On the morning when the results of the government examination were released, Shen Xiu went to the eldest wife of the Yu family to have breakfast with Lu Caiwei and Lu's mother as usual.
The eldest wife of the Yu family knew that today was the day when the results would be released, so she looked at Shen Xiu and said, "I have already ordered someone to look at the results. Madam Shen will just wait at home."
Shen Xiu then thanked the eldest wife of the Yu family.
The eldest wife of the Yu family smiled slightly and said: "It's not worth it. I heard that your husband is quite talented and learned. He will definitely win this time. Madam Shen, don't be too nervous."
Shen Xiu was actually not nervous at all. As Wei Yan was the head of the county examination, he would definitely pass the government examination this time. It was just a question of whether his results were good or not.
After breakfast, the eldest wife of the Yu family talked with Mother Lu to eat.
Shen Xiu naturally sat down with Lu Caiwei and Yu Shuya.
There was still some discord between Lu Caiwei and Yu Shuya. However, they were very concerned about the release of the results, so they temporarily put aside their grudges and asked Shen Xiu to ask questions.
Shen Xiu looked at Yu Shuya's young and beautiful face, and couldn't help but think of Tao Siqian.
If the other party is not engaged, then she must tell Yu Shuya the truth of the matter no matter what.
However, Yu Shuya was already engaged to Tao Siqian, and both the Tao and Yu families were very satisfied with the marriage. If she rashly told Yu Shuya about it, the other party would definitely not believe it.
After all, to Yu Shuya, she was just an outsider, not as good as Tao Siqian, her future husband.
Shen Xiu felt that she couldn't bear her conscience if she didn't say anything.
Shen Xiu thought for a while and then said to Yu Shuya and Lu Caiwei: "Anyway, the list will come out in a while. It's quite boring to wait like this. Why don't I tell you a story?"
"What story?" Lu Caiwei asked with interest as soon as she mentioned telling stories.
Shen Xiu smiled and said: "It's a story I heard before. It is said that there was a family named Lin. There was an only daughter in the family. Her parents treated her like jewels since she was a child. When the daughter grew up to sixteen years old, her parents Find a husband for her."
"Father Lin and Mother Lin feel sorry for their daughter. They don't want her to marry high, and they just want to find a family with the same family background. But after looking around, either the family background is too high or too low, or the man has shortcomings of one kind or another."
"After such a waste of time, Miss Lin stayed until she was eighteen years old. Her parents were worried, fearing that their daughter would not be able to get married, so they lowered the conditions."
When Shen Xiu said this, he saw that both Yu Shuya and Lu Caiwei were fascinated by what they heard, so he continued: "After they lowered their conditions, they fell in love with a family. This family's surname was Li, and there was a man in their twenties. The 6-year-old son is well-groomed and has several shops at home."
"The only fly in the ointment is that Mr. Li has been married before, but his first wife left no heirs. Miss Lin's parents thought about it and decided that there was nothing wrong with a second marriage. Anyway, the first wife didn't leave any heirs, so there was no need. Become a stepmother when you step in."
"However, they still asked their daughter for her opinion. Miss Lin heard that Mr. Li was quite capable and had started running a shop independently at the age of twenty, so she nodded."
"But before the woman came through the door, one day a maid came to the woman's house and insisted on seeing Miss Lin, saying she had some secrets that she wanted to tell her."
"Miss Lin didn't want to see her at first, but the servant girl made a big fuss and refused to be content with seeing Miss Lin. Miss Lin had no choice but to come out to see her."
"It turns out that this servant girl was the maid of Mr. Li's first wife. She told Miss Lin a secret. She said that the reason why her young lady died was not because of illness, but because she was killed by her uncle, Mr. Li."
Shen Xiu glanced at Yu Shuya and found that the other party had not noticed her deep meaning, so she continued: "Miss Lin didn't believe it at first, but the servant girl said one more thing. Her young lady is not innocent, because she
He once seduced Young Master Li's cousin.
Out of anger, Mr. Li struck harder and strangled his first wife to death."
After Shen Xiu finished speaking, she looked at Yu Shuya and Lu Caiwei, "If you two were Miss Lin, would you marry Mr. Li?"
Lu Caiwei said without thinking: "I won't marry. This Mr. Li is so terrible. When I think of him killing his wife, I want to stay away from him."
Yu Shuya was silent at first, then thought about it and said, "If I were Miss Lin, I probably wouldn't break off the engagement."
Shen Xiu asked: "Why?"
Yu Shuya said: "Miss Lin did nothing wrong in this matter, but if she really proposed to cancel the engagement, there would be two results.
The first result is that the man agrees to break off the engagement, but because no one knows about Mr. Li’s murder of his wife, outsiders will definitely point fingers at Miss Lin. She is already eighteen years old. If her reputation is not good, it will be difficult for her in the future.
Get married.
The second result was that the man refused to break off the engagement. Once they insisted on breaking off the engagement, the Lin family's parents had no choice but to drag it out. But in the end, Miss Lin's family still had to marry into the Li family.
But with the divorce, the Li family will definitely not be too kind to Miss Lin. And Mr. Li may harm Miss Lin in the future because the other party knows his secret."
"If I were Miss Lin, I would pretend to know nothing. Mr. Li killed his first wife because he did not follow the rules of women. But if Miss Lin behaves upright and gives birth to children in the future, she will naturally
If you win people's hearts, your parents-in-law will still be able to make the decision in the future.
Even if Young Master Li knows everything by then and knows that the wife beside him has his secret, for the sake of her children and her parents-in-law supporting her, it won't be detrimental to her."
After Yu Shuya said this, Shen Xiu was speechless for a long time. She guessed that Yu Shuya would not care, but she didn't expect that the other party saw it more deeply than she did.
Tao Siqian killed that Pearl, but Pearl was just a maid, and Yu Shuya was the precious daughter of the Yu family. As Yu Shuya said, she had the support of the Yu family, and if she had children in the future, she would have her parents-in-law and children as her backers.
, Tao Siqian had to think carefully even if he wanted to do something bad to her.
She raised her head, looked at Yu Shuya and said with a smile: "Miss Yu is right. If Miss Lin has Miss Yu's intelligence, she can still live a good life even if she does not withdraw from this marriage."
Yu Shuya smiled slightly. She didn't know what Shen Xiu meant by telling this story, but she didn't want to go into details. Just think that the other party was really telling a story!
Shen Xiu saw her expression clearly, and thought about it secretly, maybe even if she told Yu Shuya about this matter, Yu Shuya would not take it seriously. After all, they, the young ladies from aristocratic families, are born to feel that they are superior to others, and they do not take it seriously.
I don't think it's a big deal if a maid dies.
The reason why Mi Xinzhi became heartbroken was because she witnessed the murder process of Pearl with her own eyes, which left a shadow.
She was sighing when the eldest wife of the Yu family sent the person who looked at the list back.
When the eldest wife of the Yu family heard that the man had come back, she said with a smile: "There is a female guest here, so he won't be allowed in. Go and ask him, Mr. Wei Yan's rank, and wait for him to tell you. Come and tell us.”
The maid next to the eldest wife of the Yu family responded and quickly went out.
Although Shen Xiu knew that Wei Yan had done well in the exam, at this time, she still became nervous.
Yu Shuya pursed her lips and said with a smile: "I thought Sister Shen could always keep her composure, but it turns out there are times when she is nervous."
Shen Xiu didn't bother teasing her and stared at the door.
Probably because she was looking forward to the result too much, Shen Xiu just felt that the maid had been gone for a long time before she came back.
The curtain moved, and the maid finally walked in. With a smile on her face, she said, "Congratulations to Madam and Mrs. Shen. Mr. Wei Yan and Wei Xianggong came first in the high school examination. I heard that he is also the head of the case!"
A glimmer of light flashed in the eyes of the eldest wife of the Yu family, "It's such a happy event that she turned out to be the head of the case." After saying that, she looked at Shen Xiudao, "Ms. Shen is really lucky to have married a capable husband."
I think that when Tao Siqian took the government examination, he didn't pass the exam, let alone his eldest son. So the eldest wife of the Yu family really envied Shen Xiu at this moment.
Shen Xiu was already extremely pleasantly surprised when he heard that Wei Yan had passed the examination.
In the county examination, it is the first case. In the government examination, it is the first case. If it is the first case in the college examination, it is what scholars call Xiao Sanyuan.
Shen Xiu was very happy in her heart, but when the eldest wife of the Yu family praised her, she still said modestly: "Madam, you are too polite. There are so many talented candidates in the government examination, and it is just a fluke that my husband is the first to win."
The eldest wife of the Yu family smiled and nodded. For matrons like them, because they were born into a wealthy family and have been well-informed since childhood, what they dislike the most is people who act arrogantly even if they have a little talent and money.
After Shen Xiu learned about Wei Yanzhong's case, she was neither humble nor overbearing, and behaved extremely calmly. This made the eldest wife of the Yu family have a better impression of her, and she then made a few remarks.
"If your husband-in-law is not in a hurry to return to the county, he can stay in Fucheng for a few more days. The prefect of Fucheng is very talented, and he will definitely entertain Wei Yan, the top one, in the future. If your husband-in-law is willing to stay a few more days, maybe he can If you can get guidance from the prefect, you will be more confident when you take the college entrance examination in the future."
Shen Xiu knew that she had good intentions, so she smiled and said, "I have taken note of what my wife said, and I will persuade my husband to stay in Fucheng for a few more days later."
The eldest wife of the Yu family then smiled and said: "I know you are full of joy at the moment and can't wait to see your husband-in-law, so I won't keep you any longer. Later I will ask the kitchen to prepare a table of delicious dishes for you to send over, and I will also be happy with you. of joy."
If the eldest wife of the Yu family was looking for Tao Siqian's face before, now that she knew Wei Yan was at the head of the case, she wanted to make friends with him.
Shen Xiu no longer cares about the Yu family's eldest wife. Just as the Yu family's eldest wife said, she can't wait to share this joy with Wei Yan.
Under the banter of everyone, she blushed and resigned, "Then I'll go to the inn first. I'll come back in the evening."
"Actually, you're staying in the inn for one night, and it doesn't matter if you don't come back." Mother Lu joked from the side.
At this moment, Shen Xiu could no longer stand still and left the room with a blushing face.