"Miss, I won't leave you. Please get ready first!"
"I have already arranged a room at the inn next to the guesthouse. Please go and bathe and dress quickly. Everything will be successful tonight!"
Lianxin guaranteed a discount.
Bai Xinrui nodded quickly and went back to her room happily to take a shower and dress up.
Lianxin stood in the darkness, her eyes flickering. With such a fool in the Bai family, even without her revenge, the family would soon be doomed.
"Mother, I will definitely avenge you. Let's get some dividends back today!" Lianxin murmured softly.
She stood there for a while, then raised her hand to wipe the corners of her eyes and walked towards the house.
"Miss, I'm here to help you take a bath." Bai Xinrui's response soon came from inside the house, and Lianxin quickly walked into the bathing room.
As it got dark, the students left their residences and headed to the reception building to attend the banquet hosted by the prefect.
The welcoming building is decorated with lights today. It is an honor for the welcoming building to be chosen by the prefect to entertain the successful candidates.
"Please come in." Qiu Hanyan got off the carriage. The shopkeeper, with his sharp eyes, went forward to greet him.
Qiu Hanyan smiled at him, thanked him and walked into the restaurant.
The prefect was dressed in casual clothes and was chatting and laughing with a few scholars. When he saw Qiu Hanyan come in, he greeted him cheerfully.
"Qiu Jieyuan, come over here and talk."
Qiu Hanyan hurried over, first bowed to the prefect, and then greeted the other candidates.
"Qiu Jieyuan, good evening." The other candidates also bowed in return.
"Good evening, I'm sorry to have cost you the prefect money today."
The prefect smiled cheerfully, "Today is a happy occasion. You are considered my disciples. If you are chosen as the top scholar in the future and assigned to an official position, it will be my honor."
"Qiu Jieyuan is only sixteen this year, right? He's really young and promising. Has your family arranged a marriage for you?"
When the prefect said this, all the candidates present were stunned. What?
This Qiu Jieyuan is only sixteen?
Qiu Hanyan is tall and usually has a sullen face. If you don't know him, you might think he is eighteen or nineteen years old.
I never thought that he was only sixteen.
Even Wang Huaijin and Zhang Shuheng, who were good friends with Qiu Hanyan, were surprised. They exclaimed, "Are you really only sixteen?"
"Yes." After getting the answer, the two looked at each other, completely impressed.
Qiu Hanyan looked at the prefect Wei Minghuai and replied to his previous question: "Your Excellency, I am still young and have not yet considered getting married."
"She is indeed still young. It would be great if she could pass the imperial examination first and then the imperial examination for a younger age." Wei Minghuai heard Qiu Hanyan's hidden meaning and swallowed the words that were on the tip of his tongue.
The prefect quickly changed the subject, and soon the legal advisor came over to inform the students that all had arrived.
"Let's start the banquet, everyone please take your seats!" the prefect greeted everyone with a smile.
The students here had just sat down when a few people walked in from outside and everyone looked over curiously.
Leading the group was a pretty maid, followed by a young girl in a deep blue dress and a veiled hat, so her face could not be seen clearly.
There were several guards with swords following behind her, and it was obvious that she was not a woman from an ordinary family.
Wei Minghuai took a few more glances. The girl in the veiled hat obviously didn't expect that there would be so many students in this restaurant, and was slightly stunned.
Then he walked upstairs.
The maid quickly said to the shopkeeper, "Just bring up your restaurant's signature dishes. If you have any snacks, please bring some up first. My daughter is hungry after traveling."
"Okay, don't worry, young lady. I'll have someone arrange it for you right away." The shopkeeper agreed without saying much.
The maid nodded, looked at the students again, turned and went upstairs.
Seeing that no one disturbed him and his companions, the prefect stood up and said a few words, then told everyone to eat and drink well.
The students were all smiling happily. After passing the imperial examination, they had already entered the official career. Those who came from a farming and reading background were reborn from then on.
In the backyard of the reception building, Lianxin appeared wearing a veiled hat. A waiter looked around and walked towards her.
"Here's the stuff for you. Find a way to get it to Mr. Qiu and watch him take it. If the medicine takes effect, take him to Tianzi No. 2."
Lianxin reminded the clerk again and again, and he nodded repeatedly and accepted the silver she handed over.
"I leave it to you." After saying that, Lianxin walked out of the back door and got on the mule cart.
"Is everything arranged?" Bai Xinrui asked nervously, holding Lianxin's hand.
Lian Xin quickly smiled and nodded, comforting her, "Young lady, just put your mind at ease. I will definitely help you succeed today."
"But I'm still very nervous." Bai Xinrui said embarrassedly.
Lian Xin sighed, "My dear girl, the arrow is on the string and must be released. If you back down now, I will quickly tell that man to stop."
As she said this, she was about to get out of the car to call the waiter back, but Bai Xinrui quickly grabbed her with a wronged look.
"No, I, I, I want to be Qiu Hanyan's wife."
"That's right, young lady. Come on, I'll help you to your room first." The reception building serves as both a restaurant and an inn.
The accommodation is in the building next door, so there is no conflict.
The guy looked around but still couldn't figure out who Mr. Qiu was.
He stood in the lobby for a while before he heard a scholar call out to a man in his early thirties sitting at the same table, "Brother Qiu, come here. I'll toast you a glass."
The man quickly stood up with a smile and clinked glasses with him.
After drinking it, the man who had made the toast picked up the wine jug, only to find it was empty.
The waiter hurried forward with a wine jug in hand.
This wine pot was a Yuanyanghu wine pot, and he personally poured wine for Mr. Qiu.
Then he pulled the mechanism back and poured a cup for the other person.
Only after Mr. Qiu drank two glasses of special wine did he stand aside and wait. Sure enough, after a while, Mr. Qiu fell into a deep sleep.
"Brother Qiu, your alcohol tolerance isn't that great. Come here, help Mr. Qiu to your inn to rest for a while."
"The room fee is on my account. I'll pay it later."
"Alright." The waiter hurried forward to help the man up. Behind him, the scholar's voice could be heard jokingly: "Brother Qiu used to brag to us about his drinking capacity, but I didn't expect him to pass out after just a few drinks."
"Let's keep drinking."
"Hahaha, yes, I didn't expect Brother Qiu to have such a low alcohol tolerance. However, he is quite good at drinking and fell asleep right away."
"Hahaha, that's true."
The waiter helped the man out of the restaurant and went straight to Room No. 2.
Lian Xin saw him helping a stranger over, her eyes flickered slightly, and then she asked, "Are you here?"
"Yes, Mr. Qiu got drunk after drinking two cups." The waiter nodded with a smile.
Lianxin's eyes rolled and a plan came to her mind.
"Wait here for a while." Lianxin said and went into the house.
Bai Xinrui became nervous for a moment, but when she saw it was Lianxin, she relaxed and looked at the gate again.
Lian Xin smiled and said, "I am here, but isn't the girl nervous?"
"Then why don't you put out all the candles and only leave one outside? That way the girl won't be nervous and it will be easier to get things done."
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