Suddenly someone in the crowd shouted loudly, and everyone followed the sound, only to see Xiao Mo walking towards Xiao Yuanyuan from the crowd with a black line on his face.
When Xiao Yuanyuan saw him coming, her face that was rosy just now suddenly turned purple.
She looked at Xiao Mo, who had a gloomy face, and kneaded her hands, looking at a loss.
Xiao Mo came to Ye Shihan and saluted with a gloomy expression, cupping his fists.
"His Majesty Seventh is laughing," he turned to look at Su Mu'er again, "My little sister is too willful and has done such a ridiculous thing. I hope Miss Su won't take offense."
"Brother, I told you that day and you didn't object. Why are you blaming me now?"
She was trying her best to make excuses for herself.
Su Mu'er raised her eyes and happened to meet Ye Shihan's eyes, and then she turned to look at Xiao Mo.
Xiao Mo glanced at Su Mu'er helplessly, then glared at Xiao Yuanyuan angrily. In front of so many people, his tone was calm,
"Brother knows that you are doing it for your own good, but why don't you discuss such a big matter with me? I just thought you were joking that day. You are making such nonsense, how embarrassing it is for Miss Su."
"You saved her life in the first place, so it's not a loss for her to marry you."
Xiao Yuanyuan's voice suddenly rose, and everyone was stunned for a while.
"Stop talking nonsense and go back quickly." He waved to her and shouted to the people behind him:
"Take your things away quickly and send them where they came from."
"elder brother."
Xiao Yuanyuan stomped her feet reluctantly, and then she looked at Su Mu'er and came to her step by step.
"Are you going to be an ungrateful person, Miss Su? It's true that my brother likes you, and it's true that he saved you. Shouldn't you repay your kindness?"
"Xiao Yuanyuan, please stop talking. Your brother has already said it. This is your wishful thinking, not his instruction."
When Ye Shihan saw that she was forcing Su Mu'er, he immediately became furious and angry.
Su Muer bit her lips and glanced at Xiao Mo, then bowed and bowed.
"Su Mu'er will remember General Xiao's life-saving grace in her heart. Without General Xiao, I, Su Mu'er, would have turned into a pile of bones. Therefore, if General Xiao insists on doing this, I, Su Mu'er, will accept it calmly."
If Xiao Mo had brought it up personally, she would not have objected to what she meant, but some people didn't want to hear it.
"no."
As soon as she finished speaking, before Xiao Mo could speak, Ye Shihan suddenly shouted loudly, scaring everyone present to hold their breath.
"Is General Xiao the kind of person who takes advantage of others' danger? Miss Su, you underestimate him."
He said these words very seriously, and the look in his eyes when he looked at Xiao Mo was like a sharp knife, piercing people's hearts.
General Xiao nodded awkwardly,
"What His Highness Seventh Highness said is absolutely true. It is true that Xiao likes Miss Su, but he must win Miss Su's heart. Xiao will not force Miss Su. Take your leave."
Does he like her?
Ye Shihan heard these words harshly, very harshly.
How could his woman be liked by other men?
After Xiao Mo finished speaking, he raised his eyes and glanced at her with deep meaning, nodded to her, and roared angrily at Liuli behind Xiao Yuanyuan,
"Take the lady back."
"elder brother……"
Xiao Yuanyuan wanted to say something more, but was suppressed by Xiao Mo's sharp eyes. She glared at Su Mu'er and Ye Shihan angrily, turned around and left with Liuli's support.
Seeing the Xiao family and the betrothal gifts brought by the eight carriages walking away, Bai Chen greeted the crowd twice.
"Everyone, please leave. There's nothing to see."
Everyone discussed and walked away.
Su Muer turned around and left without saying anything.
Bai Chen looked at Ye Shihan and pursed his lips,
"What's going on? If you don't take action, I'm afraid General Xiao will take the lead."
"He dares."
Ye Shihan's handsome face was suddenly covered with black lines, "Who dares to steal my Ye Shihan's woman?"
Shi Ziqiang looked at him and shook his head, "It's hard to say. From Xiao Mo's point of view, he would definitely not dare to compete with you for a woman, Your Highness, but if Miss Su is willing, that's a different matter."
Ye Shihan's heart tightened after hearing this.
From what she said just now, he could tell that if Xiao Mo asked her to repay him for saving his life, she would not refute it.
To put it bluntly, Xiao Mo's appearance, character, and status are not bad, and Su Mu'er doesn't want to get involved with the royal family, so being with him is really a good choice.
Thinking of this, he shuddered with worry. It seemed that he couldn't sit idly by like this anymore.
Tomorrow is the day when the imperial list will be issued. Just after the morning court today, the emperor sent word that Ye Shihan came to the imperial study to see him.
Although he was a little confused, he still came.
"Your Majesty, why did you call me here?" As soon as he stepped into the royal study, he clasped his fists and asked.
The emperor sat behind the dragon case, looking at the things in his hands and shaking his head,
"Look at this test paper."
Ye Shihan stepped forward with some confusion and picked up the test paper the emperor mentioned.
Looking at the signature, it turned out that it belonged to Su Yuanmin. He couldn't help but raise his head in confusion.
"Your Majesty, the handwriting on Su Yuanmin's test paper is neat and fluent. Is there any problem?"
"Yes." The emperor nodded solemnly.
As soon as the emperor said these words, Ye Shihan's heart tightened and he hurriedly asked,
"What's the problem? This imperial examination was personally reviewed by the emperor."
He wanted to remind the emperor not to suspect that someone would commit fraud, and no one would dare to do such a thing in front of the emperor.
The emperor shook his head again, "No, I don't think this test paper was written by Su Yuanmin, but by some famous master."
"Oh? What does the emperor say?"
Ye Shihan's heart suddenly rose to his throat. Could it be that Su Yuanmin plagiarized an article by a famous writer?
"Look at the content above. There are thousands of words written around one sentence, and the content is not boring, and the fonts are flowing and flowing. It really makes me happy, but it's a pity."
"What's the pity?"
He looked at the emperor again with puzzled eyes.
"But he is the son of a guilty minister. I can let him go to the examination room, but I cannot entrust him with important tasks."
The emperor sat back on his dragon couch with some regret, and looked at the content above with a pair of eyes.
Ye Shihan stared at him for a while, frowned and said,
"Your Majesty, tomorrow is the day when the results will be released. Can Your Majesty decide on the candidate for the top spot in the new subject?"
"This matter is not under my control. In order to avoid suspicion, I just asked someone to take a look at his test paper."
When the emperor said this, Ye Shihan believed that the grading work was originally under the control of the Hanlin Academy, and these grading officials had to concentrate on grading the papers in a sealed place during this period. The emperor personally sent people to guard the exams. They were not allowed to come out before the results were released, and no one was allowed.
Excuse me in case someone cheats.
However, after listening to the emperor's words, Su Yuanmin was very likely to win the top prize, and he suddenly felt relieved.
"Your Majesty, I have something to report to your Majesty."
"Oh?" The emperor narrowed his eyes at him, "What's the matter?"