The fake daughter married into the mountains and had meat to eat every day during the famine

Because there were only three of them, Song Yuntang rented a small flower boat.

She and Xu Qingye entered the cabin, while Xia Ning sat near the boatman, paying attention to the movements of the flower boat while admiring the scenery on the Cuihua River.

Song Yuntang lowered the curtain and sat side by side with Xu Qingye, looking at the calm river surface and the colorful lanterns around them.

Xu Qingye looked at the girl beside him with a calm expression and soft eyes.

"Is there any difference between viewing the scenery from a flower boat and from the shore?"

"Of course it's different." Song Yuntang leaned on his shoulder. "On the shore, we are the ones who watch the scenery. In the flower boat, we are the scenery being watched."

Xu Qingye put his arm around her waist so that she could lean more steadily.

"Boatman, move the boat a little further from the shore."

"okay."

The boatman responded and rowed the boat away from the crowd.

The further we go, the dimmer the light becomes, but the stars in the sky become brighter.

Song Yuntang looked at the sky outside the cabin.

"You know how to observe the sky. Will it rain in the next few days?"

Xu Qingye shook his head.

"At the moment, it seems like it won't happen."

Looking down at the girl who was looking at him, the man's Adam's apple moved, but thinking that he was out at the moment, he suppressed the impulse in his heart.

Song Yuntang curled his eyebrows and moved closer to Xu Qingye.

Looking at the face that was getting closer and closer to him, the man's Adam's apple rolled again. Finally, he couldn't help it and lowered his head to kiss her.

Xia Ning caught a glimpse of two figures pressed together in the cabin, and quickly changed his position to sit with his back to the cabin, blocking the boatman's sight.

The boatman didn't look this way.

He just smiled and continued rowing.

In the cabin, Xu Qingye stopped.

Looking at the charming girl in front of him.

"Wait until I come out of the exam room."

Song Yuntang smiled slightly, "Okay."

After saying that, he pulled Xu Qingye to the bow of the boat, lay down with his head resting on his legs, and looked at the starry sky above his head.

There was no obstruction on the river, and the starry sky was like a huge net, enveloping her.

Lin Gengshi was standing by a slightly larger flower boat not far away. He felt that the figure lying in front of him at the bow was somewhat familiar.

He glanced towards the cabin.

"Brother, do you think the woman on the flower boat over there looks like Tang'er?"

Lin Jingyao, who was talking and drinking tea with a friend, paused when he heard this. He stood up and walked to the side of the boat, looking at the flower boat in front. When he saw the woman wearing exactly the same clothes as when he saw Song Yuntang in the daytime, and her comfortable look lying on the man's legs with her head resting, his eyes seemed to be stabbed, and his heart was very sour.

"is her."

The tone was extremely affirmative.

Not to mention that she didn't change her clothes, even if she did, he would still be able to recognize her.

Lin Gengshi didn't notice his elder brother's expression. He pursed his lips and smiled.

"Seeing that she is doing well now, I feel relieved."

Song Yuntang, who was looking at the stars, noticed the gaze coming towards him, and hurriedly got up from Xu Qingye's lap and looked around. Finally, his gaze stopped for a moment on the slightly larger flower boat, and he happened to see Lin Gengshi and Lin Jingyao who turned around and was about to enter the cabin.

She saw that Xu Qingye was sitting and must have noticed it long ago.

Lin Gengshi saw Song Yuntang looking in his direction, and raised his hand to greet her excitedly.

Song Yuntang raised his eyebrows and looked in the direction of Xu Qingye.

"I didn't expect to run into them again."

Hearing her say "again", Xu Qingye knew that she might have met him once during the day, but she thought it was not important and did not mention it in front of him.

He raised his hand and touched her head.

"Since you've decided to let it go, just treat us as strangers."

Song Yuntang nodded, leaned on his shoulder and continued to look at the stars.

Xu Qingye glanced at the flower boat where Lin Gengshi and Lin Jingyao were, raised his hand and hugged Song Yuntang in his arms.

When Lin Gengshi saw that Song Yuntang ignored him, the smile on his face gradually disappeared, and he felt a great blockage in his heart.

It seems that Tang'er still hasn't forgiven him for his previous estrangement from her.

……

On the day of entering the examination hall, Song Yuntang and Xu Qingye got up very early.

Song Yuntang counted the things he was going to take three times, and after breakfast, he asked Xia Ning to move all the things onto the carriage.

She sent Xu Qingye to the examination room, watched him carry his things into the examination room, and was about to leave when she saw Lin Zhaozhao and He Yuanfei getting off the carriage not far ahead.

She didn't want to pay any attention to the two of them and got on the carriage to leave.

Xia Ning was about to whip the horse when Lin Zhaozhao suddenly stopped in front of the carriage.

"Song Yuntang!"

Song Yuntang lifted the car curtain and looked at Lin Zhaozhao, with surprise flashing in his eyes.

When I saw her some time ago, she looked like a short and fat girl. How come after not seeing her for a while, not only has she become thinner, but her stomach has also become flatter?

But she had no idea what Lin Zhaozhao had experienced.

“A good dog stays out of the way.”

Lin Zhaozhao said coldly with resentment in her eyes, "Song Yuntang, from today on, you owe me a life."

Song Yuntang raised his eyebrows.

"Do you want to listen to what you're barking about?"

Lin Zhaozhao looked at her viciously, "If it weren't for you saving our reputation in front of Baicaotang, my husband wouldn't have accidentally pushed me down, and my child wouldn't be dead. All this is because of you!"

As she spoke, she actually felt aggrieved.

This place is close to the examination hall and there are many people coming and going. Song Yuntang doesn't want to attract other people's attention.

She lowered the curtain.

"Xianing, let's go."

"Yes."

As soon as he finished speaking, Xia Ning flicked the whip and rushed forward.

Seeing this, Lin Zhaozhao's pupils suddenly widened, and she quickly moved sideways to avoid the carriage. Because she moved too hastily, she fell to the ground.

Looking at the carriage going away, she pounded the ground in anger.

"Song Yuntang, when my husband passes the imperial examination, I will definitely trample you under my feet!"

……

In the carriage, Song Yuntang asked Xia Ning.

"Xia Ning, have you finished everything I asked you to do?"

Xia Ning nodded.

"It's all done. The report should have been handed over to the governor by now."

Song Yuntang's lips curled up into a faint smile.

Lin Zhaozhao targeted her so many times, and she finally found an opportunity to fight back. Cheating is an unacceptable behavior in the first place, and her anonymous reporting can be considered a good thing.

According to Xu Qingye, the severity of cheating depends on the circumstances. Severe cases include caning, tattooing on the face and exile to the frontier, while minor cases also include fines and shackles.

If it is true that He Yuanfei cheated, not only will he be paraded through the streets in shackles, he will probably not be able to take part in the imperial examinations in the next few sessions.

Penalties come second.

Once he is put in shackles and paraded through the streets, his reputation will be completely ruined.

Not only that, his family and the Lin family will be implicated.

"Have you asked anyone to keep an eye on what's happening in the examination room?"

Xia Ning said, "I've already told the kid who reported the news that if there are any problems at the exam center, go to Yujun Pavilion and report it."

Song Yuntang nodded.

"Then I'm relieved. Let's go back to the county first and come back to pick them up after nine days."

"Yes."

Xia Ning responded and drove the carriage to Anyang County.

……