Blue veins burst out on the back of Lu Chen's hand. "Did Li Yun complain to you?"
"No, it's just that he was first place in the previous exam, but why was he only the eighth place in the palace exam?"
Qiao Jinniang said angrily, "Your Majesty is so wise. How could he allow you to mess around with state affairs?"
Lu Chen's throat was sore. "Qiao Jinniang, do you think you are so peerlessly beautiful that I can't do without you?
"Do I need to play such a dirty trick on a minor scholar just for you? Are you a fairy? What makes you think you can make me ruin the Imperial Examination, which is the foundation of the country?"
Qiao Jinniang trembled with anger. "You, you dare to talk back to me?"
Lu Chen taunted, "Do you think you were still Miss Qiao in Lin'an and I was still your husband who married into your family?"