The book has no strength, the female supporting role just wants to survive

In the dark night, in the ruined temple, there were several messy corpses lying. Next to the corpses stood a man in night clothes. With the faint moonlight, people could barely see his face.

This person is Mu Wuhuan.

Mu Wuhuan's face no longer had the helplessness he had when facing the gangsters during the day, instead it was replaced by coldness.

There was some blood on Mu Wuhuan's face. He gently wiped it away with his hand, but found that he was still wearing the apricot blossom bracelet that Jiang Tunan gave him.

Mu Wuhuan turned his wrist and watched silently, only to find that the bracelet was also stained with blood.

"Unfortunately, it's dirty."

Mu Wuhuan took off the bracelet, crushed it lightly, and threw it casually next to the corpse.

After leaving the ruined temple, Mu Wuhuan took out the fire starter in his arms and threw it into the haystack in the ruined temple. Soon a raging fire started.

With the firelight reflected in his eyes, Mu Wuhuan turned around and disappeared into the darkness again.

Early in the morning of the second day, which was also the first day of the imperial examination, the Ji family's carriage had already headed towards the Xiao Mansion.

At the same time in Jingzhao Yin Mansion, Ye Ruzhen was pulled out of bed by Madam Ye, also known as Jin Mengjiao.

"Ye Zhenzhen! Get up. We have to go to the Xiao Mansion today. Hurry up and wash up."

Ye Ruzhen half-opened her eyes, still a little dazed.

"Mom, it's too early!"

Madam Ye pressed Ye Ruzhen in front of the dressing mirror and said solemnly,

"Ye Zhenzhen, beautiful women never fight unprepared battles."

Ye Ruzhen: ...

Inside the Xiao Mansion, everyone from the Ji family had already entered and were waiting in the flower hall. The people who came today were Madam Ji and the three siblings of the Ji family.

Ji Yichen sat casually on the chair and said dissatisfiedly,

"Mom, I told you to just bring my elder brother and younger sister here, why did you ask me to come along? If they run into Xiao Mingli and the others, they will give them a lecture again. Only talented men and women like my elder brother and younger sister can handle it."

Madam Ji stepped forward and slapped Ji Yichen on the head.

"Behave yourself and learn more from your elder brother. I heard that your elder brother won first place in the Imperial College this year. I was puzzled. We came from the same family, so why is there such a big difference?"

Just as Ji Yichen was about to retort, he saw Ji Yiheng smiling, so he said,

"Mom, what you said is wrong. My brother got first place only because Xiao Mingli was no longer in school. Didn't he always come in second place before?"

Ji Yiheng's smile froze on his face, and Ji Lingyue couldn't hold it back and laughed.

Ji Yiheng walked over expressionlessly and slapped Ji Yichen on the head.

"be honest."

"Brother, what are you doing?"

Ji Yichen covered his head in pain, Ji Yiheng smiled falsely.

"This is my heavy love for you, your brother."

Ji Lingyue turned his head away, feeling disgusted. These two people were so childish.

While the Ji family was waiting in the flower hall, Jiang Tunan had already been practicing calligraphy in the bamboo room.

"Long Aotian showed a smile that was three parts sneer, three parts coldness, and four parts nonchalant. He lifted Liu Bo'er's chin with his bony hand and said, 'Woman, you are playing with fire...'"

Jiang Tunan was writing and reading at the same time, while Chunhua was grinding ink beside him and listening with great interest.

"Long Aotian said angrily, you have touched my reverse scale! How dare you leave a scar on Liu Bo'er and Liu Hai'er? I will bury all of you with me."

Chunhua said with an immersed look,

"Miss, I have never heard such a beautiful script before. You are amazing!"

Jiang Tunan put down his pen and smiled evilly.

"You'd better be happy to meet a lady as powerful as me, you silly girl."

Flower Hall.

Mrs. Xiao hurried over and saw that the Ji family had been waiting for a long time. She apologized quickly.

"I'm late. I got up late today. Why are you here so early?"

Madam Ji stood up and greeted her with a smile.

"It's been a while since I last saw you, sister, so I set out early on purpose."

"aunt."

The three brothers and sisters of the Ji family bowed one by one, and Madam Xiao looked at them carefully.

"Lingyue is really becoming more and more beautiful."

Ji Lingyue smiled sweetly.

"My aunt is making fun of me again."

Madam Xiao took Ji Lingyue's hand and said to Madam Ji,

"Sister-in-law, sometimes I really envy you for having such a lovely daughter, unlike me who only have sons and give me a headache every day."

Madam Ji pretended to be angry and said,

"Your sons are all well-born and promising, so why are you giving me a headache? Especially Mingli, how many girls in Kyoto want to marry into your Xiao family."

"Sister-in-law, what you said is not right. Your Yiheng is also a handsome man."

"Alright, alright, that's enough. Do we still need to praise each other?"

Madam Xiao covered her mouth and chuckled.

"That's what my sister-in-law said."

Madam Ji looked at the children beside her, then at Madam Xiao, and cleared her throat.

"You guys don't have to stay here anymore. Go find your cousins. I have something private to talk to your aunt."

Ji Yichen stood up immediately upon hearing this, and bowed with a smile,

"Then my son will take his leave first."

Madam Ji waved her hand.

"Get out of here."

Ji Yiheng shook his head helplessly and followed him out. Ji Lingyue resigned himself to following him.

After the three people left, Madam Ji sat closer to Madam Xiao.

"Sister, what's going on with Miss Jiang?"

Madam Xiao shook her head and told Madam Ji everything that happened. Madam Ji was worried.

"Are you really going to let that Jiang Tunan enter the Xiao family?"

Mrs. Xiao also looked sad after hearing this.

"Of course I can't let her enter my Xiao family so easily, but you know my husband is a stubborn person, so I can only take it one step at a time."

Mrs. Ji said carelessly,

"Sister, in my opinion, you should give Miss Jiang a good beating so that she won't have any other ideas. If she's honest, forget it. But if she's not, I'll help you deal with her!"

Mrs. Xiao was speechless for a moment.

On the other side, Ji Yiheng and the other two were not coming to the Xiao Mansion for the first time, so they went to the bamboo room to wait for people as usual.

So when the three of them were about to enter the bamboo room, they heard Jiang Tunan mumbling,

"Long Aotian pressed Liu Bo'er down on the bed, his Adam's apple moved slightly, and he unbuttoned her jacket..."

Ji Yiheng:?

Ji Yichen:?

Ji Lingyue:!

"Brother, what is she doing? Should we stop her?"

Ji Yichen said in panic, Ji Lingyue opened his arms to stop the two of them,

"Stop talking! Let me hear you."

Jiang Tunan's voice could be heard intermittently from the bamboo room.

"Then it was her sweater, sweater, and underwear, and then her fleece pants, wool pants, cotton pants, and underwear. Long Aotian smiled helplessly and dotingly: What an onion-like woman."

The three members of the Ji family: ...

"Cough cough!"

Ji Yiheng gave a reminder, and after hearing the chaos in the bamboo room and then calm down, everyone walked in.

"Jiang...sister?"

Ji Yiheng didn't quite know what to call him.

"Hey, brother, you are so frivolous~"

Ji Yichen was making fun of him, but Ji Yiheng slapped Ji Yichen on the head again without changing his expression.

Jiang Tunan also felt a little embarrassed, so he tried to speak to ease the atmosphere.

"Well, I should be considered your cousin."

Long before, Madam Xiao had introduced the composition of the members of the Anguo Mansion to Jiang Tunan. If her guess was correct, the three people in front of them were the three siblings of the Ji family.

"That's right, cousin."

Ji Yiheng nodded slightly towards Jiang Tunan, emphasizing the last two words.

They both knew the truth, but no one pointed it out.

Several people just stood in the bamboo room without saying anything, and the scene fell into an awkward atmosphere.

"It seems that the Xiao Mansion is very lively today."

Everyone went to look for the sound and saw Xiao Mingli and Xiao Mingrui coming together, followed by a man, who was Qi Guanming, the prince of Prince Guangping.