The Rebirth of the Empress

The Little Xie Marquis

The Guang Wen Tang academy exam is held every tenth month of the year.

The academy examination is a test for every student in the academy, especially for the outstanding students who would show their talent and most importantly on that day there would be many high officials who would watch and the prince would look to the side. If there are good students, perhaps career opportunities will be available.

In short, one would show off his talent for others to see and one would become famous. This was why in every academy examination everyone would use all their energy and efforts to achieve the title.

At level two, Shen Miao's talent was the most extensive and would always stand above the crowd in the academy's examinations. Although Shen Qing was not as good as Shen Yue in terms of poetry, his calculation skills were among the best and would usually earn some top rankings.

If one were to talk about no achievements, the bottom line would be Shen Miao. He did not know any of his four scientific and arithmetic arts were the worst. In every academy examination, he had always embarrassed himself. Not to mention to show his talent, it would even be very difficult to pass the examination. Shen Miao in his last life was the one who was most afraid of the annual academy examination because he could only see Shen Yue and Shen Qing proud of their success and extremely envious in his heart.

And now as he looked, he only felt that they were just jealousy among the children. What kind of battle had he never seen before, the academy examination was really nothing in his eyes.

He looked at Feng An Ning and said, “What about the academy exam? I never thought of fighting for the top or bottom ranks. What to fight for?”

Feng An Ning was a little surprised for a moment because she did not think that Shen Miao would be so generous as to tell the truth of the matter. He looked carefully at Shen Miao in detail and asked, "You must be very hurt, otherwise, there wouldn't be such a big change in temperament, right?"

Shen Miao seems to have an overnight personality change from a dull person to a generous and confident person. It was like someone who shouldn't have it at this age. Since they were sitting at the same table, this change in temperament would only be more obvious.

"Yes that." Shen Miao smiled and said nothing more.

Perhaps due to the age of young women, their instinct is to respect the envy of others will be more mature than themselves. Shen Miao's movements changed Feng An Ning's attitude for the better.

After the accounting lessons were completed, the students went to the park outside Guang Wen Tang to play. The women were all at the academy playing chess or discussing about new poems but heard the sound of horses passing by.

"What's that sound?" Yi Pei Lan looked over.

"Let's go outside to see." Jiang Cai Xuan proposed as he pulled Shen Yue up, "Let's go and see what it is."

Shen Miao had no intention of joining the fun but it was Feng An Ning who turned around after taking two steps and grabbed Shen Miao's hand after thinking for a while, "Let's go and see!"

Shen Miao was somewhat surprised because Feng An Ning usually disliked him, let alone showed intimate movements. He was still confused but he had already been pulled out of the academy by Feng An Ning.

There were many students standing outside near the door chatting. As Feng An Ning's heart pulled at Shen Miao, they all stared in surprise. Shen Yue's eyes slightly flickered but he did not make a sound but it was Shen Qing who saw him and ridiculed him. Ever since she knew that Shen Miao also loved Prince Ding, she no longer hid her disgust or pretended.

But what's surprising is not this. Cai Lin had just walked out of the crowd and shouted from the shocked crowd, "Xie Little Marquis!"

Little Xie Marquis? Shen Miao looked outside.

But in the end it is not as dazzling as a person riding a horse.

The young man sat on a horse, wearing a black embroidered robe and a dark purple fur coat worn over it. His right hand lazily played the horse whip and the look on his sharp and handsome face. The corner of his lips was slightly raised like he was smiling but not and his eyes were extremely cold.

There was a young lady among the crowd who immediately blushed and not thinking what this place was, she boldly threw a silk handkerchief folded into flowers to the young man. Ming Qi was a liberal and tolerant country of rules between young men and women.

The silk flower fell into the young man's embrace and he twisted it in his hand as the corner of his lips formed a smile. The young lady who threw the silk flower immediately flushed red because she had already become a fool in love.

In the next moment, the stubborn and stubborn young man's smile disappeared. The silk flower fell to the ground and landed under the horseshoe of the red horse, smashing it into a messy ball.

He lazily sat up straight, as if there was a strong evasion born naturally but because of his handsome face, it magnified his attractiveness. He had the innate ability to let someone not take their eyes off his presence.

What a cold and evil man.

Yi Pei Lan muttered, "This is the little marquis of the Xie family."

Shen Miao raised his eyebrows. The little marquis of the Xie family, Xie Jing Xing.

Most of the many old aristocratic ship families in Ming Qi accompanied the late Emperor in the founding of the country and achieved meritorious service. After several generations, the title of nobility was only a name and was empty in it. But some families become more prosperous and live well.

Like the Feng family who were literary officials, there were also generals who were like the Shen family. If one were to say that the Shen family had a bloodline of military background, it was because they all led the troops to fight and were recognized as honest people. Then there was the Xie family who had military power in their hands but were always washed away and His Majesty was also helpless towards the Xie family.

There was most likely some line of rebellion in the bones of the Xie family. All the deeds they did were truly humiliating, such as ignoring the orders of the capital to retreat thousands of miles away and continue to chase after the retreating enemy. In the end, they still glorified it as 'a general should judge and act according to the real situation on the battlefield and thus not need to obey all orders'. But the Imperial family was helpless against the Xie family, as they were invincible in battle.

The Shen family and the Xie family had an opposite relationship and this was of course provoked by the previous Emperor on purpose in order for checks and balances to stabilize the court. The views of Shen Xin and Xie Marquis were never in line because Shen Xin did not approve of Xie Ding's strange tactics and orthodox methods. Xie Ding did not understand why Shen Xin was still dependent on military books during the battle and was so conservative that she was inflexible. The two families, other than fighting in court, did not have any interaction so the late Emperor was happy to see such an arrangement.

After Xie Ding's wife died, Xie Ding did not remarry another wife. There was only one concubine's household and the concubine had two sons. This meant that Xie JingXing had to be brothers with Shu from the same father. Perhaps Xie Ding was saddened that the mother of Di's son died young and wanted to make up for it, so she had cherished Xie Jing Xing since young, making Xie Jing Xing develop an undisciplined and unrestrained temperament.

Even so, Xie Jing Xing was a brilliant person. Other than her nonchalant nature, she was smart in lessons and had a famous noble trait in Ming Xi, otherwise, many women would not secretly admire her.

Too bad. Shen Miao's heart sighed. This incredible young man, in the end, had an arrow shot into his heart and hung after skinning his skin, a tragic end.

Perhaps his pitiful gaze was too obvious that the young man suddenly looked up and his eyes, which were as deep as stars, shone as if he did not understand his gaze.