As expected, things will always develop in the direction that people hate the most. Li Shao now feels that this sentence is so reasonable.

Su Cen almost treats their house as her second home. She and Ye Ge'er visit each other very often. Now the two of them have quickly developed into super good friends and can talk about anything.

However, although he took up a lot of Ye Ge'er's time, which made Li Shao quite jealous, Ye Ge'er was indeed much happier to have a friend like him when he first arrived in the capital.

Li Shao was also happy, and with Su Cen accompanying Ye Ge'er from time to time to relieve his boredom, he could also concentrate on brewing medicinal wine with Shen An and inspecting other wine shops in the capital.

As their relationship became closer, Zhao Ye was surprised to find out that the brother Yuan that Su Cen mentioned was actually the emperor's younger brother, the Sixth Prince of the current dynasty.

After listening to Su Cen telling their childhood stories, although Su Cen's eyes were full of stars, Zhao Ye could still hear from it that they had only met a few times when they were young, and the so-called promise was probably just a joke of children.

But Su Cen took it seriously. She had always dreamed of marrying the Sixth Prince when she grew up. Moreover, as a young master of an official family, she actually had no chance to really get along with the Sixth Prince.

Zhao Ye always felt that the person he liked and wanted to marry was the brother Yuan in his imagination.

And Su Cen said that although the Sixth Prince did not marry a princess or a princess consort, he already had several concubines in the mansion.

In Zhao Ye's impression, people in the village were all poor, and it was hard enough to support one wife, so no one would marry a second one.

Although her husband was capable and wealthy, he only had him in his heart, so he really couldn't understand why Su Cen insisted on marrying a man with a concubine.

Out of concern for Su Cen, Zhao Ye advised him several times for his own good, asking him to find a man who loved and cared for him and only him.

Su Cen was not the kind of person who didn't know what was good for him. He knew that Zhao Ye said those things to him out of genuine good for his own good, but he really couldn't let go of his brother Yuan, so he pretended not to hear what Zhao Ye said.

Zhao Ye was at a loss, and could only hope that Brother Cen would suddenly wake up one day, or that the Sixth Prince would discover the good in Brother Cen and accept him, but what about the concubines in his family? It was really...

Soon Zhao Ye no longer had the mind to worry about Su Cen, because the day of the imperial examination was approaching.

There is a new guest in our home these days, Liu Wu.

The prices in the capital are already high, and so are the inns. Now that the military examination is underway, the prices of inns have risen outrageously, with prices changing all the time. Even so, people still have to scramble to get a place to stay. If you're late, you'll just have to sleep on the street.

Before they settled in the capital, Li Shao wrote a letter to Liu Wu, asking him to stay at his house when he came to the capital to take part in the imperial examination.

Although the place is not big, at least you don’t have to stay in an expensive and poorly maintained inn.

Liu Wu didn't want to trouble them at first, but when he arrived in the capital, he found that the cheapest and smallest room in the servant's room cost six hundred coins, and if he hesitated for a while, he would lose it. The only room left was the woodshed.

He felt embarrassed and moved into Li Shao's house. Li Shao and Zhao Ye both told him not to be so formal. They were good friends and fellow villagers, so they should take care of each other.

In the few days before the imperial examination, Zhao Ye took Shen Qing to a nearby temple almost every day to burn incense and pray to Buddha, praying that her husband would pass the exam.

Li Shao scoffed at this. He didn't believe in these gods and ghosts, but he didn't stop Zhao Ye.

If doing this can make Ye Ge'er feel at ease, Li Shao thinks it is worthwhile to contribute some money to those temples.

That night, after the two of them finished exercising, Zhao Ye snuggled in Li Shao's arms and said, "My husband, I heard from Brother Cen that there is a Wolong Mountain to the east of the capital, and the Wolong Temple on the top of the mountain is very spiritual."

"The abbot inside seems to be some kind of Zen master appointed by the emperor. I'm thinking of going to pay my respects to him in the next two days."

Li Shao thought about it for a while and couldn't help but frowned, "Wolong Temple? I have heard of it. It's quite far from here! It seems that it takes two or three hours to take a carriage one way."

"Yes, so we have to set out for Wolong Temple before dawn, arrive before noon, and then light a stick of incense and ask for the Buddha's blessing to show our sincerity."

"You are going to take part in the imperial examination soon, so just take a good rest at home. I will let Shen An accompany me."

"No! It's so far, and we have to leave before dawn, how can I not accompany you?!"

"But, husband, the day after tomorrow is your exam day, how can you not take a good rest?!"

"Don't worry. There are many people going to Wolong Temple to burn incense every day. We must have many fellow travelers along the way." After saying that, she looked at him pleadingly with her big eyes.

"Ah!" Seeing his pitiful appearance, Li Shao sighed helplessly, stroked his shoulder and said: "Well, since you want to go so much, wait until I finish the test, I will take you there, just the two of us."

"Ah?! My husband, the examination is over, how can we pray for the Buddha's blessing?"

"So what?! It will take another half a month for the results of the imperial examination to be released. We can go and pray after the exam. Isn't it a good opportunity for them to bless us during this period of time?"

Zhao Ye was left speechless by his unreasonable yet somewhat reasonable statement, but there was nothing he could do.

It seems that her husband will definitely not let him go to Wolong Temple without his company. They can only wait until they get to Wolong Temple, burn more incense sticks, and give more money. Then the Buddha and Bodhisattva will know their sincerity.

Then he said, "Well, husband, I'll listen to you. We'll go after you've tried it."

Li Shao was also satisfied. He bent down and kissed his forehead, then hugged him tightly. "You are so good. Go to sleep."

On the day of the imperial examination, Zhao Ye got up early and busied himself around Li Shao, dressing him, pouring water for him, picking up dishes and serving soup, etc. Liu Wu, who was watching from the side, praised his sister-in-law for being so considerate and virtuous.

In fact, Li Shao knew that Ye Ge'er was too nervous, so he held his hand and said softly: "Ye Ge'er, I can do it myself, don't bother me, you should eat quickly."

Zhao Ye then realized that she and her husband were too close in front of Liu Wu, and blushed, "Brother Liu, you eat too, don't be polite, I'm really making a fool of myself."

Liu Wu smiled and said, "No way! You two have such a good relationship, I can only envy you! I hope I can find a wife who is so like-minded in the future."

"And sister-in-law, don't worry too much. Brother Li is so capable, he will definitely have no problem taking the exam."

"Then I accept your good advice."

After the meal, they checked the certification documents and test cards they brought, as well as the dry food for lunch, and then Shen An drove the carriage with his family and set off.

Even Li Han and Li Jin followed. Zhao Ye felt that at such an important moment, the whole family should come to send her husband to the examination room. However, it was too early and the two children were carried into the carriage while they were still asleep.

When they were about 200 meters away from the examination hall, no unauthorized persons were allowed to approach, so Shen An found a place where he would not get in the way and parked the carriage there.

Before entering the examination room, Li Shao gave Zhao Ye a big hug and whispered in his ear, "Don't think too much. When I get in, I'll take the kids home to rest. Be good."

Zhao Ye nodded, and watched Li Shao and Liu Wu walk into the examination room.

Shen An said, "Husband, don't worry, the master will be fine."

Zhao Ye just looked at Li Shao's back, nodded and said nothing.

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