"You flatter me, Lord Li. His aptitude is just average." Ye Qingweng cupped his hands at Lord Li. "Shaoming has always been learning from the Tanhua Lord. He passed the imperial examination twice."
Ye Qingweng was proud, but he knew Shaoming's level. The Tanhua Lord said that Shaoming had a good chance of entering the top ten. As for the top three, it depended on luck.
The word 'amazing' was a bit too exaggerated to describe him.
Hearing Ye Qingweng's refusal, Lord Li thought he was crazy. There was no need to be so modest.
But when he heard the latter words, Lord Li understood.
"Shaoming?" Lord Li couldn't help but praise, "The first place this time is Ye Shaohua of the Ye Mansion. He wrote a good essay. We were preparing to send it to His Majesty. Looking at Lord Ye, is Ye Shaohua not the young master of the Ye Mansion?"
"Yes! He's my son! "Ye Qingweng was stunned for a moment.
After thinking for a while, he remembered the son he had sent to the residence. He didn't expect his son to be the first place.
Ye Qingweng suddenly felt like he had been hit by a pie.
He didn't have time to talk to Lord Li and hurried out.
"Hurry." Ye Qingweng hadn't finished his business yet. He just said to the servant waiting by the carriage, "Go to the residence and bring Concubine Mei and Fourth Young Master back to the Ye Mansion."
Concubine Mei and Liu 'er were waiting for the results to be released. Before they could go, they were intercepted by a servant of the Ye Mansion.
"Back to the Ye Mansion?" Concubine Mei was used to living a free and easy life outside. She was a little reluctant to go back to the Ye Mansion.
But this was Lord Ye's idea, and the servant was very anxious.
Concubine Mei had no choice but to let the old scholar beside her help to see the results. She took Liu 'er to the Ye Mansion first.
As for Ye Shaohua.
She had become more and more elusive recently. Concubine Mei took out some silver and asked someone to go to Changchun House to find Ye Shaohua. She told her not to go to the residence and go directly to the Ye Mansion.
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On the other side, Ye Shaohua also came out of Changchun House.
"Fourth Young Master, Fourth Young Master, Concubine Mei said to go directly to the Ye Mansion!" The man who took Concubine Mei's silver ran over, panting.
Ye Shaohua, who was about to get on the carriage, paused.
Then, she casually tossed him a piece of silver. "Alright, I got it."
Ye Shaohua guessed that Ye Qingweng should know her results of the provincial examination.
She knew what to do, so she calmly ordered the coachman to change the route.
"Fourth Young Master, do you need someone to accompany you?" the manager of Everlasting Spring House asked in a low voice.
Ye Shaohua slightly waved her hand, "no need."
When she got on the carriage, she suddenly thought of something and opened the curtain. "When that Young Master Duan comes to find me, tell him that I'm going home. See you tomorrow."
"Yes, Fourth Young Master." The shopkeeper respectfully retreated.
When Concubine Mei returned to the Ye mansion.
The Ye residence was in a jubilant mood. The person who went to show Ye Shaoming the results had already returned.
"Eldest Young Master is ranked ninth in the first class!" Concubine Mei only heard a servant in the hall and ran into the Ye Mansion like the wind.
In the past, when Concubine Mei heard that Ye Shaoming had passed the provincial examination, she would still have some thoughts. However, now that she had been away for three years, her heart was already calm.
Although she did not know why Ye Qingweng came back, her eyes still lit up when she saw Ye Jin in the crowd.
"Jin niang!" Concubine Mei took two steps forward.
After all, Ye Jin was a piece of flesh that fell from her body. Concubine Mei could not help but see Ye Jin.
When Ye Jin saw Concubine Mei, she frowned and avoided Concubine Mei's hand. She did not call out to her, but her expression changed. "Eldest Brother's eighteenth birthday is not over yet. Why are you back? Don't tell me that you heard that Eldest Brother passed the provincial examination and specially came back to carve his birth chart! "
Concubine Mei did not expect Ye Jin to have such a disgusted expression.
She was stunned for a long time and could not come back to her senses.
"Concubine Mei, can't you just do a good deed? I'm going to discuss my marriage soon and Old Madam is going to look for someone for me. Do you know how much your return will affect me? "
"Jin niang, we have money now …" Concubine Mei said in a daze.
In the past few years, Ye Shaohua had given her a lot of good things. She also left a small portion for Ye Jin. After all, she was also her daughter. Although she was not as close to Ye Jin as Ye Shaohua because of what happened before.
However, Concubine Mei did not ignore her.
With this generous dowry, Ye Jin would have the confidence to go to her husband's family in the future.
"I only have one mother, Madam." Ye Jin looked at Concubine Mei coldly. "From now on, don't look for me if you have any problems!"
After speaking, she left Concubine Mei's place with her maidservants to look for Old Madam and Madam Ye. She was afraid that others would see her together with Concubine Mei.
On the other side, Old Madam found out from the housekeeper that Concubine Mei had returned.
"Old Madam, my brother Ming finally passed the imperial examination. Now that Concubine Mei is back, my brother Ming …" Madam Ye was wiping away her tears.
Old Madam's face was cold. She patted Madam Ye's hand. "Daughter-in-law, don't worry. I will never let anyone affect brother Ming. Housekeeper, take some people and drive Concubine Mei out of the capital. I remember that the Ye family still has a courtyard in Jiangnan. Let them go there directly! Qingweng has lost his mind! "
Ye Jin heard that Old Madam did not blame her and breathed a sigh of relief.
Sarcasm flashed in Madam Ye's eyes.
At this time, Ye Qingweng came in with Concubine Mei with a smile on his face. "Mother, good news!"
"What good news?" Old Madam slammed the table and looked at Concubine Mei behind Ye Qingweng. She sneered. "Go tie her up and send her directly to the boat."
"Mother, what are you doing?" Ye Qingweng was stunned.
Old Madam was so angry that she laughed. "What am I doing? Look at what you've done. It wasn't easy for Brother Ming 'er to pass the imperial examinations, and now you're letting this woman come back to ruin him? "
"Ruin him?" Ye Qingweng shook his head and only smiled. "Mother, you don't know. Shaohua also participated in the imperial examination this time!"
"So what if he participated? Can he still pass the imperial examination? "Old Madam looked at him coldly.
"It's not the imperial examination." Ye Qingweng's face was flushed with excitement. "Shaohua won the first place! It's the top scorer! "
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