The real daughter's life was stolen, and she was reborn and became the best in the capital

"Wait."

Ming Jin's voice came from behind.

Zhou did not hesitate. He stopped and turned around to look at Mingjin, silently asking her what was the matter.

"What are your plans for the future?" Ming Jin asked him.

She knew that Zhou Que was very smart, and if she showed too much concern, it would definitely arouse his suspicion, and perhaps even make him wary.

But thinking about the little things they did together in their previous life.

No matter what, he did help her a lot during the time when she was powerless.

He was also the only one who stood on her side at that time, besides Hua Sui.

Without him,

Her revenge plan at that time could not have gone so smoothly.

"I heard from my cousin that you have gone to the Zhou family's study to study?" Before Zhou Que could speak, Ming Jin continued, "It's not easy there, is it?"

"With Zhou Xun's vindictive personality, he will definitely not let you go."

This time, Zhou looked at Ming Jin, not only did he not lower his head, but he also frowned slightly at Ming Jin.

He really became suspicious.

Mingjin thought so in his heart.

But she did not avoid Zhou Que's scrutiny, but let him look at her.

Zhou looked at it for a while, then retracted his gaze. He lowered his eyes again and whispered, "I can handle it."

"Your solution is to continue to silently endure Zhou Xun's bullying and make a living under his hands like before? Pray that he will get tired of playing with you one day and let you go? Or pray that Feng will take the wrong medicine one day and start to treat you well?"

If someone else said something like this, Zhou would probably hate the other person right away.

But listening to Mingjin's calm tone.

However, Zhou could sense that she was not belittling or despising him when she said this.

This made the anger that had just risen in his heart gradually subside.

He pursed his lips in silence before looking up at Ming Jin.

Facing her calm eyes, Zhou pursed his lips and asked her: "What do you want to say?"

Ming Jin did not answer but asked: "You want to take the imperial examination, right?"

However, for the first time, Zhou failed to control himself, and his pupils suddenly widened and trembled.

"you--"

His voice also rose uncontrollably, and one could sense from his tone that his breathing had become disordered.

No matter how calm Zhou is, he is only fifteen this year.

He is just a half-grown teenager.

He looked at Mingjin in disbelief.

He had never mentioned this matter to anyone, and no one had ever thought about it.

Whether it was Zhou Xun or Feng, how could they have thought that he would have such thoughts? If they knew, let alone letting him go to the study, I'm afraid Feng would have found a way to confine him to his own yard long ago.

Or try to poison him.

Just like the inexplicable illness that Aunt Fang contracted.

My heart was like a raging sea of ​​waves, one after another, hitting the ground and making me dizzy.

It also made him extremely nervous.

How to do?

These three words swept through Zhou Que's confused and shocked mind almost instantly.

But Zhou Que is Zhou Que after all.

Although he was shocked by these words, he soon came to his senses.

If Mingjin wanted to harm him, he wouldn't have helped him in the first place.

I won't say any more to him now.

But he still couldn't figure out what the person in front of him wanted to do.

"What do you want to say?"

Zhou looked at Mingjin and asked her in a deep voice.

Ming Jin said briefly, looked at him and said, "I'll help you."

"help me?"

Zhou was stunned.

Ming Jin nodded and continued, "I can tell you how to take the imperial examination without making Feng and Zhou Xun hate you."

Facing Zhou Que's complicated and suspicious gaze, Ming Jin said calmly: "I know what you are thinking."

"You don't have to worry about why I'm helping you, and you don't have to suspect that I'll lie to you."

"The reason why I help you is very simple."

"Just think of it as me buying stocks. I'm giving you a few suggestions now. If it can help you become an official in the court in the future, it will be more beneficial than harmful to me."

Mingjin's straightforwardness made Zhou Que at a loss for words for a moment.

He knew that some people would deliberately make friends with those who were taking the imperial examination this time, one to provide financial support, and the other to provide corresponding help if he became an official in the court in the future.

But most of these things happened in merchants' homes.

Generally, wealthy and powerful families have many such scholars in their own families, and they do not need to rely on support from others.

Besides, who knows what will happen to this scholar who takes the imperial examination in the end?

However, Zhou didn't expect Mingjin to have such thoughts.

But what he never expected was that one day, good luck would fall on him from the sky.

This is really incredible.

The shock made him forget to speak for a moment, and he began to wonder if Ming Jin was playing a trick on him.

After all, Mingjin had been with him for several years and knew him quite well.

"Of course, if you don't want to, just pretend I didn't say anything." She said and turned around.

She didn't hesitate.

When Zhou saw her leaving, he suddenly became flustered.

The doubts in his heart seemed to have dissipated, but the tension swept through his entire heart.

“Wait, wait a minute!”

He even forgot his usual vigilance and took two steps after Ming Jin, exposing himself to a place where he could be seen.

"I-I do!"

He finished through gritted teeth.

He really didn't want to continue living like this at the hands of Feng and Zhou Xun!

He didn't want to live this kind of life where he was insecure every day and couldn't even sleep too deeply!

He wanted to leave the Zhou family, leave that place that suffocated and depressed him!

Whatever her reason—

He wanted to hold on to this piece of driftwood that was finally floating towards him.

"you help me."

"If I become an official in the court in the future, I will protect you! I can promise you! If you break this oath, let me die without a burial place!" Zhou clenched his hands and promised Mingjin from behind.

His heart was pounding. He didn't know what she would say, nor did he know if she was really kidding him.

But he finally got a chance.

He could only choose to believe.

Mingjin turned around.

She calculated everything very well.

Zhou Que's reaction and words were all within her expectations. She just didn't expect Zhou Que to swear, and such a poisonous oath.

But now, all she could say was: "Remember what you said today."

Ming Jin said this, and after seeing Zhou nod with relief, he continued to talk to him: "Do you know Mr. Meng Changjing?"

Zhou was stunned for a moment, then nodded and replied, "The last Prime Minister of the Cabinet."

Ming Jin hummed, and continued his words: "He is also the only one who retired from that position safely, and even now he is invited to the palace by His Majesty from time to time."

But Zhou didn't know what she meant by this?

He looked at her in confusion.

Ming Jin lowered his voice and said to him, "At the end of the month, go to Yangguan Street and find an old man who can play chess. Mr. Meng will go there to set up a stall and play chess at the end of every month. Show your skills and let him be attracted to you."

"Now that you know his identity, you don't have to be too humble. He likes sincere people."

This was also what she knew after dealing with him in her previous life.

At that time, the third prince was deposed, and the Zheng family also fell.

The position of the cabinet chief is vacant.

Emperor Zhenguang intended to reinstate Mr. Meng.

But the old man refused.

Gu Changxuan volunteered to take on this task.

Ming Jin didn't want to see him working so hard for this, so he went to study Mr. Meng's personality in private.

She knew that on the first and fifteenth day of every month, as well as at the end of the month, he would go to Yangguan Street to set up a stall, dress himself up as an ordinary old man, and play chess with others.

If Zhou could catch the old man's eye.

Not to mention the imperial examination, even becoming a government official in the future wouldn't be difficult.

Zhou looked at her, as if he had a lot of questions to ask, but in the end, he just nodded and said "OK" in a low voice.

"I see."

He didn't ask any more questions.

No matter how this old Mr. Meng, or how she, who had just returned, knew all this... he didn't ask anything.

He just looked at Mingjin deeply and said "thank you".

Then when he saw someone walking along a small path, he took a step back and whispered to Mingjin, "Someone is coming."

"Ok?"

Ming Jin thought that Sister Xu couldn't wait and came to call her, but when she turned around, she found that the person who came was Ming Jingrang.

He came from another path.

When Ming Jin saw him, she frowned slightly, but she didn't say anything. She just said to Zhou Que: "You go first."

Zhou looked at her again.

He knew that they had a bad relationship between siblings.

But at this moment, there was nothing he could do, and staying would only cause her more trouble.

So is he.

Without saying anything more, Zhou lowered his eyes, nodded to Mingjin, and left quietly.