Fu Liqing saw Zhao Lin's movements and asked curiously, "What is that?"
Zhao Lin said seriously, "Brother Wang invited me to play on the flower boat to express his apology for yesterday."
Wang Ziyao immediately looked at Zhao Lin in shock, then looked at Fu Liqing and wisely shut his mouth.
Fu Liqing looked at Wang Ziyao unhappily: "Mr. Zhao needs to study hard to prepare for the provincial examination. He doesn't have time to fool around with you."
"Don't blame Brother Wang. I didn't refuse to save his face." Zhao Lin said quickly.
Wang Ziyao was even more shocked.
Is this the same poet who shocked the whole audience with his two poems last night?
What's the difference between this and a useless man who is afraid of his wife?
But when he thought of being henpecked, Wang Ziyao understood and quickly said, "Don't blame Brother Zhao. It's my fault. I didn't think too much about it. Since Miss Fu is here, you two can chat. I'll go by myself."
After saying that, Wang Ziyao stuffed the stack of invitations into his sleeves and ran away.
The Wang family's carriage was just outside. Wang Ziyao got into the carriage quickly. As the coachman whipped the horse, the carriage rolled away.
Before leaving, Wang Ziyao opened the curtains and shouted to Zhao Lin, "I'll apologize to you another day."
After Wang Ziyao's carriage had gone far away, Fu Liqing suddenly remembered that she and Zhao Lin were not related at all. It seemed inappropriate to have said that just now. Her pretty face flushed, and she whispered, "Is it, it didn't delay your business?"
Zhao Lin quickly said, "No, no, I didn't want to go there in the first place. It's so filthy and foul. If it weren't so hard to refuse and I wasn't afraid of embarrassing Prince Wang, I wouldn't even leave the house. By the way, let's talk inside quickly."
If Wang Ziyao heard what Zhao Lin said, he would definitely spit in his face.
Bitch, you just said you wanted to go and see it, but now you're pushing it onto me.
Zhao Lin didn't have any other thoughts, but he felt that it was a bit unreasonable that Fu Liqing had helped him from beginning to end, but he went off to fool around with other women.
Fu Liqing was very happy with Zhao Lin's answer. He followed Zhao Lin into the house and said, "I'm here to apologize to you. I didn't know my father would say such a thing and it got spread out."
"It's okay, everyone has their own opinions." Zhao Lin praised Ou An casually.
"But my father said that as long as he's around, he won't let you pass the exam."
“Ahem!”
Zhao Lin almost choked and looked at Fu Liqing in disbelief: "Minister Fu doesn't like me so much?"
Fu Liqing said helplessly: "My father is just like that. If he doesn't like something, he will definitely think it is wrong and should be dealt with."
Zhao Lin shook his head.
He had encountered this kind of old stubborn person in his previous life. The other party insisted on his own principles without any selfish motives, but he just couldn't stand it. He couldn't beat or scold him, so the final result was that he could only avoid him.
But Fu Chengwang is the Minister of Rites, and he might be the chief examiner of the imperial examination after the new year. If he is really the chief examiner, then Zhao Lin should forget about taking the exam.
I won’t pass the exam even if I take it.
Fu Liqing said embarrassedly: "I'm telling you this first so that you can be mentally prepared, and then slowly persuade my father. He will definitely not do anything that is partial to his father."
Zhao Lin laughed and said, "Minister Fu was joking. During the imperial examination, names are kept secret, so no one knows who else. How could they eliminate me so accurately? Isn't that cheating?"
Fu Liqing said, "That's what I meant. But since my father has spoken, your studies at the county school might be in trouble. You should be prepared."
"Don't worry." Zhao Lin smiled and said, "As long as it's not Chongwenguan, I'm not afraid."
The children of truly powerful families all went to study at Chongwenguan, or at least to the provincial school. How could they come to Kaiyang County School to be classmates with Zhao Lin?
Fu Liqing said, "It's good that you have confidence. By the way, here's what you need."
Fu Liqing took out a bunch of keys.
"What is this?" Zhao Lin was puzzled.
Fu Liqing said, "Your yard is too small and too remote. It's not safe. There were actually bandits robbing us in the middle of the night. Luckily you were alert and called the constables in advance. This is a yard in the outer city. There are good people living around here. It's safe to live here."
Fu Liqing seemed to have already thought of a pretext before coming: "You have already offended the Zhenbei Marquisate and the Bai family. There are many people who want to curry favor with these two families. If they do something against you, it will be troublesome. Living in the outer city is at least safer."
Just as Zhao Lin was about to refuse, Fu Liqing quickly said, "I won this from Miss Zhao Wu in a bet, and it's free, so you don't have to be polite."
Zhao Lin knew about the bet between Fu Liqing and Zhao Mingya, but he didn't expect that he could win a big yard.
"Is the Zhenbei Marquis Mansion willing to give you the yard?" Zhao Lin asked.
Although Zhao Mingya lost the bet, the courtyard in the outer city is not cheap. Would the Zhenbei Marquis Mansion be willing to give it away?
Fu Liqing smiled and said, "Ya'er used a night-shining pearl awarded by the palace as a bet. She naturally couldn't give away things from the palace casually, so she could only use the courtyard as a pledge. The pearl is worth a hundred gold coins, much more than the courtyard. You can stay here and we'll talk after the trial."
Zhao Lin wasn't a hypocritical person. He had originally planned to move to a new house, and now that Fu Liqing offered to give it to him, why would he refuse? He took the key and said gratefully, "Thank you, Miss Fu."
Seeing Zhao Lin accept it so calmly, Fu Liqing was also very happy. He took out another banknote and said, "This is one thousand taels of silver. It's your royalties in advance. Buy some guards and maids. Don't refuse. I won it anyway."
Zhao Lin shook his head.
Even if Zhao Mingya lost, a yard would be the most she could be given, not too much.
It was too much and Fu Chengwang didn't allow Fu Liqing to collect it.
This money is probably Fu Liqing's own private money.
Zhao Lin didn't refuse politely. He took the banknote and stuffed it into his sleeve. He suddenly laughed and said, "Miss Fu, are you hiding a mistress in your golden house?"
Fu Liqing's face flushed red in an instant, and she said angrily, "What nonsense! I'm lending this to you, and you have to return it later. It's getting late, I should go now. See you another day."
Fu Liqing left in a hurry.
Zhao Lin sent Fu Liqing to the carriage and sighed.
Zhao Chenhan would definitely be very happy to hear Fu Chengwang's evaluation of him.
To help his predecessor vent his anger, the key point was the Imperial Examination. He had to pass the Imperial Examination and also rank ahead of Zhao Chenhan in the Palace Examination. This was the real vent.
If Fu Chengwang does this, he may not be able to pass the provincial examination, but it will be difficult to pass the palace examination.
However, since Fu Liqing gave Fu Chengwang both a house and money, it’s hard to blame him.
"Forget it, let's take it one step at a time."
Zhao Lin sighed.
If Fu Liqing had come a little earlier or a little later, he could have gone with Wang Ziyao to meet the courtesans.
Now, all the benefits go to that guy.
Wang Ziyao boarded the flower boat and explained the situation. When the courtesans knew that Zhao Lin could not come, their faces changed. They found an excuse to drive Wang Ziyao out and said that tonight's banquet was only prepared for Zhao Lin and Zhao Lin had to go.
After a round of wandering, Wang Ziyao received eight invitations but was unable to spend the night on any of the flower boats. He could only sigh to the sky.
This is what Zhao Lin didn't know.
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