Chapter 290
Chapter 290: Casting a Sachet Into His Wagon Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
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Jiang Pengji face split into a large smile as she came up with some evil ideas in her head . She took off the sachet that was hanging on her waist and cast it into the wagon .
Feng Jin was startled, but it happened so fast that he didn’t have the opportunity to stop her .
It wasn’t just Feng Jin who was shocked . She spooked Wei Ci as well, who was reciting Qingxin Formula in the wagon . He suddenly found there was something in his arms . He opened his eyes and found a delicate, light yellow sachet . The style was made for a man but it seemed like it was owned by a girl . It looked somewhat familiar to him .
He maintained control as he picked it up . There was the small character “Xi” embroidered into the corner of the sachet . His heart skipped a beat . He turned around, looked out of the window, and found a familiar shape leaning against the window of the tea house . She was leering at him .
Wei Ci turned his head back around with no expression on his face . He ground his teeth hard and his right hand clutched the sachet tight .
The sachet was rolled into a ball . His fingers turned white because of his hard grip but he still couldn’t calm down .
Jiang Pengji laughed . There was a sense of amusement in her eyes .
“Lanting, do you have a feeling about this Langjun?” Feng Jin had watched her toss her sachet into a stranger’s wagon and he couldn’t do anything to stop her .
“Why?” Jiang Pengji looked at Feng Jin and said, “I just simply felt that he was innocent and not pretentious, unlike the other gaudy guys . Didn’t you notice that he was the same with you? You are both natural beauties . ”
Feng Jin suddenly didn’t know how to respond . He felt that he couldn’t use the phrase “natural beauty” any longer .
He took a deep breath and reproved her, “Messing around is all right . But how could you give some personal belongings, like a sachet, away to some stranger?”
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“Don’t worry, I know him . It was just a joke and he won’t mind . I just wanted to spook him . ”
From what she knew about Wei Ci, she figured he wouldn’t complain to her even if he did have a problem with her actions .
She was sure that she had never seen him before she came to the Capital City, but somehow he didn’t just know her––he seemed to know her very well . It wasn’t some sort of familiarity to Liu Xi, but to Jiang Pengji .
It was so fun for her that she couldn’t help but make fun of it . She saw other people throwing handkerchiefs or sachets to the Langjuns in the wagons, so she tossed a sachet to him as well .
Jiang Pengji smiled and took a sip of tea . Feng Jin stared at her, feeling rather exhausted .
The wagons that came after Wei Ci were all people Jiang Pengji knew or at least had met a couple of times .
They were not the Langjuns who were born and grew up in the Capital City . The Langjuns in the Capital City were accustomed to the luxurious, but dispirited, dress code .
Master Yuanjing was a decent teacher who had decent students . Their dress was more like literati, but nothing like the aristocratic style of the Langjuns in the Capital City . What was more important, compared to those gaudy guys, their dress code fit the taste of the viewers in the streaming room more .
Every time a wagon drove by, the viewers who worshiped the pretty faces had to howl for a bit to express their thrill . They wished that they could have been there to give them some kisses .
Xiangchengwei Jitui: “I want to travel there . Then I can have the host at my back and I get to see the pretty boys . Maybe I can use the advantage of my knowledge of the poems from the ancient times to become a girl with a good reputation and social status . It’s very likely that I could finally marry a handsome and rich guy and achieve my life goal . ”
Sanbei Liangzhan Danjiu: “#Despise Emoji . Time traveling for you? You have to check yourself out in the mirror first . They value pretty faces in the ancient times much more . You know about the poems from the ancient times . Even if you are the reincarnation of Li Bai or Du Fu, it won’t do you any good if you don’t have a beautiful face . ”
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Xiangchengwei Jitui: “#Puking Blood Emoji . You didn’t have to strike me so hard . ”
The wagons with red ribbons drove into the Royal Leisure Palace one by one . They could smell the strong scent of flowers floating over the wall as they got close .
Wei Ci lowered his body and came out of the wagon . His emotions were settling . He had no idea where he left the light yellow sachet .
“Zixiao, I saw someone cast a sachet into your wagon . Who would be that bold?” Han Yu asked him when he was aware of what had happened .
Wei Ci kept his face cold and said, “Some ruthless nobody . ”
Han Yu seemed to be more sedated after what he had been through, but he was still as enthusiastic as always .
If it wasn’t an appropriate occasion for him, he would have pulled Wei Ci to the side and interrogated him about the earlier incident .
“Make sure Liu County Chief does not hear this, or else you won’t pass for the evaluation this year,” Han Yu said to him .
Wei Ci’s face still showed no emotion . The gentry clans at present had all been filtered through multiple times from different places . They were counted as the elites of Dongqing Dynasty . They would have all been able to pass, but also rank if there nothing went wrong .
Since Wei Ci was Master Yuanjing’s apprentice, if he ranked poorly, he would ruin Master Yuanjing’s reputation as well as his own .
It was Wei Ci’s first time attending the evaluation after he retrieved his memory . When they were parading in the wagon, the flourish and the bustling surroundings made him lose track of time until the small sachet was tossed into his wagon . It woke him up from his memory .
“I wonder what kind of questions Liu County Chief is going to ask us . Master told us our future was still unknown and we should stay still and cope with the changes . ”
Han Yu sighed secretly . With what his master was capable of, he definitely sensed something, or at least he had a lead, but he wasn’t going to disclose it to his students .
Wei Ci listened to him with his poker face . He did know what the questions would be––that was if nothing had changed .
But unfortunately, the General Evaluation Officer was replaced by Liu She . Who the hell knew what kind of questions he was going to give to them .
“We are familiar with Liu County Chief’s conduct . ”
Lv Zheng was speaking in a low voice with Cheng Jing and he overheard Han Yu’s conversation with Wei Ci . He kept his voice down and said to them . “You are?”
Han Yu looked at Lv Zheng with a grin .
“Master has said that Liu County Chief was a practical person . So my assumption is his questions have to have something to do with philosophy of management,” Lv Zheng suggested .
The evaluations over the past several years were mostly about making poems . A bunch of people were either grieving for the dreadful season or praising virtues .
According to the hearsay about Liu She, he was more like a pragmatic person .
The evaluation was set to elect the young elites for government purposes instead of seeking out was the best flatterer . Liu She seemed to differ from the former General Evaluation Officers . The other Langjuns adjusted their dress after they pried about Liu She’s preferences .
If it was for catering to Liu She’s taste, Jiang Pengji and her viewers in the streaming room would see a completely magnificent parade .
Wei Ci didn’t participate in their discussion . He just stood there and listened to them .
Han Yu asked him, “You normally care about this the most . Don’t you have any comments on it?”
He lowered his eyes . “If it wasn’t master’s request, I really wouldn’t be here . Therefore, no matter what kind of questions Liu County Chief asks, it won’t matter to me . ”
As long as he wouldn’t be the last one ranked, he wouldn’t bring shame on his master . He was just there for a show .
Wei Ci was guaranteed not be elected . Even he was full of talent as long as the election criterion of current Dongqing Dynasty stayed the same .
Han Yu seemed to remember something . He sighed again without saying anything .
Jiang Pengji and Feng Jin came along to the Royal Leisure Palace as well . It was nearly the end of autumn, but the flowers were blooming inside of the palace and some trees were blooming with bright red flowers; that was where the fragrance came from .
Beautiful views shined even more brilliantly while they were in pretty people’s company .