A lot of people crowded in front of the imperial edict, and his name could not be found on the entire list.
"Found it?" Chen was nervous.
Chunzhi shook her head and said, "Madam, I didn't find it."
Chen opened the carriage curtain and went down in person, followed by her family. They searched the imperial edict but could not find her name.
Look at Jiang Yuansheng again, he is so calm.
She was silent for a moment, then comforted him softly: "Don't worry, Yuan Sheng, we can still take the exam next year."
"Yes, yes, we have plenty of opportunities." Jiang Fengyuan also comforted.
Jiang Yuansheng was about to say something when a familiar person came over.
In just half a month, Wu Cuirou went back to wearing gold and silver jewelry as before, with a lot of pearls and jade in her hair, which jingled when she walked.
[Second aunt is so ugly.] Jiang Yuanxi frowned. Why did red and green look so ugly on her?
There are also hairpins all over her head.
[It's so embarrassing. I want to stay away from her. ]
After she finished speaking, the Jiang family members silently took a few steps back.
Wu Cuirou walked towards them.
Since Chen left the Anguo Mansion, the pressure in her heart has been reduced, and she looks radiant, as if she has returned to her former glory.
Wu Cuirou was jealous.
"I haven't seen you for a long time. Sister-in-law is still as beautiful as ever."
Chen took a step back: "You too, what you wear is still very strange."
Wu Cuirou thought Chen was praising her and then smiled.
"Sister-in-law, there's no need to look for it. I just checked and there's no name of Jiang Yuansheng. Our famous young master in Shengjing is just like this." Wu Cuirou sneered.
Who would have thought that the famous talented Jiang would fail the imperial examination.
Chen frowned slightly, "Congratulations, Madam Jiang, but I'm afraid this blessing is not easy to accept."
Jiang Hui straightened his back and showed off to Jiang Yuansheng opposite him.
"Brother, you are very talented in writing. You will definitely pass the exam next year!"
In Shengjing, everyone only knows Jiang Yuansheng. He is always compared with him. Over the years, he has had enough!
Jiang Yuansheng still looked calm and composed. Just by standing there, he attracted everyone's attention.
Jiang Hui hated him like this the most.
Wu Cuirou remembered something, "Oh, I forgot to tell my sister-in-law that Hui'er is on the list."
Jiang Yuanxi said: "I'm the last one, what's the matter, show off."
Wu Cuirou was unhappy, "What do you know! This is a matter of honor for the family. It's a pity that you don't have this blessing. Your ancestors don't want you anymore." She covered her mouth with a handkerchief and laughed.
Jiang Hui sighed slightly, "If you kneel down and beg me, I will definitely take back the lives of your uncle's family when I become the head of the family in the future. What do you think?"
"cut!"
Jiang Yuancheng gritted his teeth and pointed at Jiang Hui, "Say it again! I won't interrupt you."
"Yuancheng." Jiang Yuansheng stopped him.
"Brother, he said we."
Jiang Yuansheng stretched out his hand and told him to stop talking.
He said calmly: "Yufeng has rules, the top spot is not on the list."
"What a joke! You're the one who's at the top of the list!" Wu Cuirou said disdainfully.
She pointed at Jiang Yuansheng and taunted him, "If you are at the top of the list, I will be the emperor."
Chen suddenly remembered that there was such a rule. How could she have forgotten it?
Jiang Yuansheng: "How about this, I make a bet with my second aunt?"
Wu Cuirou raised her eyebrows: "What are you betting on?"
Jiang Yuansheng: "Let's bet that I'm the top scorer."
"Tsk," Wu Cuirou said nonchalantly, "If you were the top scholar, I would stand upside down and eat shit!"
Chen didn't expect that Wu Cuirou would be so bold and not let go of even this thing. She has quite a strong taste.
Jiang Yuansheng didn't expect her to be so aggressive.
"No, that's not necessary." The smell was too strong to bear.
"If you lose, how about standing in front of the gate of my Jiang Mansion and calling my parents 'ancestors'?"
Wu Cuirou's face flashed with an unnatural look, she turned around and asked in a low voice: "Hui'er, are you sure that Jiang Yuansheng is not the top scorer?"
Seeing how confident he was, Wu Cuirou felt uneasy.
[Wu Cuirou doesn't dare anymore. I have to say something to make her make up her mind.]
Chen's eyes were slightly cold, and she said indifferently, "Why, you don't dare?"
"Why shouldn't I? It's settled!" Wu Cuirou successfully fell for Chen's provocation.
"If you lose, all of you will kneel down in front of the gate of the Duke of Anguo's Mansion and beg for mercy, how about that?" She not only wanted to make the Jiang family lose face, but also trample on their self-esteem and grind it down mercilessly.
"Okay!" Chen agreed readily, "It's settled."
[Wu Cuirou lost miserably. Let's go home and wait for her to come to our door and call us 'ancestor'.]
[The top spot belongs to none other than my eldest brother! ]
The list of top scorers would not be announced until the afternoon, so Chen got on the carriage and the family went home first.
At the end of the street, Eunuch Cao rode a fine horse in front, holding a white horse in his other hand, followed by guards and a group of onlookers.
"This horse is great!" The horse dealer took a look and praised.
"Of course, this is a gift from His Majesty. Every year, His Majesty will select a white horse and give it to the number one scholar."
I can’t imagine how great it would be to ride a horse like this.
"I don't know who will be the top scholar this year."
"Looking from this direction, it looks like the Jiang family."
"Come on, let's go and take a look."
Jiang family.
"The Emperor, in compliance with the Will of Heaven, proclaims that in the special examination of the Hongxi Year, Jiang Yuansheng of the Shengjing Jiang Mansion has won the first place in the imperial examination. This is hereby announced and approved." Eunuch Cao read out the imperial edict.
"Jiang Yuansheng, thank you, Your Majesty!"
Chen immediately asked Chunzhi to bring the gold leaves.
"This," Eunuch Cao refused, "I am just passing on a message, which is against the rules."
Chen smiled and said, "Rules are dead, but people are alive. My son has passed the high school entrance exam, so my father-in-law should just treat it as a blessing."
"Then I would be disrespectful to refuse it." Eunuch Cao accepted it happily. He pinched it and found that there was quite a lot.
The Jiang family still knows how to behave.
"By the way, General, Madam, the top scholar needs to be paraded through the streets on horseback, so I hope you can prepare early."
Jiang Fengyuan: "Thank you for your advice, sir."
Chen was happy: "Chunzhi, go and give out porridge outside the city in the name of Yuan Xi."
Chunzhi bowed slightly, "Don't worry, Madam. I'll go right away."
At this time, there was joy in the Anguo Mansion.
In order to celebrate Jiang Hui's inclusion on the list, the old lady took out one hundred taels of silver from her coffin fund and had people buy firecrackers to set off on the street.
Duke Anguo, who was lying on the bed, made a "hehe" sound from his mouth, but unfortunately, no one heard it.
"Our Hui'er's talent is beyond comparison with that bitch's offspring." The old lady was happy.
This is the most enjoyable day in recent days.
After everyone left, the old lady walked up to Duke Anguo and tucked the quilt in for him, "Hui'er got admitted, you should be happy."
Duke Anguo's eyes were bloodshot as he stared at him and made some noises from his mouth, but no one could understand what he was saying.
"Back then, you preferred to suppress the position of the crown prince and wait for the eldest wife to succeed. Look at me now. It's my Hui'er who got into high school, but that bitch's grandson didn't."
"Don't worry, I'll take care of everything in the mansion. You can just lie there from now on. This medicine was used by that bitch. You can try it too."
The old lady came over with a black bowl of medicine. Duke Anguo looked horrified and shook his head repeatedly.
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