"What are you talking about, my Lord? Isn't your child also my child?"
"After all these years, you still call me Marquis. It's so strange."
"What should my name be?"
"Jingyuan, call me Jingyuan."
As he said this, his hands kept stroking Tu Qingyu's back.
After a few years, his little wife became more beautiful. I don’t know if she had grown up or what.
Now, just by standing there, she could make him unable to take his eyes off her.
Tu Qingyu chuckled softly, "Jingyuan."
"Yeah." It sounds nice.
The next day, Shen Chen, who learned that his sister was punished, hurriedly put down his book and wanted to go to his father to plead for mercy.
But as soon as I reached the door of the study, I heard a burst of clear laughter.
It's easy to tell whose voice it is. It's from his three younger siblings born to his stepmother.
Chen Zhang: "My sister is just lazy. She reads it once and memorizes it, but then refuses to read it again."
Chen Jun: "Isn't it enough to understand? I'm not taking the imperial examination. Do I need to read such a simple thing several times?"
Shen Liao: "Your current understanding is all from books, which doesn't count as understanding."
Chen Jun: "Then how can I understand it?"
Shen Liao: "You'll know when you grow up."
The gentleman next to him said, "That's right. Many things can only be understood after experiencing them. Little County Lady, there's no need to rush. You can slowly experience these principles in the future."
Chen Zhang: "What about me? Do I not need to rush? I can learn these things after reading them once. Father, sir, I really think that once you have read and understood them, there is no need to keep writing and rewriting them, and then doing exercises."
Shen Liao: "I know you are devoted to war, but the world is peaceful now. There will be no war for at least ten years. Besides, you are still young. You should at least pass the imperial examination. Then you can do whatever you want."
Chen Zhang: "Really? As long as you pass the imperial examination, you can do whatever you want?"
Shen Liao: "You, do you think it's so easy to become a Jinshi?"
Chen Zhang: "But I'm only five years old. I still have many years to go. Didn't Dad only get the top three honors at the age of seventeen?"
The teacher laughed heartily, rubbed his head and said, "Winning the imperial examination at the age of seventeen is already a remarkable achievement, and you actually say it's talent?"
Chen Zhang: "I think my brother can surpass Daddy!"
Shen Cong: "I can't, don't talk nonsense."
Shen Liao: "Yes, I think my son has such potential. Daddy is waiting for you to surpass Daddy."
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He didn't listen to the rest of the words, turned around and returned to his yard in a daze.
He had never seen his husband and father so relaxed.
Even though their father deliberately acted gentle in front of them, it was only because he didn't want to look more aggressive in front of them.
That's not true relaxation.
When he tried his best to show that he treated everyone equally, his heart had actually already been biased.
A few months later, the twelve-year-old Shen Chen took the imperial examination.
He insisted on starting from the county examination like Shen Liao.
The initial county and prefectural examinations went smoothly, and he successfully became a student.
But when he was writing the essay for the college entrance examination, looking at the topic, his mind instantly thought of his five-year-old brother Chen Cong.
They attended classes together, and the teacher had also talked about some of the policy questions.
Chen Cong didn't even have to think much. He picked up his pen and wrote a policy paper that was even worse than an adult's.
He is only five years old.
He said he would be better than his father.
My father passed the imperial examination at the age of seventeen with a score of 13. What about Chen Cong? Did he pass the imperial examination at the age of six?
So what was he to do? He was the eldest son of a marquisate, but he couldn’t pass the imperial examinations as well as his younger brother, who was seven years his junior.
You'll be laughed at, right?
The more he thought about it, the more sweat appeared on his forehead, and the pen in his hand suddenly lost its grip and fell onto the paper.
Looking at the dirt on the paper, his eyes went dark.
Finally, he was carried out of the Imperial Examination Hall, and the people in the Marquis' Mansion immediately called in the imperial physician.
Dabao sighed as he watched the video: "Isn't this a little too pitiful?"
Tu Qingyu: "We didn't do anything to cheat. How he performs in the exam depends entirely on him."
Besides, pitiful?
The original owner, who had no children in his previous life and starved to death, was even more pitiful.
Dabao: "That's right. I looked at those questions. There's no doubt that our Cong and Zhang brothers will be fine. Master, you are really good at giving birth. How come all your little masters are so smart?"
He now just flatters me without thinking.
Tu Qingyu: "Don't you see how much effort I put into them?"
When they are still in the womb, they are guided to refine the innate energy. After they are born, not only are they fed with spiritual liquid, but the wisdom-enhancing fruit and other spiritual fruits are also squeezed into juice and fed to them.
Loving your own children is one thing, and suppressing these two kids in all aspects is another.
The mission she accepted was to take revenge on these two ungrateful people.
There is no better revenge than being crushed in all aspects and finally losing the thing you care about most.
Dabao: "Yes, yes, the master is the smartest. It's because the master thinks things through."
Tu Qingyu sighed. Dabao evolved so quickly that she even missed the Dabao who knew nothing before.
After a while, the results of the college examination came out, and Shen Chen failed as expected. He failed the first time and stopped at the level of Tongsheng.
Later he worked even harder, to the point where he couldn't put the book down and neglected sleep and food.
Shen Liao was worried about his health and talked to him several times. He agreed on the surface, but he still got up in the middle of the night to recite his lessons.
The old lady couldn't bear it, so she tried to persuade him with tears and snot, and that had some effect.
Unfortunately, the old lady passed away within two years.
As soon as the old lady left, the two children became even more extreme.
Every time Chen Yao looked at Chen Cong and the others, the hatred in her eyes was undisguised.
Chen Chen worked even harder, and after his great-grandson's one-year mourning period was over, he took the exam again.
I passed this time, but unfortunately my ranking was not high.
Afterwards, he became afraid that if he didn't take the exam, Chen Cong and the others would grow up and catch up with him and become candidates in the same class.
The result of rushing into things is predictable. The juren failed the exam twice.
When they were seventeen years old, Shen Liao planned to arrange a marriage for the brother and sister.
Shen Chen didn't care, but he hinted many times in his words that he wanted a lady from a noble family.
Both his father and the emperor were reluctant to mention the matter of appointing him as the crown prince. He was really afraid that if he did not have a capable wife and family, the position of crown prince would fall into the hands of others in the future.
He is the eldest son of the Marquis's family. Even if he doesn't say it, the girl Shen Liao finds for him will not be from a small family.
Then there was Chen Yao, who was furious when she heard the news.
The man who had been obedient for several years finally brought his men and broke into the main courtyard without any scruples.
"Father, I won't marry. Why are you so anxious to marry me off? Is it to make room for Shen Jun?"
She was stopped outside the yard and then shouted loudly without any hesitation.
Chen Jun, who had just returned from a gathering of young ladies at a good friend's house, stood aside and looked at her as if she were a fool.
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