Chapter 513: Wang Chuangui Passed
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
“Silly child, what nonsense are you talking about! Your Empress Aunt is still in the palace. Fortunately, there’s only our family here. Don’t talk nonsense.” The Duke suddenly covered Qin Huai’s mouth.
Qin Huai did not say anything else, but everyone knew that he was already certain in his heart.
Even if there was a so-called Empress Aunt in the palace, even if he met Madam Qin at the Empress Aunt’s door and heard her voice.
In this world, when one reached a certain position, even if they wanted to deceive the world, it was easy.
Moreover, she had gathered the power of the harem to deceive a child.
However, he did not want to be that ignorant and stupid child.
Since Madam was unwilling to say anything, he was no longer curious. From now on, even if Madam wanted to tell him, he was unwilling to listen.
Qin Huai broke free from the Duchess and bowed to Duke An and his wife. He walked out of the door step by step without hesitation.
At that moment, Madam Qin suddenly had a feeling that if she let Qin Huai leave just like that, she might never see this child again.
“Wait.” Madam Qin finally compromised. Her tone sounded like she had aged a few years. “What do you want to know?”
On the third day of March, it was a new year of the Flower Festival. The Wang Family welcomed the greatest joy.
“Congratulations, Sir Provincial Scholar!”
“Congratulations!”
“In the future, our neighbors on Zhuque Street will have even brighter faces, for our neighbor has become a top-three-ranked provincial scholar!”
Their house in the prefecture capital was on Zhuque Street. This was also the courtyard house only two streets away from the prefectural office.
Early that morning, while everyone was celebrating the Flower Festival, there was a messenger who came to Old man Wang’s house with a smile to report the good news.
When he looked up, he saw that the plaque at the entrance of Old man Wang’s house said “House of Loyalty”. The messenger was even happier.
What an honorable title. After delivering a letter to such a family, his life would definitely be smooth in the future.
It did not matter if the reward was less.
It was a great honor to obtain second place in the imperial provincial examination.
There was naturally no lack of rewards.
Old Madam Wang took out ten taels of silver and a bag of good white sugar and handed it to the messenger.
The messenger was so happy that his mouth was about to reach the back of his head.
This was ten taels of silver!
This was the first time he had received such a hefty thank-you gift as a messenger.
This thank-you gift was enough for his family to spend for an entire year, not to mention that there was a large bag of white sugar.
That was something that even money might not be able to buy.
Wang Chuangui did not expect that after attending his nephew’s marriage, he would rush to the prefecture capital and listen to his teacher’s teachings before rushing into the examination hall.
He originally thought that it would be good enough if he could pass. Even when he answered the questions, Wang Chuangui felt that his chances of passing were very low.
In the end, he had not studied enough. Part of his knowledge was just pure memorization, and the other part was from his life experience.
It was no wonder that Wang Chuangui panicked. The questions were really very difficult.
However, there were things that Old Madam Wang had specially prepared for him. When he entered, Wang Chuangui wore two large rabbit fur coats and thick knee pads.
The others all laughed at him. But after entering, they realized that he could use the coats to make a bed and blanket. When he slept at night, it was soft and warm, and he could fall asleep beautifully.
He also had some food that was especially fragrant. Madam Ma specially roasted a kind of coriander until it was half-dried and then cut it into small pieces. She also braised it a few times before using fragrant herbs to smoke it.
When it was time for the exam, he could take out two to chew whenever he felt sleepy..