Wife Kim An

Chapter 123

"Where is the champion Ke Lixin?" Empress Feng Qi asked.

The only boy in black robe in the center of the hall took a step forward after hearing the Queen's question.With delicate eyebrows and a calm expression, he lifted up the hem of his clothes, knelt down, and saluted the empress.

"Grassman Ke Lixin, long live my emperor."

Feng Qi looked towards Ke Lixin, her brows slightly furrowed, and she sighed secretly.In fact, when she was reviewing this exam, she fell in love with this student named Ke Lixin. With his excellent grades of two yuan in a row, his delicate and comfortable handwriting, and his well-conditioned insights and analysis, it can be seen that he is Calm and calm in the exam, calm and well-organized, as long as he is cultivated, he may be a general.Originally, she had long thought that he was helping the Dongmu country, but when she was happy, she just ignored his gender... He is a man...

Feng Qi smiled wryly.After all, he is a man!No matter how excellent you are, some things are helpless...

After a while, Feng Qi showed her face and smiled lightly: "There is no man in the history of Dongmu Kingdom who has become the number one scholar. You are No.1. You are indeed a good-looking talent and youthful demeanor. Do you know why I chose you as the number one scholar?"

"But because of the grassroots talk about honest officials?" Ke Lixin replied calmly, not feeling timid because of the queen's question.

Feng Qi nodded in satisfaction.

"Yes. The country needs upright officials. Your article is well written, but if you really want to scrutinize it, you will find many shortcomings." At that time, when she read this article, her brain became hot, and she immediately remembered the relationship between the three people back then. I swear, it's a pity...

Feng Qi looked dejectedly and said: "But the officialdom is dark, and such officials often end up with the most miserable fate. It's not easy to be a clean official? I don't trust everyone above the court. Who is the real clean and honest, and who is the big one?" It's not easy for a treacherous and evil person to rely on appearances alone."

After hearing this, Ke Lixin slowly withdrew her smiling face and clenched her fists tightly in her wide sleeves.

He knew that the queen didn't dare to reuse him, just because he was a man.So he had to cross this hurdle and let the queen trust him.If he hadn't been noticed by the empress during this palace examination, he might have been randomly given a petty official with nothing to do, and he would have lived a lifetime with the title of the so-called No. [-] scholar in a daze.But he is not willing to do this...

"If His Majesty can't find anyone trustworthy in the court, Cao Min is willing to solve His Majesty's worries and problems, and is willing to serve the country as an upright official!" After some powerful words, Ke Lixin made a big salute to Feng Qi, with a respectful and earnest expression. Honestly, "As long as your Majesty is willing to believe in Caomin, I believe that even if I am a man, I can do great things...Caomin is willing to serve Your Majesty and the country!" After speaking, Ke Lixin repeated his expectation heavily.

Yan Luofei frowned and looked at the teenagers on the field. Suddenly her sleeve was gently pulled, and Tan Hua winked at her, and said in a low voice, "Isn't he just a man... you can speak in a high-sounding way, can you?" What a big deal! In the end, he will climb into the bed of His Majesty, or the bed of a certain princess... A man should be at home, what is it to be an official! Perhaps, his original goal is not pure..."

Tanhua suddenly thought of something, and suddenly realized: "Speaking of the emperor, he was recommended by the second emperor, maybe he has been seduced by seduction, and he has known the exam questions a long time ago..."

Yan Luofei was thoughtful, and the more she thought about it, the more she felt that what the other party said was very likely.How could she lose? She had never lost since she was a child, but this time she lost to a man!How could she swallow this breath!

"Grassmen are also willing."

Yan Luofei thought about it, and then knelt down.Since Ke Lixin is willing, she is naturally willing too!She didn't believe it. In the officialdom, she couldn't compare to a man!
When Tanhua saw that both of them were kneeling, she was the only one standing in the hall, and she immediately knelt down in panic.

Feng Qi was very happy, she laughed and said: "I attach great importance to this imperial examination, and I also wrote the exam questions this time. I cherish talents, although you are young, I am willing to use you again!"

After chatting casually, after the other two retreated, Ke Lixin was still standing in the hall, hesitating, as if he wanted to say something.After the others were screened off, Feng Qi asked strangely: "Is there something else for Ke Zhuangyuan?"

Ke Lixin lifted his robe again and knelt on the ground: "Caomin knows that His Majesty is worried about corruption in the court, and His Majesty will bring up this topic. I am afraid that Nian Chuanzhi County's corruption case is just a cover, and Nian Chuanzhi County is just a scapegoat. Caomin is Men, if they hang out in the officialdom, they will definitely be looked down upon by others, and it will be inconvenient for them to move... But, although the status of grassroots is a double-edged sword, it also has greater advantages!"

"What do you mean?" Feng Qi narrowed her eyes when she heard this, and tapped the dragon chair lightly with her fingers.

Ke Lixin raised his head, and the corners of his mouth slightly raised: "The grass people are willing to hang out among them and investigate the truth for His Majesty! They despise my identity, so naturally they won't have great hostility towards me, and maybe they will show flaws inadvertently! And small flaws are often deadly!"

Feng Qi stroked her forehead, looked at the bright-eyed, confident young man in front of her, and groaned softly.

"If you are discovered, you will be in a very dangerous situation!" She dare not act rashly now, because she is afraid of losing something... Some lives are just inadvertently wiped out...

"The grassroots are not afraid!" Ke Lixin insisted.

After a while, Feng Qi said calmly: "Rong Zhen, think about it..."

"The grassroots retire..."

Ke Lixin left slowly, and when he walked through the corridor, he met a man who was dressed gracefully and luxuriously, with a beautiful face like a young man. Suddenly came to his senses, Yan Guijun was thirty to forty at least, and he was so young.He quickly blessed the smiling man in front of him and said: "Caomin has met Yan Guijun."

Yan Qingxiao said with a faint smile: "This must be Ke Zhuangyuan, he is indeed a promising young man. I look forward to your service for the country."

After he finished speaking, he walked slowly, and all the court ladies and eunuchs on the road gave way for him.He held a food box in his hand, probably a pastry for the queen.The empress has always favored Lord Yan Gui very much, and Lord Yan Gui, as the head of the harem, has always been popular among the people.Ke Lixin thought about it, and then walked forward.The surrounding area is very fragrant, it is the fragrance emanating from Yan Guijun's body, this fragrance is intoxicating, such a charming face is intoxicating, such a sweet and gentle smile makes people trance, I am afraid that no woman can escape such a temptation...

Late at night on the fourth day of May.

Ziyan stared blankly out of the window, beside him was the crimson wedding dress.Tomorrow, he will get married.For a man with such an ambiguous reputation, there are people who persistently want to marry him.That person is Li Xiangran.He has been secretly calling her a fool.

For a few months, the longest thing he did was to be in a daze. He would think of many things from the past, he would miss that person, the sweet talk she had said, how happy he was when he was in her arms, and how he had fantasized about marrying her. Give her the scene.He remembered that he poisoned Song Xiao twice for that person, he remembered that he gave up everything for that person, but was abandoned instead.He remembered a lot...

Just now, that person came again.He found that when the person hugged him and kept saying sorry, his heart beat involuntarily.

——Yan'er, help me, please?

Ziyan raised her head, her butterfly-like eyelashes fluttered slightly, but slowly drooped down instead.He stretched out his hand and gently brushed the other person's face, his expression was as gentle and submissive as before, and his words were so joyful: "Okay. I am willing to do anything for you!"

When he saw the other party's eyes flashed joy, he unconsciously showed a long-lost smile.During the days when he stayed in Li's Mansion, he frowned and often thought in a daze, but never smiled.Because he didn't wait for her.

"When you marry into the Li family, you will gain the trust of the Minister of Rites. Qing'er and Ru'er will also help you."

Ziyan raised her head, and sure enough, she saw a maidservant and a servant standing at the door, and gave him a slight salute.

That person quietly left like a Tathagata, leaving him a note, which was to instruct him.Just like before, I told him to kill Song Xiao with poison...

"Yan'er, wait for me to marry you..." No one can resist the sweet words from the mouth of their favorite, and he is no exception.

However, he is no longer the former Ziyan.

The night was a bit cold, and Ziyan found that after leaving a warm embrace, she would become even colder.Even on a hot day, he would shiver from the cold.This is how he survived the past few months, because he knew that only when it is completely cold can it be completely painful.

When Ziyan was about to close the window, she stretched out a hand.

Li Xiangran tilted his head, squinted his eyes, and looked at himself with a smile.That warm smile was like sunshine sweeping across his long-lost haze heart.He thought he must have smiled, but his face was still stiff and cold.

Li Xiangran's cheeks were flushed strangely, and she let out a breath towards the window, with a clear smell of alcohol.Today, she was very happy, so excited that she couldn't sleep at night, so she had to drink alcohol to get herself drunk.However, the more she drank, the more she thought of the day they first met, and she found that she missed Ziyan even more, and couldn't wait to see him even more.

Like a child, she drew a heart on the window, and then smiled silly.

Zi Yan thought, she really is a fool.But such a fool makes people feel sad.

"Yan'er, I can marry you tomorrow, I am very happy, I will give you happiness!"

After she finished speaking, her body was exhausted and she fell forward. With a "click", her head hit the ground, and she was lying dead on the ground, with a big swelling on her head.

Ziyan was terrified, she hurried out, and carried him to the bed with great effort.

Ziyan began to reduce the swelling on her forehead, and applied a cold towel to it from time to time.He was a little anxious, tomorrow was the day of their wedding, and she would be laughed at for having a big bump on her forehead.

"Ziyan, it's good to have you here. I will be drunk in the future, and someone will take care of me..." Li Xiangran woke up at some point, opened his eyes and looked at Ziyan, who was busy running around for her, with a blissful foolishness on the corners of his mouth .

Ziyan was a little funny, and also complained a little: "That's why you married me? Is it because you fell on the ground and was rescued by me, so you like me? That's why you married me?"

"Of course not!" Li Xiangran hurriedly defended. As soon as she sat up, her back suddenly ached, which showed that she was injured just now.

"Okay, then let me ask you...why did you marry me?" Zi Yan silently rubbed her shoulders, and suddenly found that although he lived in Li's residence these past few months, they had never had any intimate behavior , not even before.He had never seduced Li Xiangran, at that time he was focused on attracting Song Xiao's attention.Because of that person...

But now, that person asked her to attract Li Xiangran's attention, and entered Li's residence as a dark chess player.

He caught a glimpse of the maidservants and servants guarding the door, and felt his hands trembling.

"Let me think about it... um..." Li Xiangran deliberately paused, saw Zi Yan looking at him eagerly, and said with a smile, "You are good at everything! Better than any man!"

Zi Yan's chest was choked, he had heard countless people praise him in various ways, those who praised his appearance, praised him for his caring, praised him for his intelligence...

Some fragments flashed in his mind, when Li Xiangran took his hand and left Chuanxiangyuan, he made a solemn oath to him that she would marry him, and that she would treat him well for the rest of her life.

When Li's mother tried every means to obstruct her, she also stood upright and resolutely refused to let go.

He remembered that when she was severely whipped twenty times by Li's mother, she still smiled at him with her mouth open, and she said, "It's nothing...Ziyan, don't be afraid, I will protect you...I Li Xiangran never tells lies...it's just an imperial examination, I'm sure I can pass it..."

She said she wanted to marry him, even if it was difficult, she would marry him.Yes, she did.

He suddenly remembered Song Xiao's words - one day, you will know who is really good to you and who wants to take advantage of you.

"Miss Li, will Song Xiao arrive tomorrow?"

"Yes!" Li Xiangran held Ziyan's hand and found that his hand was very cold, so she immediately put his hand into her arms to warm it up. She pouted and said, "I'm going to get married tomorrow, and you still call me Is it Miss Li? Also, are you still thinking about Song Xiao? Song Xiao is so good!"

Ziyan was stunned for a moment, then said lightly: "My wife."

Li Xiangran shook his head: "That can only be called after tomorrow, change to another..."

"Xiangran..."

Li Xiangran smiled foolishly, with a satisfied expression on his face, he gave Ziyan a full heart.

On the fifth day of May, Li Xiangran married Ziyan.Early in the morning, the important courtiers gathered in front of Li's residence. Although everyone knew Ziyan's identity, she still had to sell her face as a minister of the Ministry of Rites. What's more, Miss Li had indeed achieved success in her studies recently and was admitted to the imperial examination. Maybe, in the near future, Miss Li will enter the Ministry of Rites with the help of her mother, and soon after, she will replace her mother as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites.

"Hey, Xiangran! Why is your complexion so bad!" Song Xiaodiao laughed, "Are you nervous because you are going to meet your husband?"

Li Xiangran covered his head, let out a bitter cry, and said: "If I knew I didn't drink last night, my whole body hurts now. The most terrible thing is that I will hold Ziyan across the brazier later. I am really afraid that I will kill him at that time." If you fall down, it will be embarrassing..."

The corner of Song Xiao's mouth twitched.

At this time, the sedan chairs surrounding Phoenix City had already entered the Li Mansion, and the firecrackers were ringing, making it very lively.

Song Xiao secretly sighed.The Li family really made a big deal, obviously they were in Li's mansion, so they could just pay homage to the bridal chamber, but they still made a detour outside.It seems that the Minister of Rites really accepted Zi Yan, and treated him well...

Li Xiangran was really sore all over. Seeing her holding Zi Yan in her arms, she seemed to hold her breath, and her veins were exposed.Song Xiao watched anxiously, for fear that Li Xiangran would suddenly let go of her hand when stepping over the brazier as she said.

Fortunately, Li Xiangran succeeded in stepping over the brazier with great difficulty, but when he finally relaxed, his hands suddenly hurt and he let go of his conditioned reflex.When she let go, she looked at Zi Yan with a surprised expression, and wanted to hug him in a panic, but she could only watch him almost fall to the ground.

Song Xiao who was standing beside her quickly stretched out her hand to support Zi Yan who was about to fall.

Zi Yan supported Song Xiao's hand, panted and stood up slowly, suddenly twisted her foot and fell on Song Xiao's body again.Afterwards, he was helped up by two servants, and his hand was held by Li Xiangran again.

According to Song Xiao's observation, this time, Li Xiangran held her tightly, and I'm afraid he won't let go in his whole life.

Sometimes love is just weird.Just fell in love with a person at a glance, and never left.

She thought that she might treat Shen Junyi in the same way.

(End of this chapter)