The weather is getting warmer and spring is here as expected.

Bai Yan began to prepare for the exam nervously. Qi Huan's teacher was responsible for setting the exam questions, and Qi Huan also actively worked on it from top to bottom.

Apart from the flaws in his character, Bai Yan felt that he really had the potential to become a good emperor.

The 'Jie Yuan' candidate for the provincial examination came out soon. The first place in such a small examination was not worth mentioning, but Bai Yan still excitedly ordered someone to draw a portrait overnight and show it to her.

"Pei Lin, look, look, his name is Huang Sheng, he is the first place this time, he will take part in the examination soon, do you think he will become this year's top pick, the first top pick!"

In the painting, he also had thick eyebrows and big eyes, and was very upright. Bai Yan happily held up his portrait and looked at it for a long time.

It wasn't until the person in front of her coughed that she threw the painting aside and got into his arms, "Of course, our Lord Pei is more beautiful."

Pei Lin knocked her on the head, and Bai Yan leaned on his shoulder with a groan, "The results will be out soon, and there will be real scholars who can serve as officials in the court and help us. Pei Lin, now occupy the

What should these people do in this position?”

Although Pei Lin doesn't often deal with state affairs, and the papers he submits every day are probably used to light the kitchen fire, his eyes are all over the place, and he is aware of all the troubles, so he will not leave the great Qi leaderless and in chaos.

group.

"This is nothing that I should worry about."

His tone was casual, but after listening to it, he gave Bai Yan a lot of reassurance. She nodded and stopped worrying about all this mess. He would always find a way.

The date and location of the examination were decided, and Qi Huan informed her immediately.

It was held in Hankai, the largest and only academy in the imperial city.

Although not many people can participate in the examination this year, only a few dozen, Bai Yan is already very satisfied.

At night, she nuzzled into his arms, smiled sweetly and rubbed his shoulders.

Pei Lin put down the book and pinched his eyebrows. He had been like this all day. Without thinking too much, he knew that either he had something to ask him for, or he had done something bad and wanted him to finish it off.

"Tell me, what do you want to do?"

"Why don't I do anything? I'm very nice to adults every day."

Bai Yan blinked her big eyes in a flattering manner, and was defeated by his direct gaze, "Okay, I want to go and take the exam, okay?"

"no."

Pei Lin picked up the book again and refused without thinking, knowing that this little thing didn't have any good intentions.

"Good sir, please, Qi Huan will go that day too."

Bai Yan hugged his arm and shook it. Seeing this reason on his face, I am even less likely to agree to you. She pouted unhappily, why do you need his consent for everything now? No!

"I'm going, adults can't control me."

The book in his hand was thrown back on the table casually, and Bai Yan's heart dropped when he heard the clatter.

Since she can no longer control you, Pei Lin lightly touched her upper teeth with the tip of her tongue, letting her experience firsthand what discipline is.

In the morning, he covered her with a quilt with satisfaction and pulled his wrist out of the puppy's sharp teeth.

"I will go with you, my concubine."

Although she paid some price, she finally got his consent. Bai Yan happily sat in front of the mirror, dressed like a handsome young man.

Her long hair was pulled up high and fixed with a silver hair salon. She didn't put any makeup on her face, making her plain little face look even more childish.

As soon as Pei Lin entered the door, he saw her cupping her hands towards him, "Brother."

He silently hit her on the head with his fan, who was her brother?

Then he picked a fan of a different color and handed it to her, which made her look more complete and made her look like a handsome young lady.

"Sir, why are there so many fans here?"

Bai Yan curiously picked them up and looked through them one by one. Some of the fans had the words "Ti" on them, and some had landscape paintings and various flowers, which were lifelike.

But she had never seen Pei Lin holding a fan in his hand. He must have found it troublesome given his temperament, so why did he collect so many fans?

Pei Lin glanced at it and said casually, "It was given by someone else."

He couldn't remember when he had taken a fan. Someone saw it and thought he liked it. Some were given to him one after another. Wang Lai was reluctant to throw them away and insisted on putting them away for him. Unexpectedly, they would come in handy today.

"That's it," Bai Yan picked one and put it into his hand.

She opened her fan to cover the lower half of his face, leaving only a pair of eyes.

The deep black eyes were aloof and cold, without any trace of color. It turned out that it was not his stern face that exuded inaccessible pride and strength, but his eyes.

One glance can penetrate people's hearts and make people tremble with fear.

"My lord is so beautiful."

She felt that he seemed to be smiling, and there was a dizzying smile in his eyes, which almost made her fall into him.

"If you say a few more words, I won't have to go today."

Pei Lin put away the fan in her hand and helped her into the carriage.

The two of them arrived at the gate of Hankai Academy in a carriage.

The academy outside the gate is even more lively today. They are all students rushing to take exams, and they look full of books.

Pei Lin wore very light clothes in the past, and today she was even more simple, without any accessories.

Bai Yan smiled and thought that he looked like a clean and fledgling scholar who came to take the exam timidly.

When he opened his eyes, she felt something was wrong. He should have taken the exam with confidence.

Seeing her staring at him, Pei Lin smiled and said, "Brother, I'm afraid I'm not as good as Long Yang."

"ah!"

Bai Yan blushed hard and turned away hastily, not daring to look at him again.

Sitting behind the curtain, Qi Huan looked at her in surprise for a while before he knew who she was.

"Empress?"

"Your Highness."

"This, I really can't recognize it."

In order not to scare Qi Huan and his old teacher, before getting off the carriage, Bai Yan specially put a half-covered veil on the impatient Pei Lin, leaving only a pair of eyes exposed.

"Who is this?"

"A friend of mine is starting."

Bai Yan casually changed the subject, her interest focused entirely on the candidates who walked in. The hand in the sleeve was held by someone and pulled into another sleeve.

She hummed softly and gently pinched his fingertips to make him tighten up, outside.

Pei Lin ignored her and made no further move. He just held her hand.

Among the candidates, she was familiar with one person, Huang Sheng.

He is indeed as upright as in the painting, with thick eyebrows and black eyes, and he looks quite righteous.

Bai Yan smiled with satisfaction and hoped that he would work hard and not let everyone down.

After the exam started, everything became quiet, and the only sound was the sound of pen and paper touching.

Bai Yan looked a little drowsy. She was trying to keep herself up while looking back and forth at the candidates. Suddenly she heard someone outside the door screaming loudly, "You're in trouble! Run!"

The shrill shouts pierced the quiet examination hall, spreading panic into everyone's hearts. Bai Yan woke up in an instant, and the candidates also raised their heads and looked around in panic.

"continue."

Hearing him speak, Bai Yan quickly patted Qi Huan, and Qi Huan reacted and asked the invigilator to shout loudly, "Continue the exam."

Pei Lin raised his eyes. He guessed that someone would cause trouble today. Wang Lai led people to patrol, and they would make a decision if anything happened.

But the smell of coke from the fire became stronger and stronger, and most of the candidates couldn't concentrate at all. Everyone raised their heads in panic and whispered to each other, having no intention of taking the exam at all.

Someone started shouting, "I don't want to die," and then rushed out.

He took the lead, and everyone followed him and ran out, but before they could go out, someone slashed their necks with a knife.

Bai Yan exclaimed in fright. The examination hall was filled with smoke, and her vision gradually became blurry. She coughed violently and waved the black mist in front of her eyes with her hands.

This is to force these candidates to run out, and then wait outside the door to kill the candidates who run out one by one.

They are all the pillars of the future, and some people want them all to die here.

Pei Lin stood up and pulled her up, "Go out from here and find Wang Lai. Don't run around."

After saying that, he walked out, and a sword suddenly appeared on his sleeve. The white figure disappeared in the doorway swinging back and forth, and screams came from outside.

His face was calm and not serious, so he thought everything would be fine. Bai Yan quickly steadied herself, grabbed the stunned Qi Huan and his teacher and ran out of the back door.

As soon as they came out, they saw Wang Lai waiting outside the door. His body and face were covered with charcoal ash, and he looked very embarrassed. Bai Yan frowned, "What's going on?"

"The water went out over there. The fire was too big. It was set deliberately. I had to take people to put it out. I didn't expect..."

"You adults are at the front door, go help him."

Bai Yan didn't want to worry about the process anymore. She was worried about him, although it might not be necessary.

Wang Lai lowered his head. This time he could not listen to his mother-in-law. "My lord has said that if anything happens, my servant will protect you."

"What can we do here? Let's go to your lord's place! He should need someone there."

Bai Yan anxiously ordered him to go, not letting him face so many people alone.

Wang Lai couldn't defeat her, so he could only send a few people to protect them, and the rest followed him to the front door.

Bai Yan raised her head and looked into the distance. Not far away, black smoke kept coming out, and the fire lit up the sky. She twisted her hands worriedly.

They are safe here, no one comes, and it is so peaceful that it makes people panic.

She paced back and forth, but no one came for a long time. If the matter was resolved, Pei Lin would definitely come to her as soon as possible, but he was nowhere to be seen.

Bai Yan couldn't wait any longer and ran out.

Qi Huan behind him had long been confused and couldn't find Bei. He didn't even realize how he could be like this, so he opened his mouth and failed to stop her.

When she ran to the street, she saw a huge crowd surrounding the place where the fire broke out. Everyone craned their necks and whispered.

She squeezed her way to the front and saw Wang Lai standing outside giving instructions to put out the fire, with an expression on his face as if he was about to cry.

Bai Yan suddenly had a very bad feeling in her heart. She stepped forward and grabbed Wang Lai tightly, asking him word by word, "Where is Pei Lin?"

Following the direction of his finger, she almost fell to the ground with her legs weak. His white figure could not be seen in the fire. Wang Lai trembled and said that he could still see it just now.

"What did he go in for?"

"Slave, slave, no, I don't know!"

Bai Yan was trembling and was supported by Wang Lai. The fire was arrogantly devouring everything in sight. The fire was so strong that it was impossible to put it out from outside. It was impossible to fetch basins of water just by manpower.

She was helpless and could only keep crying. As she cried, she comforted herself. He must have known what he was doing. She told herself over and over again that Pei Lin was very strong and nothing would happen to her.

Wang Lai was also panicked. His Excellency had been in for a while, so what happened? Suddenly he heard someone shouting from the right side, "Sir?"

Pei Lin exhaled the turbid air in his chest and coughed to calm himself down. Before he could stand up, he was suddenly hugged by someone.

He staggered back two steps, steadied himself, and hugged the little man in his arms. His vision was blurry, but he knew who it was without looking at him, and he was the only one who dared to hug him.

Bai Yan threw herself into his arms and cried loudly. Her cries attracted everyone's attention.

Seeing that he was okay, Wang Lai felt relieved and helped drive away the idle people.

"Your Majesty is not as obedient as before."

He told her to wait obediently, but she refused. Pei Lin chuckled and did not hug her back, "Dirty."

Bai Yan was crying so hard that she couldn't speak, and her words were out of tune. Who cared whether he was dirty or not? She was worried to death.

Seeing her aggrieved and complaining look, Pei Lin leaned down and kissed her little face and eyes that were red from crying, "I'm fine, don't cry, dear."

"You, there's something wrong with you. You, just go in there. If you don't want to live, tell me earlier, so I won't worry. No, I don't want to be with the adults. It's really annoying."

He was holding a box in his hand, and he almost threw himself into it just for a broken box. How could he not settle the score?

Bai Yan angrily hit him hard twice, "Why do you want this broken box? I'll go back and find you a hundred."

Pei Lin rubbed her little face with the back of his hand and opened the box without saying anything.

Inside the box was a piece of paper filled with the poem he often copied, and a white jade bracelet, which was pure white without a trace of color.

Bai Yan stopped crying and tilted her head curiously. What were these and why were they worth risking his life for?

"Go back and tell the queen, okay?"

Pei Lin coaxed her gently. The white clothes on his body were dyed black and gray, and there were traces of charcoal ash on his face. But he seemed to be uninjured. Bai Yan was sullenly pulled into his arms, and her anger disappeared.

Most of it.

He hugged her, comforted her and sought her warmth.

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