"Finally willing to co out?"
Su Pan’er snorted coldly, raising the whole roast lamb she was holding. With a face expressing both distress and infinite sighs, she said, "Why did you run out so quickly, can’t you let be disappointed just once?"
She sincerely hoped that for once she could be disappointed, but unfortunately, that gluttonous rascal pig was beyond reform.
"Hehehe, Pan’er, good Pan’er, good Pan’er..."
The rascal pig kept shaking its head and wagging its tail, that tiny pigtail swirling even more gracefully than a dog’s.
It opened its pig mouth wide, inching ever closer to the whole roast lamb.
The next mont, the whole roast lamb was even farther away from it!
Su Pan’er stood in the middle, blocking its path and preventing it from lunging forward, "Few co, hand over the dog and the crested myna! Otherwise... huhuhu!"
"Little piggy, where’s Luo Luo? Where’s Luo Luo?"
Yan Yan was unaware of what Su Pan’er was thinking, but she was quick to run over and ask at the sight of the rascal pig.
As expected, the Empress Mother knew how to do it, once she said to find the little pig, the little pig was indeed found!
Luo Luo?
The rascal pig then rembered, it had left Luo Luo behind!
Just then, Yan Yan let out a joyous shriek and promptly dashed past the rascal pig towards the other side.
The rascal pig looked up only to see the dog, with Luo Luo’s birdcage in its mouth, ambling over sowhat unsteadily, its tail gently swishing behind, steps neither hurried nor slow.
The crested myna Luo Luo had clearly been tornted quite a bit these past few days, and upon seeing Little Yanyan, was ecstatic!
"Save , save ! The pighead is going to eat a bird, the pighead is going to eat a bird!"
The crested myna flapped its wings non-stop, jumping around excitedly.
The rascal pig’s piggy eyes narrowed slightly.
It seed this little bird was courting death!
Just as it was about to get angry, a Loud Chestnut hit its forehead.
"Don’t you dare have any devious ideas about it!"
Su Pan’er glared fiercely as she warned, "If it’s missing a single feather, I will hold you accountable! Do you understand?"
With a talent for judging the situation second to none, the rascal pig imdiately smiled with narrowed eyes, "Hehehe, how could I? It’s a good brother to Pig Grandfather here, I would harm anyone but it! Pan’er, good Pan’er, isn’t that right?"
Whether that was right, she didn’t know, but she did know that her patience had its limits!
Perhaps sensing Su Pan’er’s impatience, the rascal pig behaved exceptionally well in the following days, staying by Little Yanyan and Little Sugar Bean all day long, showing ample patience.
It had long calculated that Su Pan’er couldn’t keep her eyes on it incessantly.
And Su Pan’er indeed couldn’t keep her eyes on it all the ti!
Ke’er still had two more exams, and the won in the Imperial Palace recently were recklessly active, causing Su Pan’er to suppress a surge of anger. She forcefully held it back, planning to deal with everything slowly after the Autumn Imperial Civil Service Examination was over.
On the other hand, once Su Pan’er left, Su Ke quietly brought Su Lao Si and Patriarch Su into the room and secretly discussed what happened in the exam room.
"This exam, Ke’er noticed... sothing might be wrong."
Su Ke lowered his voice, speaking particularly softly.
Patriach Su, a man with worldly experience, imdiately tensed up at the words and quickly lowered his voice as well, "What’s wrong? Could it be... the exam questions were incorrect?"
"Hmm. Indeed, it was not right!"
Su Ke nodded vigorously, "On the evening before going to the examination site, my classmate and good friend Xue Qian was called out by soone. At that ti, I was busy reviewing and didn’t pay much attention to it. Unexpectedly, he ca back in the middle of the night, woke up secretly, and said he had sothing good to show ..."
Su Ke hesitated to continue.
"What good thing did he show you?"
Su Lao Si narrowed those seemingly honest and simple eyes.
"It was... it was three questions! The exam questions..."
Su Ke’s words were almost inaudible.
Yikes!
The brows of both Su Lao Si and Patriarch Su twitched uncontrollably!
Even though they were rural folks, both Su Lao Si and Patriarch Su clearly understood what this implied!
"True, you guessed one correctly?"
Patriarch Su’s tone trembled as he spoke!
"Hmm, I guessed one question correctly..."
Su Ke said softly, then hurriedly added, "But there are still two more exams! Who knows what will happen in the next two..."
If he were to guess correctly on the remaining exams as well, it would no longer be as simple as just guessing the questions right!
Patriarch Su and Su Lao Si were both acutely aware of the terror involved, and Su Lao Si quickly rushed to the door, opened it to look around, and, seeing nothing unusual, hastily retreated back in and carefully closed it before pulling Su Ke into a corner to ask in a low voice.
"This matter, have you spoken of it to anyone else?"
"Father, this is a matter of great importance, how would Ke’er dare to ntion it lightly to others?"
Su Ke said with a bitter smile, "I’ve even kept it from Pan’er. However, Xue Qian must have realized the seriousness too, for when we left the examination site, we saw the fear in each other’s eyes. If..."
"Don’t panic now, don’t frighten yourself."
The older, the wiser!
Patriarch Su acted much more experienced in such matters, "No one outside is talking about it yet, so I think not many people know. Rember to keep your distance from those around you, and do not give others the opportunity to fra you. Aren’t there still two exams to take? You must concentrate and do well!"
"Rest assured, I’m well aware of these things, but what worries is that this may implicate Pan’er..."
Su Ke showed a bitter smile.
He had deliberately concealed the matter from Su Pan’er to prevent her from knowing too early; she would not only be unable to help but might also involve Pan’er, leading to loss rather than gain.
"His Majesty is not a man who goes back on his word. Those who want to fra your sister will have to see whether His Majesty believes them or your sister!"
Patriarch Su spoke confidently and then encouraged Su Ke, "No matter what others say, just rember to do your best on the exam! As for the rest... trust that heaven will be just."
Heaven certainly was just, but it was feared that heaven might also be asleep sotis.
Because of the leaked exam questions, Su Ke paid extra attention to the expressions of those around him the second ti he entered the examination room.
The second exam, like the first, lasted three days. Though it was said to be three days, in reality, the first day was for entering the examination site and the last day for leaving. The actual ti for answering the questions was only the second day, starting in the morning with the distribution of questions and a whole day to answer them, ending at dusk when the papers were to be submitted. If the questions were not finished by nightfall, each student was given three small candles, and they had to submit their papers before the candles burnt out. As soon as the candles in the Cabin had extinguished, the Chief Examiner who was supervising would co to collect and seal the papers.
Perhaps because it was the second exam, the students’ faces were noticeably more relaxed than during the first exam.
This ti, Su Ke still wore light clothing into the site and brought not only Silver Charcoal but also Big Pancakes, rice balls, fruit, and additionally carried eggs and Braised at.
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