Reborn to be married, the mistress of the Marquis's Mansion is so sweet

After sending Dong Yue away, Lin Wan sat alone at the table and couldn't help laughing as she looked at the purse in her hand.

Qinglian watched her staring at a purse and smiling, and asked curiously, "Does the young lady like this trick? I think it's just normal, right?"

"Silly girl, you only look at the purse, but you don't see Miss Dong's thoughts."

"thought?"

Lin Wan smiled and handed her the purse. "She kept saying that she was pitiful, but she didn't really think so in her heart. Instead, she was more unwilling. She was unwilling to follow Dong Qiang and be an ordinary little girl. She was unwilling to be promised to an equally ordinary husband."

"Ah!" Qinglian was stunned for a moment, then reacted, "Oh! So she said she wanted to stay in the mansion for a while longer, and asked you not to chase her away!"

As she spoke, she couldn't help but cover her lips and whispered, "She wants to stay in the mansion as a concubine?"

Lin Wan smiled and didn't answer, but judging from Dong Yue's performance in the past two days, she should be thinking the same thing.

As soon as they met, she called Lu Tingxu brother directly, and her words revealed the coquettishness of a little girl, which made Lu Tingxu treat her particularly differently.

When he was with her, he kept trying to get close to her, act pitiful, and win her sympathy, so that she would relax her guard against him, and even if he really succeeded in the future, he would not blame her.

Although he is young, he has a lot of thoughts.

Maybe, as she said, her mother was unwilling to marry an ordinary person, so she died of depression after marrying Dong Qiang. When facing Dong Yue, she always intentionally or unintentionally conveyed her unwillingness to her, making her want to marry into a wealthy family as well, so as to help her realize this wish.

What about Lu Tingxu? Did he have the same thoughts when he called Yue'er so affectionately yesterday?

Lin Wan thought about it for a while, then decided it was boring and put it out of her mind. Just as she was about to take a look at the account book, Li Weining, whom she hadn't seen for a long time, came in with an excited look on his face.

"Sister Lin, come, come with me to see it!"

"What are you looking at?"

"Look at the list! The exam results are out!"

Li Weining excitedly pulled Lin Wan and walked out the door in a hurry without waiting for her reply.

Lin Wan looked at her happy and excited expression and shook her head. She grabbed her arm, said a few words to Qing Ping, and then took the carriage to the tribute court.

At this time, the place outside the Imperial Examination Hall where the results were announced was already crowded with people.

Lin Wan and Li Weining got off the carriage, took their maids, found a place with few people, and went forward to look at the list.

The first person he saw was the top of the list, who was someone Lin Wan knew in her previous life, a student named Zhang Zhiwen from Huizhou.

This man is already in his thirties. He was born into a farming and reading family in Huizhou. The Zhang family has always been well-known among the scholars in Huizhou, and their ancestors have produced more than ten scholars and candidates for the imperial examination.

Zhang Zhiwen became famous at a young age. He could recite poems at the age of three and write neat parallel poems at the age of five. However, because he was young and frivolous, he felt that he had never been able to do this before and would never be able to do it again. He was relaxed and took the imperial examinations three times in a row, but failed to make the list.

After being hit hard, he began to travel and visited many famous teachers and scholars, only to find that there are always people better than you. From then on, he devoted himself to studying and even developed a good handwriting.

This time, I passed the imperial examination with one stroke, which was well deserved.

There was a commotion coming from the crowd not far away.

"Brother Zhang, you made it! Top of the list!"

"You're amazing! Oh my god, you're usually so low-key!"

"That's right, it's amazing!"

When everyone heard the voice, they all turned their heads to look, wanting to see what the new top of the list looked like.

I saw a middle-aged man wearing a green cotton gown. His skin was dark, but his handsome face could not be concealed. He was of medium height and was surrounded by a group of people.

"Congratulations, congratulations to Mr. Zhang! You are soaring to the sky! You are really bringing honor to our family!"

"I wonder if Mr. Zhang has married yet? I have a daughter, 28 years old, with a beautiful face and excellent poetry and literature. My family also has a small fortune. I wonder if Mr. Zhang would like to visit my home?"

"Master Zhang, please come to our inn. We will prepare the best room, good wine and good food, and invite you to stay for free."

"Move aside, move aside. My inn is the best in the capital. Master Zhang, come to my house!"

A group of people surrounded Zhang Zhiwen, chasing and pulling him. Zhang Zhiwen's servant tried his best to stand in front of him, fearing that he would be pulled away.

Zhang Zhiwen looked at the list and laughed excitedly. He bowed to everyone and thanked them, saying that he had already rented a courtyard, and left with his servant.

Lin Wan looked at his back and couldn't help laughing.

This Zhang Zhiwen was not only good at the written test, but he was even better at the palace test. His own experience had its ups and downs, and he had studied abroad for many years and had seen the scenery and people's livelihood in various places with his own eyes. During the palace test, he was not nervous at all and was calm and composed.

In the previous life, if she hadn't found a lot of connections for Shen Qinghe in advance, and if he hadn't predicted the questions in the written test, and finally won the title of the top scholar, it is estimated that this top scholar position would have been his!

But he finally got the second place, which was not a disgrace to his talent. Without her and Shen Qinghe's intervention this time, I believe Zhang Zhiwen's position as the top scholar should be stable!

"Medium! In the middle!"

At this time, Li Weining's cheers came over, interrupting Lin Wan's memories. She turned her head and looked at the wall.

Li Weining pointed to the first list and said excitedly: "Look, there it is, the first one!"

Lin Wan looked in the direction she pointed, and sure enough, she saw Ye Zexian's name a few people behind Zhang Zhiwen.

She secretly breathed a sigh of relief. As she expected, Ye Zexian performed steadily and ranked very high, just like in his previous life.

Very good!

Ye Zexian's biggest advantage is stability, whether it is a written test or a palace test. In the written test, everyone just needs to study hard, but in the palace test, they have to face the civil and military officials and the emperor, and they have to answer the emperor's questions on the spot.

Everything depends on personal on-the-spot reaction.

However, Ye Zexian himself is a real person. He has a strong character and is calm enough. Therefore, in his previous life, he relied on his own abilities to surpass others in the palace examination and became the third place.

"I knew it, I knew it, Mr. Ye will definitely pass the exam!" Li Weining held Lin Wan's arm, her voice trembling as she spoke. She was not wrong about him. Ye Zexian was very good. Even if he was not at the top of the list, his current ranking was already very good!

"Yes, yes, you are right!" Seeing her excited and her eyes red, Lin Wan couldn't help but laugh and cry. "Your father is a general of the fourth rank after all, and Suining's husband is the prince of the Duke's Mansion. How can you be so excited to see a scholar who has passed the imperial examination?"

"Don't talk nonsense. My father and brother-in-law are all about fighting and killing, and one of them is just relying on the help of his ancestors. How can they compare to him who has passed all the exams on his own?"

Li Weining stared at Lin Wan righteously, "Everything else is inferior, only reading is superior!"

Lin Wan: “…”

That makes a lot of sense. Whatever you say is right!

"Then you just keep waiting, there is still the palace examination!"

"No matter what the result of the palace examination is, I have chosen him!"

"..."

At this time, more people came over and Lin Wan was squeezed almost into Li Weining. When she turned around, she saw that it was Lin Fu and Shen Qinghe.

But neither of them saw her, as they were staring nervously at the list on the wall.