Seeing Han Xiao coming back, the two of them immediately trotted over to Han Xiao and raised their little faces with the same expression: "Husband, you're back."
The young master clung to her affectionately. Even though the weather was hot, it couldn't stop him from wanting to be close to his husband.
Han Yuer also hugged Han Xiao's thigh: "Brother, sister-in-law has been waiting for you for a long time. Sister-in-law also said that she would take us out to play when you come back."
Han Xiao hugged the young master with one hand, and then picked up Han Yuer with one hand: "Okay, big brother will take you out to play when he is free, but Ruanruan Xiuran is here too."
The young master then noticed that his brother was also behind Han Xiao. He let go of Han Xiao awkwardly and slowly rubbed against Ruan Xiuran's side: "Xiuran is here, why didn't you tell me?"
Ruan Xiuran rolled his eyes behind Han Xiao and asked, "Have you still noticed my existence since you two got married?"
"Brother, don't you see me standing here like this?"
Hearing the grievance in Ruan Xiuran's tone, the young master made a quick decision and immediately went over to hug Ruan Xiuran's arm: "Xiuran is the best. I was just not paying attention because I was taking care of the children. I didn't mean to ignore Xiuran. Can you forgive me?"
Ruan Xiuran himself was not really angry. Seeing that the young master was getting anxious, he grabbed the young master's hand and said, "No, no, brother, I was just joking with you."
The young master's eyebrows were raised, and he wanted to shake off Ruan Xiuran angrily, but then he thought that he really didn't notice him just now, and Xiuran must have said this to avoid making him sad.
Thinking of this, the young master laughed again and pulled Ruan Xiuran in affectionately: "Okay, I won't say anymore. You haven't been here for a long time. Come and see how many good things my husband has made for me. If you like anything, take it."
Just consider it as an apology, of course the young master was too embarrassed to say it out loud.
Han Xiao held Han Yuer and watched the two brothers interacting in a friendly manner. He couldn't help but laugh out loud and followed them in.
Han Xiao brought Xiaobai to accompany Han Yuer. When the young master and the two brothers Ruan Xiuran said this, they looked like they were living a peaceful life.
The Autumn Examination was getting closer and closer. Just the day before the examination, Xing Yi caught a little maid who served Han Mingyuan.
Without disturbing Han Mingyuan, Xing Yi brought the person directly to Han Xiao.
Looking at the little maid kneeling and trembling below, Han Xiao was not surprised at all. It was even within his expectations.
She drank tea calmly at first, and Han Xiao's fingers tapped the table rhythmically. The little maid became even more frightened, and knelt on the ground timidly, not daring to raise her head.
"Tell me, who ordered you to do that?"
The little maid shuddered, and timidly looked at Han Xiao, shaking her head repeatedly: "No, no one."
It was obvious that she was lying. The little maid was not very old, only about sixteen or seventeen years old. She had just arrived in the Han family not long ago, but she dared to harm Han Mingyuan.
If it weren't for the cleverness of Han Mingyuan's servant Gu Yunsheng, and if Han Xiao hadn't asked Xing Yi to keep an eye on Han Mingxiu and his mother, he would have fallen into Han Mingxiu's trap again.
"Really? Then we can only send you before the officials. Do you know the specific charges against the scholar?"
The little maid was so scared that she almost cried. She didn't expect that the woman only told her that she just needed to smear the thing on the book, and didn't say that it was something harmful?
"Master, I was wrong, I was wrong. Please forgive me this time." The little maid was young after all, and she told everything to others after being scolded by Han Xiao.
It turned out that as the time for the Autumn Examination was getting closer, Han Mingxiu felt more and more uneasy. He knew that with Han Mingyuan's talent, it would be easy for him to pass the examination, so he had no choice but to return to Hanjia Village.
It is unknown what he said to the patriarch of the Han family, but his mother, Han Zhang, was released from the ancestral hall. Then Han Mingxiu's mother found the little maid, gave her a package, and asked her to put it on Han Mingyuan's book.
The little maid was greedy for money, and Han Zhang promised her that if she did a good job, she would take her as her goddaughter. Bewitched by this, she took advantage of the time when cleaning the study to smear something on the book that Han Mingyuan often read.
Gu Yunsheng happened to see all of this. Since he became Han Mingyuan's servant, he had to start learning almost from scratch. Han Mingyuan helped him a lot, so when he knew someone was doing something secretly, Gu Yunsheng told Han Xiao immediately.
After understanding the whole story, Han Xiao took the medicinal powder from the little maid and gave it to Chuyi to take a look.
Chu Yi's face changed drastically when he smelled it, and he immediately put the powder aside: "Son-in-law, I know what this powder is."
Han Xiao was also very curious about the powder: "What on earth is this?"
"This powder is made from the pollen of the Manyinluo plant. If ordinary people smell it for a long time, they will feel dizzy and uneasy, but it has no impact on their lives. The medicinal properties will basically be metabolized after a few days."
Han Xiao nodded. It turned out that this medicinal powder was so magical. It seemed that Han Mingyuan failed the exam three times because of this medicinal powder. He didn't know how Han Mingxiu got it.
"Xing Yi, go ahead and invite my dad over."
Xing Yi agreed, and Han Mingyuan came over soon. It was approaching the Autumn Examination, so he hadn't been out for a long time. For some reason, Han Xiao suddenly called him over this time.
"What happened to Xing Yi? Why are you so anxious?" Han Mingyuan asked in confusion.
Xing Yi hesitated for a moment but didn't say anything. After all, these things were the Han family's family affairs, and it seemed inappropriate for him to say them out loud: "Master, you will know when you go there."
Seeing that Xing Yi didn't say anything, Han Mingyuan didn't continue to ask. He has always been a Buddhist.
When I walked into the room, I saw the maid Xiao kneeling on the ground. I looked closely and found that she was the maid who cleaned the study. How could she be here with Han Xiao?
But Han Mingyuan soon figured it out and his expression became serious.
"Han Xiao."
"Dad, you do it first, I'll show you something." Han Xiao pushed the medicine powder next to Han Mingyuan.
"What is this?" Han Mingyuan felt that this powder was not a good thing, so he did not touch it.
Chuyi stood up and explained the medicinal properties of the powder again.
Han Mingyuan was completely frozen. He moved his lips for a long time without saying anything, and even looked at Han Xiao with a somewhat bewildered look.
He initially thought his three failed exams were due to his own mentality, and later vaguely realized someone was trying to harm him. But when the truth finally came to him, Han Mingyuan didn't know how to react. Hate it? How could he not hate the nine years that had passed? And then there were the expectations of his teachers, and the hardships his wife had endured. All of a sudden, the weight of it weighed heavily on Han Mingyuan's shoulders.
Han Xiao asked everyone else to go out and let Han Mingyuan calm down. He had to make things clear to him. Han Xiao always knew that Han Mingyuan attached great importance to this autumn examination and was under a lot of pressure.
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