Stepmother Shaoguang

Chapter 179
Lu Xiaowen, who didn't know much about literature, felt that He Changfeng's article was unruly and had bold views, which was quite different from his own temper.

"These young people." The saint shook his head and laughed, "They are a bit arrogant because of their talent and temperament." He was talking about the four heroes, including He Changfeng.

"It's good to be more arrogant. There are still too many people in the court who are flattering." The saint just finished speaking and went back to himself.

"In my opinion, one of the first armor is Fu Shili's or He Changjie's."

After all, he was the queen's nephew and the marriage that the queen mother cared about, so Fu Shili was ranked No. 1 in the first class, while He Changfeng was designated as No. [-] in the second class, and he would be able to call him "He Chuanlu" in the future.

As for Fu Shili, he was designated as Tanhua Lang, not because of how good the articles of the other two tribute scholars were, but because one was over sixty years old and the other was already in his forties.

It’s not appropriate to “see all the flowers in Chang’an in one day”.

The news spread back to the capital, and at the Qionglin Banquet, the ancient scholar presided over the banquet after the dust finally settled.

To the north is the Royal Garden Jinming Pond, facing each other from a distance. How many Jinshi here have spent decades to get to this point? How many times have they imagined the high spirits at the Qionglin Banquet during the nights when they studied hard at night?

Looking back, I saw that there were gold bowls and silver plates and cutlery on the table, and in many families, even a meal of white rice was a luxury for them to study.

Now that they finally got through it, some unsteady Jinshi felt that they were relaxed now. They drank a few more glasses of wine given by the emperor and let go after being served by the chamberlain.

Some were laughing while drunk, some were crying at the servants around them, and their noses and tears were smeared all over their bodies.
There were also gray-haired old Jinshis who were so excited that they even fainted.

Little did they know that this Qionglin Banquet was also the saint's final test for them.

Kang Shouguang, the bachelor and the temporary steward, silently observed the performance of each Jinshi and recorded it in a book after the completion.

When a saint decides what official position to entrust to them, he will never judge it based only on the results of the results. It also depends on whether the person loses his composure after drinking and when he is most proud.To what extent?

The Jinshi who worked so hard on weekdays had to be tossed and observed like picking cabbage at their own celebration banquet, but they didn't know it, and they were holding another person they didn't know and venting their joy and anger loudly.

Although the wine given by the emperor was a good thing, He Changfeng only drank two token drinks and stopped drinking. Instead, he started eating with vegetables.

I didn't eat more of my favorite dish, but almost took two bites of each dish, soaking in the rain and dew.

Kang Shouguang smiled and discussed with the ancient scholar: "That He Chuanlu is quite calm."

"Oh?" The ancient scholar was getting older, and his eyes were a bit bad. He squinted his eyes before looking at the focus. "It's good for young people to be calm, but their writing is very sharp. I'm also worried that the saint won't like his writing style, so why not?" Throw it to the top three."

Quite like an elder who is worried about his juniors.

Kang Shouguang smiled. He also served the saint personally. Kang Shouzhong was the number one, and he was considered the second in command. He also knew the saint very well. He thought to himself: In the past two years, the person he is going to meet is the saint from five or six years ago. These arrogant young people are destined to become Jinshi just as you said.

As age and experience increase, people will always become more and more tolerant of the temperament of their juniors.

At the end of the banquet, those who were very drunk were ordered by him to have a carriage sent back to their residence. Those who were sober asked as usual, if they wanted to be sent away, they could arrange a carriage for them, but He Changfeng declined his kindness and insisted on going back alone. , the attitude was as polite as before.

This made Kang Shouguang's impression of him even better.Some people start to look down on their eunuchs when they get rich, and call them eunuchs. They completely forget that when they ask for help, their father-in-law smiles more flatteringly than eunuchs.

He Changfeng passed the Chuanlu exam, and the He family naturally became popular in the capital. By the way, He Shaoguang from the Duke's Mansion also had many people who wanted to meet him by making connections.

Then these people who wanted to have a relationship discovered that among these young talents, He Changfeng was already married!
Even Fu Shili has already decided to get married, and the two families have the same rhetoric. The wife has not married/the legitimate wife has no children, so they will not consider taking concubines.

Isn’t this the case that there is no place to use your strength?
When they turned their attention to the other two heroes, Wen Renchen and Luo Yuanzheng, Wen Renchen was so angry that he jumped around in his father's study: "Cunning! What a cunning He Changfeng!"

She considered him a friend, yet he calmly let those who were pursuing fame and wealth target him!Since both of them are like this, don't blame him for being unreasonable!
So he opened the door and greeted those who came here with a smile. Then he repeated his old trick and pushed everyone to Luo Yuanzheng's place. The reason he used was that he already had someone he liked and vowed never to accept her. concubine.

Wen Renchen's father was displaying his powerful calligraphy in the study room. Hearing this, he snorted: "How can he like a girl? If there is, he can hire a matchmaker to propose marriage! It's just another pretext to deceive others. "Don't your own sons understand?
Although Wen Renchen is over 20 years old, I'm afraid he still hasn't got the hang of it yet.

However, Wenren's father also felt that the marriage that came to him at this juncture was nothing more, so he left it alone.

However, with He Shaoguang as a comparison, He Changfeng's handling method was obviously polite.

She welcomed the person in for tea with a smile, and then heard that the other person was inquiring about He Changfeng's marriage, saying that she had a girl/daughter of the right age at home.
At this point, He Shaoguang thought this was normal and told the other party in a gentle voice that his eldest brother was married and that the other party was the eldest daughter of the Guan clan.

Originally, at this point, normal people would be happy to see what was going on and talk about other things.

There are always those who are impatient, and then they will say that they have a concubine in their family.

The hidden meaning is self-evident.

He Shaoguang's smile became very fake. She emphasized her words and said, "Madam, my sister-in-law is the eldest daughter of Guan's family." Are you worthy?

Are you polite?
Here some people have come to their senses again. The He family has just woken up. How could they offend such a good in-law like Guan at this time?So I stopped mentioning it.

But there are still some people, such as the lady named Chen in front of me.

He Shaoguang didn't know what kind of relative she was to Chen Yuexian. Didn't he know that she and Chen Yuexian didn't have a pleasant acquaintance?

On the contrary, this ignorant temperament is exactly the same.
The person opposite is still giving a speech tirelessly
Talk about how well-behaved and well-behaved her concubine is.

He Shaoguang put down the tea bowl and stopped smiling. He said indifferently: "Are you kidding me? With a legitimate mother like you, how good can the children's rules be?"

The lady was talking to take a breath. She didn't even mention her sudden change of attitude. She was stunned and didn't know what to say.
However, He Shaoguang didn't want to listen to anything else, and just asked the maid to close the door and see off the guests.

The means were straightforward, the actions were neat, and the behavior was disgraceful. When the news came out, the old lady was shocked: "Don't lie to me. When did this happen?"

Zhou’s mother also found it interesting. Anyway, the Chen family was not a relative worthy of contact, so she told the old lady some interesting things.

After hearing this, the old lady laughed and said: "The Chen family's work is too ugly. Didn't their eldest family say last year that the head of the family lost money by doing business with others, and the house was also lost?"

"Yes, you remember clearly, he also borrowed money from our house."

"Can I pay back the money?" The old lady didn't know these things.

Zhou's mother said clearly: "No, we said we would give them a few more months of grace, but we didn't push them."

"Well, since their family members are not doing well, let's find a day to settle the debt with the IOUs." There will be no need to interact with each other in the future. The whole family is confused.

Now Chen Yuexian's family was really on the verge of tears.

The girls who got married couldn't always use their dowries to subsidize them, and besides, they didn't actually have much dowries.

The family sold off their property and used the remaining money to buy a small three-in-one courtyard to live in. The servants were also dismissed except for personal servants, and they lived a life without hope.

(End of this chapter)