During dinner, I kept an eye on the words and deeds of this girl who called herself "He Youwei".

I want to know what kind of girl can make the young owner so obsessed.

I thought I was going to be lost, sad, and jealous.

Not really.

Even I was surprised.

She knows etiquette, behaves decently, is smart and cautious, acts sassy, and more importantly, for some reason, there is a faint shadow of a young owner in her words and deeds.

I can't help but think of one of my favorite stories when I listened to and sang songs in the Qinglou when I was a child.

"Female Champion".

She's like a female champion who came out of a script, and she can't be annoyed.

After "He Youwei" left, I often thought of her.

In the past, I always felt that as long as I was literate, read, and immersed in the academy, one day I would have the kind of bookish atmosphere that I liked.

But whenever I think back to her appearance, I always feel that even if I study for ten years, I can't learn her kind of words and deeds.

I also asked Shaodongjia about her identity, but Shaodongjia didn't tell me.

"There are some things that are blessed not to know." After the young owner finished speaking, he took a shallow sip of tea.

When he put down the teacup, a natural but imperceptible smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

I felt a shock in my heart.

Once upon a time, I had seen the same smile on another person's face.

The man with the butterfly had also smiled like this when he peeked at her.

The kind of admiration and joy that fills my eyes when I think of her, and I can't even hide the smile on the corner of my mouth.

It turns out that the young owner will also have such a look.

That kind of smile appeared on his face that had always been unsmiling, like a flash in the pan, clear and dazzling, and incomprehensible.

I suddenly understood a truth.

There has never been a person in the world who is as cold as ice, and the so-called cold is just because the other party is not the person in his heart.

It was as if I had been pricked by a very thin needle, and there was an indescribable pain. I blurted out, "The young owner is so special to her, do you like her?" ”

Shao Dongjia choked on a sip of tea, raised his eyes and looked at me in disbelief, and then smiled a little hastily: "How is it possible?" ”

He avoided my gaze, as if he had thought of something. The smile quickly turned into panic and confusion on his face, like a weak cover-up.

The young owner's panicked look made me realize that he probably didn't know that He Youwei was a girl.

I hesitated and didn't tell him.

After that, on two occasions, I found that the Shaodong family was always alone and stunned, and the sixth sense told me that he was thinking about He Youwei.

It's really hard to imagine that a person like him who is so rigid and polite doesn't know how to feel if he notices that he likes a man.

I have struggled with whether to imply to him that He Youwei is actually a woman.

But in the end, I gave up.

That's between the two of them, I don't know He Youwei's true identity, so it's better not to interject rashly. What's more, I once made a heavy oath not to reveal He Youwei's identity as a woman.

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On February 12, the spring list was released, and I followed Qin Yang to see the list.

There wasn't a single name on the list that I was familiar with.

I watched it carefully several times, but there was no Lin Yuxiu, no Guan Shengjie, and no He Youwei.

"This spring will be greasy! Others don't say it, this Zhuang Xiaojin can't even memorize historical theories, if he is really the champion of the test based on his ability, I am willing to take off his boots and study ink for him! ”

The sound of this is endless.

For two days in a row, people came and went in Wenxin Hall, most of them were unsuccessful candidates, they got together to discuss countermeasures, some went to the Ministry of Officials to petition, and some went to Jingzhao Mansion to put on the table.

I paid attention to the crowd of people coming and going, but I didn't find He Youwei.

I'm a little worried.

She dressed as a man to participate in the test, thinking that she had her own considerations. Now that I'm off the list, I don't know if I can't think about it.

When I was worried, He Youwei appeared outside the door of Wenxintang.

She looked a little distracted.

I comforted her and left her for dinner, thinking that there were still many students in Wenxin Hall who had failed to make the list, and with them, she might be able to relieve the depression in her heart.

However, I was wrong.

It wasn't until she put the bottle of poison and the Zhenguo jade seal in front of me that it dawned on me.

She didn't come here today to express her feelings, she came to me.

The first thought that came to my mind was, I was going to die.

The emperor is a woman. I also know about it. Is it still possible to live?

The second thought was, fortunately, she didn't tell the young owner that she was a woman.

After a moment of thought, a third thought came to mind, it turned out that the person that the young owner liked was the emperor.

I can't help but think of the recent young proprietors who are always full of energy when they mention the emperor, praising the emperor's hard work and decisiveness after he took office.

In the past, I always thought that it was the young owner's affection for the emperor, but now that I think about it, I feel that everything is different.

The emperor gave me two choices.

In fact, there was only one choice, she wanted me to follow her into the palace and keep my vows.

I looked at the bottle of poison and remembered that the young owner once said that the emperor was "always benevolent".

The young owner is right.

I'm still alive as proof of that.

While I am grateful for the emperor's benevolence, I am also a little anxious and worried about her.

No wonder she will be set up by the ministers, she looks like a gentle sheep who has broken into a world full of wolves, how can she deal with those bad people?

But soon, I realized that I was blind.

When I saw the emperor raise his sword to kill himself in order to save me, I was so frightened that I forgot to breathe.

Because she really looks like she's dying.

Her eyes were full of determination to die.

Under the bright moonlight, I suddenly remembered what the butterfly said to me that I had never understood—

"If one day you meet someone who is not afraid of life and death for you, you will understand."

I suddenly understood what kind of state of mind butterflies were in when they said this to me.

An impulsive state of mind that wants to be entrusted with life.

I just didn't expect that for the first time in my life, I met a person who worked hard for me, neither my father, nor my brother, or even my sweetheart, but a woman, a woman who was in the ninety-five supreme.

Obviously, for her, my death is the best choice, and it is absolutely safe.

She chose to sacrifice her life to save me.

The Emperor was furious.

It was the first time I had seen her angry.

That's when I realized how wrong I was.

This is the look that a sheep should have.

She was only sixteen years old, but people always forgot that she was only sixteen. She is a woman, but she always makes people forget that she is a woman.

The decisive royal spirit in her can only make people realize that she is an emperor.

I suddenly understood why the young owner didn't find out that she was a woman.

I also understand why the young owner likes her.

Because I like her too.