Women dressed as men: powerful officials

Chapter 158 My own justice, I seek it myself

The people in Wenhua Palace dispersed one by one.

Making a wish comes last.

When Tang Yi left, he looked at Xu Yuan and said coldly, "You are too ambitious."

It was drizzling. When Xu Yuan went out of Wenhua Palace, all the umbrellas outside had been taken away.

She remembered that she had brought an umbrella in the morning.

But at this moment, the place where the umbrellas were placed was empty.

Xu Yuan waited for a while, but Qi Shengxin didn't come back. Thinking of Song Xiuwen's smile, he couldn't help but understand.

Today is the game.

From the moment the examiner is changed, the game begins.

And she was the meat on the chopping board, at the mercy of others.

But why?

Why did everything fall on her?

Obviously, she has been working so hard to get it...

Xu Yuan walked slowly into the rain, looking for a way out of the palace.

At the beginning, she was trying to walk under the eaves, but in the end she was still soaked.

The winter rain is freezing cold.

It was as cold as the day when she was deliberately pushed into the river in Sishui County.

After making a wish, I felt numb all over.

When she walked out of the palace gate and the bustling sounds all around her reached her ears, Xu Yuan's confused thoughts finally became a little clearer.

The rain is getting heavier.

Xu Yuan waited at the palace gate for another quarter of an hour, but still did not see Qi Shengxin.

She looked at it numbly until the heat from her whole body was taken away by the wet rain, still staring at the palace gate.

Outside Xuyuan's house, the carriage was parked just right.

Bei Yao looked at the jade pendant in his hand, and a smile gradually appeared at the corner of his lips.

After laughing, he realized something was wrong, pursed his lips again, lifted the car curtain pretending nothing had happened, and asked Chen Shan: "Did you see Xuyuan?"

Seeing Beiyao's expression, Chen Shan hesitated for a moment and said hesitantly, "Third Master, it seems that Master Xu... failed the assessment."

"what?!"

"The news from the palace is that three students failed the test this time, including Xu... Hey, Third Master, where are you going?"

Before Chen Shan finished speaking, he saw Bei Yao getting off the carriage. Without even an umbrella, he walked straight into the rain.

Chen Shan hurriedly caught up with an umbrella and held it for Beiyao.

It’s not even now, but it has been cloudy and rainy for days, and the sky is as dark as dusk.

Chen Shan followed Bei Yao's steps and said, "I don't know the specific situation, but Master Xu is still at the palace gate. I think he is waiting for Qi Shengxin."

Xu Yuan and Qi Shengxin entered the palace together, so they should leave together.

Bei Yao knew this, so he did not wait at the palace gate to make a wish, but waited outside the wishing courtyard.

Hearing this, Bei Yao said, "If I had known earlier, I should have brought her into the palace myself, and she wouldn't have been bullied like this."

Bei Yao knew very well whether Xu Yuan was a real talent or not.

The questions for the Wenhua Palace examination are basically from the Ministry of People's Livelihood and are not difficult.

Making a wish is simple.

But if such a simple task couldn't be accomplished, it could only mean that someone was calculating the wish.

But making a wish has no place to redress grievances.

She entered Wenhua Palace to take part in the national examination and to overturn the verdict for the Xu family.

Now, she couldn't enter Wenhua Palace, which meant that she had to wait another year...

Bei Yao felt a pang of pain in his heart just thinking about this.

I think making a wish at this moment must have been even more painful.

Thinking of this, Bei Yao couldn't help but quicken his pace. Chen Shan, on the side, had to walk faster to catch up with Bei Yao.

The palace gate was not far away, and because of the rain, there were not many people on duty.

Beiyao saw Xu Yuan at a glance.

She stood beside the palace wall, her eyes were dazed, her hair was wet and stuck to her face, and her mess revealed a desolate look.

Bei Yao paused suddenly, took off his cloak, then took the umbrella from Chen Shan's hand, walked over quickly, and held the umbrella over Xu Yuan's head.

The wind and rain overhead are gone.

Xu Yuan was stunned for a moment before he saw Bei Yao in front of him.

Still wearing the black mask, she couldn't see the expression on his face, but she inexplicably felt that the person in front of her had the same complicated thoughts as her.

Xu Yuan forced a smile and asked, "Why are you here?"

"Put it on first."

Bei Yao handed over the cloak and said, "Winter rain is cold. It's easy to catch a cold if you get caught in the rain like this."

"I don't want to get wet in the rain. My umbrella is gone and no one is waiting for me. I plan to go back when the rain is lighter."

Xu Yuan put on his cloak silently.

The black cloak smelled of sandalwood, which was the scent of that person.

Xu Yuan suddenly felt some warmth in his body.

Beiyao is tall and his cloak is long, which fits him perfectly but drags on the ground when Xuyuan wears it.

Seeing the hem of his clothes falling to the ground and getting wet by the rain, Xu Yuan subconsciously lifted it up and apologized, "I'm sorry for soiling your clothes. I'll wash them and return them to you another day."

Hearing Xu Yuan's low voice, Bei Yao felt a sudden pain in his heart, and he pressed down Xu Yuan's hand that was holding up the cloak.

The hands that made the wish were very cold.

There was hardly any warmth.

Beiyao suppressed the urge to hold that hand in his palm and whispered: "The cloak is not important, what is important is you."

As he spoke, he raised his hand and gently brushed the hair away from Xuyuan's face.

"Thank you."

Xu Yuan looked up at Bei Yao, tears falling without warning.

She raised her hand to wipe it off, and then smiled and said, "It's also my own fault. Maybe Master Qi has already left, and I'm still waiting here foolishly, not knowing that I should go back first..."

Xu Yuan was still chattering, but the next moment, his voice suddenly stopped.

Bei Yao reached out and held her tightly in his arms.

She is cold and he is hot.

The scorching temperature seemed to burn her.

I dare not move when making a wish.

In the distance, Chen Hu came in a carriage. When he saw the scene over there, he turned around silently.

Chen Shan was the same. The two of them sat in the carriage, and neither of them knew what to say.

After a long while, Chen Hu said, "Shan, you spend the most time with the Third Master, could he really be gay?"

Chen Shan coughed softly and said in a low voice, "But... maybe?"

"Will the Third Master still marry Miss Song?"

Chen Shan shook his head, feeling that his heart was broken.

Before, he could still comfort himself that Beiyao paid more attention to Xu Yuan because he valued talent... But now... Chen Shan couldn't convince himself.

The rain is still falling.

Xu Yuan felt that his heart was like the surface of a lake, with ripples all over it.

Bei Yao didn't let go. He said, "I know you feel very upset. If you really want justice, no matter what it is, I can ask for it for you."

"No need." Xu Yuan smiled faintly, but his voice was cold: "I will ask for my own justice."

"I can help you." Beiyao let go of Xuyuan and reacted belatedly, "Sorry, I was rude just now."

No matter what.

He shouldn't have done that...

Seeing Beiyao's eyes full of guilt, Xu Yuan smiled and said, "I should be the one to thank you. Thank you. Without you today... I don't know how I should go back."

Beiyao understood the meaning of making a wish.

He was silent for a moment and said, "Well, if you can't wait, don't wait."

Wishing nodded.

Bei Yao looked back and saw that the carriage had arrived, so he said, "I'll take you back."

As soon as he finished speaking, Chen Shan walked over to the carriage with a serious face.

Beiyao frowned slightly and asked, "What's wrong?"

Chen Shan handed Beiyao a note. After Beiyao read it, his eyes remained on the paper and never moved away.

Seeing this, Xu Yuan said, "If you have something to do, go ahead and do it. I will buy an umbrella myself."

"Chen Shan, send Xu Yuan back."

Bei Yao crumpled the note in his hand, looked at Xu Yuan and said, "Go back and drink some ginger soup to warm yourself up."

Make a wish and nod.

Chen Shan took the umbrella and held it for Xu Yuan.

Bei Yao walked into the rain without looking back, in a hurry.

Only after Beiyao disappeared from sight did Xu Yuan say to Chen Shan, "Master Chen, thank you for your help."

Chen Shan did not dare to take credit for it, and immediately said, "It is my job."