The five-mile mountain road is not far away, but it is not close.

Halfway through the walk, Xiahou Hui was already a little struggling, and the soles of his feet were hurt by the mountain roads. Sima Guo was also a little panting. Only Xiahou Yan seemed to be nothing, jumping around, picking a few wild fruits and flowers from the side from time to time, and sending them to Princess Deyang like a treasure.

After being bored in the city for a long time, it is difficult to get some breath. The sky is high and the air is cool, the scenery in the mountains is very good, and Princess Deyang is in a good mood, talking and laughing with Xiahou Yan. She was the most satisfied with the chariot provided by Cao Miao. It was not only effortless and did not affect the viewing of the scenery. It can be seen that Cao Miao had put in his thoughts.

When Xiahou Hui was feeling uncomfortable, Hongxing brought a few pairs of leather boots and asked Xiahou Hui and Sima Guo to change them. She said that Cao Miao thought that they might not know that the mountain roads were inconvenient and did not prepare shoes suitable for walking, so they specially prepared them. However, the size was not clear, and there might be some deviations, so please bear it.

Xiahou Hui couldn't ask for it, so he quickly sat down with Sima Guo on the side of the road and changed his shoes.

Xiahou Hui quickly found a suitable leather boot. Sima Guo had a slender figure and bigger feet. There was no suitable one. She barely changed to a pair of the largest ones, and she was a little squeezed. However, it was much better than the soft-bottomed silk shoes.

After changing their shoes, they walked much easier. Despite this, when they walked to the villa, they were still exhausted, sweating, and their heartbeats accelerated.

When I entered the villa, there were three mats under the corridor in the front yard, with pens, ink, paper and inkstones, and each had a maid waiting for him.

Qingtao said to Xiahou Hui and the other two, the Duke of the Township told him to ask the three of you to answer the questions here. The answer was prepared and you will know the result after answering them. There are ten questions in total. If Sima Guo can answer more than seven within five minutes, even if he passes. If he only answers five questions correctly, he is not the worst one, he will pass. The township guild sent someone to invite Sima Yi and his wife to the village to discuss the marriage.

If these two conditions are not met, the township will disappear, so as not to cause any loss of face. The chariot is waiting outside the door and will immediately send you out of the mountain.

Although Cao Miao was rude, the conditions were not harsh. He had already walked here and could not fail. Xiahou Hui threw encouraging eyes at Sima Guo and pulled her to sit down. Xiahou Yan also sat down, looked at Xiahou Hui with a smile, and raised his eyebrows.

Although she was not here for a blind date, she undoubtedly had the upper hand when she walked the mountain road just now. Cao Miao once said that she was smarter than Xiahou Hui and Sima Guo, and Xiahou Hui was very dissatisfied with this, and she really wanted to prove herself.

Xiahou Hui was not in the mood to fight Xiahou Yan, and she didn't come and treat Xiahou Yan as an opponent. She was even more worried that Sima Guo would not pass the assessment.

Seeing the three of them sitting, Hongxing announced the timeline. The maid sent the test papers and Xiahou Hui and the other two began to answer the questions.

After walking so far along the mountain road, Xiahou Hui was exhausted very much, his thinking was a little uneasy, and he felt a little nervous. If Cao Miao had all the problems, it would be embarrassing that she could not answer them, but Sima Guo could not answer them. The marriage ended in failure, and she could not explain them to Sima Shi.

She looked at the questions and found that these questions were normal, with almost no particularly difficult questions, and some even common questions. She only changed some numbers, so she felt relieved. She picked up the calculation sheet prepared by the side and started to calculate the first question. After calculating for a while, she could not get a satisfactory answer. Looking back at the question, she realized that she was a little negligent and misread the question. She couldn't help but blame herself and had to start over.

She glanced at Xiahou Yan and Sima Guo and found that Xiahou Yan had been busy writing, as if he had already reached the second page. Sima Guo was not going well, biting the pen and tapping her forehead gently.

Xiahou Hui felt more and more uneasy, and he could not concentrate on answering questions.

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Princess Deyang entered the atrium, Cao Miao went down to greet him, opened his arms and greeted him, gently hugged Princess Deyang, and kissed her on the forehead.

"Princess, don't you come to be fine? I haven't seen you for many days, I miss you."

Princess Deyang was caught off guard and was a little embarrassed. She wanted to push Cao Miao away, but Cao Miao had already let go. "Princess, go upstairs and take a look? The scenery here is very good."

"Okay." Princess Deyang followed the boat and followed Cao Miao upstairs. She climbed up to the distance and saw the scenery in front of her was indeed more beautiful. There were continuous green mountains in the distance, and you could vaguely see the Yellow River and the Taihang Mountains further away, and nearer was the courtyard being renovated. In such a large villa, there was only the vestibule, the atrium had been renovated, and more places were still under construction.

Princess Deyang originally thought Cao Miao was an excuse, but now she realized that the scale of the renovation of the villa was indeed not small, and she did not intend to prevent the carriages and horses from entering.

Standing upstairs, you can see Xiahou Hui and the other three who were answering questions in the front yard. Princess Deyang thought for a while and asked, "Yunliang, what do you think about this marriage?"

Cao Miao did not speak, so he turned around and ordered someone to take a test paper, handed it to Princess Deyang, and told Princess Deyang about the conditions. Princess Deyang read it and nodded. The test paper was not difficult, and Sima Guo was very likely to pass the exam. It seemed that Cao Miao did not intentionally make things difficult, but just took the situation.

Princess Deyang didn't say anything, and asked the maid Jin'er who was accompanying him to answer it for reference.

"Have the princess been here?"

Princess Deyang shook her head. This place was originally Princess Qinghe's private residence, but her relationship with Princess Qinghe was not very good. Princess Qinghe had never invited her to come. However, the scenery here is really good, so she can come often in the future.

"I have prepared a yard for the princess. If the princess has time in the future, she might as well come and sit. Taichu rests, she can also come and sit." Cao Miao said: "I have lived here for a few days and feel very quiet, better than in the city. I don't want to go back. Everything else is easy to say, but I can't often see the princess and the little sister, and I always feel empty in my heart."

He sighed. "How great would it be if my mother and two sisters were here."

Princess Deyang's nose was a little sour, and she advised her warmly. "Yunliang, don't think too much. Life and death are destined to be alive, who can escape? Now, you are alive well, which is the greatest comfort to your mother."

Cao Miao nodded, was silent for a moment, and then said, "Princess, do you think my mother wants me to marry Sima Guo?"

Princess Deyang was speechless. This question was not difficult, but she couldn't say it. This marriage was obviously not in line with Cao Miao's wishes, but he couldn't refuse it. This is the tiring of his origin. Who made him a royal family and a talented royal family?

Just like Cao Zhi’s marriage back then, it was not related to feelings, but was all family interests.

"Yunliang, don't think too much. You have both wives and you can't be willful. If you really don't like Sima Guo, you'll just take a few more concubines in the future."

Cao Miao sighed. "Yes, in fact, it doesn't matter who you marry to me, it's all about benefit anyway. As for taking a concubine..." Cao Miao suddenly laughed and turned to look at Princess Deyang. "Princess, it seems that your attitude towards taking a concubine also varies from person to person. A husband takes a concubine is one attitude, and a son takes a concubine is another attitude."

Princess Deyang was stunned for a moment, then blushed and gently hit Cao Miao. "You guys, you are kind enough to plan for you, and you actually joke about me. You deserve to be beaten."

Cao Miao raised his hand to surrender, and the two of them laughed for a few words. Before they knew it, five minutes had arrived. The maid came over with three answer sheets. Princess Deyang paid attention to the results, but she didn't care about being rude and came forward to check it out. The result surprised her: Xiahou Yan answered nine times correctly, Sima Guo answered five times correctly, and Xiahou Hui four times.

Cao Miao suddenly lowered his face. "Is Yuanrong intentional?"
Chapter completed!