Chapter 100: Envious Posts (Update )
Xue Lingwan curled her lips and said with disdain: "They were waiting here at the beginning. But my cousin didn't come out. The guests around were talking about it. My cousin might have caught the eye of Her Royal Highness the Princess and would be accepted as a student of Her Royal Highness the Princess. My cousin didn't see the expressions of Guo and my cousin's two good sisters. They were as ugly as burnt coal.

Afterwards, they left with green faces, and didn’t even say that they would leave someone to wait for my cousin. They were probably afraid that if they really heard that my cousin was accepted as a student of Her Royal Highness the Princess, they would be so angry that they would faint on the spot. "

This little girl has a sharp tongue and what she says is very vicious.

Su Liuyue couldn't help but smile and scratched her nose, saying: "Girl, you even included me in this plan. I don't have any good sisters, only you are a good cousin.

It's better that they left, so I don't have to deal with their questions.

In two days, my Man Yi Fang will reopen, and I was planning to stay at your house for a few days. "

Xue Lingwan was very satisfied with Su Liuyue's words "You are my only good cousin". She took her hand with a smile on her face and said, "Cousin, you can come and stay for a few days! There have been many things happening in the city recently. There have been several fires. My second brother has to go back to patrol every day, and my third brother is busy preparing for the exam. I am so bored at home alone!"

If it wasn't for the fact that her cousin had no such interest in the third brother, she would have wanted her cousin to marry the third brother and stay in their family for the rest of her life.

Su Liuyue looked curious, "How many times has the fire happened?"

"Yes, cousin, you have been busy investigating the case these days, so you must not know. It is said that there have been three fires in the city since a month ago! Several people died, and the latest one happened five days ago!"

It was rare for her to be better than her cousin. Xue Lingwan raised her chin and said proudly, "Although those were just accidents, the imperial examination is approaching, and candidates from all over the country are rushing to the capital. My eldest brother said that there are countless candidates entering the city every day, and the city is very busy. We must strengthen patrols, whether it is a fire or something else, we must try to reduce it as much as possible."

For a city as big as the capital, three fires in a month is a bit too many, but it is still within the normal range. However, when the entrance examination is approaching, we must pay more attention.

Su Liuyue didn't think too much about it, and deliberately put on a stern face and said, "I came to your house to do something, not to play with you. You have to help too, okay?"

"I know, I know. When have I not helped my cousin?"

Xue Lingwan smiled and took Su Liuyue's arm and got on the carriage to go home.

When everyone returned to Xue's house, the sunset outside was blazing with golden light. Xue Chengyi had already gone home from work. To their surprise, Xue Wenjin was also there, sitting in the living room with Xue Chengyi, talking about something seriously.

Hearing their footsteps coming back, they both stopped talking at the same time, turned to look at them, smiled and asked, "You guys are back?"

Yun frowned slightly and asked uneasily, "What were you talking about just now? But...but what happened again?"

The last time Xue Chengyi was transferred from the Censorate for no reason, it left a shadow in their hearts.

Xue Chengyi was stunned, then laughed and said, "What are you thinking about? Something did happen, but strictly speaking, it was a good thing. Wen Jin received messages from His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and His Royal Highness the King of Wei at the same time. I was discussing this matter with him."

Yun's face suddenly lit up with joy, "Really? Are you sure that... that was indeed the post sent by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and His Royal Highness the Prince of Wei?!"

Su Liuyue and Xue Lingwan also looked at Xue Wenjin in surprise. Before the imperial examination began, it was common for the dignitaries in the court to send invitations to talented scholars in advance to make friends in order to snatch people. However, Su Liuyue did not expect that his third cousin would be so capable that Zhou Yunke and King Wei would snatch people at the same time.

Although Xue Wenjin was going to take part in this year's metropolitan examination, he did not take part in the provincial examination. Logically, one could only take part in the metropolitan examination after passing the provincial examination. Xue Wenjin's luck was neither good nor bad. He passed the last provincial examination held in the capital of the previous dynasty. His results were pretty good at the time. Although he was not in the top three, he was in the top 20.

However, not long after that, wars broke out everywhere and the imperial court had no time to hold the imperial examinations. Not long after, the country was destroyed.

At the beginning, Xue Wenjin didn't know whether his status as a juren passed the imperial examination in the previous dynasty was valid or not, and he was ready to take the provincial examination again. However, in order to speed up the process of this special examination, the imperial court specially granted grace, saying that any scholar who had passed the juren examination within five years could directly participate in the joint examination.

Therefore, Xue Wenjin has been concentrating on preparing for the imperial examination during this period of time.

Because he was not a newly-crowned juren and his grades at the time were not particularly impressive, his reputation among the scholars in the capital was not particularly loud. The Xue family had never expected that he would receive two important letters at the same time!

After all, let alone the top three in the provincial examinations in the capital over the years, there are so many states in the country, and there are hundreds of people in the top three in each state alone. Among these people, Xue Wenjin can't even be ranked.

Xue Chengyi laughed again, picking at the few strands of short beard on his chin, and said with both pride and embarrassment: "Although Wenjin's provincial examination results were not particularly impressive, there are more talented scholars in the capital than in other places, and the number of people participating in the provincial examinations is also large every year. Wenjin's ranking is actually more important than the top three in some remote places.

In addition to these two princes, Wenjin had actually received invitations from some aristocratic families before, but I thought he should concentrate on preparing for the exam, so I asked him to reject them all. It will not be too late for him to pursue these false reputations after he has actually passed the exam.

However, considering the status of these two princes, they are not people who can be rejected directly.

Not to mention, the relationship between His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and His Royal Highness the King of Wei has always been delicate in the court, so how to deal with these two posts is really a headache..."

They can't afford to offend either of these two giant Buddhas!

Xue Lingwan suddenly blinked and said, "Father, don't you always dislike the Crown Prince?"

Xue Chengyi was slightly stunned, and he cleared his throat awkwardly. He glanced at Su Liuyue quietly and said, "Father really doesn't like him for being so indulgent to his subordinates, but we can say whatever we want about such a person behind closed doors, but outside, we still have to weigh the power of this relationship carefully."

Su Liuyue couldn't help but find it funny.

In fact, she had hinted before that General Wu's incident had little to do with Zhou Yunke, but her uncle, who was furious at the time, obviously didn't listen.

Fortunately, her uncle was very clear about the distinction between public and private affairs, and no matter how dissatisfied he was with Zhou Yunke, it would not affect his business. To be honest, if we really talk about who Xue Chengyi was more dissatisfied with, it must be the King of Wei. After all, it was because of the King of Wei that he was almost transferred out of the Censorate.

It’s just that most people in the Xue family don’t know about this.

Xue Lingwan never thought as much as Xue Chengyi did, and said with a smile: "Anyway, it is really amazing that Third Brother can receive invitations from these two princes at the same time! Other scholars don't know how jealous they are! Our Xue family will rely on Third Brother to prosper in the future!"

Xue Chengyi couldn't help but smile and said, "His Royal Highness's post is indeed eye-catching, but His Royal Highness the Prince of Wei's post is nothing."