The Legend of Zhuohua 灼灼风流 Episode 9

Liu Yan was walking outside alone, and before he knew it, he walked to the door of Mu Zhuohua's house. Mu Zhuohua was planting flowers happily, when she saw Liu Yan coming, she stood up quickly. Liu Yan asked her that she was planting flowers, and Mu Zhuohua told him that she was transplanting. The flower pot given to her by Princess Joo Chia was too precious, so she moved the peonies to her own ceramic flower pot and treasured the flower pot given to her by Princess Joo Chia. Mu Zhuohua felt that although Liu Yan said that he would not help him every day, he still had a sharp mouth and a bean curd heart, and would still help him. Facing her praise, Liu Yan told her that he didn't help in vain, and Mu Zhuohua gave Liu Yan the freshly planted peonies as compensation.

Liu Yan brought the peony back to the mansion, holding the sword, it was unbelievable that someone gave him flowers. Zhi Mo came to report that the Empress Dowager Liu Yan hadn't found any clues, and Zhi Jian secretly rejoiced that it was fortunate that Liu Yan had someone erase Mu Zhuohua's ancestral home in advance. Mu Zhuohua was very nervous because she was going to take part in the imperial examination the next day. In order not to make her nervous, Guo Juli took her to burn incense and pay homage to Mu Zhuohua's dead mother, hoping that she could bless Mu Zhuohua with a smooth exam. The tense and serious palace examination has begun, and the question this time is to do nothing. Mu Zhuohua looked at the question, she thought about it seriously, and began to answer the question calmly. As soon as the answer was about to be finished, Mu Zhuohua's roll was soiled by the overturned inkstone.

Liu Chen and the others felt that Mu Zhuohua might be the last one in the exam. Mu Zhuohua knew that he hadn't touched the inkstone, so he didn't know why he was knocked over, and who was trying to kill her. Mu Zhuohua thought of what his mother said, don't hand over your fate to others. Mu Zhuohua thought to herself that she still had half a piece of paper, and she didn't give up after all the difficulties before, and now that she's here, she can't give up even more. After the exam, Shen Jinghong came to comfort Mu Zhuohua. Faced with his consolation, Mu Zhuohua felt that he had answered well, and Shen Jinghong admired her mentality very much. Soon came the second round of the palace examination, and Mu Zhuohua met His Majesty.

When His Majesty Liu Ju saw Mu Zhuohua, he felt that although Mu Zhuohua was young, her mentality was very stable. Facing the mistakes Mu Zhuohua made during the exam, Liu Ju wanted to give her another chance. Facing the examination questions given to her by Liu Ju, she answered them fluently, and Liu Ju was also very satisfied with her answers. Liu Yan was ordered by His Majesty to announce the results of the palace examination, and Shen Jinghong won the first place as expected. Mu Zhuohua won the third place, she was stunned in disbelief, and after Liu Yan reminded her, she quickly knelt down to thank the gift. Mu Zhuohua was very happy that she was Tanhua, which she had never thought of, but it was also an affirmation of her hard work day and night.

His Majesty Liu Ju set up a banquet to celebrate their success in the exam. During the banquet, His Majesty wanted to marry Shen Jinghong and Princess Roujia. Although Shen Jinghong likes Princess Roujia very much, he respects Princess Roujia's choice, and if Princess Roujia doesn't want it, he politely rejects Liu Ju. Mu Zhuohua asked Shen Jinghong why he fell in love with the princess but was unwilling to get married. Shen Jinghong told her that admiration and marriage are two different things, and Mu Zhuohua felt that what he said was very reasonable, and he also admired the princess very much. Mu Zhuohua was about to leave the palace, but Liu Yan stopped her, and he happened to be leaving the palace too, so the two went together. Liu Yan felt that today's matter was indeed a crisis, but it was not easy for her to solve it perfectly.

Liu Yan told Mu Zhuohua that she was the one who knocked over her inkstone in the palace exam. Mu Zhuohua was very sad. She felt that if she didn't handle it well today, she might not be able to take the exam again. Liu Yan told her that the official career will be more difficult in the future, and if even this cannot be resolved, there will be more difficulties in the future. Mu Zhuohua was very angry with his actions, and Liu Yan also realized that what he did was wrong, so he saluted and apologized to Mu Zhuohua. When Mu Zhuohua saw Liu Yan like this, she was not angry immediately, she was just feeling aggrieved and not angry with him. Liu Yan told Mu Zhuohua that he didn't want to involve Mu Zhuohua in his old affairs, and that the road after joining him was not smooth, so Liu Yan gave the jade pendant to Mu Zhuohua.