Everyone entered the examination grounds. Having had her fill of the excitement, Jiang Shuyue munched on a flatbread and prepared to head home.
Just then, she saw someone riding a donkey, swaying as she approached.
"Oh, isn't this the Marchioness of Zhennan? I remember no one in your family is taking the imperial examination. Have you come to see Chancellor Liu's students?"
Jiang Shuyue chuckled. "I'm just a child, so I don't know much about grown-up affairs. I've never seen an imperial examination before, so I came to join in the fun."
Lan Ruoyue tucked a stray lock of hair behind her ear and straightened her back on the donkey.
"I see. I thought you were here to bestow blessings upon the examinees, like me."
Jiang Shuyue: Blessings? I haven't heard anything about her becoming a Goddess.
Huahua: Self-appointed, self-appointed! She begged the emperor for it. He thought it wouldn't do any harm, so for the sake of the Explosives, he let her give it a try.
Huahua raised his head to precisely forty-five degrees, no more and no less, and cast Lan Ruoyue a contemptuous sidelong look.
He even made tutting sounds through his teeth, as though picking out fish bones.
Lan Ruoyue frowned. "Is this the child of the Marquis's distant relative? Madam, I hate to criticize, but you've been married for nearly half a year, and there's still no sign of anything in your belly."
"Not even a shadow of a child of your own, yet you've taken in another person's child."
"I'm reminding you out of kindness. Keep this up, and your position may slip out from under you."
The Zhou Family's children were furious. Zhou Luming immediately retorted, "Anyone entered into the Zhou Family's genealogy is a child of the Zhou Family. Miss Lan, you're