cabinet first lady

Chapter 38 Admiration
Under their gazes, Ruan Muyang remained unmoved, he kept his eyes on his nose, his nose and his heart, and let them watch.

Seeing her like this, Li thought of Zhang Anyi from last night.They have the same attitude as husband and wife, and they are equally annoying.

Seeing that Li Shi was angry, Mrs. Wang said with a smile, "Mother, don't be angry, the second sibling is now the wife of the third rank, so the airs are naturally bigger than before."

"Hmph! Can the third-rank imperial order be so defiant?" Li Shi's tone became worse and worse, "It's nothing if you can't give birth to a child!"

Zheng Shu comforted softly: "Auntie, don't be angry."

Not caring about other people's eyes, Ruan Muyang looked at Mrs. Li, and said respectfully: "What did mother say? No matter what, I am your daughter-in-law, just like the second master is your son. The matter of having a child Pay attention to the fate with the child, maybe my fate with the second master and the child has not yet come."

She spoke very politely and kindly.

After all, it was indeed her fault that she had been married for several years and had no children.She could only let Mrs. Li scold her.

Mrs. Li hoped that Ruan Muyang would get angry and catch her wrong, but who knew that Ruan Muyang could hardly swear back, and his attitude was so good that she had no temper, so she couldn't get angry.As for Zheng Shu's matter, after all, the Zhang family's family rules are on top of it, and she can't speak out in front of others.

For the next period of time, when Ruan Muyang came to pay his respects every morning, he would be ridiculed by Mrs. Wang, while Mrs. Wang and the others watched jokes every day.

At the end of June, the stalemate in the hall suddenly became tense again.

Ruan Muyang didn't hear the news, but found that Zhang Anyi came back every day later.

Zheng Shu has been here for more than half a month, and the chances to see Zhang Anyi are pitifully rare, let alone say a few words, and she waits until late at night by Ruan Muyang's side in the name of "accompanying her".But every time in exchange, Zhang Anyi didn't even look at her.

She was unwilling.

Not only did Zhang Anyi come back late, but sometimes he would take a few subordinates to the study to discuss matters, often very late.

One night, after leaving with the people who came back to discuss matters, seeing that Zhang Anyi was still in the study, Ruan Muyang felt distressed, so he asked Diancui to bring up the prepared soup and brought it to the study in person.

Ruan Muyang was going to the study, so Mo Jian and Mo Wen naturally didn't dare to stop him.

They called out respectfully; "Ma'am."

"You have worked hard with the second master all day. I will go to the kitchen later. I asked Diancui and the others to leave some soup for you."

Mo Jian and Mo Wen were flattered.

Ruan Muyang took the soup and walked to the door of the study, and knocked lightly on the door.

"Who?"

Zhang Anyi's voice came from inside, with a cold tone.

This tone made Ruan Muyang stunned, and said, "It's me."

Following the sound of footsteps, the door of the study was opened, and it was Zhang Anyi who came out in person. "Why is Madam here?" He smiled with warm yellow lights in his eyes, extremely gentle, "I thought it was someone else."

Ruan Muyang raised his eyebrows.She knew that the "other" Zhang Anyi was referring to was Zheng Shu.

Zheng Shu has been in Chuanyun Academy for more than half a month, and she has seen Zhang Anyi too rarely, so she has other ideas.When Zhang Anyi came back to the study at night, she wanted to dress up attractively and deliver food, but every time she was stopped by Mo Wen and Mo Jian.

Yesterday, she managed to take advantage of Mo Jian and Mo Wen to see off a guest, she finally got close to the study, opened the door and walked in, talking to herself.Originally, she thought that she could cook rice with him in the study with her own tenderness, but she didn't want to meet Zhang Anyi's cold eyes as soon as she entered.She is an ordinary woman, and the biggest official she has ever met is Zhang Ji, how could she be able to withstand Zhang Anyi's fierceness that she has experienced in the court?She immediately trembled with fear.

"go out."

Zhang Anyi just said two words with a blank face, but Zheng Shu felt that this was too different from the second cousin she usually saw in front of Ruan Muyang, as if she was a different person. The pressure made her breathless, and her whole body Feeling cold, he didn't dare to say anything in the end, and went out with a pale face.

Ruan Muyang only heard about this incident during the day.

This matter has already been spread in Chuanyun Academy, but Ruan Muyang ordered that this matter should not be spread outside for the time being.She will wait until the right time to speak about it.

She kept silent about what happened last night, and said with a smile on her lips: "I asked Dian Cui to cook some soup, seeing that you haven't come out for a long time, I had to bring it here."

Zhang Anyi took the tray in her hand and led her into the study.

"Will I disturb you when I come in?" Ruan Muyang wanted to send it over and leave, but he dragged him in.

Zhang Anyi asked her to sit down on the chair, sat opposite her, and said, "I just hope Madam can come to bother you more."

Ruan Muyang smiled, didn't answer his words, but asked: "Why are you so busy these days? Can't you deal with things in the palace every day?"

While drinking the soup, Zhang Anyi said, "It's true that there are a lot of things. Those who come back with me at night are the editors and concubines of the Imperial Academy. During the day, I handle affairs in the cabinet. You can only ask me at night."

He not only has to deal with cabinet affairs, but also is the chief executive officer of "Guanghua Huidian".The top three in this year's palace examination are all in Hanlin, and he compiled and compiled the materials of "Guanghua Huidian" under his hands.

"It turns out that those are the top three in the new division."

Ruan Muyang thought of Zhang Anyi's appearance back then.Three years and three years later, the top three will enter the officialdom and stand out, but none of them are as good as Zhang Anyi.No matter how many champions and how many imperial examinations there will be in later generations, he will be the one who shines the most and appears the most in history books. At the age of 20, he won three yuan in a row. I am afraid there will be no one more legendary than him.

She felt that he already had the appearance of a great Confucianist, and he would inevitably have more and more disciples in the future, who would be respected by others.

Sensing that Zhang Anyi's smile gradually turned teasing, Ruan Muyang withdrew his gaze, his face burning hot.I'm afraid he has noticed the admiration and worship in her eyes just now.

"Did something happen in the hall?" She changed the subject.

If it wasn't for what happened, Zhang Anyi wouldn't be so busy.

Zhang Anyi nodded, glanced at her, then lowered his voice and said, "The Holy Majesty fainted a few days ago."

Ruan Muyang was extremely surprised.

Has Emperor Wu's body deteriorated to such an extent?

There was no news outside, and Zhang Anyi said it in such a cryptic manner, it seems that not many people knew about it.

Many things and thoughts flashed through Ruan Muyang's mind.In the past, Emperor Wu was always vacillating, and the struggle between the prince's faction and the Yong'an king's faction fell into a stalemate. Now this deadlock is about to be broken. "I'm afraid there will be great turmoil in the court." She said.

Zhang Anyi nodded in agreement.He seemed to know that Ruan Muyang wanted to know more, and said, "The crown prince is serving the sick in the palace, and King Yong'an is visiting the north."

Ruan Muyang carefully analyzed his words in his heart.

Although the prince is filial, but compared to King Yong'an, he seems to be too inactive. I am afraid that he will not make Emperor Wu happy, but will be even more disappointed with him.

What a king needs is not kindness and filial piety, but ability.This point can be seen from Emperor Wu himself.

So, perhaps Emperor Wu will appreciate what Xie Zhao is doing now.

Although the prince is kind-hearted, he can't help him.

But Xie Zhao is cruel and cruel, and he is definitely not the choice of Mingjun.

Emperor Wu's health is getting worse and worse, only a few close officials and the eunuch Gao Yan, the supervisor of ceremonies, know that all the turmoil is hidden under the seemingly peaceful court.

A few days later in the afternoon, Han Shi came to Ruan Muyang with a food box and said, "Ma'am, this is sent by Miss Luo Er. The person who came to deliver the food also said that this is the pastry made by Miss Luo Er. Give Madam a taste. Second Miss Luo also said that Madam must taste the taste first, and then tell her next time, so she can improve."

Ruan Muyang felt a little strange when he heard these words.

Luo Yu is not someone who can talk so much.

"Okay, you go down." She looked at Dian Cui and Fang Fang again and said, "You guys go down first, too."

After everyone left, Ruan Muyang's eyes fell on the food box, and he opened the food box without finding anything.

There are indeed pastries in the food box.

Ruan Muyang took out the pastries one by one, and finally found an envelope under the bottom plate of the food box.

This box of snacks was not sent by Luo Yu.

But no one else has the guts to send snacks in Luo Yu's name, so the only possibility is Luo Jie.

Since Luo Jie met her once because of Cai's affairs, he has not contacted her in the past two years.Ruan Muyang hardly gave up hope, feeling that Luo Jie couldn't trust him.Unexpectedly, after two years, I finally received a letter from Luo Jie.

The chess pieces that have been left aside for two years will be used at the right time. This is the overall view and sophistication of these superiors.

Ruan Muyang opened the letter nervously.

The letter said very simply, asking Ruan Muyang to win over Mrs. Cai to stand against Xie Zhao, and also gave her the specific time and place when Mrs. Cai would go to worship Buddha in a few days.

Luo Jie's actions must be because Emperor Wu fainted, and the situation became more and more urgent.What the prince has done in the past few years obviously has not been approved by Luo Jie.In fact, compared to the scheming King Yong'an, the benevolent but confused prince is even more uncooperative.

Xu Hou and King Yong'an now want a win-win cooperative relationship, while Luo Jie and the prince, although they belong to the same faction, have antagonism.Many times the prince is not willing to listen to Luo Jie.The reason why Luo Jie was willing to support the prince was because he was greedy for power. Compared with the ambitious King Yong'an, the confused prince would be easier to control after he ascended the throne.

In the past two years, Ruan Muyang also heard that Cai's life in Yong'an Palace was not good.

In the past few years, Luo Jie probably had a lot of eyeliners who wanted to be inserted into Yong'an Palace, and it is estimated that very few of them succeeded in the end, and Cai, who was in Yong'an Palace himself, was an excellent candidate.

It is also most suitable for Ruan Muyang to persuade Cai.They met once, so she can be regarded as helping the Cai family to enter Yong'an Palace.

The day when Mrs. Cai goes to offer incense is July [-]th.

Ruan Muyang went to tell the old lady that it happened to be Guiyue and wanted to worship Buddha.

Naturally, the old lady would not disagree, but she reminded: "Mu Yang, you go and tell your mother, after all, your mother has come back, and it's good to know about it through her. It just so happens that you can also use this to get close , after all, you are mother-in-law and daughter-in-law. And grandma, it's only been a few years."

Ruan Muyang felt sore when he heard this, and said: "No, grandma and grandfather will surely live to be a hundred years old." The entire family of the Zhang family is supported by the old Shangshu and the old lady.Although the two of them are getting older, they are always like Ming Jing in their hearts, and they treat her very well.

The old lady smiled gratifiedly: "Grandfather and grandmother are so old, they have to leave. Mu Yang, you are a good boy."

When he went to pay his respects to Mrs. Li the next day, Ruan Muyang said that he was going to worship Buddha.

Who knows that Mrs. Li is not allowed.

"What do you mean by running outside all day as a woman? Your sister-in-law not only has to take care of the children, but also manages the affairs of the house. You are leisurely."

Knowing that Mrs. Li made things difficult on purpose, Ruan Muyang frowned slightly, and said patiently: "Mother, I have been helping my sister-in-law to share the affairs of the house for the past few years, and I have never slack off. This month is too cloudy, I want to go to the hospital Xiang, pray for the second master, and by the way, also pray for grandma, grandma, father and mother."

"Of course I want to do this, I don't need you to go." Li Shi said.

Ruan Muyang had no choice but to move out of the old lady, and said: "Muyang has already talked to grandma, and grandma agreed."

Seeing her oppressing the old lady, Li became even more angry, but she couldn't directly disobey the old lady.

At this time, Zheng Shu suddenly said softly: "Auntie, I want to go with my second cousin."

A smile appeared on Li's face, and he said to Ruan Muyang: "You can go. It just so happens that your cousin hasn't been anywhere since she came to the capital. You can take her around."

Ruan Muyang didn't expect that Zheng Shu would also step in, and he hated her extremely in his heart.

Now Zheng Shu can't wait to catch her mistakes so that she can replace her. If she is with her, not only will she get in the way, she might even tell the story of her seeing Mrs. Cai.

Ruan Muyang wants to refuse, but if he refuses, it will save Li Shi's face, and he will not let himself go.Worshiping Buddha is not a must. When the time comes, Mrs. Li really refuses to let her go, and the old lady has nothing to do.

After weighing it in her heart, she showed a submissive smile and said, "Yes, mother. Mu Yang will definitely take his cousin around the temple."

At that time, we can only adapt to the situation.

On the [-]th day, they went to Pinghai Temple in a carriage early in the morning.

Dian Cui looked at Zheng Shu's carriage sitting behind, frowned and said in a low voice: "Madam, let's go to incense, what is this cousin doing next?"

The news that Zheng Shu, dressed so charmingly, broke into Zhang Anyi's study at night to "deliver food" had already spread in Chuanyunyuan.Ruan Muyang is usually nice to the servants in the courtyard, they are naturally on her side, and they are very displeased with Zheng Shu, the cousin.

Ruan Muyang curled his lips and said, "Of course he came to follow us around."

She slightly raised the curtain of the car, and asked Han Shi who was sitting outside: "Is the thing I asked you to prepare ready?"

"Ma'am, I got it." Han Shi quietly handed Ruan Muyang a paper package.

Ruan Muyang took it and hid it in his sleeve.

After arriving at Pinghai Temple, Zheng Shu got out of the car with the help of Mu Feng Mu Yu, her posture was no worse than that of a young lady from a noble family in the capital.

Looking at the green smoke curling up from the yellow wall, Zheng Shu sighed, "It's the capital after all."

"Let's go, cousin." Ruan Muyang walked in front with Dian Cui and Fa Fang.

It is said that he came to offer incense and pray for blessings, so naturally he had to go to offer incense first.

After offering incense, Ruan Muyang took Zheng Shu to the meditation room and sat down to drink tea.

Zheng Shu looked at the arrangement in the Zen room with novelty.After looking around for a while, when she saw Ruan Muyang who was holding the tea very gracefully without squinting, she sat up straight, picked up the teacup in front of her and took a sip, as if imitating the example. "Second cousin, where shall we go later?" she asked.

Ruan Muyang shook his head and said, "I'm a little tired, let's rest in this meditation room."

Zheng Shu stopped talking.

Gradually, she felt that her eyelids were heavy, her head was heavy, and drowsiness welled up.

After a while, she was lying on the table.

Looking at Zheng Shu who had fallen asleep, Ruan Muyang curled his lips and stood up.She drenched her tea with sweat medicine.

Outside the door was the sound of Dian Cui Fang and Mu Feng Mu Yu talking and laughing. After the laughter disappeared, she opened the door of the meditation room.

"Ma'am, Mu Feng Mu Yu was taken by Dian Cui to find vegetarian dishes." There was only one enamel left outside the door.

Ruan Muyang nodded and said: "Well, you stay here and don't let them in. After a while, we will say that we are tired and need to rest for a while. Wait for half an hour and then send them away again."

Fang Fang realized that Ruan Muyang had something to do, but he didn't ask any further questions, but said with concern in his eyes: "Madam, be careful alone."

"Don't worry, I'm right in the temple."

After leaving the meditation room, Ruan Muyang went to find cold food alone.

"Where is Mrs. Cai?"

Hanshi has been helping her to keep an eye on Cai's movements.He replied: "Just now I was worshiping Buddha in the main hall, and now I guess it's almost out." He was the one who sent people to Lishui County to look for Mrs. Cai, and he knew all about it, but like enamel, he never asked, He is extremely loyal to Ruan Muyang.

"Okay." Ruan Muyang walked towards the main hall.

Before she reached the main hall, she met Mrs. Cai who came out.Beside her was a thirteen or fourteen-year-old maid.

In the past two years, Cai's has changed a lot.In the past, although the Jingchai cloth skirt had the suppleness of a southern woman, her skin was fair and her complexion was very good, but now, she looks a little haggard, with a sad look between her slightly frowned eyebrows, as if her life is very unsatisfactory .

Seeing Ruan Muyang, Cai was stunned, and unexpectedly called out: "Madam?"

Ruan Muyang naturally showed a look of surprise and said, "What a coincidence, you also come to worship Buddha?"

Cai nodded, and said with some sighs: "Yes. Seeing Madam realize that two years have passed in a blink of an eye."

"Yes." Ruan Muyang sized her up and asked, "You seem to have had a good time in the past two years—"

Mentioning this, Mrs. Cai became sad, with a miserable look on her face.

"But what difficulties did you encounter? As you know, I am Zhang Xueshi's wife. If you have any difficulties, I can help you to some extent." Ruan Muyang spoke softly.

Cai felt grateful in her heart that Ruan Muyang and Luo Yu helped her find the Yongan Palace two years ago, and made Xie Zhao admit to their mother and child. Now hearing her concerned tone, the sorrow that had been accumulated for two years finally had a place to vent. Gradually reddened.

"What's the matter? Let's find a meditation room and talk about it." Ruan Muyang said.

Tsai nodded.

"Ma'am, we will be going back soon." The maid behind her reminded.

After being wronged for two years, Mrs. Cai really needed to vent, so she said: "I finally came out, just for a while, Ping'er, it's okay."

After Ruan Muyang and Mrs. Cai entered the meditation room, the maid named Ping'er stood guard outside.

After sitting down, Ruan Muyang poured a cup of tea for Mrs. Cai and said, "Seeing you like this now, I wonder if helping you back then hurt you."

"What did Madam say. If it weren't for Madam, our mother and son would have come to Yong'an Palace rashly, and we probably wouldn't have survived." After two years in Yong'an Palace, Mrs. Cai finally grew up and knew the stakes.

Ruan Muyang didn't speak, and waited quietly for her to continue.

"At any rate, my son recognizes his ancestors. As for me—" Cai said with a frown, "I haven't seen my son for a long time, and they won't let me see. They still haven't let me out of the yard, but this time I can come out." It was hard to come by.”

"After entering Beijing, the prince seems to be a different person, not at all like the suave young man I met back then."

Hearing what Cai said, Ruan Muyang lowered his eyes.

Xie Zhao has played with many women, and he is even better at deceiving women.In her last life, she was deceived by his disguise and was sincere to him, but in the end she ended up like that.

"King Yong'an—" Ruan Muyang hesitated to speak, "You should have been deceived by him at the beginning."

Cai smiled sadly and said: "Yes, an unmarried girl of mine was cheated of her innocence by him, and he left without saying anything the next day. At that time, I naively thought that he would come back to find her in the future. Me, so when I found out that I was pregnant, I had to give birth no matter what. I broke the hearts of my parents, and I was ridiculed by the villagers, but in the end it was like this."

"Then do you hate him?" Ruan Muyang asked indifferently.Two years is enough to wear down a person's feelings and make her realize the truth.

"How can you not hate?" Cai Shi was getting excited, "But what can I do?"

After speaking, she realized that she had said what was in her heart, and looked at Ruan Muyang in a panic.

Ruan Muyang smiled and said: "Have you heard that King Yong'an is going to marry Elder Xu Ge?"

Cai naturally heard about it.

"I know Xu Ge's granddaughter Xu Miaolu. She is very proud and can't tolerate sand in her eyes." Speaking of this, Ruan Muyang sighed, "I'm afraid she won't tolerate you. When the time comes, King Yong'an wants to please her." Huanxin, I guess it will—"

"What will happen?" Cai's hand tightly gripped the cup.

Ruan Muyang said lightly: "Kill you." What she said was the truth.Xu Miaolu must not be able to tolerate the existence of the Cai family. At that time, in order to marry Xu Miaolu, Xie Zhao would definitely get rid of the Cai family first.Anyway, she is just a concubine, not even a side concubine.

Cai's face turned pale, the cup in his hand dropped, and the tea spilled out.But she couldn't care about these anymore, she looked at Ruan Muyang anxiously and said, "Madam, what should I do? Can you save me?"

After straightening the teacup for her, Ruan Muyang said slowly: "There is a way, it depends on whether you are determined or not."

She continued: "King Yong'an has only one son now, if he dies suddenly, even if he is not a descendant, the hereditary throne will still be your son—"

"You, you asked me to kill him?" Cai looked at Ruan Muyang in surprise and fear, his eyes full of vigilance.It wasn't until this time that she realized that Ruan Muyang's motives were impure.

Ruan Muyang didn't care about her defense, still smiled gently, and said persuasively: "How can a woman like us who has no power to restrain a chicken kill someone? You should kill someone with a knife." When she said this, her tone was extremely gentle, as if I'm just talking about my daughter's family.

But Cai Shi was already terrified.

"I pity you as a woman to say this. Of course, I also have my own purpose. You probably know the current situation in your heart. What King Yong'an wants is the position above. That position is good for him, but what about your mother and son?" What are the benefits?" At this point, Ruan Muyang paused, and his tone became serious, "By the way, judging from the current situation, I'm afraid you won't see that day."

"If he dies, the next generation should not be affected, just like King Yongjing back then. Although your son will not be valued at that time, he will still be a prince anyway, and you will naturally survive at that time."

Under Ruan Muyang's guidance, Cai's eyes gradually showed hesitation.

Cai is not a decisive woman, on the contrary, she comes from an ordinary family and has never experienced this before. Compared with Miss Shijia, she lacks decisiveness and a hard heart.

Ruan Muyang knew he couldn't force her.

Seeing that the time was almost up, she said, "Don't worry, I won't force you, but now there are only two ways to go, either Xie Zhao dies, or you die yourself. You can think about it carefully."

Just when she got up, Ping'er's voice came from outside the door.

"Madam, it's almost time, we should go back to the palace."

Ruan Muyang helped Mrs. Cai up.

Although she used her, she also pointed out a way for her who had nowhere to go. As for whether she was willing to go and how far she could go, it was up to her.

After separating from Mrs. Cai, Ruan Muyang walked towards the original meditation room.When she arrived, Mu Feng and Mu Yu had been sent away.

Seeing her, Dian Cui breathed a sigh of relief: "Ma'am, you are back, Fang Fang and I have been worried."

"Is there any movement?" Ruan Muyang asked.

Dian Cui shook her head.

Ruan Muyang walked into the Zen room, saw Zheng Shu still lying on the table, and pursed his lips.

When Zheng Shu woke up, she saw Ruan Muyang sitting on a stool by the window reading a book.The window was open, and there was a plantain plant outside. It was raining lightly at some point, and the exquisiteness outside the window seemed to be washed, and it was extraordinarily clear. Ruan Muyang, who was sitting by the window, lowered his head slightly, and the sky was full of light. Tracing the outline of her side face, it was like a faint halo.

"Why did I fall asleep?"

Hearing the voice, Ruan Muyang looked at her and said, "Cousin is awake."

Zheng Shu tried hard to recall how she fell asleep, but couldn't remember."How long have I been asleep?" she asked.

"An hour."

Zheng Shu felt that she fell asleep a little strangely, but couldn't find any evidence, so she frowned and asked, "The second cousin has been in the meditation room?"

Ruan Muyang nodded, pointed to the vegetarian dishes in front of Zheng Shu and said, "Even the vegetarian dishes are brought in."

Zheng Shu still felt that something was wrong, so she stood up and walked outside the meditation room. Seeing that Dian Cui Fang and Mu Feng Mu Yu were all there, she asked, "Did anyone come in and out just a while ago?"

The four of them shook their heads.

Dian Cui and Fang Fang knew the truth and deliberately hid it from her, but Mu Feng Mu Yu really didn't know.Moreover, even if they knew, they would not tell the truth to Zheng Shu, because they were from Chuanyun Academy, and Zheng Shu was an outsider.

Although Zheng Shu still had doubts in her heart, she couldn't catch any clues.

Moreover, Ruan Muyang would not leave any flaws, she had poured out the window with the sweat medicine before, and now it has been washed away by the rain.

After leaving Pinghai Temple, they returned to the Zhang family.

Ruan Muyang went to the old lady first, and then went to see Mrs. Li.

Uncharacteristically, Mrs. Li was no longer so alienated from her, but wanted to keep her for dinner.

Ruan Muyang couldn't shirk it, so he had no choice but to stay.

Dinner was very slow, and when it was over, Mrs. Li asked her to stay and change the half-embroidered pillowcase for her.This delay came very late.

Ruan Muyang realized that Li Shi was dragging her on purpose.But Zheng Shu, who had always been close to Li Shi, didn't want to. She wanted to come to Li Shi to give Zheng Shu a chance to get along with Zhang Anyi alone.

But Mrs. Li didn't know that Zheng Shu was kicked out of the study a few days ago, and she was destined not to fulfill her wish.

It was very late when Mrs. Li finally let Ruan Muyang go.It was still raining in the afternoon, but in the evening it cleared up and a waning moon hung high.

"Has Second Master come back?" Ruan Muyang asked.

Dian Cui, who was holding a lamp in front, said: "I came back half an hour ago."

The way back to Chuanyun Courtyard was very quiet.

Gradually, footsteps came from in front of them, and the outline of a figure gradually became clear.That was the person who came out of Chuanyun Courtyard, he looked like a man, tall and straight, with a somewhat leisurely and comfortable gait.

"It's so late, who will come out from Chuanyunyuan?" Diancui whispered.

"Maybe he is from the Hanlin Academy." Ruan Muyang guessed.

Immediately afterwards, Dian Cui suddenly exclaimed, stopped and extinguished the lamp in her hand.

It was suddenly dark in front of him.Just when Ruan Muyang was puzzled, Diancui whispered, "Ma'am, it's that apprentice!"

As soon as she finished speaking, Ruan Muyang saw through the moonlight that the person who came was indeed Yin Ji.

Diancui and Falang stood behind Ruan Muyang, just in the shadows.And Ruan Muyang happened to be under the lamp.She stood up straight, with a dignified smile on her lips, as demure as a brook gurgling down the stone steps in a summer night.

What Yin Ji saw was Ruan Muyang standing under the lamp.

"Mrs. Zhang." He looked handsome.

Ruan Muyang nodded slightly, calmly.

Her alienated appearance and dignified figure reminded Yin Ji of something, and his heart moved slightly. Looking at her face, he asked, "Madam Zhang, have we met before?"

Ruan Muyang's heart skipped a beat because of her words, and Diancui behind her moved even more, as if she was so frightened that she couldn't stand still and almost fell down.

Yin Ji was attracted by the movement behind her, looked at the two flustered figures, and curled his lips frivolously.

"No." Ruan Muyang still looked calm, as if he was facing a stranger.

Yin Ji seemed to have guessed the answer a long time ago, so he didn't care much.Afterwards, he put away the frivolity on his face, took two steps back, saluted her very solemnly and said, "I'm Yin Ji, the second place in this subject." This gesture was full of thanks.

(End of this chapter)