Chapter 343 Your Ancestral Grave Exploded
"Since you're trying to climb the social ladder, you should know that for someone of your status to be able to get close to my family is already a stroke of good luck for your ancestors."
"Being able to meet my older sister is the greatest honor your family has ever had!" Jiang Wanjun said angrily.
People can say whatever they want about her, but they can't talk about their elder sister like that. Their elder sister is high above them, how can she be defiled by such filthy things?
Jiang Wan Ning...
"Hehe, your elder sister is indeed quite good-looking, but isn't that what happens when you rely on your looks? What? Do you want to be the empress?"
"An empress not only needs to be beautiful, but most importantly, she also needs to come from a good family. Someone like you can forget about becoming an empress in this lifetime."
Jiang Wan Ning nodded in agreement. She could never be an empress in her life, unless Pei Yan Chuan rebelled one day.
Seeing that Jiang Wan Ning seemed to approve of him, Qin Hua Lang straightened his back and said confidently, "Young lady, you should also advise your sister not to spend all her time among men. This kind of poetry and prose is not something a woman can do."
"Could it be that she wants to become an official?"
"His Majesty has decreed that women can also participate in the imperial examinations and enter the court as officials, so why can't they?"
Qin Hualang burst into laughter upon hearing Jiang Wanjun's words, only stopping after a long while. "I have to say, you're incredibly stupid."
"You can just listen to these kinds of things. The women of noble families are born with the mission of marriage or entering the harem to live for their families."
"Even if His Majesty were to order the holding of the imperial examinations, no one would be willing to participate."
"And for you poor men, it's difficult to even make a name for yourself, let alone women, unless..." Qin Hualang stroked his chin and looked Jiang Wanjun up and down.
Jiang Wanjun felt a dampness in her heart from Qin Hualang's gaze and asked impatiently, "Unless what?"
"Unless you sleep your way up the mountain."
Qin Hualang spread his hands and looked around, and a large number of scholars and servants burst into laughter.
"If it's all about sleeping around, why bother becoming an official? Why not just enter the harem or get married?"
"Young lady, you really don't believe that you can pass the imperial examination and become an official just by relying on your talent and learning?"
"What do you think my father spent all that money for?"
Jiang Wan Ning nodded. "Looks like it's for buying you an official position."
“Sitting in the position of Vice Minister of Revenue, he was in charge of the nation’s treasury and used money that did not belong to him to buy official positions for his sons.”
After Jiang Wan Ning finished speaking, she clapped her hands and said, "As expected of Lord Qin, you really know how to do business."
Qin Hualang arrogantly raised his chin, "That's right, don't you know who my father is? Besides, you're smarter than your sister."
Then she turned to Jiang Wanjun and said, "Even your older sister, who is smarter and prettier than you, doesn't participate in the imperial examinations. I also advise you not to join in the fun."
"To tell you the truth, even if a poor family member passes the imperial examination, he will eventually be taken in by aristocratic families like ours and have them work for us."
Although there were many poor people in the teahouse, everyone seemed to be aware of this kind of thing. Whenever a scion of a prominent family came, they would rush up to curry favor with him and hope that the powerful family would give him some protection.
Even if they don't help in the imperial examinations, they still hope to become acquainted with each other when they serve in the same court in the future.
After all, the sons of noble families who passed the imperial examinations would all hold important official positions in the court, while the rest of us would be assigned to remote and impoverished areas. If we didn't have connections in the court, we would never be able to return.
If someone in the court commits a crime and is implicated, they will be beheaded without even seeing the emperor.
"You girl, even if you pass the exam, what kind of official position do you think you can get?" Qin Hualang mocked. "To tell you the truth, the fact that women can also participate in the imperial examination is just something the Prince of Langya did to please his queen."
"That's why we begged the Emperor to open it."
The crowd gasped in surprise and began to whisper among themselves, "So this is how it is. I was wondering why women could suddenly participate in the imperial examinations."
"Why would the Princess Consort of Langya do this? Why would the Prince of Langya go to such lengths to please his princess consort?"
"Does the Princess of Langya also want to participate in the imperial examination?"
"You're talking nonsense. Does she need to participate? Who is she? She's the Princess Consort of Langya. If she wanted, His Majesty would probably give her a high-ranking official position."
The other person nodded. "I think you're right."
"Then why is that?"
"Why don't we ask Young Master Qin to enlighten us?" someone in the crowd shouted.
Qin Hualang originally didn't want to say much, but his father told him to keep his mouth shut when he went out and not to say everything, especially at a time like this.
But seeing that Jiang Wan Ning also looked like she was eager to know, she instantly became like a peacock spreading its tail feathers, saying, "Since you are all so eager to know, then I will tell you."
"It's good to let these two young ladies see reality and not think that everything can be done according to the law. There are other things above the law."
Jiang Wan Ning nodded in agreement.
Seeing her older sister's behavior, Jiang Wanjun naturally knew that she was playing a trick on Qin Hualang, while also trying to lure out the so-called important person Qin Hualang had mentioned.
"It is said," Qin Hualang said mysteriously, "that the Princess of Langya wanted His Majesty to establish an imperial examination for women because of one of her younger sisters."
"Young Master Qin, is there something wrong with your information? The Princess Consort of Langya is the only daughter of Marquis Ningyuan. Where did this so-called sister come from?"
"You're wrong too. The Princess of Langya has a half-sister, but she has impure thoughts. It's said that the Princess threw her to the white tiger in the mansion to be eaten."
Upon hearing this, everyone gasped in shock; they realized that even powerful and influential families could be so cruel.
"If that's the case, then where does the princess have any other sisters? She only has a very good friend from the Shen family, who is said to have risen to become a princess of Western Xia."
"Nonsense, even without leaping, it's still a phoenix." Another person said disdainfully.
The person who had just spoken glared at him and continued to press, "Young Master Qin, tell me, where did the Princess come from as her sister?"
Looking at this group of clueless guys, Qin Hualang instantly gained confidence in front of the two beauties, "Of course she's her cousin."
"Cousin? What cousin?"
"Yes, yes, Young Master Qin, please tell us."
Jiang Wanjun glanced at Jiang Wanning with concern, and Jiang Wanning gave him a look that signaled him to calm down, "Listen to what he has to say."
Jiang Wanjun was finally relieved.
Let's not say that in the end it was really because the elder sister begged for it for her own sake. If that gets out, wouldn't it be bad for the elder sister's reputation?
Won't it make people think that the elder sister and brother-in-law are taking advantage of their merits to force the emperor to issue an edict?
Seeing Jiang Wan Ning listening with great interest, Qin Hualang blurted out everything he should and shouldn't have said.
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