The young and handsome top scholar is three times more handsome than the third place scholar behind him.
The many women watching couldn't help but throw the flowers and fruits in their hands to the number one scholar.
Almost no one threw flowers and fruits to the runner-up who was over thirty years old and still had a beard.
Yu Tanqi looked at Jiang Shi who was collecting flowers and fruits along the way, and was eager to try with a red hydrangea in her hand.
Throwing flowers and fruits was too wasteful, so she asked someone to make a hydrangea to give Jiang Shi a surprise on the day of his parade.
She had warned Jiang Shi early on where she would watch him.
Therefore, when approaching the restaurant where Yu Tanqi was, Jiang Shi looked up in advance to search for her.
Soon, he saw the girl on the second floor of the restaurant with a gentle smile that showed obvious happiness on her face.
Seeing this, the onlookers looked in the direction of his gaze with curiosity.
"Who did the top scholar see? Why are you suddenly smiling so happily?"
"I saw it. It was a girl in red."
"That's the number one scholar's fiancée. I heard they're getting married soon. How enviable! She's got a young and handsome number one scholar as her husband."
Three years ago, when people in the capital mentioned Jiang, their impression of him was that he was the only son of the Marquis of Wu'an and his wife, and that he was a weak, sickly and incompetent prince.
Because Wu'an Hou and his wife were heroes, everyone paid special attention to Jiang Shi. After seeing that he had not inherited any of his parents' abilities, they were very disappointed and even resented him.
However, no one expected that after only three years, Jiang Shi would go from being the despised prince of Wu'an to the top scholar who is paraded in the streets today.
When people mention Jiang, they no longer mock or slander him, but praise, appreciate, and even admire him.
Young girls who didn’t dare to say they wanted to marry Jiang Shi before can now finally say jokingly that they want to marry a young talent like Jiang Shi.
Not only does he have a noble background and unparalleled handsome appearance, but he also has a gentle personality that makes people feel like spring breeze. Which young girl would not want to marry such a man?
What's more, Jiang Shi was chosen by the emperor as the top scholar.
Some people in the crowd were sour and sarcastic.
"Jiang Shi's face is more handsome than the third place scholar, so he should be the third place scholar. Why did the emperor choose him as the first place scholar?"
Others immediately refuted it with reason.
"Although the best-looking candidate has always been chosen as the third place winner, when it comes to real talent and knowledge, how can someone be relegated to third place simply because of their good looks?"
"What's the significance of being a 'Tanhua Lang'?"
"Tanhualang is the third place, do you think third place is meaningless?"
"That's not what I meant. I meant that Jiang Shi's face should be more suitable for the third place in the imperial examination than the first place."
"You only see the appearance of Prince Jiang and ignore his talents. You are so shallow. You are useless."
The bustling crowd did not affect Jiang Shi's good mood when he saw Yu Tanqi.
Yu Tanqi met Jiang Shi's eyes, stood in front of the window with a hydrangea, and threw it at him before he could react.
Jiang Shi subconsciously reached out to take it. Fortunately, he was quick-eyed and quick-handed, and did not let the thing Yu Tanqi threw to him fall to the ground, otherwise the girl would definitely be angry with him again when he returned later.
He was slightly startled when he saw that what was in his hand was a red hydrangea.
The people around noticed the red hydrangea in Jiang Shi's hand and started shouting immediately.
"It's a red hydrangea. Isn't this the hydrangea that women throw when they're looking for a husband?"
"Yes, I saw it too. It was a hydrangea, and the top scholar caught it!"
"It was his fiancée who threw the bouquet to the number one scholar."
"What does this mean? Could it be that today is not only the day for the top scholar to be paraded through the streets, but also the day for his wedding to his fiancée?"
Everyone was talking about it. When they looked at the second floor of the restaurant again, the girl in red who threw the embroidered ball had already turned around and left, disappearing from everyone's sight.
Jiang Shi held a hydrangea in his hand, with a gentle smile in the corners of his eyes and eyebrows.
Anyone with a discerning eye could see how happy he was when he received the hydrangea.
From now on, another beautiful story will be spread in the capital.
When the newly crowned number one scholar was parading through the streets, his fiancée threw a bouquet of flowers at him, and he smiled brilliantly.
The wedding night, the time when your name is on the list of successful candidates.
Of the four great joys in life, Jiang Shi experienced two of them at once.
He was just a young man at that time.
A young man in high spirits.
In the crowd, Yun Xuan looked coldly at Jiang Shi riding a horse in the parade.
The wedding night, the time when your name is on the list of successful candidates.
Oh, how could he get what he wanted?
…
The wedding date of Yu Tanqi and Jiang Shi was soon set on May 20th.
One month after Jiang Shi’s parade, it was his wedding date with Yu Tanqi.
Yu Shangheng felt that he was too anxious and wanted to wait and see what would happen in the future.
Jiang Shi said: "The emperor is not in good health. If we delay any further, we may have to wait a long time."
According to the rules of the Wanjin Kingdom, when the emperor passed away, the whole country would observe mourning for a year, and during this period, marriage was prohibited.
Yu Tanqi is nineteen years old this year and will be twenty in another year.
Although she herself did not think that twenty years old was too old, in this world, if a woman was not married at the age of twenty, she was already an old maid. Even if she had a fiancé, people would laugh at her and suspect that she had a physical illness and that was why she had not married yet.
Therefore, Yu Shangheng didn't say anything in the end and agreed to marry his daughter off on May 20th.
Fortunately, Jiang Shi and Yu Tanqi started preparing things for the wedding as early as last year, so it was not too rushed to prepare other things a month before the wedding.
But the two of them have to say goodbye again.
A year later, Yu Tanqi came to the two-story house again.
However, the two-story house has become a three-story house, which is much more spacious.
Yu Tanqi's mood living here is not as depressed as last year. He often can't help laughing when he is alone.
Seeing her like this, Yu Shangheng could only shake his head and sigh.
Summer has arrived in May. The trees of Albizia Julibrissin are lush and green, and the flowers are blooming in clusters under the sun.
Yu Tanqi often saw Yu Shangheng sitting under the Albizia tree for a whole day.
She knew he was missing his late mother.
Looking at the Albizia Julibrissin flowers blooming among the green leaves on the branches, Yu Tanqi recalled the scene when her mother took her to pick and gather Albizia Julibrissin flowers when she was young.
Many memories have begun to fade, but the memory of my mother is still deep.
Xie Lin is a frail and sickly lady from a noble family. Although she has not been to many places, she loves reading and knows many interesting stories about places.
Yu Tanqi still remembers a story her mother told her about the Albizia julibrissin.
The woman's gentle and soft voice seemed to ring in her ears.
"Once upon a time there was a wealthy man named He. In his later years he had a daughter whom he loved dearly and named 'Huanxi'. Huanxi was born bright and beautiful, and Mr. He and his wife regarded her as the apple of their eye.
When Huanxi was eighteen years old, he went to burn incense and worship Buddha. When he came back, he was sick with an incurable disease. He was always in a trance, had no appetite, and was getting thinner day by day.
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