Yongning felt that this needed to be made clear. As a princess, how could she possibly pursue a man? Even back then, with Rongxun, she only asked him to marry her.
She had pursued someone once before, and the experience was too exhausting, so naturally she wouldn't pursue anyone again.
"You're talking nonsense. You stole my husband. We had already exchanged marriage certificates back then, and we were going to get married when he returned from passing the imperial examination."
I waited and waited, only to receive news of your upcoming marriage. How can I accept this?
She eagerly awaited her husband's success in the imperial examinations, only to be met with the unexpected reality that he was forced to marry someone else.
She was unwilling to accept it.
"I was unwilling to accept this and wanted to appeal to the emperor, but I was killed by the assassins you sent that very night. In order to avenge me, Ma Ling had no choice but to pretend to marry you."
Because my resentment ran too deep, I became a ghost.
It was because of her deep resentment that she became a ghost and met Maling again.
When Ma Ling saw me, he wasn't afraid, he was only heartbroken, so we decided that we must take revenge.
To get revenge, he had to force himself to be nice to you, force himself to say those affectionate words.
At this point, she turned back and looked at Ma Ling with heartache. "Brother Ma Ling, you've worked so hard."
She didn't see the resolute glint in Ma Ling's eyes, the way he would strike Yongning with all his might the moment she looked at him again.
At that very moment, Rong Chu blocked Ma Ling's attack, pulled Ma Ling out, and kicked him hard, causing him to fall to the ground and spit out mouthfuls of blood.
A Piao looked at Ma Ling in shock, "Brother Ma Ling, why?"
Seeing A Piao's shocked and heartbroken expression, Mo Yan kindly told her the answer.
"Didn't you see? There was no coercion or pursuit from Yongning at all. From the beginning, this man abandoned you and wanted to rely on Yongning to gain wealth and status."
You're not naive enough to think that becoming a third-place scholar (探花) means you'll automatically become a high-ranking official, are you?
Ah Piao still didn't understand, her whole body was trembling, and she suddenly felt a little scared.
For some reason, she suddenly felt very scared.
Afraid to know the truth.
She was afraid to know the truth she didn't want to know.
"What's the meaning?"
Mo Yan raised an eyebrow. Many people thought that winning the third-highest rank in the imperial examination meant having everything, but that's not actually the case.
That's just something made up in TV dramas. In reality, even the top scholar (Zhuangyuan) has a long road ahead, let alone the third-place finisher. Some people find the road too long and naturally look for other ways.
Even if you become a third-ranked scholar, you will only become an official sent to a remote area. If you are lucky, you may be able to take the exam again and enter the Hanlin Academy. Even if you enter, it will take seven or eight years before you can be promoted.
As for being sent to a post outside the capital, without any achievements, one would start as a minor official. Only after three to five years of achievements and excellent performance evaluations could one be sent to the capital to report on one's work. And that depended on where one was assigned. If one was unlucky, one would still be a minor official.
If he wanted to climb the ranks, he naturally had to rely on Yongning.
One is his fiancée, who offers him no help and even hinders him; the other is Princess Yongning, who can pave the way for his advancement. What do you think he will do?
The woman couldn't accept this outcome. She couldn't believe it and kept retreating. Her entire being became ferocious, her hair stood on end, and long, hungry fangs grew from her mouth.
Oh, it looks even uglier now.
Yongning hid behind Moyan, "I'm not going to be this ugly, am I?" She couldn't accept that she was so ugly.
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