Hualan was not really angry, she sighed: "I just think what my father did was so inappropriate. A concubine bullied his legitimate daughter, and he still favored the concubine, just like he favored Lin Xiaoniang; in the past,
Yangzhou is fine, but this is Tokyo. If there are rumors that he spoiled his concubine and killed his wife, how can he keep his head up?"
The wife is all three books and six etiquette, the Ming matchmaker is marrying into the house, and the concubine is basically a slave, doting on the slave, neglecting the eldest lady, and a clean civil servant who pays the most attention to etiquette. If this spreads, it will definitely have a huge impact on Sheng Hong's reputation.
big.
Little did she know that after she left the Sheng Mansion, the old lady learned about this matter and immediately called Sheng Hong over and scolded Sheng Hong in the Shou'an Hall.
Although Sheng Hong was raised by an old lady, to be honest, her feelings for Sheng Hong are far less deep than those for Hualan and Zhou Chen. What's more, this matter is Sheng Hong's problem. Hua Lan can't say it, but her aunt is.
can say.
After Gu Tingye returned to Tokyo, he came to Zhongjinghou to visit Zhou Chen. He said that he wanted to invite Zhou Chen to Guangyuntai for a drink, but Zhou Chen declined politely and asked him to wait until the Chunwei exam was completed.
Thinking of the reason why Gu Tingye failed this time, Zhou Chen sighed in his heart, Gu Tingye's first half of life was indeed quite miserable.
The father is displeased, the stepmother is flattering, the brothers are scheming, the woman is betraying...
If he hadn't relied on his own ability to rise up later, his life would have been extremely miserable.
Even though he knew how to try this, he couldn't help Gu Tingye, because the words Gu Tingye said when he was a child would definitely cause dissatisfaction among the officials if his elder brother spread them to the ears of the officials.
Even if Gu Tingye's palace had not successfully rescued him later, he might not have been able to get the officials to forgive and apologize.
Because Hualan was being disciplined by Sheng Hong, she did not go to the Sheng Mansion for more than a month. It was not until the day Sheng Changbai and Sheng Changfeng attended the examination that she and her mother, Mrs. Wang, sent them to the examination room.
On the day of the Spring Trial, there were a large number of people, and Zhou Chen, the horse commander who was mainly responsible for the inner city, had to personally lead the troops to maintain order.
The exam lasted for three days. Before the exam even started, the area near Gongyuan was already surrounded by imperial troops, both to maintain order and to protect Gongyuan.
Three days passed by in a flash. At the end of the day, the gate of Gongyuan was crowded with people. Hua Lan insisted on coming over to take a look, so Zhou Chen accompanied her.
"Father-in-law, mother-in-law."
"Father, mother."
Wang Ruofu was very happy to see Zhou Chen and Hualan, while Sheng Hong looked a little embarrassed. Seeing that Zhou Chen and Hualan's expressions were normal, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
To be honest, he was really a bit timid towards Zhou Chen, his eldest son-in-law. Even though Zhou Chen was usually very kind, once he had a serious face, he was still quite scary.
Furthermore, Zhou Chen was the Marquis of Zhongjing, so his status naturally put a lot of pressure on him.
It was still a while before the end. Zhou Chen glanced around and saw a few familiar faces, so he said: "Father-in-law, mother-in-law, I'll go say hello to Qi Guogong and Ling Guogong over there.
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Sheng Hong said: "Go ahead, go and do your work, don't worry about us."
So Zhou Chen walked towards the other side where the nobles of the Duke of Qi were. This time, there were many descendants of the nobles participating, such as Qi Heng from the Duke of Qi's family, the legitimate sons of the Duke of Ling's family, and several others.
The son of a marquis and count.
We are both nobles, no matter we are familiar with each other or not, since we bump into each other, we naturally want to go over and say hello.
Chapter completed!