The Marquis' Wife

Murong Xianming's

Today is the day the exam takes place. Adelia woke up early to make sure the equipment and food would be brought by her husband.

"All have you prepared Lu Xiang? Check again what items you want to bring".

"Everything is ready, baby. Get some more sleep, you don't have to take me to the gate". Lu Xiang stroked his wife's cheeks while smiling gently.

Adelia nodded and kissed the palm that was stuck to her cheek. "Be careful on the road, baby. Answer the matter calmly and I'm sure you'll get the 1st champion like before".

Lu Xiang's smile grew, he cupped his wife's cheeks and kissed Adelia's soft lips so deep that she lost strength in her legs and rested on them.

"I'm going, baby".

"Yes. Be careful on the road, baby".

Lu Xiang again kissed those blooming lips so many times that Adelia laughed and beat him with a new spoiled he let go and hugged his wife for the last time.

"Take care of your health, baby, don't worry me, do you understand?".

"Yes yes, baby. Quickly leave".

Lu Xiang left reluctantly, he reached the building where the exam was conducted and met Song Yuan, Li Jin, Wang Tianjin who had just arrived like him.

"Chen Xirang and Zhang Yunlei haven't come yet?" Lu Xiang circulated his gaze looking for the two friends.

Even though it was still early in the morning, there were many students present to take the test.

"Yet. Uh! There's them".

Just now discussed, the two men arrived with anxious steps afraid of delaying the exam time.

"Ha~ I'm not late. We're not late Yunlei".

"Why did you guys just get here?" All five of his friends were both staying at the Academy so he was surprised that two of his friends had come apart from each other.

"We want to go to the bathroom first. Hehe" Chen Xirang scratched his head guiltily.

The six then queue and remember each other to be vigilant and continue to check their belongings so that no foreign objects enter the basket they carry.

Yamen officers began to examine one by one the scholars who would take the exam after calling out the name and place of their village.

Sheng-shih's examination was stricter than the previous examination because the consequences of punishment were more severe if they were caught failing to thoroughly examine the candidates.

An hour later, Lu Xiang and his friend were called. As before he had to remove his shirt and pants until leaving ************* only.

"I'm sorry for my unwillingness Xiefu Lu" The yamen officer knew Lu Xiang and tried not to leave a bad impression on the young man.

"You're just going through officer Li's duties, you don't have to apologize".

Lu Xiang spread out his hands so that the security guards would be more free to check his body and then go to the side to put his clothes back on.

That humble answer made the officers feel appreciated and pleased and the impression on Lu Xiang grew even higher.

Unlike the previous exam, Sheng-shih exam is held in the form of three sessions, one session will be given three days in solving the problem so that the black stamp does not apply to Sheng-shih exam, one session will be given three days in solving the problem so that the black stamp does not apply to Sheng-shih exam, there is no way scholars can resist not urinating in those three days.

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In a large and elegant residence, a man sat upright with a focused gaze, his hand holding a brush dancing on the paper, writing a poem that he wrote himself but in the middle of writing he stopped because he remembered something.

The man was sturdy and field-breasted, the, phoenix eyes and stern jaws showed masculine good looks but what made the man who was almost four heads felt different from the others was the clothes he was wearing.

The blue dongker hanfu outfit was more unique because it had the embroidery of dragon claws on its shoulders, everyone in the capital would know the oversized clothes that were specially worn by the crown prince.

"Juan".

A man dressed in all black clothes suddenly in front of Murong Xianming, he knelt down next to his feet and lowered his gaze.

"I am facing the crown prince, the blessed son of the dragon".

"Ha~, I told you not to call me that".

Murong Xianming resignedly by the rigid demeanor of his personal bodyguard, he propped up the face with one hand while his other hand knocked on the table in a monotonous motion.

"Today they arrived in Fucheng, right Juan?".

"Yes crown prince".

"Oh! Isn't today also Sheng-shih's exam day taking place?".

"Yes crown prince".

"Now the young man will come to the capital. I did not expect that such a brilliant idea came from a young man like him. Hahaha~ he even dared to figure out the political situation in the capital before setting foot here. Isn't he very attractive to Juan?".

He got word from Jansenxui that Lu Xiang was looking for information on the situation in the capital Nanjing and asked for his opinion on what they should and should write about.

Who would have thought that the owner of the Jansenxui shop that spread across the various provincial capitals was the crown prince, not even the Emperor knew about it.

This happened when he as the first prince was born, the Cheng family used their business connections to set up a Jansenxui store run by someone else.

They set up shop in a small town far from the capital in order to avoid the supervision of the Emperor and Jansenxui flourished to this day thanks to the management done by Murong Xianming who was then 17 years old when his grandfather handed him the ownership token.

Cheng's family has grown rapidly thanks to the title of Queen their daughter wore and the title of crown prince but since Queen Cheng died 8 years ago, the family's family has been under the throne, The emperor turned his affection to Yang Guifei and began to suppress the Cheng family so that the crown prince's maternal family would no longer be as successful as it was during his golden age.

Juan was silent, knowing that the crown prince did not need any answers.

"I like the character he has, I hear his wife is just as great as he is".

After knowing what information Lu Xiang wanted, Murong Xianming was curious and found out all the information related to Lu Xiang and was stunned by the wine given by Cheng Yuwen more than six months ago.

"You praised them too much the crown prince".

Murong Xianming shook his head in disapproval. "You underestimate them Juan, who are the poor women and men who can develop a business with a unique concept and give a brilliant idea that no other Jinshi scholar can think of? If only I hadn't tried to confirm that truth I might not have believed it myself".

Juan was silent for a moment and opened his mouth to ask. "Are you sure of their identity? They didn't pretend to be Lu Xiang and Miao Adelia? I'm afraid they're spies from other Kingdoms".

Murong Xianming laughed loudly. "At first I thought the same but there was no discrepancy whatsoever from the history of Lu Xiang and Miao Adelia's life, it all changed from Adelia who was forced to marry Lu Xiang. You don't have to worry, I'm pretty sure they're not spies".

Ever since the advantages possessed by Lu Xiang and wanted to recruit the young man, Murong Xianming told his men to find out the biography of Lu Xiang's life and his family from birth to the present day in great detail until he knew what had happened to the family so that he not thinking and suspecting of both being spies.

About the oddity that Adelia had for being able to make something that had never existed before, Murong Xianming did not care because he also benefited from it.

Thanks to the wine that Adelia made, he received appreciation from the Emperor and his men were trusted by the owner of the Murong Kingdom.

"Juan, tell Cheng Yuwen to get back into a relationship with Lu Xiang's wife, I heard he made another wine called wine rosella? Hahaha, that woman was so brave as to lie to my cousin to no longer make wine for her, such a brave woman".

"He and Lu Xiang knew that the Cheng family was your maternal family so didn't want to be linked to you when they moved to the capital".

"Haha! Aren't they very attractive to Juan? Just this time there are people who want to get away from you and not do anything to be in my umbrella of power".

"They are rational and not greedy. I think they want to live a simple and inconspicuous life".

Murong Xianming agreed with Juan. "Then what do you think makes a person who wants to live a simple life like Lu Xiang start to thirst for power?".

"Hamba doesn't know sir".

"Family!, I heard Lu Xiang was so affectionate with his wife that he refused the proposal and even said he did not want to have a concubine".

Juan's eyebrows shot up. "Do you believe in the rumors?".

"Believe but not completely. It was because he had yet to set foot into the capital, didn't the other scholars think the same as Lu Xiang".

"Yes sir. I'm sure Lu Xiang makes no difference".

Which men are at home with one woman alone, especially when the polygamy system is required. He was convinced that Lu Xiang had not yet obtained a golden opportunity, the young man had such deep thoughts and high judgment that the proposal did not make him waver.

Without Lu Xiang and Adelia noticing, the crown prince had already put his gaze and attention on them before they went to the capital.