diskusbooks Chapter 324: The Scholar Who Married into the Imperial Examination (2)
Chapter 324: The Scholar Who Married into the Imperial Examination (2)
Hang Mincai and Liu Shulan were childhood sweethearts and had a very deep relationship. However, Liu Shulan was weak and not suitable for pregnancy, so it was not easy for her to give birth to Hang Huaijing.
Hang Mincai was unwilling to take a concubine, so Hang Huaijing was the only heir of the Hang family.
Hang Mincai had said long ago that he wanted to keep Hang Huaijing at home and find a son-in-law for him.
Many people coveted the Hang family's wealth, but were unwilling to marry into the family.
Because marrying into a woman's family represents a man's behavior and if he has bad character, very few people would choose to marry into a woman's family.
Regardless of his brother's identity, Hang Huaijing launched a mad pursuit of the original owner.
But the original owner remained indifferent.
The original owner neither liked nor disliked Hang Huaijing.
The original owner's only goal was to pass the imperial examinations and gain fame, and he didn't pay any attention to trivial matters.
At this time, Shi Ziwei tried to dissuade him again and again, saying that the Hang family was wealthy and could support him in his studies, and that the laws of the Jin Dynasty were very tolerant of men marrying into their wives' families. Therefore, even if the original owner married into their wives' family, he could continue to take part in the imperial examinations.
After much deliberation, the original owner finally agreed.
After marrying Hang Huaijing, the original owner did not like him at first, but only respected him. The original owner also thought that if he passed the imperial examination, he would repay the Hang family, treat Hang Huaijing well, and not take a concubine.
However, as she got along with Hang Huaijing, the original owner gradually fell in love with Hang Huaijing.
And the original owner passed the examinations and became a scholar and juren as he wished.
Just when the original owner's career and family were both flourishing, Shi Ziwei, who had long been an official of the imperial court, suddenly sent people to destroy the Hang family.
Before dying, the original owner stared with eyes wide open, unable to understand why Shi Ziwei did this.
In fact, it is very simple. The original owner was his strong rival. He saw the original owner climbing up step by step and was about to stand in front of him. He was afraid. He was not sure if he could defeat the original owner again. He was afraid that the original owner would surpass him.
Therefore, in order to nip the threat in the bud, he had no choice but to do so cruelly.
After receiving the whole plot, Jiang Zui could only say that the original owner blocked the protagonist's way.
But he felt something was strange.
Logically speaking, the original owner had never offended the protagonist, so why did the protagonist harbor such great malice towards him?
Jiang Zui didn't understand, so he simply asked the system.
It turns out that all this originated from a dream.
Simply put, it is a small plug-in for the protagonist.
The protagonist met the original owner for the first time and had a dream that night.
In the dream, the original owner was the protagonist. She married Zhang Shili, the brother of her mentor Zhang Jing. With the help of Zhang Jing, she passed the imperial examinations step by step, was noticed by the emperor, and became the prince's teacher.
Finally, he assisted the crown prince and became the emperor's teacher.
Although he and the original owner were classmates, he could only watch the original owner achieve success while he himself lived a mediocre life and became a teacher in a country school.
There is a sharp contrast between him and the original owner.
After waking up from the dream, Shi Ziwei was unwilling to end up in the situation he had in the dream, so he relied on his memories in the dream to seize the initiative from the original owner.
"Host, the protagonist will have some small cheats, please be understanding." The system said embarrassedly.
Jiang Zui snorted and said sarcastically: "Little plug-in?! This is called a little plug-in?!
This cheat is not small."
MD, if this hadn’t happened, the original owner would probably have been the protagonist.
On the other hand, after Hang Huaijing returned home, he asked his servants to inquire about Jiang Zui.
After Hang's father and mother learned about this, they came to Hang Huaijing's courtyard and asked anxiously, "Huaijing, is the news outside true?"
"Huai Jing, I heard that you asked your servants to find out about the scholar named Jiang Zui?!"
"You are a boy, and you are chasing a man in public, and you are so shameless as to ask him directly if he is married. Do you still want a reputation? You don't want it, but your father and I do." Hang's mother said earnestly.
Hang Huaijing felt wronged instantly after being scolded by his mother. He lowered his head with a pitiful look and said, "Dad, Mom, I...I didn't mean it.
At the time, I was just a little excited.”
What if I don’t call Jiang Zui and he runs away?
Where can he find someone?!
"Excited?!" Father Hang asked in confusion, "What are you excited about? Are you attracted to her?"
As soon as the words fell, Hang Huaijing's eyes suddenly lit up, and he nodded repeatedly to Hang's father and said, "Yeah, yeah."
"Dad, Jiang Zui is very handsome and a very nice person." Hang Huaijing introduced excitedly.
Mother Hang pressed Hang Huaijing's forehead with her index finger and said unhappily, "I think you just like her face.
What else do you know besides the person's name? Age? Who else is in the family? What does he do? Most importantly, does he like you? Have you asked all these questions clearly?"
Hang Huaijing touched his head awkwardly and said shyly: "I only know that he is eighteen years old this year. As for his family and what he does, I don't know much yet, but I have asked the servants to inquire about it.
Although Jiang Zui didn’t say he liked me, he didn’t say he hated me either.”
Mother Hang glanced at Hang Huaijing and said, "Okay, after I found out, I sent someone to inquire about it.
Jiang Zui is a scholar and is currently studying at Moyang Academy.
His mother died of complications during childbirth. His father was a hunter. Three years ago, he went hunting in the mountains and accidentally fell off a cliff and died.
He can't even support himself now.
Given Jiang Zui's conditions, are you sure you want to marry him?"
Hang Huaijing not only did not feel embarrassed, but felt very sorry for Jiang Zui, "Jiang Zui is so pitiful."
Then he added: “What does that matter?
Jiang Zui can marry me, and I can support him."
"Raise him?!" Mother Hang pursed her lips and said helplessly: "Huai Jing, do you think Jiang Zui is willing to marry into our family?"
"I..." Hearing this, Hang Huaijing was stunned and said hesitantly.
Marry into the wife's family? !
As long as he is a man, how could he want to marry into the wife's family? !
What's more, Jiang Zui is a scholar.
Seeing that Hang Huaijing was speechless, Mother Hang consoled him, "Huaijing, Jiang Zui is a scholar and will take the imperial examinations in the future. Our family is a merchant family."
After a pause, he continued: "Besides, I don't think you really like her.
You just think Jiang Zui is good-looking.
If someone better looking than Jiang Zui appears, are you sure you will still like Jiang Zui?"
Hang Huaijing didn't even think about it and answered directly and affirmatively: "Yes, I believe there is absolutely no one more handsome than Jiang Zui."
Hang's father and mother had never seen Jiang Zui, so they were still shocked that their brother had a lover while going out.
He also developed a great curiosity about Jiang Zui. How handsome was he to be able to charm his own brother to such an extent?
They really wanted to see Jiang Zui in person.
As for the marriage between their brother and Jiang Zui, Hang's father and mother didn't take it seriously at all. They felt that Hang Huaijing was just acting on a whim and his enthusiasm would fade after a while.