It was not until the beginning of the week that Chen Yuan came back drunk and also came with a sedan chair.
Looking at the delicate and beautiful maid, He couldn't help but feel depressed. He ordered people to place the man in a cross-yard and asked the woman to help Chen Yuan. He said to the manager who followed Chen Yuan out: "That maid is Feng Gift from the master?
The manager bowed and said, "That's right, besides the maid, there is also a gift list." As he spoke, he took out the gift list.
He asked his maid to pick it up, opened it and looked at it in person, and couldn't help but feel trembling.
I know that Mr. Feng is one of the best salt merchants in Yangzhou City, and this gift is too heavy. After all, Chen Yuan is just a ninth-rank professor. Even if there are children of the Feng family studying in the palace, the gift is too generous.
On this gift list, only 5,000 taels of silver were found, as well as ornaments such as jade Buddha gold cups, as well as hairpins, silks and satin used by women, which were of all colors.
He asked someone to lift the box up and packed six boxes. The magnificent objects were something that could not be mentioned on the gift list.
He was not happy, but only felt frightened. He held the gift list and felt heavy in his heart.
The gift must be something for others. Although Mr. Feng is a merchant, he has donated his fame and honor and is the guest of honor for the prefect. Why did this gift worth ten thousand gold coins come from?
He was not stupid, but was a little wise, otherwise he would not have defeated his mother-in-law and kept her husband in her palm.
After a round of his mind, He had already guessed Mr. Feng's intentions, but he was still a little lucky and rubbed his temples: "Who has the Feng family invited to accompany the guests today?"
The manager replied: "There are no outsiders, only Mr. Feng's inner brothers are accompanying him."
He only felt his temples rushing straight, and waved his hand to send the manager off, and his face was depressed.
The mother next to him said, "Although the courtesy is heavy, he does not accompany the guests seriously. Perhaps Mr. Feng's family is just rich and generous, so the gifts are so generous. Don't worry too much."
He sneered: "My uncle came out and was not a serious customer. This is a good thing for the Tong family. The master did not come to Yangzhou. What did Feng's family do to be arrogant at first and then respectful? This is not a gift, I am afraid it is a seller. Where is the son?"
The mother took a deep breath and said, "No, right? The old man is Jie Yuan, and he may still be the top scholar. What kind of lady who is a prominent official in a high school family can't find her and wants to hire a wife from a merchant?"
"If I hadn't taken a fancy to the old man, would it be a fancy to the old man? Who in Yangzhou City knows that Mr. Feng has seven sons and only one old woman, and he loves him as if he is in love. This year is the year of his life." He said.
Mom said, "No matter how much you love, you are still a concubine's daughter... Bah, even if you are a legitimate daughter, you will not be worthy of the old man after coming out of the merchant family."
"If it were someone else, the Feng family might not dare to think; if it were ours, it might not be. Who would have let the master have such a nature? If the Feng family wants to plot against the master, they don't even have to pay attention. They just use money to spend it. It can make the master nod willingly." He said exhausted.
As Chen Yuan is now, he is just a professor at the Fuxue School, but over the past three years, he has also made different ways to make money from the Fuxue School and students. Even if he took Zhang Lao'an over, it was also for the annual birthday and New Year's Day. Receive more gifts. Otherwise, Yangzhou’s wealth would be rich, and over the years, it would have earned thousands of taels.
He persuaded him twice, but it was useless and almost all the relationship between the couple became weak. He had no choice but to turn a blind eye.
He had no disgust for his stepson Chen Jin, who was about the same age as his. Chen Yuan was already in his destiny. Even if He had a biological child, he might not be able to rely on his brother in the future.
For this selfishness, after Shen Jin took back his property and sent all the managers arranged by Chen Yuan, He also persuaded Chen Yuan to not let Chen Yuan attack Chen Jin, so that there was no disagreement between the father and son.
My mother was He's confidant, and she followed her to the Shen family. After watching for several years, she knew that her master was greedy and lustful. She couldn't help but stutter: "Well, the old man really wants to marry a business woman as his legitimate wife? That's a pity."
He smiled bitterly and said, "I am like an enemy who cheats my son like this, but how can I look like a father?"
Mom comforted, "Let's go with the master, anyway, the old man can't blame his wife. Merchants have the benefits of merchants. If the status is low, he will not dare to follow the wife in the future. If the lady who has shown her status in the high school, she will not be able to say He is even frivolous and makes his wife angry."
He shook his head and said, "Why can't you blame me? No, I can't let the master make a fuss... I need to write to the capital..."
Mom hesitated and said, "The master is afraid of this. If the master knows, he will be angry with the wife?"
Because He and Chen Jin were about the same age and Chen Yuan was a suspicious person, he did not like He and Chen Jin to be close.
He thought of her husband's dirty guess and couldn't help but feel embarrassed and said, "Who is so good at home will think of this? He is lustful and just thinks that others are the same. It's really undisgusting."
Although he was unwilling to accept it, after listening to his mother's advice, He did not directly write to Chen Jin, but wrote to Guo, the fifth wife.
Originally, He should have written to the clan sister, the chief wife of the Shen clan, but she was not close to the clan sister, and this was a lifelong event in Chen Jin, so it should be known that Chen Jin knew. Although the fifth house Guo family is famous for his love for Chen. Rui, after all, the fifth bedroom is adjacent to the fourth bedroom, and the young masters of the fifth bedroom have a good relationship with Chen Jin...
A few more days passed in a hurry, and it was almost time for the palace examination to be released.
The palace examination reviewers Li Dongyang, Yang Tinghe, and Wang Hua took ten papers to the Ganqing Palace to see him.
The spring outside was bright and Emperor Hongzhi was in a good mood, and he looked at the ten papers with relish.
The topic of this year's palace examination policy was appointed by Emperor Hongzhi, and Emperor Hongzhi was also full of expectations for the tribute students in this subject. A few days ago, Emperor Hongzhi came in person and had a general impression of the tribute students who ranked high in the imperial examination. This year is different from previous years. The candidates in the top exams are very young. Gu Dingchen, the Huiyuan, is only thirty years old, and Yayuan, Chen Jin and the fourth-ranked Xie Pi are both young.
Although Emperor Hongzhi was in his prime, he was sick and weak, and he had the intention of being the crown prince's chief minister, so he was willing to become a young Jinshi.
Although the top ten test papers are now called "miscellaneous", the palace examination does not require copying, and the handwriting of the candidates is retained.
Seeing the paper that was recommended as the second person by everyone, Emperor Hongzhi couldn't help but feel happy and said, "The same style of the Pavilion, but this one is more skillful than others. I think it's a Sushi."
Looking at that person's article again, it was steady and there was no rash progress in the novel, and there was little talk. Emperor Hongzhi could not help but hesitate when he took this test paper and the previous test paper.
Seeing this, Li Dongyang couldn't help but think of Xie Pi. Xie Pi was Xie Qian's parent-child, Zhili Jieyuan, and his scores in the imperial examination were also good. If he was in the top ten, he might be within the top three. If Xie Pi got the top scorer, his father and son With two top scholars, the Xie family will be even more prosperous. However, the Li family has a population withered, and the eldest and second sons have died of illness. Now they have taken their nephew into Beijing as their heir.
I heard that the Erlang of the Xie family was in the early childhood, and wrote big characters at the age of four. The candidate with outstanding style in this museum is very likely to be Xie Pi.
Li Dongyang did not want the icing on the cake of the Xie family, so he said, "If it is about the style of the Pavilion, this candidate's grades are good." After that, he pointed to the candidate's examination paper that was planned to be the fourth place.
Emperor Hongzhi took it and nodded, "Your dear said it well, but the article was a little empty.
Li Dongyang was stunned when he heard this, and looked at the fourth test paper carefully, and hesitated when he looked at the second test paper.
Emperor Hongzhi met and said, "What are some good suggestions for me?"
Li Dongyang hurriedly said, "I dare not. I just remembered that I came here, that is Jie Yuan, Nanzhili, and Chen Jin. Chen Jin is the sixth generation grandson of Chen Huating, and is good at Taige style and has a family background."
When Emperor Hongzhi heard this, he became interested and said, "Isn't that a Shenli tribe member?"
Li Dongyang said: "It is Chen Shishou's brother and the late nephew of the Chen Shangshu."
Emperor Hongzhi paid attention to Chen Jin before the palace examination. Even though the palace examination did not produce any results, he designated him as the chief minister of the Eastern Palace, but he did not think of Chen Jin and Chen Cang together for a while.
Now that I heard that he was Chen Cang's nephew, Emperor Hongzhi's favorability became a little more, so he opened the seal
As expected, the candidate's name is written with the word Chen Jin, and his hometown is Huating. Looking at his ancestors for three generations, his father's name "Yuan" is the same generation as Chen Cang.
Seeing the birth of the 20th year of Chenghua, Emperor Hongzhi became more and more satisfied. He picked up the cinnabar pen and pointed to the top scorer.
The other nine test papers were also unveiled, and the one who was originally ranked fourth was Xie Pi.
Emperor Hongzhi hesitated for a moment and pointed the second test paper that was first drafted as the top, Xie Pi pointed the third, and the third one, and the rankings from fifth to tenth were not changed.
When the gold list came out, "Huating Chen Jin" became famous as the newly released top scholar.
It is a cult that has never been happy with Chen Jin, and I also feel honored. Songjiang Song family, within 20 years, has emerged as the second top scholar.
Renshoufang was in a house, Changshou held a thick stack of house tickets and smiled happily: "It's better for the second brother to have a good vision, Young Master Jin is indeed the top scholar..."
Shen Rui received half of the bank tickets, and the other half was handed over to Changshou: "Take it and exchange it for cash and send it to Nancheng.
Changshou hesitated and said, "This is three thousand taels, and Young Master Jin may not accept it..."
Three thousand taels, even if you put two hundred kilograms of silver in a box, you have to pack two boxes.
Shen Rui said: "If he doesn't accept it, I will say it was lent to him..."
Chen Jin's leader in high school, and after the palace examination, he had various social engagements, which was when the expenses were high. His temperament was not willing to speak to others, and Shen Rui was willing to "add icing on the cake."
Xie Ge Lao's Mansion is full of joy inside and outside.
Although Xie Pi had already inherited Xie Xuan, the elder brother who died prematurely in the manner of etiquette, Xie Xuan died without marrying a wife and did not leave a widow, so Xie Pi still lived with his parents.
The father was the top scholar, the son was Tanhua, and the "father and son Dingjia" was the first in the Ming Dynasty. The Xie family was naturally very happy.
Xie family and married daughters all gathered together to celebrate Xie Pi.
However, Xinke Tanhua showed her face and hid back to the study. When several brothers found the study, they saw debris on the floor.
Everyone knew that Xie Pi was arrogant, but they didn't expect that he would be so resentful about losing the position of top scholar. Fortunately, Xie, as a wife of the Shen family, remembered the newly released top scholar clan of the Shen family. Looking at my mother's family, I can't help but feel embarrassed...