Chapter 533: The Femme Fatale in the Double Life Story (32)
The night before the imperial examination, Xie Qinglan still did not come home.
Su Yu was also holding back her anger and asked Mrs. Zhao to throw away all the food: "You have no conscience. You would rather throw these things away and feed them to the dogs than give them to him."
In some ways, Xie Qinglan's heart is even colder than Su Yu's.
The candle flame flickered. The weather in March was not cold. Xie Qinglan, dressed in a long green gown, stood in front of the window for a long time without saying a word. Occasionally, he lowered his eyes to see the ignorant little insects flying into the candle flame and being burned to ashes in an instant.
Is this the kind of relationship he has with Su Yu?
He was wishful thinking, like a moth flying into a flame, while Su Yu was just like the candle, looking bright and passionate, but actually cold and heartless.
That was a heartless woman.
"Sir, it's late. Tomorrow is the imperial examination. You should have a good rest tonight and get enough rest." The servant of the villa came over yawning and advised him to rest.
Xie Qinglan said: "I'm not sleepy yet, you can go to sleep first, you don't have to wait on me."
He knew the test questions in advance, which gave him a huge advantage over others. He had already conceived the essay and policy paper, so staying up all night would not affect him much.
Seeing this, the servants could not persuade him any more.
★The next day, Xie Qinglan prepared to set off before dawn to avoid being late.
Unexpectedly, as soon as I went out, I saw Lan Ying.
Lan Ying trotted over and said, "Sir, the young lady asked me to wait for you here."
Without waiting for Xie Qinglan to ask what she was waiting for him for, Lan Ying took out a small bundle and said, "This is the food that the young lady prepared for you. I heard that the Imperial Examination Hall can cook, so the young lady asked Mrs. Zhao to prepare rice, flour, bacon, and eggs... It's all ready, just need to be steamed. These are cooked, and you will eat them today. These are raw, and the weather is not hot now, so you can keep them for the next two days. There are also some cakes that don't fall apart, and you can eat them when you are free and hungry..."
Lan Ying explained patiently, and at the end, she advised: "Sir, the young lady actually cares about you very much. What she said that day was just angry words, and you can't take it seriously. The young lady is just shy and embarrassed to come to you. Please don't be angry with her."
Xie Qinglan took the bag handed to him by Lan Ying. It was light, but it contained all the necessary items. It was obvious that the person who prepared it had put a lot of effort into it.
In fact, after so many days, he is no longer angry.
Or maybe he wasn't angry at the beginning, but just felt a little depressed, as if something was blocking his chest.
"Um."
There are three examinations in total, each lasting three days.
Time passed very quickly. When Xie Qinglan came out of the examination room, she saw the person waiting outside at a glance. In the crowded and noisy crowd, she was so beautiful that she attracted people's attention at a glance.
The woman slowly approached, stopped, and looked up at him with her beautiful eyes: "Husband, let's go home."
Xie Qinglan's throat tightened: "Yeah."
After spending the past few days in the examination hall, Xie Qinglan's body smelled not very good. As soon as he got home, he took a shower, changed his clothes, and wrung out his hair. Only then did he feel refreshed.
At the dinner table, Su Yu picked up some food for him and said, "My husband, you have worked hard these past few days. You have lost weight. Eat more meat to replenish your body."
Xie Qinglan did not refuse and also picked up a piece of food for Su Yu: "You eat too."
No one mentioned the previous quarrel, as if it had just passed naturally.
But Su Yu knew that was not the case. This incident must have left a knot in Xie Qinglan's heart. Just like the previous things, it might burst out at any time.
"By the way." After finishing his meal, Xie Qinglan returned to his room and took out two boxes. "This is for you."
Su Yu took it in confusion: "What?"
When she opened one of the boxes, she was surprised: "A hairpin?"
"There is also a pair of jade bracelets. When did you buy them?"
I wanted to give it to her after I bought it that day, but that incident happened in the middle and Xie Qinglan didn't remember it until just now.
Su Yu closed the box and threw herself into Xie Qinglan's arms, hugging him: "Husband, I'm sorry, I shouldn't have said that that day, I was just angry at the time, I didn't really mean it."
Xie Qinglan was silent for a while: "I know."
On the day when the results of the imperial examination were announced, there was a huge crowd of people. Lan Ying was petite and nimble, and she squeezed to the front in no time.
After a careful search, Lan Ying suddenly shouted, "Hui Yuan!"
She ran out of the crowd excitedly: "Huiyuan! Miss, my son-in-law passed the exam and won the first place!"
The first place in the imperial examination is called Huiyuan. After the imperial examination is the palace examination. The palace examination does not eliminate people, but only re-ranks them. In other words, all those who pass the list have achieved fame, not to mention that Xie Qinglan is the first place.
"Really?" Su Yu looked at the person beside her happily, "I knew my husband must be the best."
There was another thing that made Su Yu happy. Su Miaoer's engagement with the Prince of Xin was broken off.
I heard that some time ago, at Princess Mingjia's banquet, someone saw the Prince of Xin and Princess He'an of Prince Gong's Mansion hugging each other.
It was later discovered that the two had been drugged, but the news had already spread, so the Xin Guogong Mansion had to cancel the engagement with the Yongchang Marquis Mansion and marry Princess He An instead. Unfortunately, Princess He An was only thirteen years old.
When she learned about this, Lan Ying was even more excited than Su Yu and immediately ran to tell her.
Good things come in pairs. The next day was the day when the results were announced. Xie Qinglan won the top spot again. Lan Ying was so excited that her face turned red.
[Did the heroine do it? ] Su Yu asked.
System: [Guessed right, it was indeed done by the heroine. ]
Su Yu: [She is quite smart. She was not discovered by anyone? ]
The system meowed: [Because someone helped her. ]
Su Yu: [Oh? Who will help her? ]
The system knows everything: [Duke Xin is the eldest prince's man. He failed to alienate the general's mansion and the third prince's camp last time, so he must bring some people to his own camp.]
Su Yu understood that if she couldn't weaken the enemy, she should strengthen herself.
She turned around and tugged at Xie Qinglan's sleeve: "Does my husband know Prince Gong?"
Xie Qinglan was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said, "Prince Gong is the youngest son of the late emperor and the youngest brother of the emperor. The emperor has been very kind to this brother since he ascended the throne."
Su Yu understood everything. It turned out that the one who helped Su Miaoer was the eldest prince, the impostor who replaced Xie Qinglan's identity.
Su Yu was curious: [The eldest prince doesn't know Xie Qinglan's identity yet, right? ]
System: [You probably don’t know yet, but the hero has already met someone from the Prime Minister’s Mansion. He seems to have noticed something and is secretly investigating what happened back then.]
Su Yu was surprised, but not surprised at the same time: [As expected of the male lead, he is so quick. ]
Xie Qinglan was also wondering why Su Yu suddenly asked about Prince Gong.
Soon he thought of Su Miaoer's matter. When he first heard the news, he was also surprised because this incident had never happened in his previous life.
It seems that there is indeed something wrong with Su Miaoer.
…
The palace examination was held not long after the results of the joint examination were announced. Xie Qinglan had done many tasks for the emperor in his previous life. When it came to understanding the emperor's mind, none of the students in the palace could catch up with him.
While concentrating on writing the article, he also paid some attention to the person sitting high up.
I don’t know if it was an illusion, but that person’s gaze stayed on my face for a long time before slowly moving to other people.
He didn't know whether this scene happened in his previous life, nor did he pay attention to it.
But some people did say that he looked familiar, but no one dared to associate him with the emperor.
A few days later, Xie Qinglan was successfully selected as the top scorer.
The emperor originally wanted to appoint him as the third place in the imperial examination. After all, it was a bit unpleasant to let the other two old men be the third place. However, Xie Qinglan's literary talent was exceptionally outstanding, his views were very consistent with his, and he was pleasing to the eye, so the emperor still appointed him as the first place in the imperial examination.
"I heard that he is the son-in-law of that, that, who?"
The eunuch was glad that he had done some research: "Your Majesty, the new number one scholar is indeed the son-in-law of Marquis Yongchang."
The emperor laughed: "He has good vision. It just so happens that there is a vacant house on the street of the Marquis' Mansion. Let's give it to Xie Qinglan as the No. 1 Scholar's Mansion."
The eunuch was shocked. That house was the one left behind by a fourth-rank official after he retired and returned to his hometown. How could he be awarded to Xie Qinglan as the No. 1 scholar's residence?
The eunuch secretly glanced at the person on the dragon throne. It seemed that the emperor was very satisfied with the new top scholar.
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