Ming Dynasty: Empress Ma and I swapped clothes!

Chapter 114 Sun An! My lifelong friend, Ma Wenxiang

"That's utter nonsense! The Empress is the Empress, and you are you. How can you lump them together?"

Su Qing'er pouted, completely unmoved by Ma Wenxiang's trick.

Ma Wenxiang smiled with narrowed eyes without saying a word, then looked at Sun Miaoran.

"In my husband's heart, who is more important, the Empress or me and Qing'er?"

Sun Miaoran then used his own words against him, turning the tables on him.

"Well……"

Ma Wenxiang scratched his head, about this.

He couldn't figure it out for the time being, and he didn't know how to explain it.

After all, if he really had to choose, he would definitely choose the Empress. There's no way around it; without the Empress, he wouldn't exist. If he didn't have a wife, perhaps he could find someone else.

However, Ma Wenxiang would never say such a thing, unless he really didn't want his two wives in front of him anymore.

So Ma Wenxiang could only laugh and pretend to be confused: "It was just a joke, look at you all, you've taken it so seriously."

Although Ma Wenxiang didn't care, Su Qing'er cared a lot and stepped forward to give Ma Wenxiang a good beating.

Fortunately, she knew that this was the Empress's body, so she was just playing around at the moment.

They played around for a long time.

Su Qing'er glared at Ma Wenxiang, feeling that he had gotten the better deal.

Ma Wenxiang chuckled and silently accepted it.

It's just that his body is useless; otherwise, it wouldn't be impossible for him to stage a scene of one dragon playing with two phoenixes right now in this palace.

Although doing so carries the risk of exterminating nine generations of one's family, one should still have an enterprising and adventurous spirit, right? Of course, Ma Wenxiang was just talking about it and was unlikely to actually do it.

"Alright, go to sleep. We have to go back to the Ma family mansion tomorrow. The prefectural examination is over, and the results will be announced soon. Are you planning to keep messing around like this?"

Seeing that Ma Wenxiang had had enough fun, Sun Miaoran stepped forward and tried to persuade him.

Ma Wenxiang nodded obediently and lay down on the bed.

As Kunning Palace fell into darkness.

He soon fell into a deep sleep.

Seeing that Ma Wenxiang had fallen asleep, Su Qing'er secretly went to Sun Miaoran's side.

The two of them squeezed onto a small bed.

Su Qing'er whispered, "Sister Miaoran, if it were you, would you choose the Empress or this gentleman?"

Hearing Su Qing'er ask this, Sun Miaoran did not answer, but instead laughed out loud: "It seems that Sister Qing'er is going to choose this husband."

"No way, of course we'd choose the Empress."

Su Qing'er instinctively denied it outright.

However, in the dim light of Kunning Palace, because the two were standing close together, Sun Miaoran could see the blush on Su Qing'er's cheeks.

I didn't think there was anything wrong with it.

After all, the husband's family is considered the most important family, a principle that most people have always accepted, and even those in the palace are not exempt from this custom.

……

"Wait, where am I?"

When Ma Wenxiang woke up, he stretched and kicked his legs as usual, but when he looked around, he realized that he was not in the Ma family mansion in the capital, but in an unfamiliar place.

Pushing open the door, Ma Wenxiang breathed a sigh of relief; it turned out he was at the Imperial College.

Ma Wenxiang patted his chest, his face showing a sense of relief; he had just thought he had been kidnapped.

After finishing their meal at the Imperial College, Ma Wenxiang arrived at Xun Gui's territory. As soon as he appeared, he was naturally welcomed by everyone in Xun Gui's faction.

Ma Wenxiang looked around and suddenly realized that even the top noble second-generation scions, such as Feng Cheng, Tang Ding, and Li Jinglong, who were all legitimate sons of noble families in the Ming Dynasty, were actually subtly siding with him.

This scene greatly surprised Ma Wenxiang. What was going on?

Your Majesty, what exactly did you do?

Ma Wenxiang knew nothing about it.

Fortunately, Sun An came to his rescue, stepping forward to extend an invitation and saying with a smile, "Why is Brother Wenxiang still pretending to be clueless? Have you already forgotten so quickly? Today is the day the prefectural examination results are released, isn't it?"

With Sun An's reminder, Ma Wenxiang slapped his forehead and instantly remembered that he had slept too soundly and sweetly yesterday and had even forgotten such an important matter.

That really shouldn't be the case.

Sun An, standing before him, was indeed his close friend. Ma Wenxiang's decision to bring him along when he passed through Beiping was indeed correct.

Waking up to find a familiar person beside you to answer your questions is incredibly important.

"To have one true friend in life is enough."

Ma Wenxiang grasped Sun An's hands tightly and said with great excitement.

Sun An felt somewhat embarrassed after hearing this.

He had personally witnessed how Ma Wenxiang's status in the elite faction had risen so high in recent days, and how he had subtly made everyone revolve around him, but he never expected this.

Even now, Ma Wenxiang still hasn't forgotten his original aspirations. His words and actions seem just like when the two of them first met, which warms people's hearts.

Li Jinglong, Feng Cheng, and others witnessed this scene.

Li Jinglong ostentatiously unfurled his white fan, making a crisp "bang," and then said with a smug look, "See? Brother Wenxiang is not that kind of opportunistic person."

"Even though he is now the leader of the young people in my Xun Gui faction, he has not forgotten his original aspirations and still regards Brother Sun An as a sworn brother. Among us, who dares to say with a clear conscience that they can do the same?"

"Only such a person, when he ascends to the highest position in the future, can be of great help to us and become our trusted lifelong friend."

At this moment, Li Jinglong and others did not act pettily at all because Sun An received such good treatment. On the contrary, they praised him highly and undoubtedly admired his behavior.

then!

Upon hearing this, Feng Cheng, Tang Ding, and Chang Sen, the third son of the Duke of Zheng, nodded repeatedly in agreement.

Everyone has witnessed Ma Wenxiang's character firsthand during this period. He is truly deserving and worthy of being the leader of this group of young nobles.

Everyone admired him from the bottom of their hearts.

The results were announced right next to the Imperial College, and the red silk list was immediately visible.

Because of the bold words Ma Wenxiang had previously spoken, Li Jinglong, Feng Cheng, Tang Ding and the others actually took it as a pleasure when they looked ahead, and they all buried their heads in watching from top to bottom.

But there was no need for such trouble, because they saw Ma Wenxiang's name at the top of the list at first glance, and they were naturally overjoyed.

It should be noted that those who came before this list at this moment were not limited to people from the Imperial Academy, but also included other scholars from the capital.

After all, not every scholar could study at the Imperial Academy; in fact, the vast majority of them could not.