After coming out of Fu Mansion, Shen Jiao gently pinched the tip of Fu Youan's nose and asked him in a low voice.
"Just happy."
Fu Youan nodded, took the initiative to hug Shen Jiao, and then kissed her on the face, "Thank you, my wife."
"Thank you for what?"
"My mother is very kind to my father now. I see that he now has money, and no one in the family bullies him. He no longer has to embroider two embroidered handkerchiefs to make money..."
Fu You'an counted on his fingers the grievances they, father and son, had suffered in the Fu family.
At the end of the sentence, he raised his bright eyes and looked at Shen Jiao, "But I have a wife. My wife is the number one scholar in high school. My mother is good to my father because of my wife, so I want to thank my wife."
Shen Jiao raised her hand and rubbed his head, unable to hold back a chuckle.
"Then how can you thank me?"
Shen Jiao gently tugged on his cheek, "Just verbal gratitude is far from enough."
Fu You'an leaned into her arms a little shyly, thought about it seriously, raised his hand, took Shen Jiao's hand, and put it on his belly.
"I will give you two children from now on."
Shen Jiao:......
Phew~
Hahahahaha...
"You'an, you'an, you're so cute."
Shen Jiaolang smiled, put her hands on his waist, tapped his belly gently with her fingertips, and said with a smile: "How can two be enough? How about we have two more?"
"Hmm~Okay!"
Shen Jiao looked at his tender cheeks and those pure and innocent eyes, lowered her head and kissed him, "Just be arrogant now, and wait for me in the future."
Fu Youan blinked, not really understanding what she said.
But he didn't ask either.
The two of them were passing by the street and heard someone selling candied haws on the street. Shen Jiao sent someone to buy a bunch and gave it to Fu Youan, "Eat it. I'm afraid I've used up all the sweetness in my mouth today. Eat it and I'll talk about it later tonight." A sweet sentence."
She deliberately lowered her voice and leaned close to Fu Youan's ear, her expression ambiguous and teasing, which made Fu Youan's face turn pink.
They didn't stay in Mingcheng for long. About half a month later, Jiang Mian and Du Wan rushed back.
After both families had a big banquet, the two of them calmed down and went to Shen Jiao's house to hide and relax.
"Passed the exam?"
Shen Jiao handed the two of them a small bottle of plum blossom wine brewed last year and asked.
"Passed the exam."
Jiang Mian nodded and complained bitterly to Shen Jiao, "You don't know that there are so many people who are trying to be a good scholar. This one is the only daughter of a scholar, and that one is a disciple of the great Confucian scholar of the time."
"One or two of them are very scary, and they have expert guidance behind them. Du Wan and I were mixed in, and we were almost so frightened that we didn't even think about taking the exam, so we just let them out."
Fortunately, I persisted in the end!
Du Wan nodded slightly beside him, "If you hadn't left early, I'm afraid you would have faced a lot of challenges. We heard from many people in Beijing that they were very dissatisfied with you, the number one scholar, and thought while holding back their breath. Let’s compete with you.”
"In the future, everyone will work together in the Hanlin Academy. I'm afraid your situation will be a bit difficult."
Du Wan then reminded, "One of them is Su Xiuqin. She is the second daughter of the Duke of this generation. She also had the imperial master as her disciple. She is only twenty years old and has a somewhat arrogant and arrogant temper."
Jiang Mian took a sip of wine beside him, wiped the corner of his mouth and added: "Before the examination, she promised to win the top prize this year, but you robbed her of it. I guess when you enter the Hanlin Academy, this will happen." I'm afraid you are going to find trouble."
Shen Jiao casually said "Hmm" and raised the porcelain blue wine bottle in her hand, "I'll talk about the rest later. After studying hard for many years and getting to the Emperor's Hall, it's time to realize it. Why bother with these trivial matters?" .”
The three of them looked at each other and smiled heartily.
"I just said that little senior sister is not someone who cares about this kind of thing."
Jiang Mian said with a smile.
Amidst the crisp clinking sound of the wine bottles, a faint plum fragrance spread from the mouth of the bottle, gradually dyeing the clothes of the three of them. Half drunk and half awake, there was only a trace of the setting sun left on the horizon.
In a blink of an eye, the March holiday was already halfway through, and the three of them had to pack up and head to the capital.
After arriving in the capital, Shen Jiao bought a courtyard, settled in Fu You'an, and after getting him familiar with the surroundings, she had to go to the Hanlin Academy to cancel her leave and start working officially.
On her first day at work, she met Su Xiuqin, whom Jiang Mian and Du Wan had mentioned to her.
"Are you Shen Jiao?"
Su Xiuqin looked Shen Jiao up and down, and snorted disdainfully from her nose, "It's nothing more than that."
From her perspective, there was nothing special about it.
Shen Jiao just smiled gently, "I am indeed Shen Jiao, who are you?"
"Su Xiuqin."
"Oh~ I've admired you for a long time."
Shen Jiao looked up for a long time as she spoke, but the expression on her face was obviously thinking, "Who is Su Xiuqin?"
Su Xiuqin was immediately very angry.
She sneered and lowered her voice: "I'm just a top scholar, with a humble background. How high do you want to climb in the court? Haha~"
"Master Shen, let's wait and see. Sooner or later I will be able to step on your head."
"welcome."
Shen Jiao only curled her lips.
It seems that this person has never experienced any severe beatings and feels that he can be arrogant with the Duke's Mansion as his back~
You need to know that the courtiers are so ruthless that they can even deny the emperor's face. What does a prince's palace mean?
What's more, Su Xiuqin is still the second daughter of the Duke's palace. The eldest daughter may not necessarily let her get up. Even if the eldest daughter gives in, the Queen may not give in.
After all, it is taboo for the emperor to have two powerful people in the same family.
If she were the emperor, she would put Su Xiuqin under the third rank no matter what.
Shen Jiao gently flicked her sleeves, not paying attention to this harsh girl at all. She only needed to think about how to gain the Queen's trust.
Obviously, the Queen has a good memory.
She used Shen Jiao to beat the Crown Princess before, and even after three months, she still remembered Shen Jiao, so the day after Shen Jiao went to work at the Hanlin Academy, she sent someone to bring Shen Jiao into the palace to talk to her. I have read history.
"Wei Chen joins the Emperor."
Shen Jiao was led into the palace by the female officer, and she saw the queen half lying on the couch, and a female officer was kneeling on the ground and pressing her temples.
"sit."
The Queen's voice was a little weak. When she saw her coming, she waved her hand to the female officer to leave, "I remember that when you come back from Ming City, you have to pass through Anyang City?"
"Your Majesty has a good memory. When I return to the capital, I must pass through Anyang City."
Shen Jiao responded, muttering secretly in her heart. She knew that the Queen's summons was definitely a bit fishy. This Anyang City~
Has anything happened in Anyang City that warrants the Queen's personal intervention?
The Queen nodded slightly, "Then have you visited the city?"
"I've been there. When Wei Chen arrived, he was catching up with the market in Anyang City. My husband was still young and wanted to have fun, so I took him in for a walk."
Shen Jiao explained, first getting rid of the suspicion that she deliberately went in to meet so-and-so.
She had a hunch that this incident in Anyang City definitely involved a certain princess again!