Madam Chi was still trying to explain: "Perhaps there was a delay on the way, who knows?"
Shen Tangning knew very well that what the Lady of the Marquis said was true.
Generally speaking, the government would send someone to the residence of the top three candidates in the imperial examinations to report the good news; this was also called a "good news report".
Because the host would give a reward, many people would compete to do this job, as it guaranteed to bring good news to the host family as soon as possible.
They didn't return quickly. The messenger, riding a fast horse, should have arrived long ago. The fact that they hadn't come to the door yet suggests that something had happened along the way.
She suddenly had a bad feeling.
The cheating in the imperial examinations was very likely to be exposed.
Almost as if to confirm Shen Tangning's guess, the servant rushed in in a panic, still out of breath, and hurriedly said, "It's terrible, it's terrible! Madam, Madam! I heard... the yellow list on the dragon and tiger wall has been taken down. The Ministry of Rites said they just found out that someone cheated in the imperial examinations, maliciously leaking the questions and selling them to the candidates before the exams. His Majesty wants to thoroughly investigate this matter!"
"..."
The surroundings fell silent instantly.
Lady Hou's eyes flickered a few times, and the corners of her lips curved into a subtle smile.
The old lady flew into a rage, grabbed a teacup and smashed it at Chi Yan, her voice filled with hatred: "You scoundrel, the truth is out, and you still won't admit it!"
Amidst her fury, she also felt a sliver of pleasure.
She said, "How could that woman's offspring possibly compare to her Jingyu's!"
A rotten piece of mud is a rotten piece of mud; it can never be plastered on a wall!
Chi Yan didn't dodge, and the teacup hit his forehead, immediately causing a red and swollen area. The scalding tea splashed all over him, making him look disheveled.
Shen Tangning and Madam Chi were both startled!
Shen Tangning suddenly clenched her handkerchief, intending to step forward and wipe him, but a surge of inexplicable anger rose in her heart, a feeling she couldn't quite explain herself.
Ultimately, she came to this conclusion—
It's not up to anyone else to lecture Shen Tangning's husband!
Chi Yan, however, wiped the tea off her face first: "Grandmother is so certain that I obtained the title of Jieyuan through improper means?"
Shen Tangning had no choice but to stop what she was doing and wait and see.
The old lady glared at him coldly: "Are you going to tell me that you just guessed and made wild guesses?"
Chi Yan curled his lips, his eyes turning cold: "Grandmother has a prejudice against me, I have nothing to say."
"You unfilial child! How dare you speak to your elders like that?" The old lady's face turned ashen with anger when a voice suddenly came from outside.
"Madam, the Marquis and the Second Master have returned."
The old lady looked at the second master as he walked in, and nodded with a cold smile: "Second son, you've come back just in time. I can't discipline this unfilial son of yours! He has done such a disgraceful thing to the family. Today I will expel this unfilial son from the family. Do you have any objections?"
The second master was startled, and his face turned pale.
Clearly, he had heard those rumors when he returned.
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