Chapter 16: Mr. Xie Xiaoyou

The calibration of the Cantonment Hall is set in October of each year.

The school test is a test for every student in the school, especially good students will be able to enter the talent show, and the most important thing is that on that day there will be many great Confucian courtiers to watch, the emperor will also be on the side of the watch. The most important thing is that there will be many great scholars and courtiers watching, and the Emperor will also be watching. If there is a good student, he or she may be able to get a chance to enter the civil service.

In short, displaying one’s talent to others was a thing of honor no matter what. That’s why every year at the school test, all the people tried their best to get a name down.

In the second state, Shen Yue’s talent was the most prevalent, and every year she could excel in the school test. Although Shen Qing was not as accomplished as Shen Yue in poetry and song, she was at the top of the list in calligraphy and arithmetic, and could always get a ranking in this category.

If it is said that nothing has been accomplished, the bottom is Shen Miao. She doesn’t know anything about music, chess, calligraphy or painting, and she doesn’t know anything about books, calculations or theories. Every time she made a fool of herself on the day of the school test, not to mention the display of talent, it was very difficult to pass the test. In her previous life, Shen Miao was most afraid of the annual school inspection, but she watched Shen Yue and Shen Qing on the stage, not without envy in her heart.

Now look again, only think it is all the children between the jealousy, what battle she has not seen, the school test, but also really do not put in the eyes.

She glanced at Feng Anning and said, “The calibration? I’ve never thought of competing for any rankings, bottom of the pile, what’s there to compete for?”

Feng Anning was slightly stunned, she did not expect Shen Miao to be so frank about the fact of falling tail. She carefully sized up Shen Miao and asked, “You are not really hurt so much that your temperament has changed like this, right?”

Shen Miao seems to have changed overnight, as if a person, plain, frank, generous, there is a kind of composure that is not this age. Because this is sitting at a table, this change in temperament looks more obvious.

“Yeah.” Shen Miao smiled and said nothing more.

Perhaps it was because teenage girls at this age would instinctively feel respect or envy for those who were more mature than themselves. This kind of gesture from Shen Miao actually made Feng Anning invariably treat her better.

After the book counting was finished, the students went to the garden outside Guangwen Hall to rest and play. The girls were all playing chess or discussing newly written poems in the hall, but they heard what seemed to be the sound of a startled horse sweeping by outside.

“What’s that noise?” Eperan turned her head.

“Go outside and take a look.” Jiang Caixuan suggested, pulling up Shen Yue, “Let’s go and see what’s going on.”

Shen Miao had no intention of joining in the fun, but Feng Anning, who walked two steps and turned back, thought for a moment and grabbed Shen Miao’s hand, “Let’s go watch together!”

Shen Miao was a little surprised, Feng Anning has always looked down on her, not to mention this kind of intimate behavior. She is still puzzled, but has been Feng Anning dragged out of the school.

Outside, there are already many students gathered at the door at the sound. But to see Feng Anning pulling Shen Miao over, all cast a surprised gaze. Shen Yue’s eyes flickered slightly, did not make a sound, but it was Shen Qing who saw this and snorted coldly from her nose. Since knowing that Shen Miao also adored Ding Wang, she did not even bother to pretend to be peaceful on the surface.

But it wasn’t this that surprised people. Cai Lin had just pushed his way out of the crowd when he saw the person outside and called out in surprise, “Thank you, Young Master Waiter!”

Mr. Xie Xiaoyou? Shen Miao looked out.

Outside the vermillion-colored gate of Guangwen Hall, there was a date-red stallion, the horse’s fur was shiny and smooth, and it looked like a precious horse that was hard to find for thousands of dollars. The horse kicked its front hooves slightly arrogantly, and its elegant figure was extremely capable of attracting people’s attention.

But ultimately not as dazzling as the man on horseback.

The young man sat on the back of the horse, wearing a narrow brocade coat embroidered with cloud patterns in basalt color, covered with a dark purple sable cloak. His right hand lazily playing with the whip in his hand, born with sword eyebrows and starry eyes, his features are extremely handsome. The corner of his mouth was slightly hooked, like a smile, but his eyes were indifferent.

Immediately there are young girls in the crowd who blush with shame, and regardless of what kind of place it is, boldly fold their handkerchiefs into silk flowers and throw them towards that teenager’s arms. Ming Qi has always been open to the people, especially to the rules of the young girls, tolerant.

Silk flowers fell into the arms of the teenager, the teenager reached out to pick up the flick in the hand, hooked lips a smile. The girl who threw down the silk flower immediately stroked her chest, her face flushed, as if she had been infatuated.

In the next moment, the teenager’s mischievous smile turned away. The silk flowers fluttered and fell to the ground, landing under the hooves of the date-red horse and crushing into a ball.

He lazily sat up straight, born with a strong aggression, but because of his handsome face, that attraction was amplified to the fullest. He was born to be an existence that made people unable to take their eyes off of him.

What a cold and nasty person.

Yi Peilan murmured, “It’s Little Marquis Xie.”

Shen Miao raised an eyebrow, Little Marquis of the Xie Family, Xie Jingxing.

Ming Qi’s present-day hairpin families are more or less earned from accompanying the late emperor to fight for the kingdom since the founding of the country. After generations of people, some families only remaining name, inside empty. Some families have become more and more prosperous, and are full of flowers.

There were civil officials such as the Feng family, and there were also military generals such as the Shen family. If the Shen family generals for several generations, are honestly leading soldiers to fight, is recognized as a sincere person. Then the Xie family, hand in hand, but inside and outside is a mixed person, today’s His Majesty on the Xie family is also helpless.

About the Xie family always stored a few bones in the bone. Doing things are all bastard things, such as ignoring the capital thousands of miles away under the instructions to retreat, preferring to go to the sword to take advantage of the victory. Finally also said “will be outside the military orders can be accepted there are not accepted.” But the Tian family always take Xie family people can do nothing, because Xie family people invincible.

Shen family and Xie family is originally antagonistic relationship, which certainly has the late emperor’s intentional disconnect and provocation, so that they check and balance each other to achieve stability of the court. Shen Xin and Marquis Xie’s political views are also never and Shen Xin is not used to Xie Ding battlefield radical treachery, unorthodox methods. Xie Ding is not accustomed to Shen Xin also read military books, old-fashioned, do not know how to adapt. In addition to the two families in the courtroom quarrel, no more exchanges, the late emperor is obviously also happy to see it.

After Xie Ding’s wife died, Xie Ding did not take a step-wife. There was only one concubine, who gave birth to two sons, meaning that Xie Jingxing had two concubine siblings. Perhaps Xie Ding was distressed by the early death of his first son’s mother and wanted to try to make up for it, pampering Xie Jingxing from a young age and finally raising him into a lawless character.

But even so, Xie Jingxing is still a wonderful person, in addition to the nature of the stubborn and indifferent some, talent, smart appearance and family, are Mingqi one of the best, otherwise, there will not be so many girls heart secretly adore.

It is just a pity, Shen Miao sighed in her heart, such an outstanding teenager, but in the end, he got the tragic end of 10,000 arrows piercing his heart and peeling his skin and drying it.

Perhaps the pity in her gaze was too obvious, the teenager suddenly looked over, his deep star-like eyes flickering slightly, giving her a meaningful glance.