Madam, protect me!

Ministry of Justice.

Li An Ning leaned back in a chair, bored, thinking about other things.

He didn't know if he could pass the imperial examination. If he could enter the Ministry of Justice smoothly, he wouldn't have to guess whether he would come every day.

If he didn't come, he would be absent from work.

In fact, she had always been like this before.

But she didn't know when she had gotten used to seeing him when she looked up.

Li An Ning sighed in her heart.

She knew it was not good, but she couldn't control her inner thoughts.

Li Nuo walked into the yamen and asked, "Are there any cases these two days?"

Li An Ning was about to speak when she saw a faint lip mark on his face. The arc at the corner of his mouth gradually disappeared. He pointed to his face expressionlessly and handed him a handkerchief.

Li Nuo realized something and wiped his face with a handkerchief. A faint red mark was left on the white handkerchief.

Li An Ning took back the handkerchief and asked, "How are you preparing for the imperial examination?"

Li Nuo said, "Not bad."

Li An Ning glanced at him.

While others were studying hard and practicing the six arts, he was either teaching Song Jiaren to play the piano or hanging out at Fenghuang's place. He didn't look like he was preparing for the imperial examination.

He might not even pass the spring exam, let alone come to the Ministry of Justice to accompany her.

She glanced at Li Nuo and said, "The competition in this imperial examination is more intense than ever before. You should prepare carefully and don't be immersed in love affairs all day long. If you fail, you will have to wait another four years..."

Li Nuo was surprised and said, "Why is this exam more intense than ever before?"

Li An Ning habitually rolled her eyes at him and said, "You don't even know these things. I really don't know what you have been doing these days. Don't you care about your competitors in the imperial examination..."

Li Nuo really didn't care about his competitors.

He was a kryptonian, why did he care about this?

He sat down opposite Li An Ning and said, "What competitors? Tell me..."

These were actually inside information. Li An Ning even asked someone to inquire about them. Unexpectedly, Li Nuo didn't care at all. Instead, she was always worried about him.

She said unhappily: "There is a student in Jiangnan who is said to have a photographic memory since childhood. He can remember any book as long as he takes a glance. He is the top scholar in the ritual department. Jinzhou has a rare music genius who is rare in ten years. He has long threatened to win the music champion. What is more different from the past is that most of the young talents of the major wealthy families will also participate in this imperial examination. The results that made them Jinshi in previous years may not be achieved in this year..."

Jinshi is not based on grades, but on rankings.

In recent years, the imperial examinations are based on the top 100 candidates, and whether they are admitted is closely related to the level of candidates in the same year.

If the level of candidates in the same year is very average, even if your ability is a little weaker, you may still pass the exam.

But if there are many strong people in the same year, some people who could easily make the list in previous years may not even be able to rank at the bottom of the Jinshi list.

The imperial examination 20 years ago was undoubtedly difficult as hell.

In that imperial examination, many amazing geniuses emerged, and people still talk about them today.

This imperial examination coincided with the coming of age of the new generation of children of the major families, and other geniuses emerged, so the difficulty was naturally much greater than before.

After listening to Li Anning's explanation, Li Nuo realized that his luck was not good.

But he was not worried at all.

He was not completely sure of winning the first place, but he was still very confident that he could be in the top 100.

Li Anning saw that Li Nuo looked indifferent and asked, "Tell me honestly, how sure are you of winning the imperial examination?"

Li Nuo did not boast first, shook his head and said, "How can I know now? Let's wait until the spring exam..."

Li Anning seemed to be more concerned about his imperial examination than Li Nuo himself.

His wife didn't even ask him about these things.

In the afternoon, when Li Nuo returned to the Song family from the Ministry of Justice, his wife had already returned.

They were reading books at the table, and Li Nuo looked up at her from time to time.

Song Jiaren noticed Li Nuo's movements, looked at him, and asked, "What's wrong?"

Li Nuo lowered his head to read a book and said, "Nothing."

They kissed in the morning, but in the evening they pretended that nothing had happened.

But Li Nuo was used to her like this.

Although she was shy and embarrassed to say it, her body was still quite honest.

At night, when she was sleeping, Li Nuo said, "My wife, let's go back to the Li family tomorrow and come back after the Lantern Festival."

Today is the 25th day of the twelfth lunar month, and it's only a few days away from the Chinese New Year.

She is already a married daughter, strictly speaking, she is considered a member of the Li family.

It's okay to live in the Song Mansion at ordinary times.

But on major festivals such as New Year's Eve and Lantern Festival, married daughters are not allowed to stay in their parents' home.

This is the custom of Daxia.

Song Jiaren nodded and said, "Okay."

She naturally understood these etiquettes.

After a while, the two went to bed together.

Because of the kiss during the day, Li Nuo felt that the relationship between the two of them seemed to be closer, and the distance could naturally be closer.

So he moved closer to his wife.

His arm touched his wife's arm.

Soft, smooth, and cold.

Although the two of them usually covered themselves with the same quilt, there was still a distance between them.

Song Jiaren closed her eyes and felt Li Nuo's movements. Her eyelashes trembled slightly, her heartbeat accelerated involuntarily, and her body immediately became tense.

But the next moment, Li Nuo moved inside again and returned to his position.

The lady's body is really soft, smooth and slippery, but cold is also really cool.

If it was summer, it would be very comfortable to sleep with her in your arms.

But it's winter now, and it's really unbearable to be so close to her...

…

Early the next morning, Li Nuo and Song Jiaren packed their things, informed the old lady, said goodbye to Mu'er, and left the Song Mansion.

Song Mu'er stood at the door and waved to them. She didn't walk back to Song Mansion until the carriage had gone away. As she walked, she muttered: "Where did Song Ning'er run away again..."

In the past few months, Song Ning'er has always been elusive, and sometimes she is not seen even for a whole day.

Every time she came back, she was very tired, and Song Muer suspected that she was practicing secretly behind her back.

However, she wasn't worried at all.

She has a beautiful sister to teach her, and she will never be able to catch up with her...

Li Mansion.

Although this is his home, Li Nuo has not been back for who knows how long.

My mood when I left home last time was completely different from now.

He held his wife's hand and stood in front of two adjacent courtyards.

In the past, my wife lived on the left and Li Nuo lived on the right.

In the Song Mansion, the two of them lived together in the same room, but when they returned to the Li family, they would be separated from each other again.

But things are different now.

Li Nuo turned to look at Song Jiaren and asked, "Go to your place, or come to me?"

Song Jiaren said softly: "Anything is fine."

Li Nuo finally chose to sleep in his room. When the two little maids came in carrying two quilts, Li Nuo waved his hand and said, "One quilt is enough, take the other one back..."

Song Jiaren stood beside him and said nothing.

The two little maids hugged the quilt. After leaving the yard, one of them said in surprise: "Young Master and Young Madam, could it be that..."

Another person said: "Absolutely, they all sleep on the same bed and cover themselves with the same quilt. I don't know what happened in the past few months. The young master and the young lady suddenly fell in love..."

"Nonsense, the young master now is no longer the young master before!"

"I heard that the young master wrote many love poems to the young madam!"

"Hey, the young master is good-looking and can write poetry. It's normal for the young lady to change her mind..."

…

In the next few days, Li Nuo basically stayed in the mansion.

As the Chinese New Year is approaching, the imperial court has a holiday and the yamen is sealed. In addition to the necessary personnel on duty and cell management personnel, the Ministry of Punishment is also closed. It will not reopen for printing and office work until the fourth day of the first lunar month.

However, these days, my father is still at Dali Temple.

He didn't return to Li Mansion until noon on New Year's Eve.

Although the Li Mansion was not as lively as the Song Family, the decoration of the home on New Year's Eve was anything but casual.

The servants put up lanterns and decorations everywhere in the palace. Li Nuo had just hung up a lantern himself when he saw King Chun walking in and said, "Stop working so hard. You and your family will all go to the palace to have a reunion dinner together tonight. A reunion dinner requires a large number of people to make it lively. I have already asked someone to call An Ning..."

Every year on New Year's Eve, the royal family would have a reunion dinner together.

But since ten years ago, His Majesty has rarely appeared in front of people. At first, he would come out once every New Year's Eve and hold a family banquet in the palace. Later, he even skipped this matter.

On the following New Year's Eve, each prince's palace went to their own way.

Being able to come to the Li family in person and invite them to the palace for a reunion dinner at such an important time means that King Chun really treats them as a family.

Li Xuanjing said: "The food has been prepared at the palace, so I won't go to the palace to disturb you."

King Chun didn't listen to a word, sat down on the chair, and said: "Excuse me, are you going? If you don't go, I will not leave today..."

Li Nuo's family finally got on the carriage to Prince Chun's Mansion.

Although Prince Chun's Mansion is large, like Li's Mansion, it actually only has three owners.

King Chun, Princess Chun, and the crown prince Li Yun.

Unlike other princes who had one main concubine and several side concubines, King Chun had only one main concubine and only one son.

The crown prince Li Yun is several months older than Li Nuo and has not yet been married.

Concubine Li Anning passed away early, and the royal family banquets had been canceled for several years. On New Year's Eve this year, Prince Chun invited her to Prince Chun's Mansion.

Seeing Li Nuo and Song Jiaren walking into Prince Chun's Mansion hand in hand, Li Anning felt unspeakable.

If she had known they were coming, she would not have come.

It's okay if you don't come, but if you come you still have to see their love...

The man who once held her hand is now holding another woman, and she cannot be dissatisfied with this. She feels sour in her heart, and no one can tell her...