Troubled times: Start practicing spiritual practice by taking care of your sister-in-law.

Chapter 546 Chen Mo: I hope Your Highness will not blame me

Only about a month has passed since the decree to restore the imperial examination, and more than 3,000 people have come to Luonan to take the exam. In fact, this number is quite high.

After all, it was still winter before, but more than 3,000 people braved the cold weather to apply for the exam. Now that spring has arrived and the weather is getting warmer, there will be even more people applying for the exam.
But Lu Sheng was obviously not so easy to fool. He said in a cold tone: "Don't use these words to fool me. How much?"

The official surnamed Jia glanced around, then bowed and whispered, "Go back to the Prime Minister, there are only more than 800 people."

"More than 800 people."

Lu Sheng smiled self-deprecatingly and said, "Among these people, how many noble families from the three states have applied for the exam?"

"Less than 10%, some of them are clan branches and illegitimate sons." said the official surnamed Jia.

In response, Lu Sheng snorted coldly and said, "A bunch of blood-sucking parasites. Sooner or later, I will settle accounts with them."

……

the other side.

Xiangyang City, Bronze Sparrow Garden.

Chen Mo thought Xiao Yunxi wanted to say something to him, but he didn't expect her to bring him to Tongque Garden and say that Princess Zhaoqing missed him.

In the carriage outside the gate, Chen Mo looked at Xiao Yunxi warmly and said, "Is it really because she missed me, and not because you, Yunxi, acted on your own?"

"How could I lie to you, my husband?" Xiao Yunxi took away Chen Mo's hand that had been mischievously placed on her body, and her rosy face flushed with two pink blushes. She said, "Come back later. I'll go over first and let her get ready."

As she spoke, Xiao Yunxi tidied up her clothes, got off the carriage, and walked towards Tongque Garden.

Chen Mo listened to her but did not follow her.

In fact, he didn't care whether she acted on her own or not. Since Princess Zhaoqing had moved into Tongque Garden, she had to eat.

It’s just that Chen Mo has never had the time. Now that Yun Xi has arranged everything, it would be better to do it today.

After waiting for a quarter of an hour, feeling that it was about time, Chen Mo got off the carriage and walked towards Tongque Garden.

……

Outside Princess Zhaoqing Chu Ran's courtyard.

"Everything is ready, my husband, you can just push the door and go in." Xiao Yunxi saw Chen Mo coming and walked forward to say.

Chen Mo looked at the beautiful woman with a rosy face and concluded that she must be hiding something from him. However, he did not choose to ask her about it. Instead, he put his arm around her plump waist and walked towards the courtyard with her as she exclaimed in surprise: "Yunxi, since you are here, let's go in together."

"Ah, my husband, please don't." Xiao Yunxi was a little flustered, because she had just tricked Chu Ran into taking a bath, saying that she would take her to a dinner party to meet Chen Mo in the evening. Now she was going in with Chen Mo, which meant she was telling her face to face that she had lied to her.
Even though Xiao Yunxi was lying to her, there should at least be some time to relax.

"What don't you want? It just so happens that you, Yunxi, are quite familiar with Princess Zhaoqing. If you are nearby later, it can help ease the atmosphere and make it less awkward." Chen Mo hugged her without saying anything and came to the outside of Chu Ran's room.

What lightens the mood?
How could Xiao Yunxi not know what evil plan Chen Mo was up to? Wasn't he just wanting her and Princess Zhaoqing to serve him together?

Just when she was about to find an excuse to refuse, Chen Mo simply pushed open the door of the room.

Behind the screen in the room, Chu Ran was taking a bath.

As a princess of the Song Dynasty, Chu Ran had a graceful and beautiful face with the charm of a married woman. Under the steaming heat, her moist face was covered with rosy red blush.

At this moment, she took off all her clothes and hung them on the screen. She scooped up a ball of warm water and poured it on her collarbone, making her already fair skin even more delicate.

Thinking about the evening banquet, it was time for her to serve that man. She looked down at her proud figure, her beautiful eyes seemed to hold a charming light under her curved eyebrows. She lifted her head in the water, and a trace of shyness suddenly appeared between her graceful and bright eyebrows.

Maybe she was too immersed in the water, so she didn't hear the footsteps outside the house until the sound of the door opening. Chu Ran was startled, and quickly crossed her arms and shrank back into the water. She looked towards the door and whispered, "Aunt, is that you?"

There was no response from the other end of the door.

Chu Ran suddenly felt something was wrong because she heard the footsteps of more than one person.

Her face turned pale and she asked, "Who is it?"

The sound of bead curtains was heard, and footsteps had arrived in the inner room.

"Don't come over here, if you come over here again, I'll call someone, come here"

"Your Highness, it's me."

Just when Chu Ran was about to yell, Xiao Yunxi quickly suppressed the shame in her heart and spoke.

There is no choice but to face it.

"Aunt." Chu Ran did not relax and asked immediately: "Why don't you knock on the door? Is there someone else next to you?"

"Duke Anguo is here too." Xiao Yunxi said.

"what?"

Chu Ran's head suddenly buzzed, and before she could react, two figures had already circled behind the screen and appeared in front of her.

"Your Highness, I'm sorry, I lied to you," Xiao Yunxi said, biting her lip with a guilty look on her face.

Then, in order to reduce her guilt, she added: "Your Highness, you are ready anyway, and it is the same now."

"Yunxi, this seems to be different from what you said." Chen Mo smiled and pinched Xiao Yunxi's plump waist.

"Don't look at it."

After Chu Ran looked up at Chen Mo, she quickly lowered her head and covered her body as much as possible. When she first came to Xiangyang, she had caught a glimpse of Chen Mo outside the parade ground. She couldn't see him clearly at the time, but when they met at close range this time, the two figures suddenly overlapped.

Her graceful, plump face was now as red as smoke, like a ripe peach, making people want to take a bite.

"I'll go and close the door." Xiao Yunxi still wanted to escape.

"I turned it off when I first came in. It's only been a short while and you've forgotten about it." Chen Mo held her waist tightly with his arms.

"Your Highness is serving you today. It is not appropriate for me to be here. Next time, I will definitely do it next time." Xiao Yunxi said with a little cry.

But the young man didn't seem to care about her embarrassment at all. He opened his arms to both sides and said to Xiao Yunxi, "It just so happens that I haven't bathed yet. Yunxi, undress me."

"what?!"

Two screams of surprise were heard, one from Xiao Yunxi, and the other naturally came from Chu Ran.

Chu Ran slowly raised his head, as if wanting to confirm whether what Chen Mo said was true.

Chen Mo looked into her eyes and said, "I wanted to meet your Highness before, but I didn't expect to meet the Jinxia barbarians heading south. This time I came back, I was busy and didn't have time. I hope your Highness won't blame me."

(End of this chapter)