Chapter 1277: Decline

Two days later, the prince's teacher announced it. In fact, Wu Dashi was confused. He thought he was the last person to be chosen because he was too honest.

Zhou Shuren no longer had to enjoy the scrutiny; instead, there was some sympathy in those looks.

Zhou Shuren cursed in his heart, he didn't want to be the prince's master!

After a morning court session, Li Zhao stepped forward and said, "It really isn't you."

Zhou Shuren glanced at him and said, "I already said it wouldn't be me."

At this moment, he completely forgot the anxiety in his heart in the past few days, and was deeply afraid that the royal family would regret it!

Li Zhao was also an old fox among old foxes. He believed that it was Zhou Shuren, so he could imagine what happened to others. The result was so unexpected that he just laughed dryly and was about to speak.

Mr. Ding interrupted with a sneer, "What a pity!"

Zhou Shuren retorted, "At least I can regret it, but you don't even have the chance. You can only watch with envy. Tsk tsk, my mouth is watering with envy."

Bachelor Ding's face turned pale. Zhou Shuren snorted and was too lazy to pay attention to him.

Li Zhao looked at Master Ding with a half-smile, and continued Zhou Shuren's words, "It is important for a person to know himself. Master Ding is jealous, but he knows himself!"

Zhou Shuren suppressed his laughter and nodded in agreement.

When Zhou Shuren and his companions were almost at the palace gate, they saw the King of Qin holding the King of Qi's sleeve and not letting go. Zhou Shuren raised his eyebrows. After they walked in, he heard the King of Qin say, "Second brother, don't leave. I'm really too busy. Please help me."

The King of Qi knew that nothing good would happen during the morning court session today. "I am really busy."

Rongchuan, "Busy watching a play? Busy writing a story? Or..."

The King of Qi covered the Fifth Brother's mouth. Bah, he was not busy with these things. He was busy building a garden for the princess and writing stories. Those were all blocked by his mother. This must not be known to others. "What do you want me to do for you?"

Rong Chuan motioned for his second brother to take his hand away, and then said, "It's actually quite simple. Let's go, let's talk while we walk."

After listening to this, Zhou Shuren sympathized with King Qi for two seconds, but then he fell into a pit and it was difficult to get out.

In Pingzhou, the Tongsheng examination has ended and the results were released yesterday. Mingyun is going to attend a banquet at the prefect's house today, so he packed up early in the morning and was just waiting for Jiang Du to get himself ready.

After a cup of tea, Jiang Du walked out the door and said, "The prefect is inviting my cousin to the banquet. It would be bad for my cousin to drag me along."

Mingyun, "I think it's pretty good."

Jiang Du yawned. He was still sleepy. "Then I'll take a nap."

The carriage was not moving fast. When they arrived, it was already half an hour later. Mingyun and Jiang Du got off the carriage, and the eldest son of the prefectural family came to greet them, "Mr. Zhou, Mr. Jiang."

Mingyun and Jiangdu returned the gifts and followed the prefect's son.

The prefectural government did not invite other candidates today. Those who came were all children of officials in Pingzhou City, and Mingyun became the most conspicuous person.

In the eyes of these officials' sons, Mingyun is not only the winner of the third place, but also their network and the handrail that they can use to build their ladder to heaven in the future.

It would be even better if we could get in touch with the Zhou family.

So when Mingyun came to Jiang Du, the grandson of the Zhou family, he was immediately squeezed out. Jiang Du fanned himself twice. He could not help his cousin, so he just found a place to sit down.

The second issue of the court's propaganda did not include my father's article, so not many people paid attention to him. Compared with the grandson-in-law and the eldest grandson, the cousin naturally attracted more attention.

Jiang Du was drinking tea, it was really real!

The magistrate's front yard was bustling, and the back yard was also very lively. Today, not only the sons of officials were invited, but also female relatives, and they were all girls of appropriate age.

Zhou Mingyun, the little Sanyuan, is still the focus of discussion among the girls.

The prefect's daughter said, "Don't worry about it. She has already been engaged. She is the niece of Concubine Ran in the palace."

The prefect's daughter looked down on the ladies who spoke the most. There were many more beauties in the capital, but they were all ambitious but had no brains.

In the capital, at Zhou's house, Li was muttering, "Yesterday was the day the results were announced, and I don't know if I'll be the top scorer."

Zhulan was helpless, because communication in ancient times was particularly inconvenient. Even though she knew the date for the results to be released, she still had to wait for several days.

Zhao comforted her sister-in-law, "Mingyun will be fine. Sister-in-law, you must have confidence in Mingyun."

Li just couldn't calm down. She had been upset since yesterday. "There are many people from my family who participated in the imperial examination, but I just feel different."

She had been nervous before, but not like this.

Su Xuan felt the same way as Li said, and the feeling was indeed different.

Zhulan said to Li: "If you can't stay here, go to the new house and take a look around."

Li wanted to go, but she never saw the whole house every time she went there. She looked at Zhao and said, "Sister-in-law, do you want to come with us?"

Zhao shook her head, "I won't go. I have an appointment with Hu to go to the jewelry store today."

Li looked at the fourth brother's wife again, and Su Xuan also shook her head, "The manager is coming to deliver the account book today."

When Li heard this, she didn't want to go anymore, "Then I won't go either."

Zhulan's mind has already turned to Mrs. Hu. Mrs. Hu has managed the family business well in the past few years and has saved some money. For the sake of her son's dignity, Mrs. Hu is also willing to spend some money on herself.

However, both the Gu family and the Hu family helped a lot in allowing the Hu mother and daughter to live such a good life.

Zhulan asked Zhao, "Didn't Hu mention Yushuang?"

Zhao: "Mom, if we don't mention it, Hu won't mention it either."

Is Mrs. Hu anxious about her son getting married? Of course she is, but she also knows what her mother and daughter rely on, so she won't say anything even if she is anxious.

Zhu Lan nodded, "Tell her something today, don't let her worry about guessing, just give her a deadline."

Zhao nodded, "Okay."

Li thought of her daughter. She didn't have much contact with her future son-in-law. They had seen each other briefly during the New Year's greetings, but they had never been alone together. Her daughter's future mother-in-law was a lady from a wealthy family. Li felt very angry. She really couldn't get along with her.

Two days later, on the auspicious day chosen by Rong Yuyun, Rong Yuyun moved into the new house first. Mingteng, as the young master, also moved in this time and stayed there until the Zhou family moved into their new home.

The Zhou family had also started to prepare, just waiting to move after the spring plowing, which was much later than Rong Yuyun's auspicious day.

In Pingzhou, Jiang Du teased with a smile, "Was yesterday's beauty beautiful?"

Mingyun's face darkened, "Do you like what you said?"

Jiang Dubang waved his hands, saying, "Don't scare him. The Zhao family lost face yesterday."

Mingyun glared at Jiang Du, and his face turned pale again when he thought of what happened yesterday. "How can you get lost in your own house? Haha, I don't think it's just the girl's own idea."

Jiang Du also looked more serious, "Thank goodness grandma told me a lot about the dirty things in the back house, otherwise, you would have to go back with an extra concubine."

Mingyun, "You know the Zhou family rules, but you really think that your grandfather will not punish me, the eldest grandson!"

Jiang Du played with the fan, "The Zhao family has declined significantly in recent years."