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She wanted to reject him, but she wanted to know what Hua Shengxiong wanted to do the most, so she nodded her head: "Please lead the way, young brother."
"I dare not accept the honor. Young Master, please." The servant walked in front and led Hua Ruge to a teahouse.
Because they were at the edge of the Royal Capital, the teahouse didn't dare to rise above the Imperial City, so it only had two floors. The first floor was packed with people, while the second floor was extremely quiet.
As Hua Ruge walked, he thought that it was good that he had the right.
Very quickly, they arrived at a room on the second floor. The servant helped open the door, and Hua Ruge walked in to see Hua Shengxiong sitting by the window. The small table in front of him contained steaming hot tea, and in the middle of the room was a warm stove that was burning charcoal.
Today, Hua Ruge had draped a cloak over her shoulders, and the red fox fur collar made her face look even better. Even Hua Shengxiong felt that if this was a girl, what kind of devastatingly beautiful woman would she be?
Hua Ruge took off his cape to the side and bowed to Hua Shengxiong: "Junior greets Prince Fu."
"Nephew, no need to be so courteous. We're already old acquaintances." Hua Shengxiong said.
Hua Ruge raised her eyebrows. She remembered that this old fellow had called her Little Brother before.
Hua Shengxiong had the intention of recruiting him as a subordinate before, but she wanted him to be her son-in-law even more now.
"The imperial rankings can't be put down until later. Nephew, why don't you sit down and drink some tea? This is brewed with the first snow." Hua Shengxiong smiled benevolently. If one did not know, they would think that this was a kind elder.
"Thank you, esteemed guest of the nation. This junior would rather obey." Hua Ruge said as he sat opposite him.
Looking through the half-open window, he saw that it was facing the city wall. It was the best place to look at the rankings.
"Nephew, there is no need to be so courteous. You and I are friends, so there is no need to be courteous. We can just call each other elders." Hua Shengxiong continued.
His meaning was for Hua Ruge to call him uncle or something like that.
But Hua Ruge was very against it, when she thought of her relationship with the Hua Family, she felt very uncomfortable, thus she shook her head: "Thank you Prince Fu for your love, this little one is a commoner, I do not dare to go overboard."
"Your child is being restrained, forget it, there's no hurry," Hua Shengxiong did not mind.
Now that he had seen through Hua Ruge, he could only try to coax her. After all, he had already given her enough face, so if she went to the Hua Manor and became his son-in-law, she would have to listen to his orders.
Hua Ruge drank his tea without batting an eyelid.
"Clang!" "Clang!" "Clang!"
The gong sounded three times consecutively as it approached the yellow city gate. Two squads of guards rushed out from two sides of the city gate, maintaining order, and a eunuch holding a stack of red paper walked over from above the city wall. Everyone was clear that the one he was holding was this year's Hall of Sages Proclamation.
He walked slowly, and all the onlookers held their breaths to calm themselves, afraid that they would miss something in that instant.
Hua Shengxiong was also slightly nervous, he was about to find out whether the treasure he was suppressing was the right one or not.
Seeing his efficient appearance, Hua Ruge could guarantee that if he did not have his name on the leaderboard, his face would immediately change. Then, no matter how far away he was, he would not even spare a glance.
She knew him too well.
"Release the results!" The eunuch called out, and countless guards repeated their words.
In an instant, the air above the imperial city was filled with these two deafening words.
Very quickly, two of the imperial guards took the name list from the eunuch's hands, and with a tug on one side, they abruptly let go.
"Crash!"
The bright red imperial ranking board spread out on the high city wall, revealing a large black word on it.
From top to bottom, there were a total of five names, and the one ranked first was shockingly Hua Ruge.
Seeing his own name, Hua Ruge heaved a sigh of relief. His hard work for such a long time had finally come to fruition.
Below her were Song Ming, Su Nianxia, Shi Yan and Jiang Zhihu.
There were a total of three Soul Master s and two 1-star Battle Master s.
However, Hua Ruge felt guilty in the next moment. If nothing went wrong, then Jiang Zhihu's position should belong to Mao Jun.
She frowned as she thought of this.
When Hua Shengxiong saw Hua Ruge's name, he clapped his hands and said, "Good job, nephew. Not only did he manage to enter Hall of Sages as he wished, he even managed to get first place. He truly is a young genius."
Hua Ruge sneered in his heart, as long as he was on the list, he could be a good nephew.
If one was unable to cultivate, one's own daughter would be called trash.
Can't you be a bit more powerful?
"It's just luck." Now that Hua Ruge was too lazy to bother with him, she wanted to go see Mao Jun and treat his injuries.
"Nephew, there is no need to be modest. This is something that deserves our reputation. Today, I will hold a banquet at my mansion to celebrate for nephew's achievement." Hua Shengxiong laughed so much that he could not even close his mouth.
Honestly speaking, this result was outside of Hua Shengxiong's expectations, because there were quite a few strong people in the group, but she did not expect that they would all be pushed down by her.
This meant that this young man's overall quality was very strong.
He needed this kind of talent, more people than those who only had martial arts skills and no brains.
"I am truly sorry, this junior has made an appointment with someone, I must go first, Prince Fu, please forgive me." Hua Ruge stood up and said.
Seeing her resolute attitude, Hua Shengxiong took out a name scroll from the spatial space and said, "Then tomorrow, this nephew will definitely come."
Actually, the meaning behind his goodwill could not be any clearer.
Hua Ruge caught it in his hand and said, "I'll definitely be there."
After leaving for so many years, she wanted to know what the current state of Washington was like.
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Hua Shengxiong saw that she had accepted the name scroll with a face full of joy. Before she left, he said, "The matter of marriage that nephew talked about previously, I can consider it when I return. I'll wait for your reply tomorrow."
"Alright."
Hua Ruge wore her cape and left. On the way, she put the cape back, she was going to see a patient, she couldn't possibly dress up so enchantingly.
Once she reported her name, it was very easy for her to enter Mao Jun's room.
He was lying on the bed with his eyes shut. He had lost a lot of weight in the four to five days since his return. It must have been a huge blow to him.
Thinking about it, he had been dreaming of killing the enemy since he was young. He had been wrapped in horse leather and now, he was lying on the bed as a cripple. No one would be able to bear it no matter who it was.
"Brother Mao." She called out and walked over.
When Mao Jun saw that it was her, he squeezed out a smile and said, "The Brother Hua is here.
"Brother Mao, I'm sorry. If it wasn't for me ?" Hua Ruge had always been a talkative person, but now he couldn't continue.
Mao Jun waved his hand and interrupted her: "You shouldn't put it that way. If you didn't save me earlier, I would have died a long time ago, and brother is a man, how can I just stand by and watch.
Although he was injured to this extent, he didn't have any intentions to blame Hua Ruge, and this made Hua Ruge even more at a loss of what to say.
"On such a happy day, how can I cry so bitterly? This is not the personality of the Brother Hua." Mao Jun started doing it.
His injuries weren't actually serious, and after consuming Hua Ruge's pills, he had basically recovered already. It was just that he was mentally drained so he spent the entire day lying down.
"I will remember this favor from the Brother Mao." Hua Ruge sniffed and raised his head.
"We're all brothers, it's better not to talk about these things." Mao Jun was truly in a good mood when he saw her.
"What did the doctor say about Brother Mao's injury?" Hua Ruge asked.
Mao Jun's expression darkened, "Father found me the entire famous doctor in the capital, but the answer is always the same, saying that I can't cultivate anymore and am a cripple now."
"Then Brother Mao might as well try my medicine." After Hua Ruge created the recipe, he happened to have the medicine in hand, so he made two sets.
"Brother Hua also has medical skills?" Mao Jun asked in confusion.
"A little bit. I've been studying it at home for the past few days. Hopefully it will work." She said,
When Mao Jun heard it, his face revealed joy, "The things in Brother Hua are never wrong, let me try."
Ever since he met Hua Ruge, he had not seen Hua Ruge's injustice, and had a kind of blind trust in him.
"It may not work, but I will continue to persevere and treat you. Sooner or later, you will be fine." Hua Ruge had given him prophylactic treatment first, afraid that he wouldn't be able to take a blow if the medicine wasn't effective.
Mao Jun patted his chest and said: "Brother, don't worry, I won't be defeated that easily."
"That's good. Since it's snowing outside, Brother Mao can sleep a bit more." It was rare for her to have a proper chat with him.
"Alright, take care, Brother Hua. Next time, bring me some good wine." Mao Jun said straightforwardly.
When Hua Ruge walked out of the Mao house, a black palanquin stopped in front of Hua Ruge. The very familiar palanquin, was also the very familiar palanquin owner.
"Princess, the Prince invites you over." the quivering valet whispered into her ear.
Hua Ruge remembered that when he said that she celebrated for him after entering the Hall of Sages, she said that she had nothing to do in the afternoon anyways.
At this moment, in the Battle King Manor, Black Panther passed a jade slip to Tuoba Rui and said, "Your Highness, a message is coming from over there."
Tuoba Rui received the jade scroll, his expression did not change at all, and asked: "Where's Xiao Ge?"
"They've already sent someone to pick him up. He should be arriving soon." The black panther answered.
"Get someone to prepare food and open a jar of precious old wine." When Tuoba Rui was giving out these instructions, the corners of her lips slightly curved, her eyes had a faint sense of anticipation.
If he hadn't taken care of that woman's feelings and allowed her to study the prescription, he would have imprisoned her by his side.
However, he didn't have to worry about that from now on.
He held the jade slip in his hand and walked towards the front hall.
He thought that if he were to gift such a big gift, Hua Ruge should pay a price for it.
He subconsciously touched his lips, smiling like a fox.
Black Panther always felt that its own wangfei was about to suffer a loss.
Even though Hua Ruge was napping on the road, he still didn't know that he had been tricked by another big tailed wolf.