Shu Yu had already come to her senses and immediately stepped down the stairs with delight. Before the official from the post station could approach, she eagerly asked, "Did you pass the imperial examination with top honors?"

"Yes, congratulations, Your Highness." The official beamed and handed her the letter and a booklet. "This is a letter from Young Master Meng to you."

"Thank you very much, officer." Shu Yu was pleased and gave him a silver ingot.

The other person's eyes lit up, and he showered her with compliments. Only when he saw that Shu Yu was getting impatient did he cup his hands in farewell and leave.

They hadn't gone far when they were stopped by neighbors who asked what was going on.

Shu Yu, however, had already turned around and returned to the courtyard with the letter in her hand, reading it as she walked.

The old lady came over upon hearing the news and asked anxiously, "I heard it was the top scholar, didn't I? Ah Yun really passed the imperial examination."

"Yes, I told him he would definitely be fine. Look, this is the letter he sent."

The old lady clasped her hands together and laughed, "Good, good, good, it's good that you passed, it's good that you passed, this child is promising. We'll go to Dongqing Temple to give thanks and thank the ancestral master for his blessing."

After she finished speaking, she leaned over to look at the letter. The old lady could now recognize some words, though not many, but she could barely make out what was written in the letter.

She said happily, "Ah Yun is in high school now, is she coming back soon?"

"I will come back, but it will definitely be some time later." Putting aside everything else, as the top scholar in the provincial examination, he will definitely have to attend the banquets and gatherings held by the local government.

I also need to visit some local scholars later. After all that, it will take at least ten days to half a month.

However, Meng Yunzheng said in his letter that he would come back.

Shu Yu let out a breath and put the letter away. "Grandma, the official who delivered the letter just now made a fuss outside. I'm afraid it won't be long before everyone in the neighborhood knows. People should be coming to congratulate us soon. Just tell them that we'll have a banquet when A-Yun comes back."

Meng Yunzheng plans to open an academy here in the future, so the necessary relationships need to be established.

The old lady nodded, "Okay, I understand."

"I still need to go to Ruanjia Village. It's getting late, I have to leave."

The old lady frowned. "You're still going?"

"Of course I'll go."

Shu Yu greeted Ying Xi, then turned and left.

The old lady stood there and shook her head, then seemed to remember something, "Hey, you can go then, but why did you take A-Yun's letter with you? I still need to show it to your parents later."

Ke Shuyu had already left home, boarded the carriage, and drove directly out of the city gate.

The carriage moved quickly. Shu Yu leaned against the carriage wall and closed her eyes to rest. Before long, she heard Ying Xi say in a low voice, "Miss, we have arrived."

Shu Yu lifted a corner of the curtain and looked outside.

They had already arrived at the village entrance. Perhaps it was because Ruan's cousin had come back earlier that morning and said Ruan would be coming, but there was someone waiting at the village entrance. As soon as the carriage stopped at the intersection, the person got up and ran into the village without even having time to see who was in the carriage.

The commotion was so great that not only Yingxi, who was sitting on the carriage shaft, but even Shuyu inside the carriage noticed it.

She chuckled. "The Ruan family is really afraid my mother won't come. Let's go, let's go into the village."

"yes."

Yingxi agreed and slowly walked towards the village, pulling on the reins.

Shu Yu withdrew her gaze, lowered the carriage curtain, and leaned against the carriage wall, swaying back and forth.