In October, many nobles in Beijing went to the Ministry of Officials to apply for the examination, and the name card was handed to the Inner Court Office for review, and the girls who had verified their identities and had a clean family background could enter the next round.

The official examination was held in the Imperial Annex, which was supervised by the officials of the Ministry of Justice and the Inner Court.

Qin E's name card was personally verified by Wen Rong, and she got the paperwork certificate written by the queen herself earlier than other girls.

Xiao Yuehuai personally sent it over, and when the letter was handed over to Qin E, she couldn't help but feel distressed when she saw her tired face and drooping eyes: "I heard about the day before yesterday." This Qi Yue also cares too much about your face, so it's okay to break it like this. ”

Qin E's face was ashen, and her eyes were silent.

"As soon as you look at it, you must have stayed up all night looking for this last night. Why are you bothered? ”

Xiao Yue chattered nostalgically, straightened her somewhat messy bun, and persuaded: "If you can't be angry, tomorrow I will find a few good hands to beat him up and make you angry." ”

Qin E grabbed the princess's wrist and shook her head: "I have already broken off with him, so there is no need to cause trouble." ”

Her eyes were slightly red, and she seemed to be still entangled and reluctant. Xiao Yuehuai saw it, but didn't dare to say more.

Long.

Qin E suddenly sighed and confessed, "You must be very strange. I like him so much, why did I end up falling out with him like this? In fact, it's not just because I'm tired, I don't want to run after him anymore, I don't want to be happy every day, and I don't want to violate my dignity. It's all the more because... The Qin family and the Qi family, the previous generation had a grudge. ”

"When my eldest aunt Qin Yi was young, she was as obsessed with Qi Jialangjun as I was, but she fell off a cliff and died the day before the ceremony. The case was convicted as an accident. When I was a child, I asked my father why my grandfather gave up the investigation because my aunt's death was obviously strange. My father didn't tell me why. ”

"After the Qin clan suffered a catastrophe, my father was afraid that I would follow my aunt's old path, so he told me the truth of the year."

"It turned out to be the Lang Jun of the Qi family, who was tired of her aunt's repeated entanglements, coaxed her aunt to go outside the city, and left her in the mountains, causing her to fall to the bottom of the cliff and break her bones."

"Such a cold-hearted son, he didn't feel guilty afterwards. The aunt sneaked out quietly without telling the clansmen, and this matter was deliberately made big by the Qi family, and the streets and alleys were accusing the aunt of being shameless, and she went out of the city with a foreign man and did not return all night. ”

"The Qi family is also somewhat involved in rumors, but scolding them is just a few words of Langjun's romance."

My grandfather cherished my aunt and couldn't bear to be insulted after her death, so he pressed the matter down, claiming that my aunt had gone to Zhuangzi to buy on behalf of the clansmen. The Qi family also took advantage of the situation to clarify the rumors. ”

"The one who killed my aunt was Qi Yue's uncle, Qi Heng."

"Qi Yue has been raised under his uncle's knees since he was a child, and his temperament is the same, and my father is very disgusted with him. Since the two families have such a big feud, how can I, as a daughter of the Qin family, only care about my personal feelings? ”

"Besides, though I have never met my aunt, I have heard many wonders about her from my people. She once made a waterwheel that even the Ministry of Industry could not simulate, and once cast many strange gadgets, she can build ships and pavilions, and she is really a wonderful person. But such a person is folded in the hands of the Qi family, so that people can't help but hate. ”

"The past cannot be traced, but it cannot be forgotten either. How can the pain of my father's loss of his daughter and his father's loss of his sister be worth the pain of my father's loss of his daughter? At this point, Qi Yue is already a passerby in my heart, and there is no possibility. ”

"I will never let my grandfather and father put up with the family for me, or even marry them."

Xiao Yuehuai listened quietly, and was particularly amazed in her heart. I really didn't expect that there would be such a relationship between the Qin and Qi clans, and such a deep hatred and estrangement had already cut off the road between Qin E and Qi Yue.

They can only go their separate ways.

Qin E said these words, as if relieved, and cheered up little by little: "Ah Huai." I have no one to say these things. I can only talk to you. After today, I will run on a new path, and I will wave the flag and shout for me. I won't let you down. ”

Her resolute face showed her determination to win.

And Xiao Yuehuai only had pity in her heart, she stepped forward and hugged Qin E tightly, and whispered, "I believe you." ”

After noon, incense sticks were lit in the orchid bamboo building of the annex.

The official in charge of the ministry ordered the clearance, and the little maid who accompanied the girls to take the exam went to wait outside the garden. Xiao Yuehuai also left Qin E's residence.

Out of the Zhu Gate, I saw the Qi family's carriage parked under the weeping willows, Qi Yue sat on the carriage, staring at the towering red wall and blue tiles with empty eyes, and his expression was lonely.

Xiao Yuehuai glanced at it, and turned neatly to go to his car.

"His Royal Highness Huaicheng."

Qi Yue called out and jumped out of the carriage and walked towards her.

Xiao Yuehuai stopped her steps and frowned.

"Since Your Highness saw the minister, why did you pretend not to see it?"

Xiao Yuehuai flicked her sleeves, and her voice was cold: "This princess has moved to the house these days, and there are many things waiting to be cooked, and she has no time to catch up with Lord Qi, and look at Lord Haihan." ”

After saying that, she raised her feet and left, but Qi Yue chased after her.

"I know what the princess is hiding. Presumably, the princess had heard about the day before yesterday. I'm here today just to ask the princess, do you really want to push your friend into the fire? ”

Lang Jun asked, with a lot of annoyance between her words, as if she had done something wrong.

Xiao Yuehuai looked back and glared at him coldly, anger burst out of his eyes: "Lord Qi, is this the princess regarded as a prisoner in your prison?" ”

Qi Yue didn't squint: "The minister didn't mean that." The minister just complained about Qin Niangzi. ”

Hearing this, the girl laughed out loud and sneered: "I didn't know that Lord Qi had such a good heart, and I used to chase you with heartbreak and sadness, and I didn't see you giving mercy." Is this going to be a tone? ”

She scolded unceremoniously: "Qi Yue, I really don't know how your heart grows? When she has a deep affection for you, you are self-contained and refuse to give you any hope. She took her heart, but you posted it regardless of it. ”

"Are you going to keep annoying her like this?"

Qi Yue was stunned, Fang Cai's annoyance was cut in half, and he lowered his head a little frustrated at the moment: "I know." The Qin family went through this difficulty, and I was very afraid. So... When she was in prison, I wrote the marriage letter, thinking that when Qin Gelao's case was over, I would come to the door to propose marriage..."

Xiao Yuehuai interrupted him: "But that's not what she wants anymore." ”

Qi Yue asked, "Then what does she want... Whatever I can, I'll give it to her. ”

Xiao Yuehuai was indifferent: "In the past five years, she has been covered in bruises. At this moment, she categorically will not look back. You can't give what she wants now. She wants to fight for herself, and if you stand in her way, she will only hate you more. ”

When the words fell, she didn't bother to say more, turned sideways into Qi Yue, and quickly got into the car.

Outside the car curtain, Qi Yue asked the last sentence: "Your Highness, she gave up on me... Is there another reason, right? ”

Listening to the words, this Lang Jun didn't seem to know anything about the past of the Qin and Qi families.

She thought for a while, and simply made her words clear: "Go and ask your good uncle." ”