Chapter 55 Chao Chao is from the future
‘Bang’ sound.

Emperor Jingxuan, who had already had the dragon throne moved to the corridor outside the imperial study and began to look at the sky with bated breath, stood up again with a swish. In shock, he even knocked over the teacup next to him.

The corridor outside the imperial study was silent.

Everyone was so shocked by Jian Yunsang's words that they forgot to speak. Even the sound of Emperor Jingxuan knocking over the teacup failed to bring them back to their senses.

Ancient?

the ancients?

They all started to wonder if they were hallucinating, until Emperor Jingxuan muttered, "Cao Qing, Cao Qing!!"

Cao Qing only reacted after he called out the second time and hurriedly knelt down to plead guilty, "Your Majesty, please forgive me. I will die a thousand times."

"Repeat to me what Miss Jian said just now, quickly."

Cao Qing quickly said, "Ancient times refer to the era hundreds or even thousands of years ago. In ancient times, only scholars could pass the examination to become officials. Now there is no such title as scholar. The last scholar was more than a hundred years ago."

He stammered and expressed what he understood.

Emperor Jingxuan slowly sat back in his chair, his fingers curled stiffly twice. "So, to them, we are just ancient people from hundreds or even thousands of years ago?"

The Grand Tutor swallowed hard and spoke with difficulty, "The people on the sky are not immortals from the fairyland, nor are they from a foreign country far away from us. But, they are our descendants?"

Everyone present was stunned. The descendants turned out to be their descendants hundreds of years later.

"Cao Qing, immediately summon all the ministers to the palace to discuss government affairs." After Emperor Jingxuan recovered, his eyes became cold and he gave the order in a deep voice.

"Yes."

Cao Qing left in a hurry, and the area outside the imperial study fell into silence again.

No one spoke, but their expressions were unpredictable and their eyes were fixed on the sky, not daring to miss any movement.

After listening to Jian Yunsang's explanation, Chao Chao was confused for a moment. Mom said there were no scholars now, so why did Guo Xiucai exist in Shangliu Village?
Mr. Guo from hundreds of years ago?
Chao Chao felt a little dizzy. Hundreds of years... should be a very long time.

After Jian Yunsang finished explaining, she didn't notice Chao Chao's confused look. She thought for a moment and said to Yuan Yuan, "Yuan Yuan, could you pour us a few glasses of water?"

Yuanyuan was puzzled. Wasn't there something on the coffee table? And Zhao Ma was there too.

He thought so, but he still walked away scratching his head.

After he left, Jian Yunsang asked hopefully, "Chao Chao, tell me, in what dynasty was Shangliu Village built?"

What dynasty?
Chao Chao shook his head, "I don't know."

She really didn't know. She didn't even know that the county town to which Shangliu Village belonged was called Huaiping County.

Topics like dynasties only come up among people like the village chief and Mr. Guo.

Who would tell her this, a busy child who never got around to it? She had no friends and no time for idle chats. At best, she would listen to gossip about the next village while she worked, or to the small talk of the Hu family members.

Occasionally, Sister Lin Lan would tell her about daily news, but as for the Daqichao in Huaiping County, Chaochao had never heard of it.

Jian Yunsang was not surprised. She looked at He Nanzhou.

The latter suppressed his inner suspicion, hugged Chao Chao and said with a smile, "Then Chao Chao can you tell dad about Mr. Guo?"

"But I don't know much. Most of it was told to me by Sister Lin Lan."

"It's okay, let's just chat."

"Okay." Chao Chao recalled carefully and then began to speak. "I don't know what Scholar Guo's name is. He is over 30 years old this year and just passed the imperial examination two years ago. Sister Lin Lan said that he took the exam three times and is already the most outstanding scholar in our village. He studies in the county town on weekdays and only comes back on weekends. I have only seen him twice. He looks very nice and dignified. Everyone is very respectful to him. Every time he comes back, the families in the village who have children attending private schools will bring a few eggs, or weigh half a pound of meat, and take a few copper coins to Scholar Guo's house, asking him to guide their children in their studies."

Chao Chao spoke more and more fluently, "Sister Lin Lan said that Scholar Guo has a very good reputation in the village and is very happy to guide students. She also said that if Shangliu Village had a few more scholars, it would be a proud thing. The village chief likes to discuss things with him. If there is anything he can't make up his mind about, he always waits for Scholar Guo to come back on his day off. And, also, Scholar Guo cherishes his books very much. Brother Liangping once saw him get very angry and shed a few tears because someone accidentally damaged one of his books."

Scholar Guo under the sky, "..." Liangping ruined his reputation. Now, everyone in the world knows that he shed tears because of a book.

Also, could you please not talk about him anymore?
Unfortunately, it can't be done. Chao Chao was still thinking, "Mr. Guo's wife doesn't like the aunts in the village. She usually lives with Mr. Guo in the county town and rarely comes home on holidays. They also have a son who seems to be studying too, but I haven't seen him. Mr. Guo also has an older brother and a younger brother. I heard that they both went to private schools, but in the end, only Mr. Guo continued to study."

Chao Chao has almost finished talking.

He Nanzhou, Jian Yunsang, and even Song Zhen, who had been listening to the whole story with trepidation, felt chilled to the bone at this moment.

They had always believed Chaochao had been abducted and taken to a remote, secluded mountain retreat. That was why they couldn't find Shangliu Village, why they still addressed their parents as "dad and mom," why they still practiced feudal vestiges like child brides, and why they favored sons over daughters so severely that girls weren't even allowed to go to school.

But what did they hear now?!

Scholar, day off, private school, copper coins...

This Shangliu Village isn't even in modern times! It's clearly from ancient times, some unknown dynasty!

Jian Yunsang's breathing became rapid. She found it unbelievable. How could such an outrageous and crazy thing happen to Chaochao?

Time travel, Chao Chao actually traveled to an ancient time. It's too, too sensational. This is not a novel!

Song Zhen felt like she was going to faint. She felt really helpless at the moment and couldn't help but look up at her son and daughter-in-law.

Jian Yunsang murmured, "No wonder, no wonder when I first met Chao Chao, the clothes she was wearing were completely different from ours."

When Jian Yunsang changed her clothes before, she thought the clothes were strange.

But the clothes were all patched up and very thin, obviously someone else's leftovers thrown to her, which seemed quite normal. After washing the clothes, Jian Yunsang didn't throw them away, but put them away first.

But she would never associate such clothes with traveling back to ancient times.

(End of this chapter)

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