Chapter 85 Xu Shujian
Qiao Wanyan smiled but said nothing. She didn't feel touched at all that the prince stayed to accompany her back to the capital.
The prince originally went to Pharmacist Valley with me under the pretext of accompanying me to look for scar-removing ointment. Now that he is returning to the capital, he naturally wants to go back with me, just to complete the act.
What about leaving Qiao Yihuan to go back to Beijing alone? Who can't say nice things?
Do you really think she will be grateful?
Qiao Wanyan ate the sweet-scented osmanthus cake with her eyes downcast. She had always been vengeful. Now that she was misunderstood and ignored by the prince and had to accept the situation, she would take revenge in the future.
To abandon him for another man after he fell in love with her, to ignore him deliberately because of misunderstanding!
Suddenly, there was a rapid sound of horse hooves outside the carriage, and a male voice sounded a moment later.
"Your Highness, Miss Qiao met the Tenth Princess on her way back to the capital. The Tenth Princess was being hunted. We were not strong enough and could barely protect the princess and Miss Qiao, but we were trapped. I risked my life to come out and report the news."
Qiao Wanyan frowned. The Tenth Princess?
Isn’t the Tenth Princess far away in her fiefdom?
Why did you suddenly return to Beijing?
There is no such incident in the storybook. It just says that the Tenth Princess died suddenly a few years after her marriage. Because her mother was of low status and unfavored, she was buried directly in her fiefdom and her body was not even sent back to the imperial mausoleum for burial.
She glanced at He Zhiyu's worried expression and knew that she couldn't stop him even if she tried, so she simply and considerately asked him to go and save people quickly.
"Wanyan, I will keep Jingyuan to protect you. My sister returned to the capital for no reason and was hunted down. I have no choice but to go there in person."
"Your Highness, please be safe. I am waiting for you at the farm where my sister lives."
He Zhiyu nodded, told Jingyuan to go back via the official road, and hurriedly rode his horse and took a shortcut away from a small road with just a few people.
He remembered that Yihuan said they wanted to return to Beijing as soon as possible, so he took the small road.
After they left, Qiao Wanyan frowned and thought, the development was completely different from what was described in the story. Could it be that so many unexpected events had occurred because of her change?
"Second Miss." Jing Yuan's voice suddenly sounded, and at the same time the carriage stopped.
Qiao Wanyan retracted her thoughts, "What's the matter?"
Jingyuan looked at a man lying on the side of the road not far away. He looked like a young scholar.
"Second Miss, there is a man on the roadside who seems to have fainted. He doesn't look dead yet. If we don't take care of him, he will probably die in this weather."
Qiao Wanyan tucked her hair in and said in a leisurely tone, "That's really unlucky."
Jing Yuan was silent, waiting for her next words, but after waiting for a long time, the second young lady did not say anything.
Jing Yuan: “….”
No.....Just now when His Highness was here, the Second Miss spoke gently and thoughtfully and was very considerate. Why doesn't she even pretend now that His Highness is not here?
Is it because he knows that he knows what kind of person she was in the past, so she is too lazy to act in front of him?
Isn’t the Second Miss afraid that he will tell His Highness?
Jing Yuan sighed silently. Just as he was about to ride his horse away, he saw that the man seemed to be waking up, but he did not have the strength to get up.
The man's weak voice sounded, "Please save me, sir. I am... I am a disciple of Minister Qiao."
Jing Yuan was stunned. Minister Qiao? Isn't that the second young lady's father?
With a creak, the carriage window opened, and a flawless and gorgeous face appeared.
Qiao Wanyan looked at the man, but had no impression of him at all.
Her father has many disciples. Her father is the Minister of Revenue and the head of a prominent family.
The so-called aristocratic families rely on monopolizing knowledge. If the sons of poor families want to take the imperial examination, some people with connections will want to become disciples of the aristocratic families in exchange for book knowledge.
She had seen several of her father's favorite students, but the man before her could not be matched to any of the faces in her memory.
Qiao Wanyan closed the door, as if she just wanted to take a quick look. Even if she had seen that person before, she had no intention of helping him.
The man continued, "I am a student of Minister Qiao. My name is Xu Shujian. I hope the young lady will have mercy on me and save me."
"Stop the car!" said Qiao Wanyan.
The carriage stopped and Zi Yuan asked, "Miss, what's wrong?"
Qiao Wanyan's expression changed slightly. Xu Shujian, she had seen this name in a storybook.
Although there is not much description in the storybook, it is only mentioned briefly.
This man was a scholar from a poor family. He passed the provincial examination and was ranked first, so my father took a fancy to him and recruited him. Later, he went to Beijing and became my father's most proud student.
Xu Shujian did not disappoint his father. He later won the first place in the imperial examination and the third place in the palace examination.
He should have been the top scorer, but because Xu Shujian was extremely handsome in that palace examination, he was directly ranked third.
Otherwise, based on his talent, the top spot would be a sure thing for him.
She never cared about irrelevant people. She remembered this character in the storybook because her father liked him very much, and even showed him a hint of politeness and respect that she could hardly understand.
Later, my father tactfully asked me to stop being obsessed with the prince and marry Xu Shujian instead. Unfortunately, I disagreed and got really angry, so my father never mentioned it again.
Xu Shujian was rescued, so Qiao Wanyan's carriage naturally wouldn't let him get on. So they had to put him on the carriage loaded with a whole cart of butterfly grass, with him and the coachman on each side.
Qiao Wanyan did not return to Beijing directly, but went directly to a farm outside the city.
On the farm, Wu angrily shouted, "Did you tell Yihuan that I was ill? You old bastards don't take me seriously, do you? My daughter will be the Crown Princess in the future, and I will be the Crown Prince's mother-in-law in the future. How dare you fool me like this!"
One of the maids said, "Madam, I went to the mansion a while ago to inform them that you were very ill. The people in the mansion said that the eldest lady was not at home, so I gave money and asked someone to go to the Pharmacist Valley to inform them. I don't know if the eldest lady has received the news yet."
Mrs. Wu snorted coldly, "You don't know? The Qiao family gave you a monthly allowance so that you don't know anything? I caught a cold and am dying, and you are just perfunctory to me like this? Do you look down on me?"
Wu was annoyed, but the two maids seemed to be used to it and no one continued to talk.
In the past few years since being thrown here by the Shangshu Lord, Wu Niangzi had restrained herself at first, but as time went by, her true nature was exposed.
He was so filled with inferiority and resentment that he took it out on them. It was really unfortunate.
Jing Yuan was about to go in with the second young lady when he heard a familiar voice inside yelling and cursing very harshly. He had been ordered by His Highness to deliver some things to the eldest young lady's wife, but every time the eldest young lady's wife was so polite and even enthusiastic that he could not resist.
Now this is......
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