Grandpa Yun's illness was partly caused by his own misjudgment and partly by losing face in front of his close friends.

These days, his friends have all come to Beijing one after another. Although he lost face, they are all comforting him. They say that once Old Master Yun gets over that hurdle in his heart, his illness will be almost completely cured. If he travels around to relax, he will be completely cured.

Grandpa Yun's illness came on quickly and passed away quickly, which put Shen Wan at ease. Otherwise, if anything had really happened to her maternal grandfather, she would have felt guilty for the rest of her life.

Knowing that Shen Wan had arrived, the Yun sisters, Yun Mo and Yun Rui, happily came to find her. Old Madam Yun smiled and said, "You sisters go and have fun, you don't need to stay here with me."

Yunrui then pulled Chenwan up and said, "Let's go to the garden to admire the flowers."

Yun Mo was calm and composed, while Yun Rui was more lively. She said with great enthusiasm, "It's a good thing that my eldest sister didn't get married today, otherwise I would be so bored by myself."

After so many days, Yun Mo felt nothing when Zhao Mingyi was mentioned again, but she still looked worried. Shen Wan asked, "What's wrong?"

Yunmo brushed her hand across the peony blossoms and said, "Eldest brother has been thinking these past few days about what to call a banquet to liven things up at home, so that it wouldn't be in vain that Grandfather's friends made the trip. But Grandfather and Grandmother's birthday banquet is still a long way off..."

Thinking about this, Yunrui was also very worried. She looked at Chen Wan and said, "Yesterday I said something out of turn and came up with a bad idea, and I got a severe scolding from my mother."

Shen Wan then said, "What terrible idea? Will your second aunt scold you?"

It's one thing to have a bad idea, but is it really necessary to scold your cousin?

Yunrui was about to speak when Yunmo nudged her, so she shut her mouth tightly.

Shen Wan's gaze swept between the two of them. "Is there anything you can't tell me?"

Yunrui said, "It's not that I can't say, it's just that I'm afraid you'll laugh at me, cousin. It's just that Grandpa's dog, Huajuan, is about to give birth again, and I was thinking of throwing a banquet for Huajuan..."

A series of black lines slid down Shen Wan's forehead.

If you don't want to tell her, that's fine, but you don't need to make up such an absurd excuse to brush her off...

Even without Yunrui saying it, Shen Wan could guess that she was her maternal grandfather's granddaughter. When her friends came to the capital, they couldn't attend the wedding of Yunmo, her own granddaughter, but they could attend the wedding of her, her granddaughter.

Unfortunately, she was marrying Xie Jingyan, the current emperor's son, a man of noble status, whom a merchant family could not possibly aspire to marry. The Yun family dared not even open their mouths, no, they dared not even entertain such thoughts, especially since the emperor had scheduled Xie Jingyin and Shen Ying's wedding banquet for the same day as theirs.

There wouldn't have been many civil and military officials attending the wedding banquet at Prince Ling's residence that day anyway, and the presence of a large group of merchants only made things worse.

So when Yunrui suggested it, Second Madam Yun gave her a severe scolding.

In fact, the Yun family did not know that when Shen Wan learned that Old Master Yun felt guilty for making his friends make a wasted trip, she had already considered having Old Master Yun take those friends to the Ling Prince's Mansion for a wedding banquet.

Unfortunately, her marriage to Xie Jingyan was a sham; she would have confessed her feelings if she had even a little bit of affection for him.

She had already caused Xie Jingyan to be suppressed by the Empress and the Prince of Jin, so it was really inappropriate for her to do something like that again.

Feeling guilty, Shen Wan took advantage of Yun Mo and Yun Rui's absence and whispered, "Can't we really ask Prince Ling for help?"

Shen Wan shook her head. "He has already helped me enough. I can't let him humiliate himself to help me."

Yunrui saw a beautiful orchid and called Shenwan over to take a look, so Shenwan went over.

The group played in the garden for half an hour, and when they got a little tired, they returned to Old Madam Yun's place.

After sitting down and drinking a cup of tea, a maid brought over a bundle. Madam Yun said to Shen Wan, "Your grandmother's Purple Gold Pills should have been finished long ago. I forgot to give them to you last time you came. Take them back with you later."

In fact, the Yun family could send the items directly to the Pingyang Marquis's residence, but Old Madam Yun felt that doing so would make the Yun family seem too eager to curry favor with her. Therefore, she always had Shen Wan deliver the items, as she was being respectful to the Old Madam and would receive more affection from her.

The Yun family was very considerate of Shen Wan. Shen Wan shook her head and said, "I won't take it. My grandmother heard from somewhere that taking too much Zijin Pill is bad, so she has decided not to take it anymore."

Yinshuang stood behind Shen Wan with her eyes wide open. She followed the young lady closely and had never heard the old lady say such a thing.

The Purple Gold Pill is expensive, but it's nothing to the Yun family. Even though she knew the Yun family didn't care about the Purple Gold Pill, Shen Wan didn't want the old lady to continue taking advantage of her.

Madam Yun hadn't expected that the old lady would think that taking too many Zijin pills was bad. Since she disliked them, she definitely couldn't bring them anymore. Just as Madam Yun was about to speak, a little maid in a light pink dress ran in, panting, "Madam, the imperial court has sent people to imprison Young Master Zhao, and they've also sent people to surround the residence of the Chancellor of the Imperial Academy..."

Madam Yun was stunned. She and Madam Yun exchanged a glance.

Neither of them spoke, until Yunrui finally asked, "Is it because of cheating in the imperial examinations?"

This seems like a pointless statement. If it weren't for cheating in the imperial examinations, who would imprison the top-scoring candidate and surround the chief examiner's residence?

Although they already knew that the eldest prince was investigating cheating in the imperial examinations and were certain that young master Zhao had cheated, and had guessed that he would suffer this fate, the entire Yun family was still overjoyed to hear the news.

Shen Wan also felt that the timing of Young Master Zhao's imprisonment was perfect, almost as if it were intentional. Today should have been his wedding day with Yun Mo, but instead, he was imprisoned for cheating on the imperial examination. His life plummeted from the clouds to the mire. She wondered if Young Master Zhao would regret it to the core while in prison.

Although Young Master Zhao's talent was insufficient to become the top scholar, he could still make the list without cheating. In addition, with the wealth of the Yun family, his father would definitely help him out of respect for the Yun family. His career would definitely not be bad. It's just a pity that Young Master Zhao was wicked and chose to go astray instead of taking the right path, ruining his future and his life.

No matter how Shen Wan thought about it, she felt that things couldn't be that coincidental. It was most likely that the eldest prince was doing Xie Jingyan a favor to help the Yun family save face.

Madam Yun was secretly pleased and asked, "We hadn't heard anything about finding evidence before, so why were people arrested all of a sudden?"

The maid couldn't answer the question, but Yun Qi returned quickly. He said, "The net of heaven is vast, and though its meshes are wide, nothing escapes it. The First Prince's men found a wad of scrap paper used by Young Master Zhao in the woodpile of the Zhao family's woodshed. It contained this year's exam questions. The evidence is conclusive, and Young Master Zhao has no way to deny it."

Shen Wan said, "The cheating in the imperial examinations shakes the very foundation of the court, and the Emperor will certainly punish it severely."

The anger in Madam Yun's heart completely subsided.

Just as she was feeling happy, a maid rushed in from outside, saying, "Madam, Madam Zhao is kneeling outside the mansion, begging you and the old master to save Young Master Zhao..."