newbobooks Chapter 854 Two Old Men Who Are Disliked by Everyone
Chapter 854 Two Old Men Who Are Disliked by Everyone
"Chong-"
Following a long and distant gong sound, the vermilion lacquered gate of the Imperial Examination Hall slowly closed, and the carriage that had been waiting in front of the gate for a long time gradually retreated.
Little Yining accompanied her mother cautiously and staggered to Yuelai Teahouse.
Several days of heavy snow had blanketed the entire capital of Yanjing in white, and Yuelai Teahouse had lost its usual bustle and bustle. However, the lobby was still filled with guests seeking refuge from the cold and relaxing to chat.
Wan Niang carefully adjusted her daughter's bright red fox fur cape, then carried her out of the carriage.
The waiter of the teahouse came forward quickly and asked respectfully, "Does this lady have an appointment?"
Seeing her shaking her head, the waiter cleverly led the mother and daughter to the private room reserved for women on the second floor.
Just at this moment, a surprising and familiar call came from the second floor of Yuelai Teahouse.
"Sister Princess, Madam Lin, are you also coming to listen to the book?"
The mother and daughter looked up at the same time and saw Liu Zhenying leaning on the window, waving a handkerchief at them, while Chen Jiaoyi, standing next to her, smiled shyly at them.
Seeing these two people together, Xiao Yining was not surprised at all. Her house was burned down, and Duke Chen's small house was not spared either, so Chen Jiaoyi moved back to her own home.
She responded immediately: "Sister Liu, Sister Zhang, my mother brought me here to eat tea cakes!"
"Then Madam Lin, you and the princess's sister, please come with us! I'll treat you to tea and snacks." Liu Zhenying waved to them warmly.
The social bully - Xiao Yining responded yes without hesitation.
The waiter leading the way turned around at the right time, looked at Wan Niang, and asked silently.
Wan Niang:......
The woman raised her lips slightly in embarrassment and said, "Miss Liu's private room will be charged to my account."
The waiter understood immediately and quickly extended his hand, "Okay, Madam, the princess, please come this way!"
Liu Zhenying's private room was still the same one where they had discussed beating Lu Tingfeng last time.
As soon as the mother and daughter stepped in, Liu Zhenying came over immediately, picked up the baby, placed her on a chair, and stuffed a small cake into her hand.
Then, she and Chen Jiaoyi bowed to Wanniang and said, "Mrs. Lin, may your makeup be well!"
Wan Niang nodded slightly, her eyes gently passing over Chen Jiaoyi, and she slowly sat down and asked softly, "Miss Liu, Miss Zhang, what brings you to Yuelai Teahouse? Is there anything new?"
The two little sisters looked at each other shyly.
Chen Jiaoyi spoke first: "Mrs. Lin, Yingzi saw that I was depressed, so she brought me out to listen to books to relieve my boredom."
Liu Zhenying nodded and said bluntly, "Jiaojiao has been looking worried ever since she received a letter from her mother a few days ago. Also, my father came home yesterday and told me that something had happened in the Enke exam. I thought Yuelai Teahouse would definitely use this as a story, so I used Xuexiao and Jiaojiao as a pretext to ask my mother to let me come here."
After the little sister finished speaking a long paragraph, she told Lan You to quickly make tea for Wan Niang.
Little Yining grunted as he filled his stomach. He glanced at Chen Jiaoyi's helpless face and asked curiously, "Sister Liu, what happened in Enke? My father didn't tell me since he came back."
Liu Zhenying: *罒▽罒*
The little sister immediately became interested and sat down next to the little kid, saying with a hint of pride: "Sister Princess, you are young. Even if Father Lin tells you, you will only partially understand. You can't help Father Lin with his worries, and you will only add to his troubles."
Xiao Yining: (* ￣︿￣)
Upon hearing this, the little kid pouted unhappily and complained in his heart: This family will fall apart without me!
Liu Zhenying smiled faintly and answered the little kid's question, "My sister, my father came home yesterday and told me that the chief examiner for the special examination has been changed, as have the exam questions. Many candidates are complaining about this, and some who are not very good at studying have simply lost their minds and decided not to take the exam. They either sleep soundly in the examination hall, snoring and disturbing others, or they keep pots burning in the hall all day, distracting others from the exam."
The kid opened his mouth in surprise and said, puzzled, "If they can't take the exam, they can just hand in their papers early, leave the Imperial Examination Hall early, and go home to a warm bed. Why are they affecting others?"
Liu Zhenying gave her a look that said, "I knew you didn't understand," and replied in a pretentious manner, "My dear Princess, some people are like that. When they can't get what they want, they try to drag others down with them. But my father said that fortunately, those two rats left the Imperial Examination Hall the next day, otherwise they would have been thrown out by the guards."
Xiao Yining nodded in agreement: "Such a bad person should be beaten first and then thrown out."
The little sister chimed in, "Of course not! By the way, Princess Sister, when did Father Lin and Uncle Wang leave the Imperial Examination Hall?"
Hearing this, the little kid smiled proudly and said proudly, "Sister Liu, my father and uncle are really amazing. They were the first to pass the Imperial Examination!"
Wan Niang looked at her daughter's proud and coquettish expression, shook her head with a smile, and added, "Miss Liu, they came out at noon the next day."
"I see!"
Liu Zhenying smiled knowingly and turned to Chen Jiaoyi and said, "Jiaojiao, it looks like Father Lin and Uncle Wang have a sure win. This time..."
Halfway through her words, her expression suddenly froze, as if she had thought of something. She looked at Wan Niang and her daughter in disbelief, hesitated for a moment, and hurriedly asked the little kid for confirmation: "Sister Princess, are Father Lin and Uncle Wang really out so early?"
Xiao Yining glanced at her strangely, "Yes, Sister Liu, what's wrong?"
Liu Zhenying: (wДw), those two bad apples in the literary world turned out to be Uncle Lin and Uncle Wang?
Chen Jiaoyi, who had also heard about what happened in the Imperial Examination Hall, also reacted and her face was very interesting for a while.
Wan Niang and her daughter looked at the strange expressions of their two little sisters, and a hint of doubt flashed through their minds.
At this moment, the loud voices of people clapping their hands on the table below could be heard.
"If I knew who number eleven in row eight was, I would beat him so hard his mother wouldn't even recognize him. If it weren't for him, how could I have contaminated my paper and lost my qualification for the special exam!"
"Don't be angry, brother. This person must have realized that he has offended someone by doing this. He must have left the capital long ago and is on his way home."
"Even if I go back, I won't let him go. After the imperial examination is over, I will definitely find out who this person is. I have studied hard for ten years, and now I have to wait another three. I must seek justice for myself."
"Add me in, my dear fellow. I've also suffered greatly from this. Row 8, seat 11, has been eating the entire time, and I...my mind has been completely blank. I've wasted my time. Sigh, I'm truly ashamed of my fellow villagers."
"And there's the guy in row five, seat seven. He's not as nasty as row eight, seat eleven, but his snoring is really annoying. He fell asleep in the afternoon, woke up to eat, and then went back to sleep. He's clearly treating the Enke as a joke!"
"He's uneducated and a scoundrel of the civilized world."
"..."
Listening to the indignant curses from below, the four people in the private room stood by the window to watch the fun.
Xiao Yining listened for a moment, then looked at the unusually quiet little sister beside her. Unable to help but feel strange, she asked, "Sister Liu, Sister Chen, why are you two not talking? Do you know the two people they're talking about?"
Liu and Chen: (?_?), should we tell her that the people below are actually cursing Uncle Lin and Uncle Wang!
Xiao Yining: (???.???)????Who are these two people? Why would they cause such public outrage?