The concubine was reborn, and the cold prince was made red in the face

Zuo Xiangning looked at the domineering old lady and felt secretly suspicious.

Where did she get her confidence?

"Go and see your father." The old lady said, "Your cousin is there to fulfill his filial piety for you. You should thank him more."

"Don't worry, granddaughter." Zuo Xiangning agreed and exited the room.

Arriving at the east wing, Zuo Xiangning opened the door and smelled a strong smell of Chinese medicine.

This flavor has a hint of sweetness in the middle.

Zuo Xiangning frowned and walked into the room.

The room was made like a basement, with curtains and curtains hanging on it, and it was so dark that nothing could be seen clearly.

Zuo Xiangning stood at the door and did not go inside.

"Who is here?" A tall and thin man came out of the inner room.

I saw him wearing a green shirt with a jade belt hanging around his waist. He behaved calmly, had a handsome appearance, his eyes were as bright as stars, his eyebrows were as thin as distant mountains, and there was always a smile on his lips.

This man looks a lot like Zuo's father, and they both have a good skin.

The reason Zuo Xiangyu didn't take a fancy to him must be that he didn't have a good family background and status.

"Are you... the fourth sister?" The man looked at Zuo Xiangning and said happily: "You are here!"

"Cousin Shiqi, right?" Zuo Xiangning saluted him.

"Fourth sister, please forgive me." Zuo Shiqi stretched out his hand to help her up, "You are here to see the second uncle, right? The second uncle is sleeping."

His father had been "sleeping" for a long time, and it wasn't like she didn't know.

"I'll go take a look and come out." Zuo Xiangning walked into the inner room and looked at her father who was sleeping on the bed. Still the same as before, she withdrew again and whispered: "Where are the people serving my father? Why aren't any of them here? ?”

"My uncle's condition has not been very good these days, so the old lady asked them to evacuate and be taken care of by the people around the old lady. I usually live in the west wing, and when I have nothing to do, I come over to help take care of my uncle." Zuo Shiqi He smiled and said, "Don't worry, fourth sister, uncle will get better gradually."

"How can I let my cousin take care of me after finally coming here?" Zuo Xiangning said with a smile: "I'll tell the lady later and ask her to send a few more capable people over."

"Fourth sister, you don't have to be polite to me. I came to Beijing to take part in the examination this year. I have nothing to do except reading every day." Zuo Shiqi said with a smile: "I have to stay in the capital for more than two months. If Fourth Sister If you have time, can you take me around the capital?"

"Let's wait until cousin meets to finish the job." Zuo Xiangning said with a smile: "Take cousin out now, the old lady shouldn't be in a hurry."

"Studying relies on accumulation over time, not overnight success." Zuo Shiqi said confidently: "Fourth sister, don't worry, this time the test will be just a formality, the outcome has already been decided."

Zuo Xiangning raised her eyebrows, "What does cousin mean?"

"Life and death are determined by fate, wealth and honor are in heaven. What a person will do in this life has already been predestined."

Zuo Xiangning looked at the open-minded Zuo Shiqi in surprise.

"Then thank you for your hard work, cousin." Zuo Xiangning felt a little dizzy, saluted Zuo Shiqi, turned around and exited the east wing. Seeing that the door of the main room was closed, she said to Panxia with some disappointment: "Look The old lady is here to rest, so let’s greet the old lady another day.”

Zuo Xiangning took Panxia and quickly left Shi'antang.

She was in the east wing of Shi'an Hall just now. She felt very depressed, as if she was out of breath. If she smelled the smell in the room for a while longer, she would collapse there.

She returned to Xianglanzhai and drank two cups of tea before she felt her mind was clearer.

What kind of person is this Zuo Shiqi?

A man whom I had not seen for many years and whose name I had never even heard suddenly came to the capital to take the college entrance examination.

Taking the college entrance examination is not the important point. The point is that he is taking the college entrance examination and studying uneasily, but he has to take care of Zuo Yi'an who is lying in bed and comatose.

After Zuo Xiangning returned to the room, she asked someone to find Rang Bingyu. "Look at what the young cousin of Shi'an Hall does every day." Zuo Xiangning said: "The second young master and the third girl also came over, and what they said."

Bingyu watched it for two days and found nothing strange at all.

Zuo Xiangning thought that she was overthinking, so she sent Bingyu back and asked the Zhang Rui family to continue to keep an eye on Shi'antang and tell her quickly if there was anything wrong.

But the news the Zhang Rui family received was that everything in Shi'an Hall was business as usual, nothing unusual.

Seven or eight days later, when it was time for the college entrance examination, Zuo Zixi, Zuo Ziteng, Zuo Xiangning and Zuo Xiangyu sent Zuo Zimo and Zuo Shiqi outside the examination room.

"Third brother, you have to write well. You have three days to answer your questions early and I won't let you out. You might as well slowly make your handwriting neat and beautiful." Zuo Xiangning said about dragging the wolf during the provincial examination. Zuo Zimo, who passed the exam at the tail end, did not have high hopes.

"Don't worry." Zuo Zimo laughed in a low voice: "In the past few months, in addition to studying, I have practiced calligraphy, so don't worry."

Zuo Xiangning handed the test basket to him, "I've cut the beef into slices for you, as well as dried fruits, lotus seeds and longans. Don't eat too hastily in it, it will take three days..."

"I know." Zuo Zimo raised his hand and rubbed Zuo Xiangning's hair.

"Zimo!" Zuo Zixi was talking to Jiang Ruochen. When he saw Zuo Zimo's movements, he quickly looked around and whispered.

Zuo Zimo put down his hand sarcastically.

Zuo Ziteng and Zuo Shiqi beside them both turned to look at them.

At this time, the courtyard door opened and the students began to file in.

Zuo Zimo and Jiang Ruochen waved their hands towards them and walked towards the courtyard gate.

Zuo Zixi and others said a few more words to Zuo Shiqi, who smiled and walked in confidently.

Everyone went home and waited restlessly for three days.

Three days later, Zuo Zimo came out of the examination room like an eggplant beaten by frost.

Zuo Shiqi and Jiang Ruochen both came out of the examination room in high spirits.

But all three of them gave the same answer, "The test was pretty good."

"Let's get together tonight?" Zuo Zimo said with a bitter face, "How about eating barbecue?"

"You haven't eaten well in three days, so you shouldn't eat barbecue." Zuo Zixi said, "Drink some porridge first."

Zuo Zimo pulled Zuo Xiangning's sleeve and winked at her.

Zuo Xiangning pulled Zuo Zixi's sleeve and whispered: "Brother, let's have barbecue tonight. Let them eat less and taste it."

Zuo Zixi glanced at Zuo Xiangning and said, "We'll talk about it when we get back."

"Thank you, brother." Zuo Xiangning smiled and thanked her.

"Thank you, Third Sister." Zuo Zimo also said with a smile.

Zuo Zixi shook his head slightly and asked everyone to get in the car and go home.

On the day when the results were released, Jiang, who had no hope at all, came in a carriage with her aunt Jiang.

Zuo Zixi was waiting outside the carriage, and several other people from the Zuo family crowded in front of the table to take a look.

Jiang Ruochen won the second place, what people didn't expect was that Zuo Shiqi won the second-class No. 8, and what people never expected was that Zuo Zimo also won, but he won the bottom No. .1.

The Zuo family immediately became excited. Jiang was so happy that he almost cried with joy, and asked people to buy five more firecrackers.