I've been reborn, who still wants to be a cowardly little white flower?

Jiang Huai went back to the academy. The academy expelled the student who was bribed by Jiang Hao. When Jiang Huai returned, it was the teacher who told him about this matter.

Jiang Yuan worked day and night at home to make a batch of incense, including incense pills, incense sticks and incense powder. One advantage of making large quantities is that you only need to prick your fingers once to squeeze out more blood. It hurts a lot if you prick your fingers all the time to let blood.

"Girl, take a rest. You've been busy all morning." Chunzhi walked into the room with a bowl of bird's nest and saw Jiang Yuan was still busy.

Putting down what he was holding, he walked to the table and asked, "Brother isn't back yet?"

"The eldest son sent someone back to say that he will stay in the academy for two days. Miss, why are you making so much incense?"

Holding the bowl, he took a sip of bird's nest and said, "I remember that he knows how to read and write, and can keep accounts?"

"Yes, Sister Zhishu knows how to read the account book. She taught me, but I'm a little stupid."

Jiang Yuan poked Chunzhi's waist with his finger, and Chunzhi dodged it with a smile, "Learn slowly, no need to rush."

Lu Zhu walked in from outside, holding a note in her hand, "Miss, this is from Miss Qu Er."

Jiang Yuan was puzzled. Why did Qu Ying come to see her and pass her a note? What was this little girl doing? She took the note and opened it. It turned out that it was not from Qu Houfu, but from Xie Houfu.

The old lady of the Xie family will have her birthday in ten days. The name of Jiang Yuan and Jiang Huai were written on the invitation, but it was delivered to the Marquis' Mansion.

Jiang Yuan asked, and Lu Zhu replied, "Oh, Xiao Xing, who just delivered the invitation, said that it was Marquis Xie's wife and the eldest princess who said that. They thought we were still living in the Marquis' Mansion, so they sent it to the Marquis' Mansion."

After looking at the post and thinking for a while, Jiang Yuan smiled. This Marquis Xie is not ordinary. She lives in the Marquis' Mansion and has a good relationship with the eldest princess, so it is normal to send her a post.

But Jiang Huai's results have not yet been released, and it is unknown whether he can make the list. However, the post from the Marquis' Mansion has Jiang Huai's name on it, and it is a special invitation. I am afraid that they are not optimistic about Jiang Huai and think that he will definitely pass.

Several of them wrote a memorial on how to manage the river. Lord Xie must have heard about this and was impressed by Jiang Huai. He was also optimistic about his future and believed that he would have a smooth career.

There is a difference between the friendship of adding icing on the cake and the friendship of helping others in times of need. Before Jiang Huai became a new noble, he made friends with him first. He is indeed an old fox in the court.

"Luzhu, ask Brother Liu to go to the academy and talk to my brother and ask him when he will be back. The results will be out in four days."

Luzhu agreed and turned to go out.

Chunzhi thought about it and said, "Miss, I heard that Lord Xie was born in a humble family and the old lady is also an illiterate village woman. What birthday gift would be better?"

Jiang Yuan rolled his eyes and said with a chuckle, "If you can't read, you don't like elegant things, so you naturally like vulgar things. Let's go buy a gold hairpin. Um, it doesn't have to be too big, just a little bit of a token of your appreciation."

"Golden hairpin? I thought the young lady would give the old lady spices."

Jiang Yuan sneered, "How is that possible? My spices are very expensive. Besides, we are good friends with Fourth Brother Xie, and they don't like Fourth Brother, so it's okay as long as we can save face.

You have a budget of fifty taels, so go pick out a piece of gold jewelry. Go ahead."

Haruji was shocked, her mouth opened wide, and she pointed at herself, "Ah, I'll buy it myself?"

Jiang Yuan waved his hands impatiently, "Yes, yes, go by yourself, or ask Zhishu to accompany you, go and buy it."

Jiang Huai returned to Jiang's house the day before the results were announced and told Jiang Yuan about the academy. The student had been expelled, but the matter was not reported to the police for the sake of his father's face.

The teacher at the academy said that if they reported the case to the police, Jiang Hao would definitely be interrogated, and Lord Jiang would have to ignore it, and Jiang Huai would be in trouble.

It is better not to cause trouble at this time. Jiang Huai has just passed the imperial examination and will enter the court after passing the list. It is better to keep a low profile since he has just started his official career. Those old foxes in the officialdom have too many ideas and thoughts.

Jiang Huai had the same plan and agreed with the academy's decision.

Jiang Yuan did not object, after all, she had her own way of revenge.

The results were announced the next day and Mr. Wu's private school was also closed for a day. Qu Ying came to find Jiang Yuan early in the morning and made an appointment to go and see the results together.

Brother Liu even changed into new clothes and walked at the door leading a horse, looking very proud. Even the children were dressed up by Sister Liu to look festive, which made people happy to see them.

There were already a lot of people gathered in front of the list. Xie Yunxiao, Lu Chuan and others had already arrived. They should have seen it. When Jiang Yuan and others got off the carriage, several people came up to them and smiled at them ambiguously.

Jiang Yuan glanced at them suspiciously, "Brothers, your smiles make me feel uneasy."

Jiang Huai got off the carriage after Jiang Yuan. Before he could say anything, he caught a glimpse of a carriage running towards them. Jiang Yuan also saw it when he turned around. "It's the carriage of the Jiang Mansion."

After saying that, Xie Yunxiao and the others changed their expressions, pulled Jiang Yuan and Jiang Huai and quickly squeezed into the crowd. Without waiting for the brothers and sisters to look for the imperial list on the wall, they pointed to the first one at the top and said, "First place in the first class, brother Zichang, you are the top scorer in the gold exam. Come on, take a look and go back home."

Several people pushed Jiang Huai. Jiang Yuan and Jiang Huai only had time to look up and see Jiang Huai's name clearly. Before they could see anything else, they were pulled out of the crowd by those people.

There were many people in the crowd, waiting to choose a son-in-law from the list. Before they could even take a look at what the top scorer looked like, he had already been taken away. The gentlemen who had lost the chance to promote their daughters to the top scorer were so angry that they slapped their thighs.

Jiang Yuan had never seen the results announced. There were a lot of words densely written on it. He wanted to see what was written on it, but he only saw his name. He was then taken away and stuffed into a carriage in a daze. Brother Liu whipped his horse whip and Jiang Yuan staggered in the carriage.

The brother and sister stared at each other, wondering what had just happened?

When Jiang's father got off the carriage, he saw Jiang Yuan and Jiang Huai being urged to get on the carriage by several young masters. Seeing how hurried they were, he thought something went wrong with Jiang Huai's exam.

Pushing through the crowd and squeezing to the front, Jiang's father and a few servants looked up. Actually, there was no need to look, they saw it right away, it was the first one, too obvious.

When Jiang's father saw that Jiang Huai was the top scholar, his legs went weak and he almost fell down. He was supported by his servants. He felt complicated, happy but also a little worried.

It was helpful for him that his son was the top scholar, as it showed that he had taught his son well. When the emperor knew about it, he wanted to praise him, but when he thought about the attitude of his brothers and sisters towards him, he felt hesitant.

The imperial court would send a team to announce the good news to the top three on the imperial list at an auspicious time. Father Jiang urged the servant beside him, "Hurry, hurry back to the mansion, get ready, the team from the palace will be here soon."

The servant quickly agreed, got on the carriage and headed home.

Sitting in the car, Jiang's father thought some things through. No matter what, he had earned face by announcing the good news today. No matter how powerful Jiang Huai was, or how much of a top scholar he was, he had just entered the court as an official. If he wanted to compete with him, a minister, it would probably take some time.

On the contrary, he could take advantage of the fact that he won the top spot in the imperial examination and show off in front of the emperor. After all, he was the one who got the advantage first. As for the future, he would be better to them. The ties between blood ties cannot be severed easily.

Jiang Yuan has been timid and cowardly since childhood, and he can be coaxed back into submission by showing him a little bit of kindness. As for Jiang Huai, if he wants his career to be smoother, only they, father and son, can support each other.

The more he thought about it, the happier Father Jiang felt. The slight worry he had at the beginning had long since disappeared without a trace.