My husband is a sick cat

The so-called Xiaoyaoju is actually a large comprehensive amusement park, which has places for listening to music, performing dances, and storytelling. There are also small places for people to gather and have fun, including games such as pitching pots, which are suitable for women to play.

Of course, there are also places for horse racing and handball. It can be said that whatever you want to play, you can find it here.

After listening to Fu'an talk about many famous young masters and young ladies in the capital, Lu Jian and others were brought by him into Xiaoyaoju. It was obvious that everyone here knew him, so he was not stopped when he brought Lu Jian and others in. On the contrary, they were treated very well.

However, since he had just arrived, Lu Jian had no intention of being in the limelight, so even with Fu An leading him, he only took a quick look at some places and then left. However, he did see the two people mentioned by Fu An.

One of them is the second young master of the Wang family who is good at music and dance. He is indeed graceful but not feminine at all. Although we only see him sitting at an angle at the table, we can tell that he is a romantic man, surrounded by many men and women.

When he was about to leave, he met Miss Xiao Qingluan, who was raised by the Queen. However, when he saw Miss Xiao, Fu'an subconsciously hid so as not to be seen by the other party. After the other party left, Fu'an said that it was Xiao Qingluan.

The women Xiao Qingluan and Lu Jian saw here were indeed different. At first glance, she looked heroic and walked with great vigor. She could tell at a glance that she did have some martial arts skills, but unfortunately they were not solid enough.

But these had nothing to do with her. An hour had passed since she followed Fu'an out of Xiaoyaoju. She asked Fu'an to lead the way and took Lu Yao to buy some special snacks from the capital before she took them back.

When they returned to the courtyard, everyone else had already left and returned to their rooms. Only Tang Ying and Lu Feng were left in the courtyard. It was obvious that the two were waiting for them. Seeing them return, Lu Feng did not stay long and left with Fu'an.

Lu Jian kept two of the food he bought and let Lu Yao take the rest away.

After following Tang Ying back to the room, Tang Ying asked her with a smile where she had been to play and why she had been away for such a long time. Lu Jian then told her everything Fu An had said to her along the way, and then described various places in Xiaoyaoju.

Tang Ying listened quietly. After Lu Jian finished speaking, she looked at Lu Jian and said softly, "You don't have to ask about these things. I will know them in the future."

Lu Jian just smiled and didn't say much. In fact, both of them guessed some things from what Fu An said. Especially Tang Ying, who already had some guesses about Lu Feng's identity, and now with what Fu An said, he could almost determine Lu Feng's true identity.

This Lu Feng should be Gong Mingfeng, the cousin of Gong Jing'an, the eldest son of the Gong family. It is said that this man's mother is from the Lu family, so this pseudonym is actually reasonable. Moreover, given the status of the Gong family, it is normal for the other party to conceal his identity.

However, when he thought that his business partner was the Gong family, although he had not yet met the head of the Gong family, and most of the messages between the two were passed on by the shopkeeper, the two did exchange letters. He wondered if Gong Mingfeng would be surprised when he found out.

A night passed, and Gong Mingfeng came again early the next morning. This time he said he wanted to take Tang Ying to see a house. After all, the others had no intention of settling down in Beijing, so they naturally didn't need to buy a house in Beijing. But Tang Ying wanted to settle down here, so buying a house was a very important thing.

However, the capital city is different from Lin'an City. People of different status have different requirements for where they live. Ordinary people like Tang Ying can only buy an ordinary small courtyard to live in, and the place can only be half the size of the house in Lin'an City.

But even for a house this big, the price is ridiculously expensive. Gong Mingfeng knew Tang Ying's ability and determination, so he naturally would not let him live in such a place, so he took Tang Ying directly to see a two-courtyard house under the name of the Gong family.

The courtyard was not big, but it was very exquisite and the location was also very good. However, one was not qualified to live in such a courtyard without an official position, so after Gong Mingfeng let Tang Ying take a look, he let Tang Ying stay there first and did not mention any business matters, telling him to talk about the transaction after he gained fame.

Tang Ying was very satisfied with the house. The price Gong Mingfeng asked for was not high, it could only be said to be the cost price, so he did not refuse. Sometimes accepting other people's kindness may not necessarily be a bad thing.

After the deal was settled, Tang Ying asked Zhou and the others to move in, but he himself continued to live in the inn. His purpose was naturally to review his lessons with everyone and prepare for the upcoming imperial examination.

In a blink of an eye, it was time for the imperial examination. It consisted of three consecutive tests and took a very long time. If Tang Ying's body had not recovered a lot, she probably would not have been able to hold on. But even so, when the imperial examination was over, when Tang Ying came out of the examination room, she looked extremely haggard and her face was pale.

This made Zhou and Lu Jian very distressed, so they took Tang Ying back home. After a few days of rest and nourishment, Tang Ying finally returned to normal. During this period, the results of the imperial examination came out. As expected, Tang Ying won first place again and became a member.

However, among the others, only Qin Tong, Yu Ning and Gong Mingfeng were admitted, while the others failed. It was also on this day that everyone knew Gong Mingfeng's real name and identity.

In fact, only someone with Gong Mingfeng's identity could have his identity concealed by the examiners in the previous provincial examination, otherwise he would have been exposed long ago. However, after knowing Gong Mingfeng's true identity, although everyone accepted it quickly, they were still somewhat uncomfortable in their hearts.

Among them, the one with the highest status is Qin Tong, and he is just the nephew of a county magistrate. Gong Mingfeng's status is too high, and it seems like there is an extra layer of estrangement. Perhaps this was already expected by Gong Mingfeng, so he has been hiding it.

Fortunately, Tang Ying and his family didn't care about his identity and treated him as usual, which made him feel much more comfortable.

The Palace Examination will be held shortly after the results are announced. In fact, those who have passed the Joint Examination are already Jinshi. The Palace Examination is just for these Jinshi to take the exam again and rank them. There will be no one who fails.

Although Zhang Hai and others failed in the imperial examination, they did not leave. They also wanted to see if Tang Ying could achieve the achievement of passing the imperial examination.

Naturally, there was nothing to say about Tang Ying's results, but it was said that when ranking the candidates, the emperor actually wanted Tang Ying to be the third place. After all, Tang Ying's appearance was too outstanding, and the prime minister felt that it was inappropriate to ignore the fact that Tang Ying had the best results just because of his outstanding appearance.

So in the end, Tang Ying still became the top scorer and achieved the achievement of passing the top three exams.

Naturally, there would be a parade through the streets for the top scorer after passing the imperial examination. Tang Ying didn't like it, but he had to participate, so he had to go with a cold face. Fortunately, many people knew that he did this because he was married and was afraid of attracting other women, otherwise he would probably be sued.

However, even so, he blocked the admiration of many unmarried women, but he was still favored by the eldest princess who happened to be out of the palace for a trip. The eldest princess was the emperor's sister, nearly ten years younger than the emperor.

It is said that the empress dowager was in poor health after giving birth to the eldest princess, so the eldest princess could be said to have been always by the emperor's side and was raised by him. When she was a child, she was taught to read and write while the emperor held her in his arms.

Except for the emperor's crown prince, none of his other children had such an honor, which shows how favored the eldest princess was.

The eldest princess, who was favored by the emperor, had a somewhat domineering personality. Apart from the emperor and the empress dowager, even the empress was said to be unable to control her. Now she was nearly eighteen years old but still unmarried. The emperor was extremely troubled by her marriage.

The empress dowager had shown many talented young men to the eldest princess, but unfortunately the princess didn't like any of them. This time, she took a fancy to Tang Ying. She returned to the palace before the parade of the top scholar was over, and went straight to the emperor, saying that she had taken a fancy to Tang Ying.

The emperor was very surprised by the eldest princess's words, and immediately told her that the other party was already married and he could not use the imperial power to force him to divorce his wife and marry another one. However, the eldest princess refused and went to the empress dowager to cry.

The emperor actually thought highly of Tang Ying's literary talent. If such a person was trained, he might become a loyal minister in the future, so he did not intend to let his sister harm him.

But in the end, after the Empress Dowager's crying and the eldest princess' constant crying, even the Empress was troubled and the Emperor had to agree. But there was one condition, that is, unless Tang Ying asked the Emperor to marry the eldest princess herself, he would not force the other party.

With the emperor's consent, the eldest princess went to the Tang family with full confidence and told Tang Ying in a condescending manner that he should divorce his wife and marry her. This almost made Lu Jian attack her. The next day, Tang Ying submitted a memorial requesting to return to his hometown to recuperate.

Generally, the top three in the palace examination would be arranged to take up positions in the Hanlin Academy or other places, so that they can get in touch with officialdom earlier and prepare for their future careers. But now the imperial edict has not come down yet, and Tang Ying did this, and no one can accuse him of disobeying the order.

Although it is true that Tang Ying is in poor health, she is not yet at the point where she needs to return to her hometown to recuperate, so anyone with a discerning eye can tell the real reason.

When the emperor saw the memorial sent by Tang Ying through the Gong family, he almost laughed out of anger. It was only then that he knew that Tang Ying actually had connections with the Gong family.

To be honest, the Gong family was one of the heroes who supported him to ascend to the throne. However, the Gong family did not like officialdom and only liked to make money, so he only gave them the status of imperial merchants and did not let them serve as officials. However, the Gong family had a daughter who was a concubine in the palace.

Although this concubine was not as high-ranking as the queen, nor was she as favored as the imperial concubine, she had a special status in the harem, so the Gong family was a family that could not be underestimated. Otherwise, with Gong Mingfeng's identity, he would not have been able to make an engagement with Xiao Qingluan. After all, Xiao Qingluan was the legitimate daughter of the General's Mansion.

Another point is that the current head of the Gong family, Gong Jing'an, and the emperor grew up together. It is not an exaggeration to say that they are as close as brothers. It's just that most people don't know this.

So after reading the memorial, the emperor asked Gong Jing'an about Tang Ying. Gong Jing'an had met Tang Ying after Tang Ying became the top scholar, so he knew a lot about Tang Ying.

He first told the emperor about Tang Ying's talents, then talked about his cooperation with Tang Ying, and finally mentioned the matter between Tang Ying and Lu Jian. After that, he concluded that in Tang Ying's heart, the most important things were his mother and wife. If you mess with either of them, no matter who you are, Tang Ying would turn against you.

After hearing this, the emperor fell silent. He had previously thought that Tang Ying was a person of some talent, but he did not expect that his view was not comprehensive enough. Just as he was weighing the pros and cons, Gong Jing'an glanced at the emperor and added another sentence.

"Tang Ying's wife Lu Jian is no ordinary person either. She is very skilled in martial arts. I'm afraid no one in your palace can beat her. And as far as I know, she has another identity. She is from the Tianji Pavilion and her status is not low. It's not a good choice for you to touch her or her husband."

"Tianji Pavilion?"

The emperor never thought that he would hear the name of Tianji Pavilion again. He had never seen this mysterious organization, but he had heard from his father that his father was able to ascend the throne from a down-and-out prince who loved no one and had nothing, because of the help of Tianji Pavilion behind the scenes.

The most important thing is that the Tianji Pavilion does not belong to any country at all. It is said that this organization has bases in every country. They never get close to any royal family and only make a living by selling information. However, no country knows how powerful they are.

In the beginning, his father was able to get help from the Tianji Pavilion only as a reward for saving an elder of the Tianji Pavilion by chance. Now, his sister has fallen in love with the husband of someone in the Tianji Pavilion. No matter what the other party's status in the Tianji Pavilion is, this person cannot be provoked casually. After all, the Tianji Pavilion is famous for protecting its own children.