Mu Rufeng poured a glass of water and handed it to him, sighed and said: "Don't worry, things are not as bad as you think. Sending Ruyi to Nanyue is indeed just to protect her."
Shen Chi took the glass of water, took a sip, and said nothing. He knew that there was nothing he could do about it. All he could do was take good care of Chu'er and his sister-in-law, so that Mu Rufeng would have no worries.
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Beijing
Because the deposed prince leaked the questions, this year's examination will be different from previous years. For the sake of fairness, there will be no retake of the examination this year. Instead, all candidates who participated in the examination can take the palace examination.
This so-called palace examination is an examination conducted by the emperor, who will present questions in the palace and personally select the top three, who will be awarded the top prize, number two, and third prize. The top three in high school can officially enter the court.
Today is the time for the imperial examination.
In the general's mansion.
Mu Yun'an was waiting for news in the flower hall, because the results of the palace examination only took half a day, and there would be news at the latest. The old lady was still ill, so she did not come out, and only Mu Yunhuan accompanied her.
Just after noon, Mu Yunhuan would look outside from time to time, looking even more anxious than Mu Yunan.
Mu Yun'an smiled and said, "Second sister, you'd better have a sip of tea."
Seeing her calm look, Mu Yunhuan asked, "Aren't you nervous?"
Mu Yun'an shrugged: "Why should I be nervous? It's not me who is participating in the imperial examination?" As she spoke, she peeled the melon seeds leisurely.
Mu Yunhuan admired her calm attitude very much. She calmed down, picked up the tea cup, took a sip of tea, and asked: "Do you think my cousin can go to high school?"
The cousin in her mouth is naturally Wang Zefang.
Mu Yun'an was a little unhappy: "Why did you only ask my cousin and not my brother Yi?"
Mu Yunhuan said: "Do you still need to ask? Your brother Yi must be on the list."
She could guess it just by looking at Mu Yun'an's attitude.
But in fact, Mu Yun'an felt quite unsure. In his previous life, Xiao Chengyi was the top scorer in high school three years later, and soon after he won the top prize, he was sent out of the capital for refusing to marry in public.
After that, she and he almost never saw each other again.
Now with her rebirth, everything has changed. Yuan Qirui has been imprisoned, the Han family has fallen, and she cannot predict the results of this year's palace examination.
But she believed in Xiao Chengyi.
Just as she was thinking about it, Mu Yun'an heard the sound of gongs and drums coming from outside the door of the mansion. She suddenly sat up from her chair and walked out quickly.
I saw the housekeeper running over in a hurry and saying: "Miss, I'm so happy, Master Yi has been selected as the number one scholar by His Majesty, and Master Yi is ranked second."
Mu Yun'an's eyes lit up, and she pretended to be calm: "I understand, you go and tell grandma the good news."
The housekeeper responded and went back to tell the old lady the good news.
As soon as he left, Mu Yunhuan held Mu Yunan's hand and almost jumped with joy: "That's great, cousin, she won the second place, I knew he could do it."
Mu Yun'an looked at her speechlessly and said: "Cousin, cousin, eight out of ten sentences will not leave him. Why don't you wait for your cousin to come back and I will help you to ask? It's time for you to get married, Cousin." Brother, he is indeed a good husband."
Mu Yunhuan's ears turned red after hearing this, and she became a little angry: "What nonsense are you talking about? I'm ignoring you." She snorted, turned around and ran away.