Chapter 88 Xu Wan's Test

Zong Jincheng nodded: "Really, I promised not to lie to you again, trust me, brother."

Zong Wenxiu looked at him steadily and said seriously, "Okay, I believe you."

While Xu Wan was waiting for someone in the carriage, she discussed with Cuizhi how to remind the Eighteenth Princess. In the end, the two women with high emotional intelligence unanimously decided not to say it directly. This kind of thing is thankless, and speaking directly would only cause trouble.

But she could not do nothing and let the princess be deceived. It would be better to throw the clues anonymously to the Eighteenth Princess's mother, Concubine Jing, and let her investigate. The results of her biological mother, whether good or bad, would be better than those of her friend whom she had just met twice. As for the subsequent handling method, she did not have to worry about it. There was no concubine in the palace who was without means.

Cuizhi said, "But we can't contact Concubine Jing either. Madam, do you want to go to the palace? The princess said last time that it is more convenient to go to her palace than to the East Palace."

Xu Wan shook her head and said, "It's no use going into her palace. The concubines and princesses don't live together, so it's not easy for me to ask to see Concubine Jing directly."

"Then what should we do..." Cuizhi was at a loss.

Xu Wan smiled and said, "There is another way."

"What?"

"The Rule of Six."

"Ah?" Cuizhi was confused by a new word again.

Xu Wan explained: "In this world, two strangers only need to go through six people at most to come into contact with each other."

Cuizhi was even more shocked: "How is it possible..."

She subconsciously wanted to refute, could I get in touch with the emperor through six people?

Then she thought about it carefully...it was possible.

Not even six people.

………………

Xu Wan silently calculated her network of relationships with the Eighteenth Princess in her mind. Excluding Madam Zhai and the people from the Duke of Jin's Mansion, there was another couple who were very suitable.

"Princess." "Princess!"

Xu Wan and Cuizhi pronounced the name at the same time, the difference was that the former was calm, while the latter was shocked.

Cuizhi swallowed and said, "Madam, you are really smart. The Crown Princess and the palace can go directly to see Concubine Jing. You can completely avoid the princess and let the Crown Princess help us convey the message."

Xu Wan nodded and said, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince loves the Eighteenth Princess the most, and the Crown Princess is extremely protective of the Crown Prince, so she will definitely not stand idly by. Not to mention telling him to do so, the Crown Princess might even investigate it herself."

Cuizhi said: "Now that I think about it, the Crown Princess is closer to me than the Princess."

"Haha, that's natural. No matter how good the conversation is, it takes time to develop. It's certainly not as good as the relatives who have loved you since childhood." Xu Wan certainly understood this. "I will write a letter to the Crown Princess when I go back today. You ask someone to send it to the palace for me."

"yes."

After explaining all this, Cui Liu came over to announce the good news:

"Madam, good news. Both of you have done very well in the exam! Mr. Cheng is ninth on the list and first in the academy; Mr. Xiu is nineteenth on the list and first in the academy."

Xu Wan's eyes lit up when she heard this, and she smiled and said, "Not bad, Wen Xiu is also making rapid progress."

Cuizhi smiled and said, "Madam, it's a good thing that Master Cheng is not here, otherwise he would be so angry that he would turn into a little frog again when he heard you only praise Master Xiu."

"Hahahaha..." Xu Wan laughed recklessly, "That brat doesn't need anyone to praise him. His tail might be flying up to the sky right now."

Although he kept saying that he wanted to get the first place in the exam and defeat Qin Ye, he also felt a great sense of accomplishment when he defeated many students from the Hanlin North Academy.

This feeling of climbing higher and higher will make people more motivated.

Cui Liu said at the right time: "I just heard that Master Cheng wants to change classes and go to the children's class to defeat Qin Ye."

Xu Wan looked at Cuizhi and said with understanding, "See, I told you he would definitely fly."

Cuizhi: “…”

Xu Wan looked at the time and it was almost noon. She was just about to go to the Shangshu Mansion first, but who knew that two kids from there would run over, panting and begging.

Cuizhi opened the curtain of the carriage, and the two boys got in.

Zong Jincheng even said to the driver, "Let's go, we're almost late."

The carriage started moving. Xu Wan raised her eyebrows in confusion and asked, "You guys want to go back with me?"

Zong Jincheng crossed his arms and said proudly, "Yes, can't we go back and make you proud as the first of both of our colleges?"

“……” Zong Wenxiu lowered his head and covered his face.

Brother, please, just brag about yourself and don’t take me with you.

The contestant who just climbed to the 19th place felt embarrassed to be awarded the title of the first in the academy.

Xu Wan snorted, "You want to follow me and cause trouble again? Let me remind you, my father, the Minister of Justice, has a bad temper. If he gets angry and wants to punish someone, he won't care if you are the eldest grandson."

She was telling the truth. The little devil usually caused trouble at home or outside. Her scumbag father had been in charge of the Ministry of Justice for many years, and his face was so ugly that it could fall to the ground. He could get angry at any time.

Zong Wenxiu saw that his brother was misunderstood, and quickly explained: "No, ma'am, I just want to help you..."

The little devil quickly covered his mouth and interrupted with a chuckle, "It's to make you proud."

Zong Wenxiu: “…”

This face will never stop growing, right?

Xu Wan looked back and forth between the two of them, and then looked at the awkward look of the little devil, which was indeed different from the look he had in the past when he wanted to make trouble and plot against others.

This kid, is he really holding back his fart this time?

Zong Jincheng was quite pleasant along the way, eating cakes and playing with his brother. It was rare that he didn't say a word to Xu Wan.

This made her very confused, and she decided to test it out to see if there were any loopholes.

"I just heard that you want to transfer to the children's class?"

Zong Jincheng turned his head suddenly and nodded repeatedly: "That's right, if Qin Ye can transfer, I want to go too. It's just a children's class. For a rare prodigy like me, it's just a drop in the bucket. It won't be long before I can push Qin Ye down to second place."

Xu Wan thought silently: Very good, still so blindly confident.

She said, "Based on your current progress, you can barely get a good ranking if you transfer to the ninth-year class. At most, you can be in the same class with Wen Xiu, but you will probably be far behind him. As for the children's class, don't even think about it in the short term. You won't be able to learn it even if you enter."

Zong Jincheng was immediately furious: "How can I not learn it? I'm so smart and talented, why can't I just transfer to the children's class? Why can Qin Ye do it but I can't? Are you deliberately targeting me and deliberately slowing down my learning progress?"

Xu Wan said lightly: "Do you think that the reason why Qin Ye shared a list with you earlier was just because he had that kind of strength?"

Zong Jincheng frowned: "What do you mean?"

Xu Wan said: "Little bastard, you underestimate Qin Ye."

"He stayed in the class with his peers only for his brother."