Sheng Yuan didn't expect that her father would actually choose the value of the gift, and couldn't help but judge it: "Even a pen or a delicious snack is still my heart! It is light on gifts but heavy on affection!
Besides, I can design the gift myself, so I can make it for only a dozen taels of silver! "
Sheng Xiangxun found that her little guy seemed to be particularly confident. It seemed that in her eyes, as long as he was willing to use his brain, there was nothing he could not do.
What a strange kid!
Sheng Xiangxun was boasting in his heart as if he was admiring himself, completely forgetting that half an hour ago, he thought this little guy was good at bragging!
By the time he remembered that the little guy's first-place result also included the bragging poem, the little guy had already held up the admission letter and headed to Yongfan Garden to announce the good news.
Sheng Xiangxun: "..."
Let’s talk about this later!
…
The news that Sheng Yuan was admitted to Jiujiang Academy's D-class with first place score soon spread throughout the Duke's mansion.
"What's so great! I'm just a little elementary school student, but how about raising my tail?!"
When Mrs. Liang heard that Duke Sheng Guo was so happy that she almost set off firecrackers and held a banquet in the mansion, she immediately pushed the winning card and lost her temper with a sullen face.
When the fifth young lady Yang, who was called over to play with her, saw this, she curled her lips inwardly and said that this mother-in-law really didn't know what to do!
Everyone in the mansion knows Duke Sheng's partiality. As the owner of this mansion, he can favor whomever he wants. There is no logic, no reason, and no rules!
He likes Sister Yuan when he sees her. Even if Sister Yuan comes last in the exam, he can find reasons to hold a banquet. What can you do?
The couple has been together for thirty years, and her mother-in-law is still unable to see clearly the situation, the relationship, and her attitude of dissatisfaction. It is simply pathetic and ridiculous!
Although she had many opinions in her heart, Mrs. Yang still comforted Mrs. Liang with kind words. However, when no one was paying attention, she looked at her daughter Qiang and waved her hand to signal her to wait for an opportunity to leave.
As a girl who is almost twelve years old, she cannot be ignored easily, not even by her own grandmother.
It's a pity that Mrs. Liang wouldn't have the same temper if she could be persuaded at will.
"Hmph! A little girl should learn etiquette, musical instruments, female celebrities, and housekeeping step by step. Those who see Tian'er as if they are following the husband are so eager to learn that they are crazy! Do you really think you can act like a husband and be a general? Can you do it? What a sweet dream!”
Mrs. Liang became more and more angry as she spoke. Just as she was about to find something to beat, she looked up and saw the disapproval on her granddaughter's face. Immediately, her original anger rose from five points to nine points: "You are too ambitious to learn, how can you still be such a lady among us?" What a look! She actually does such weird things! She doesn’t have the grace of a young lady from the Duke’s Mansion at all!”
She scolded her granddaughter and cried. When she saw her daughter-in-law Yang asked Sister Qiang to go back in the name of agreeing, she immediately pushed Yang away and staggered her, causing her to sit on the Taishi chair next to her.
"Hao'er's children have been ruined by you! Hao'er's children don't study in private schools, and they actually let the girl go to an academy outside to study! If you have this time, why don't you try your best to educate Brother Ming!"
Mrs. Yang didn't expect that her mother-in-law would go crazy. She lost all face and pointed at her nose and scolded her like a shrew. Suddenly her heart moved. No matter how Mrs. Liang reacted, she covered her face and ran out crying.
Her behavior of taking matters into her own hands made Mrs. Liang tremble with anger. She pointed at the door and said angrily to the nanny who was getting close to her: "Look! Look! This is a good daughter raised by the Yang family! Well-educated! My mother-in-law is actually I can’t say I’m extremely annoyed!”
The nanny in front of her was her dowry, and she entered the Shengguo Palace with her, so she knew that she saw the shadow of Mrs. Chang in the behavior of the fifth young lady just now, so she became even more angry.
If someone else was talking about it, she would definitely agree, but this fifth young lady is the madam's biological daughter-in-law. Even though she is someone close to the madam, she cannot say too much without permission and can only use kind words to persuade her.
It's a pity that Mrs. Liang was so angry that she threw most of the decorations in the flower hall out before she calmed down.
Naturally, the news in Qingyan Garden cannot be hidden from the people in the house, although most people don't know what the madam is up to.
Sheng Yuan heard Grandma Yang mention it casually and felt that the step-wife had been a little irritable recently.
She vaguely remembered that when she was three or four years old, this lady could still keep her composure.
When she occasionally loses her temper, she just chokes her grandfather and Mrs. Chang with words.
They often choked and were stunned for a while, which was quite fun.
But in the past year or two, her temper has become more irritable and irritable, and I don't know if it's because of menopause.
She sighed casually and ignored it. Since she was born, her father has silently withdrew from the alliance between Dafang and Mrs. Liang. Especially after her nanny's incident, Mrs. Liang and the fifth bedroom were downgraded to the same status as Mrs. Chang and the second and fourth bedrooms. They belong to the same category. The scope of her father's indiscriminate attacks.
Therefore, in her eyes, Mrs. Liang is no different from a distant relative. Although she is a grandmother in terms of etiquette, emotionally, she is no different from a stranger.
Mrs. Liang cannot influence Yong Fanyuan, let alone her.
Here in Shengyuan, I just threw it away and forgot about it, but over there in Wufang, I couldn't even ignore it.
Although Sheng Qiang ran back to the yard first, she heard all the reasons from the maid in front of her mother, and she was so angry that she said: "I am incompetent, and I still use my ignorance to hold back my children and grandchildren. It is simply pathetic." despicable!"
"Shut up!" Ms. Yang's crying before was just for show, and everything has been fine since she returned to the yard. However, she didn't want her daughter to be so angry that she would say such a thing. Her face suddenly changed, and she winked at her confidant maid. The son patted his daughter on the shoulder and scolded her, "How dare you talk nonsense!"
"You will have an official career in the future! Filial piety is very important to you! If these words are spread, your future will be ruined!"
Hearing her mother's words, Sheng Qiang sobbed and asked, "You have always said that there is hope for women to take the imperial examination, but so far there is no hope for women to take the imperial examination!"
Seeing her crying pitifully, Mrs. Yang knew that she had been wronged today, so she held her in her arms and whispered:
"You kid, why are you so anxious? How old are you? How many years have you been waiting?"
Sheng Qiang looked at her with tearful eyes:
"Are you so confident that you can hold the women's imperial examination?"
Yang laughed softly.
She touched her daughter's bun and whispered: "I don't know what's going on outside in this Duke's mansion, but there is a compass in our mansion! Just watching him act, I know something in my heart."
"You mean...third uncle?"
Seeing that her daughter was so confident, Yang nodded happily: "Your second sister is one year older than you, but your third uncle still found ways to send her to the Imperial College to study. Why?"
"Waiting for the opportunity?" Sheng Qiang felt much happier when she heard this, but she remembered that her second sister's spot in the Imperial College was won by Xiao Jiu'er.
"What do you know about your little kid?" Ms. Yang disapproved, "How old is Sister Yuan? If you count her, she is less than eight years old. How can you influence the thoughts of the officials of the Imperial College? Can you rely on the emperor, queen and prince to like her? It’s cheaper to bring young children to get a quota.”
