Part of me is relieved that nothing untoward happened to the 14 year old boy.
"Let him kneel!" the old man gritted out, voice shaking. "Let this ingrate confess his mistakes!"
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*10
"Young man, you're absolutely right again!" the shopkeeper said with incredulous respect. Even for a scholar, answering 15 questions in a row without any hesitation would be a challenge. And yet this poor lad in peasant's garb had achieved it.
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Not Yan Zhyuen. Yan Yun.
Wu Bin's lips curled downwards with displeasure, but he didn't speak up for Yan Zheyun.
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Yan Zhuen??? It should be Yan Yun, right?
Upon receiving her husband's unfair scolding, Liang Hui's face darkened too. "Yan Zheyun!" she snapped. "What did you promise me? How dare you continue to pester Bin Er!"
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Yup, that would be wonderful. But he wouldn't be able to produce an heir 😅
But now, after so many years without any good news from their daughters, these old men were starting to fret. Some even went one step further to imply that if the emperor didn't find any of the ladies to his liking, it would not be amiss, in these extenuating circumstances, to hold another round of drafts before the 3-year duration was up. This selection process was to pick a new bevvy of beauties. After all, half a decade had already passed, their younger daughters were now at a ripe age to enter the palace and support their older siblings.
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I think so too.
"Dispense with the formalities. Did you deliver the message to Taishi personally?" Emperor Xuanjun was referring to the grand preceptor. He had sent Cao Mingbao over to inform this mentor of his that he wanted to meet him in their usual place for dinner this evening. Ordinarily, the head eunuch wouldn't be used as a messenger when there was literally a thousand other eunuchs to go in his stead. But there was no way to guarantee that any of them would be loyal. And if word got out that the emperor was leaving the palace incognito later that night, Cao Mingbao would bet his savings that there would be an attempt on Emperor Xuanjun's life before they even reached the inn.
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The kitchens were a fairly long walk away, especially because Yan Zheyun decided to take a detour to avoid bumping into others. Mingyue was right. His face was capable of bringing calamity down upon him and the less others caught sight of him the better.
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A Costly Miscalculation
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Uhhh brother, euuuhhh 🤢🤮
"My Yun Er is more thoughtful than me," Wu Bin conceded, pinching Yan Zheyun's face affectionately like he was teasing a cheeky child. "But I want you to call me Big Brother in private, okay? Don't treat me like an outsider anymore."
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yes ❤️
Liu Yao could see why. Even he, famed for his perseverance, had lost control over himself during that carriage ride.
From CEO to Concubine
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