Xu Rong successfully passed the county examination. Not long after, good news also came from the Lu family, and Lu Chuliang, who returned to his hometown to participate in the children's examination, also passed the county examination.

The second room of the Xu family was full of joy, just waiting for Xu Rong to successfully pass the government examination again. The news reached the Chengenhou Mansion, and the people who got along well with Xu Rong were also happy for him. Even Xu, who has always been more partial to Xu Zheng, rarely showed a sincere smile: "Although it is a little late, it is not as promising as his brother, but as long as he is motivated, it is nothing to be a few years late." In the future, the brothers will work together to win glory for the Xu family. When the ancestors and ancestors learned of this, they would have rejoiced. ”

Whether the ancestors of the Xu family will be happy or not, no one knows at present, but the Xu family room is quite cold about this. They are still concentrating on preparing for Xu Xiu's wedding, as well as Xu Zheng's Enke test, and other things are secondary to them. The second room of the Xu family reported the letter, whether it was to rejoice with them or show off to them, Grandma Xu scoffed, and she didn't even have any intention of coming to the door to say congratulations. Uncle Xu still felt that this was a bit inappropriate, so he took a trip himself. On the female side, it was Lu Shi who came forward.

When Xu's second grandmother came to visit Xu's afterwards, she also mentioned Lu to her: "It's a pity, although Lu is not very beautiful, the four words of virtuous and virtuous etiquette are absolutely deserved." Originally, the family background was more ordinary, but compared with the long house now, it is not much worse. If I can marry such a daughter-in-law, it's too late to hurt her, where is the sister-in-law, who asks her to go over and set rules every day, from morning to night, she is not even allowed to rest more, and at night she is not allowed to reunite with Brother Zheng'er, and only let Brother Zheng stay alone in the study, saying that she is afraid that she will disturb Brother Zheng'er to study. If the Lu family marries someone else's family, she will never be treated so harshly by her mother-in-law! The sister-in-law is bullying her in-laws, who are not in Beijing, and her daughter-in-law has no one to support her. It's a pity that our second room has been separated, otherwise my mother-in-law would not have been able to look past it and would have to accuse her. ”

Xu's face was a little ugly: "How can this be? Even if Brother Zheng'er's mother is not satisfied with this daughter-in-law, everyone has married in, so she should be allowed to live in harmony with Brother Zheng'er, so that she can have children as soon as possible." Even if Brother Zheng is busy preparing for the exam, he can't be fascinated by women, and he will have to separate from his wife! Besides, Brother Zheng always has to wait for food and clothing around him, and if he doesn't let his daughter-in-law take care of him, is it difficult to let the girl come?"

Grandma Xu pouted and said, "Didn't you let the girl come?" The sister-in-law also gave a big girl who was used to being used around her to Brother Zheng'er, and waited in the study. Although I haven't opened my face yet, it will be sooner or later. Brother Zheng is just getting married, and the sister-in-law is doing this, obviously slapping her daughter-in-law in the face! Now the girls on the other side of the long house, but if they are somewhat decent in front of the master, how many of them are really convinced of the Lu family? I see, the sister-in-law is making a stupid mistake, and when the family is restless in the future, she will know that she will regret it! She thinks that she is doing it for the good of Brother Zheng'er, but she doesn't know that she is harming Brother Zheng'er to become an official in the future, and she will also ask someone to impeach her for not repairing the internal curtain!

Xu Shi glanced at Xu Er's grandmother unhappily: "How could Brother Zheng make such a mistake? He is just busy preparing for the exam now, and he doesn't care about it for a while." After the exam, he and his daughter-in-law will naturally be together. No matter how confused his mother is, it is impossible not to want a grandson!"

Second Grandma Xu was a little sneering: "I'm also worried about Brother Zheng'er, afraid that my sister-in-law will be confused...... It's not the first time she's done it. ”

Xu sighed and asked his second nephew and daughter-in-law, "How is Sister Xiu's marriage prepared?

"You're almost ready, right?" Second Grandma Xu was a little unsure, "The long room doesn't allow us to interfere, and we don't want to ask too much." The sister-in-law seems to be afraid that if I ask more, she will be greedy for Sister Xiu's dowry. However, I have heard people mention that Sister Xiu'er's dowry is very rich, although there are not many units, how can it be seen that it is not as much as the dowry of Gui Er's yuan in front of him, but there is a lot of silver at the bottom of the box. The sister-in-law is afraid that after Sister Xiu marries into the Gui family, she will have no money in hand, and it will be inconvenient to act. There are also many collections of books, antiques, calligraphy and paintings, which were originally divided into the hands of Changfang, and they were all married to Sister Xiu. ”

Speaking of this, Xu Er's grandmother felt very uncomfortable. At the beginning, the long house accounted for so many good things, and refused to give it to the second room, but instead of keeping it for his children and grandchildren, he let his daughter marry and go to an outsider's house. If Grandma Xu does this kind of thing, isn't she afraid that the ancestors will be angry and come back to life under the Nine Springs?!

Xu's family doesn't care much about these belongings: "The Gui family is gaining momentum now, and Sister Xiu's daughter is married, and she is filling the house, and the dowry is richer, so it will not be underestimated." It's inevitable. "When she married into the Chengenhou Mansion, didn't the Xu family give almost everything?

Xu sighed and instructed Second Grandma Xu again, "When Sister Xiu'er got married, you remember to support her in the past, and you should be more harmonious with the long house in front of people, don't let people see jokes." The joy wine of the Gui family, asked Brother Rong to go with him. Brother Zheng and the second son of Gui are familiar with each other, so he asked Brother Rong to introduce him to a few more people. Brother Rong is now going to take the road of this imperial examination, and it is always good to know a few more friends. ”

Xu Er's grandmother wanted to say that her son knew more friends, but she was afraid that there were more than Xu Zheng. But when Xu said this, it was obviously for Xu Rong's good, so why should she bother?

Xu Xiu married into the Gui family before the start of the Enke examination. Although the wedding is not lively, it is not a big show. The Gui family is marrying their son, so naturally it is impossible for the pomp of filling the house to cross the Yuan match, and they are also worried that the wedding will be too grand, which will hinder the eyes of the in-laws who live on the same street.

Xu Xiu entered the door of the Gui family, worshipped, saluted, and met with her mother-in-law, sister-in-law, relatives and friends in the new house, and soon realized that she did not seem to be very popular. The people of the Gui family were not very cold to her, but basically they just acted according to etiquette, and no one really wanted to make friends with her. Grandma Gui seemed to be very kind and enthusiastic when she first met her, but after careful tasting, she was actually no different from other relatives and friends, and she didn't really see her as a family in her heart.

Xu Xiu couldn't help but feel a little uneasy in her heart, looking at the wedding night, she was helped into the new house after being drunk, and her newlywed husband Gui Ergongzi, who was obviously delirious but still talking about the name of his wife, endured the shame and waited for him to freshen up and rest, while suppressing the panic and sourness in his heart.

Grandma Xu married her daughter, thinking that she would be able to hug the golden thigh of the Gui family from now on. Even if the daughter is married to fill the house, it is no different from an ordinary married woman. However, within a few days, she noticed the difference.

The hasty wedding is on the one hand, on the other hand, the Gui family acts according to the etiquette everywhere, Xu Xiu marries into the door, and he has to be a concubine in front of the tablet of the Yuan match, starting from the second day of the wedding when he worships the ancestral hall, which is the case. She also had to go with her husband to meet Yuanpei's mother's family, respectfully saluting in front of Yuanpei's parents, brothers and sisters-in-law, and even the courtyard of life was full of traces left by Yuanpei. The second son of Gui does not allow any changes, and Xu Xiu has no right to change. Xu Xiu felt a great unaccustomed and a sense of suffocation, but she couldn't protest, she had no choice but to endure it.

She had complained to her mother in private, but even Grandma Xu couldn't do anything about it. When walking outside, I happened to meet the maiden parents of the second son of Gui, and the Xu family room needed to be polite and humble everywhere, otherwise someone would gossip. After Grandma Xu reluctantly bowed her head, she finally began to understand why the Xu family would say that this family affair would belittle the lintel of the Xu family.

However, the daughter is married, and it is too late to regret it. Thinking about the benefits that the Gui family's in-laws can bring to the Xu family, Grandma Xu felt that this was just an inconsequential sacrifice. As long as the husband can recover smoothly and get a good official position, and the son can successfully pass the imperial examination and rise to prominence, what does it matter if the daughter is a little angry in her husband's house?

Immediately, the Enke test began.

Qin Jian, Lu Chuming, Xu Zheng, Yu Xinlan's brother Yu Jingming, as well as the two Juren people from the Qin family who came from their hometown, and the Niu brothers who came from Tianjin...... A large number of people participated in this issue of Enko. Even if Qin Hanzhen is already a married girl, she can't help but pay attention to the news from her mother's side from time to time. This subject is very important to the Qin family and related relatives and friends.

If the Qin family can produce a jinshi this year, then the shadow of the restriction of relatives that has been hanging over the Qin family's two Hou mansions for a long time will really disappear. The Qin family can finally have the right way official to enter the office as a jinshi, instead of being given an official position by the royal family in the name of grace at the stage of raising people, which really cut off the Qingyun road to enter the cabinet and worship the prime minister.

The Chengenhou Mansion had to send people to guard the outside of the Gongyuan every day, even if they knew that they couldn't wait for people to come out, they had to keep an eye on it. On the side of Yongjiahou Mansion, Qin Bai and his family were quite stable, but with the people who came from the old family and the people who came with the Niu brothers, they were restless every day. Because there are many people living in Yongjiahou Mansion now, Qin Hanzhen is not always good at coming, so he can only send people to send people back and forth between the two mansions every day. However, Zhao Mo's little brother Zhao Qi, in the past half a year, has been going to Qin Bai from time to time to ask him for homework, and he has long been familiar with the Yongjiahou Mansion, and he has become good friends with Qin Hanzhu, and he runs to find her to play with him every day, and he has heard more news than Qin Hanzhen got from his subordinates.

Qin Hanzhen listened to the news from everyone's mother's side, and his heart calmed down a lot. In fact, what she really cares about is just a Qin Jian. I just hope that Qin Jian's subject can be successfully in high school, and don't toss for one more term. He is young and at the right age, and if he can join the company earlier, he will be able to achieve higher achievements in the future.

Zhao Mo has been busy with the peace talks in Liaodong recently, and he has returned to the state of leaving early and returning late again, but he also finds time to pay attention to Enke's situation from time to time. He comforted Qin Hanzhen and said: "It's okay, Brother Jian has worked very hard this year, and even his grandfather said that he has benefited a lot, and this subject is very promising." He was only a little short last year, and it was no problem to be on the list, but he didn't want to be a fellow jinshi, so he would take the exam for another year. He's only going to be more sure this year, so what do you have to worry about?"

Qin Hanzhen sighed: "I hope so." Alas, even if you know that he is very sure, but before the results come out, who would dare to pack the ticket? There are many things in this world. ”

Just in the midst of everyone's attention, the three consecutive exams finally came to an end.