Jiang Lin took Jiu Yi and Mo Li to Dragon Cry Academy's Debate Hall. Wherever they passed, everyone fell silent. Men and women alike were drawn to the two breathtakingly beautiful women behind Jiang Lin.
However, when they saw Jiu Yi's hair coiled into a married woman's bun, they clearly didn't dare look at her for too long, no matter how beautiful she was. After all, she was already someone else's wife.
But their eyes kept drifting over on their own! It was downright maddening!
Quite a few scholars even noticed Jiu Yi's married woman's coiffure, and their hearts sank. It was the sorrow of seeing the most beautiful pearl under Heaven already claimed by someone else.
Fortunately, the young woman beside that breathtaking beauty was also extraordinarily lovely.
Mo Li was dressed like an unmarried girl, and her beauty was every bit as outstanding. That scholarly air unique to a young girl held no small amount of appeal for these scholars as well!
This was what it meant to have a special advantage against a certain group. For example, Jiu Yi's allure was universally acknowledged. If all under Heaven voted for the number-one beauty, Jiu Yi would certainly win with the most votes.
But if the vote were held solely among Confucian scholars, the result might not be so certain. Gentle as water and elegant with a scholarly grace, Mo Li would definitely hold her own—she might even have a slight edge.
The scholars guessed that this young woman must be this man's younger sister, or perhaps some other female relative.
In any case, they were certainly not romantically involved. Otherwise, with such an astonishingly beautiful wife, he had brought another one along too! Was this man trying to leave anyone else alive?
For a time, quite a few