Traveling to Daliang Kingdom starts from falling into the water

Just when the person being nagged about was about to fall into a backache from lying down, she finally saw Gu Wenxuan, who had been too busy to return to the West Courtyard all day.

This person came in carrying a bundle in each hand.

The two bundles were not very big, but unlike other bundles today, the bundle covers were not made of festive red cloth, but were tied with red ribbons or red ropes.

"Don't move." Gu Wenxuan turned to the side to avoid Zhou Banxia's outstretched right hand. "It's heavy. Wait until I put it on the table and open it. You can take your time to look at some of the details."

"Where did these come from?" Zhou Banxia knew without a second thought that these two bundles were definitely not gifts brought by any of today's guests. "Why do they look like boxes inside?"

As she spoke, she poked one of the bundles with her finger, and sure enough, it was hard as a rock. "Could it be the study materials for the provincial examination that Senior Brother Qian found for you?"

"Can you not be so clever?" Gu Wenxuan put the bundle he was carrying in his right hand on the table, and looked at his wife with amusement. "You're incredibly insightful."

What kind of prophetic foresight is this? My sister-in-law had said before that she brought a lot of biographies and miscellaneous books, and that she would send someone to deliver them to her so that her maid could read them to her during her postpartum period.

Since you've brought quite a few biographies and miscellaneous notes, and knowing you're going to participate in this year's autumn imperial examinations, you'll naturally bring along some of the more serious imperial examination books that your senior brother Qian studied before taking the exams.

"These two bundles contain the top three answer sheets from various prefectures in Jiangnan in recent autumn examinations, which my senior brother Qian collected, as well as the articles that my teacher, Mr. Ying, asked me to correct."

"Later, this bundle was originally entrusted to my junior uncle to bring back, but it just so happened that my sister-in-law also arrived, and the master sent someone to catch up with her and have her bring it to us."

Zhou Banxia's eyes lit up upon hearing this. Could it be a letter from her uncle? "Quickly, quickly open this bundle and let me see what's inside—"

"No rush." ​​Gu Wenxuan said no rush, but quickly took out a letter from his body. "Here it is. Senior Brother Qian is so mischievous, he didn't give it to me until we got on the carriage."

I know it's not your fault, and you didn't deliberately wait until now to give it to me! Zhou Banxia smiled and nodded as she accepted the letter. "My sister-in-law didn't remind me either."

"Perhaps I've forgotten for a moment."

"Maybe? You might as well say that this letter and that bundle were separated, and that it would be more reasonable for Uncle to include one when he wrote to Senior Brother Qian."

The letter wasn't sealed with wax, and Zhou Banxia believed that her uncle had entrusted Luo Jinyi to bring it along with the handwritten letter and the article reviewed by her master.

She pulled out the letter and saw familiar handwriting. It was definitely a letter from her uncle. "My uncle didn't even know I was born when he wrote this letter."

"..."

What a load of nonsense! Today is only your son's third-day celebration. If the master knew you had given birth, even if he had eyes that could see a thousand miles, this letter wouldn't have reached you so quickly.

"My uncle said he dreamed that I gave birth to a daughter, haha, which greatly disappointed him. But thankfully, my uncle said dreams are often the opposite of reality, so it's good that it's a grandson."

Look, your uncle wrote here that it's worth celebrating that your grandson resembles you. Doesn't that mean your teacher said your writing reflects your personality, and also praised your excellent writing?

"Absolutely!" Gu Wenxuan was already reading the letter with his head close to his wife's. "Your husband didn't let me down, did he? To receive these two words of praise from Master, I must be a genius."

"That's right!" Even science majors can outsmart a bunch of ancient scholars who studied hard for ten years. You're not just talented, Zhou Banxia gave a thumbs up, "You're a genius!"

"I'm ashamed, I'm ashamed, no!" Gu Wenxuan said with a smile, "Why am I being modest with you? Now you can rest assured, sir."

I wonder if there's a saying that you should only report good news and not bad? However, my uncle should be perfectly fine and enjoying his time in Jiangnan before writing this letter.

Hopefully, with Junior Uncle's sudden trip to the capital, Uncle Qi will cooperate well and not expose the true purpose of Uncle's trip to Jiangnan.

While thinking to herself, Zhou Banxia slowly nodded under Gu Wenxuan's watchful gaze, who was waiting for her reaction. "May good people have a peaceful life. I will be safe."

Even bad people live for a hundred years, but do I dare to respond to that? Gu Wenxuan couldn't help but chuckle and touched his wife's face. "That makes sense. Sir has already turned his fortunes around."

"Yes, did your second brother tell you? He's going back to the capital to become an Imperial Guard. His path is much easier now. The rest depends on your third brother's performance in the imperial examinations." Could the jump in her words be a little less dramatic? Zhou Banxia didn't even have time to carefully read the second letter. "You mean your second brother was appointed Imperial Guard?"

“That’s right! So far, very few people know about it. Only Dajiang and I heard it from him. It’s not appropriate to spread the word before he returns to Beijing to take up his post.”

Don't be nervous. It's not that I'm afraid of anyone being jealous and trying to frame me. According to your second brother, everything is arranged. He's just worried that if word gets out, he'll have to socialize with people before returning to Beijing.

Is this just a concern?

Zhou Banxia looked at Gu Wenxuan with a mixture of belief and doubt.

Gu Wenxuan pointed to his eyes.

"Alright, I'll assume you can tell there's some falsehood in your second brother's reasoning. I have a lot of faith in your observation skills."

"Thank you."

Hey, that tone makes it believable.

Zhou Banxia smiled ingratiatingly, and before Gu Wenxuan could react, she immediately changed the subject, "So, Second Brother won't be staying here with us for many more days?"

Gu Wenxuan slapped her forehead speechlessly. "No, that's not true. He won't be staying for more than a few days. He came mainly to see if you've been wronged but dared not say anything."

The Qingming Festival is coming up soon. Your husband is not home, and we don't know if your older brother will be able to make it back. He will have to go back to Zhoujia Village as a representative to pay respects to our ancestors during the Qingming Festival.

After all, the gentleman is the head of the Zhou family. He needs to return to Zhoujia Village first to prepare offerings for the ancestral worship. Now that you've put his mind at ease, he won't need to drag you back, right?

Didn't hear that!
I'm waiting patiently for the next installment!
"Say something, wife?"

"Tch, you're so childish, do I have to coax you?" Zhou Banxia suppressed a laugh and patted Gu Wenxuan's shoulder seriously. "You know, no one can take me away, I'll only run with you."

"Good wife."

"Ouch, where's your OCD?!" Zhou Banxia said, laughing and crying at the same time. She pushed Gu Wenxuan away, who was excitedly hugging her and trying to kiss her. "Isn't it dirty? I haven't even brushed my teeth yet."

"I didn't brush my teeth either."

"Who are you kidding!"

"Seriously, I didn't even have time to brush my teeth after lunch." Forget it, if I keep talking, my wife will complain about my lack of hygiene. No kissing on the lips, a kiss on the cheek would be fine, right?

Zhou Banxia was ambushed, "and your son saw it."

Wasn't he asleep?
Gu Wenxuan turned to look.

Look!
Son, don't sleep too soundly.

"Don't disturb me while I'm reading the letter."

You have so many reasons, honey. Why did you stop reading the letter halfway through? "Don't you want to hear when your second brother plans to leave?"

"You've made it so clear. I'm not a pig-headed person. How could I not know that Second Brother is definitely going back either the day after tomorrow or the day after that?"

"clever!"

"No wonder she's your wife?" Zhou Banxia chuckled, picking up on his catchphrase. "That's not hard to guess. But that uncle from Yangzhou, isn't he going to meet with the clan elders and patriarchs here tomorrow? He'll be busy all day." (End of Chapter)