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Yu Ruhai sat in the carriage, looking at the tall and majestic city gate, feeling both delighted and a little awed. Once he entered this gate, he would be at the feet of the emperor. In his life, Yu Ruhai had never dared to dream that one day he would be able to set foot in the place where the old emperor lived.
"Our fifth brother is really promising. When he fell ill, I never stopped giving him medicine, because I thought that he could bring honor to our family!" Yu Ruhai said happily to Yu Mengshan and his wife.
Yu Mengshan smiled but said nothing. He touched his prosthesis with his hand and felt a little nervous.
Song Chun was unwilling to respond to Yu Ruhai's words. Back then, their Second Branch was bullied to such an extent that they almost couldn't survive. If it weren't for Yu Jiao, how could their Second Branch be where it is today? Old Master Yu was good at putting gold on his face.
Yu Zhou smiled and agreed, "That's right. If you hadn't been willing to spend money to educate them, there would have been no way our family would have produced a top scholar."
Yu Ruhai felt relieved after hearing this, and the smile on his face deepened. He glanced at the officers and soldiers who came to search and said, "Do you recognize this year's top scholar Yu Qizhe? He is my grandson."
The faces of the soldiers guarding the city gate changed slightly. If no one cared about the name of the new number one scholar in the past, it was very different now. The number one scholar Yu Qizhe had been promoted to the position of Shaoqing of Dali Temple in just a few months. He also sent the entire Yang family to the prison of the Ministry of Justice. He was highly favored by the emperor and was not comparable to ordinary people.
The officers and soldiers looked at the people in the car and saw that they were dressed in ordinary clothes and seemed to have come from the countryside to seek refuge with relatives. They did not dare to look down on them anymore. They changed their fierce appearance and said with a smile: "Of course I know. Lord Yu just got promoted. I am here to congratulate the old man."
Yu Ruhai was surprised and delighted when he heard this, and asked happily: "My grandson has been promoted? What rank is he now?"
The officers and soldiers asked and answered: "Master Yu was promoted to the position of Junior Secretary of the Dali Temple, and now he is a fourth-rank official of the imperial court. You are so lucky!"
When he heard that it was a fourth rank, the wrinkles on Yu Ruhai's face trembled with excitement. Fourth rank? You have to know that County Magistrate Gao, who is in charge of the entire Changkui County, is only a seventh rank official.
Yu Ruhai wished he could go back to Changkui immediately, hold a grand banquet for three days and three nights, and tell everyone that their Yu family had produced a fourth-rank official!
Yu Ruhai was so happy that he turned to Yu Mengshan and his wife and said, "Second Brother and his wife, did you hear that? Fifth Brother is now a fourth-rank official!"
Yu Mengshan and his wife were naturally surprised and happy. They looked at each other, speechless for a while.
"Thank you for telling us. We are in a hurry to go into the city to see my fifth brother. It's hot and it's not easy for you to guard the city gate. I hope you will accept this little gift and have a cup of cold tea." Yu Zhizhou took out some silver from his sleeve and stuffed it into the hands of the soldiers.
The officer didn't expect that there would be someone from their rural area who was so well-behaved. He took the change with a smile and asked people to let them go.
Yu Jinshu watched from the side with envy in his eyes.
In the past, he and Jinyan were the golden nuggets in the family, and they always got the first share of everything. But now that Yu Qizhe has become an official, and Yu Zhizhou has been doing business with that cheap girl Yu Jiao, and he has been out there all day, becoming more and more like a young master.
However, he and Jinyan became the laughing stock of the village because their father had an affair with Li Xiu'e and split up the family property, and they also didn't get any benefits.
Yu Jinshu said jealously, "Third brother is really generous. He gave money to a soldier guarding the city gate. Why doesn't he share some of his money with second brother?"
Yu Zhizhou glanced at him with a half-smile: "Second brother, what you said is really funny. Second brother, don't underestimate the soldiers guarding the city. This is the emperor's feet! If you don't learn to be smart when you go out, you will accomplish nothing. Oh, I forgot that second brother has never been out of the house, so it's understandable that you made such a joke."
"You..." Yu Jinshu's face turned pale and he was about to explode, but was stopped by Yu Zhoushi.
Yu Ruhai frowned, looked at Yu Jinshu and scolded him, "Nonsense! You are so short-sighted! If you were half as clever as Third Brother, how could you fail the exam to become a Tongsheng?"
Yu Jinshu retorted quietly: "Yu Zhizhou also failed the exam!"
Yu Ruhai snorted coldly: "Third brother didn't pass the exam, but he is well educated and has done big business outside. When he goes out, people still call him master. He is nothing like you, a wicked person who has accomplished nothing!"
Yu Jinshu felt extremely aggrieved. Ever since Yu Qizhe passed the imperial examination and instigated their third branch to split up the family, their third branch was increasingly disliked by the old man. Now, he and Jinyan did not have as much status in front of the old man as Yu Zhizhou and Yu Zhixing from the first branch.
"Although I failed in my studies, Jinyan passed the examination for a Tongsheng. The provincial examination is coming up soon. This time, Jinyan will definitely pass the examination for a Juren!"
Yu Jinyan sat aside with a gloomy look on his face, and did not speak.
If it were in the past, Yu Ruhai would certainly not remain unmoved after hearing this, but now, compared with his fifth brother's fourth-rank official position, the so-called Juren is nothing.
"You should say less." Yu Zhou was used to reading Yu Ruhai's expression, so she knew what he was thinking. Besides, her words were not effective in front of Yu Ruhai now. Meng Yujiao was taken back to Beijing by the son of Liu Ci Fu's family and caused such a big scene in the Yu family that Yu Ruhai regretted it so much that his intestines were broken. He even blamed her for the fact that their Yu family could not take advantage of the opportunity to rise to the top.
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