Only then did Old Sun come forward with the children and greet them politely.
Their etiquette was unfamiliar, but they did not make any mistakes. This was also due to what they had learned in school. They were very strict and looked quite good.
Qin Wan nodded in satisfaction and ordered someone to help Old Man Sun up: "Uncle Sun, how many children in your family are you considering this time?"
Old Sun laughed so hard that his eyes were almost invisible: "I gave away two, unpromising children. Thanks to the Crown Princess, they can go to school."
"Very good." Qin Wan was also amazed at the bloodline of Old Sun's family. The eldest grandson was already a juren and would be able to take part in the spring examination in a month or two.
The two younger ones are also good at studying. The little granddaughter is smart and clever. The female teacher said that she has a good academic material. Qin Wan has taken her to the girls' school so that she can learn better.
However, since there were so many people around, Qin Wan didn't want to say much. She just said to Old Sun, "Go take the children to the exam room first, and then go find Zhenzhen later. I have something else to tell you."
After saying that, Qin Wan looked at the children again and smiled, "Relax, don't be nervous. Whether you can pass the exam is secondary. The main thing is to see where the gap between you and the other children lies. You are still young and have plenty of time to work hard. If you don't make it this time, there will be next time. If you really don't make it, the education you've received over the years is enough to make a living, understand?"
"knew."
The children shouted in agreement.
Qin Wan waved her hand and told Old Sun to go and send the child away quickly.
In fact, Qin Wan had no reason to look for Old Sun. She just wanted Old Sun to see his granddaughter. When Old Sun saw his granddaughter who seemed like a different person, he burst into tears and told her to study hard and not let the Crown Princess down. Of course, this is a story for later.
The Fourth Prince looked at the mighty Qin family, then at these children whose spirits and energy were clearly different from those of the children from the aristocratic families, and felt a pang of jealousy in his heart: "So the Crown Princess not only sent her own children to take the exam, but also selected children from poor families."
Qin Wan was not one to pamper the Fourth Prince: "Fourth brother, you are wrong. The poor are not ordinary people with no background. The poor are the declining nobles and powerful families. They don't even have land. They are just ordinary people."
"Fourth brother, you are a prince. It's not good for you not to understand these things, right?"
The Fourth Prince's face twisted for a moment, but he managed a smile: "It was my negligence."
Qin Wan glanced at the sky and said, "Thank you for taking my nephews to the examination room, fourth brother. Are you sure you don't want to send them in now?"
After Xie Qingyi's reminder, everyone realized that the time was almost up. The eldest prince's wife and the third prince's wife hurriedly called their sons to go to the examination room.
The Fourth Prince gritted his teeth and looked at Xie Qing: "Doesn't the Crown Prince care about the Crown Princess? Why are you so sharp-tongued?"
Xie Qing took Qin Wan's hand and said with a smile, "She is the Crown Princess and also your sister-in-law. There's a saying that goes, 'A sister-in-law is like a mother.' You speaking of your sister-in-law in this way, isn't that unfilial and unkind?"
The Fourth Prince's eyes widened. Was he so openly defending Qin Wan? He stared at Xie Qing and said sinisterly, "I didn't even know the Crown Prince was actually henpecked. I wonder how the world would feel if they knew His Royal Highness was henpecked? Would they be disappointed in me, the Crown Prince of the Great Zhou?"
Xie Qing paid no attention to his words. He took Qin Wan's hand, and noticing the slight coolness of her fingertips, he wrapped her small hand in his own. He looked at Qin Wan tenderly and said, "Throughout history, there have been many henpecked emperors, and they never brought disaster to the country. Now, I'm just a prince, so what's wrong with me being henpecked? What's more, I had no idea that this talent for governing a country could be associated with henpeckedness."
"It seems that many important officials in our dynasty are also henpecked. Can we dismiss them all?"
The Fourth Prince was so rebuked that he couldn't utter a word. The Third Prince quickly pulled him aside and said, "Fourth brother, if you don't go in now, it will be too late!"
The Fourth Prince had no choice but to give up and take the children to the examination hall.
Over there, Bai Wanyi sent Ping'er in and never went back. He felt very uncomfortable when he saw Lu Yan's expression of looking at his wife from afar.
Bai Wanyi looked at the Fourth Prince coming over with a sullen look on his face and said with a smile, "What's wrong? Did you get humiliated in front of the Crown Princess?"
The Fourth Prince said sternly, "You never told me she was so sharp-tongued and difficult to deal with."
Bai Wanyi spread his hands and said, "How many times have I suffered at her hands? You know, if she wasn't so difficult to deal with, how could I have suffered at her hands?"
Thinking of the embarrassment of being confronted just now, a fierce look flashed in the eyes of the Fourth Prince. He wanted to kill Qin Wan, but the Eastern Palace was like an iron barrel, and he had no idea where to start.
The only chance was created for him by the Queen. On the eve of the wedding of the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess, the Queen sent assassins.
The Fourth Prince naturally didn't want to waste this opportunity to help the Queen, but unfortunately, they were all useless!
Bai Wanyi noticed that the Fourth Prince was looking in Qin Wan's direction, his eyes gleaming with ferocity. She stepped forward to block his sight, "Fourth Prince, please restrain yourself."
The Fourth Prince took a deep breath, concealing the murderous intent in his eyes. He pointed at Lu Yan not far away and said, "If you don't go find Marquis Pingyang, I'm afraid the clouds will cover your head."
Bai Wanyi looked in the direction he pointed and met Lu Yan's gloomy face. He seemed to have some opinions about her getting too close to the Fourth Prince. But even so, Lu Yan quickly turned around and looked at Qin Wan again.
Bai Wan stamped his feet in anger: "It's still uncertain who will be the one in the green cloud!"
Although he was angry, Bai Wanyi ran to Lu Yan after he finished speaking, pulled his sleeve and said, "Let's go!"
Lu Yan looked away as if nothing had happened. When he looked at Bai Wanyi again, the tenderness in his eyes was like water, as if the cold look he had just given her when she was with the Fourth Prince did not exist. "Okay, let's go home."
In a flash, the Fourth Prince and Pingyang Marquis Lu Yan were gone.
The people around him who were eager to make a move also began to come forward to chat, build relationships, and become familiar to the prince.
Xie Qing didn't give them this opportunity at all. He pulled Qin Wan and said to the eldest and third princes, "Do you want to wait here?"
Although the county examination is only the first session of the scholar examination, it still takes three days to produce the results.
The eldest prince naturally wouldn't wait here for three days: "My little monkey, it's good enough that he can fill the test paper. Come on, come on, it's rare that you are all free today, let's go drink."
Upon hearing this, the eldest prince's wife quickly winked at him, but it was no use. The eldest prince reached out to pull the crown prince: "Crown Princess, please lend me your hand today."
The third prince wanted to go up and invite the crown prince to drink with him, but before he could open his mouth, he was grabbed by the third prince's wife and swallowed his words back.
The eldest prince never thought that the crown prince would refuse. Everyone has been busy since the New Year. Now that you have some free time, why not relax a little?
Who knew, even after pulling it, the person still couldn't be moved.
Xie Qing pulled away the eldest prince's hand and said, "When you have free time, of course you should spend time with your wife. Today is a rare day off, so please spend more time with your wife."
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