The Prime Minister Seduced Me to have Babies!-Chapter 718: Took a Bath
The man in purple thanked Jiang Youzhi and quickly sprinkled realgar around his own examination room.
After an unknown length of time, the sound of firecrackers was heard not far away.
Everyone knew that the examiners were entering the hall and were preparing to announce names and hand out the exam papers.
The people around also returned to their examination rooms.
The nine-day-long examination finally began.
During these days, Lady Wu chanted Jiang Youzhi’s name at home every day. During dinner, she said, "Ah, this examination is truly a torment."
"I heard the examination room is very small, at night you can’t even stretch your legs to sleep, and you can’t eat anything good. Poor Youzhi."
Jiang Zhongxing picked up a piece of food for her with chopsticks, "Worry less. Your belly is already so big, and you are due soon. You should take care of yourself first."
Yun Jiao silently lowered her head to eat. When her father-in-law and mother-in-law showed their affection, she usually pretended to be invisible.
Yun Jiao counted the days on her fingers every day, and on the ninth day, she went to the entrance of the examination hall early in the morning by carriage.
The examination hall was not open yet, but some servants and attendant students were already waiting at the entrance.
Du Ruo squeezed in and stood by the door.
Finally, by the end of the chen hour, the gates of the examination hall were opened.
A tousled, disheveled man with lifeless eyes walked out carrying an exam basket.
Then many people came out one after another, all in wrinkled clothes with exhausted expressions.
Yun Jiao held a palace fan half-covering her face, lifted the curtain, and looked out.
Her eyes suddenly lit up as Jiang Youzhi, wearing an almost wrinkle-free moon-white robe, emerged.
He seemed much more exhausted, yet his hair was combed neatly, his waist and back were straight. Amidst a group of dirty and disheveled scholars, he stood out like a crane among chickens.
Du Ruo ran up to take the exam basket from his hands and led him towards the carriage.
As soon as he got on the carriage, Jiang Youzhi tightly embraced Yun Jiao.
Yun Jiao’s nose twitched, and she let out a "huh," because she imagined that after not bathing for nine days, Jiang Youzhi would smell sour.
But now, he didn’t have a single hint of an unpleasant odor on him. She cupped his head and smelled him; he was quite fragrant. "Did you wash your hair at the examination venue?"
Jiang Youzhi leaned his head against Yun Jiao’s chest, rubbed against her, and said, "Mm, I washed it last night. I spent some silver to get hot water, bathed, and changed into clean clothes."
"Otherwise, I was afraid you would dislike me."
Yun Jiao laughed lightly, "Tired? Do you want to sleep or eat first when we get back?"
Jiang Youzhi, hugging Yun Jiao’s waist, coyly said, "Take a bath and sleep, but you have to accompany me."
Yun Jiao’s cheeks slightly flushed, and she softly replied, "Alright."
The two embraced each other all the way back to the Duke Mansion.
After returning to the mansion, Jiang Youzhi first went to see Lady Wu. When he returned to his own courtyard, the bathwater was already prepared.
Yun Jiao had them add some essential oils, and when Jiang Youzhi finished bathing, he seemed revitalized.
He picked up Yun Jiao, who was sitting by the table, and walked toward the large bed draped with green gauze curtains.
During these nine days, he didn’t feel it was too much suffering.
In the past, when he lived in the countryside, he endured all kinds of hardships.
The only thing was that he missed Jiao Jiao terribly, and now that he finally held her in his arms, it still seemed insufficient to him, and he wanted more.
Cai Ping, understanding, closed the door, moved a chair to sit under the porch, and started doing needlework slowly.
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After the examination, Jiang Youzhi no longer needed to go to the Imperial College.
Sometimes he helped Yun Jiao run the workshop, and other times he stayed home reading.
The results were announced on September 8th.
On that morning, before dawn, Housekeeper Lin sent a few literate servants to wait at the place where the results would be posted.
