Hello Chang’an

It was strange, she was obviously talking about Xinghua, but he could immediately understand why she said Xinghua, as if he could hear the voice in her heart.

This feeling is far more than just this time.

Thinking of what Wu Jue once said, Cui Jing was the chancer for her rebirth. Faced with such an elusive theory that everything is possible, Chang Sui Ning's mind suddenly became a little divergent.

This opportunity...what kind of opportunity is it? Is there any special bond she doesn't know about? For example, could he really sense her thoughts or something?

Thinking of this, Chang Suining suddenly became wary and asked him tentatively: "Cui Jing, don't you have anything to say to me?"

Previously at the Goddess Tower, when he came to say goodbye to her late at night, he had silently revealed to her that he knew her secret.

But it was not convenient to say it clearly at that time, so she said that when he returned to Beijing in the future, she would hold a banquet and wait for him.

The implication is that when the two meet again, they will discuss the matter in detail in private. Chang Suining feels that this is an unwritten agreement between the two.

Since the two reunited, they have had the opportunity to talk privately, but for some reason, Cui Jing has never mentioned or revealed the matter.

Of course, there is no need to say some things clearly, the two of them just need to be clear in their hearts. Chang Sui Ning was not obsessed with this at first, until this uncertain idea suddenly appeared in his mind.

Chang Sui Ning, who has always been accustomed to knowing oneself and the enemy, now wants to know whether Cui Jing, as a "chance person", has any ulterior and mysterious involvement with her.

Thinking about it this way, we still have to talk about it.

Facing her question, Cui Jing nodded: "Yes."

He had something to say to her.

Chang Sui Ning looked to the left and right, trying to choose a suitable place to talk, when he heard him say again: "Wait in three days."

Chang Suining looked away and looked at him puzzledly: "Why? Is there any significance in this?"

Cui Jing didn't look at her, but looked at Xinghua: "You will know then."

"..." Chang Suining wanted to put her hands on her hips and look at the sky, or roll up her sleeves and sigh, but she held back.

If she kept asking, it would appear that she was very impatient. How could she lose to anyone in terms of determination?

Three days is just three days, it's not like she won't survive until then.

As if he was aware that she was suppressing the feeling of scratching her heart and lungs, Cui Jing slightly raised her head to look at Xinghua, and quietly curved the corners of her mouth.

This scene did not escape from the eyes of Chang Sui Ning, who looked sideways at him: "Why are you laughing?"

This guy...shouldn't he really be able to listen to her inner voice?

"It's nothing." Cui Jing looked through the apricot blossoms at the moon half hidden behind the clouds: "The moon is very beautiful."

Chang Sui Ning looked over and thought it was ordinary, especially since she was now doubting that the person next to her might be able to see into her thoughts.

Suspicious, she said: "Since you have nothing to say, I will go back first."

"That's fine." Cui Jing said, "You are injured and should rest early."

Chang Suining: "..."

With his mysterious words of three days later, she could rest peacefully.

She was dissatisfied in her heart, so she waved her hand to him slightly tiredly, and left with Xi'er and others.

Cui Jing watched her leave with a smile in her eyes.

Chang Suining frowned and thought a lot along the way, but in the end he forcibly cut off these thoughts. Anyway, he would have the answer in three days. Before that, it was okay to think too much and miss the matter.

It's just self-control, but she still has it.

She decided to think of something else to distract her attention, and there happened to be an almond tree in full bloom in front of her.

The apricot blossoms are blooming and the apricot list is revealed.

This year's imperial examination is destined to be very different because it is no longer controlled by the big gentry and the examiner is her teacher.

The world here will have a new atmosphere that is unique since the beginning of the Great Sage.

As Chang Suining walked forward, many familiar figures from poor families flashed through his mind.

She believed that there would be names she was familiar with on the apricot list.

But the ranking is still worth guessing. Who is at the top of the apricot list?

Chang Sui Ning is not only curious about who will win the first prize, but it is also a suspense that attracts everyone's attention. Beijing has even set up many bets on this recently.

But before the mystery was revealed, another piece of news attracted even more attention than this.

…

In the Wu Mansion in the capital, the Wu family's wife listened to her maid's words and looked surprised: "...seriously?"

"It's absolutely true!" The maidservant rejoiced with her: "Now it has spread outside!"

Wu Chunbai looked excited, immediately put down the bamboo pen in his hand, and walked out from behind the desk: "Quickly change my clothes."

Not long after, the girl from the Wu family finished dressing and left the residence with her maid. The maid was always very happy and said excitedly as she walked: "...It's really gratifying and congratulatory!"

"What's so gratifying?"

On a fork in the road ahead, Wu Zhaobai, the eldest brother of the girl from the Wu family who was already married, came.

Wu Chunbai stopped and looked at him quietly with raised eyebrows.

Wu Zhaobai looked at her and saw her posture and expression, and guessed: "Why, that boy from the Qu family passed the Jinshi examination?"

The person he was talking about was a man named Juren whom Wu Chunbai met in the twelfth month of last year. This person was just in time for spring this year, and today was the day when the Ministry of Rites posted the apricot list.

Wu Chunbai looked at him and smiled: "How do I know whether he passed the exam or not?"

They have only met once and have not yet made a real marriage decision. Whether the other party passes the exam or not has nothing to do with her. In contrast, she has important matters that she is more willing to focus on.

Wu Zhaobai looked at her suspiciously: "Then why are you so cheerful?"

Wu Chunbai raised her lips and smiled at him again: "I am naturally happy to see that many of the sarcastic words that my brother has poured out recently have come to nothing."

Wu Zhaobai's face tightened: "What do you mean by that!"

Wu Chunbai and him were abducted and left with their maid.

"You..." Wu Zhaobai was extremely angry and pointed at her back, wanting to shout, but he knew that he couldn't stop shouting, and shouting would only make him more embarrassed, so he stopped two subordinates who were returning from the front yard and were responsible for preparing carriages and horses. People, ask the truth.

"Back to Mr. Husband, the girl is going to the music studio..."

Upon hearing these three words, Wu Zhaobai's eyelids jumped wildly.

The music in the Listening Hall was like the sound of nature. It used to be a pure place that he loved very much. But since the girl named Chang defeated the Song Juren by playing chess here, the Listening Hall has become a place to be praised. The only holy place for little girls!

First, the Imperial College students and the members of her Wuer Club were praising her, and then there was his ruthless sister, who gathered a group of official girls who were as crazy as her, and they were in this club from time to time. What kind of poetry party is being held...

It was said to be a poetry meeting, but after listening to it secretly, he found that eight out of ten sentences by those girls were similar to those of girls from the Chang family. Whether they were writing poems or paintings, most of them were based on their deeds, and their words were exaggerated and untrue. It's like taking Wu Shi Powder or being fed ecstasy soup, it's really ruining the atmosphere!

But... it happened that their poems, calligraphy and paintings were widely popular after being circulated, but no one cared about his painstaking work... This phenomenon made him feel sad, and he only hated the aesthetics of the world nowadays, which was really absurd and sick.

It was okay at first, and he could still be tolerant and patient, but since the Chang family girl was named General Ningyuan, these people have become even more angry and resentful! Their poetry gathering became bigger and bigger, and there were already countless people drinking the ecstasy soup together!

And today, his sister, whom her relatives have not recognized, suddenly went to the music hall again. Could it be that... she can't...

Combined with Wu Chunbai's words that "the sour words came to nothing", Wu Zhaobai had a bad premonition and immediately asked on guard, "Has the news about General Ning Yuan been sent back to the capital?"

"I just heard about it for the first time. It was said that General Ningyuan led his troops to defeat the Xu army on the Bian River. The battle decided the world and beheaded the Xu thief with his own hands!" The servant's tone was a little more exciting.

It’s no wonder that he was so reserved in the face of such a miraculous feat that was bound to be recorded in the history books. You must know that the pot of water outside has begun to bubble and is about to boil and explode.

Wu Zhaobai also exploded.

His ears exploded, and so did his brain: "...How is that possible?"

How could she suddenly appear in Bianshui? How could she really kill Xu Zhengye!

His friends have also analyzed it again and again. It is clear that her rhetoric is just sensationalism. When they were drunk, they even laughed and said that if she could kill Xu Zhengye, they would dare to go there naked. Come to Tingfang, where live the old eunuchs who have left the palace and can clean people's bodies. From then on, they took off their men's clothes, cut off their men's roots, and just became the "upstanding" girls!

After repeatedly confirming that the news was correct, Wu Zhaobai returned to the courtyard without any trace of his soul, drank three ounces of wine, and then began to cry out and recite poems.

His wife motioned to the wet nurse to take the four-year-old child down.

Her husband's drunkenness was secondary, and his key poems were poor, which might ruin her son's education.

After the child left, she stepped forward to comfort her husband.

Wu Zhaobai grabbed the wine pot and said in a loud voice: "...I think of me, Wu Zhaobai, a dignified seven-foot-tall man. I come from a scholarly family. My grandfather once served as the minister of wine in the Imperial Academy. My father now holds the position of Minister of Taichang Temple and is in charge of the ancestral temples all over the world. etiquette!"

His wife patted his shoulder and sighed, but he, a seven-foot-tall man, could not even pass the examination.

Wu Zhaobai turned to look at his wife with sympathetic eyes, suddenly burst into tears, threw himself into his wife's arms, and started crying to vent his anger.

"I am my father's only son, the only descendant of the third generation of the Wu family..."

His wife sighed again. This was probably the only thing he could talk about, right?

"But my grandfather doesn't like me. He has always preferred Chunbai!"

His wife sighed again and continued to pat him on the shoulder. There was nothing she could do about it. That old man, my grandfather, also had eyes.

"You must remember that she is just a girl who will get married sooner or later! Why is my grandfather so confused? It is clear that I am the pillar of the Wu family in the future!"

No matter how much his wife sighs, it's not necessarily true. Her son is already four years old. It's impossible to say that her son will be the first to succeed. It's not like the husband has to be the pillar of support.

Wu Zhaobai cried even more aggrieved. He raised his head and pointed his finger outward: "Since Chunbai was five years old, I have been unable to hold my head up in this home! My friends outside also frequently teased me about this matter behind my back!" If she were a man, I would have no place to stand!"

The young woman couldn't help sighing anymore - he didn't mention a word about her own incompetence and mistakes.

"Chunbai is a talented woman who is famous in the capital, but I have gradually become a rotten piece of wood that cannot be carved in the eyes of my grandfather!"

"In the past, Chunbai still had some merits, but now it's better. Ever since the Chang family girl made a plan to become famous in Deng Tai Tower, her heart has become wild, and she has become more and more brotherless and entangled. Countless women have gone crazy together, I think they are going to rebel now!"

As he spoke, he smashed the wine bottle into pieces with a "pop" sound.

"How can we prove that Bianshui's great victory must be her own ability!"

"The yin and yang are reversed, and things are going in reverse. There will no longer be a day for men like us to display our ambitions... The prosperity is in danger!"

"Husband, be careful what you say!" The woman finally spoke, covering her husband's mouth, and whispered: "Be careful of trouble coming from your mouth!" What's more, why is there no day for "I am waiting for a man" to show his ambition? Which one on the apricot list today is not a man? If he is not good enough, he always talks about something, and it is clearly him who is going crazy!

Wu Zhaobai took off his wife's hand and said dissatisfied: "Everything I said is the truth!"

"I know, as Chun Bai said, today's saints are also women, which proves that women are not inferior to men..." He gritted his teeth and said: "But what does she know? She only knows superficially! Among today's saints Therefore, it is not because of the numerous achievements made by His Royal Highness that he can be honored as a great treasure!"

"His Royal Highness the former Crown Prince is not a woman! These many achievements cannot be attributed to women!"

"The saint first entered the palace, but he was just a small talent...First, the mother is more valuable than the son, and then he got lucky and reached the sky in one step!"

"If His Highness the Crown Prince had not died young, how could she be a woman..."

"Pah!" A windy slap suddenly interrupted his words.

Wu Zhaobai's eyes widened and he looked at his wife in disbelief: "You...you dare to hit me!"

"How dare I!" The woman looked distressed and hurriedly went to check his face: "Just now, a flying insect landed on my husband's face. I was so anxious that I..."

Wu Zhaobai froze where he was, staring at her blankly, feeling that the order of the world was about to collapse, and he could no longer distinguish between true and false.

The woman hurriedly fetched another wine pot and poured wine for him: "A husband's ambition is hard to achieve, I know..."

She brought the wine cup to Wu Zhaobai's lips, and Wu Zhaobai swallowed it mechanically.

She poured another one: "Everyone is drunk, but my husband is awake alone..."

"A husband will always have his day..."

After drinking such a bottle of wine, Wu Zhaobai was finally drunk and could no longer speak complete words.

The woman put down the wine bottle, brushed her sleeves, and called the servants to come in and wait.

He turned around and went to see Mr. Wu and explained her husband's dangerous words and deeds today.

Old Mrs. Wu rubbed his temples and then ordered to go down and confine the person for three months.

This time of year is the best time for rejuvenation hall business, because in spring, people are more likely to worry.

In addition, since the apricot list has been opened, his unsatisfactory grandson's jealousy will inevitably become a serious problem again. The jealousy needs to be protected from light, so it is better to shut it down.

Wu Zhaobai was grounded while drunk, while Wu Chunbai had just arrived at the Listening Pavilion.

It was difficult for cars and horses to move along the way, and the streets and alleys were crowded with people, which was actually a bit more lively than during the New Year.

Wu Chunbai heard that many people were rushing to tell each other the good news of Xu Zhengye's death, and some people were lighting firecrackers. Among the voices rushing to spread the news, the name "General Ningyuan" was always mentioned.

Of course, everyone was talking enthusiastically about the names on the apricot list at this moment.

When he entered the Listening Hall, Wu Chunbai heard some literati in the hall talking about the number one on the apricot list this year.

"...It's that Song Xian, Song Juren!"

"But the one who played chess here last year and lost to General Ning Yuan?!"

"Exactly!"

When Wu Chunbai heard this, he couldn't help but smile.

As expected of her Chang sister.

Good night everyone, I have been suffering from back problems recently (I have suffered from lumbar disc herniation at a young age), and I have to move across cities next. I will slow down the update for the time being. I will try my best to maintain daily updates under the premise of quality. I love you~