Chapter 053 Chapter 53

Shen Linfeng looked over and saw a young girl in a smoke-colored gauze dress coming towards him. He was immediately moved.

"Mr. Shen." Yao Niang walked over slowly.

Shen Linfeng didn't know why, but he was a little speechless and a little excited. Yan Jingzhao was a person who was easily embarrassed for others. Seeing this scene, he remembered what his father had told him, so he quickly turned a blind eye and walked to the back of the carriage.

According to Yan Yingqi's plan, he wanted his daughter to give the wake-up sachet to Shen Linfeng, but Yao Niang did not want to do so.

"Miss Yan, why are you here?" Although Shen Linfeng was secretly happy in his heart, he still asked.

Yao Niang held the handkerchief in her hand and looked at him: "Actually, I don't know why I'm here."

This was of course because of what her heart desired. Shen Linfeng glanced at her but didn't dare to meet her gaze. Then a strong wind blew up. She quickly stood on tiptoe to smooth his hair, but he looked down obediently, just like the dog raised by the fourth sister that had made a mistake, with wet eyes and a look of helplessness.

Yao Niang thought that Shen Linfeng had always been a very cheerful and bright person, why was he like this now? But since she came to see him off to take the exam, she naturally didn't want to tease him too much, so she just said, "I just want to encourage you and let you do well in the exam. You have survived a place like Daxiangguo Temple. If you can achieve your wish one day, you will definitely have great ambitions in the future."

"I will." Shen Linfeng nodded heavily.

Seeing the dark circles under his eyes, Yao Niang sighed again: "Did you stay up late again? You can't do this."

Shen Linfeng smiled awkwardly: "Don't worry, I drank ginseng soup."

When she heard that it was ginseng soup, Yao Niang said, "Although ginseng soup is a tonic, it makes you fall asleep easily. Sometimes you don't even know you're asleep. You must be careful and don't fall asleep."

Seeing Yao Niang's serious words, Shen Linfeng said, "Don't worry, I know what I'm doing."

"Then why don't you take this with you? I don't know if you can wear it, but the stuff inside is what I often use to wake myself up." Yao Niang put her hands on her waist, wondering whether she should untie the sachet.

Shen Linfeng felt very guilty. Miss Yan treated him completely as her future husband and that was why she was so open with him. As the daughter of a wealthy family, she used to be extremely reserved but now she has completely let go of her airs. How could he let her down?

But when Yao Niang handed him the sachet, Shen Linfeng accepted it very seriously. He said, "Everything will be fine after I finish my exams."

Yao Niang smiled and said, "The 24th of next month is my birthday."

Shen Linfeng looked at her deeply.

**

"I'm so sleepy. I got up so early. I can fall asleep as soon as I touch the bed." Yao Niang lay down on the bed after coming back from outside.

Xie Shi didn't want to ask Yao Niang directly, fearing that she would be shy, so she had to ask Yan Jingzhao: "How is your sister doing?"

Yan Jingzhao thought for a moment and said, "How can I bear to watch it?"

"What's there to be embarrassed about? It happened in public, not in a dark room." Xie felt that her son was useless.

Yan Jingzhao had no choice but to say, "Don't worry. I think Shen Linfeng is an honest man. Otherwise, he wouldn't give up the Shujishi exam to take the imperial examination just because of such a small matter. The imperial examination is not easy to pass."

If it were him, no matter what others said, he would never run away.

Xie sighed, "If it hadn't happened to you, you would have said so. It's true that people's words are scary. When your brother and sister died, everyone said I was a dishonest person. I almost died. If I hadn't gotten pregnant with your sister later, and she was raised to be plump and healthy, I would have felt relieved."

Xie had never said these things to him before. Yan Jingzhao is a boy and has been controlled by the third old lady since he was a child, who never allowed him to have any contact with his mother.

"Mom, I will be filial to you in the future." Yan Jingzhao smiled.

Xie nodded: "How can I not know your filial piety? Yes, and your marriage, I have been looking at several families, but only the daughter of Minister Li is good. Although she is not a beauty that can conquer the country, she is also pretty and kind, with a gentle temperament, and I think she is kind."

Yan Jingzhao said: "My son's marriage is up to his parents."

"In the end, it depends on whether you like it or not." Xie always felt that her son was sometimes too aggressive, and it would be a little better if there was someone around to advise him occasionally.

Yan Jingzhao said, "For a family like ours, being able to treat each other with respect is already great. Mother, I know you are always thinking about my best. But I don't want to think about that anymore. It's enough to have someone who understands me."

"That's a good point. This girl is good at cooking. Well, your sister said that you should find someone who likes you, not someone you like someone else." Xie also stopped there.

She heard Yao Niang say that when she invited Miss Li to her home, Miss Li was at a loss as to what to do after taking one look at Yan Jingzhao, which showed that she liked Yan Jingzhao very much.

Even if there is no deep-seated love, you will definitely be attracted first.

It is hard to say for people like Yan Jingzhao, who are generally not very affectionate and attentive. Even if they are emotional, they value their family more. But Xie knows that her son actually has a lover, but people in the world pursue love without caring about anything else, so naturally there are many lovers. However, they are all secular people, and they cannot only consider appearance and temperament, but also family background, whether the person is on their side, and many other issues to consider.

Yan Jingzhao felt a little embarrassed when he heard about his marriage. He said a few words casually and left.

These days, Yingniang has also been waiting. If Shen Linfeng passes the imperial examination, her mother will ask Madam Gong to intercede for him, and her own marriage will then take place before her third sister.

Now the first and third wives are busy with their own marriages. Qianniang has exchanged engagement letters with the Wen family, Zhen has asked the sons of her family to buy dowry, and there is also the selection of a date for the wedding. It can be said that she is very busy. Xie has to prepare a lot of things for Yan Jingzhao's marriage, so she is also busy all day.

Instead, the three girls and Zhen Li in the family were free. In fact, since Yan Jingzhao's marriage was decided, Zhen Li had become a chicken rib.

Zhen had originally given the marriage of Yan Jingzhao to Madam Gong. This time Yan Jingzhao was marrying a member of the Gong family, and she did not interfere at all. So it was up to Madam Gong to help with the marriage between her daughter and Shen Linfeng.

Because of the hot weather, Yaoniang invited her sisters to take a boat ride together. Yingniang was in a very delicate mood.

Now, among the sisters, only the third sister has no place to go. If she knows about her marriage to Shen Linfeng in a few days, based on her personality, she will probably fall behind others.

"Third sister, is big brother really engaged to the girl from the Li family?" Ying Niang deliberately said this and glanced at Zhen Li, sneering in her heart at Zhen Li for overestimating his own abilities.

Although Zhen Li is her cousin, the Zhen family is no longer comparable to their Yan family. Zhen Li is just the daughter of a Jiujiang family. How can she dream of becoming the eldest daughter-in-law of the Yan family?

Yao Niang said, "In the discussion of marriage, it all depends on whether the Li family agrees or not."

"Why not? There are so many people who want to marry our eldest brother." Ying Niang smiled and waved her round fan, her hair trembling.

Yao Niang thought that this was an internal conflict. She didn't mean to think that Zhen Li was bad, but no matter how good Zhen Li was, she was still the niece of the eldest lady. Just like her marriage with Shen Linfeng, even if they seemed to be a good match to outsiders, it would be difficult to succeed with the eldest sister's affairs in the way?

Last time, her father asked her to go and send Shen Linfeng off, but Yao Niang never thought about what Shen Linfeng was really like?

To put it bluntly, she and Shen Linfeng were only similar in appearance. They didn't dislike each other, but they had no friendship.

Qianniang tried to smooth things over: "Next month is Third Sister's birthday. You are about to get married, so naturally you can't do it the same as usual."

Yao Niang smiled and said, "I think it would be nice to be quieter, but mother said she wants to invite a few small opera troupes to liven up the place, so you guys should come over here early to play."

"That's for sure." Qianniang is in high spirits now. She doesn't have to marry Zhao Xian. Zhao Xian was originally her backup. Now she is going to marry the son of the prime minister's family. She speaks and acts differently from the past and feels more confident.

No matter how outstanding she was at home, she was still burdened with the label of "concubine". Her biological mother would often beat the curtains beside her, always feeling a little frustrated. But things were different in the future.

The eldest sister was acting like a fool, the third sister was too arrogant, and the fourth sister was young after all, so she ended up having the highest status in the future.

After the group took a boat trip on the lake, they saw Yan Jingwen coming to play with them. Yingniang said, "Third brother, why are you here when you are not studying? Be careful or I will tell mom."

"I was originally studying, but the weather is too hot, so the teacher went back to rest. I have to go to the Shen family later. The one from the Shen family won the third place in the imperial examination, which is the first person in our dynasty from ancient times to the present. My mother asked me to go to their house to congratulate him." Yan Jingwen said with a smile.

Yingniang's face lit up with joy: "Brother, are you saying that Master Shen passed the imperial examination?"

Yan Jingwen scratched his head: "Yes."

"That's good, that's good." Ying Niang murmured to herself.

Yao Niang couldn't help but look at her. Why was Ying Niang so happy?

Ying Niang naturally couldn't wait to tell Zhen about this. Zhen clapped her hands and laughed, "What a great Shen Linfeng! I was right to choose him. I have already made some concessions to Madam Gong, and I hope she can help me."

But it is said that Zhen hurried to Gong's house, but when she just entered the house, she saw Mrs. Shen coming out of Gong's house. Zhen was still wondering what Mrs. Shen was doing here? Mrs. Shen was of course not in a good mood when she saw the Yan family.

Her son, who had always been very obedient and family-oriented, actually said for the first time that he wanted to marry the third daughter of the Yan family, saying that he could not betray his loyalty.

The entire Shen family felt that Linfeng had become a completely different person, a completely bad student, and no one knew what kind of drug he had taken.

She had no choice but to agree to ask Mrs. Gong for help in proposing marriage to the Yan family. She was being forced, so how could she be happy?

Zhen didn't understand what was going on, and she was still thinking about what was going on at the Shen family. She wondered if she could use the Shen family's strength to her advantage.