Qin Mo took out some silver from his pocket, intending to give it to the little beggar-like woman in front of him.
"Young master, don't give her any money. She might be a con artist," someone in the crowd began to shout.
"That's right, now people pretend to be beggars and come out to beg because they're drunk. Young master, you're going to be fooled!" the eunuch delivering the wedding ceremony chimed in.
"I, I'm not a liar," Bechuk hurriedly said. "Young master, you have a noble appearance and you've become a third-place scholar in the imperial examination. You must be a very good person."
Qin Mo handed the silver to Biechuk and said, "Take this and buy some food. Whether it's a scam or not, it's already quite difficult for a young lady to go out like this."
Looking at Qin Mo's gentle and refined demeanor, and noting that his expression never showed the slightest disdain for those who had given him charity, Bie Chuke truly saw him as a gentleman.
"Your Excellency, you should mount your horse quickly!" said the eunuch delivering the congratulations.
Qin Mo nodded to him and said to Bie Chuke, "Go home quickly, there are too many people here, be careful of a stampede."
Then, Qin Mo said a few words to the people surrounding him, mounted his horse, and continued his parade through the streets.
Holding the silver Qin Mo handed him in his hand, Bechuk watched his retreating figure, a touch of emotion stirring within him.
“Miss, everyone has gone far away,” said Bechuk’s personal maid, who walked up behind her.
"Oh dear, you brat, you're trying to scare this princess to death!" Bechuk shuddered and said coquettishly.
"Princess, let's go back. If Her Majesty finds out you're like this, she'll definitely scold me," the little maid said.
“Mother won’t blame you. Let’s go, let’s go somewhere else,” Bechuk said.
"Princess, where shall we go next?" the little girl asked.
“Naturally, we’re going to check on the others,” Bechuk said.
"Princess, I think this Young Master Qin is quite good. He's handsome and has a good character," the maid said.
"Oh my, it seems you like this Qin Mo?" Bechuk said deliberately.
"Princess, what are you saying? I was only saying this for your sake, Princess," the little maid said, blinking her eyes pitifully.
"Alright, then follow me, Princess." Bechuk flicked the little maid's forehead and laughed.
After the sun went down outside, Bechuk returned to the Yuanmingyuan with her maid and guards. She was exhausted after the day; she had never walked past so many people or been in contact with so many people before.
"Princess, this servant will fetch you water to wash your feet!" the maid said.
"Wait a moment, I need to see my mother. I have so much to say to her," Bechuk said. Since Ushiha's marriage, Bechuk had become Lanqin's primary focus, and the mother and daughter were much closer than before. Bechuk had also gradually shown her own characteristics. She had always been more composed than Ushiha, more like the Fourth Prince. However, while composed, she lacked liveliness. Lanqin worried that Bechuk's overly composed nature might lead her to suffer the fate of many Qing Dynasty princesses who didn't live long after marriage. That's why, for this important matter of her life, Lanqin had told her to go out and meet people herself.
In the following days, the top three scholars in both the first and second lists received imperial edicts summoning them to the Hall of Supreme Harmony to meet the emperor. Others who passed the exams could not enter the Hall of Supreme Harmony and could only stand in the square outside the Hall to listen to the emperor's instructions.
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