After a master of metaphysics severed ties with his family, the whole family was filled with regret!

Chapter 63 Luo Chujiu's Cooking Skills
From the moment Luo Chentian sat down in the examination room, he was confident and didn't look at anyone else. He only focused on answering the questions and had no idea how Luo Chenyang was mentally plotting against him.

Soon, an hour had passed. Luo Chenyang put down his pen and paper early and even checked for any typos. In his panic, he almost forgot to write his own name.

Xiao Beiming walked up to Luo Chenyang and unceremoniously took away his exam paper, not giving him a chance to continue answering.

After all the exam papers had been collected, Xiao Beiming and Nalan Qingyin allowed the examinees to leave the examination room.

When they left the examination room, Luo Chenyang looked dejected, while Luo Chentian looked smug, which made Luo Chenyang very unhappy.

"Hey, Luo Chentian, stop right there!"

Luo Chenyang stood in front of Luo Chentian and called out to him.

Luo Chentian frowned slightly. According to seniority, he was several months older than Luo Chenyang. It was one thing for Luo Chenyang not to call him "brother," but he was also so impolite to him.
"What's the matter?"

"Tell me, did you know how to do that question in the exam just now? Are you really that good?" Luo Chenyang asked Luo Chentian with suspicion.

Luo Chentian didn't know why Luo Chenyang asked that, but he still told him the truth:

"The questions for today's exam were mentioned by the teacher at the private school beforehand. He said that such questions were very likely to be on the exam. The teacher also gave us a model essay to look at. I wrote my own understanding based on the teacher's model essay. The questions were not too difficult."

Upon hearing Luo Chentian's words, Luo Chenyang was completely dumbfounded:
"What? When did the teacher say there would be such a question on the exam? Did the teacher leak the question to you beforehand? Otherwise, how could you possibly answer it!"

"Don't talk nonsense! The teacher is just a private tutor, how could he know the questions in advance? You are simply arrogant! By slandering the teacher and my innocence, do you want to make the Luo family guilty?"

Cheating in the imperial examinations was no joke; those who committed serious offenses would be beheaded as punishment!
Luo Chenyang was very wary of Luo Chentian's words. He looked around and, seeing that no one else was around, he felt relieved.

"Hmph, this is only the first match. Just you wait, I'll definitely get good results in the next few matches!"

After saying that, Luo Chenyang turned and left.

Luo Chentian shook his head, not wanting to argue with Luo Chenyang so much.

After Luo Chentian left, Xiao Beiming and Nalan Qingyin emerged from the shadows.

"What does Your Highness think of these two brothers?"

“One is utterly foolish, while the other possesses a composure beyond his years, which is quite admirable,” Xiao Beiming replied truthfully.

“If you can live up to the Prince’s praise of being ‘not bad,’ then you must be quite good,” Nalan Qingyin said with a light laugh.

Upon hearing this, Xiao Beiming smiled and then they left together.

Although Nalan Qingyin didn't like Xiao Beiming, she was still willing to make peace with him temporarily when it came to matters related to Luo Chujiu.

Knowing that the imperial examinations were taking place in the next few days, Luo Chujiu stayed obediently in the Imperial Preceptor's residence and did not go out to play, so as not to cause trouble for her fourth senior brother and Xiao Beiming.

However, Luo Chujiu was not bored. She sat in the courtyard with three maids and an old woman, meditating and breathing exercises.

Feiyun had learned from Luo Chujiu before, so she was very comfortable and at ease. Qingying and Caizhao found it interesting and diligently learned from Luo Chuxue for a few days. Only Granny Yun was too old to sit cross-legged for long periods of time, so she stood aside to serve them and was happy to be at ease.

When Nalan Qingyin finished supervising the exam and returned to the Imperial Preceptor's residence to visit Luo Chujiu, she saw Luo Chujiu leading a group of people in meditation and breathing exercises, which made her want to laugh.

"What, do you think the Imperial Preceptor's Mansion is Xuanfeng Mountain? Are you all going to cultivate immortality?" Nalan Qingyin asked with a smile.

Upon hearing her senior brother's voice, Luo Chujiu immediately opened her eyes, and Feiyun, Qingying, and Caizhao also quickly stood up from the ground.

"Greetings, Grand Preceptor!"

Nalan Qingyin raised her hand, indicating that the others did not need to be so polite.

"Fourth Senior Brother, are you done proctoring? Did you come back alone? Didn't the Prince come with you?"

Luo Chujiu put her arm around Nalan Qingyin's shoulder and looked around as she asked.

Nalan Qingyin's good mood was completely ruined by Luo Chujiu's words.

"Why did he come? This isn't the Prince Xiao's residence, what's he doing here?"

Nalan Qingyin's icy voice brought Luo Chujiu back to her senses, and she quickly changed the subject:

"I was just asking casually, senior brother, don't be angry. I haven't seen fourth senior brother for three days. Would fourth senior brother bear to be angry with me?" Luo Chujiu said, shaking Nalan Qingyin's sleeve, making it impossible for Nalan Qingyin to be angry with her.

"Alright, alright, you just know that you can take advantage of your senior brother's doting on you and won't really be angry with you, so you can go ahead and annoy me."

"No way, Fourth Senior Brother is just accusing me. How about I cook a meal for him myself today to express my apology?"

"You're going to cook? Forget it. If you cook, it's not an apology, it's a way of silencing me. I can't handle that," Nalan Qingyin said to Luo Chujiu with a look of rejection.

Luo Chujiu can be said to know everything and be proficient in everything, except cooking, which she knows absolutely nothing about.

The steps are exactly the same, and the dishes are the same, but the dishes she makes always taste very strange.

Upon hearing Nalan Qingyin's words, Luo Chujiu immediately became displeased.

"Hmph, I just didn't cook properly before. I wanted to try some new dishes, so the taste was a bit strange. If I cook seriously, the taste will definitely be good!" Luo Chujiu said confidently.

However, Nalan Qingyin still dared not easily believe her words.

However, at Luo Chujiu's insistence, Nalan Qingyin finally let her go to the kitchen to cook.

Just consider it a brave attempt at cooking for his junior sister; he can do it! Xiao Bei can't even get his hands on some of her dishes!
Luo Chujiu's cooking skills are actually quite good; it's just that she used to like to be silly, which left people with the impression that her cooking skills were extremely poor.

When Nalan Qingyin looked at the table full of well-prepared dishes, she couldn't help but have some doubts:
"Did you really make this? Or did you get Feiyun to do it for you and then try to fool your senior brother?"

"Fourth Senior Brother, do you think I'm that kind of person? Don't look down on me! I did it all, Fei Yun didn't even touch it, Fei Yun, don't you think so?"

Seeing that Nalan Qingyin did not believe her, Luo Chujiu directly brought out Feiyun to testify for her.

"Reporting to the Imperial Preceptor, it was indeed Miss who did all of this. This servant did not help Miss deceive the Imperial Preceptor," Fei Yun solemnly assured him.

Upon hearing this, Nalan Qingyin tentatively reached out with her chopsticks, picked up a piece of food, and put it in her mouth.

I chewed it carefully and found that the taste wasn't strange at all; it was even kind of delicious!
(End of this chapter)