Chapter 76 Part 3: (1/2)

In her previous life, she didn’t pay too much attention to reputation, thus letting people use her reputation as a blade. Now she wanted to become well-known. It would be much simpler while wearing a mask to handle things.

“This time Miss got first place; one heard that the person who gets first place will enter the palace and receive an award from the emperor in person.” Tong’er thought of something, “Miss should soon be entering the palace and face the emperor? This is the emperor’s reward, a supreme honor. In the future, no one would dare to bully Miss anymore.”

Jiang Li’s smile disappeared. She recalled the first time she saw Hong Xiao Emperor, it was after Shen Yurong became the top scorer. At a night feast in the palace, she went together as Shen Yurong’s wife. Countless people envied her as the madam of the new top scorer. After all, Shen Yurong was outstanding and elegant with boundless prospects. At that time, Princess Yongning still drank a cup of wine together with her.

She lowered her sight, perhaps at that time, Princess Yongning had already looked upon Shen Yurong and started to have ideas about him. Treating her as a stumbling block, however, she was still foolishly unaware.

Entering the place now, she’s bound to see Princess Yongning. If it was a palace feast, perhaps Shen Yurong would also be there. But this time around, she would no longer be Madam Shen, but the Jiang family’s daughter.

Who’s going to deal with whom?

Again, she’s one step closer to the two people.

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Inside a courtyard not too far away from the Imperial College, the lanterns were lit up inside the room as it was night time.

Ye Shijie sat in front of a table, writing a letter.

He placed first in the Imperial College’s examination and in a few days going to enter the palace to receive a reward from the emperor. Soon after, he would be able to become an official. He should inform this good news to the Ye family in Xiangyang.

He had already written everything about himself with a few brief sentences. The remaining, Ye Shijie lifted his brush and hesitated.

Jiang Li also got first place in Ming Yi Hall’s examination.