Quick Wear: After Revenge, I and the Immortal King Renew Our Relationship

Cheng Shuo brought his mother back to a two-story mansion given by the emperor. Since there was no one around him and he had to go back to his hometown to pick up his family, he thought it would not be too late to arrange for servants after he came back, so he made no arrangements for the time being.

But what they didn't expect was that they were now so strapped for cash that they could barely afford to buy servants or even eat.

Cheng's mother was very tired after the long journey and was not happy to see the big house. There were only two of them at home and she couldn't let her son do the cleaning, as that was the work of a scholar and a high-ranking official. She could only endure the fatigue and clean up two rooms to spend the night.

The imperial gifts could not be pawned, so Cheng's mother could only sell the small things that had escaped the disaster and hidden on her body to ensure food and clothing for the two of them. She also found a human trafficker to buy two cheap servants and waited for her son to get his salary so that they could live a good life.

After a few tense days, the second and third place winners of the same year were appointed. One was awarded the sixth-rank Hanlin Academy editor, and the other was the seventh-rank Hanlin editor. However, there was no news about Cheng Shuo's appointment.

Normally, only the top scorer in the imperial examination would be granted the position of editor, but now it has been given to the second place scorer.

Everyone thought that the runner-up was a sixth-rank official, so the number one would have a higher position. After all, the emperor's attitude during the palace examination was clear. Cheng Shuo also thought so, and he was excited and looking forward to it.

But after another month, the family was almost out of food, and Cheng Shuo, who had vowed to do so, began to lose confidence. After a little reflection, he thought it might be related to Princess Jinyang.

She was passionate about him before and after leaving Beijing and clearly intended to recruit him as her husband. Why did her attitude change so drastically in such a short time?

He suddenly had an idea. It must be because he had pretended to be cold and aloof before, which made the princess feel humiliated. So she resorted to this desperate measure and used her official position to threaten him to go to her and show weakness.

Cheng Shuo, who felt that he had figured out the key, smiled confidently. So that's how it is. It's hard for Princess Jinyang to be so attentive to him. He only understood her intention now. It really shouldn't be like this. It's all because of Yan Niang who took away his wisdom and made the princess wait for him for so long. It must have been very difficult!

So Cheng Shuo picked up his pen and wrote a love poem. He savored it carefully, nodded with satisfaction, and ordered someone to send it to the princess's mansion at full speed.

Princess Jinyang was chatting about life with her eighteenth lover at this time. When she heard that Cheng Shuo had someone deliver a letter, she was surprised. But since she really liked his face, she asked someone to bring it to her.

She didn't even get up from her lover's chest muscles, and lazily let him open it and read it.

The concubine was unhappy but dared not disobey. When he opened the letter and saw the content, he couldn't help laughing, then read the content out loud. Princess Jinyang also frowned when she heard it. What kind of crap is this? No one in the mansion can write such a thing.

"Princess~ Mr. Cheng is really ungrateful. He is obviously full of knowledge, but he wrote such a bad poem to be disrespectful to you. It is really wrong. A Yue would not do this. A Yue would only feel sorry for the princess~" He spared no effort to discredit Cheng Shuo, trying to retain Jin Yang's favor.

Jin Yang narrowed her eyes, revealing a dangerous murderous intent. She had seen Cheng Shuo's works before, and this was completely different from the one she saw.

"Come here, tell Cheng Shuo to swallow this disgusting thing for me! Tell him that if he doesn't want to live, there's no need to beat around the bush. I can give him a ride!"

Jin Yang's favorable impression of Cheng Shuo has reached rock bottom.

Originally, the emperor had told her that Cheng Shuo had abandoned his wife and was not a good man, but she did not take it to heart at all. A village woman and a princess, any discerning person would know which to choose. She did not think Cheng Shuo was wrong. Instead, she felt that he knew the times and she was charming, and she was confident that she could play him in the palm of her hand.

But since my royal brother thinks he is not suitable to be a prince consort, then just let him be a concubine. If he gets tired of him, he can be abandoned. It will save him from entanglement.

Princess Jinyang quickly put Cheng Shuo aside and continued to study life with A Yue.

Cheng Shuo was so ashamed and angry after being humiliated by the people in the princess's mansion and forced to swallow paper. He locked himself in the study. Now he had to admit that his talent, which he was proud of, was due to the magic herb, but he could only cling to Princess Jinyang as a life-saving straw and must not offend her.

At this time, he recalled a classmate who was talented but not appreciated and had excellent poetry. He got him drunk on the pretext of discussing poetry and tricked him into writing many poems. Then he happily went to Princess Jinyang to apologize.

But he couldn't even get through the door. Cheng Shuo was extremely anxious. He gritted his teeth and had to use his trump card. He sent someone to tell the princess that he had the medicine to treat the empress dowager and requested to see her.

Princess Jinyang mercifully let him in and considerately asked his attendants to leave.

Cheng Shuo felt relieved and knelt down to apologize to Jin Yang. "Cheng Shuo greets the princess! My respect for the princess is evident to all. It is a pity that I, your servant, was ignorant and mistakenly took the words that someone else asked me to correct. This has offended the princess. Please forgive me."

Then she blushed and said shyly, "Shuo specially wrote a few poems for you as a token of my appreciation. I hope the princess will be so kind as to read them."

It has to be said that Cheng Shuo's handsome face is very deceptive. Princess Jinyang loves to see him embarrassed but forced to give in. After taking a few glances at it, she found that his writing is indeed quite good, but that is not what she cares about.

"You said there was news about a medicinal ingredient. Are you serious?"

Cheng Shuo's eyes darkened, and he bit his lip in grievance. "Seven years ago, my family adopted a poor orphan girl named Yan Niang. We were as close as family until one day a demon hunter came to me and told me that Yan Niang was actually a cruel demon."

"I originally brought her to the capital to relieve the Empress Dowager's worries, but I don't know if she heard some rumors, burned my house and fled, and now she's nowhere to be found."

Princess Jinyang has been showing impatience ever since she heard the name "Yan Niang". When she heard the facts that were completely opposite to what her brother's spies had found, the anger in her heart was about to explode. This bastard actually lied to her!

Princess Jinyang snorted coldly and slammed the table. "So, you don't know her whereabouts, yet you dare to claim you have information? Are you kidding me?"

Cheng Shuo lowered his head hurriedly, "Princess, I dare not."

He hesitated a little, "That evil woman has improper desires for Shuo. Since she knows that Shuo is an official in the capital, she will definitely come looking for him. Then we can just wait and capture her."

With Yan Niang's vengeful character, she will definitely come back to ask for the debt, so this can't be considered a lie, he thought.

Princess Jinyang looked at his ordinary yet confident appearance and suddenly felt a little annoyed, but her mother's illness was more important, so she said a few perfunctory words to Cheng Shuo and hurried into the palace to discuss countermeasures with someone.