Immediately afterwards, impeachment memorials popped up like mushrooms after rain, but the emperor ignored them and suppressed them.
He found the Dali Temple Minister to inquire about the corruption case of Jiang Yan in Huaizhou. The account books of corruption were listed clearly. What was there to slander him?
The emperor was angry.
"My dear, please investigate whether Yang Sen has any connection to the Jiang family! The evidence is right before our eyes, yet Yang Sen is still making insinuations in his memorial. How absurd!"
Yang Sen was the first censor to impeach Shen Su.
Others didn't know about Shen Su's family affairs, but he knew them very well. It was one thing for Yang Sen to say that Shen Su was unfilial in his memorial, as this matter had been controversial in itself; the memorial that slandered the Jiang family for corruption was vague and looked nothing special at first, but it made people think too much about it.
Yi Zishu raised his eyelids and glanced at the emperor's face. "Your Majesty, I have read the memorial and found nothing wrong. As a censor, Yang Yushi did his job. Although his words were a bit extreme, his actions were not wrong at all."
The emperor hated chatting with this group of ministers, so he threw the memorial away and ignored it.
After this incident, Shen Su's appointment as Jingzhao Yin was put on the agenda even earlier.
He was summoned to the palace again, and when he returned home, his brows were still furrowed.
The disaster relief work was in full swing, and Shen Huaixu went out early and came back late every day. The Xuanping Marquis Mansion also set up a porridge stall outside the city, and Shuangjiang was in charge of the porridge distribution. There was no need for her to show up in person, and she started doing free medical treatment again.
Jishidiang is the most famous pharmacy in the capital. Since the natural disaster, it has provided relief to many poor people.
Doctor Dong's nephew was a doctor at Jishidiang. When Doctor Dong heard that Shen Huaixu had this idea, he took her to Jishidiang.
With Imperial Physician Dong as his guarantor, Shen Huaixu's medical skills were not questioned even though he was young.
"Daddy, what's wrong with you?" Shen Huaixu stretched out his little hand and waved it in front of his father.
Chen Su's brows were instantly smoothed, "Are you tired today?"
"Why are you tired? I'm not tired. It's quite fun."
If so many women come to her for treatment every day, she will definitely become a gynecological expert in time.
Shen Huaixu poured tea for the two of them, picked up the teacup and asked as he brought it to his mouth: "Did Daddy go to the palace today? What happened?"
Shen Su did not shy away from discussing court affairs with his daughter.
"Your Majesty wants me to take the position of Jingzhao Yin."
Chen Huaixu tilted his head and recalled what Jingzhao Yin did. He was in charge of the administrative affairs of various districts in the capital, which was equivalent to the modern mayor of the capital.
"You were a soldier before, why do you want to change careers?" Shen Huaixu muttered. She could see that her father liked mountains and rivers more and had no interest in government affairs.
The violence that had accumulated in her heart for the past ten years was burned to ashes with the demise of the Jiang family. Although she still occasionally stared at the portraits of her mother and grandmother that she had painted, she had let go of it a lot more than before.
"Dad, do you have any plans?"
Chen Su put down the teacup in his hand and said, "Daddy just wants to accompany you to grow up well."
Hearing this, Shen Huaixu smiled happily, "Then if you want to do it, do it. If you don't want to do it, just tell the old emperor. No wonder someone impeached you for being unfilial before. I think many people got the news and didn't want you to interfere."
"Let's discuss this matter later. Let me think about it carefully."
Being a leisurely marquis is good, but having no real power means that if Miaomiao gets into trouble in the future, he will have no say. Although he knows that Miaomiao will never get into trouble, he always wants to prepare for a rainy day.
Shen Huaixu said with a firm expression, "Dad, whatever decision you make, Miaomiao will support you."
After the father and daughter had a discussion, they had dinner. Shen Huaixu walked out of the main courtyard and saw the half-moon in the sky from afar, so he stopped.
"Xiaoman, February is almost over?"
"Yes, miss, it's already late February."
Shen Huaixu breathed a sigh of relief. After the county examination, a notice was posted on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month with the examination time on it. By then, she had already left Beichuan County.
Her first letter had been sent to Beichuan County, but she had not received a reply yet.
The county and prefectural examinations are not difficult. They just show that the candidates have the cultural knowledge and writing ability. If they pass, they can become a Tongsheng. The difficult part is the examination after becoming a Tongsheng.
She was very confident about Jiang Erlang's performance in these two exams.
In Beichuan County, Jiang Erlang had just walked out of the county’s special examination room.
The examination room was not indoors, and the weather in February was still freezing cold. The seats arranged were just a simple examination tent, which was drafty on all sides. Not only did we have to keep the papers clean and the handwriting neat in the biting cold wind.
With his legs and feet numb from the cold, he walked towards his carriage.
Before Ah Xu left, he left him some things called "hot packs". They would become hot when you tore off a layer of smooth paper. Unfortunately, they had been there for too long and no warmth was left at all.
After taking four or five exams in a row, his face looked a little pale, but he was still in good spirits.
"Second brother! Second brother!"
From a distance, he saw Sister Wei jumping and waving at him, with her parents and Sanlang standing beside her. Jiang Erlang smiled and strode over.
"Brother, is it very cold in the examination room?"
"Brother, how do you think you did on the exam?"
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"Don't keep asking questions. Let your second brother go to the carriage and have some tea before we talk."
Qian Xiuzhu felt very distressed. Although only four or five days had passed, she always felt that her second son seemed to have lost a lot of weight.
After driving his children into the carriage, Jiang Boliang couldn't help but ask as he drove the carriage: "Erlang, how were your test scores?"
Jiang Erlang held a cup of hot tea in his hand and said cheerfully, "Not bad, first place."
Jiang Boliang yanked the reins, "What? First place?!"
Qian Xiuzhu was extremely surprised. "I saw that there were quite a few people older than you, and I thought they must have ranked higher. Erlang, you really made your parents proud."
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