The stone lion in front of the Qiu Mansion opened its mouth wide, seemingly mocking Zhao Minglang's hesitation.
He recalled old third mocking him and couldn't help but smile.
Indeed, what is he afraid of?
He wasn't afraid during the examination, nor had he ever flinched in front of the emperor during the palace tests, so why would he be afraid to meet the girl he liked?
After all, he was still a newly appointed Champion Scholar!
For the third time, he straightened his attire, his fingertips touching the warm jade pendant in his sleeve— a tradition of the Zhao family.
Each child born would wear a jade pendant.
Upon reaching adulthood, men and women would use it as a token of engagement.
Originally, he intended to wait until his mother arrived in the Capital before proposing marriage, but recent events and people had annoyed him to no end.
Old third was right; as a single man in the Capital, he was like a fat piece of meat.
