Two years later, Shen Cong and Shen Zhang took the imperial examinations.
When they learned about their fate, many students became nervous.
The teachers of several students who had a chance of winning the first prize all lamented their bad luck in meeting Chen Cong.
"Teacher, is it really that scary?"
"Let me tell you this: the best article you've written recently was written by those two two years ago when they were only thirteen years old.
There haven't been any articles released in the past two years. I heard he's in seclusion, and I wonder what kind of sensation he'll cause when he comes out."
After all, the last time Prince Shen went into seclusion, he came out just as the new emperor ascended the throne, bringing with him a high yield of good seeds.
The facts turned out to be just as they expected. The champion this time was indeed Chen Cong, followed closely by Shen Zhang.
When the list came out, wherever Shen Liao went, people looked at him with envy.
Everyone, whether familiar or not, wants to ask him for his parenting advice.
He could only reply, "It's all because the child is smart. I hardly put any effort into it."
No one else believed it, but he himself knew that he really didn't put in any effort.
However, as he is a duke, if he says so, others can only smile in sympathy.
He has been in high spirits these days. The excellence of the triplets is enough to cover up the shame brought to him by the first two children.
Two months later, during the palace examination, the emperor did not hide his preference for the two brothers at all.
After the palace examination, Chen Cong was selected as the top scorer, becoming the first person in history to pass the six examinations.
This year, he is only fifteen years old, and is even more capable than his father.
Shen Zhang was the third place in the imperial examination, and also the most handsome and youngest third place in the imperial examination throughout history.
When the two men rode horses in the parade, the streets were deserted.
Tu Qingyu was well prepared and asked the two to bring umbrellas. When someone hit the purse hairpin, they would just open the umbrella.
Chen Jun stood in a private room of a restaurant on the street and called out, "Brother!"
Shen Cong and Shen Jun took down their umbrellas at the same time, and Shen Jun and her younger sister Yang Yuanyuan dropped their purses at the same time.
Shen Zhang took Shen Jun's call, and Shen Cong took Yang Yuanyuan's call.
He looked at the girl standing with his sister, raised his lips slightly, and put the purse in his hand into his arms.
"ah--!"
"ah!!!"
"He smiled, he looked at me and smiled!"
"Stop it, is he smiling at you? Can't you see that's Princess Changning above?"
"But I saw that Princess Changning only threw out a purse, and it was picked up by the young uncle."
"Then, then whose call did he pick up..."
…
Yang Yuanyuan could hardly suppress the smile on her face, which flushed red. She didn't dare to look down at all.
Chen Jun looked at his second brother, then at Yang Yuanyuan, and suddenly a blessing came to his mind.
She reached out and pulled Yang Yuanyuan, "Come on, come back with me. My brother and the others will be home soon."
"This... is a huge happy occasion. Your family is having a great time. Why would I go there?"
"You know my parents, so what are you afraid of?"
They have been friends for many years. Occasionally she would stay at the Yang family for a few days, and occasionally Yang Yuanyuan would come to stay for a while. They had already become familiar with each other.
When the two returned, Shen Liao and Tu Qingyu were already waiting for them with their two brothers.
Tu Qingyu looked at the two of them and smiled, "Why are you taking so long to come back?"
Chen Jun: "There are too many people outside, it's blocked."
In fact, she almost hit someone else's carriage on the road. It seemed to be a scholar. There was no family mark on the carriage, so she didn't care.
Anyway, it was the other party who rushed over suddenly.
Yang Yuanyuan bowed, "Meet uncle and aunt, meet second brother Shen and third brother Shen."
"Yuanyuan, come and sit down. It's such a coincidence today. The kitchen just happened to make your favorite pastries, and you came just in time." Tu Qingyu greeted the little girl.
Dabao: "What do you mean by 'perfect'? This is what our brother Cong specifically ordered from the kitchen."
Tu Qingyu: "Tsk, how could I not know this? But can I expose it?"
Chen Cong didn't care. He was a boy, but the girl was shy, so he decided to wait a little longer.
She raised her hand and yawned. "I'm so sleepy after getting up so early in the morning. You young people should go and have fun by yourselves. The flowers in the garden are in full bloom. Brother Cong, take your two sisters and go play."
"Your mother, I'm going to take a nap."
"Yes, mother, please go quickly. We will have fun with our sisters."
Yang Yuanyuan had envied the relaxed atmosphere of the Shen family more than once. The way Shen Cong and his family interacted with their parents was different from that of other families.
If she...
When she thought of this, her face couldn't help but turn red.
Shen Liao had just finished talking to his daughter when he turned his head and saw that the little girl's face suddenly turned red.
Just when he was confused, he was pulled away by Tu Qingyu.
After entering the inner room of the main courtyard, Shen Liao asked, "Is the little girl okay?"
If you have any problems, you'd better ask the imperial physician for help, so as not to delay it.
"It's okay." Tu Qingyu looked at his dazed expression and couldn't help but stretched out her hand to pull his cheek. "Didn't you see?"
"What?"
"She and Cong."
"You, you mean..."
"Why are you so dull? Aren't you usually quite smart?"
Shen Liao smiled and said, "Alright, alright. The Yang family has a long history of scholarship, and Grand Tutor Yang was once my mentor. This marriage is a great one."
"That's great. We have to see the situation first. We have to see if the girl is willing."
"Your face is so red and you still don't say you are willing?"
"Then ask your son another day. If he thinks the time is right, you can take him to the Yang Mansion to propose marriage."
"good."
On the other side, the four walked into the garden and found that someone was already playing there.
Lan Yuerong and little Shen Jing were catching butterflies inside.
"Second uncle, third uncle~" Shen Jing bowed to the two of them. Although she was small, she was very polite.
"It's Jingjing, get up quickly."
Chen Cong bent down to help her up, and then bowed to Lan Yuerong, "Greetings, sister-in-law."
"You guys are here to enjoy the flowers, right? We've almost had enough fun, so I'll take Sister Jing back first."
"It's okay. This garden is so big, there's no reason for my sister-in-law to let us go. We can just go over there."
"No, no." After saying that, she took Shen Jing's hand and left.
Several people looked at her hurried back feeling helpless.
In the entire Marquis' Mansion, Lan Yuerong and Tu Qingyu have the best relationship. When they go to pay their respects, they can often see her at Tu Qingyu's place.
But she was also very confused. She had a good relationship with Tu Qingyu, but she always avoided the three of them.
Yang Yuanyuan stayed here for a few days, and Chen Cong and the others took advantage of their vacation to take them out for an outing every day.
Another day when I went to Huangjue Temple, I met Chen Yao.
"Sister, what a coincidence, we came here on the same day."
Don't hit a smiling person, although Chen Jun didn't know why her personality seemed to have changed in the past two years.
Contrary to her usual behavior, he would go home and talk to her from time to time, but as long as she didn't act weird, she wouldn't give him any cold shoulder.
But she had a hunch that Chen Yao was going to act up this time.
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