Butler Ying quickly came out to welcome Chi Li and Su Ji into the mansion.
Yu Tanqi and Xie Jing had just come out of Xu Mubai's medicine garden. Afraid that they would have to wait for too long, they just tidied up their appearance a little and rushed over.
Chi Li couldn't take his eyes off Yu Tanqi.
The girl in green had a smile on her lips, but there was a hint of worry in her eyes.
Is she worried about Jiang Shi?
Chi Li pursed his lips.
Xie Jing asked, "Upon hearing the news of your arrival, my sister Tan Qi and I hurried out of Doctor Xu's medicine garden at the mansion. I hope we didn't keep you waiting for long."
Su Ji smiled and shook his head: "I didn't wait long. When I came here, I listened to the commentary of a play at the gate of the Marquis' Mansion."
Xie Jing was puzzled: "Did something happen at the gate of the Marquis' Mansion?"
Su Ji was surprised and said, "Don't you know? I thought you were deliberately staying at home and didn't want to see them."
Xie Jing said, "We really don't know. Is someone stirring up trouble at the gate of the Marquis' Mansion?"
Chi Li looked at Yu Tanqi. The girl lowered her head, still looking quiet and reserved. She always spoke little and seemed indifferent to everything.
But such a person would actually be willing to go to the capital alone for someone, and even willing to stay and accompany him even though he knew there was a vortex around him.
Su Ji said, "Prince Jiang's uncles and brothers were all at the door, trying to come in, but the door servants wouldn't let them in, so they started cursing at the door."
Xie Jing frowned slightly and sneered, "Don't worry about them, they are just a bunch of villains."
While the two of them were talking, Yu Tanqi and Chi Li sat beside them, listening quietly.
Even though Yu Tanqi lowered his head, he could still feel a serious and focused gaze on him.
She didn't need to look up to know who it was.
She sighed inwardly.
Unwanted love affairs are also debts.
She thought carefully about the original work. Chi Li's name only appeared a few times. He also participated in this year's spring examination and palace examination. He did not make it into the top three in the palace examination, but it was also a good ranking for a Jinshi.
Xie Jing and Su Ji were the third and second place respectively.
Yu Tanqi was suddenly shocked. The three of them were known as the Three Wonders of Chen County. Logically speaking, they had their own talents and looks. Chi Li studied harder than Su Ji, so he was more likely to be chosen by the emperor as the runner-up.
But Chi Li was only a Jinshi in the end. Could it be that he performed poorly?
Thinking of the sudden death of the original owner in the original novel, and Chi Li's concern and care for her after she traveled through time, Yu Tanqi felt a little heavy-hearted.
The original owner must be very important to Chi Li. Although she is not the original owner, the original owner has a certain affection for him, and she cannot allow herself to influence Chi Li's life.
I have to find a way to make Chi Li stop thinking about her.
Before she could think of a solution, Chi Li suddenly spoke up, "Sister Tan Qi, A Jing, now that Crown Prince Jiang is in prison, the Marquis of Wu'an's mansion is in trouble. Have you found a suitable courtyard to move out of the mansion?"
Su Ji raised his hand to support his forehead. This guy actually said it.
As soon as he met Yu Tanqi, all of Chi Li's rationality went to waste.
Xie Jing glanced at Chi Li.
He also wanted to move out of the Marquis' Mansion with Yu Tanqi, but her mind was completely on Prince Jiang. She trusted Prince Jiang very much and had good reasons and evidence. What could he say? He could only obey her.
Yu Tanqi frowned slightly, his voice becoming noticeably colder. "The prince hasn't been convicted of any crime, and he'll soon be cleared of all charges and return home. Why should I move out of the Marquis's residence?"
Chi Li said anxiously, "But the crime that Prince Jiang is suspected of is not a small one. It is said that there is both witnesses and evidence. It is extremely difficult to clear his name. You have only known him for two months. Why can you trust him so much?"
Yu Tanqi looked up, her clear eyes gazing at him seriously as she spoke, "Because both his parents were heroes of the Wanjin Kingdom. His father protected the people and territory of the Wanjin Kingdom until his last moment, and his mother was as brave as any man and a role model for all the women of the Wanjin Kingdom."
Chi Li's heart trembled, and he was speechless and unable to refute.
How is he? Who are Prince Jiang’s parents?
Having read books for so many years, he naturally knew all the heroic deeds of Marquis Wu'an and his wife.
Such a heroic couple both died young, so how could he, with his narrow mind, speculate about their only child?
Chi Li said hastily and ashamedly: "I'm sorry, I'm narrow-minded."
Yu Tanqi said calmly, "If that's the case, Master Chi, please don't say it again. I can't stand hearing others say bad things about Prince Jiang."
Chi Li's breath was choked and he bit the soft flesh of his lower lip, but the pain was not as great as the pain in his heart.
He looked quietly at the girl in blue in front of him, and vaguely recalled how she looked when he first met her at Xie's house at the age of twelve.
At that time, she was still a tender and green young girl with her hair in a bun. She stood under a cherry tree, looking at the green flowers on the tree with surprise.
Pale golden sunlight filtered through the branches, and the shadows of the flowers fell on her body like sparse dark embroidery, making the girl look even more fragile and pitiful.
He was stunned at first sight, and he could not forget it for years. From then on, he fell in love with the color green and planted a green cherry tree in his own yard.
He had fantasized that when he became successful, he would marry her in a grand ceremony, bring her to see the qingying in the courtyard, and tell her one by one how he fell in love with her and what he had done for her. She would blush shyly and snuggle softly in his arms.
They will live in harmony and grow old together.
But reality gave him a hard blow.
She always firmly chose to protect another person in front of him. When she looked at him, the gentle smile in her eyes was gone, and her expression became increasingly cold.
Chi Li began to panic, but didn't know what to do.
He could feel her getting farther and farther away from him. He wanted to reach out and grab her, but the girl was like a mirage, and he couldn't catch her no matter how hard he tried.
He opened his mouth, wanting to say that they had obviously spent more time together than she and Prince Jiang, but when he saw her cold expression, he suddenly lost his words.
He knew that no matter what he said, it would be useless and she didn't like to hear it.
The young man in blue had a gloomy expression and his eyes were dead.
The handsome young man now had a gloomy look on his face, like a pearl covered in dust, which made people sigh.
Yu Tanqi continued, "I haven't congratulated Master Chi and Master Su on their success yet. You two are both so young and have been selected for the imperial examination. You will surely have a bright future. Tanqi wishes you both good results in the examination."
Chi Li pursed his lips.
What’s the use of passing the imperial examination? He is still not in her eyes or heart.
Su Ji looked at Chi Li's devastated expression and thought to himself that it was not good. He did not want to see his good friend who grew up with him be affected at the critical moment. The palace examination was a major event that concerned his future in life and he could not be careless.
Just as he was thinking about how to persuade and comfort Chi Li, Chi Li calmed down, suddenly smiled and said to Yu Tanqi: "Thank you for the blessing, sister Tanqi, I will definitely not let you down."
He looked at the girl in blue in front of him and thought, as long as she was still there, he would always have hope.
He couldn't just give up like that.
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