The Legend Zhuohua

Chapter 21

The last place in the palace examination is just a fellow Jinshi, but a fellow Jinshi is not a Jinshi, and the future will be very different.

Mu Zhuohua stared blankly at the half piece of white paper in front of him, as if he had seen his own pale past.

She saw her mother-in-law leaning against the door and crying, looking forward to her father turning around every day. She told herself not to put her life in the hands of others.

She heard that as long as a woman becomes an official, she can be her own master, establish her own family, and no longer depend on men.

She put all her hopes in her father's study. The sisters went to grab the jewelry, powder, silk and satin. She didn't want any of them. She just wanted countless books and wanted a moment of peace. If possible, she would give them to her. She had a lamp that would not go out so that she could read and write at night.

People in the Mu family all joked that Miss Qi was a nerd and had mental problems. What was she doing reading so many books? She might as well dress up and marry into a good family in the future.

Then what......

Married, like her mother-in-law, like a eldest lady, like every aunt in the family, fighting in the inner house every day, fighting for wealth and men that do not belong to her...

She just wanted to live her own life.

Mu Zhuohua rubbed her nose and her eyes were a little sore, but no one noticed her embarrassment.

It was so difficult before, and she never thought about giving up, let alone getting here.

Mu Zhuohua breathed a long sigh of relief, shook her head, and cheered up again - she still had half a piece of paper!

Mu Zhuohua picked up the pen again, dipped it in ink, thought for a moment, and then started writing again.

"What else is she going to write?"

"How many sentences can be written on half a piece of paper?"

"It's just a fight between trapped beasts."

"But it's already good to have this kind of character, isn't it?"

I don't know who said this, which caused everyone to nod.

Yes, she is just an 18-year-old girl. After such a big mistake in the imperial examination, she can still write again calmly. No matter what she writes, in His Majesty's eyes, she is already looking down upon her.

Emperor Zhaoming nodded with a smile, but did not come down again to inspect, but walked back to the throne.

The chief eunuch shouted loudly: "The time is up, stop writing——"

The papers were collected one by one, and the candidates got a break. Under the guidance of the eunuch, they left the main hall and went to the side hall to drink water and eat.

After Mu Zhuohua sat down, he took a big gulp of a pot of tea. When he put down the teapot, he saw many people looking at him with sympathy.

"You are so unlucky today. How could something like this happen?"

Those people shook their heads one after another, seemingly regretful, but in their hearts they were calculating how much they could rise if these seventeen people fell.

Shen Jinghong was sincerely concerned: "Will you answer again? Although there was an accident, if you can answer with your heart, His Majesty will definitely not blame you."

Mu Zhuohua smiled at Shen Jinghong: "I think I answered quite well."

Everyone couldn't help laughing, and even Shen Jinghong had a dumbfounded expression - he handed over half a piece of paper and spoke in such an arrogant tone.