After the Imperial Street Praise for Officials, the newly-appointed Jinshi had to go to the Ministry of Rites to attend the Qionglin Banquet.

The common people who had watched the show also had their fill and went back to their homes.

Li Mingyue and Li Chengen pulled Zhao Hao to celebrate. But he thought that his father would be in chaos at home if he won the first prize, so he decided to go back to greet and see off the guests first, so as not to offend some big shots.

The brother and sister enthusiastically insisted on going along to help, even though they thought the two would only make things more troublesome, but on such a happy occasion, why would they chase people away?

The three of them got on the carriage and chatted happily along the way as they headed for Chunsong Hutong.

In the carriage, Zhao Hao saw Li Chengen dancing with excitement, and he really couldn't figure out what this guy was so happy about.

How come he is more excited than his own child?

Chatting and laughing, they soon arrived at the gate of the mansion.

Before Zhao Hao got off the car, he heard a familiar Jinling accent saying loudly:

"Dear guest, please come in for tea. I apologize for the poor hospitality!"

When he lifted the curtain of the car, he saw that the person standing at the door welcoming guests was indeed Fan Datong.

Zhao Hao rubbed his eyes and thought to himself, am I going back to Nanjing?

"Oh, my dear nephew, you are finally back." When Fan Datong saw Zhao Hao, he immediately ran over, hugged him, patted Zhao Hao's shoulder and said:

"I haven't seen you for half a year. You've grown taller."

"Uh, Uncle Shi, why are you here?" Zhao Hao was a little confused.

"Hehe, I was really bored in Jinling alone, so I came here with Fatty Tang." Fan Datong still had that playful look on his face and said, "The days without my brother are really empty and lonely."

Zhao Hao thought to himself, Master Zhao is no longer just your brother, there is a sea of ​​people waiting for his warmth.

Then he smiled and said, "I thought you didn't want to come to Beijing, otherwise I would have asked you to come a long time ago."

"Fatty Tang persuaded me to come." Before Fan Datong finished speaking, another guest came to congratulate him. He knew that Zhao Hao could not stand these comings and goings, so he immediately went to greet them and warmly invited them in for tea.

To be honest, Zhao Hao was relieved to see Fan Datong. His father was an official, and it would be a shame if he didn't have such a devoted helper around him.

"Brother, who is this person?" Li Mingyue followed Zhao Hao into the doorway, looked at Fan Datong who was skilled in welcoming guests, and whispered, "He really doesn't treat himself as an outsider."

"Yeah, I almost thought I walked into the wrong door." Li Chengen was also amazed. When he left Zhao's house in the morning, he hadn't seen such a person. When he came back two hours later, someone was welcoming him directly at the door.

"Uncle Fan is my father's classmate and friend, not an outsider." Zhao Hao thought, forget it, let's not mention the glorious deeds of the big glutton, just let the Beijingers think that he is a warm-hearted fellow Nanjing native.

"Young Master..." Before Zhao Hao could finish his words, he heard a drawn-out shout from inside the doorway.

Then a round figure flew towards him.

If he hits me, I'll be knocked to the ground.

Zhao Hao didn't think twice and subconsciously used the 'White Ape Offering Peach and Turning His Hands to the Sky' technique to break the tendons. He nimbly turned sideways and dodged to the side.

But the fat guy actually knew kung fu. He twisted his waist and fell to the ground sideways, still holding him tightly with his hands.

"Sir, I miss Old Tang so much..."

It seemed that if he didn't do this, he wouldn't be able to express Fatty Tang's longing for the young master.

"Uh, Boss Tang, are you going to strangle me to death?" Zhao Hao was held so tightly that his feet were off the ground and he couldn't breathe.

"Brother, who is this person? Do you want me to..." Li Mingyue was naturally a little angry when she saw Zhao Hao's face turned red.

"Hey, let my brother go, or I...I will be rude to you!"

"No, it's okay, he's my good friend from my hometown..." Zhao Hao struggled and laughed awkwardly, "We are used to playing around!

How clever was Tang Youde? He knew right away that something was wrong and that he was just being excited.

I forgot that the young master is different now than when he was in Jinling. His status has risen a lot and he can no longer be as casual as before.

He quickly put Zhao Hao gently on the ground and said with a smile: "I am sorry to make this lady laugh. Old Tang missed the young master too much and lost his composure."

Zhao Hao patted his belly hard, laughed and relieved Fatty Tang's embarrassment, saying, "I missed you too, why did you arrive so late? Were you delayed on the way?"

Normally, Tang Youde would have received the letter in early February. After handing it over and packing up, he would be able to set off by mid-February at the latest.

It would take at most twenty days to get from Nanjing to Beijing, so I should be able to arrive before the palace examination.

Tang Youde thought, isn't that the right time to go out? He smiled and explained, "Because we were delayed in Yangzhou for more than ten days... When we went to pay our respects to the old man, it happened to be the annual salt merchants' conference. The old man and Mr. Xian were so busy that we couldn't leave."

"Is that so? Why don't you write a letter to tell us about it?" Zhao Hao suddenly realized.

"Haha, I forgot, I forgot..." Tang Youde laughed dryly.

Fortunately, Zhao Hao didn't ask too much. He turned around and asked, "How is my grandfather? Is he in good health?"

"Very strong!" Tang Youde gave a thumbs up and praised him highly, "I have never seen a 67- or 68-year-old man with such a physique! I guarantee he will live a long life in the future!"

"Hahaha, that's good." Zhao Hao then smiled and introduced Li Mingyue and his sister to him, "This is the young master from the Princess's Mansion, and that's his sister, the Princess of Lanling County. They are both friends I just made after entering the capital."

"Oh, I am Tang Youde, the assistant lawyer of Nanjing Taichang Temple. I pay my respects to the young Lord and the Princess!" Tang Youde hurriedly paid his respects to the two nobles. He thought to himself, my goodness, what kind of friends has the young master made in the past six months?

This is so clear!

Li Mingyue and Li Chengen had no idea about the ins and outs of the matter, and they thought Tang Youde was a real official, so they returned the greeting politely.

The former was even more admiring and secretly thought, wow, it turns out that Big Brother is so well-known in Jinling, he really deserves to be called Big Brother...

But Tang Youde sweated when he saw her crazy look, and pulled Zhao Hao and said, "Sir, you'd better not go in. There are dozens or even hundreds of guests inside, and it's very noisy. Old Tang and Datong will help to deal with it."

As he said that, he winked at Zhao Hao. Although Zhao Hao didn't understand what was going on, his high degree of tacit understanding still made him turn around and say to Li Mingyue and her brother and sister: "Boss Tang is right. Let's not go in to join in the fun. It would be better to go to Chunhe Building for lunch..."

"Okay." Li Mingyue agreed with both hands. Anyway, as long as it was Brother Zhao's idea, she would just support it.

The young master held his stomach and frowned, then smiled at Zhao Hao and said, "Let me use the toilet."

The more sneaky the two of them were, the more he wanted to see what shameful things were inside.

"It's in the front yard!" Zhao Hao grabbed him and dragged the young master out without saying anything.

Just as he was about to turn around the screen wall, he suddenly heard two girls behind him shouting in unison:

"Young Master!"

Li Mingyue was startled and stopped.

ps. Chapter 3, please give me monthly tickets and recommendation tickets~~

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