Madam, please give me some advice

Chapter 445 Parade on horseback

Ji Xingle, Zeng Yuan and a woman named Wenyi were the top three in the imperial examination respectively.

Yuan Xue, Chen Qi, and Liwen, who had been taken care of by Ji Xingle before, ranked in the top 40, which is also a very good result.

After being chosen as the top scholar, Ji Xingle and others went to the palace to meet the emperor, parading through the streets wearing the special costumes and ceremonial guards bestowed by the empress.

After the parade, he attended the Qionglin Banquet hosted by the Queen. After the banquet, the Queen kept Ji Xingle.

The prime minister and others winked at Ji Xingle, signaling her to be careful. Her article had been refuted by too many people, and they were afraid that the empress would vent her anger on Ji Xingle, so they gave her a warning.

Ji Xingle thanked the prime ministers for their kindness and nodded and smiled at them;

"Don't worry, go back and be careful on the way."

"it is good..."

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Ji Xingle, the empress, and the three princesses were sitting in the imperial study, and no one spoke first.

The third princess glanced back and forth, constantly looking at Ji Xingle and the queen.

Ji Xingle was getting impatient with being stared at, and smiled at the Third Princess.

"You got a cramp in your eye?"

The Third Princess quickly frowned and shook her head, signaling Ji Xingle not to click on her, as she was afraid that the Queen would take her out on her.

As expected, the Queen first coughed, then glared at the Third Princess;

"busy?"

"Replying to the Queen Mother, I am fine."

Seeing that the Queen didn't believe her, the Third Princess quickly took out the blood-replenishing gift she had prepared earlier and began to flatter her;

"Mother Queen, I've noticed that you haven't looked very well lately, so I prepared some blood-boosting herbs for you..."

Hearing this, the Queen was shocked, thinking that the Third Princess had discovered something, and said in a serious tone;

"I have the imperial physician checking my health every day and the imperial chef prescribing nourishing food. How could I possibly look bad?

You mean, they neglected their duties and cheated?"

"No, no, no, that's not what I meant. I just felt that you have been too busy these past few days, so I wanted to give you a gift to cheer you up..."

The Queen had a blank expression on her face and was still trying to dig a hole for the Third Princess to jump into, when Ji Xingle spoke;

"Mother Queen, may I ask why you want me to stay here?"

"Oh!"

The Queen seemed to have just remembered that Ji Xingle was still there, and she slapped herself on the forehead and said angrily;

"It's all the fault of the Third Brother. He insisted on talking about irrelevant things and I forgot about the main business."

Ji Xingle secretly rolled his eyes, the superiors are always cunning, and smiled on the surface;

"It's okay. Although I have something else to do later, your matter is more important. Please speak first. I am all ears..."

Hearing this, the Third Princess lowered her head and laughed secretly.

The Queen's smiling face paused. She didn't expect Ji Xingle to be like this. This time she couldn't do it anymore. She smiled awkwardly.

"It's not a big deal, I just want to ask you, are all your friends very skilled in martial arts?"

"Friend? A martial arts expert?"

Ji Xingle pretended to be dumbfounded and looked at the queen with a puzzled look;

"Mother Queen, I don't have any friends who are good at martial arts. The only people around me who are good at martial arts besides my third sister and sister Li are my two husbands and their guards."

The Queen looked at Ji Xingle's appearance, which did not seem to be fake at all. Could she have made a mistake? Then she asked again without giving up;

"Really? Otherwise, you should think about it carefully again?"

Ji Xingle frowned, pretending to rack his brains, and finally shook his head;

"Mother Queen, I really don't know anyone with great martial arts skills."

The Queen muttered, "How is it possible?"

Then he remembered that he had investigated her identity before and asked again;

"What about your martial arts? Who taught you?"

Hearing this, Ji Xingle looked up at the roof, opened his eyes wide, and then closed them after a while. Two tears hung in the corners of his eyes, and his eyes were red.

When he looked at the queen, he hesitated to speak, and was sad. This heartbroken look made the queen feel a little guilty. Could it be that the person was gone? When the queen wanted to say something, Ji Xingle's mouth twitched, and finally said;

"Mother Queen, the person who taught me martial arts died a long time ago. I didn't even see her for the last time when she died..."

Hearing this, the Queen said to Ji Xingle guiltily;

"It's my fault for talking about your sad story."

Ji Xingle waved his hands quickly, pretending to be indifferent.

"It's okay, it's okay, I'm just too fragile, don't blame the Queen Mother...

Mother, do you have anything else to say? If not, I want to go home first..." (;′??Д??`)

Hearing this, the Queen knew that Ji Xingle couldn't ask any questions in this state, so she nodded quickly;

"Okay, go back and rest first. You've worked hard today."

"No...it's not hard. Thank you for your understanding, Mother."

After Ji Xingle finished speaking, she was about to get up and leave. She glanced at the third princess and saw her wink. She paused, let out an "ouch", and fell to the ground.

The Queen and the Third Princess were so frightened that they jumped up from their stools.

"Are you OK?"

"Someone, call the imperial physician..."

The queen was extremely anxious. This was her top scholar, the lucky star of her Phoenix Kingdom. Nothing could happen to him.

The Third Princess was touched! She was really her good sister. She did this for her. She gave Ji Xingle a thumbs up behind the Queen's back.

Ji Xingle raised an eyebrow at her, and in response to the Queen's concern, he waved his hand and said;

"Mother Queen, I am fine. There is no need to trouble the imperial physician. I just thought of my master and felt a little sad..."

Hearing this, the queen felt guilty! She added another layer. She misunderstood her first, and unexpectedly provoked her sadness. Now she fell again.

The Queen refused to let Ji Xingle go no matter what and insisted on asking the Imperial Physician to see Ji Xingle. Ji Xingle insisted on leaving and the Queen said angrily;

"You can't even stand steadily like this, how are you going to walk?"

Ji Xingle looked around;

"You can ask someone to send me back. Since the Third Princess is here, can you let her send me back?"

"This...can you really do this?"

"Of course, don't worry, Queen Mother!"

At this time, the Third Princess stepped forward to support Ji Xingle and said;

"Yes! Mother Queen, please let me send Xingle back!"

Hearing this, the Queen repeatedly asked Ji Xingle about her health, and when she saw that she was really fine, she let the two of them go.

After Ji Xingle left, the queen thought more and more that she shouldn't have done that. She originally wanted to ask about her marriage, but she spoke too hastily and ended up disturbing someone else's sorrow.

Because of her behavior, the Queen gave Ji Xingle some gold, silver, jewelry, and medicinal herbs to replenish qi and blood.

As soon as Ji Xingle returned home, gold, silver and jewelry followed him. The Third Princess gave Ji Xingle a thumbs up.

"Only you can be so favored by the Queen Mother."

Ji Xingle rolled his eyes at her and ordered her to leave;

"Aren't you leaving yet?"

Hearing this, the Third Princess accused;

"Hey! You have no conscience. I just rescued you from the Queen Mother, and you chased me away without even giving me a sip of hot tea..."

Ji Xingle didn't buy it and glanced at her;

"Do you think I didn't see the distress signal you sent me in the imperial study just now?"

The third princess smiled awkwardly;

"Oh! Don't be so stingy, we are sisters! I will have dinner here tonight, and now I'm going to rest for a while..."

After the Third Princess finished speaking, she didn't wait for Ji Xingle to reply and hurried to the guest room.