Chapter 646: Taking the a.s.sessment (3)
Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
The a.s.sessment would last 45 minutes at most. This was because Emperor Yan would hold a banquet to entertain the top three winners of the a.s.sessment.
At that time, if Li Xiao did not make it back in time, they would have to leave through the Imperial Garden again. He would be in trouble after that.
“Yes.” Li Xiao replied in a low voice.
After a while, the slowly moving carriage finally stopped.
Lin Xiaoyue got off the carriage.
Only then did she see that there were many carriages parked nearby, and not far away, there were people queuing up to enter the Imperial Garden.
However, as soon as their carriages appeared, someone came to welcome them.
Naturally, it was not because of her, but because of the Imperial Advisor and the Sixth Princess.
With the Imperial Advisor and the Sixth Princess present, Lin Xiaoyue naturally received the courtesy.
There was no need to line up. Soon, she followed the Imperial Advisor and the Sixth Princess into the Imperial Garden.
Before entering, Lin Xiaoyue took one last look at Li Xiao.
Li Xiao, on the other hand, gave her a determined look through the veil.
Lin Xiaoyue didn’t bother thinking about Li Xiao anymore. She collected her thoughts and began to concentrate on preparing for the a.s.sessment.
After entering the Imperial Garden, he led the three of them for a while before stopping.
“It’s getting late. The three of you should go and get your tokens now. Then, go to your seats and wait for the a.s.sessment to begin. You don’t have to follow me anymore.” Liu Wuji said.
Yes, not only Lin Xiaoyue, Liang Chengcai and the Sixth Princess had also signed up for this a.s.sessment. Moreover, they had high potential.
Before yesterday, the Sixth Princess was full of confidence. She thought that even if she could not get first place, she could at least get second place.
However, after meeting Lin Xiaoyue, she felt that she definitely had no chance of getting first place. Now, she could only try to get second or third place.
“Yes, Master!” The three of them replied in unison.
After Liu Wuji left, the Sixth Princess regained her liveliness.
“Let’s go! I’ll bring you over to get your ident.i.ty card!” She grabbed Lin Xiaoyue’s arm.
Lin Xiaoyue was stunned for a moment. Facing the gazes from all directions, she did not refuse the Sixth Princess’ friendliness.
It was a good thing that she had someone to protect her.
The Sixth Princess smiled when she saw Lin Xiaoyue’s reaction.
She did not care what Lin Xioayue was thinking at the moment. It was enough that she would let her stick to her and let others see that they were close.
Liang Chengcai, who was behind him, smiled and didn’t say anything.
He followed the two of them.
Other than the Sixth Princess, the Imperial Advisor also supported Madam Li.
Soon, the three of them arrived at the place where they received their ident.i.ty cards.
When the person who gave out the tokens saw the Sixth Princess and Liang Chengcai, he hurriedly bowed.
Then, he didn’t ask them to line up.
“Hehe, I’m number one, and you’re number two! Let’s sit next to each other!” The Sixth Princess looked at Lin Xiaoyue’s token and then happily raised the one in her hand.
Liang Chengcai, who was watching from the side, looked at the token in his hand and was a little disappointed.
His number was 10, which was quite a distance away from them.
Lin Xiaoyue smiled.
“It’s probably because we’re both women.”
“There are not many women partic.i.p.ating in the a.s.sessment, so we are ranked at the front.”
Liang Chengcai was instantly relieved.
Yes, it was said that Madam Li was the only woman who partic.i.p.ated in this a.s.sessment.
After that, the Sixth Princess heard about this matter, so she went to the Emperor and forced him to add her name.
The reason she gave was that if other women could take part in the a.s.sessment, why couldn’t she?
The Emperor probably agreed to let the Sixth Princess partic.i.p.ate in the compet.i.tion to appease her.
The Sixth Princess nodded.
“You’re right!”
Then, she seemed to have thought of something. The Sixth Princess’ eyes lit
up.
“Only the two of us women are taking part in the a.s.sessment. Do you think that if the two of us take the top two places, it will be considered as ruining the men?!”
Liang Chengcai’s expression instantly froze.
That was because when the Sixth Princess mentioned “the men”, she was looking at him.
At the same time, the other masters who were partic.i.p.ating in the a.s.sessment heard the Sixth Princess’ words.
Many people looked at them strangely.
Lin Xiaoyue only felt as if there was a knife on her back.
She looked at the Sixth Princess, who was still looking at her. She did not know what was going on, or she did not care at all.
“Ahem, ahem. Today’s partic.i.p.ants are all the Great Yan’s most outstanding Arithmetic Masters. How can it be so easy to win? Don’t be arrogant.” Lin Xiaoyue said.
When the Sixth Princess heard Lin Xiaoyue’s modesty, she wanted to refute.
However, when she saw Lin Xiaoyue giving her a look, she stopped.
Oh, she had forgotten.
Master’s status was different from hers. She didn’t want to attract hatred.
She seemed to have caused trouble for her.
Thinking of this, the Sixth Princess did not continue to dwell on this matter..