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”Siyan sniffed, and laughed bitterly:” ”I can't say. Anyway, I did not treat him well, and he had no choice but to marry me.
After they dispersed and everyone went to rest, Xiaowan returned back to her room. Ling Chaofeng was leaning against the bed, reading a book in his hands.
”I haven't spoken to my husband all day.” Xiaowan rubbed her head against his husband's chest and said in satisfaction, ”I missed you.”
Ling Chaofeng said in displeasure: ”I see that you're having a good time, you don't even want to think about me.”
”That would be quite happy, Aunt Siyan … ”No, Esteemed Empress is particularly good.” The Xiaowan said as she lifted her face to ask, ”Hubby, she told me that she doesn't want to be the empress and the emperor doesn't want to marry her. Since that's the case, why did they want to be together?”
Ling Chaofeng laughed: ”You didn't want to marry me in the first place right?”
Xiaowan found it hard to process her thoughts. She felt that these were different things. However, a marriage was not something that she could decide. Listening to her parents at home, even if one did not have parents, one would still have to look from brothers and uncles like Ershan and Miss Meng.
And just like this, she barely managed to marry into the inn. After making a ruckus for a while, she realized that not many people had married the right person. Since there weren't many, she decided to cherish them with all her might.
The Xiaowan gave Ling Chaofeng a kiss, and felt that was not enough before giving him another kiss, ”Husband, in the next life, you still need to marry me.”
”Then you must let me obediently come and find you.” Ling Chaofeng laughed, but was distracted for a moment, as though he remembered something, and was biased. But the thought flashed across his mind, and then it never came again. The little person in his arms squirmed, and the two of them rolled into the bed.
The next morning, the entire family along with Wei Siyan, were dressed neatly as they prepared to go to Li Prefecture to look at the rankings.
Ershan tensed up, for the sake of him taking the Academy Competition, the entire inn was in chaos. If he really could not become an Elementary Scholar, it would not matter if he was beaten or punished, but what was regretful was that he had let down everyone's hard work.
Aunt Zhang patted his back and laughed: ”Silly brat, didn't you do well in those few days? What are you so nervous for?”
Xiaowan said ostentatiously: ”Don't worry, I'm here.”
On the other hand, Ling Chaofeng carried her onto the carriage with a straight face and helped Wei Siyan get on the carriage. Ershan and Uncle Biao drove the carriage.
The Xiaowan and the rest were already too late, they could not squeeze in, so they stopped the carriage by the side of the road, and the whole family stood on the carriage to watch.
Finally, when it was the auspicious hour for the rankings to be released, the chief examiner brought his men out. When the red paper rolled down, it was shockingly eye-catching.
Both Xiaowan and Aunt Zhang were extremely happy, they jumped down from the horse carriage and pulled Ershan as they congratulated him.
Ershan shyly laughed, then looked around, but in the vast crowd, there were no signs of Lian Yi, did she have to be looked after and not be able to come out, or was she not sure about the results today, or, where could she not find him?
Compared to the bustling atmosphere outside, the inside of the restaurant at the side of the field was empty and quiet. The doors of the restaurant were closed in broad daylight. A few tall and big men were guarding the door.
In the elegant room upstairs, a young man sat at the window facing the street and looked down at the rankings. Beside him, a middle-aged man respectfully said, ”Your Majesty, that person should be the head of this Li Prefecture Academy Exam, his name is Ling Liu.”
The new master, Xiang Run, had an indifferent expression as his gaze slowly swept across them. However, on the carriage beside them, he saw the person he was looking for.
As expected, the people around him caught sight of it and said in a fluster, ”Your majesty, is that the esteemed Empress, is that the esteemed Empress?”
He quickly called for people, ordering them to go find the Queen immediately. Xiang Run raised his hand, ”There's no need, I want to see what she is doing here.”
”But Your Majesty …”
”That's it.” Xiang Run drank a mouthful of tea calmly and instructed his subordinates, ”Go and find out where this Ling Xu came from, but I don't know if I can still see him in the Hall Competition next year.”
They waited until Ershan went to see the main examiner, registered for the examination in August, registered for the household and collected their tags. After many things were done, the family returned to Baisha Town to fetch Susu and Auntie Chen, and went to Drunken Immortal Tavern to have a meal together.
Along the way, Siyan was ecstatic and happy. She actually said to the Xiaowan: ”Wait till August, when she comes to participate in the Beijing examinations. If you guys come over, I'll think of a way to meet you guys okay?”
Aunt Zhang and Xiaowan looked at each other. Xiaowan said in a soft voice, ”Empress, you shouldn't have just run out. Of course, if the emperor knew, you would have come without any reservations. It would have been great to be able to see you again.”
Siyan's gaze dimmed, and she laughed: ”That's right.”
Although this was somewhat depressing, today was a happy day. Wei Siyan was lucky to be able to get involved, and didn't feel wronged, to be able to fetch the other two mothers and daughters that she had never seen before. The whole family enjoyed a hearty meal at the Drunken Immortal Inn, and only returned to the tavern before sunset.
However, when he returned home, the carriage suddenly stopped before the door of the inn.
Xiaowan opened the curtain and was shocked. Outside the tavern, there were over a hundred people standing, with Wei Tengfei at the head of the crowd and filled with anger, waiting at the entrance.