After rebirth, I became a national teacher

Qin Zhenniang was very puzzled.

Qin Dafu said:

"The Zhang family is now a notorious hotbed in the court. They are too arrogant. How could they accept our teacher and friend as their own just for money? You should advise our teacher and friend to give up this idea and stop thinking about climbing such a high branch."

Let it go. Zhenniang won't be able to report back.

Fortunately, they were her own parents, so it was okay to pester them a little, so she said coquettishly:

"But how do we know it won't work if we haven't even tried it?"

"For my husband's future, I have to give it a try no matter what."

"No! You are not allowed to even try!"

Qin Dafu said firmly.

As a shrewd man like him who is good at scheming, the provincial examination is approaching, and for the sake of his son-in-law's future, he will naturally find ways to find out information about the examiner's candidates, preferences, and so on.

However, when he learned that the man was Zhang Jinghong, the eldest cousin of the wife of the Marquis of Jingnan, he decisively chose to do nothing.

Given the relationship between the Marquis of Jingnan's Mansion and Cihang Temple, if Zhang Jinghong knew that the Qin family was the most devout believers of Cihang Temple, he would have been lucky not to make things difficult for Qiao Shiyou, the son-in-law of the Qin family. It would be a dream to expect him to look at Qiao Shiyou differently.

The more it is at this moment, the better it is to stay still.

Moreover, even if his flattery was effective, he would not do it.

It is said that a loyal minister does not serve two masters.

The master of the temple favors the Qin family so much, how could he go to the master's enemy and do such servile and flattering things?

It’s great that our friend Qiao just failed the exam this time. It’s not like he can’t wait for the next one.

If you study for three more years, you can pass both the autumn and spring examinations at once, and it won't delay anything.

Lower-class students like the Qiao family, who had no family background, naturally did not know about the in-law relationship between Zhang Jinghong and the Jingnan Marquis' Mansion.

Even Teacher Qiao and his friend didn't know, and Zhenniang, a woman in the inner chamber, had no way of knowing.

Seeing that her father was determined not to agree, she felt extremely helpless.

"Father, please give it a try! If my teacher and friend can become Master Zhang's disciples, it will be like our Qin family becoming related to the Zhang family, which will also be extremely beneficial to our business!"

She didn't understand why her father didn't agree and could only beg desperately.

Otherwise, how would she explain herself to her boyfriend when she returned?

Seeing her so frightened and embarrassed, Mrs. Qin saw something was going on.

"Did your son-in-law ask you to come?"

A trace of guilt flashed across Zhenniang's eyes:

"No, how could he say such a thing? He has read many books of sages and has always been indifferent to fame and fortune!"

For a scholar, reputation is the most important thing. Having a reputation of being greedy is not good for one’s future.

No one knows a daughter better than her mother. How could Mrs. Qin not see that she was lying?

Qin Dafu also looked at his daughter carefully for a while, and finally said in a tough tone:

"Go back and tell him that if he wants to improve his studies, the Qin family can donate money to him to get a place in the Imperial College. As for spending a large sum of money to help him get close to the Zhang family, that is absolutely impossible."

He was not worried at all that his son-in-law would be able to get involved with the Zhang family.

As the chief examiner of the provincial examination, all the outstanding candidates of the same year would compete to show themselves in front of Zhang Jinghong. How did Qiao Shiyou stand out?

If Mr. Qiao was really that outstanding, he would have been snatched up as a son-in-law by those upright civil servants or noble families in Southern Capital City, and would never have been chosen by a merchant family like the Qin family.

Zhenniang had no choice but to say goodbye and leave with a sad face.

After all, she is a married woman who got married with such a generous dowry. It is not right for her to always trouble her parents.

However, I felt a little uneasy because I hadn't done what my husband asked me to do.

I was afraid that it would affect his exam, so I didn't even dare to tell him when I got back.

I just secretly prayed that a place in the Imperial College would help my husband calm down a little.

Watching her leave in the rain, Qin Dafu and his wife felt a little sad.

Especially Mrs. Qin:

"Will the son-in-law feel resentful because of this?"

Qin Dafu sneered:

"Have a grudge? I think I took too much care of his self-esteem in the past, which made him treat the Qin family as fools and become more and more unreasonable!"