Chapter 380 Regret
"Don't worry, my aunt just said it casually. Who knows, this brat will remember it, haha..."
As she said that, Mrs. Zhuo glared at her youngest son who was trying to make trouble for her, and said, "Ayu, my godmother and I have already made arrangements for your marriage to Aqi. Although we haven't exchanged the wedding papers for you, we have written a marriage certificate." , but with the approval of our elders, you are considered an unmarried couple, and it doesn’t matter if you say a few words.”
Wow, is that what you said?
Auntie, you want to shame me to death.
How can he have any private affairs with his younger son, teasing his eldest son and his soon-to-be eldest daughter-in-law?
"I think back then, when your uncle said he wanted to marry me in the street, he even kissed me in the street. I'm not as thin-skinned as you."
Uh...
Xia Zihan was speechless for a while.
No wonder my aunt has a different temperament. It turns out that she was led astray by her uncle.
Xia Zihan suddenly felt itchy in her heart. There was an orange in front of her eyes. She wanted to eat the orange, but the orange was too sour and her teeth felt weak.
Ten days later, the imperial list came out.
Zeng Yiran went out early in the morning and didn't come back until evening. He was still drunk and was helped back by a boy.
Chu Fei came back and reported the news to Xia Zihan as soon as possible, "The young master of the Zeng family ranked eighth in the exam, the eldest young master ranked thirty-second in the exam, and the second young master of the Liao family is more knowledgeable than our Zeng family." Fortunately, Young Master Biao got fifth place in the exam..."
"The second young master took the examination and ranked twenty-fifth. The ranking of the young master of the Song family was slightly lower, reaching the fifty-seventh place."
Since the Dasheng Dynasty experienced two major changes in the court, many vacancies were left because no one was available in the court. After discussion with the cabinet ministers, the emperor had already issued a decree to change the number of years for the scientific examination.
Originally, the exams for scholars and scholars were held once every three years, but now it has become a test for Jinshi once every three years, for exams every two years, and for scholars once a year, and the exams for scholars and exams are not the same as the exams for Jinshi. It takes three days.
Scholars only need to take the exam for one day, Juzi takes two days, and only Jinshi takes three days. Scholars and Juzi can take the exam not only in the capital, but also locally. However, Jinshi must come to Beijing to take the exam.
Song Huai took the scholar exam last year, and this year he took the exam. There were a total of 300 people who took the exam this year. Song Huai ranked more than 50, which was relatively high and his ranking was good. However, he was praised by people in the capital before. He is a great talent and is regarded as the number one talent in the eyes of many people. Now he only got a rank of over 50. For him, this is already a humiliation.
What surprised Xia Zihan was that his father's most proud student, Min Sibo, actually won the top prize.
The second place on the list was a scholar from Jiangnan named Song.
Xia Zihan didn't recognize the third man, Tan Hua Lang, but she still had a deep impression of Min Sibo.
After all, she had secretly visited him.
Chu Fei gloated and said, "Master, do you think the eldest lady will regret not agreeing to this marriage after hearing that Min Sibo won the first prize?"
You know, although the eldest young master of the Wang family was admitted to the Jinshi this time, he was ranked in the thirties, three places behind Xia Zixing.
"I regret it, I will definitely regret it." Si Cao continued, "If the eldest girl had booked Master Min Sibo back then, then now the eldest girl would be the first lady."
One is the number one scholar, and when he takes office, he will be a fifth-rank official with a bright future. In addition, the emperor will also give him a number one mansion to live in. If Xia Ziqing marries him, she will be the perfect wife of the number one scholar and the mistress of the family. How wonderful. .
The other one is the eldest son of a third-rate family. Even if he is admitted to Jinshi, his ranking is not good. When he takes office, he will only be an eighth-grade official.
There is a difference of six levels between the eighth and fifth levels. These six levels are one level every three years, which is enough for the eldest young master of the Wang family to work hard for eighteen years.
And after eighteen years, the number one scholar will already be a second-rank minister.
Maybe, if the emperor puts him to good use, he will be promoted to a first-rank official.
In such a comparison, the eldest young master of the Wang family is a step or two behind Min Sibo, and Xia Ziqing will definitely regret it.
As Sicao guessed, Xia Ziqing truly regretted it.
When she heard that the top pick was Min Sibo, her mind went blank, and then there was acid in her stomach, and something was churning in her stomach. She was nauseated, but she couldn't vomit anything out.
One person was walking on the road and saw a piece of shit, so she took a detour. As a result, the person walking behind her picked it up and saw that it was a piece of gold.
That feeling was sour, astringent, lost, regretful, and very uncomfortable.
At night, Xia Ziqing was lying on the bed. Thinking of the identity of the No. 1 scholar who passed by her, she couldn't help crying. She covered her head with the quilt and cried quietly all night.
The next day, she had to brace herself up to prepare a gift for the eldest young master of the Wang family, and sent her maid to deliver it to the Wang family to congratulate him on becoming a Jinshi.
This feeling was even worse than last night, like swallowing a live fly.
She was so sad that she really wanted to cry.
When Xia Ziqing was in a low mood, Xia Zihan happily prepared some similar gifts and sent the maids to deliver them to Liao Jingtang, Zeng Yiran, and two cousins.
Among the gifts sent to Liao Jingtang, there was also an invitation, which was to invite Liao Jingtang and Liao Fangyi to have dinner at Juxiang Building five days later.
After Liao Jingtang received it, he sent a servant to say hello to Liao Fangyi.
Liao Fangyi rushed to his room, pouted her lips, and said unhappily, "Why don't you wait for five days, not tomorrow? I want to have a big meal tomorrow."
"I can't do it tomorrow. I have to entertain some of my classmates and friends." Liao Jingtang said.
Xu Chuyu guessed that he would be unavailable these days, so he deliberately moved the dinner they had agreed to five days later.
Haha, what a careful girl.
Unfortunately, the famous flower has an owner.
Although Liao Jingtang was a little regretful, he was not disappointed. He only likes Xia Zihan like a brother does for his sister. He knows that his status is not worthy of Chu Yu, and he will not expect anything extravagantly. He cherishes the brother-sister relationship with Xia Zihan.
Liao Fangyi stamped her feet angrily, and the next day, she couldn't help but run to Chu's house.
Zeng Yiran drank too much last night and woke up with a headache this morning. He rubbed his temples and was about to go to Dr. Bai to get some pills to relieve the headache.
Just as he was passing by the gate of Chuihua, he saw a carriage approaching and stopped at the gate of Chuihua. A pretty little girl jumped out from the top.
"Girl, please slow down."
The maid who then got out of the carriage hurriedly called to the little girl, but before she could finish her instructions, the little girl jumped out.
She seemed a little anxious and sprained her foot. It should be fine, because the next moment, the little girl raised her foot angrily and kicked the carriage hard.
"Ouch...it hurts..."
The little girl jumped on the spot a few times holding her feet, screaming in pain, and her little cheeks wrinkled up in pain.
Zeng Yiran wanted to laugh, but he couldn't help but feel a little pang in his heart.
"Hey, let me tell you, what are you looking at? Have you never seen a girl cry out in pain?"
Liao Fangyi found out that Zeng Yiran was peeking and felt that she was embarrassed. She got angry and ran over and kicked him.
Liao Fangyi's strength has been strong since she was a child. She used 80% of her strength on this kick. Zeng resolutely hugged her foot in pain and cried out the same pain as before.
Liao Fangyi snorted, "You deserve it. Who told you to peek at me?"
Then, as if he realized that he was in trouble, he ran away. In the blink of an eye, he entered the Chuihua Gate.
Seeing this, her two maids also ran away.
"Miss Liao, you..." Zeng Yiran was about to scold her a few words, but she ran away, leaving him standing there alone and stunned.
He had met Liao Fangyi once before, but only once. He only knew who she was, but had never spoken to her. He didn't expect that this little girl was so interesting.
Haha...
The corners of Liao Jingtang's mouth turned up. Seeing that Liao Fangyi had disappeared, he reluctantly went to Baishen Hospital.
Liao Fangyi ran to the door of Xia Zihan's yard in one breath and entered the yard breathing heavily.
When Chu Meng saw her coming, she hurried in to report. A few seconds later, she walked out and welcomed Liao Fangyi in.
"What are you doing, your cheeks are so red?"
Xia Zihan put down the half-finished summer clothes and ordered Si Cao to put away the sewing basket.
"He ran all the way from Chuihua Gate." He didn't say anything about what happened with Zeng Yiran.
Liao Fangyi glanced at the blue clothes in the sewing basket, her face was full of jealousy, and she pursed her lips and said, "Sister Chu Yu, are you making clothes for Prince Chu again?"
"Well, summer is coming soon. If you don't do it, it will be too late to wear it this year."
She had too many things to do before, including playing with the Zeng sisters for a few days. She didn't even have time to make Aqi's summer clothes this year, so now she had to make two sets at every opportunity.
Liao Fangyi winked for a while, feeling sour in her heart. She felt a little like her love had been taken away. "You can make one for me too, sister Chu Yu. I like the double-sided embroidery you embroidered for me best." ”
"Ask Nuanyu to help you embroider a piece, double-sided embroidery, she can do it. Also, Nuanyu said that the shop has been rented and asked you to take time to check it out. Aren't you going to learn how to do business? Why did you forget it so quickly? ”
"No, how dare I forget." Liao Fangyi stuck out her tongue. She had really forgotten it after playing so hard these past few days.
However, she would not stupidly tell Sister Chu Yu that she knew.
"Then tomorrow, I will ask Nuanyu to pick you up from Liao's house." Xia Zihan said.
Liao Fangyi's lips pouted and she whispered, "What? I want you to take me to Juxianglou for a big meal tomorrow."
If she had known it, she wouldn't have said anything about doing business.
When she told her father about this two days ago, her father became furious and scolded her severely.
Said she was not a business material.
They also say that Sister Chu Yu makes money by doing business. That’s because Sister Chu Yu is a steady person and knows how to plan. But she is just like a child, she doesn’t understand anything, she doesn’t know how to do business, she doesn’t know how to plan, and she doesn’t know anything. People in the mall are evil.
Her father also said that she relied on Sister Chu Yu's love for her and took Sister Chu Yu's money seriously.
If all the money Sister Chu Yu invested was lost, what would she give back to Sister Chu Yu?
Although Sister Chu Yu said that if she lost everything, it would be considered hers, but she would definitely feel sad.
Thinking of this, she regretted her impulse that day.
But when things got to this point, there was no room for her to back down.
(End of chapter)