Long Live the Empress

The old lady had already drunk two pots of tea, but the boy who was checking the list hadn't come back yet. "Go and see what's going on?"

Just as Nanny Zhang was about to send someone to check, the servant who was checking the list came back.

Yue Hanwen grabbed the handrail with a look of joy on his face, "How is it? Am I the top of the list?"

The boy lowered his head in embarrassment, stammering and unable to utter a word for a long time.

The old lady twisted her Buddhist beads and said, "There is more than one woman with great learning. It is normal for her to be ranked second!"

Although second place is not as good as first place, it is still a good ranking! Yue Hanwen stroked his beard and nodded, "Did the second young lady get second place?"

The servant lowered his head even more. At that time, he also thought that the second young lady would definitely win the first place, so he rushed to see the list and come back to get a reward. Unexpectedly...

Yue Hanwen saw that he still didn't say anything, and he was also unsure, "Could it be the third place?"

Yue Jinghong was more nervous than anyone else, the handkerchief in her hand was almost torn to pieces...

The old lady paused while twisting her Buddhist beads. "Tell me quickly, what is the second young lady's rank?"

The servant almost buried his head in the ground. "Little one, little one has checked it several times, the list... the list does not include the Second Young Miss..."

"What?" The old lady stood up from her chair in astonishment and looked at the servant who reported the news in disbelief, "Did you look carefully?"

"Yes, I read it carefully several times..."

Yue Jinghao looked at Yue Hanwen in confusion, "Father, could it be that the teacher at the academy saw that my second sister applied for the academy as a concubine's daughter, so he deliberately withdrew my second sister's paper?"

This makes sense! Yue Hanwen thought about it and angrily went to Fengzhuo Academy to settle the score!

Yue Jinghong gritted her teeth in anger. It was her identity again! Just because she didn't crawl out of the belly of the wife of the first wife, she had to suffer such humiliation! Yue Jing was so talentless and immoral, why didn't she just die! Occupying her position as the legitimate daughter, she was insulted by others for nothing...

Fengzhuo Academy

The teacher seemed to have expected Yue Hanwen to come to him, and he had prepared tea and test papers for Yue Hanwen early.

Sure enough, Yue Hanwen came in angrily, and before he could ask any questions, the teacher handed Yue Jinghong's test paper to Yue Hanwen with both hands.

Yue Hanwen snorted coldly. The moment he looked at the test paper, he was stunned... He turned it over and took a closer look. It was indeed Jinghong's handwriting. The test paper fell to the ground from his hand. "What... is going on?"

The master sighed, "When I went there, the second young lady was sleeping and didn't answer a single word..."

"What?" Yue Hanwen was shocked. Yue Jinghong was actually sleeping during such an important exam! He bowed to the teacher and said, "Teacher, can you give my daughter another chance? She had a fever for the past few days, so she did something so unreasonable!"

The teacher shook his head. "Originally, the Second Miss didn't even have the qualifications to take the exam. It was the Dean who overruled everyone and gave the Second Miss this opportunity... But the Second Miss..., oh!"

Yue Hanwen understood that this exam not only made Yue Jinghong lose face, but also made the dean who made the guarantee lose face. He didn't know what to say, so he said a few polite words and left.

Everyone in the Prime Minister's Mansion was still waiting in the old lady's room for Yue Hanwen to come back. Even lunch hadn't been served yet, and the hungry young ladies were starving.

Yue Yuyan couldn't help herself and said, "Grandma, can you please bring me some snacks? I'm so hungry!"

The old lady snorted coldly, "You heartless thing! The whole family is waiting for your father to come back, and you still have the mood to eat? You didn't starve to death in a place like Changqing Temple, so how can you starve to death now? Humph!"

Yue Yuyan clenched her hands tightly, "What does Second Sister's exam have to do with our meals? If father doesn't come back, will my granddaughter have to wait on an empty stomach?"

The old lady didn't expect Yue Yuyan to talk back. She pointed at her with trembling hands, "Absolutely..."

Yue Jinghao stepped forward to support the old lady and stroked her chest, "Grandma, please don't be angry. Third sister is still young and growing, so it's inevitable that she will feel hungry."

Just as Yue Jinghao helped the old lady sit down, Yue Hanwen came back with a gloomy face.