Shi Fuyin and Shi Fuxin were admitted to the Imperial Women's Prison, and Shi Dinghao was admitted to the Imperial Academy, which made the Shi family's face shine. Because of this, many people who had not interacted with the Shi family for a long time began to continue to interact with the Shi family.
The Shi family was very happy to have three outstanding children. However, compared to the three people who still needed to grow up for a few years, the Shi family was most concerned about Shi Dingxuan's martial arts examination.
The military examination policy review is not as complicated as the liberal arts examination. It takes three days to take the exam, and the martial arts review review is over in one day.
By the time Shi Fuxin, Shi Fuyin, and Shi Dinghao returned to the uncle's house, Shi Dingxuan had already returned from the examination room and was called to Yixiang Hall for questioning.
In Yixiang Hall, Mr. Shi looked at Shi Dingxuan, who was chatting with Mr. Shi, and then at his eldest son, who was sitting aside and could only listen. His eyes were a little sad. After sitting for a while, he got up and walked out of the hall.
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"Master, what's wrong with you?"
Mrs. Shi followed out with concern.
When Mr. Shi saw that it was his wife, he smiled and shook his head. After being silent for a while, he said with a wry smile: "Zhihan, I really envy my fourth brother."
Mrs. Shi looked at her husband with a gloomy expression, and felt very sad in her heart. She really understood her husband's mood completely, and why didn't she envy Jin Yue'e.
Although the four younger siblings were born poorly, the four children they gave birth to were all excellent and loved and valued by their husbands. In this life, what a woman wants is to have a husband who knows both coldness and warmth, as well as a promising future for her children. She has both of these things.
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To put it into detail, she is the most blessed woman in the uncle's house.
Mrs. Shi didn't want to be immersed in this useless sadness, so she forced a smile and said: "Previously, Dinghao, Sister Yin, and Sister Xin applied for the Imperial College. The performance of the Imperial Women's Prison made us overjoyed. This time, I want to come
Dingxuan will not lose to his younger brothers and sisters."
Mr. Shi also knows the situation of the uncle's house. His generation can still take advantage of the uncle's house. But in his son's generation, if no one with the ability to fight against the problem appears, the Shi family may really be in decline.
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He has two sons. The eldest son is quite stable, but his talent is not high. If the title of the Earl's Mansion is still there, he can keep it. However, the Earl's Mansion is about to be deprived of the title, and the eldest son's temperament cannot shoulder the important responsibility of inheriting the family.
As for the second son...that boy is just a scholar who loves to write and write. As long as he can live a good life, don't expect anything else from him.
The fifth brother and the seventh brother also have quite a few sons, but looking at them coldly, none of them are particularly outstanding.
Looking at the uncle's family, the only male heirs who can do anything are Dingxuan and Dinghao from the fourth brother's family.
Dingxuan had been immersed in studying before and had seen little of him. Apart from knowing that he was very powerful in kung fu, he didn't know much about him.
But when he and his fourth brother went to pick him up from the examination room today, when he saw Dingxuan leaving the examination room with other martial arts students, he realized that this nephew actually stood out from the crowd.
When his father used the favor from the Duke of Dingguo to take Dingxuan to visit the old Duke of Xiahou, he felt a little uncomfortable. On the one hand, he wanted to leave this favor to his eldest son; on the other hand, he was also worried
Dingxuan would waste this favor.
But in today's policy exam, compared with other students who were frustrated, anxious, or sad, Dingxuan was so calm and confident in his chances of winning, he was so different.
Doesn't the Shi family need a young person with a big heart and capable of shouldering the heavy responsibility of establishing the family?
"If Dingxuan can be on the list this time, it will be an honor for the uncle's house."
Mr. Shi was very happy at the moment. Fortunately, his father and mother made a firm choice to take back his fourth brother and his family.
In terms of relationships, Zheng Kun is definitely closer to them; however, from the perspective of the development of the uncle's house, although Zheng Kun's two sons are not bad, compared with Dingxuan and Dinghao, there is still some gap.
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Mother is right, what the Shi family needs is someone who can break the situation.
The Shi family is trapped in a chess game in the capital, and they are unable to break out of the increasingly unfavorable situation. Only the fourth brother and his family, who have nothing to do with the capital, can lead the Shi family out of the unfavorable situation.
Master Shi looked at Mrs. Shi: "In the future, the family's resources should focus on the four children of the fourth brother."
Mrs. Shi paused for a moment, then nodded: "I know."
The couple looked at each other with a bit of bitterness in their eyes.
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It was only on the third day after the completion of the martial arts policy examination that the students' martial arts and archery, horseback riding and archery tests began.
The martial arts performance ground is located in the Ministry of War, and the place was strictly prohibited the day before the exam.
On the day of the martial arts test, outside the gate of the Ministry of War, Shi Fuxin looked at Qiao Xinyu blankly: "Didn't you say you could get the access token? Where is the token?"
Qiao Xinyu touched her nose guiltily: "It's really not my fault, I've been tricked too." As she spoke, she snorted, "Cousin Huanyan is too unreliable. We agreed to meet at the Ministry of War.
Now she doesn't even have a figure."
Shi Fuxin asked: "Who is cousin Huanyan?"
Qiao Xinyu: "My aunt's youngest daughter, Xiahou Huanyan, is a good friend of Jiang Zijin from the family of Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of War."
Shi Fuxin: "Since you made an appointment with her, why hasn't she come yet?"
Qiao Xinyu shook her head: "I don't know either."
Shi Fuxin looked at the closed door of the Ministry of War, knowing that it would be impossible to go in to watch her brother take the exam. She said regretfully: "I missed class today for nothing, let's go back."
As he said that, he turned around and left.
Qiao Xinyu stopped her and said, "Don't leave. The martial arts test has just begun. Come with me to the Duke Ding's Mansion to ask for the token from cousin Huanyan. If we go faster, we will definitely be able to watch the competition in the afternoon."
Shi Fuxin thought that she would be asked why when she returned home now, so she agreed with Qiao Xinyu.
The changes in her brother's life since he started taking classes with the old Duke of Xiahou are visible to the naked eye.
In the words of Mrs. Shi, her brother was just a piece of beautiful jade, but it was previously wrapped in a raw stone and not carved. With the teachings of the old Duke of Xiahou, this piece of beautiful jade began to show its original brilliance.
Because of this, she has always wanted to meet the old Duke Xiahou, a former military marshal who lived through three dynasties.
Dingguo Gongfu is located on Chang'an Street, near Chengtian Gate, the south gate of the imperial city.
Shi Fuxin and Qiao Xinyu rode in a carriage for half an hour before arriving at Duke Dingguo's Mansion, which had endured five dynasties and was still favored.
Qiao Xinyu is the niece of the wife of the Crown Prince of Dingguo Palace. There is no need to notify her when she comes to Dingguo Palace.
Under the leadership of Qiao Xinyu, Shi Fuxin quickly came to an exquisite courtyard with attic and water pavilions.
"This is the leisurely residence of cousin Huanyan. My cousin is three years older than me. During this time, my aunt was proposing to marry her. She must have been angry, so she forgot her agreement with me."
As soon as they finished speaking, they saw a girl in blue leaning on a wooden table under the flower gallery.
"Cousin Huanyan!"
Looking at Xia Hou Huanyan who looked back, Shi Fuxin's eyes flashed with surprise.