Chapter 181 Another Incident

When Mingxi and his party slowly walked to a street outside the Gongyuan, the carriage stopped and could not move forward. The parrot lifted the curtain and looked out of the carriage. The street where the Gongyuan was located was crowded with people.

"Miss, there are too many people in front. I'm afraid the carriage can't get through." The parrot reported the situation in front to Mingxi.

Mingxi opened the window and looked at the crowd in front, and the students who were walking in one after another. The students were either wearing blue shirts or Confucian shirts. Most of them had some anxiety and hope on their faces, and occasionally a few of them revealed determination and confidence between their brows. Their eyes were all focused on the door of the Gongyuan, as if every pair of eyes contained infinite longing and desire for the future. Families paced anxiously or held candles and whispered prayers. Their concern and expectation for their loved ones turned into wisps of smoke, rising slowly in the air, interweaving with the surrounding noise into a complex and moving melody.

The sun shone dappled on the surging crowd, coating this tense and expectant scene with a layer of golden light.

Mingxi looked at the magnificent scene in front of him, and couldn't help but feel an indescribable emotion in his heart. He thought of the college entrance examination in his previous life. The college entrance examination was a memorable experience for Mingxi. Now looking at this batch of students, their determination is stronger and their feelings are more sincere. It is true that "study hard for decades, and the golden list will determine the fate of the world."

Mingxi understood the eagerness and anxiety of these students. She suddenly laughed, "It doesn't matter. We can wait here. These students are always more anxious than us."

Finally, she turned around and said to Chengzi and Limon, "You two go ahead and look for our carriage or people." Chengzi and Limon took the order and left.

At this time, Minglan and Rulan also arrived here. Looking at the bustling streets, Rulan was dumbfounded, "We have come here half an hour in advance, but we can't even see the door of the Gongyuan!"

Minglan deliberately did not take the princess' carriage today, and came with Rulan in a carriage, just to see the gold list with her own eyes, but now she found that she couldn't squeeze in at all.

Minglan looked at the crowd again and said, "Let's park the carriage here and get off and walk over." Then she said to Xiaotao, "Xiaotao, go to the carriage and talk to the lady over there. See if she is waiting in the carriage or going with us to the front."

Xiaotao responded and was about to get off when the lady's voice came in, "Rulan, Minglan, this carriage can't go in. Let's walk over!"

Minglan and Rulan got off the carriage together, only to see Wang Ruofu waving a fan anxiously. Sheng Hong pretended to be calm, but he was actually standing on tiptoe, which betrayed his nervousness. Changfeng also kept looking around. Changbai was the calmest among the group.

The family, surrounded by servants, squeezed forward. Not long after walking, Xiaotao noticed the carriage in front, "Miss, that's our carriage, it must be my wife!"

Minglan followed Xiaotao's gaze and looked over, and happened to meet Mingxi's eyes when she opened the window. Mingxi smiled, and the rest of the Sheng family also saw Mingxi and greeted her. Mingxi and others got off the car, joined the team, and walked forward together. The closer they got to the

gate of Gongyuan, the more crowded the crowd became. Thanks to the guards of the servants, otherwise the Sheng family would be dispersed by the crowd.

After some effort, the Sheng family finally squeezed to the gate of Gongyuan. As expected, there were more people gathered here. Because the results had not been announced yet, everyone started to chat. Someone inadvertently started the conversation, and it turned out to be about the Protector of the Nation Princess.

A group of gossipers quickly gathered, and with contempt or mocking expressions on their faces, they began to discuss it. Some people sarcastically asserted that Minglan was just a beauty and was not worthy of the princess; some people even exaggerated and fabricated false charges in an attempt to tarnish her innocence. However, when someone stood up to defend the princess and pointed out that she had sworn to testify, these discussions did not subside, but instead aroused their greater interest and malice.

They were like a group of greedy termites, gnawing at the cracks in morality. Their voices became louder and louder, and their words became more and more vicious: "Even if she proves her innocence, so what? The rumors are ironclad evidence of her dishonesty! Look at her. She was conferred the title of princess only a few months ago, and she is already in constant turmoil. Isn't this a warning from heaven? This person should not be a princess at all. Her existence will only tarnish the dignity and honor of the Song Dynasty!"

Some even pointed the finger at Sheng family, the tone was full of disdain and contempt: "Sheng family is not a prominent family. How can a concubine's daughter of a fourth-rank official bear such a heavy grace? If she really knows herself, she should take the initiative to resign the title of princess, so as not to bring disaster to the family and even the fate of the entire Song Dynasty. By then, even if she commits suicide to atone for her sins, it will not be able to redeem the heinous crimes she has committed!"

These remarks exposed the ugly faces of those people. They either sneered or whispered to each other, as if they were the high judges, and they showed their difference by ruthlessly judging and mocking Minglan and even the Sheng family.

The Sheng family stood behind these people and heard all these vicious words. Changfeng and Rulan, one was impatient and the other was hot-tempered, rolled up their sleeves and rushed forward. Changbai and Minglan held one each. The eldest lady was also furious, "These people are full of shit, what are they talking about here..." Sheng Hong covered her mouth.

Mingxi's eyes were blazing with anger, and she was shaking uncontrollably. Her previous good mood was wiped out, but she suppressed her anger in her heart, and in a low and cold voice, she ordered Zhuli beside her: "Remember the appearance of these people."

Zhuli was also very angry, and responded readily, with a cold light flashing in her eyes, and she was secretly thinking about how to make these people pay for this insult.

Sheng Hong noticed Mingxi's abnormality, quietly held her hand, patted it gently, and comforted her, "There are many people here, don't act impulsively. If we show up, it will push Ming'er to the forefront." Mingxi knew it, so she resisted the urge to rush up and beat those people. Minglan

tightly grasped Ruolan's wrist, signaling her to stay calm with her eyes, and then slowly looked around, her eyes were like torches, and finally locked on a yellow figure, it was Huang Fuxiang!

Huang Fuxiang was looking at Minglan in a provocative manner, with a smug smile on his lips, as if he was enjoying this carefully planned farce. Minglan didn't care, and the corner of her mouth raised a faint but deep smile, and looked back.