behind him. One of them sighed when he saw this scene, "It's good to be handsome. Sir Xie walked on the road and girls gave him purses."

The tall and thin man next to him rolled his eyes and said, "Are you stupid? The one above is our Master Xie's wife! Do you think our Master Xie will accept anyone's money?"

"Why do you two talk like this?"

"This is called interest. You, a bachelor, wouldn't understand it even if I told you."

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"I heard the sound, it seems like he's coming over, Yunyi, are your sachets ready?" Yan Siyu teased, "It's likely that your husband He will receive the most sachets today!"

Upon hearing this, Jiang Yunyi helplessly took the bag from the maid, spread it on the table and opened it.

The other three were all dumbfounded. The whole bag was filled with sachets.

"Don't get me wrong. I didn't prepare these myself. Huaiyi prepared them himself. After he knew that I was the third place winner in the imperial examination, he packed all the scent sachets in my room and insisted that I take them with me when I go out."

"Your He Huaiyi has a very unique hobby. I was wondering why your maid still carries a bag when she goes out."

Jiang Yunyi had no choice. Although she felt ashamed, her husband was already a top scholar in the imperial examination, so she had to give in to him.

Among this year's top three candidates, He Huaiyi was indeed particularly handsome compared with the other two, so although he dodged left and right along the way, he was still hit by many sachets and his hat was even knocked askew.

Jiang Yunyi didn't bother to look closely. Seeing him coming, he quickly grabbed the sachets in his bag and threw them down. He grabbed a few at a time. It looked more like he was feeding chickens than throwing sachets.

She didn't care whether He Huaiyi caught it or not, she just wanted to throw it quickly. He Huaiyi caught it happily, and after catching it, he raised his hand and waved in the direction of Jiang Yunyi.

The top two candidates in the imperial examination were both old enough to be He Huaiyi's fathers. Seeing this scene, they looked at him very "lovingly". Occasionally, they would help He Huaiyi pick up the ball that he missed and put it in his arms.

"Okay, let's have dinner. I'll treat you at noon." Jiang Yunyi turned around and said to the three people.

Shen Yuan smiled and said, "That's great. I just threw away all my money and now I have nothing left."

While eating, Shen Yuan noticed that Lu Shuyan seemed to have no appetite, so he asked with concern: "Shuyan, is the food not to your liking?"

Jiang Yunyi also said: "How about ordering a few more dishes?"

"No, no, it's not that I have no appetite."

"What's wrong? Are you sick? Do you want to go to the hospital later?"

Lu Shuyan smiled and said to the three of them, "Today is a good day for Yunyi. I was planning to tell you another day that I am pregnant. It has been more than three months. I am a little bit sick now and can't eat much."

The three of them opened their mouths wide at once.

"This is good news. You can hold it in without telling me. Why do you still care about this? I will definitely be happier if you tell me about it."

"Do you want to eat anything? Something appetizing...spicy or sour? Can you order a few more dishes?"

"You are so serious!"

The three of them were talking at once, and it took a long time for Lu Shuyan to get a word in. "No need to order. I can't eat even if you order. I didn't mean to hide it from you. I only knew about it a few days ago."

"No wonder you looked so much thinner. I thought you were too busy in the shop."

"What if you have morning sickness and can't eat anything? Have you seen a doctor?"

"The doctor said that everyone has different symptoms. My case is not particularly serious, and taking medicine is not good. Maybe this child wants to eat the food cooked by his father. I don't know why, but I can only eat the food cooked by Yuwen Mu without vomiting."

"Ouch, ouch, my teeth are sore!" Yan Siyu covered her face and screamed, and Shen Yuan and Jiang Yunyi couldn't help laughing.