The Old Man glanced at Zhao Yichen and asked him, which day would he return?When Zhao Yichen told him the specific time, the old man told him that he would be leaving with him.
It would be safer if more people went with them.
Zhao Yichen nodded, and told the old man that he would gather somewhere before leaving.
Li Qingling and the others walked around the streets and bought a lot of things before heading back home.
Three days later, Li Qingling and the others woke up before dawn and prepared to go to the entrance of the examination hall to wait for Liu Zhimo.
When they reached the examination hall, the carriage was stuck there, unable to move.
Li Qingling lifted the carriage curtain at the side and saw that it was full of carriages. She immediately let everyone off the carriage and walked over.
However, there were too many people. It was hard to walk.
"Old man, why don"t you bring the few of them to the Fumanlou and wait there. I"ll go wait for Zhi Moge at the entrance by myself and when we receive him, we"ll go to the Fumanlou to look for you."
The old man knew that this was the best way, so he immediately nodded and led Li Qingning along with one hand and Liu Zhirou with the other, and brought them out.
Li Qingfeng and Liu Zhiyan were not willing to leave, they had to stay and wait for Liu Zhimo to come out.
There was no way, the only thing Li Qingling could do was tell him what was on his mind and ask him to look after Li Qingning and the others.
Big River obediently acknowledged and quickly followed the old man.
Li Qingling protected Li Qingfeng as he squeezed to the entrance of the examination hall with much difficulty.
The three of them found a corner where there weren"t many people and stood still before they let out a sigh of relief.
This person was about to squeeze someone to death.
Li Qingfeng wiped the perspiration off his face, and tiptoed to look outside, "I wonder when Brother-in-law will be able to come out?"
Liu Zhiyan held Li Qingfeng"s shoulders, and tiptoed to look at the entrance of the examination hall, "Look, there are people who are being carried out, big brother can"t be like this, right?"
Hearing Liu Zhiyan say that someone had been carried out, Li Qingling immediately looked up. It really was …
She nervously clenched her fists, worried that Liu Zhimo"s body wouldn"t be able to take it either.
"You must train your body more." Li Qingling patted their heads, "If your body is too weak, you will have to be like that person, and be carried out."
In the ancient Imperial examinations, not only did they test the students" knowledge, they also tested the students" physical fitness.
Those with poor physical fitness would fall before they finished the test.
If he wanted to go out again, he would have to wait for another three years.
It would be a waste of another three years.
Li Qingfeng and Liu Zhiyan looked at each other and nodded.
They didn"t want to be carried out. That would be too embarra.s.sing.
"Wuwuwu …" At this moment, a student who had just walked out of the examination hall couldn"t help but start crying loudly. Upon seeing his appearance, he knew that the exam wasn"t done well.
"That uncle is crying quite miserably." Li Qingfeng swallowed his saliva, and looked at the crying student with a face full of sympathy.
Liu Zhiyan also nodded.
After standing here for a while, they finally understood the cruelty of the Imperial examinations.
Li Qingling was afraid that they would feel a burden in their hearts, so he reached out his hands to rub their heads, "Why are you looking at someone else? Just do your own thing. " After a pause, he encouraged them, "I have faith in you."
Hearing that, Li Qingfeng and Liu Zhiyan grinned, he patted their small chests and replied at the same time, "I will definitely not let big sister (sister-in-law) down."
They clenched their fists, determined to study hard and wait for them to take the exam.
Li Qingling smiled and replied, telling his to wait.
The three of them waited for nearly two hours before they saw Liu Zhimo"s figure.
With one hand holding the book bag, and the other supporting Xiang Yunfei, he slowly walked out.
When Li Qingling and the other two saw it, they immediately ran over.
"Big Brother, are you alright?" Liu Zhiyan reached out and took the book bag from Liu Zhimo"s hands, worriedly looking at it. Seeing that it was fine, he finally relaxed.
When they saw the students who came out earlier, their clothes were messy and their expressions were withered. Compared to Liu Zhimo who was in a good mental state and dressed neatly, it was like the difference between heaven and earth.
Liu Zhimo shook his head and said, "I"m fine."
He was actually tired as well, but he didn"t show it.
"Young master, are you alright?" Seeing Xiang Yunfei"s pale face, who was about to faint any second, Li Qingming asked worriedly.
Xiang Yunfei weakly waved his hand, and said slowly, "It"s nothing much, just wait for me to go home and have a good night"s sleep."
With that, the servant of Xiang Yunfei"s family ran over, "Young Master, are you alright?" He immediately took Xiang Yunfei and carefully supported him.
Liu Zhimo took the book bag from Liu Zhiyan"s hands and gave it to him, telling him to go home and rest well.
"Alright, I will come back to find you after I have rested."
Liu Zhimo nodded and watched Xiang Yunfei get into the carriage before turning to Li Qingling, "Have you been waiting for long?" Sweat covered her forehead.
He took out his kerchief and helped her wipe her sweat.
In front of all these people, Li Qingling felt a little embarra.s.sed. She took his kerchief from his hands, and continued to randomly wipe it for a bit before saying: "It"s not long." She stuffed the kerchief back to him, "This old man is waiting for us at Fumanlou. Let"s go eat there first, then go home, okay?"
"I"ll listen to you."
The group of people slowly walked to the Fumanlou, and saw the old man happily chatting with Zhao Yichen.
When he saw Li Qingling and the rest, he immediately stood up. "Mo brat, are you alright? "Come here and let me help you take a look."
Zhao Yichen turned his head and met Liu Zhimo"s gaze. He stood up and smiled as he greeted, "Looks like Young Master Liu has done well in the exam." His condition didn"t seem like he was going to take the exam, it was envious of him.
Back then, when he was taken out of the exam, he felt that he had lost half his life. He stayed at home to rest for half a month before regaining his composure.
Liu Zhimo laughed indifferently, "Not bad …"
He walked directly to the old man"s side and sat down, allowing the old man to take his pulse.
The old man took Liu Zhimo"s pulse, and after a while, he laughed: "There"s nothing major, just go back and rest." Liu Zhimo"s physical fitness is really good, "It will be announced three days later, right?"
"Yes..." Liu Zhimo took the tea that Li Qingling had poured for him, and took a sip to moisten his throat, "Grandfather, why don"t you wait until after the rankings are released before leaving?"
The old man thought the same, but he promised to leave with Zhao Yichen.
He raised his head to look at Zhao Yichen, who smiled and said, "I"m fine, there"s no harm in waiting a few more days."
Hearing this, the old man laughed and waited for the release of the results before leaving.
"Old man, have you ordered yet?" Li Qingling wanted Liu Zhimo to eat, so he went back to rest early.
The dark circles around his eyes made her heart ache.
Presumably, he hadn"t slept well for the past three days.
Zhao Yichen glanced at Li Qingling, and then shifted his gaze, as he smiled: "This time, I"ll treat it as a congratulatory gift for Young Master Liu." Without waiting for Li Qingling to reject, he got up and went to get someone.
Seeing how determined Zhao Yichen was, she didn"t want to get entangled with him over such matters, so she just let him be.
Besides, they were partners, so it wasn"t a big deal to eat him.
Zhao Yichen ordered a big table of Fumanlou"s signature dish, and they all had round stomachs.
Li Qingning patted her stomach, and blinked her large eyes and looked at Zhao Yichen, "Brother Zhao, are you going to treat us to a meal next time?" The food was delicious, and she still wanted to eat more.
patted Li Qingning"s little head and looked at her gently, "That"s fine, just tell Big Brother Zhao whenever he wants to eat something. Big Brother Zhao will bring you here to eat something." He thought for a bit and added, "Before Brother Zhao goes to the capital, he will also tell the shopkeeper that if Ning Ning comes here to eat, it will all be free of charge."
"Really?" Hearing that, Li Qingning jumped up happily, that meant she could come over to eat anytime.
"Ning Ning..." Li Qingling called out to Li Qingning with a dark face. He looked at her in disapproval, then turned to look at Zhao Yichen, and said apologetically. "I"m sorry, Gongzi Zhao.
Lifting his eyes to look at her, Zhao Yichen"s eyes dimmed a little. He understood in his heart that she did not want to be entangled with him too much.
"How could that be? When I see Ning Ning, it"s like seeing my little sister. I can"t help but want to spoil her. " Zhao Yichen caressed the silly hair on Li Qingning"s head, and smiled gently, "Besides, how much can a little girl like her eat? If you come here every day to eat, you won"t ruin my Fumanlou. "
Seeing Li Qingning"s smile, he continued: "Miss Li, I didn"t ask you out, I only asked Ning Ning, you can"t be unhappy about it."
"..." If she continued to obstruct him, it would seem that she was really unhappy because Zhao Yichen didn"t want to invite her, and therefore couldn"t let Li Qingning come.
She took a deep breath and laughed, "Alright, since Gongzi Zhao is so generous, then we, Ning Ning, will not be so courteous."
If she didn"t bring Li Qingning here, she wouldn"t be able to eat even if she wanted to.
Hearing that, the smile in Zhao Yichen"s eyes became deeper, "Ning Ning, you heard it right? If you want to eat it, then come and eat it.
Li Qingning nodded her head heavily, laughed and discussed with Zhao Yichen, could she bring Liu Zhirou along?
Zhao Yichen straightforwardly nodded.
With that, Li Qingning was so happy that her hands and feet were dancing with joy, she kept saying that Zhao Yichen was good, praised Zhao Yichen, and laughed so hard that even her teeth could not see.
Li Qingling and the rest were all silent.
When they were preparing to leave Fumanlou and return home, Zhao Yichen smiled and said to Li Qingling, "Miss Li, I"ll be getting married in November. If you have time, you can come to the capital to play."
After being stunned for a moment, Li Qingling smiled and said, "Then I"ll have to congratulate Gongzi Zhao in advance. If I have time, I"ll definitely go and get a goblet of wedding wine." Last time she heard him say that they weren"t engaged yet, and it hadn"t been that long since he told her that he was going to marry her.
Zhao Yichen looked deeply at Li Qingling, and said thank you.
He wouldn"t tell her that he knew she was going to get married. Only then would he give up on agreeing to his mother"s engagement with the Mu family"s daughter.
After he marries, with his own family, he would be able to completely forget her right?