The elegance of the number one scholar caused the young girls who were watching him on the street to show expressions of longing and shyness. Who wouldn't want to marry such a talented and handsome man?
Some bold women had already thrown their handkerchiefs towards Xiao Hechuan, but Xiao Hechuan ignored them all.
Jiang Sui, accompanied by Qi Xiuyuan, watched the parade on the second floor of a teahouse. Qi Xiuyuan saw that Xiao Hechuan was so popular, and looked at Jiang Sui's face. Seeing that she looked normal, and even a little relieved, he asked in confusion:
"Yixing is so popular, isn't my sister-in-law jealous?"
When Jiang Sui heard this, he burst out laughing as if he had heard a joke:
"Why should I be jealous? If I get jealous just because someone smiles at my husband, how can I ever get over this jealousy? Besides, I should be proud of him, because it shows that he is good enough!"
Upon hearing this, Qi Xiuyuan nodded in agreement and gave her a thumbs up:
"Brother-in-law, what a great vision!"
At the same time, in the next cubicle, Cheng Moyang was drinking tea with Cheng Xueyun, and they also watched the new number one scholar riding a horse in the parade.
When Cheng Xueyun saw Xiao Hechuan, she felt pleasantly surprised. She didn't expect that the top scorer in this year's exam would be the handsome man she met in Baixi Garden that day.
After she met him, she had been thinking about him all the time. In her heart, apart from her brother, there was no other man more handsome than him.
Of course, there is also His Royal Highness Prince Xun, but he is already Xia Wanning's man, so she can't covet him.
"Brother, he is the top scorer in this year's exam. I think the man I want to marry in the future is someone like him, with both talent and beauty. Only a man like him can be worthy of me!"
Cheng Moyang looked at her infatuated look, shook his head helplessly and advised:
"Xueyun, I advise you not to let your imagination run wild. The number one scholar is already married."
"So what? Our Xuanping Marquis Mansion is so noble. I am the legitimate daughter of Xuanping Marquis. How can I be inferior to that woman?" Cheng Xueyun was as confident as ever.
Cheng Moyang frowned at this. Why didn't he realize before that Xueyun had such a distorted outlook on life and was so mysteriously confident?
"You may not know the story about the champion scholar. After he met the emperor, the story spread in the palace that the champion scholar loved and respected his wife, and was a model for a husband. His wife accompanied the champion scholar through hardships all the way, and lived with him until now without complaint. As the saying goes, a wife who has shared his hardships should not be divorced. You can't forget your original wife who has been with you through hardships just because you are rich and powerful, right? If that's true, then this champion scholar is not a good man."
Cheng Moyang was well educated and was a true gentleman with positive values.
Cheng Xueyun curled her lips and disagreed.
As he was talking, the servant came over and whispered to Cheng Moyang:
"Sir, the Marquis asks you to return home as soon as possible. He has something important to discuss with you!"
Upon hearing this, Cheng Moyang guessed that there must be some progress in his sister's matter, but when he looked at Cheng Xueyun who was still reluctant to leave, he thought it was better for her not to know, in order to avoid any unpleasantness due to her temper.
"Xueyun, you stay here alone for now. My father needs me to go back for something, so I won't accompany you."
Cheng Xueyun was in high spirits and didn't care about anything else. She waved her hand, signaling Cheng Moyang to leave:
"Go ahead, brother. I'll play by myself for a while."
Cheng Moyang left two guards to protect her safety, and then he hurried back to the mansion.
At the mansion of Marquis Xuanping, Marquis Xuanping and his wife were waiting for his return.
"Father, mother, the servant said you had something urgent to discuss with me, but has there been any news about my sister?"
Xuanping Hou nodded, his face full of excitement:
"Ayang, after much inquiry, I finally found out where Aunt Xi went after she left the mansion. After she left the mansion, she took her son to live in a small county town called Xuancheng on the border. I want you to take people to Xuancheng immediately to find Aunt Xi's family and confirm whether there is any hidden secret about what happened back then. If your sister is still alive, you must find her back no matter what the cost."
"Yes, I have a premonition that my daughter is still alive and has suffered a lot. I really don't want her to suffer outside for a moment." Lady Xuanping Hou cried and wiped her tears.
Cheng Moyang was also very excited when he heard the news that Nanny Xi had been found.
"Yes, father and mother, I will have someone pack their bags immediately and set off for Xuancheng tomorrow. I will definitely find out where my sister is."
The real daughter of Marquis Xuanping was born with the expectation of the whole family. She should have been the apple of everyone's eye, but Cheng Xueyun took away everything from her.
If Cheng Xueyun knew that she might still be alive, she would be extremely jealous.
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The horse-riding parade started early in the morning and ended in the afternoon. Jiang Sui didn't watch it for long and then returned to Zhuangyuan's mansion early to prepare food and wait for him to come back.
The horse-riding parade has ended, and the next step is to wait for the emperor to appoint officials, which is estimated to be in the next few days. By then, these students who came to Beijing from other places to take the high school entrance examination will have a two-month return trip to their hometowns to report the good news to their families, which is also called returning home in glory. They can spend a short time with their families, and then they will officially take up their posts.
Some will be sent to other prefectures to serve as officials and start from the bottom, but Xiao Hechuan will undoubtedly stay in the capital.
Nowadays, there is a big event that everyone in Kyoto is talking about, and that is the wedding of Prince Xun and Princess Anping of the Ning'an Marquis's Mansion. It is said that the emperor particularly values Prince Xun, and his wedding will definitely be grand.
The wedding date is set at the end of the month. There is still half a month left, and Xiao Hechuan and Jiang Sui will return to Jeju after attending their wedding.
His Majesty has already met with the first and second place winners of this imperial examination. In this palace examination, there were only five second place winners, and only eight people in total were recruited by the court. Because of their answers, His Majesty was unable to find two more second place winners.
When selecting talents for the country, the quota cannot be too rigid. Without the ability, one cannot serve as an official in the court.
In this life, Xiao Hechuan successfully entered the Hanlin Academy and started as a sixth-rank Hanlin Academy compiler.
The second place winners, Banghua and Tanhua, were also granted official positions, but they were all external positions. Many counties were also divided into upper counties and lower counties. Banghua and Tanhua were both appointed as magistrates of upper counties. Qi Xiuyuan was also appointed as the magistrate of Xiang County in this life.
Xiang County is not in Jeju, but in Huizhou, thousands of miles away from his hometown in Jeju. However, Huizhou is in the south of the Yangtze River, where the scenery is beautiful and it is spring all year round. It is an excellent place to go, much better than the inferior county he visited in his previous life.
He just moved to a new place. It is unknown whether his attainments in calligraphy can still be displayed as in his previous life.
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