The fact that two sons of the Chen family were successful at the same time spread quickly through the old lady's deliberate efforts to spread the word.
When the capital was filled with praises for the Chen family, this was the happiest thing for the old lady.
Other aristocratic families look down on this approach of the Chen family. After all, they are the last of the eight aristocratic families. Which of the other major families does not have a hairpin?
In the Chen family alone, the two sons only passed the exam several times before passing the exam. Just publicizing it in such a big way is really not worthy of publicity.
However, the old lady can no longer control so much. In her opinion, from now on it will be her time to feel proud.
Of course, this is all her own beautiful imagination.
Little did they know, these were all illusions of final glory deliberately created for her by Su Nianyun.
Chen Shao'an and Chen Shaokang's successes were all arranged by her.
Su Ming not only gave the policy papers and reference books to Chen Shaoan, but also gave a copy to Chen Shaokang.
Compared with Chen Shaoan's strategy of matching others, Shu Shu was unprepared, while Chen Shaokang, who had suffered a loss once, was very wary.
After all, he just bought and sold poetry and made a fool of himself in front of everyone, making people laugh to this day.
Su Ming followed Su Nianyun's wishes and did not talk about strategies and books as soon as he met Chen Shaokang. Instead, he hung out in Qingfeng Academy for a long time, fully allowing Chen Shaokang to become familiar with him.
Qingfeng Academy is not as good as Zhengyang Academy. Anyone can study in it as long as they can pay enough to repair it.
After Su Ming deliberately became familiar with Chen Shaokang, he successively received many "letters" from his hometown.
After reading those letters, he changed from sunny and cheerful to depressed.
Chen Shaokang had already regarded Su Ming as a friend, and asked Su Ming's difficulties with concern. Knowing that Su Ming was facing the dilemma of his parents disappearing in the water, he helped him with some money out of sympathy.
Of course, the money given was not even a drop in the bucket of what they used to spend out eating, drinking and having fun.
Even so, Su Ming was "extremely grateful" and immediately took out his treasured strategies and a few books.
"Brother Chen, if you treat me like this, of course I will also treat you with all my heart and soul. I can't participate in this year's Qiuwei. I hope you will win the first prize in one fell swoop..."
After getting the perfect policy article, Chen Shaokang didn't understand what it meant at first.
But Su Ming didn't explain it, so he handed it over to him mysteriously, then packed his luggage and returned home.
The taste behind it was slowly tasted by him.
After knowing that it might be an exam question for this subject, he was extremely excited and immediately studied the things left by Su Ming over and over again.
Probably because the person who deceived him before was a stranger, but this time Su Ming was his good friend, so Chen Shaokang forgot the previous lesson.
Sure enough, when he arrived at the examination room, everything was consistent with what Su Ming had given him, and he was full of confidence in his future.
It's just that Chen Shaokang didn't expect that he would be the first proud son of the Chen family. He never expected that Chen Shaoan would also win the prize.
This brought everything back to its starting point. Even though the mother was happy because both sons had passed the exam, she still preferred the eldest brother after all.
At the banquets these days, he could see that his mother's eyes were always on her eldest brother.
Therefore, after winning the imperial examination, Chen Shaokang was still not happy, and was even much more gloomy than before.
Qin Wan saw his change.
Seeing Chen Shaokang repeatedly going to Bai He to vent his frustration, she stopped quarreling with him.
First, Chen Shaokang passed the exam, and his status was different from before. She could not treat him as wantonly as before.
Secondly, she listened to Su Nianyun's advice and believed that in order to get the favor, her husband needed to be on the same side as her, so it was not appropriate for her to offend him at this time.
Of course, there's no fuss or fuss now, just leave it to the future.
She would not let Bai He be a thorn in her side.
At this time, Qin Wan had been accompanying the old lady to socialize in the mansion for many days.
Facing the blessings and praises from the guests, the old lady was immersed in them and couldn't help herself.
Although she had been busy for some days, the old lady became more energetic and energetic as she got busier, while Qin Wan was already tired and impatient.
On this day, she had to find an excuse to hide in Tingfeng Courtyard.
"Princess, it's better for you to be quiet here..." she said, lying comfortably on the couch in the corridor.
Su Nianyun smiled helplessly while sewing the small clothes in her hands.
"I'm overdoing it here. Isn't it a little too quiet?"
Qin Wan could hear a sense of sadness in her words.
Qin Wan said, "Princess, I don't understand. I heard earlier that you loved me very much, and you desperately begged the mother to marry me."
"Even if the uncle has lost his memory, you don't have to carry those jaspers, Zhou Yao, etc. to your aunt, right? You are a princess?"
"Look, what kind of yard are you asking for for your aunt? If they have a yard, how can I come to your place again?"
"And I don't understand. The princess is obviously much prettier than those two, so why is it that the uncle is hanging around my concubine's room and not coming to accompany you?"
"What about the princess? What about beauty?"
Su Nianyun sighed, "After all, the prince-in-law has forgotten everything. His heart is not with me, and everything I do will be in vain."
"Instead of forcing him to be tied to me and causing pain to both of us, it's better to let him go freely so that he won't complain too much about me!"
"Princess, you are too kind, that's why you let Zhou Yao, Biyu and the others bully you like this!" Qin Wan complained.
"Stop talking about these things. After all, it's just helpless and sad..."
Su Nianyun changed the subject, "You have been busy with the old lady these days, hosting banquets and returning guests. Did the old lady say when the gift will be handed over to you?"
Speaking of this, Qin Wan's face darkened, "I think it's probably impossible!"
"Princess, you haven't noticed that the old lady is in better spirits than me recently. Judging from how energetic she is, she won't have any problems if she manages the middle class for more than ten years."
"Huh?" Su Nianyun pretended to be surprised, "I didn't expect that the old lady who was sick and listless a while ago would recover so quickly!"
"But no," Qin Wan said, "You asked me not to quarrel with the second master, but I didn't quarrel. I asked him to go to the old lady to tell the matter about the middle child, and he did so..."
"But after the old lady heard it, she just didn't say whether it was okay or not. She was stunned and didn't let go. It makes people wonder what her plan was?!"
"You are so old, and you are still clinging to the middle school. Are you not giving the younger generation any chance to practice?" Qin Wan said angrily.
Su Nianyun suddenly said, "A few days ago, when I was in good spirits, I heard Butler Qin report on the situation of the shop. Did you pay attention to it after that?"
Qin Wan shook her head, "No."
In fact, she was secretly paying attention and had even started to send people to destroy it.
However, of course she would not tell Su Nianyun truthfully about this kind of thing.
The old lady refused to reward her openly, so she had long decided to do evil in secret.
Chen Shaokang went to seek help for her, without delaying her secretly sabotaging the business of the shop and causing a crisis for the old lady.