Chapter 492: Distance, Alertness

He couldn't help but curse in his heart that Xie Jin, an old fox who had practiced for thousands of years, was so cunning in making his heart flutter while pretending to be innocent.

Xuanyuan Yao said nothing with a sullen face.

"Are you angry?" Xie Jin raised his lips, and a pair of red phoenix eyes revealed a charming arc, "Yao Yao is a military general with a broad mind and an open mind. Don't get angry easily like your daughter. Do you still want me to coax you?"

Xuanyuan Yao glared at him.

"I stayed in the dormitory for nine days. I was tired and sleepy. I started to sleep when I came back yesterday and slept for a whole day and night." Recovering."

Xuanyuan Yao felt guilty for a moment after what he said: "What does it have to do with me that you are sleepy and tired? I didn't ask you to take the exam for your fame. Will you give it to me if you win the first prize in the future?"

"I can give it to you," Xie Jin said with a smile, "As long as Yaoyao wants it, why not give it to you?"

"Get lost." Xuanyuan Yao said fiercely, "I'm not afraid that the Lord will skin you."

"If it's for you, I'd be willing to skin him."

Xuanyuan Yao felt a surge of blood rushing to his head. He didn't know whether it was shame or anger. He couldn't help but stand up: "If you keep talking nonsense, I will leave."

Xie Jin apologized and said, "I won't talk anymore. You sit down."

Xuanyuan Yao looked at him expressionlessly.

"It's true." Xie Jin swore sincerely, "I swear to God."

Xuanyuan Yao looked at his peach-like face, and probably felt that he was making a fuss out of a molehill. A grown man who got angry frequently would seem too petty, but he didn't know when this monster's habit of always talking nonsense would change.

Xuanyuan Yao thought like this, straightened his expression, and sat back again.

"Did you come here specifically to see me?"

Xuanyuan Yao denied: "No."

Xie Jin curled his lips and smiled: "So what if you admit it?"

Xuanyuan Yao frowned.

"Okay." Xie Jin raised his hands in surrender, "Let's eat. My mother thought I was reincarnated as a starved ghost, so she prepared so much, so I won't let it go to waste."

Xuanyuan Yao was so tortured by his words that he couldn't think of eating.

Xie Jin ignored him and concentrated on eating.

Xuanyuan Yao sat and looked at it for a moment, then said calmly: "I want to eat too."

Xie Jin raised his eyes and looked at him: "Eat, you can eat whatever you want. Just treat it like your own home. You're welcome."

Xuanyuan Yao was really not polite to him, so he took the chopsticks and started eating.

"Aren't you afraid that I'll poison you?" Xie Jin said quietly.

Xuanyuan Yao paused and looked at him as if he was crazy: "What good will poisoning me do to you?"

Xie Jin chuckled: "I didn't get what I asked for, so I killed him painfully."

Xuanyuan Yao took a deep breath and couldn't help but turn blue again.

"Yao Yao should calm down." Xie Jin said calmly, "I heard that you have experienced training with the Lord."

Xuanyuan Yao was shocked.

"Then you should know what the Lord's most basic requirements for generals are." Xie Jin smiled lightly, "If you lack concentration and are prone to anger, what kind of punishment should you get?"

Xuanyuan Yao's blood was stagnated in his lungs, unable to go up or come down. He could only hold back his handsome face and blush.

He couldn't help but think of the incident in the palace a few days ago when Su Shangshu was so angry that he lost control.

His mood has indeed been a little unstable recently. Xuanyuan Yao reflected on himself in his heart, is he really not accustomed to the climate in the imperial city?

no.

All the civil servants in the court were at odds with him.

Xuanyuan Yao decided that from today on, he would just stay in the military camp. Unless summoned by the Queen and the Regent, he promised not to come out and deal with these people who were not in harmony with him.

Originally, he heard that the Literary Examination was very hard, so he thought that as a friend, he should show some concern, but he didn't expect that Xie Jin would always make fun of him.

He closed his eyes and tried to control his emotions, then opened his eyes and his expression returned to calm.

Then he stopped paying attention to a certain annoying guy, lowered his head to eat, and ignored Xie Jin's teasing eyes that stayed on him, finishing all the delicious dishes in front of him like a wind.

After filling his stomach, he wiped his mouth slowly and said calmly: "You can take it easy. I, the general, have something else to do, so I'll take my leave now."

After saying that, he really got up and left without hesitation.

Xie Jin sighed, Xuanyuan Yao just pretended not to hear and left without looking back.

Xie Jin looked at the destroyed dishes on the table speechlessly. Is this guy here to eat?

After leaving the Xie family, Xuanyuan Yao did not enter the palace, but rode out of the city and galloped towards the military camp.

The howling wind blew against his cheeks, slowly calming down the suppressed blood in his heart. He recalled Xie Jin's expression when he spoke just now, and finally an uneasy premonition slowly fermented in his heart.

Is Xie Jin serious?

The joke was repeated over and over again, and it became a habit after three times, but Xuanyuan Yao had made it clear many times that he did not want to make such a joke again, and the Lord had also warned them, so why did Xie Jin still not listen?

Xuanyuan Yao couldn't help but think of the prophecy about Xie Jin again, and felt depressed for a while.

To be honest, if they were brothers or friends, he would be more than happy to be close to Xie Jin, and he would not hesitate to put in a lot of trouble.

But other relationships...

Xuanyuan Yao shook his head, it was impossible.

He really regretted that he had been so mean-mouthed and made all these random jokes to him, and now he was in a difficult situation.

Forget it, try to stay away from it in the future.

Wait until he has rested his thoughts.

Xie Jin, who was still at home at this time, didn't know that Xuanyuan Yao had been on guard after hearing his words today. As a military general, Xuanyuan Yao was just not good at scheming with others in the court, but it didn't mean that he was really slow or stupid.

Military tactics on the battlefield also require the use of brains. If he was not careful enough, how could Rong Yu give him an elite army to build?

But when Xie Jin noticed Xuanyuan Yao's alienation, he had completely seen his heart, so that he had to make a difficult decision in the end.

The process of marking the papers was very complicated. During the days waiting for the announcement of the results, he did nothing. Except for occasionally going to the palace to meet the emperor, the rest of the time was spent drinking, visiting brothels, and leisurely getting information from those teenagers.

Time passed by the end of April, and it was finally time to announce the results.

This spring exam was at the level of the imperial examination. The first place was Xie Jin, and the second and third places were Xuanyuan Chen from the Prince of Wei's Mansion and Xuanyuan Hua from the Prince of Jing's Mansion.

The two illegitimate sons of the Xuanyuan royal family took the second and third places, which was beyond many people's expectations. In addition to bringing glory to the royal family, it also made some people wonder if there was something fishy going on.

And the first place went to Xie Jin, the son of Prime Minister Xie.

Are the legitimate sons of the Xie family really that powerful?