Chapter 118: Imperial Examination Results
The more Anyang thought about it, the angrier he became, and he blamed Shen Shuwei for all the trouble he had with Zhao Yun.
If it weren't for this woman, Zhao Yun wouldn't have treated her like this.
Chen Shuwei felt inexplicably targeted and raised the corner of his lip in a sinister manner towards Zhao Yun.
Second brother was right when he called him a vixen.
"Is it you! Did you say something to Brother Ziyin?" Seeing that Chen Shuwei dared to seduce Zhao Yun in front of him, Anyang immediately stood up and pointed at Chen Shuwei and cursed.
Shen Shuwei raised her eyebrows slightly, and the guards behind Anyang quickly pulled her back. The guard leader apologized to Shen Shuwei with some regret, but his words came out harshly.
"Princess, let's go back." The guard commander said softly.
Anyang shook off his hand, "Brother asked you to come here to protect me, not to dictate my affairs!"
The commander of the guards had a slight irritation on his face.
Zhao Yun propped up his face and looked at Anyang who was throwing a tantrum in the hall, and tapped the table lightly with his knuckles.
Immediately, a familiar grey-robed figure appeared silently outside the hall. The guards accompanying Princess Anyang's escort suddenly changed their expressions upon seeing the sudden appearance of the secret guards. The leader of the guards lowered his voice, brooking no room for argument, and said, "Princess, I will escort you back to the palace."
Anyang still wanted to make a fuss, but when he saw the guard commander's expression, he remembered his elder brother who always looked at him with a half-smile, and he quieted down.
When she went out, she deliberately moved closer to Shen Shuwei, raised her hand and tried to pretend to be careless and spilled the bowl of sweet soup on Shen Shuwei.
However, as soon as he stretched out his hand, someone grabbed it.
She raised her head and met Chen Shuwei's expressionless face.
Shen Shuwei loosened his hand, "The princess should be more careful when walking."
Seeing that he was caught red-handed by the real culprit, Anyang felt wronged and angry for a moment, and wanted to throw the bowl on Shen Shuwei's face.
The guard leader walking behind her was startled. He quickly snatched the bowl away and said in a voice filled with anger, "Princess."
Anyang stomped his feet in anger, pushed away the guards around him and ran out.
The commander of the guards took a deep breath and was about to bow and apologize to Shen Shuwei, but suddenly he was stunned.
When Shen Shuwei saw Anyang's action just now, he subconsciously turned his face towards Shen Zhang, and his face was facing the commander of the guards.
This angle...
The commander of the guards was stunned for a moment.
Chen Zhang looked at him with a dark face and gritted his teeth, "Where are you looking?"
The guard commander seemed to have just woken up from a dream. He suppressed the turbulent thoughts in his heart and asked tentatively, "Are you a relative of this girl?"
Chen Zhang's face darkened even more. "I'm her brother, don't I look like one?"
The guard leader said politely, "I didn't recognize him at first."
The guard leader wanted to ask a few more questions, but the leader, Zhao Yun, spoke up, "Commander Lin, why aren't you leaving yet? Do you want my people to come and invite you in person?"
Lin Yan pursed his lips and his gaze fell on Shen Shuwei's face again, as if he wanted to engrave her face deeply in his mind.
After a few breaths, he ran out.
After everyone had left, Shen Shuwei pinched her brows, recalling the look in the man's eyes just now, which always made her feel a little strange.
Chen Zhang didn't want to stay with Zhao Yun anymore, so he got up and walked out.
Shen Shuwei also stood up and walked out, but his right hand was held by Zhao Yun who walked to his side.
The wide sleeves of his robe covered the clasped hands of the two. Chen Shu struggled a little but failed to break free, and looked at him with his eyes narrowed.
Just at this moment, Shen Zhang discovered that Shen Shuwei had not caught up, so he turned around and asked, "Third sister?"
Shen Shuwei responded and said he would come right away. At the same time, he lowered his voice and whispered, "What for?"
Zhao Yun rubbed the thin joints in his palm slowly and chuckled softly, "Nothing, I just haven't finished talking to the young lady yet."
Shen Shuwei couldn't break free from his hand, so she pinched his index finger with her backhand, but her face was calm and nonchalant, "Then tell me quickly, my second brother is still waiting for me outside."
Taking advantage of the moment when Chen Zhang turned around, Zhao Yun lowered his head and touched Chen Shuwei's cheek with his lips moistened by tea, and a kiss that seemed to be about to touch and leave fell on her face.
Shen Shuwei turned around and glared at him hatefully, then scolded him softly, "If you have something to say, speak up, or let me go."
Zhao Yun licked his lips, as if savoring the light touch just now, "I want to say, Miss, instead of joining forces with Princess Rongyang, why not join me?"
"I will be more generous than Princess Rongyang and the General's Mansion. I will give you whatever you want, young lady."
Shen Shuwei pulled the corner of his lip slightly, with a hint of sarcasm in his eyes, "Then I ask you to stay away from me, can you do it?"
Zhao Yun raised his eyebrows and said nothing.
Shen Shuwei took advantage of this opportunity to break free and walked towards Shen Zhang.
The two of them left Zhao Yun's residence and were about to get on the carriage to return, but they saw a crowd of people not far away, and many people were rushing in that direction.
Chen Shuwei looked at that place and remembered that it was where the imperial edict was posted. So many people ran over there. Did something happen?
Chen Zhang also thought of this, so he casually grabbed a runny-nosed kid who was watching the fun, took out a few copper coins from his pocket and handed them to him, pretending to ask casually, "Why are there so many people gathered at the Six Departments Wall?"
The child took the coin and squinted his eyes with joy, "It's the imperial examination results!"
Shen Shuwei was stunned, and so was Shen Zhang.
Shouldn't the imperial examination results be announced three days later? Why is it announced earlier?
But the two men didn't care about anything else and hurriedly asked the coachman to drive over.
But there were too many people crowded in front of the wall, and many candidates had rushed over after hearing the noise. They had obviously not expected that the results would be announced ahead of schedule. Some of them hadn't even put on their shoes properly, and some had their headscarves askew, as they jumped up and down looking for their names.
"Ouch! Who stepped on my shoe?"
"Hey! Stop pulling my clothes! Auntie, please let go, I haven't asked for a kiss yet!"
The sounds coming one after another made the open space outside the six departments as noisy as a vegetable market.
Chen Shuwei knew that they couldn't get through ahead, so she pulled Chen Zhang out of the carriage, and the brother and sister squeezed in one after the other.
Shen Zhang was worthy of being in the imperial guards. He easily squeezed in with Shen Shuwei, which made some candidates who were struggling outside envious.
Although they are both scholars, that brother has a different physique.
When he came to the list, Shen Zhang didn't dare to look at it, and felt a sense of homesickness in his heart.
"Third sister, you take a look." Chen Zhang didn't dare to look at the imperial edict, but lowered his head to look at the tip of his shoes.
Chen Shuwei smiled and looked at the wall. There were not many people on the imperial edict, but it was densely written. She first looked from the middle to the front, but after looking for a while, she did not see any familiar names.
Chen Shuwei pursed his lips, his hands hidden under his robe sleeves quietly clenched, and his heart was beating violently.
For a moment, Shen Shuwei didn't want to watch it anymore and wanted to ask Shen Zhang to come and see it.
Chen Shuwei forced himself to remain calm, exhaled lightly, and continued to read the names carefully one by one, fearing that he would miss or make a mistake.
Only the first ten names are left: Chen Zhuming, Lu Wansheng, Sun Mingzong...
Shen Shuwei's gaze paused on Sun Mingzong for a moment, then continued to look up, silently reciting each name on the list in his mind, until the last three.
Chen Shuwei blinked his sore eyes and continued to read without missing a word until the familiar name hanging at the top of the list caught his eye.
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