Female Supremacy and Rise to Power: Lin Shu's Imperial Examination Adventures

The meaning is obvious: if you can get lost in your own house, you must be an idiot!

Upon hearing this, Su Jing almost lost control of his expression for a moment. What's wrong with Lin Shu?

Seeing him lost in thought, Lin Shu was about to turn away when her sleeve was unexpectedly grabbed. Just then, a clear, familiar voice rang out:

"Wife master?"

Before Su Jing could even secretly rejoice at having sown discord between the two, there was a loud "bang," and Su Jing was... sent flying... and then crashed not far away.

Seeing that he was a man, Lin Shu had already reduced her strength, but he was still in so much pain that he couldn't get up for a long time.

When he finally managed to get up, he found that Lin Shu was treating him like he was invisible, and walked straight over to pull Su Mu away. He was so angry that he gritted his teeth.

Su Mu was still somewhat unsettled by his father's words and wanted to come and fetch his wife. When he arrived, he saw Su Jing holding Lin Shu's hand, and he panicked, afraid that Su Jing would take away anything he liked, just like when they were young. But Lin Shu's actions made him realize that he was overthinking it.

"My lady, what is this...?" Su Mu asked.

Lin Shu had just heard Su Mu's voice and was unusually flustered, so she flung him away. Now, reminded of the sleeve that had been grabbed, she frowned and pulled hard, grabbing half of the sleeve and throwing it casually on the ground. She said to Su Jing, "Don't use the same methods you used on Gu Qing on me. I'm not her, and I'm not stupid."

Without waiting for Su Jing's expression, he grabbed Su Mu and started to leave. After taking a few steps, he stopped, turned his head, and said:

"And your posture is absolutely hideous!"

Su Jing stood still, looking at the woman in front of him with jealousy and hatred. Although she was indifferent, she was also very cautious. Her fingers were clenched into fists, and she seemed not to notice her nails digging into her flesh.

Why? Why is it that you, Su Mu, were born with the best, while I have to fight for it...?

……

Seeing Lin Shu's concerned expression and recalling her actions earlier, Su Mu couldn't help but smile.

"So happy?" Lin Shu rarely joked.

"Yes! I'm happy." Su Mu nodded with a smile, then suddenly said, "My lady, let's go home!"

Lin Shu nodded, not asking why it was so sudden. She simply asked the guards at the door to announce their departure, promising to visit again another time…

Lin.

"Whoa~" As the carriage came to a stop, Lin Shu and Su Mu walked in together.

As soon as they reached the entrance of the main hall, they saw Su's father and Li Yun'er come out of the house with anxious expressions, looking at Lin Shu as if she were their savior.

"Chunyu, take Amu back to his room to rest first." Lin Shu settled Su Mu in first before turning to look at the two of them.

Xue Wen: "Shu'er, something terrible has happened! We're on our way to find you!"

“This morning, my brother took Yuanbao to buy chestnut cakes. They didn’t come back for lunch. I thought they were going to eat out. But just now, Yuanbao came back and said my brother was missing… I’m worried…” Li Yun’er was anxious. Although her family had some connections in the county, she was completely unfamiliar with the city.

Lin Shu frowned and asked Yuanbao, who was sobbing uncontrollably beside her, "Where did you find the missing item, or did you see anyone suspicious?"

“Young Master disappeared near the Treasure Pavilion. Every day, Young Master eats chestnut cake from the pastry shop next to the Treasure Pavilion. Today, I went late, and there were too many people, so I squeezed in to queue. Young Master stood in front of the Treasure Pavilion and waited. At first, everything was fine, but after I had only gotten a pastry, I came out and couldn’t find him. I searched everywhere I could, but I couldn’t find Young Master anywhere… It’s all my fault for not keeping a close eye on Young Master…” Yuanbao said apologetically.

After listening, Li Yun'er had no clue whatsoever, and asked again, "Did you see anyone suspicious today?"

Yuanbao thought carefully, then shook his head: "No...no." Suddenly, as if he had thought of something, he added: "But we usually run into Liu Qiqi, and she always makes sarcastic remarks to you, young master, but we haven't seen her today..."

Before she could finish speaking, Li Yun'er interrupted, "I told you to think of someone suspicious, why did you bring up that woman?" As she spoke, she looked up at Lin Shu's expression.

"Let's go!" Lin Shu said to Li Yun'er after hearing this.

"Huh? Where to?" Li Yun'er asked, looking bewildered.

"The Liu family." With that, Lin Shu turned and left.

Upon hearing this, Li Yun'er quickly chased after him, saying as she walked, "Sister, listen to me, my brother and Liu Qiqi really have nothing going on. Let's find my brother first..."

Lin Shu ignored her, pulled a horse out of the stable, mounted it by muscle memory, and then pulled Li Yun'er up before asking, "Do you know where the Liu family is?"

"Ah? Oh, I know, I know." Li Yun'er had specifically asked around to keep her distance from others.

The horse galloped along the road, and it was only then that Li Yun'er learned that Lin Shu suspected Liu Qiqi of taking her brother away.

"Uu~!"

Before long, they arrived at the Liu family's small courtyard. Lin Shu dismounted and kicked open the courtyard gate, startling Liu Shi, who was resting under a tree in the courtyard, so much so that she almost fell off her rocking chair.

He stared at Lin Shu, still shaken, then at the rickety courtyard gate, and suddenly flew into a rage, yelling, "Who do you think you are, you bitch? Coming to my house to get yourself killed! What did this gate ever do to you? Watch out, I'll..."

Before he could finish speaking, a long, blue sword suddenly appeared in the other person's hand, pointed directly at his throat. He was so frightened that he dared not utter another word.

"Where is Liu Qiqi?" With such a commotion, Liu Qiqi still hasn't come out.

"Why...why should I tell you?" Liu refused to answer.

"Oh? Is that so?" Lin Shu said, pushing the sword forward a few inches, directly piercing Liu's skin.

Liu was so frightened she wet herself, and stammered, "I'll talk, I'll talk! She went to Magistrate Xu's residence, saying she was going on important business, but I don't know the specifics... Please keep your sword away... Don't... don't accidentally hurt me..."

Upon hearing the information she wanted to know, Lin Shu saw Liu reach out to move her sword away. Looking at the pool of yellow liquid beneath him, she felt a wave of disgust, then raised her sword and swung it, striking the man unconscious with the back of the blade…

When Lin Shu came out, Li Yun'er was trying to get off the horse by stretching one foot down. She had been trying for a long time and was covered in sweat. When she heard Lin Shu come out, she turned around and looked at her with a resentful expression.

"Where are we going now?" Li Yun'er asked, puzzled, as Lin Shu spurred the horse towards the area inhabited by noble families.

Lin Shu slowly uttered three words:

"Assistant Prefect".

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Babies, I've left some foreshadowing in the beginning, and some of you might feel that some parts weren't explained clearly or made any sense. I'll try my best to fix those parts later!

I hope all you cutest babies in the world can be a little more understanding of me~ Love you all... Mwah!

Also, I'll be updating more on weekends as needed!