With Zheng Xiang's words, and Wei Hanzhou's firm attitude, no one said anything.

The matter of capturing Wei Hanzhou as a son-in-law ended in nothing.

However, Wei Hanzhou became famous in the capital because of this incident.

Although the court officials had mixed opinions about him, the literati admired his character and the women liked him very much.

This matter spread among the people.

In the process of delivering messages, some errors are inevitable.

Although Wei Hanzhou explained the identity of his wife himself, some people selectively listened to the version they liked better. Within two days, storytellers in restaurants and teahouses began to tell the touching story of the new number one scholar and the brothel girl.

As Wei Hanzhou left the capital, people in the capital began to secretly look forward to what the number one scholar's wife would look like, waiting for the number one scholar to return to the capital in a month and bring his wife back with him.

Before Liu Tangxi came to the capital, her good name had already spread among the upper-class officials and common people in the capital.

Wei Hanzhou was still on his way back to Weijia Village. At this moment, Weijia Village was more lively than ever before.

As early as the day when Wei Hanzhou was honored as the new top scholar by the emperor in the palace examination, the news of who this year's top scholar was had spread. As the hometown of the top scholar, they naturally received the news at the first time.

Wei Hanzhou stayed in the capital for a few days, so he was still on his way back to the capital, but the news had already spread to the provincial capital, county town, town, and Weijia Village.

Wei Laosan and Li had just returned from the town. They were frightened when they saw the crowds of people gathered in three layers inside and outside the door.

"What's going on? Why are there so many people?" Li grabbed a woman in the outer circle and asked anxiously.

The woman was obviously not from Weijia Village. She came to join in the fun and did not know Li. When Li asked her this, she immediately smiled and said, "I came to see the number one scholar!"

"What? Number one scholar?" Li was very confused.

However, I felt a little more relaxed, thinking that as long as nothing happened at home, it would be good.

As they spoke, Li and Wei Lao San looked at each other, both of them revealed confusion in their eyes.

At this time, an old man who was about the same age as Wei Lao San said, "It seems that you have heard the news and come here to see the excitement, right? Let me tell you, this Weijia Village is extraordinary, and this family is even more extraordinary. They have produced a number one scholar!"

After hearing the old man's words and seeing that the direction the old man pointed to was exactly his home, Wei Lao San was shocked. He swallowed his saliva and asked, "Zhuang...Zhuangyuan?"

"Yes, Wei Jieyuan passed the imperial examination and became the top scorer."

Wei Jieyuan... He had no idea how many times he had heard this title recently. Today, when he came back home, someone greeted him on the road and called him "Father Jieyuan".

Wei Lao San simply couldn't believe what he heard, and his hands began to tremble with excitement.

"After so many years, our family finally has a top scholar, and he's from the same county and town as us, so close to us. I really want to see what the top scholar looks like, and I wonder if he's at home." Someone said nearby.

"No, no, Mr. Wei hasn't come back yet." A voice suddenly came from behind.

Like Wei Lao San, Li was also very excited. Gradually, she came to her senses, tugged at Wei Lao San's sleeve, and whispered, "Dad, they said that the third son passed the imperial examination and became the top scholar?"

Wei Lao San's mouth, which had just been slightly opened nervously, finally closed. With trembling lips, he said, "Yes...should...should be."

Li's eyes suddenly turned red, and she excitedly grabbed Wei Lao San's sleeve, not knowing what to say.

"How do you know he didn't come back?" someone in the crowd asked.

"He is from our village. I saw his father this morning, but I haven't heard that he has returned."

"Ah, you are from Weijia Village, so you must have seen the No. 1 Scholar. I wonder what he looks like..."

The man had a proud look on his face, but suddenly, his expression changed and he said, "Hey, isn't this Uncle San and Aunt San? Why are you two still standing here? The person who brought the good news is waiting at your house."

When the people around heard this, they immediately looked over.

Soon, the space in front of Wei Lao San and Li gradually became empty, and people automatically made way for them, looking at them with envy in their eyes.

At this moment, Liu Tangxi was entertaining guests at home with Zhang and Zhou. Wei Laosan and his wife came back and helped them out.

The last time Wei Hanzhou passed the imperial examination, the Wei family had already had a great time. However, that time, Wei Hanzhou still had to take part in the Spring Examination, so everyone was more reserved. This time was different, Wei Hanzhou had already finished the exam, and he had even won the first place.

During the entire Dali Dynasty, only one top scholar would appear every three years.

And there hasn't been one in their capital for decades.

Not only was the third family of Wei Lao San busy, but the whole Weijia Village was also busy. In the town, the county seat, and the provincial capital, everyone was talking about this matter.

We learned from the people who brought the good news that, according to custom, the number one scholar would return home after attending the palace banquet, and he was already on his way. Wei Laosan and his wife did not go out to sell candied haws, and Wei Daniu and Wei Erhu did not go to the town to work.

It’s not that they don’t want to go, but there are simply too many guests at home and Liu Tangxi and her sisters-in-law are simply unable to cope with them.

Moreover, even if they go out now, they will be surrounded by people asking questions and can't do anything. It's better to hide at home for a while and go out after this matter is over.

After a few days, Wei Hanzhou finally returned as everyone expected.

When he came back, he was surrounded by the guests who were waiting for him at home.

Wei Hanzhou greeted them one by one.

Liu Tangxi was originally talking to the female relatives in the east room. When the female relatives heard that Wei Hanzhou had returned, they were even more excited than Liu Tangxi, and they all walked outside eagerly.

Liu Tangxi fell behind.

There were a lot of people in the yard. Liu Tangxi was standing at the door of the east wing, behind the crowd, looking at Wei Hanzhou from a distance.

As if they had telepathic connection, Wei Hanzhou turned his gaze and looked at Liu Tangxi who was outside the crowd.

Liu Tangxi smiled at him.

Wei Hanzhou's gaze stayed on her for a moment, then he turned to look at the person beside him.

For the whole day, Liu Tangxi was unable to speak a word to Wei Hanzhou.

It was not until the hour of Hai when everyone had dispersed and Wei Laosan's household had returned to peace that Wei Hanzhou returned home.

At this time, Liu Tangxi was already lying on the bed, and fell asleep in a daze.

She hadn't seen Wei Hanzhou for several months, and had been worried at home, fearing that he might have met with an accident and would not be able to come back. Now that she saw him return safely, her floating heart finally settled down, and she was no longer so serious, and relaxed.

She originally wanted to wait for Wei Hanzhou to come back so that she could have a good talk with him and ask him about what happened in the capital, but while waiting, she fell asleep without realizing it.

Wei Hanzhou glanced at the two quilts on the bed, folded the outer one and put it in the closet. Then, he climbed onto the bed quietly and lifted the one covering Liu Tangxi.

At the moment the quilt was lifted, Liu Tangxi slowly opened her eyes. Looking at Wei Hanzhou in front of her, she muttered, "You're back."

"Yeah, I'm back."

Liu Tangxi closed her eyes again, unconsciously snuggled into his arms, and her breathing became long again.

Looking at Liu Tangxi's little movements, Wei Hanzhou raised his hand, gently touched her hair, and a faint smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

Then, he lowered his head and sniffed the scent of her hair. He closed his eyes and slowly fell asleep in the soothing scent.

In the next few days, Wei Hanzhou was very busy, busy with opening the ancestral temple with the clan members to worship and comfort the ancestors.

However, his vacation time was limited and he was not the type to show off, so after three days, all matters here were settled.

In this case, Wei Hanzhou also had to pack up and go to Beijing.

From the first day she entered the book, Liu Tangxi knew that she would return to the capital, and she had been looking forward to it.

After all, the moment she opened her eyes, she saw Wei Hanzhou, the villain in the book, and the villain looked at her as if he wanted to kill her. In the days that followed, she lived cautiously and fearfully, for fear of offending him.

She didn't want to stay here, but out of fear of Wei Hanzhou, she didn't dare to run away.

But as they got along day after day, her attitude towards him gradually changed, and she no longer felt the fear and disgust towards him that she had at first.

Now that the day to return to Beijing was really approaching, she found that she was not very happy, but instead felt a lot more reluctant and melancholy.

She had no idea what the situation was in the capital, and the male and female protagonists in the book were both there.

The original owner had bullied the heroine and entangled the hero, and the heroine took the opportunity to sell out the original owner.

I wonder what will happen if she goes to the capital and returns to the Marquis' Mansion.

She was not a very smart person, and she was soft-hearted. She was neither like the original owner nor like the heroine. If she really went to the backyard, wouldn't she be eaten to the bone?

She really just wants to eat well and live comfortably throughout her life.

Alas, why is such a simple request so difficult to achieve?

When Liu Tangxi thought about this, he felt overwhelmed.

That night, Wei Lao San asked about Wei Hanzhou's return to Beijing.

"Third brother, when are you going to the capital?" asked Wei Lao San.

"Two days later." Wei Hanzhou replied.

"So fast." Li said anxiously.

"Well, my son has already been appointed to an official position and has set a date for taking office. If I go back too late, I'm afraid I won't be able to catch up." Wei Hanzhou explained.

Although he was reluctant to let his son go, Wei Lao San still smiled and said, "Well, then leave in two days. Don't delay your work."

His son is now an official appointed by the imperial court, which seems to be a higher position than their county magistrate. He saw it that day, and the county magistrate saluted his son.

When he thought about his son being an official now, Wei Lao San felt very proud.

Li was also proud of her son, but at this moment she felt more reluctant to let him go.

When she thought about when her son would come back from his trip to the capital, Li's eyes became moist. She lowered her head and quietly wiped away her tears.

When she looked up again, Li looked at Liu Tangxi and said, "My third son's wife, you should pack up in the next few days. Then you and the third son will go to the capital together."

Liu Tangxi was slightly startled, glanced at Wei Hanzhou, lowered his eyes, and nodded.

Wei Hanzhou glanced at her sideways.

Because Wei Hanzhou and Liu Tangxi were about to leave, the family cherished their reunion time and talked a lot.

It was almost midnight when Wei Hanzhou and Liu Tangxi returned to the house.

Since Wei Hanzhou came back that day, there was only one quilt left on the bed. At this moment, Liu Tangxi didn't bother to make the quilt quickly. After washing up, Liu Tangxi got into the quilt.

Soon, Wei Hanzhou also lay down.

The two men haven't spoken since they entered the room.

It was not until after lying in bed for a long time that Liu Tangxi let out a sigh and Wei Hanzhou finally spoke.

"Madam, are you worried?"

Liu Tangxi paused, pursed his lips, and said, "Nothing."

"But... don't you want to go to the capital with your husband?"

Liu Tangxi was stunned. She did have mixed feelings about going to the capital, but she didn't mean to not want to go with Wei Hanzhou.

How could Wei Hanzhou have such an idea?

The first few words cannot be explained, and I don’t know how to explain them to Wei Hanzhou, but the second few words are easy to explain.

"No, I just thought about leaving in two days, and I feel reluctant to leave mom and the others." She was telling the truth.

While we were talking in the main room just now, she hid in the corner and quietly wiped away her tears several times.

Being annoyed about returning to Beijing was one thing, but now, thinking about leaving these familiar people, her reluctance became even heavier.

Wei Hanzhou responded softly, “Yeah.”

"I don't know how long it will take to come back." Liu Tangxi sighed.

Wei Hanzhou thought that Weijia Village was far away from the capital, and he could not go back during the holidays. Therefore, in this life, except for resigning from office and returning home, he could not go back many times.

He didn't want to deceive Liu Tangxi, so he changed his approach and said, "If you miss them, just write to them."

Liu Tangxi sighed.

After two years of living with Li and his family, she really fell in love with them and was reluctant to leave them. She had also thought about going to Beijing with her family. Anyway, she had a golden finger, she would never starve to death, and she might even make a fortune. The family would be happy together and soon they would become rich.

But what is the current situation in the capital, and whether she can save her life is still unknown.

When watching the drama, from the heroine's perspective, the court was not stable. The crown prince was not a good person, the third prince was not a weak person, and the emperor was even more incompetent and listened to the words of the treacherous minister Wei Hanzhou.

The capital city is like a den of dragons and tigers.

The reason why this attracted her to continue watching was because the heroine was smart and could resolve any drastic changes in the court.

But she is not the heroine. Even if she has a golden finger, she can't do anything if she is really beheaded.

Therefore, she decided to go to the capital first to explore the situation. If everything was fine, she would then take Li and the others over.

Thinking of this, Liu Tangxi replied calmly, "Yeah."

Wei Hanzhou could tell that Liu Tangxi was in a bad mood, so he reached out and hugged her, stroked her hair, and said, "Go to sleep."

Perhaps it was the magic of Wei Hanzhou's voice, and soon Liu Tangxi forgot about his troubles and fell asleep.

For the next two days, Liu Tangxi was in a bad mood and was a little absent-minded when playing with Fu Yao and the others.

Soon, two days passed.

The moment of parting has finally come.

Early in the morning, Liu Tangxi woke up early, tidied himself up, and went to the stove.

At this time, Li and Zhang were cooking on the stove. Seeing her coming over, Li smiled and said, "Old Third's wife, you're up. We don't need your help here. Go check if you and Old Third's things are packed, and then go and pack up, don't forget anything. This place is far from the capital, and it's not easy to go back and forth."

Hearing what Li said, Liu Tangxi's eyes suddenly became moist.

Fearing that Li would notice something and cause her grief, Liu Tangxi lowered her eyes, sniffed, and said, "Thank you for your trouble, mother. I have packed everything."

After that, she calmed down and said, "Let me cook this meal. My husband and I are leaving today, and I don't know when we will be back next time, so let me honor you once again."

Although officials usually have holidays, Weijia Village is far away from the capital, and it takes more than ten days to go back and forth. How can they have such a long vacation?

Therefore, even during the Chinese New Year, I'm afraid Wei Hanzhou won't be able to come back.

"Ah." Li sighed, turned around, wiped the corners of her eyes with her sleeve, and said, "Well, you do it, I'll go see the third brother."

After Li left, Liu Tangxi wiped her tears with the handkerchief in her sleeve.

Zhang was also very upset watching the scene in front of her. Although she had only known Liu Tangxi for about two years, Liu Tangxi was good-natured and hardworking, and the two had never quarreled and had a good relationship.

But she was tongue-tied and didn't know what to say.

After struggling for a long time, Zhang said, "It is a happy event that my third brother is going to the capital. My third brother and his wife should not be sad."

Liu Tangxi sobbed for a while and said, "Well, sister-in-law, let's cook."

"good."

Liu Tangxi’s meal was a sumptuous one, with six dishes, a soup, and dumplings.

Although the food was rich, no one ate too much. Wei Lao San drank a few glasses of wine and looked very happy. His face had a few more wrinkles.

"In the blink of an eye, you are going to Beijing to be an official. Think about the situation of our family ten years ago, and look at it now, it seems like a dream. Now you have made a difference, and it is worth it for your mother, your brother and his wife to support you for so many years. Dad is a useless person, I can't read a single word. Apart from farming and planting fruit trees, I can't do anything else. Dad knows that you are well-educated and you are a cultured person, but there are a few things Dad needs to say to you."

Hearing this, Wei Hanzhou quickly stood up, bent over and stood in front of Wei Lao San.

"Since you have been appointed by the court, you must do more for the people. When you become an official, the court will give you a salary, so you will not go hungry, but you should not have any thoughts that you shouldn't have. You suffered when you were a child, and you know how uncomfortable it is to go hungry. So you can't be like the previous county magistrate, extorting money from the people and levying taxes indiscriminately. I heard that the county magistrate Hu became a high-ranking official? Well, it shows that the higher-ups are not clean either. Dad doesn't expect you to deal with that county magistrate. You are alone and don't have the ability. But you can at least not learn from him. The court appointed you as an official because it trusts you. You must be worthy of the court and the people. Be an upright and good official. Dad doesn't want to be stabbed in the back or have his ancestral graves dug up in the future..."

Liu Tangxi lowered his head to eat, but he couldn't stop thinking in his heart. If it was as written in the book, if it was a real world, then the ancestral tomb of Wei Hanzhou's family would have been dug up countless times, and the corpse would have been whipped countless times.

When she thought of this, she felt a chill on her back in late spring. She didn't dare to think about it anymore and shook her head.

Next, Wei Lao San continued to talk a lot. If Li hadn't seen that he was drunk and held him back, he would have continued talking.

"Haha, I'm so happy when I think that the third brother is going to be an official. Now when I go out, everyone calls me the number one scholar father and the number one scholar dad, and everyone respects me." Wei the third brother said with a smile.

Seeing that his face had turned red from drinking, Li spat at him, "How dare you say that? Look how proud you are. You only know how to teach your son a lesson, but don't know how to talk about yourself. Don't get carried away and cause trouble for your son."

Wei Lao San was stunned for a moment, then he burst into laughter and said, "Yes, your mother is right. I almost made a mistake."

"Thank you, parents, for your teaching." Wei Hanzhou said solemnly.

"Okay, third brother, eat your meal quickly or it will get cold. Don't listen to your father's nagging. What does he know? He only knows how to farm. He doesn't know anything else." Li continued to add insult to injury.

"Although what Dad said was simple, it was a profound truth. I will learn from it." Wei Hanzhou defended Wei Lao San's reputation. After that, he said to Li, "I will never forget your kindness in raising me. I will keep it in my heart."

After hearing what Wei Hanzhou said, Mrs. Li stopped saying anything to Wei Lao San and quickly asked her son to eat more vegetables.

The meal will eventually be finished, and time will not slow down because of anyone's reluctance.

About fifteen minutes after dinner, the uncle from the next village who delivered vegetables to the county town every day came driving his cart.

They had to first take a cart to the town, then take a boat from the town's pier directly to the provincial capital, and then rent a horse-drawn carriage from the provincial capital to the capital.

Wei Hanzhou and Liu Tangxi took out the things and put them onto the cart one by one.

After moving, Liu Tangxi asked Wei Hanzhou to go out first, and she stayed in the east room alone for a while.

This is where she has lived for two years. She has lived here since she came. Thinking that she is about to leave here and may never come back in her lifetime, Liu Tangxi couldn't hold back her tears and flowed out.

However, she did not dare to cry loudly. She felt tears flowing down her face and sobbed a few times. She quickly took out a handkerchief to wipe her tears and looked at the bundle in her hand.

Afterwards, he put the bag on the bed, looked around the east room again, and then Liu Tangxi went out.

As a result, as soon as she went out, she saw Wei Hanzhou waiting for her at the door.

Didn't he hear her crying?

Wei Hanzhou pursed his lips and whispered, "My lady, if you are reluctant to leave, I will take time to bring you back to see you later."

Liu Tangxi also knew that this was unlikely, so he lowered his eyes and said softly, "Yeah."

"Let's go, uncle is waiting outside."

"Um."

Liu Tangxi followed Wei Hanzhou out.

When we arrived at the door, Wei Laosan and his family were waiting there.

Wei Lao San did not tell the villagers that Wei Hanzhou was leaving today, and his family lived at the end of the village, so no one knew about this and not many people came to watch.

"Hurry up and go, otherwise the boat will leave and you will have to wait another day," Li urged.

"Yeah." Wei Hanzhou responded.

However, when Wei Hanzhou and Liu Tangxi were about to go up, Li was reluctant to let them go. "Have you finished the inspection? Did you forget to bring anything?"

"No, I brought them all."

"Oh, that's good, that's good." Li murmured.

Although he said he was relieved, his face showed some regret.

Liu Tangxi calmed down, raised his head and looked at Li.

"Mom, please take care of yourself. Your daughter-in-law can no longer show her filial piety in front of you."

My emotions had calmed down, but as soon as I opened my mouth, tears flowed again.

To her, Li was different from others. She was very lucky to have met a lifesaver like Li and a mother-in-law like Li who protected her in every way.

Seeing Liu Tangxi crying, Li couldn't hold back any more. Tears flowed down her cheeks. She choked up and said, "What are you talking about? Just be good to the third child and give me a big fat grandson as soon as possible. But I don't know if I can still show you my grandson when the time comes."

"Of course she can. Mother will definitely be able to go and show her grandson to my third brother and his wife. We're all waiting." Seeing that the atmosphere was too heavy, Zhou spoke up.

Liu Tangxi wiped her tears, smiled, and said, "Take care, sister-in-law and sister-in-law."

"Hey, you're fine too," said Zhang.

Fu Yao has always been following Liu Tangxi. In the past two years, she has gotten used to having Liu Tangxi around her. When she saw Liu Tangxi was about to leave, she couldn't help but hug her waist.

"Auntie, I don't want you to leave. Let Uncle San go alone. Please stay and accompany me."

As he spoke, he burst into tears.

Shulan was also reluctant to leave Liu Tangxi. She had been hiding quietly behind Zhang, but when she saw Fu Yao crying, she ran over and hugged Liu Tangxi and started crying.

Watching this scene, Wei Hanzhou said, "Fuyao, you are not young anymore and you have been to school. You need to take good care of your younger brothers and sisters at home. Do you understand?"

"Yeah." Fu Yao responded tearfully.

"Okay, it's time for your third uncle and aunt to leave. Stop pestering them." Zhou pulled her daughter back.

Liu Tangxi had just cried for a while, and now seeing Fu Yan's tearful appearance, she said, "If you miss Auntie, why don't you go to the capital to find her?"

After hearing this, Fu Yao nodded heavily and said, "Okay."

"Would you like to stay with your sister?" Liu Tangxi touched Shulan's hair.

Shulan nodded with tears in her eyes.

"Let's go, my lady?" Wei Hanzhou said.

Liu Tangxi glanced at him, then turned to look at Li and said, "Mom, there is a bundle on my bed. It is clothes made for your eldest sister-in-law, second sister-in-law, and several children. You can distribute them to everyone later."

She had started making clothes since Wei Hanzhou went to the capital. She made a set of clothes for everyone as a way of repaying him.

Li wanted to refuse, but Liu Tangxi shook his head.

When we say goodbye, we always talk a lot. If we continue talking, I'm afraid we won't be able to finish until dark.

Wei Lao San stopped them in time.

"Okay, don't waste time, both of you should go quickly."

"Yes, Dad."

Before leaving, Wei Hanzhou and Liu Tangxi knelt on the ground and kowtowed several times to Wei Laosan and Li, then got on the cart and staggered away from Weijia Village.

Seeing Li and others standing at the door, Liu Tangxi's eyes became red again, but she tried her best to hold it back.

When they left Weijia Village and could no longer see Li and the others, Liu Tangxi finally couldn't help but burst into tears.