My husband, please respect yourself. The princess is here to grab the bride.

Early summer.

If you were in the south of Xingguo, it would be quite hot by this time.

But in Xiling City, located west of Xingguo, spring has just arrived.

As Bai Shaoqiu walked out of the academy, many students who were on their way to school watched him go.

This time no one came forward to taunt him.

All the students in the academy have heard about what happened at the Knowledge Wall last night.

When those students looked at Bai Shaoqiu again, their eyes no longer seemed to be filled with contempt as before, but... curiosity!

They pointed and talked in a very low voice from a distance, occasionally exclaiming in amazement at his good fortune.

Although they were curious, these students did not take him seriously.

Luck is something that happens occasionally, but it is not something that can be with you all the time.

When it comes to studying, it still depends on diligence and accumulation over time.

I also heard that Senior Brother Song had an appointment with him at the Zhuxi Literary Meeting to try again...

The students were looking forward to it, hoping that he could actually participate and hoping to see Senior Brother Song defeat him in front of thousands of students from the three colleges!

Crush him!

Let him lose face!

But in the end I just laughed it off.

Ten thousand taels of silver...what a joke!

This is not a small amount of money. Even if Senior Brother Song is sold, he is not worth so much silver.

So…that was one of his excuses.

Very good shield!

Senior Brother Song could easily suppress him with his writing, so he silenced Senior Brother Song with a huge bet.

Quite a smart man.

What happened last night was enough for him to brag about for the rest of his life, and he certainly wouldn't be stupid enough to embarrass himself at the Zhuxi Literary Gathering.

Bai Shaoqiu still didn't care about those students. He put the bag full of silver on his shoulder and walked out of the academy calmly.

From tranquility to prosperity.

Xiling City can be considered prosperous.

After the King of Zhenxi eliminated most of the barbarians from the grasslands of the Western Regions and drove them away for hundreds of miles, the entire Xiling area was no longer plundered by those barbarians.

The King of Zhenxi treated the people in his fiefdom well, and the taxes here were lower than anywhere else in Xingguo.

In addition, Xiling City is also a thousand-year-old ancient city.

Here is Shangling Academy, one of the six major academies in Xingguo, and there are two other famous academies:

Changxing Academy and Changning Academy!

They were all separated from Shangling Academy.

After all, this is a frontier fortress. In history, Xiling City has been destroyed several times, and Shangling Academy has inevitably closed down several times.

The other two academies were established after the war.

One is next to the Broken Bridge in the west of Xiling City.

One is on the bank of the Han River in the south of Xiling City.

Therefore, the cultural atmosphere of Xiling City is quite rich.

Although it is not as good as Jiangnan, it is still rare for a frontier city.

It is gentle in its sonority.

Delicate yet rough.

This is probably the reason why my father moved the bookstore from Jiangnan to here in his early years.

It was probably in this kind of environment that a woman as talented in both literature and martial arts as his wife was born.

Having heard a lot about Princess Changying, Bai Shaoqiu didn't love this girl yet, but he admired her.

As a soldier king in his previous life, he knew the cruelty of war and how difficult it was to become a top fighter, to win the battle, and to survive on the battlefield.

A girl of sixteen or seventeen actually established a Red Tassel Army of 3,000 people!

It's just an embroidered pillow!

It is said that even the barbarians on the grassland would retreat when they saw the big red tassel flag... This is really amazing.

Probably they appreciate each other.

Bai Shaoqiu still longed to see his wife.

If we can't be husband and wife, we can still be friends.

Because I am a man of both civil and military talents!

I had to say goodbye to the stage that year, covered in injuries, and went to school. That year... I was twenty-three.

I studied at that famous university for three years.

It’s about reading, not looking at books!

It was the words in those books that cleansed all the sharpness in him, completely transforming him from a thorn into a piece of jade.

It’s a bit boastful to call it jade, just think of it as a round stone.

I was supposed to go to a new job after leaving school, but I didn't expect that the step I took out of the campus would lead me to here.

I'm so sorry to the girl who gave me the first cup of milk tea in autumn!

Bai Shaoqiu shook his head and smiled, life is so wonderful.

If it weren't for this strange thing, I would have dated that girl for a year or two and then got married.

The days will pass in dullness...or in chaos.

But I didn't expect to come to such a world.

The fate of the previous life has ended.

What about our fate in this life?

Come or not, fate is there.

There is no need to force it, nor to be deliberate, this is his current state of mind -

As you wish!

Bathed in the morning sun, walking on the road paved with bluestone, Bai Shaoqiu strolled leisurely, looking at the dazzling shops on both sides with interest.

Of course, I also occasionally look at the girls walking in the streets.

The customs of the people in Xingxing are quite open.

Women's dress is not so conservative.

The weather was not hot at all, but the girls couldn't wait to put on their beautiful dresses.

Bai Shaoqiu didn't know what those skirts were called, he just thought they were pleasing to the eye.

Whether it is a commoner woman wearing plain linen clothes or a lady from a noble family wearing silk and satin.

Different scenery, but almost all of them are mountainous.

The land and climate here are very nourishing.

Their voices naturally reached my ears——

"Miss, I think this material is very beautiful. I heard that Master Qi from Changxing Academy is planning to win the first prize in the Zhuxi Literary Competition..."

"Master Qi is the second most talented person in Xiling City!"

"He's much more handsome than Mr. Song from Shangling Academy!"

"Miss, there are many unmarried girls in Xiling City who like Master Qi!"

"I heard that the third young lady of the Lin family will also be attending the Zhuxi Literary Association this time... She's going there just to see Master Qi!"

"Miss, you must dress yourself up more beautifully. Buy this fabric and ask Tailor Zhou to make you a custom dress... There's still time. Miss, you will definitely be able to overshadow Miss Lin San!"

Bai Shaoqiu has already shifted his gaze over there.

Right in front of a shop called Nanyun Silk Shop, the master and servant were standing at the door, their backs to Bai Shaoqiu, looking inside the shop.

"This material is green. Is it suitable?"

"Miss, the bamboo stream is shaded by verdant bamboos. Wearing a green dress, you look even more natural and... more like spring!"

Bai Shaoqiu grinned, this girl is quite insightful.

He withdrew his gaze and continued walking.

He walked and looked along the route he remembered, and half an hour later, he walked through the streets and alleys and arrived at Koi Alley.

This name is quite intimidating.

Those who don’t know would think this is a busy street.

In fact, this place is already at the northernmost part of Xiling City and has nothing to do with koi. It is just a narrow, dilapidated alley.

The small alleys are also full of people.

They are all the real poor people in Xiling City.

There is no sign of hustle and bustle here, it's... dead silent!

Bai Shaoqiu walked along the way, under the astonished gazes of the neighbors, he came to the east end of the alley and stood in front of a small courtyard surrounded by a wooden fence.

In a corner of the courtyard, a girl wearing a floral dress was washing clothes.

She raised her hand to wipe the water droplets off her face, and out of the corner of her eye she saw a person standing outside the wooden fence.

She looked up.

His eyes suddenly lit up!

She stood up and shouted happily: "Master!"

Three breaths.

She glared and her expression suddenly changed: "You are now the son-in-law of the palace, why are you back?"

"There's no money at home!"

"Not a cent!"

Bai Shaoqiu smiled, pushed open the wooden fence door with a creak, and walked straight towards the girl.

"Xiao Xi,"

"Go buy a pot of wine and a Yuji braised chicken, and you can take care of the rest."