CH 32.7

This maid recently took over the job of cleaning up the carriage.

As she cleaned up, she felt that something was wrong.

First, their young lady will basically not drink all the tea, and generally, more than half of it will be left there.

Second, their young lady will not finish eating the melon and fruit pastries, and usually more than half of them are left there too.

But this time, the teapot is empty.

The melon and fruit pastries are also gone.

Although the maid felt a little strange, she still cleaned everything up in great detail.

Then she opened the hidden compartment one by one to check whether the items were complete, and if some things were missing, she would timely fill it up.

As a result, she was extremely shocked when she opened the hidden compartment of their young lady’s rouge and powder box.

Because that hidden compartment is empty.

There is nothing in it, including the feathered hand mirror that their young lady likes!

The ranking of the Spring Imperial Examination came out in the morning at Sishi[1], and it didn’t take long for the entire capital to know that Ji Mingshuang took the first place, and Wu Wei’an took the third place.

The scene of Wu Wei’an covering his face and crying  in public was even more vividly spread by everyone.

Even his self-reported event of sleeping for two hour a day during the time he prepared for the Spring Imperial Examination has evolved into studying hard and persevere in his studies in spite of hardships all night every day, and he will squint for a while only if he can’t hold it anymore.

When the Spring Imperial Examination came to an end, Ji Mingxi rarely returned home for lunch

Today’s lunch in the Ji Mansion is very rich, all to celebrate Ji Mingshuang’s good results.

After lunch, the four siblings rested and chatted while sitting on the beautiful couches in the study.

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Ji Mingyan held his chin in his hands and regretted: “We should keep Brother-in-law and his second brother for dinner.”

Ji Mingxi drank his tea unwaveringly, and sighed slightly: “I didn’t expect that this child Wei’an would really got the third place in the test.”

Ji Mingshuang also hasn’t figured it out yet, but he put forward an explanation that even he himself doesn’t believe: “How can his result be like that? Eldest Brother, could it be that the scholars in the Imperial Academy made a mistake?”

Hearing this, Ji Mingyan sat up straight and began to discipline his younger brother.

After all, at home, apart from Ji Mingshuang and Ji Yunxi, he is the youngest.

As for their Third Sister, Ji Mingyan has never needed to discipline her. So, there is only one person left that he could discipline, that is, Ji Mingshuang. So as long as there is an opportunity to discipline his younger brother, Ji Mingyan will definitely not miss it.

“Mingshuang, how can you think so!” Ji Mingyan said bitterly, “You were also there this morning. Didn’t you hear what Brother-in-law said? He has been persevering in his studies in spite of hardships all these years, so isn’t it just normal for him to have the result he has today? It’s not that I want to criticize you, Mingshuang. If you have half the efforts of Brother-in-law, you can take part in the Imperial Examination at the age of ten already, and even grandly become the number one scholar!”

Ji Mingshuang: “??”

Ji Mingxi didn’t know what happened in the morning, so she asked: “What did Wei’an say this morning?”

Ji Mingyan then vividly tells in detail what Wu Wei’an said.

Ji Mingxi listened and then put down the tea cup in his hand. He showed a very moved expression: “Brother-in-law has never said these before.”

Ji Mingyan thought he knew his Brother-in-law very well, so he answered on his behalf: “Over the years, too many people have looked down on Brother-in-law, and Brother-in-law has lost confidence in himself too. Therefore, he dare not say that he studied so hard in his early years. Otherwise, if he already tried hard and still achieved nothing, wouldn’t it make people look down on him even more? But in the end, he got through it. These days, I was by Brother-in-law’s side, and I really felt sorry for him. So Mingshuang, you can’t look down on Brother-in-law like this anymore. Speaking of which, Brother-in-law is much more amazing than you.”

Ji Mingshuang: “???”

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[1] Sishi: the period of the day from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.