novelraw Chapter 269: Zixiao Palace Exam
Chapter 269: Zixiao Palace Exam
The sky gradually lightened.
Xin Lin slept in a daze, and in her dreams, she seemed to hear a burst of voices outside.
"Your Highness Seventh Prince, you can’t go in, it’s too late, you should hurry to the Imperial Examination."
That seemed to be Ma Jingtian’s voice.
The master had said, without his permission, nobody should disturb.
Ma Jingtian stood at the door, blocking Noble Lady Shi and her son.
"No, I want to see Sister, if Sister doesn’t go, I won’t go either."
Xin Zhuo’s eyes were red and swollen, his little face full of stubbornness.
He didn’t want to go to the Imperial Examination alone. If there were hardships, they should face them together; he couldn’t possibly leave Sister behind.
"Ah, there’s no use going in, the master has his own methods to save the little girl."
With no other choice, Ma Jingtian had to bring up Gui Hu.
Corpse King Brother!
As soon as Little Xin Zhuo heard that, his eyes immediately brightened.
He knew it, Corpse King wasn’t such a cold-hearted person; with his intervention, everything dangerous would turn safe for Sister.
"Seventh Prince, if you don’t go to the Imperial Examination, all the hard work by the little girl will have been in vain. Don’t worry, with me here, both the little girl and your mother will be safe."
Ma Jingtian had to coax and deceive the mother and son to leave.
As the voice subsided, Xin Lin opened her eyes.
Recalling last night, she broke out in a cold sweat.
She had too much True Qi, she almost exploded and died.
After that, all she could remember were the panicked voices of Little Xin Zhuo and some sobbing sounds.
Hmm...there seemed to be the voice of Gui Hu teaching a lesson as well.
Xin Lin was about to think deeper when she suddenly remembered that today she was supposed to participate in the Zixiao Palace Exam!
There was no time to waste!
The door suddenly opened, Ma Jingtian was startled, turned around, and saw Xin Lin running out.
"Little girl, you’re okay? The master..."
Before Ma Jingtian could finish asking, Xin Lin had swiftly walked past.
She paused for a moment, saw the Sealing Spirit Talisman on the ground, without a second thought, she stuffed the talisman into her bosom and quickly headed towards North Square.
In North Square, unlike normal days, it was already filled with the Imperial Guard.
Ordinary civilians couldn’t get near North Square, today in North Square, the last test of the Zixiao Palace Exam would be conducted.
The chief examiner of this test was Emperor Long Ao.
The top ten candidates from the combined written and martial arts examination had gradually arrived before and around noon.
"How come you are alone, where is Xin Lin?"
Murong Ziyue was surprised.
The siblings were always inseparable, seeing Little Xinzhuo alone, Murong Ziyue frowned.
"Sister will be here soon."
Little Xin Zhuo gritted his teeth.
He believed, with the help of Corpse King Brother, Sister would definitely turn peril into safety.
"Little ghost, you better pray that your cheating sister doesn’t show up, otherwise, I will definitely give her a good lesson."
Jin Chen walked over with a haughty face.
After being struck down twice consecutively and receiving Empress Feng’s promise yesterday, his arrogance reignited.
Yesterday, he had specifically sent someone to follow little Xin Zhuo and Xin Lin; his man saw Xin Lin turn pale and collapse in front of a house.
This made Jin Chen even more certain that Xin Lin had cheated.
She must have used some special Elixir Pills, or a treasure, to fool the Longteng Stele and got second place.
Both Murong Ziyue’s martial arts test and Xin Lin’s martial arts test results were comparable, but as Murong Ziyue had performed better in the written examination, she was temporarily ranked first in the combined scores.