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Xiao Ruyue's face became hot, and she could not help but roll her eyes at him: "Rascal!"

Yuwen He spread out his hands, showing that this kind of praise did not pressure him at all.

The empress finally understood: a shameless emperor like him couldn't be reasoned with.

This time, Yao Ziyan was beaten up from the inside out, Xiao Ruyue was also extremely tired, she was busy doing all sorts of things during her young age, and was unable to get a good rest, her body had always been at a disadvantage, after going through so much, she was completely exhausted.

After speaking a few words with Yuwen He, he leant against Yuwen He's chest and fell asleep.

Liangqiu Yayin timely brought over a medicine jar, and upon entering, Xiao Ruyue covered her nose and opened her eyelids, "Sister Ya Yin, this medicine can wake people up from afar."

Liangqiu Yayin did not waste time speaking, she placed the medicine jar on the table, placed both of her hands on her waist, and said: "The medicine formulas were prescribed by me, the medicine was seized by me, the matter of brewing the medicine was all done by me, should Your Majesty and Empress pay this little girl some rewards?"

His tone sounded like he was deep in thought, but it didn't seem like he was going to negotiate at all. He was clearly planning to make a move without a word.

Xiao Ruyue laughed "puchi" and said: "Alright, if Big Sister Ya Yin wants to get married in the future, I'll take care of the dowry."

"That's what you said. "Esteemed Empress must not be too shabby." Sister Ya Yin was filled with interest.

Xiao Ruyue solemnly promised: "Big Sister Ya Yin, you can rest assured. Your dowry will definitely be rich, and your Majesty will be the guarantor. How about it?"

"Good idea."

The thought hit him.

A certain Lord has gloriously become the guarantor.

Big Sister Ya Yin was still thinking that if one day she wasn't able to think straight, maybe she really would have a generous dowry.

At this moment, the Empress suddenly added, "If anyone wants to marry our Big Sister Ya Yin, they probably won't be able to do so without a generous betrothal gift."

Sister Ya Yin was suddenly enlightened.

If one day she couldn't bear to get married, she could even get a betrothal gift. This was an extremely profitable business.

It was probably from then on that the Empress had hinted to Big Sister Ya Yin that there were benefits to marrying into her family.

Time passed and it was already the day of the announcement.

The day before yesterday, Yao Ziyan went to the palace to torture herself, and when she returned, he lived peacefully for two days. During these two days, Xiao Ruyue was able to rest, and her complexion became much better.

This morning, the results were out. When Yuwen He was about to leave the imperial court, she had already finished dressing and changed into men's attire. He combed his hair, and stood in front of the bronze mirror.

It was precisely this: "Whose family's younger generation do you belong to?"

"Empress, if I hadn't known that you were a girl, I would have wanted to marry you." After circling around Xiao Ruyue a few times, Lu Yi sighed with emotion. "You said that once we leave the palace, there will be many ladies on the streets clamoring to come and marry you?"

Xiao Ruyue rolled her eyes at her, "If you keep up your nonsense, I'll poison you until you're dumb."

Lu Yi immediately covered her mouth with her hands.

Qing Qing, who had also changed into a man's outfit, stood by the side with a smile on her face.

Ever since she lost her family, she had been lonely. She practiced martial arts for revenge and never spoke much with anyone. This was the first time she had to go out with someone like this.

Ever since she had said those words that she had suppressed for a long time, her personality had become much more cheerful than before. Slowly, she would say a few more words every day.

In Xiao Ruyue's opinion, this change in her was undoubtedly gratifying.

Those innocent people who were implicated due to that incident, it would be better than anything else if they could return to their original path of life …

"I wonder if the Empress will be able to be on the list." This servant really wants to personally take a look. " Yin Lin who was still dressed in his palace uniform said.

Today, Xiao Ruyue and Yuwen He would both be leaving the palace, so she would have to stay in the palace to take charge of the overall situation. She would not follow them out, which was why she did not change her clothes.

"Sister Yin Lin, if you didn't say it, I would have forgotten about it. I was so busy exiting the palace that I was overjoyed, our Young Empress was participating in the Imperial Examinations this time, and with her talents, even if she couldn't get the top spot, she would at least get a place in the top three." Being mentioned by Yin Lin made Lu Yi very excited.

As they were talking, Fang Weiyong came over, entered the door and bowed respectfully towards Xiao Ruyue, then said: "Your Majesty is discussing matters in the imperial study, it will be done in a moment, please get on the carriage and wait."

Xiao Ruyue nodded and smiled back.

Fang Weiyong left after passing the message.

Xiao Ruyue led Lu Yi and Qing Qing, who were both dressed as men, out of the door. Chong Yang waited outside the door.

The horse carriage left the palace first. After waiting outside for less than an incense stick of time, they saw a white-clothed man swagger out of the palace on a large horse.

As he got closer, Chong Yang immediately recognized that it was his master.

Xiao Ruyue peeked her head out of the window, seeing him riding a black horse gracefully, she could not help but be distracted.

Against the blue sky and white clouds, his facial features seemed to be plated with a layer of light, as if he was an immortal.

The figure approached, exchanged a glance with Xiao Ruyue, and ordered Chong Yang: "Let's go."

The group of people departed.

Yuwen He rode ahead with the carriage following behind him. He probably decided to ride the horse because the carriage was too crowded.

The group of people rushed towards the Academic Institution.

When the rankings were released today, it was already crowded in front of the Emperor Board outside the Academic Institution, making it hard to pass by.

When they reached the place, Yuwen He dismounted from his horse and walked across with Xiao Ruyue and the others.

It was the first time that Xiao Ruyue could not help but laugh when she saw her son squeezing the commoners like this.

The ground beneath the wall was full of people, Yuwen He and Xiao Ruyue squeezed through with much difficulty.

Some people looked at the leaderboard and sighed, lamenting that they would return after three years. Some people cried bitterly, but their names were once again ruined. Some people saw their own names on the leaderboard and danced in joy, but they also cried bitterly.

There were thousands of them, and they were filled with a myriad of flavors.

When Xiao Ruyue walked to the foot of the wall, she was instead a little cowardly, and did not dare to look up to see the name on the list.

Yuwen He tightened his grip on her hand: "With us here, what are you afraid of?"

Xiao Ruyue was a little amused. What was there to be afraid of?

Wasn't it easier to stand out among the thousands of High Scholars? Sigh.

She sighed with emotion. When she finished reading the paper, the first person to know the results, other than Yue Xiang, Jing Yu and the others, was Yuwen He.

He clearly already knew of the results, but he was unwilling to tell her. He was determined to bring her to the entrance of the imperial ranking board so that she could personally experience it.

Fine.

Xiao Ruyue took a deep breath and looked up.

He looked into a pair of eyes.

She was stunned for a moment. "Brother Du Du." The person in front of him, was actually Du Ziheng.

When did he squeeze through?

Xiao Ruyue turned her head to look at Yuwen He.

Was His Majesty jealous again?

This thought flashed across Xiao Ruyue's mind, and she almost laughed out loud.

Since it was a public event, she barely managed to hold back her laughter as she looked at the bottom of the ranking board.

No her name … Oh, no, it should be said that there was no Situ Wu's name.

She was somewhat disappointed and looked over to the front again. She almost heard the voice, "Brother Situ, you're one of the top three. You're one of the top three!"

Once he said that, the surrounding people started to boil, Xiao Ruyue's ears were about to explode, his gaze landed on the top of the rankings, and shockingly the first place was Du Ziheng.

Second place, Qin Xuan. Third place: Situ Wu.

Oh, it really was her.

This surprise was a bit big.

Xiao Ruyue subconsciously grabbed onto Yuwen He's lapel, "I must be seeing things."

"I'm not seeing things, it's you." Yuwen He laughed beside her ear. Seeing his pleased expression, it was clear that he was satisfied with her taking third place.

Du Ziheng looked at their interactions, the joy in his eyes dimmed, and his smile faded, "Congratulations, Young Master Situ."

Xiao Ruyue met his fading gaze, and only then did she realize that everyone was looking at her, if she dressed up like a man now, she and Yuwen He were so close, it would cause others to misunderstand.

She coughed a little before straightening her body, pointing to the head of the board and said, "Congratulations on winning the first place, the top scorer." Brother Du is extremely talented, has learned many things, and is worthy of your name. "

Du Ziheng looked at the direction of Xiao Ruyue's finger as if he had just awoken from a dream.

Rank one, Du Ziheng.

He laughed out loud. That's my name! " Looking at his shocked expression, he almost couldn't believe it.

The gazes of the surrounding people turned towards Xiao Ruyue and Du Ziheng one after another.

A third place and a first name, how much of a stunt was this? Although they were not on the list this year, they might have a chance next time if they could make contact with the two of them.

"Congratulations to the Senior General and the two of you."

The surrounding crowd was filled with congratulations.

A lot of people squeezed their way over, Xiao Ruyue saw that the situation was bad, and gave Yuwen He a look. As though she had expected that this would happen, she protected Xiao Ruyue and quickly pushed herself out of the encirclement.

Get in the car, get on the horse, and leave!

Just at that moment, Xiao Ruyue and the others took their horses and left, and all of them rushed over.

This was especially the case for the underprivileged children.

The horse carriage ran further and further away. Xiao Ruyue could not help but heave a sigh of relief, "Luckily I managed to run fast." Otherwise, who knew what would happen if he was delayed.

After he finished speaking, he realised that Du Ziheng was also in the carriage.

She smiled at Du Ziheng, then turned her head and pretended to look outside, and quickly closed her eyes to rest.

Du Ziheng wanted to talk to her, but he didn't know what to say. Many words stuck in his mouth, but they were all swallowed back down.

He had been missing Young Master Situ a lot these past few days, and his face had always appeared in front of him uncontrollably. When he saw him, he was incomparably happy, but when he saw Situ hugging his big brother, his heart felt even more awkward.

Du Ziheng was about to go crazy from the torture of his thoughts.

There were things out of his control, he, he couldn't control any of the nasty thoughts in his head.

Now, sitting in the same car, the atmosphere was even more awkward.

"Young Master Situ!" Du Ziheng tried to speak. Just as he said that, Lu Yi interrupted him: "Young Master Du, oh no, Du Huaiyuan, let's talk after we arrive. "My young master is getting tired."

Du Ziheng no longer had the chance to speak.