After the results were released, the news spread that Jiang Yueming won the first place in the provincial examination, and everyone was very excited.

Mrs. Xu, who was a little dissatisfied with Jiang Yuebai's family background, also had a happy face. She thought that her mother's vision was really accurate. In this way, Jiang Yuebai's family background would improve. If she could try and get a good ranking, this marriage would be a good one.

What a great deal.

When everyone was paying attention to Jie Yuan, Cen Hengyuan, the son of the family Su Yiqing was engaged to, and Su Jinfeng, the son of the uncle's house, were also successful. These two were also very young. If it weren't for the sixteen-year-old Jiang Mingyue, who was above them, they would not have been successful.

It's also very eye-catching, but it's a pity that it's been robbed of the limelight now.

It doesn't matter what outsiders think. The uncle's family was very happy about Su Jinfeng's success. Although there was no big banquet, there was a small celebration.

And Mrs. Xu was a little worried about gains and losses. Among her future in-laws' children, Xie Yuan, her future son-in-law won the imperial examination, and her eldest brother also won the imperial examination. Her own son was not even a scholar, and several young talents became more and more attractive to her.

Brother Xu is a little disgraced.

Xu's depression did not affect Su Jinxu's happiness for his brother-in-law at all.

It's just that he is a little confused. His fourth uncle and fourth aunt have always been indifferent to him. They usually say hello when they meet each other without saying a word. However, in the past few days, they have been talking to him frequently and even given him generous gifts.

Congratulate him on his upcoming wedding and praise him for getting married to a beautiful wife.

That day, I just came out of my fourth aunt's yard again.

Su Jinxu couldn't help wiping his sweat.

The fourth aunt said that her mother's brother had a brother who wanted to study, and she hoped that he could invite his future brother-in-law to give him some advice.

In the past, this was not a difficult task, but since Jiang Yuemingzhong got to know Yuan, there have been more and more people trying to get close to each other. He was so annoyed that he had gone to study in a temple outside the city. Where could he get someone now?

Su Jinxu was not born to reject people, so he suddenly became embarrassed and frowned for several days.

Aunt Zhang who was beside him quietly told Mrs. Xu what had happened.

When Mrs. Xu heard this, she immediately led her maid and mother-in-law to the fourth room.

Mrs. Chen from the fourth room heard the report from the maid that the third lady was coming, and hurriedly brought Mrs. Chen out to greet her.

Mrs. Xu took a bunch of maids and women, and after sitting down in the flower hall of the fourth room, she said directly: "Fourth brother and sister, why is the fourth room frequently looking for Brother Xu recently?"

In front of a room full of maids and women, Mrs. Chen did not expect Mrs. Xu to be so merciless and put on such an expression of asking for revenge. She was immediately angry in her heart, but she still forced a smile and said: "Isn't it just listening to me?"

It is said that Brother Xu’s future brother-in-law will win the first prize of Jieyuan. Although my mother-in-law is a businessman, there are still a few brothers who want to study and I just want to inquire about it."

Scholars, peasants, industry and commerce, merchants are the lowest level. It is impossible for a merchant family to take the imperial examination. They must transform into a peasant family and become a country squire before they can slowly take the imperial examination route. It takes only a few decades to change from a merchant family to a peasant family.

It is very difficult to build a scholarly family. Of course, there are exceptions. For example, if you spend a large sum of money to donate an official, you can become an official in a blink of an eye, and your children become the children of officials.

Merchants don't just donate money when they want to. They have to wait until the court is short of money and need to raise it from the private sector. Then they are more lenient. This dynasty has been in peace and prosperity for decades, and the court has no shortage of money. There is no place to donate if you want.

Therefore, it is simply wishful thinking for the children of the Chen family to want to take the imperial examination immediately.

Mrs. Xu sneered: "You can't become fat with just one bite. It's a good thing that your siblings and nephew want to study, but everything has to be done step by step. Just ask a gentleman to teach you. Asking Jie Yuan to give guidance as soon as you open your mouth is overkill.

Although they are in-laws, they are not married after all. Even if they are married, I would be too embarrassed to go to Jiang Jieyuan for this matter. Next, they will prepare for the test, so why bother them? "

Chen's face turned red.

Little Chen on the side laughed, then took a step forward and said, "The third lady is just joking, it's not that serious. I just asked Jiang Jieyuan to come over and say a few words. It won't waste much time."

Mrs. Xu didn't speak either.

Aunt Xia, who was beside her, shouted: "Master is talking, why are you servants interrupting? Why don't you back down?"

Xiao Chen's eyes widened and she said, "This is the fourth bedroom, why do you, an old godly woman, have anything to say?"

Mrs. Xu smiled and said to Mrs. Chen: "Four brothers and sisters, technically we are a family, but after all, the rules in each house are different. In my house, if the slave and aunt dare to interrupt when the master is talking, they will be beaten out. However,

This is a four-bedroom house, guests can do as they please. We are sisters-in-law, so we don’t care about so much. Other families are different, so I’d better not bother Jiang Jieyuan. After all, he is a young master. Scholars pay more attention to rules. It is said that now

The matchmaker for Jiang Jieyuan almost broke through the door frame. If people get misunderstood by approaching him at this time, it will be difficult to say whether it is good or bad."

Chen's face turned red and white after being exposed.

After Mrs. Xu finished speaking, she said goodbye and left with a room full of servants.

Mrs. Chen was so angry that she jumped on her feet and kept cursing Ms. Xu for being a shrew and jealous woman. A string of vicious and vulgar words from the market came out of her mouth.

Mrs. Chen couldn't bear to listen and hurriedly scolded her and asked her mother-in-law to send her back to her room.

Mrs. Chen, who was suffering from a headache, was sitting alone in the room when Su Yixiang walked in quietly.

When Mrs. Chen saw her daughter, she forced a smile and said, "Why is Xiang'er here?"

Su Yixiang was imprisoned in a rural farm for almost a year. The poor life had completely worn away her squeamishness, especially when the maidservant beside her was still whispering secretly that she probably wouldn't be able to go back and would probably be near Zhuangzi.

She was really scared to find a small landowner to marry.

Fortunately, she still had her mother, who finally found a way to take her back. She fully understood her position. Her father was a concubine, and she had no blood relationship with Mrs. Cen. Her identity was higher than that of any other young lady in the other families.

Low, once there is a conflict, no matter right or wrong, the wife will definitely punish her. She no longer dares to be coy and talkative, she only dares to quietly please her parents.

Seeing that no one else was there, Su Yixiang whispered: "Mom, my aunt is scolding so unpleasantly in her yard, and her voice is so loud, if my third aunt hears it..."

Su Yixiang showed a somewhat scared expression. At such a young age, there was heavy worry in her eyes.

Mrs. Chen hurriedly hugged her and comforted her: "Don't be afraid, Xiang'er. Mom is here and everything will be fine."

She was comforting her daughter like this, but Mrs. Chen knew that things were not that optimistic. Now it seems that she had the upper hand temporarily, but that was all because of Mrs. Chen and Wei Zhen.

Not to mention the day when Wei Zhen falls out of favor and the four houses return to their original state, even if Wei Zhen can defy fate and become the princess of the county, it will be a disaster rather than a blessing for her.

When it comes to sisters, she knows Xiao Chen very well. Who says that siblings must love each other? Xiao Chen has liked to compete with her since she was a child, and has often ridiculed her slightly inferior appearance based on her beauty.

When she married a concubine like the fourth master, who was not very favored, Xiao Chen was determined to be better than her. She would rather work as a house filler than marry an official, so she married a fourth-grade official in his thirties.

If you do Xixian, you hope to get a royal decree.

It's a pity that she was unlucky. Less than a year after she got married, her husband committed a crime and was dismissed from office. Within a few years, she died of depression. Her husband's family said she was a broom star and kicked them out.

The young Mrs. Chen took her daughter home and wanted to remarry, but she was unwilling to marry an ordinary person. After several years of wasting time, her daughter was already an adult and had not yet been married.

During this period, the family thought that she had no son, and asked her to bring little Chen in as a concubine to help give birth to a son, so that the wealth would not go to outsiders. But this sister knew that she had scheming and means, and any aunt around her would be better than her.

She was very fickle, so she always disagreed.

Until Aunt Qin came in, she was so crowded that there was no room for her to stand. Her parents asked her sister to come over again. She was either dead or not, so she might as well give it a try. Anyway, her sister, the widow, was still carrying an oil bottle, so it was impossible to straighten her up anyway.

Better than Aunt Qin.
Chapter completed!