Because he stood in the bright place, it only made people feel that the skin was a little transparent, revealing a complete morbidity.

Those sharp facial features, but in such paleness, became more and more conspicuous.

His expression was as calm as ever, and he couldn't see anything.

But when Lu Jinxi asked, he couldn't help but look up at her. This mother-in-law, with beautiful eyebrows, just leaned on the throw pillow and looked at him, seemingly caring.

So, all those absurdities last night appeared in front of my eyes...

The palms hanging on the side, wrapped in the sleeves, were quietly tightened.

Xue Tingzhi lowered his eyes and replied respectfully: "Yesterday at Baiyue Lake, I was a little cold, but it's not very disturbing."

"Is this not a problem?"

Lu Jinxi still wanted to say "care", but somehow, she remembered what the bluebird and egret said this morning, and she settled down with the girl named Xiangzhi next to Xue Tingzhi.

It's pale, isn't it?

cough.

Lu Jinxi thought about it for a while, so he just lifted the tea cup covertly, took a sip and said, "Although you are young, your body is not as good as ordinary people.

This word...

How to hear it, why it doesn't taste very right, it seems to mean something.

It's not that Xue Tingzhi didn't know that Xiangzhi suddenly added monthly money in the morning, but when he heard the report, his mood was different from the calm he thought.

Cold, hurried, and a little embarrassed.

The woman in front of her was her nominal mother.

She was twenty-seven years old, had several children, and was the widow of Xue Kuang. Now she looks like an elder, talking like this, to mention him.

But at this moment, the only thing in his mind was the trembling voice he heard when he stood outside the orchid room of the Yuewei Pavilion that day...

Every word, every tone, is like an ant, gnawing at his reason.

At that time, he suddenly understood his dirty thoughts.

The fingers on the side of the body secretly squeezed tighter.

Xue Tingzhi closed his eyes, and then calmed down the bloody smell that suddenly came out of his throat and the hot air in his chest, and said calmly, "Thank you for your concern, Tingzhi remembers it."

"sit down."

Lu Jinxi looked at him, and only felt that his expression seemed a little strange, but he didn't think much about it, he just thought that what he said was too "meaningful".

After Xue Tingzhi was seated, she picked up the "Anti-Jing" that she had put down before, and handed it to the maid next to her, asking her to give it to Xue Tingzhi.

"I have almost read your book, so take it back."

"Yes."

Xue Tingzhi took the book from the maid's hand, and then, to Lu Jin's surprise, saw the golden flower note sandwiched between the pages of the book, and was slightly startled.

Almost subconsciously, he flipped the page, and the light-blue gold-painted paper fell to the ground.

"Mother, this is..."

Xue Tingzhi seemed to be unresponsive, and there was some hesitation in his voice.

Lu Jinxi's eyes kept falling on him, leaving no trace or moving away, and he saw it clearly from beginning to end.

I saw that the page had been turned out, it was very obvious, but Xue Tingzhi didn't take a second look.

That gaze, instead, focused more on the falling flower paper.

At this moment, he had already leaned over and picked up the flower paper.

Seeing him like this, Lu Jinxi only felt that he didn't have a very special reaction to the content on that page, as if this page was very ordinary, so he knew it.

Just this result...

It made her feel an inexplicable shudder.

This page is not often seen by Xue Tingzhi, so who else is left?

Lu Jinxi remembered the general who died in the battlefield six years ago, and the hero shared by the people of Daxia, only to feel that things became confusing.

But on the surface, he smiled nonchalantly and said, "I forgot, I used this thing as a bookmark, you can give it to me."

Chapter 78

"……Yes."

There was a strange pause in the voice.

Xue Tingzhi pinched the flower note and looked up at her. Something flashed in his dark eyes, but he finally stepped forward and handed out the flower note with both hands.

It was a thin sheet with gold sprinkled on top, and it had a soft and warm luster against the light coming in from outside the window.

Lu Jinxi had already reached out to take it, but she didn't care much.

After all, this flower paper was put there to test Xue Tingzhi, and now that the test is over, she casually pressed the flower paper on the table, waved her hand to signal him to go back and sit down, and said with a smile, "Brother Chi is gone. The Grand Master's Mansion, we won't be back until a while. It's you who came a little early today. Is there something wrong?"

In fact, it can be seen from a while ago that although Xue Tingzhi will come to greet him, he will not arrive much earlier or later than others.

After all, he was born from a concubine, or was born by Orchid of an alien bloodline before his mother entered the door. His identity was a bit embarrassing. In this way, coming too early appears to be too attentive; coming too late, too indifference.

Therefore, Xue Tingzhi has always been in good control when it comes to greetings.

Today is so abnormal, and he came early. Lu Jinxi knew after a guess that he should have something to tell himself, so that's why he asked.

When Xue Tingzhi heard this, he was secretly shocked by the keenness of this "mother".

He did come with something in mind.

It can even be said that this matter has been lingering in his heart for a long time. It's just that he doesn't know whether Lu Jinxi agrees or not.

In the lower position, he was sitting upright, and the overly upright sitting posture made him seem a little restrained and uneasy.

A pair of eyes also seemed to hide uncertainty.

"Today, Tingzhi, I really want to ask my mother-in-law for something, and I want to ask her for her approval."

"Oh?"

Lu Jinxi had said before that if there was anything missing, he would tell him to the steward. Now that I have to find myself, it is not so simple to think about it.

She was a little curious: "Tell me about it."

"Yes."

Xue Tingzhi replied, his face was still calm, but his heart was already tense, and he thought about it a little in his mind before saying things.

"Tingzhi is now seventeen years old. He has read the "Four Books and Five Classics" since he was a child. Yesterday, I went with you to the Yuewei Museum, only to hear people say that this year is the year of the examination, and the world's best Gather together in the capital, and take the exam for fame."

Fame?

While listening, Lu Jinxi fiddled with his fingers on his knees. Hearing these two words, his eyelids twitched and he looked up at him.

"Could it be that Tingzhi also intends to get involved in the imperial examination?"

The words themselves were very obvious, Xue Tingzhi didn't hide it, just nodded slowly under her gaze.

"My mother also knows that although Tingzhi was born in the Xue family's general gate, he was born with a disability and was unable to learn martial arts. However, he was quite interested in studying."

"I only hope that one day, I can pass the imperial examinations. I don't want to get ahead, but I want to make a living for myself. A seven-foot man can't do nothing."

"I just don't know, what is your mother's intention?"

It's not false to have a disability, it's true that you can't practice martial arts...

But Lu Jinxi was still a little surprised that Xue Tingzhi wanted to take the imperial examination. Because, after she came, although she changed her attitude towards this concubine, she didn't really think about the future for him.

Even if he is afraid, he can think of "if one day he is not honest, he will be separated with a marriage".