With the support of the emperor and Mrs. Sui, King Qin immediately let go of his hands and started to work hard.
In the past thirty years, he had never done anything serious. Suddenly he wanted to do something important that would benefit the country and the people, but he found that he had no way to start.
So, he captured Cheng Zhao as a young man, and insisted that Cheng Zhao work with him within this month. He grabbed talents by force, which aroused great dissatisfaction from the Imperial Academy. However, King Qin is the younger brother of the current emperor, even if Dissatisfied, the Imperial Academy adults could only reluctantly give Cheng Zhao away.
"Master Cheng, you are Mrs. Sui's nephew. My school depends entirely on you." King Qin patted Cheng Zhao on the shoulder, "If you can handle this for me, I will write a note to the emperor immediately. Brother, when I want to promote you to an official position, you can’t have an aunt who is a second-rank official and a nephew who is only a seventh-rank official, don’t you think so?”
Cheng Zhao cupped his hands and said respectfully: "I will do my best to serve the prince."
He has been an official in the court for three years. Even if there is no report from the prince, he will be promoted soon. This prince is really very thick-skinned.
"You will be responsible for all aspects of the school. I will go to Mrs. Sui to discuss the other details." King Qin waved his fan and ordered the entourage behind him, "You guys should listen to Master Cheng's instructions carefully. Who dares to go against the will and delay it? School is about to start, be careful I'll chop off your heads and use them as balls."
"yes!"
The followers behind him responded in unison.
They have followed the prince for so many years, and this is the first time they have seen him doing something serious. If this thing is done, who in the capital would dare to say that their prince is doing nothing all day long...
In the next few days, King Qin went to Cheng Wanwan's house every day.
Because he ran so diligently, there were even some rumors in the capital.
"Between King Qin and Mrs. Sui, it seems..."
"King Qin didn't marry a princess, and Mrs. Sui didn't have a husband either. The two of them are just right..."
"Don't talk nonsense. How could the royal family allow a widow to be included in the royal ultimatum? Isn't this ridiculous?"
"What's wrong with the widow? The widow has become a second-class royal wife on her own. Look at King Qin, she is reincarnated because of her good fortune. King Qin is not worthy of Mrs. Sui."
"That's right, a woman as powerful as Mrs. Sui is not worthy of an idle man like King Qin!"
"..."
Various rumors reached Cheng Wanwan's ears, and she didn't know whether to cry or laugh.
However, she never takes the opinions of the people to heart and continues to live her life as she should.
During the past nine days, she went to the women's school from time to time to discuss the details of the foreign school with King Qin. The time passed very quickly.
On the night of February 17th, the triennial examination finally ended.
Cheng Wanwan, Lu Yingxue, and Mrs. Shen came to the gate of Gongyuan early to occupy a favorable position, stretching their necks to wait for the children to leave the examination room.
As the heavy bell rang, the gate of the Gongyuan finally opened, and the exhausted officials staggered out carrying their baggage.
"Xiao Zheng, here!" Mrs. Shen was old but had good eyesight. She saw her precious grandson at a glance, "How did you do in the exam?"
Cheng Wanwan also saw Zhao Sidan. This kid was in good spirits. He thought he would be on the list. No matter where he was, being on the list would be a good thing as the smoke from his ancestral graves was rising.
"Xiao Zhan, why is your face so white?" Lu Yingxue pulled her son over, but Yu Zhan exclaimed. She quickly took the child's hand, "What happened to your right index finger? What happened? "
"Mom, I'm fine." Yu Zhan forced a smile and said, "I'll just go to the medical clinic later."
"He said it was fine." Zhao Sidan pursed his lips, "When he was on the field nine days ago, his index finger was injured by Pang Jie, the son of Bachelor Pang, and he kept it hidden and refused to say anything. It was not until today that he took the initiative to go to the doctor. Guan, Master, you have to give Brother Yu a good education!"
Lu Yingxue forcibly picked up his hand and looked at it carefully. Because it was not treated in time, the joint of the index finger turned black and blue. At a glance, it was obvious that the joint was dislocated. This injury is not really serious, but for a candidate who needs to write For me, this is more terrible than losing one's life.
"Xiao Zhan..." Lu Yingxue's tears fell drop by drop, "I've suffered so much for you, I've really suffered so much for you..."
Yu Zhan said helplessly: "There are so many people watching, why are you crying? I said it's okay, and it's really okay. Why don't you go to the hospital?"
"Take the child to see the doctor first." Mrs. Shen patted Lu Yingxue's shoulder and whispered, "Let's not mention the exam, so as not to make the child sad."
Cheng Wanwan nodded: "Xiao Zhan is only fifteen years old this year. Even if he takes the exam again in three years, he will still be the younger one among the candidates, so it won't matter."
Lu Yingxue wiped her tears and nodded gently.
The group of people didn't mention what happened in the examination hall and went directly to the nearest medical center. It was indeed not a serious injury. After the joints were fixed, everything was fine.
"It just so happens that the children's exams are over, and I'm announcing something big." Mrs. Shen said with a smile, "At the end of last year, Mr. Lin and his family came to the capital to take office. The wedding date was set at that time, but I was afraid of Xiao Zheng's thoughts. Unstable, I have been hiding this matter."
Shen Zheng's eyes widened in shock: "My marriage has been set and you didn't even tell me about it?"
"I told you, are you still thinking about taking the exam?" Mrs. Shen glared at him, "Mrs. Lin has seen your hard work and growth in the past two or three years and thinks that you can accept it regardless of whether you have passed the Gongshi exam or not. You are my son-in-law, so you decided on the wedding date in advance, three days after the exam."
Shen Zheng was shocked again: "Isn't it only one month?"
They were about to get married, and he, the groom, had just found out the news?
He thought that Mrs. Lin would not relent and set a wedding date until he passed the examination and passed the palace examination.
Unexpectedly, the marriage was confirmed before the examination. In other words, even if he was still a minor official, Mrs. Lin would not dislike him.
But he would despise himself. The Lin family has such a high lintel, but a daughter who is a direct descendant of the family is married to a descendant. His future father-in-law and mother-in-law will definitely have a disgraceful face...
Fortunately, he performed well in this exam and would not embarrass the Shen family or make his future wife feel that she had married the wrong person.
After coming out of the medical clinic, the group went to Cheng Wanwan's house. Mrs. Qi had already prepared a generous banquet for the three candidates.
The children had been tense in the examination room and had not eaten or slept well. After eating and drinking, they quickly washed up and then went back to their rooms to sleep.
When Cheng Wanwan got up the next day, the three children were still sleeping with no sign of waking up.
Cheng Zhao came over and said with a smile: "I looked at the questions for this year's exam this morning. The arithmetic questions are very simple. The three of them should be able to get full marks. The rest of the policies, laws, judgments, etc. are all the teachers usually do. The content taught, and some of the questions are similar to what the teacher mentioned in the "15th Annual Conference Examination Questions". As long as they study the teacher's books carefully, they will definitely be on the list this time."
"In terms of guessing the topic, our Lao Yu will definitely have no problem, but -" Lu Yingxue sighed, "It's a pity for our Xiao Zhan."
"Mrs. Yu, don't panic." An uninhibited voice came from outside the door. King Qin walked in with a carefree fan, "Your young master is outstanding in academics. Even if he doesn't get ahead in the imperial examination, there will be another sunshine road waiting for him. , why not come to my Xiao Qin University Hall and give it a try?"
