Chapter 511 Moving Rumors
Zhao Houming definitely wanted his younger brother to have a good life, so he tried his best to persuade him: "You and your sister-in-law just got married, and it's time for you to get used to each other. It's normal to have some friction. You and your eldest brother still argue with each other every day!"
Fan Houyang looked at his gentle brother across from him. He envied him, envious of his confidence in always being able to plan and strategize. "Alas, you don't understand..."
Fan Houyang looked at his capable second brother and thought to himself, how great it would be if his second brother had the memory of a rebirth! This kind of opportunity would be useless to him. A person cannot become smarter just because he has the memory of another life.
He is still the little kid who would hide behind his brother.
Zhao Houming thought about his second brother's wife's personality and came up with an idea, "If you hold back a little of your affection, maybe that will be enough."
Fan Houyang's face was full of confusion. "What kind of idea is this? If you like someone, you should give her confidence, right?"
"Some people, lacking confidence, will restrain themselves. I've always believed that bad people aren't to be feared, but stupid people are. You never know when they could get you into a huge mess. Knowing that no one will back you up, you'll live a contented life.
If you don't have the ability to cover for others, don't give them the illusion that you can. Otherwise, you're harming them."
While Zhao Houming said these words, he still had a warm smile on his face, as if this idea did not come from him at all.
"I'll try! I just want to live a good life with the person in my memory." Fan Houyang really felt that the lady in his memory was really good. The only ones who treated him well in his previous life were his second brother and his wife.
"Come, have some tea!" Zhao Houming didn't say anything else. He had never walked the path of love, so he couldn't say whether he understood it or not.
Fan Houyang drank some tea for a while, and asked Zhao Houming for some books he needed to read before taking the imperial examination, and then he took his people back to his own courtyard.
Zhao Houming looked at his brother's worried back and sighed, "Since ancient times, heroes have always been unable to resist the temptation of beautiful women!"
When Qin came out, she saw this scene: her husband was looking outside the yard and drinking tea as if it were wine.
Qin sat down opposite Zhao Houming and asked softly, "Husband, what are you thinking about? Is there any difficulty for my third brother to come here?"
Zhao Houming personally poured a cup of tea for his wife and said carefully, "Well, Madam, if you can restrain my third brother's wife in public, please do so. Just consider it a favor for my third brother."
Qin slowly sipped the tea her husband had brewed. She truly thought this marriage was a good one. Her mother-in-law was kind and generous, and her husband was handsome and promising. Crucially, he treated her very well, too.
So Qin agreed to Zhao Houming's request very straightforwardly: "I don't care whether I help my third brother or not, but if my husband asks me to help, I will help."
In fact, even if my husband didn't mention it, Qin would still help if she needed to. After all, if something really happened to my third brother's wife, it would damage the reputation of the entire Princess's Mansion, which is absolutely unacceptable.
"I am still happier because I married a good wife." Zhao Houming is very satisfied with Qin at the moment. She has a charming personality, is not timid in public, is scheming and resourceful, and looks the way he likes.
Zhao Houming felt that his mother had good judgment! His eldest sister-in-law couldn't see it yet, but the fact that his third brother's wife had a conflict with her husband on the second day after her marriage was definitely not a good thing.
Qin Shi's face flushed when she heard her husband speak so bluntly, but she still replied softly, "My fate is better."
After that, life in the mansion was no different from before. The main reason was that Zhao Houjing and Fan Houyang were about to take the imperial examination. They spent most of their time reading books or going to the Royal Academy to ask the teacher for advice.
Sometimes they didn’t even go back to the Princess’s Mansion, but lived directly in the Royal Academy.
So it was Zhao Houming and his wife who had dinner with Zhao Lingmeng every day, and sometimes Fan Yong would also come back.
The eldest young master's wife, Yu, and the third young master's wife, Yuan, would tacitly accompany Zhao Lingmeng for lunch. Sometimes their husbands didn't come for dinner, so they would have dinner together in their respective courtyards.
During this period, Yuan Shi had also been much more obedient. This was mainly because on the second day after the wedding, she had just expressed her own thoughts and angered Fan Houyang. So she felt that her current position was not stable, so she should just stay calm for now!
Time passed quickly as they counted the time. Soon it was the day when the results of Zhao Houjing and Fan Houyang's imperial examinations were announced. It was Chunshui who went to see the list again.
Both Zhao Houjing and Zhao Houyang ranked, but Zhao Houyang ranked higher, closer to the middle, while Zhao Houjing barely made it to the last place.
The good news is that Yang Chengchen also passed the exam, and his ranking was several places higher than Fan Houyang, which was quite good. Now Yang Chengchen feels more confident in everything he does, after all, he has now proven himself to be a cultured person.
Zhao Lingmeng and Fan Yong were delighted to learn this; after all, passing the exam was a good thing. In Jing State, passing the exam allowed one to secure a small official position in the border region, effectively giving them a foot in the officialdom.
Originally, Zhao Houjing passed the imperial examination and felt very happy, but when his third brother also passed and ranked higher than him, he felt a little depressed.
Zhao Lingmeng didn't care about that anymore. Since he had given the reward anyway, he went to the Imperial Observatory to choose an auspicious day for the three brothers to move out.
When the children grow up, they will go out and start their own families.
The move of the two brothers Zhao Houjing out of the Princess's Mansion is the hottest gossip in Yuanjing recently, even more popular than the Crown Prince's upcoming marriage.
After all, this era still advocates having many children and multiple generations living together. Zhao Lingmeng's separation of all three sons is quite unique.
They all thought Princess Funing was crazy, otherwise why would she give her eldest son away? But some said it was because the son was unfilial, and some said it was because Prince Consort Fan was intolerant. Anyway, everyone had their own guesses.
No one cared about this matter except Zhao Houjing. This was mainly because Zhao Houjing, as the eldest son, naturally received more criticism, and he was still only a juren.
Although those who passed the imperial examinations were among the best among the young men in Yuanjing, there was no harm without comparison! His two younger brothers were both too outstanding.
That day, Yu Shuqi had just returned from a banquet when she saw that her master was not reading, but drinking in her yard.
Yu Shuqi's heart skipped a beat, thinking something big had happened.
Although she was anxious, she did not forget to maintain her persona and spoke as gently as possible: "What's wrong? What happened?"
"Have you heard the recent rumors about Yuanjing?" Zhao Houjing asked Yu Shuqi while drinking.
Yu Shuqi was confused. "What rumor?"
It’s not that she really didn’t know, but Yuan Jing updated the rumors very quickly every day, and she really didn’t know which one her husband was talking about for a moment.
She thought hard but couldn't think of anything that was worth her husband's concern.
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