Chapter 487 Extra Chapter 7: Jiang Wanjun and Mu Yunzhou
Jiang Wanjun passed the imperial examination as the third-ranked scholar for the third year.
Mu Yunzhou passed the imperial examination with top honors.
Jiang Wanjun and Mu Yunzhou clashed fiercely in court during the day, often arguing heatedly due to their differing opinions.
After court, the two became inseparable again.
therefore,
The court officials often sighed, saying that these two people really did separate their careers from their love.
Mu Yunzhou did not participate in the imperial examination the following year because Jiang Wanjun was pregnant and Jiang Wanning had not yet returned.
Therefore, the Marquis of Ningyuan and his wife, as well as Jiang Wanjun's parents, have not yet returned.
Mu Yunzhou thus became the first stay-at-home husband in the history of Dongling Kingdom.
Holding their child and waiting at the door for Jiang Wanjun to finish her morning court session has become a beautiful sight, but Mu Yunzhou doesn't care at all about the people's ridicule and mockery.
He was so engrossed in his own happiness that he didn't care what others said.
Everyone thought Mu Yunzhou would live off his wife for the rest of his life, but unexpectedly, after the child turned one year old, Jiang Wan Ning returned, and the Ningyuan Marquis and his wife also returned.
The child has a companion, and there's someone to look after them at home.
Mu Yunzhou won first place and became the top scholar.
On the day the results were announced, he proposed to Jiang Wanjun again and confessed his love.
In a short time.
All the women in Dongling Capital City envied the two Jiang sisters, as the men they married loved them dearly.
In their later years, Jiang Wanjun and Mu Yunzhou held the official positions of Grand Secretary.
Just like when they were young, the two of them would argue with each other while leaning on canes when going to court, and then help each other home after court.
The emperor was genuinely afraid that the two of them would get so worked up in the court that they might fall or even catch their breath.
Finally, they were allowed to sit and argue, and when they returned, they were carried away in a sedan chair.
In his later years, Mu Yunzhou became somewhat impulsive.
One morning, Jiang Wanjun did not go with him to the court because she was investigating a case.
During the break while waiting for the morning court session, someone suddenly spoke up and criticized, "This is the morning court session, yet you're not wearing court robes."
"What kind of behavior is this?"
Mu Yunzhou looked around, then looked down at his clothes, and pointed at himself, saying, "Are you talking about me?"
The young man said dismissively, "Are there others here like you?"
Mu Yunzhou took two steps forward, squinting as he carefully examined the audacious man before him. "You are..."
For many years, no one in the imperial court dared to speak to him like that, except for his own lovely old wife.
The official next to the young man tugged at his official robe, but the young man ignored him and straightened his back slightly. "I am an official appointed by the Emperor himself, and my main job is to inspect all officials."
“It is within my duty to attend court without wearing official robes.”
In the imperial court, it's not that whoever is older has more power or a higher official position. Some people become top scholars in their teens, while others are still taking exams in their fifties.
Therefore, the man did not exercise caution because the other party was an elderly person.
"You're the censor who got promoted three times in two years?"
"If I remember correctly, you should have been in the capital for a few days to report on your duties, right?"
The man straightened his back even more and said seriously, "Since you know this, you should have put on your official robes before coming."
Mu Yunzhou waved his hand, "I didn't attend court a few days ago, so you didn't see me. I won't blame you."
"Just don't be so impulsive in the future. This is only because it's me. If it were my old woman, you would have to crawl to court today."
The man was displeased by what was said.
These past few days, everyone in the court has been trying to curry favor with him, and even the emperor has praised him.
How could I possibly tolerate an old man's rudeness today? "How can your official position compare to your wife's?"
Mu Yunzhou squinted, "Young man, you absolutely mustn't say such things in the imperial court."
Nowadays, the number of female officials is almost equal to that of male officials. The head of the female officials is Jiang Wanjun, and the head of the male officials is Mu Yunzhou.
Female officials and male officials took separate routes to court, only sharing the same route when they were almost at the main hall.
Because Jiang Wanjun often brought female officials to 'talk' with the male officials brought by Mu Yunzhou; if the conversation went well, that was fine; if it didn't...
The emperor was troubled, but since both of them were his teachers, he dared not say anything more.
It was the Empress's idea that finally calmed things down.
"As an official responsible for remonstrating with the emperor, what is there that I cannot say?"
"As for you, even the Grand Secretary of the Cabinet must wear official robes, but you didn't even wear them. I will definitely inform His Majesty."
Mu Yunzhou saw that this young man was unyielding.
I might have tolerated it when I was younger, but now I can't tolerate even a little bit.
Mu Yunzhou bent down and looked around, finally taking the sword from the waist of the guard standing guard nearby. The guard dared not say anything.
Mu Yunzhou walked towards the man with his unsheathed sword in hand.
"What...what are you going to do?" The man pointed at Mu Yunzhou, his voice trembling.
Mu Yunzhou slammed the back of his knife into the man's back, then kicked him several times in the buttocks.
No one around dared to stop them.
After Mu Yunzhou finished fighting, he returned the knife and politely said "thank you".
"How dare you hit me here? You truly have no respect for the Emperor."
"I will definitely report you to the Emperor!"
Mu Yunzhou bent down to look at the young man sitting on the ground, pointed to the pattern on his clothes, and asked, "Do you recognize this?"
The man examined it closely. "Isn't this a python robe?"
How many claws does it have?
"Four claws".
"So do you understand now?"
Aside from princes, only one other person in the court possesses a four-clawed python robe: Grand Secretary Mu Yunzhou.
Why is Jiang Wanjun the only one without it?
She does have them, but she doesn't like wearing them.
"You...you are...Mu Yunzhou?"
"Oh right." Mu Yunzhou straightened up. "Getting beaten up is still the most effective treatment."
The man was so frightened that he quickly stood up and stopped talking, and no one around him dared to remind him.
I never imagined that this old man would be the Grand Secretary. Does that mean his wife is...?
I'd heard that the Grand Secretary's daughter was exceptionally talented, and I greatly admired her. That's why I worked so hard to get to the capital. This...this...
Is there still a chance?
When Mu Yunzhou returned home, he told Jiang Wanjun about the incident.
Jiang Wanjun glanced at her daughter sitting next to her.
She had known for a long time that a man often wrote letters to her daughter. At first, her daughter ignored them, but later she was attracted by the man's literary talent.
Gradually, the two began to communicate with each other.
She managed to get him transferred to the capital through some subtle means. She hadn't attended court these past few days because she wanted to see how the old man and her future son-in-law would react on their first meeting.
Just as she expected, her father-in-law's first meeting with his son-in-law was never very pleasant.
Mu Yunzhou kept talking, while Jiang Wanjun lowered her head, blew on her tea, and took a small sip. "Then why don't we invite someone over for a meal?"
"What did you say, Madam?" Mu Yunzhou thought he had misheard. "You invited this brat to our house for dinner?"
"Did I hear that right?"
Jiang Wanjun glanced at her daughter, "Why don't you tell us, Niao Niao?"
"And what else is Niao Niao saying? This hothead only has a little talent, I won't call him that."
"Weren't you just a little talented back then, like everyone else?"
"This...this...I...I...how can that be the same? Niao Niao, what do you say?"
Niao Niao glanced at Mu Yunzhou, then lowered her head. "Father, I think Mother makes more sense. I'll go tell the kitchen to prepare for the reception."
Mu Yunzhou stared blankly at his daughter's departing figure for a moment, then looked at Jiang Wanjun.
"Oh, you old woman." Mu Yunzhou immediately understood what was going on. "When did you find out? Why didn't you tell me?"
"I told you how to watch the show?" Jiang Wanjun stood up with a mischievous smile. "Alright, I'm going to find my older sister to give my hair a proper dyeing and a treatment."
"Why dress up so nicely?" Mu Yunzhou said angrily, "I'm going too!"
"That brat may be a hothead, but I tested him at court this morning, and he seems to be an upright person..."
"Is our daughter getting married soon?"
“She’s eighteen now. If she passes the exam this year, let her become an official. She can’t stay by my side forever.”
The two chatted as they walked, "Besides, we're not going to send her to another city. She can still come back every day from Beijing."
"I'm just afraid that you two, mother and daughter, will target me in court... Oh, I see, you're trying to win over your future son-in-law, aren't you?"
"So from now on, it'll be the three of you targeting me? You've got some nerve, Lord Jiang..."
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