“Ah Kai, I plan to take the county examination in February after I go back.”
Shen Kai, who was following closely behind Qin Mu, was stunned upon hearing this.
"Brother Mu, you're a military officer, and you want to take the county-level imperial examination?"
No, you don't want to take the imperial examination because your sister-in-law's ex-husband was a scholar who is expected to pass the provincial examination this year, do you?
Are you planning to abandon martial arts and pursue a literary career in the future?
Then all those military achievements you made before were wasted.
Also, you haven't forgotten why you came back here, have you?
You said you wanted to take the county exam, but that was in February, and it's already the eighth day of the first lunar month.
By the time we get down the mountain, it will be at least the tenth of the month!
Shen Kai was completely dumbfounded. He never expected that his brother Mu, a dignified fifth-rank commander, would actually talk about going to the county examination.
This struck him as somewhat unbelievable and incomprehensible.
Besides, the timing is wrong; there's only a month left until the county school exams.
How can you say that like it's a joke?
Qin Mu replied, "Few people know why I returned, and it is not appropriate to make a big fuss about it."
Everyone in Anping County only knows that I once served in the army, and now I've returned as a commoner.
Shen Kai replied, "But Brother Mu, you are not!"
"Why not just go back to the army and reinstate your official position? Why bother with the imperial examinations?"
Qin Mu turned and glanced at him, then turned back to look ahead and said:
"It's different! The people of Anping County all know that Xiaoyu was once the wife of a scholar, and later they had a falling out over divorce."
If I had no official rank or fame, and Xiaoyu married me, everyone would just say she was crazy.
Instead of marrying a perfectly good scholar's wife, or even a scholar's wife, she insisted on marrying me, a notorious villain.
In short, public opinion is a powerful force; all sorts of negative words will be used against her.
At this point, Qin Mu paused and said, "Ah Kai, the snow in this area hasn't solidified yet; it's still a bit loose. Keep an eye on it."
"good!"
After Shen Kai passed that section of road that was somewhat narrow and the snow was relatively soft and shady, Qin Mu continued:
"If I participate in the imperial examinations, pass the county examination, and then the prefectural and provincial examinations, I will have the title of Xiucai (a scholar who passed the lowest level of the imperial examinations), and that will be a different story."
Even if Qi Mingyu passes the imperial examination in August, no one will say anything bad about Xiaoyu.
Once I complete my mission and regain my official position, everyone will only say that she had a discerning eye for talent.
As he spoke, he sighed deeply, hoping his good brother could understand his thoughts.
"Ah Kai, even though Xiao Yu and I are only engaged in a formal agreement right now, she is someone I sincerely want to marry!"
I don't want to see her being gossiped about and become the subject of others' idle chatter.
For me, whether it's participating in the county examination or something else, it's just a matter of spending a few days.
I, Qin Mu, have been well-versed in poetry and literature since childhood. Taking the imperial examination for the title of Xiucai is not difficult for me; it is merely a matter of ranking.
Since it's not difficult, why not spend a few days resolving it for the sake of her future wife and children, instead of letting others talk about her?
Shen Kai always thought that his brother Mu only had a good impression of Chi Yu.
After all, it was he who initially suggested that Mu Ge marry Chi Yu.
The two don't have any feelings for each other right now; they just feel they're a good match and are going to follow the agreement.
When you have free time, try to get together and nurture your relationship.
If we don't have time, we'll separate, each busy with our own things, and not bother each other.
But now, hearing these words, he realized he might have been wrong.
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