Zhulan couldn’t help thinking, no wonder they chose a person who was responsible for appearance every term, he was completely able to withstand damage, being hit by a fake flower was not painful, but if there were piles of fake flowers, it would really hurt.

Zhou Shuren had heard his grandson’s cry a long time ago, and his eyes were always on Zhulan, but Zhulan didn’t look at him, but looked at the pretty boy behind him, unhappy!

Zhou Shuren thought to himself with a dark face, let more flowers rain down, smash the pretty boy to death!

Zhulan retracted her gaze and saw Zhou Shuren pursing his lips with an unhappy look on his face. Zhulan curved her eyes and made a heart shape with her thumb and index finger.

Zhou Shuren saw it clearly and had some smiles on his face.

Li Shi turned her head and saw her mother-in-law’s gesture, “Mom, you made the gesture of twisting the silver bill to Dad, are you asking Dad to hand in the reward? Mom, is there a reward?”

Zhulan, “.”

She refused to answer, it was clearly a confession, but when it came to Li Shi’s mouth, it became asking for money!

Boss Zhou thought, it was not just him who gets cocky when he was happy, Li Shi was the same. She even dared to ask his mother like that outside!

Xue Han covered her mouth with a handkerchief, her sister-in-law really made her laugh to death, it was a good thing that she could think of that!

Zhulan was too lazy to look at Li Shi anymore, she turned her head back to look at the street, forget it, the front team had passed, the team behind was older, the people on both sides of the street had lost their enthusiasm, those who stretched their necks out had retracted their heads, it was time to eat snacks, it was time to drink tea, waiting for the parade to return.

Zhulan calculated the time, it would take at least an hour to return from the parade, she sympathized with Zhou Shuren, Zhou Shuren was also really tired, he had to ride a horse for three hours total, luckily it wasn’t summer, otherwise they would have suffered from heat stroke.

Zhulan asked Boss to call the waiter in, and ordered a few famous dishes, anyway, there was no owner at home, so they all ate in the restaurant.

Yang Zhumu sipped his wine. His meifu was an official, and he also had a wài shēng who was the top scholar. The more he drank, the better he tasted, as if he had not sobered up from the drunkenness yesterday.

Zhulan had finished his meal, but Zhou Shuren was hungry and had to continue the parade with a stiff butt.

When they finally came back, no matter whether they were excited or calm, their eyes were dull. They were simply exhausted, but they had to cheer up and go back to the palace for the banquet!

Zhulan felt sorry for Zhou Shuren. If she had known, she would have secretly packed two snacks for Zhou Shuren.

Zhulan glanced at Wu Ming again. Wu Ming, who was in poor health to begin with, had a pale face. It was painful enough for him to be paraded through the streets.

The team walked towards the direction of the palace. Zhulan stood up and said, “Let’s go back too!”

Li Shi felt satisfied. She could show off when she returned to her hometown. She was the only one among the three daughters-in-law who saw their father-in-law’s parade in person in the capital!

Li Shi was very happy. The Zhou family was an official family. This morning, she went out for a walk and many people flattered her. Thinking of this, Li Shi covered her mouth and laughed.

Zhulan, “.Restraint.”

It was scary to laugh suddenly. People who didn’t know would think something was wrong!

Li Shi quickly shut her mouth, but she couldn’t help laughing!

Zhulan pulled her daughter and said to Boss Zhou: “You take Li Shi back slowly!”

Zhulan got on the carriage.

Boss Zhou, “.”

Mom, he also wanted to go back with the carriage!

Zhulan got on the carriage and saw many people picking up fake flowers on the street. People were collecting them at the corner of the street. They had already collected several bags. Zhulan touched her chin. They really know how to make money. The recycled fake flowers could be sold again. People in the capital were decent and would not buy the picked fake flowers, but it was different in other places. The fake flowers that had been smashed on the top scholar were worth having. It was also good to get some luck!

On the way home, Zhulan also saw many trampled fake flowers. The shops that made fake flowers had made a lot of money that day.

When they got home, Zhulan had just gotten out of the car when Xinghua, who was guarding the gate, came forward and said, “Madam, the Third Master is here.”

Zhulan took a moment to react, “What Third Master?”

Xuehan tugged at her mother’s sleeve, “Mom, the Third Master is my Third Brother.”

Zhulan, “.”

She really didn’t react, and had only been listening to the calls of “Uncle, Uncle”. Well, she had to get used to the new name again.

Xinghua continued to reply, “The Third Master just got home and is washing and changing clothes.”

Her second son Yushui also came with him!

Zhulan thought to herself, this kid was great, he dared to come to the capital on his own, he was indeed the most courageous one in the family.

Zhulan said to Xuehan, “Take Mingteng and Yulu back to rest, you have been tired all day today.”

Xuehan said obediently, “Mom, you have been tired all day too, don’t tire yourself too much.”

Zhulan sighed, Zhou Shuren’s identity had changed, and the family members had changed a lot. Boss Zhou had become more stylish, Li Shi had some noble lady’s demeanor, and Xuehan had completely become a lady of an official family, paying more attention to her words and deeds.

As for the two children, they have changed a lot. Ming Tengwas called the Young Master when he went out. Yu Lu probably listened to Li Shi’s nagging too much and didn’t care much about beauty anymore.

Zhulan went back to the house, and Chang Lian rushed over with his hair still wet, “Mom, your son kowtows to you.”

Zhulan, “Get up quickly, you’ve worked hard all the way to the capital.”

Chang Lian clenched his fists excitedly. He really didn’t expect his father to be so powerful that he actually became the Bangyan. Oh, and he also had a brother who was the Zhuangyuan.

After the news that his father had passed the imperial examination was quickly sent back to Pingzhou, his Jiěfu treated him better, and of course, people schemed against him more. He really couldn’t bear it. In the past, the old foxes were polite in their schemes against him, but as his father became more and more powerful, they started to scheme against him seriously.

He realized how naive he was as a young bird.

He didn’t want to come to the capital at first, but he didn’t expect his Jiěfu to take over so quickly. Without his Jiěfu’s protection in Pingzhou, he hadn’t been calculated by the old foxes yet. He made up his mind to follow him to the capital so that he could witness with his own eyes whether his father passed the imperial examination. He never expected that after rushing all the way, the announcement day would still pass. However, as long as the result was pleasing, it was fine. His Jiěfu even sent him home before leaving!

Well, he really had to rely on his father. He realized that his father was the only one he could rely on at the moment!

Zhulan waited for a long time but Chang Lian didn’t reply. She could see that he was very excited. She decided to wait until he calmed down before asking!

(End of this chapter)

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