Sheng Weiqiao knew nothing about Xu Baomo's extreme misery this day.
At dinner that night, seeing that he did not show up, she was quite worried. But after asking about it, Madam Nan said, "He locked himself in the room just now and refused to come out probably because he thought he didn't do well in the metropolitan examination. Actually, it's okay whether he performed well... Anyway, he is still young. He can take the next examination. We Xu Family is not a literary family, so we would actually be very happy if he could get the position of Juren. But he just didn’t listen to it. So just leave him alone! After all, he is an adult, not a child who needs to be comforted by a group of people. He doesn’t feel embarrassed. But we do!"
Sheng Weiqiao said, "The result hasn't come out yet. Maybe Brother Xu has a false presentiment. Maybe he can not only make his mark but also come to the top!"
Then she stopped talking.
After all, how coul
A moment later, Sheng Weiqiao and Sheng Shuihe left.Not far from the back hall, Sheng Shuihe asked the servants to stay away and then smiled to Sheng Weiqiao, "Sweetie, Uncle Xu's raising cats is unworthy of being mentioned! I have been raising Brother Five since long ago!"Naive!She wanted to frighten him with Xu Zijing's raising cats?A man who did not raise a fierce animal could not be a good husband!A man without this awareness couldn't be a talented and handsome man!"Why will grandparents come to Chang'an?" However, Sheng Weiqiao changed the topic with a sullen face and said seriously, "You egged on them?"After the news that she was driven out of Ningwei Marquis Family by Xu Caikui last year was spread to the south, Sheng Family didn't mean to come here. Why would Senior Master Sheng come here suddenly with Old Madam Ming after the thing had been past for so long?"I pla
Meng Guiyu's expression changed again and again. After a while, he said, "Eldest Childe Sheng, you're really eloquent! But just as you said, there are so many juniors and in-laws such as Gao Chengxuan in Meng Family. Since so, even if Gao Chengxuan is eradicated, how can you ensure that the next person Meng Family will spare no pains to support is me?""To say the least, even if it's really me...""You've got something on me. So in the future, I have to follow your words like a puppet!”"So, if I acted according to what you said, in the final analysis, you would get all the benefits finally and I would just be your pawn!"Sheng Shuihe put down the tea cup and smiled faintly, "Why can I get something on you? Because your position in Meng Family is too low! If it had been your third brother Meng Boqin who had done what you did, it wouldn't have been a big deal at all! Just like that although the Empress Dowager and State Duke Zheng b
Huan Yehe smiled, "Did she have other choices? She spared the harem the daily greetings. She leads a reclusive life, and she doesn't like dealing with people, anyway.""That seemed to be the only choice indeed!" Sheng Weiqiao heaved a sigh. Shu Sisters were favored enough to eliminate the original empress, let alone a mere step-empress.If Meng Bijun resorted to violence like when she dealt with Meng Lijiang... She would become another Empress Wen very soon.Therefore, she had to bear with the two consorts.On the top of that, she had to exempt the harem from the protocol of the daily greetings to evade further provocation from Shu Sisters and to make nice with Emperor Xuanjing. With the battle between the Meng Family and the Gaomi King Family progressing, she didn't want the Emperor to show the Gaomi King Family partiality after hearing too many complaints about her from Shu Sisters.Sheng Weiqiao winced and continued
"Very nice?" Sheng Weiqiao was curious. Usually, she was invited to discuss something very troublesome rather than something very nice with Huan Yehe, after all. Perplexed, she couldn't imagine what Huan Yehe was felicitating on.But Huan Yehe chuckled, "Do you remember the commotion on January the tenth? The Meng Family put their recompense on hold with them going through a sensitive period and the upcoming wedding of His Majesty. Now that the Empress has finally married into the imperial house, she'll naturally pay you back. It's been two months since the incident, after all."She pulled out a small piece of red paper from her sleeve and unfolded it, "These are the titles drafted by the Empress Dowager and the Empress. Pick three for yourselves.""The titles?" Amazed, Sheng Weiqiao uttered before even taking a look at that draft, "But which rank of nobility will we be in?""You'll all be the princess." Huan Yehe said, "But
The result of the court examination came out sooner than that of the metropolitan examination, given the smaller number of candidates.The ranking was released on March the twenty-fourth, ensuing the examination set on the twenty-second. And the imperial examination wrapped up.To many people's surprise, and in a minority of people's expectations, Sheng Shuihe won the first place.With the absence of Gao Chengxuan, who was said to get injured in a fall, Huang Wujiu won the second place.The third place was a candidate strange to Sheng Weiqiao's party, whose political position also remained unknown to them.Putting aside the three best candidates, the fourth place was won by Xu Baomo, who came only eighteenth in the metropolitan examination, which also surprised Sheng Shuihe. He communicated with Xu Baomo on their essays after the metropolitan examination, and he estimated that Xu Baomo's rank wouldn't fluctuate
Now that the gangplank was in place, Xu Zijing Couple supposed Senior Master Sheng would finally get off the ship.But the sailor responded, "Senior Master, I wasn't being lazy. I was just wondering whether you would oblige me with a glance at Eldest Childe, who was said to come top in the court examination. I've known him as a handsome, highbrow, refined, and calm man who has a good memory and great talent, who reads a lot but doesn't neglect the practice of martial art, and who respects his seniors and befriends his juniors since long ago!"Then, Senior Master Sheng stepped back from the gangplank, "My grandson is indeed a handsome, highbrow, refined, and calm man who has a good memory and great talent, who reads a lot but doesn't neglect the practice of martial art, and who respects his seniors and befriends his juniors... But he's modest, as every Sheng is! He won't mind it! You just follow me up. Maybe he needs someone to run errands!"
However, despite Sheng Weiqiao's goodwill, Old Marquis Xu made his way to the back hall as soon as they arrived at Ningwei Marquis Family and roared all along, "Where is the little br*t? Ask him to come to me! I'll take his surname if I fail to beat him to death today!"Old Madam Xia only laughed coldly, "So, you'll be named Xu, as you are now!"Sheng Weiqiao felt relieved as she heard that. Fortunately, Old Madam Xia was also here. She wouldn't let Xu Baomo be beaten up, would she?But Xu Zijing Couple exchanged a glance and heaved a sigh. So, it wasn't Old Marquis Xu but Old Madam Xia who had spoilt Xu Baomo!But Old Madam Xia continued coldly, "As I told you to discipline him, you must thrash him every day! He won't repent even if you beat him to death now! Hang him up every day before the meal, lash him with a whip steeped with saline water, and he will stay good!"Old Marquis Xu retorted, "That's what we di
After they two entered the Mansion together, they got totally different treatment. Senior Master Sheng, who was smiling originally smiled much more happily after seeing Sheng Shuihe, as if he couldn't wait to walk down to hold this grandson in his arms at once!Old Madam Ming was also very happy to see such a magnificent younger junior who looked so handsome and just became the top scholar although Sheng Shuihe was not her biological grandson. After all, since there was such a talented person in the eldest branch, the second branch and the third branch would also benefit a lot.However, Old Marquis Xu and Old Madam Xia looked at their grandson so coldly when he came in!Seeing this situation, Xu Baomo's legs felt like jelly when he just passed the threshold. Would it be better for him to kneel down to admit his error so that they would beat him not so hard or he could just slip away?At this time, he was so jealous of Sheng Shuihe