After the death of the previous emperor, the Empress Dowager became arrogant

Yuan Qing took a few pieces of paper, moved a stool and sat in front of Lu Zhao, looking at him hopefully, "I'm not confident, but I believe in you.

With a talent like you, I have a famous teacher.

Come on, help me outline the key points of the exam."

Lu Zhao took the charcoal pencil from her hand and glanced at the paper. "The college entrance examination is not that complicated. Just remember what you should remember and write down a few nice sentences."

Yuan Qing's mouth twitched.

Why did she feel that Lu Zhao's words were extremely perfunctory the more she listened?

If memorizing the content was useful, there wouldn't be so many people who take exams until they are old and still cannot step out of the threshold of becoming a tongsheng and never become a scholar in their entire life?

Is this the difference between a top student and a bad student?

The top students can understand the meaning after just a few glances, but the poor students, no matter how well they have memorized it, still won’t understand it.

Well, Lu is a real academic master, and Yuan is a real academic loser.

He stayed in Lu Zhao's room for most of the day.

After leaving Zangxianglou, Yuan Qing took the young guard and sat down in front of a wonton stall.

The couple who own the stall have been running their business for more than 20 years. When Yuan Qing has nothing to do, he thinks about the couple's unparalleled craftsmanship.

"Auntie Duan, two bowls please!" Yuan Qing said loudly.

When she came for the first time, her dark and greasy face was deeply remembered by the proprietress.

At that time, she had just come back from outside, was sweating in the sun, hungry and thirsty, and just found a small stall on the street.

Aunt Duan brought a bowl of hot wontons and returned to the stove. Just as she put down the spoon, she heard the black-faced young man shouting, "Another bowl."

She smiled and took two bowls again, one full of wontons and the other filled with fragrant hot soup.

It was just such a small matter, but Yuan Qing was thinking about it for a long time.

In fact, it happened just half a month ago.

Mrs. Duan wiped her hands, walked around her husband, and took two large bowls from the shelf. "The young master is here again?"

"Yes, I've wanted to come for a long time, but I've been busy. Now that I finally have some free time, I just come here." Yuan Qing said with a smile.

The uncle knew what his wife meant, so he scooped up two large bowls of wontons without saying a word.

Aunt Duan brought the bowls into the shop and called out through the bamboo curtain, "It's a bit hot outside, please come in and eat."

Yuan Qing did not hesitate and opened the bamboo curtain and went in.

Unexpectedly, there was a young boy with red lips and white teeth inside, who looked only a few years older than her.

Seeing her confusion, Aunt Duan took the initiative to introduce: "Please take a seat, this is my son. Like you, he will also take the provincial examination in two years."

The young boy seems a little taciturn and doesn't like to communicate with others.

The two of them just nodded slightly.

They sat opposite the young boy.

Just as he took the first one, Yuan Yi's sword at his waist hit the edge of the table, making a dull sound.

The young boy looked up, then lowered his head again.

"What's wrong?" Yuan Qing asked.

Yuan Yi put down the spoon, gripped the hilt of the sword tightly, and whispered: "There is a group of people approaching outside. Although I don't know where they come from, I feel that they are coming for us."

So sure?

Yuan Qing signaled him to go out and investigate the situation first. What if it was just a false alarm?

Not long after Yuan Yi went out, the sound of a fight was heard outside.

It was really directed at her.

"Auntie, I have something else to do. I'll come back next time!" Yuan Qing put the money next to the bowl and said goodbye to the proprietress.

She left the wonton stall and hid in a corner waiting for Yuan Yi to come back.

The place where they fought was actually not far from her, but Gong Bin didn't know any martial arts at all, and as soon as she took action, her true identity would be exposed to the enemy.

Yuan Yi came back soon.

Following him back were the two girls behind him.

One red and one white, plus Yuan Yi's all black, he was very conspicuous when walking on the street.

When she got closer, she could see clearly who was following her.

The second sister of the Gong family is Gong Chan, and the eldest daughter of Duke Rong, Rong Yi.

Why are these two aunts here?

Rong Yi hooked Yuan Qing's arm as if familiarly, without saying anything, just looking at her resentfully.

Yuan Qing's scalp tingled. She believed that Gong Bin had never had any entanglement with her due to his identity. Then why did Rong Yi have an expression as if he was looking at a heartless man?

"This girl... a man and a woman..."

Rong Yi chuckled, her heroic face looked even more beautiful against the red dress, "Sister, I came here specially to protect you."

Yuan Qing: "..."

What do I need to protect?

She turned her gaze to the woman in white whom she had never seen before, "Second sister, you are..."

"My eldest brother ordered me to protect you." Gong Chan said in a tough voice.

She is indeed the younger generation in the entire Gong family who looks most like the female elder Gong Tan. Even the cold expression and tone are 90% similar.

"What about you? Who ordered you to come here?" Yuan Qing asked Rong Yi.

Could it be that Wen Chengyu asked her to come?

"My father asked me to come." Rong Yi casually took out a letter and stuffed it into Yuan Qing's collar. "Keep it safe. This is written by my father himself. You can't get it anywhere else. It's worth a hundred taels of silver."

Yuan Qing looked at the two beautiful women on her left and right. Their outstanding looks made her standing in the middle look even duller.

"Are you sure you are here to protect me and not to set off me?" Yuan Qing thought hard about this question.

After hearing this, Rong Yi laughed so hard that her body shook with laughter. Her laughter, like a silver bell, attracted many passers-by to look back.

Gong Chan hugged the Tianshan Sword tightly in her arms and straightened her back, like a noble white swan.

The four of them returned to the Shang Mansion. When the old butler at the gate saw two beautiful girls following her, he asked, "Who are they?"

Yuan Qing moved aside and wanted to introduce them, but she hadn't figured out how to say it.

Rong Yi bowed and saluted, "We were sent by the Gong family to serve the Fifth Young Master."

Gong Chan glanced at her and said nothing, indicating her agreement.

The children of noble families at least have one or two maids to serve them, so the old butler did not doubt it.

Fortunately, the East Courtyard is not small, so even if two more people are added, there are still extra rooms for them to live in.

"Tell me, what happened?" Yuan Qing asked.

Although she was very happy to have two more beauties to protect her, there was always a reason for everything.