Chapter 1621 Duty

Changzhong took Gu Sheng to find Jiang Du and Mu Fan. Jiang Du and Mu Fan were talking excitedly. When Jiang Du saw his uncle, he said, "We passed the imperial examination."

They took advantage, they could listen to grandpa talk about state affairs, and they were not nervous during the palace examination. They quoted a few sentences of grandpa, and they all passed the imperial examination. He thought he could only be a fellow imperial examination candidate.

Changzhong also smiled, "What a happy event."

Jiang Du asked Gu Sheng, "Is Mr. Gu the top scholar?"

Gu Sheng shook his head, "Tanhua Lang."

Jiang Du was surprised for a moment, but then he thought it was normal. Who said that the champion must be the top champion? "Congratulations."

Gu Sheng returned the gift, "Congratulations."

They will all be officials together in the future, but Gu Sheng understands that even though he is the third place in the imperial examination, he doesn't know what the future will be like. Jiang Du and Mu Fan have their grandfather Zhou Hou and several uncles, so their future is bright.

Mingrui came over, and Changzhong asked, "What's Shangguan Liu's ranking?"

Mingrui smiled, "Sixth."

Changzhong, "Not bad."

"Yes, Mr. Wen Liu, the fifth."

Changzhong fanned his palm and said, "Almost."

Mingrui nodded, "Yes, this person is really amazing."

Changzhong saw Mingrui looking at Gu Sheng and said with a smile, "I saw that Master Gu was in trouble, so I helped him."

Gu Sheng felt embarrassed, "Thank you, Master Zhou."

Because of Mr. Zhou's status, no one dared to approach him, and they were concerned about the Zhou Hou Mansion.

Chang Zhong said, "I can help you for one day, but you will have to rely on yourself in the future."

Gu Sheng smiled and said, "I understand."

The group separated. Today was a big wedding day for the Jiang family, so they didn't need to go to the Marquis' Mansion and could go back to the Jiang family directly.

Zhulan, her daughter-in-law, grandson and others had already arrived at the eldest daughter's house. As soon as the person who came to announce the good news left, firecrackers were set off twice at the door and wedding money was scattered twice.

The old lady of the Jiang family cried with joy, and she couldn't stop crying even when she returned to the main courtyard.

Xuemei was also excited, but helpless to her mother-in-law, "Mom, please stop crying. Jiang Du and the others will be back soon."

The old lady of the Jiang family couldn't control herself, it was different when her family had it, the Jiang family also had an official, the feeling was different, even though her son's paintings were praised, she was not as excited as her grandson becoming a Jinshi.

The old man of the Jiang family also wiped his tears, "I have done my best for our ancestors."

Zhulan remained silent, the joy now belonged to the Jiang family.

After Jiang Sheng was overjoyed, he heard his father say that they were going back to worship their ancestors, and he said, "We must worship our ancestors."

He also wanted to go back with them to prevent the elder brothers from getting too aggressive.

When Grandpa Jiang heard his son's tone, he moved his lips but said nothing. They would follow his son in the future. His eldest sons would have their share of the money, and they would live a wealthy life in their hometown. That was enough. As for his grandsons who were studying, he had nothing to worry about as they were studying at the Zhou clan school.

The old man thought of money and touched his wallet. He had income every year and his land had grown to the size of a small farm. This year he made a lot of money from raising pigs and geese. He would divide it among his sons before he died, as any extra money would be a debt to his sons.

When Jiang Du and his companions came back, the Jiang family's kitchen was already busy. They had a simple meal first and then celebrated in the evening.

Ministry of Rites, the Second Prince wanted to vomit blood. Zhou Changyi actually dared to make comments on his article. The handwriting was okay, but the content of the comments made people angry.

Chang Yi smiled innocently, "I am not well educated, please forgive me, Second Prince."

The second prince could only laugh and said, "I heard that Master Zhou has been studying all the time, so I asked you for advice. Since it is difficult for you, I will not be able to do it in the future."

Chang Yi had a look of regret on his face. "Ah, I still have to study hard and strive to help His Highness as soon as possible."

The second prince put away his article, "The golden list is out, Lord Zhou's nephew and nephew's husband are both on the list. The Ministry of Rites should be separated into a department. Does Lord Zhou have any ideas?"

Chang Yi still had a silly look on his face. "These two kids are lucky. I don't have any ideas. My dad should have made all the arrangements."

He knew there was something fishy going on when the Second Prince was instigating this division. Now it seems like it was just to curry favor. Tsk tsk, the Second Prince is really courageous.

The second prince said meaningfully: "It is better to stay in the capital than to be sent out. You know, not everyone can enter the six ministries."

Chang Yi's smile remained unchanged, "Your Highness is right."

The second prince was upset. Zhou Changyi had always been like this. He always felt depressed and finally left with a pursed mouth.

Lord Liu waited until the Second Prince left before coming over, "How did you offend the Second Prince?"

"How dare I mess with the Second Prince?"

"The Second Prince is still young. He can't hide his unhappiness even if he tries to hide it."

Chang Yi, "The Second Prince wanted to do a favor for our Marquis' Mansion, but I refused."

Lord Liu stroked his beard and said, "I was wondering why the Second Prince had to set up a department!"

Chang Yi, "Let them struggle, we just need to do our duty."

There will be a parade the next day, and a banquet will be held in the palace in the evening. After the banquet, they can return to their hometown to worship their ancestors.

After the banquet, early in the morning, Zhulan saw that her grandson looked a little pale, "Did you drink a lot last night?"

Jiang Du rubbed his forehead, "Well, there are many people who know Sun'er, and Sun'er rarely drinks. He drank too much yesterday."

Zhulan, "Then let's rest for a few days before heading back to our hometown to pay respect to our ancestors."

Jiang Du nodded, and after drinking a few cups of tea, he sobered up and talked about yesterday's banquet. "Mother asked me to pay more attention to Zhuo Guyu. I was watching him all night. Grandma, the emperor called Zhuo Guyu up last night, talked to him for a long time, and gave him a glass of wine."

Zhulan, "Where are the top and third place winners?"

Jiang Du recalled, "They all came forward to talk, but none of them stayed as long as Zhuo Guyu. When Zhuo Guyu came down, he could hardly hide his excitement."

Because he was paying close attention, he saw it clearly. After Zhuo Guyu spoke to the emperor, he became more outgoing. He could feel Zhuo Guyu's good mood even from a distance.

Zhulan thought that the emperor's actions must have a deeper meaning. Forget it, because the emperor was not targeting her family anyway.

Jiang Du sat for a while and then went back to rest. Zhulan asked housekeeper Ding to prepare some food for the eldest lady.

Zhulan got up and went to Yuyi's yard. Yuyi's luggage had already been packed. "We will leave the day after tomorrow. Please check carefully to see if there is anything left."

Yuyi helped her grandmother sit down, "We have checked and nothing is missing."

Zhulan was a little reluctant to let them go. Yuyi and the others were going to live in Ningzhou for a while. They would be gone for half a year. "Be careful on the road. Take care of yourselves."

Yuyi was reluctant to leave either. She grew up with her grandpa and grandma. "Well, grandma and grandpa, please take care of your health."

Zhulan patted her granddaughter's hand, "Okay, okay."

Qingxue stepped forward, and Zhulan took the box and handed it to her granddaughter, "Here are the banknotes and some small change that grandma prepared. It's convenient to have extra small change when you go out."

Yuyi opened the box. There were a thousand taels of silver notes alone, a layer of five taels of silver ingots, and a few taels of silver coins scattered around. "Grandma, your granddaughter has silver."

Zhulan held Yuyi's hand and said, "Grandma knows you have a lot of money. This is a gift from grandma and your grandfather. Please accept it."