Allure of a Country Maiden
Chapter 1122 - 119_1

Chapter 1122: Chapter 119_1

"Indeed, we must prepare in advance. Conquering the kingdom is easy, but it’s hard to keep it!" Xiao’er looked at the commotion on the street where Jinghao passed. The girls screamed and scattered flowers, and she could not help but feel proud with the sentiment of her own child growing up!

"Jinghao is so handsome, he almost sweeps all the girls off their feet on the street!"

Shangguan Xuanyi glanced at the women on the street after hearing this and felt that they were more captivated by Jinghao’s status as the top scorer, and the identity behind him, rather than by his looks!

If a man does nothing, no matter how handsome he is, he won’t attract so much screaming and applause.

When Jinghao passed beneath the Four Seasons Restaurant, Xiao’er was about to throw the rose in her hand.

"Let me do it." Shangguan Xuanyi snatched the rose from Xiao’er’s hand and then used some inner strength to launch the rose at Jinghao.

He was disgusted by the idea of his girl presenting flowers to another man.

Throwing flowers or a handkerchief at a man is a way to express love or admiration!

Jinghao sensed something flying towards him and quickly looked up, intercepting the rose as it was shot his way.

Looking in the direction from which the rose came, he saw Xiao’er’s guilty face and Shangguan Xuanyi’s challenging eyes.

Jinghao’s palm burned when he caught the rose: he seemed to have offended someone; was this an attempt to murder him~!

Just as Jinghao was about to look away and continue on, he noticed that his sister’s eyebrows were particularly thick today, which made her look very imposing! One might even say rugged!

He couldn’t help pointing at Xiao’er’s eyebrows, asking her what was going on.

Jinghao couldn’t stay too long, and didn’t wait for Xiao’er’s reply, he continued walking.

Shangguan Xuanyi glanced at the newly crowned scholars below the building, after a brief look he turned his head away, finally feeling satisfied!

"Brother Shangguan, how could you use inner strength?"

"I wanted to see how vigilant he is!"

Xiao’er: "Liar!"

Jealous for real!

Xiao’er didn’t bother about him anymore, she returned to the Marquis Mansion to join everyone for some fun.

Then she remembered how Jinghao had deliberately pointed at his own eyebrows and then at her. Was there something wrong with her eyebrows?

Xiao’er took out a mirror from her space storage, took a look, then angrily looked at Shangguan Xuanyi, and gritted her teeth, "Shangguan Xuanyi, how could you make my eyebrows so thick like a caterpillar!!!"

She was a young, beautiful girl, but due to these rugged eyebrows, she now looked neither male nor female!

She felt like she had become Crayon Shin-chan! No wonder the maid almost knocked over the kettle just now!

With her own perfectly curved willow-like eyebrows turning into caterpillars, wouldn’t you be scared too!

No wonder he wouldn’t let her look in the mirror!

Shangguan Xuanyi had already thought of a way to deal with it. He pulled out a suit of men’s clothes from his ring: "Girl, put them on. We are going to the Qionglin Banquet later! You just need to change your hairstyle, put on these clothes, and you don’t need to redo your makeup."

"Why didn’t you ask me to wear men’s clothes earlier?"

"Didn’t you want to throw flowers at Jinghao? Are you sure it’s appropriate to do this with a man’s identity?"

Illogical reasoning! Humph, don’t think she didn’t know his little calculations!

"Was I the one throwing the flowers just now?"

"It was me who helped you throw them!"

"I’m not going to the Qionglin Banquet. I’m going to the sightseeing boat. To punish you, you will stay at home and take care of the children tonight! Don’t follow me out!"

"Okay, I will take care of the children." Shangguan Xuanyi agreed readily.

Only after hearing his agreement did Xiao’er let him off the hook. She entered her space, wiped off her thick eyebrows and redid her makeup. She then put on even more beautiful clothes before leaving the mini world to head back to the mansion and take the children to the Marquis Mansion.

Watching Xiao’er’s transformation, a certain person had a sort of regretful feeling! But he didn’t dare mess around during the holiday anymore!

It can be terrifying when a certain person ignores him!

...

At this imperial examination, Zhiwen and Zhiwu also passed and ranked one hundred and tenth and one hundred and eleventh respectively in the second class. There were a total of 350 scholars in the second class, their ranks were above average, but it still made Mrs. Tan and Mrs. Liu Lin extremely happy as they had never expected their son and grandson to pass the exam on their first try!

"The heavens and our ancestors have truly blessed us, there are scholars in the Liu family! In my life, I’ve never thought that someone from our Liu family could become a scholar!" Mrs. Liu Lin cried old tears.

They went from the lowest level of farmers to the lowest status as a businessman. Although their lives improved, in this imperial capital where there are countless nobles, if it were not for the backing of the Marquis Mansion, who would give them a second glance.

"Grandma, didn’t we say that we were going to take the examinations for you?" Zhiwen saw Mrs. Liu Lin’s tears, and comforted her.

"Grandma, don’t cry. In the future, the two cousins will earn a decree for you." Jinghao also comforted when he saw her like this.

"Yeah, grandma, you should be smiling. This is a good day. In the future, not only will your grandson pass the examination, so will your great-grandson, your great-great-grandson, and... every generation will pass the examination!" Xiao’er kept repeating the word ’great’.

Everyone couldn’t help but laugh.

"Good, good, Grandma knows! Grandma is happy now." Mrs. Liu Lin wiped her tears.

Mrs. Tan laughed: "This time it was all thanks to Jinghao helping those two rascals revise, otherwise how could they pass on their first try! Tomorrow, I will choose an auspicious day and we will host a banquet at the Four Seasons Restaurant to celebrate. I’ll cover the cost of this banquet."

"Aunt, you are too kind, it was our hard work and study that made us pass the examination." Jinghao didn’t dare to take credit.

Having a good teacher is one thing, but whether the students are willing to learn and work hard to learn is another.

If students don’t pay attention to the teachings of a good teacher, no amount of words from a good teacher would matter!

"It was your contribution, I know!"

"If it weren’t for cousin Jinghao, we would indeed be a bit shaky! With so many talents in the world, thank you, cousin Jinghao!" Without experiencing it, without comparing yourself, you wouldn’t know how outstanding others are!

"Auntie is so generous, father, mother, you can’t undercut her! With such a happy occasion, we can’t offend her!" Xiao’er smilingly said.

"Yes, we won’t undercut her! Auntie, let your husband use all his private savings and throw a banquet!"

Liu Minhong was stunned after hearing this, "When did I have private money? Isn’t all the money in your hands? You manage all the shop accounts, the money I carry never exceeds one tael! If I don’t use the money for a month, next month it will be the same one tael sitting in my wallet, how can I afford this with only one tael!"

He wasn’t complaining when he said this, he was just worried that Mrs. Tan would misunderstand that he really had private money.

Everyone laughed after hearing this.