Playing bad and eating melons: The whole court is laughing? No, no

After half an hour, Jiang Yueyang finally wrote down a few questions that satisfied Emperor Yuan.

One of the issues is how to control water.

Jiang Yueyang took advantage of the moment when Emperor Yuan lowered his head to stretch quickly. Little did she know that Emperor Yuan was watching her every move.

"Your Majesty, may I go back now?"

Emperor Yuan estimated the time and felt that he had to delay her for a while, so he said, "Not yet, the Minister of Personnel will come to see you."

"The Minister of Personnel is looking for me? When?"

Emperor Yuan: "Are you questioning me?"

“…I dare not.”

Jiang Yueyang retreated feeling very aggrieved, and then obediently followed a eunuch to the Ministry of Personnel.

As soon as she saw the Minister of Personnel, she asked, "Sir, His Majesty said you were looking for me."

The Minister of Personnel was stunned. He was looking for Lord Xiao Jiang?

The young eunuch behind Jiang Yueyang gave him a wink, and the shrewd Minister of Personnel immediately understood.

"Yes, yes, I almost forgot. I was looking for you."

Jiang Yueyang looked at him suspiciously, "What does the Minister want to talk to you about?"

"Of course it's about the imperial examination. It just so happens that I'm going to the Imperial Examination Hall to inspect the examination venue. You can come with me." The Minister of Personnel said as he walked out.

Jiang Yueyang followed, "There's still a month until the imperial examination. Isn't it too early to inspect the venue now?"

"It's not too early. If we check now, we can deal with any problems we find in time."

"Do I really have to go with you?"

"nature."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Yueyang could only accept his fate and follow the Minister of Personnel out of the palace and head to the Imperial Examination Hall.

***

At that time, on the other side, Su Guogong was grabbing a woman's neck and lifting her up.

"Tell me, where did you take my daughter?"

The woman was being strangled by the neck and could not make a sound. But Duke Su did not seem to notice this.

Xie Xu reminded: "My Lord, she can't speak now."

Because Duke Su went straight here as soon as he left the palace, Xie Xu followed him.

Seeing that Duke Su had not sent anyone back to inform the Duke's wife, he kindly asked his men to go to the Duke's Mansion to inform her.

They should be on their way now, but I don't know who they are.

When Duke Su heard Xie Xu's reminder, he immediately threw the woman heavily to the ground.

The woman gasped for breath, her eyes filled with fear as she looked at Duke Su.

"Where is my daughter?"

"In... in the woodshed."

The woman didn't dare to lie, because she knew that Duke Su must know everything after finding her here.

She kowtowed and begged for mercy: "No... It's none of my fault. It's all... It's all my mother's fault. Please spare my life!"

Duke Su had no time to deal with him, so he turned around and went out to find the woodshed, where he happened to meet Qiao Xi who had just arrived.

"Dad, are you going to..."

Before Qiao Xi finished her words, Duke Su walked quickly to the side, and she hurried to follow him.

Then she saw her father kick open the door of the woodshed, and a girl with her hands and feet tied was locked inside.

When Qiao Xi saw the girl's appearance, he was shocked.

"You...don't come over here, I will never marry you even if I die!"

The girl mistakenly thought that Duke Su was the official her "mother" was talking about, and she became defensive like a frightened bird.

"Don't be afraid, I am..." Duke Su said as he was about to approach her.

"Don't try! If you take another step closer, I'll bite my tongue and commit suicide!"

Duke Su was afraid that she would bite her tongue to commit suicide, so he hurriedly said, "Okay, okay, I won't go over there, don't get excited."

Qiao Xi is a smart girl. Seeing her father's appearance and the appearance of the girl in front of her, she thought:

She probably guessed a little.

So, she stepped forward past Duke Su and said, "Don't be afraid, young lady. We are not bad people."

The girl instinctively looked towards Qiao Xi, and when she saw Qiao Xi's appearance, surprise flashed in her eyes.

Qiao Xi keenly caught this point and continued, "Do we look the same? I guess you should be my sister or elder sister."

The girl was stunned, as if she didn't understand what Qiao Xi said.

Qiao Xi knew that this was hard to believe, even she herself found it hard to believe.

She unexpectedly had a sister out of nowhere!

Duke Su said, "My daughter, I am your father."

"I...I don't know you. I don't have a father or sisters. Don't lie to me."

Duke Su was anxious. "My daughter, I really am your father. Look at your sister, she looks exactly like you. This cannot be faked."

"Dad, go out first. I'll talk to her."

"Xier..."

Qiao Xi gave him a reassuring look, and Duke Su then slowly left the woodshed.

"Miss, let me untie you first?" Qiao Xi asked cautiously.

Seeing that she didn't refuse, he approached tentatively, "I know you must be wondering why we look exactly the same. In that case, why don't we figure it out together?"

The girl didn't say anything, just stared at Qiao Xi's face.

As Qiao Xi untied the rope, she asked, "My name is Qiao Xi, what's your name?"

"Su Yuanyuan." The girl responded in a low voice.

"I just heard you talk about getting married. Is someone forcing you to marry someone you don't want to marry?"

Su Yuanyuan nodded and said, "My mother wants to marry me off as a concubine."

"So you want to run away from marriage?"

Su Yuanyuan looked at her with wide eyes.

"If you are willing to believe me, you can come home with me. No one dares to stop you. As for whether we are sisters, we can slowly find out."

Su Yuanyuan looked at Qiao Xi. In fact, she believed Qiao Xi a little in her heart. After all, they really looked like they were printed from the same mold.

Even if people are similar, they can't be that similar!

"Can you...really help me escape from marriage?"

Qiao Xi smiled and said, "Of course, as long as you are willing."

"I...I don't want to marry someone else as a concubine."

Qiao Xi understood what she meant, and immediately took her hand and said, "Then let's go."

Afterwards, the two of them came out of the woodshed together, and Duke Su came over hurriedly.

Su Yuanyuan subconsciously hid behind Qiao Xi.

"Dad, don't be impatient. We have to take things one step at a time. Let's take her home first."

"Okay, go home, go home."

Duke Su had Su Yuanyuan's nominal mother kidnapped and taken back with him.

Before leaving, Xie Xu called Qiao Xi.

"Miss Qiao, Lord Xiao Jiang should be coming here by now. You're a smart person, so you should know how to smooth things over, right?"

It turned out to be the case.

"Thank you, sir, don't worry. I know what to do."

A quarter of an hour later, Jiang Yueyang's carriage appeared at the entrance of the alley.

Qiao Xi's eyes immediately turned red, and she wiped her eyes and lowered her head as she walked up. The carriage passing by Jiang Yueyang did not stop, pretending not to see it.

"Sister Qiao, why are you here?"

Qiao Xi looked up when she heard the voice, tears streaming down her face, "Miss Jiang..."

Seeing this, Jiang Yueyang hurriedly got out of the car and asked, "What's wrong with you?"