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Wu Weian had a deep understanding of his new wife's temperament last night.
Anyone who touches her people and her money will suffer.
In the end, Wu Weian, who looked sleepy, had no choice but to accept his fate and lead his skinny Wu family horse, which had no energy at all, out the door.
The only people in the Wu family who needed to get up early were the father and his two sons; the women were still sleeping.
Wu Er performed mediocrely in the palace examination and failed to enter the Hanlin Academy, but was noticed by the Minister of Revenue and became a small official under the Ministry of Revenue.
The three of them were sitting in the only carriage in the house. As soon as they turned off the street, they met the Ji family's carriage.
Ji Mingyan kept pulling the car curtain and looking out.
Suddenly his eyes lit up.
He knew that horse! He had fed it at the Wu family before! Because the other horse was so thin, Ji Mingyan was deeply impressed.
Ji Mingyan had never seen such a skinny horse. After all, every horse in the Ji family was very strong.
So when his brother-in-law was preparing for an exam some time ago, while he was nourishing his brother-in-law, he also nourished his brother-in-law's horse.
It’s just strange that my brother-in-law and his skinny horse never gained weight no matter how many good medicinal herbs he gave them.
I don’t know where the food went.
Ji Mingyan leaned half of his body out of the carriage, waved his hands and shouted loudly: "Brother-in-law! Good morning!"
Ji Mingshuang frowned and reached out to grab one of Ji Mingyan's legs to prevent the fool from falling. After all, it had happened before. Then he followed and watched.
Ji Mingxi held a cup of tea in his hand and looked outside while taking a sip.
The curtain of the shabby carriage was lifted, and Wu Weian's pale face appeared in the eyes of the three brothers of the Ji family.
He smiled and greeted weakly, "Good morning, eldest brother, good morning, sixth brother, good morning, seventh brother."
When Wu Qi saw Ji Mingxi, he quickly asked the round-faced steward to stop the carriage, and then bowed in front of the carriage window: "Good morning, Lord Ji."
Ji Mingxi put down his teacup and returned the greeting: "Good morning, Lord Wu."
Wu Er also greeted Ji Mingshuang: "Good morning, Brother Mingshuang."
Ji Mingshuang bowed and said, "I wish you a good morning."
Ji Mingyan hung on the car window, sizing up his brother-in-law's expression, feeling very worried. "Brother-in-law, what's wrong with you? You look really bad. I heard that my third sister's gambling house was smashed up last night, and you guys went over to check in the middle of the night. Is everything okay?"
Hearing this, Ji Mingxi and Ji Mingshuang also subconsciously looked over with concern on their faces.
Wu Wei'an replied obediently: "Yunniang has taken care of it, brothers, don't worry."
Wu Qi's official position was not high enough to allow him to attend court meetings, but Ji Mingxi wanted to attend.
The court had to be held early, so the Ji family carriage didn't stay too long, fearing it would delay the meeting. After the two families said goodbye, they drove off in two different directions.
The Ji family's carriage first sent Ji Mingxi and Ji Mingshuang to the palace gate, and then sent Ji Mingyan to the Dali Temple.
The Wu family's carriage first sent Wu Qi to the Ministry of Works, then sent Wu Wei'an to the palace gate, and finally sent Wu Weining to the Ministry of Revenue.
Therefore, Ji Mingshuang arrived at the Hanlin Academy first, and Wu Weian arrived after a while.
Wu Weian was feeling sleepy and looked listless.
Ji Mingshuang looked him over several times, then walked over and handed him a pile of books: "The Grand Secretary asked me to give them to you."
Wu Wei'an took it with a very good attitude: "Thank you, Seventh Brother."
After putting down the book, Ji Mingshuang did not leave. He just stood nearby, as if he wanted to ask something, but did not.
Wu Wei'an was puzzled: "Seventh Brother, is there anything else?"
Ji Mingshuang was unable to ask in the end, and turned away with a stern face.
Wu Wei'an: “?”
Even though he was always good at guessing people's minds, he couldn't guess what the seventh brother of the Ji family wanted to say this time.
The Hanlin Academy was very busy, and time passed very quickly in the busyness. In the blink of an eye, it was time for lunch.
Ji Mingyan suddenly appeared and brought two lunches to deliver.
He watched Wu Weian eat first, and then went to find his seventh brother.
As the top scholar, Ji Mingshuang was the busiest. The Grand Secretaries would always turn to him first when they had something to ask. After all, as the top scholar, he knew the most and did the best work.
Moreover, Ji Mingshuang was a man of integrity and righteousness, not one to shirk responsibility. Everyone felt relieved when the matter was handed over to him.
Ji Mingshuang was extremely tired. He pinched his brows and looked at the lunch, feeling tired as well. "What are you doing here? The Hanlin Academy will provide the meals."
"How can the lunch at the Hanlin Academy be better than what I cook?" Ji Mingyan was the one with the least time. He was just a temporary official at the Dali Temple, so he could go when he wanted to and not go when he didn't. No one would say anything to him. He had been getting up early every day to report to the Dali Temple these days simply because he was bored.
Ji Mingshuang had a headache: "Don't send me off again in the future."
Ji Mingyan rolled his eyes: "I didn't send this to you, I sent it to my brother-in-law, yours is just by the way!"
Ji Mingshuang: "Don't send him lunch either. He's a grown man, does he really need you to send him lunch every day? Don't spoil your brother-in-law!"
Ji Mingyan was furious: "Ji Mingshuang, how can you be so heartless! I gave it to you for the sake of my brother-in-law's health!"
Ji Mingshuang: "Isn't my brother-in-law in good health?"
Ji Mingyan looked around, moved closer to Ji Mingshuang, and whispered, "My brother-in-law has a poison in his body. I sent lunch to give him medicine!"
Ji Mingshuang was stunned: "Oh, I forgot about this."
Ji Mingyan shook his head, crossed his arms, and looked smug as if the family couldn't do without him: "Look at you guys, you're all unreliable. It's a good thing I'm at home, otherwise what would you do?"
Ji Mingshuang subconsciously asked, "Is your medicine effective?"
Ji Mingyan shook his head and sighed: "It's useless. I'll go back and try again."
Ji Ming nodded twice.
But suddenly, he realized a problem, his face changed, and he stood up suddenly.
Ji Mingyan was so startled that he almost fell off the table: "Mingshuang, could you please stop being so jumpy? You scared your sixth brother to death."
Ji Mingshuang pulled Ji Mingyan over and said, "Let me ask you, can the poison be transmitted to others through skin-to-skin contact?"
Ji Mingyan was puzzled: "What do you mean by skin-to-skin contact? Just touching hands? Of course not. It's okay to eat together. The poison is not contagious."
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