The Rebirth of the Deposed Empress

Hearing her name, Hua Wu Ke finally looked at the person in front of him seriously.

I didn't expect that the girl who casually approached me was actually Lin Xizhi.

In his previous life, corrupt officials under Ye Chuji embezzled the money allocated by the court for building dams, causing floods.

Lin Xizhi's father, as the Minister of Works, went to the disaster area to personally guide the repair of the dam regardless of his own safety.

Unfortunately, he was washed away by the flood and even his body was not found.

Seeing that her father had no chance of survival and the embankment had not been repaired yet, Lin Xizhi insisted on asking Ye Chuji for permission to repair the embankment for her father.

Finally the river embankment was repaired, but on the way back to Beijing he was killed by bandits and died in the wilderness.

After the Lin family fell, the position of Minister of Works fell into the hands of Hua Jingqian.

At that time, outsiders thought that Hua Jingqian was taking advantage of the fact that he was the queen. In fact, Ye Chuji was just trying to get his own people to the top and eliminate dissidents.

Seeing Hua Wu Ke looking at her deeply without saying anything, Lin Xizhi took the initiative to say:

"You don't have many friends here, and you look a little pathetic. How about I keep you company?"

Hua Wu Ke was speechless: "Haven't you been sitting here for a long time and no one paid attention to you?"

"I don't want to associate with them!"

Lin Xizhi is a straightforward person and disdains to associate with those people who are as cunning as lotus root slices.

If someone wanted to take advantage of her family's status and approached her, she would always respond with a cold face. Over time, no one was willing to use their warm face to approach a cold butt.

Hua Wu Ke watched Lin Xizhi jumping up and down to explain for him, pretending to be ignorant of the facts, and even replied perfunctorily with an "Oh"

All he could see was 'Just make up an excuse.'

Lin Xizhi felt depressed.

At this time, it was Hua Fuying's turn.

Hua Fuying knew that her piano skills were not as good as Hua Fuyue and Wu Yuwen, so she chose a song that was not so gentle.

I didn't expect Hua Wu Ke to play such a powerful and captivating piece of music, which made her seem a little out of place between gentleness and dignity.

……

By the time the last student finished his exam, it was time for lunch.

Lin Xizhi was not used to the meals in the academy, but she never treated herself badly. In the past, the meals were delivered by the servants.

Lin Xizhi finally found a girl of the same age that she liked, so she invited Hua Wuke to her house for dinner.

Neither of them liked being in the crowd, so they chose a quiet way back to the house.

There were rockeries and strange rocks on both sides of the road. Hua Wu Ke and Lin Xizhi were walking side by side. Unexpectedly, they heard the stealthy voices of Liu Nan Fei and a young girl.

"Liu Mianmian, let me ask you, did you give the food box with the laxative to Hua Wuke? Did you make a mistake and Hua Fuyue took it by accident?"

Liu Nanfei and Hua Fuyue live next door to each other, and they were afraid that Liu Mianmian might mess things up and embarrass Hua Fuyue.

While Hua Fuyue is away, Liu Mianmian is brought here for questioning.

If it was really Liu Mianmian who messed up, Hua Fuyue must not be told, lest she vent her anger on herself.

Hearing their names, Hua Wu Ke and Lin Xizhi looked at each other, stopped in tacit understanding, and hid their bodies in the dark.

"Sister, Xiaolian is very sure that she gave the food box to the girl named Qingmei."

After thinking about it, Hua Wu Ke didn't seem to be unusual today, so he added:

"Could it be that she didn't eat at all and gave the food box to Hua Fuyue?"

"Hua Fuyue is not stupid enough to eat the food box she received from Hua Wuke.

Forget it, don't mention this matter again. If Hua Fuyue asks, just say that you saw Xiaolian give the meal to Qingmei with your own eyes, understand?"

"Then should we send her the antidote? We also have chess in the afternoon."

"Humph, why did she send the medicine? She just wanted to use me to get rid of Hua Wu Ke, so she asked me to put all the medicine in.

Fortunately, I was afraid that if Hua Wu Ke really got into trouble, General Hua would not let me go, so I didn’t dare to let him go any longer.”

Liu Nanfei thought that she didn't put too much medicine in it, so even if Hua Fuyue was unlucky enough to eat it, it wouldn't be a big problem.

I just thought I had a stomachache, so I didn't care.

If she fails the entrance exam because of this, that would be even better. Besides me, who else would be willing to date her?

She will only value herself more then.

Hua Fuyue appears to be as close to me as a sister, but in fact she is just enjoying my flattery.

If it weren't for the fact that she at least had the title of the second young lady of the general's mansion, he would not have bothered to care about her, the daughter of a fourth-rank official.

Liu Nanfei felt disdainful.

After saying that, Liu Nanfei took Liu Mianmian and walked out from the depths of the rockery.

Because she heard her name and the food box, Qingmei has been paying attention to Liu Mianmian and the girl beside her, thinking that the girl is the Xiaolian they are talking about.

When Liu Nanfei walked into the light, Xiaolian's face became clear.

It turned out to be the person who knocked over his own lunch box in the cafeteria!

After everyone had gone far away, Qingmei couldn't wait to tell Hua Wuke what happened in the cafeteria and how Luoyi had snatched her food.

"Miss, they went too far. They even gave you a laxative! If the prince hadn't brought you food, you would have been poisoned!"

"Miss, do you want me to teach them a lesson?" Qingzhu asked.

"No, they suffered the consequences themselves."

I did not eat the food and I have no evidence.

If I expose this matter rashly, not only will people not be able to trust me, but it will also alert the enemy and make them more cautious in the future.

Now that I know that these two people have different thoughts, I might as well find an opportunity to take advantage of them and watch them fight each other.

"Prince? Which prince would bring you food? Hua Wu Ke can do it!"

Lin Xizhi felt that she had discovered something even more surprising than the conversation just now, and looked at Hua Wuke in amazement.

"…It's Prince An."

"Prince An... the Prince An you are engaged to?"

Lin Xizhi had heard her father mention this.

Because she was not good at getting along with others, her father was afraid that she would accidentally offend someone, so he explained to her in detail all the major and minor relationships in the capital.

This includes the engagement between Prince An and Hua Wuke.

Tsk tsk tsk, these two haven't appeared together for a long time, and they both tacitly agreed that this engagement is probably invalid.

I didn't expect that Prince An, a god of war, would actually deliver food to Hua Wuke.

After having lunch at Lin Xizhi’s house, Hua Wu Ke prepared to go back to his own house to rest.

"Don't rest yet, there's still chess in the afternoon!"

Lin Xizhi's chess skills are decent, but not very proficient, so she plans to use the lunch time to prepare well.

Seeing that Hua Wu Ke didn't care at all, Lin Xizhi felt that she couldn't let her fall!

Hua Wu Ke used the chessboard that Lin Xizhi found to set up several chess games:

"The chess skills in the afternoon may be tested on one of these chess games."

Although Lin Xizhi didn't think Hua Wu Ke would be able to guess correctly, she was also confused and had no idea how to prepare.

I'll just listen to Hua Wu Ke and try everything possible!

In the afternoon, as soon as they left the school, Lin Xizhi pulled Hua Wuke and said excitedly: "I really won!"

Ye Buhuo said that the chess games for the college entrance examination were all endgames found in books, but this year, there were only a few left.

As long as you master those few, you'll be fine.

He really got it right.

Lin Xizhi still invited Hua Wuke to have dinner with her, but Hua Wuke refused. Yesterday, Ye Buhuo said he would bring her dinner.

When I returned to the house, Ye Buhuo was already sitting at the table waiting for me.

Hua Wu Ke was enjoying the dinner comfortably in the inner room, while Ye Yi and Qing Zhu were also in a harmonious atmosphere in the outer room.

But there was a huge uproar in Hua Fuyue's house.

"Bang!" The food box was knocked to the ground.

"Still eating? What to eat?"

After leaving the music hall in the morning, Hua Fuyue hurried back to the house, afraid to face other people's pointing fingers at her.

After the chess test was over, I was walking in the crowd and heard others praising the song Hua Wu Ke played in the morning.

Hua Fuyue was so angry that she almost died when she thought that Hua Wu Ke might very likely win the first place in this year's college entrance examination.

Hua Wu Ke, that bitch! She stole the spotlight even though I was so embarrassed. Damn it!