The fate was changed, the mistress of the Hou family was slapped in the face and made money to win

Jiang Suining walked to the first floor and was about to go out to take a look, but as soon as he went downstairs, he saw Jiang Mushi walking in quickly with a happy face.

"Sister, guess who the third place is!"

"Isn't it Chu Changhe?" Jiang Suining said.

"No, what I mean is, guess who Chu Changhe is!" Jiang Mushi's face was full of joy.

The next moment, the third place winner Chu Changhe walked in from outside the door.

Although he has grown taller and his features have become more angular, the face of the person in front of him is still very familiar.

"Chu Wei?" Jiang Suining was surprised. Chu Changhe was actually Chu Wei?

"Long time no see." Chu Changhe said with a smile.

Outside Ningxiu Restaurant, the people looked at it with increasing curiosity.

How come they had never heard of the great origin of this Ningxiu Pavilion? First, the top scholar entered, and then the third place scholar followed.

Shen Yanxi didn't expect that Chu Changhe also knew Jiang Suining and the others. I heard that many people from the Jiang family came to propose marriage during this period. Could Chu Changhe be one of them?

When this thought came to his mind, Shen Yanxi's heart instantly became uneasy. He wanted to go in and listen to what they were saying, but just as he was about to dismount, the accompanying yamen runner hurriedly spoke.

"Shen Zhuangyuan, please don't leave. The parade has just started. If you go in again, I'm afraid the people will be blocked here."

Although there is no hard and fast rule that the parade must be conducted throughout the imperial city, it has only just begun and one or two of them have already entered the restaurant. This is not a big deal. By then, only the runner-up will be left alone, which is really not decent.

Shen Yanxi frowned, but seeing the embarrassed looks of the yamen runners, he did not get off the horse again.

Come to think of it, if he just came out and went in again, would Jiang Suining be a little annoyed with him?

But Shen Yanxi was indeed worried if he just left like that, so he searched the crowd and after seeing Yuan Liang, he gave him a look and pointed to Ningxiu Restaurant.

Yuan Liang had just seen the third place winner enter, and he immediately understood what was going on. He nodded quickly at his young master, and then entered Ningxiu Restaurant.

Li Tiancheng, the runner-up, looked at Ningxiu Restaurant curiously. Although he didn't know why Shen Yanxi and Chu Changhe wanted to go in, it was really awkward for him to sit on the horse alone. If Shen Yanxi hadn't not dismounted in the end, he would have wanted to follow them in to take a look.

The parade continued. Shen Yanxi was worried about the relationship between Chu Changhe and Jiang Suining. He felt uneasy. He had never had any intention of being paraded in the first place, and now he just wanted it to end quickly.

Inside Ningxiu Restaurant, Chu Changhe explained with a smile as he saw Jiang Mushi's dissatisfied expression after his joy faded.

"I didn't go to the Jiang family, not because I don't consider you my friends, but I was delayed on the way to the Imperial City. I only officially arrived in the Imperial City the day before the imperial examination. The examination was about to start, and I thought I would wait until it was over. After the examination, I was worried that you would be disappointed, so I thought I would wait until the results were announced before visiting you."

Of course, he really didn't want to trouble the Jiang family. After all, he had already owed them a lot of favors before.

"If you fail the exam, will you not show up and just leave the imperial city?" Jiang Mushi snorted, obviously still angry about Chu Changhe's behavior.

Now it seems that I was not mistaken at the entrance of the Imperial Examination Hall that day. It was really Chu Wei.

"Of course not. If I hadn't passed the high school entrance exam, I would have definitely come to find you before leaving the Imperial City, and I would have also gone to the Jiang family to thank my uncle and aunt."

Uncle Zhang had passed away. After burying him, he found a secluded place and studied hard for half a year, and then came to the imperial city to take the exam.

But if it weren't for the silver donated by the Jiang family, he would not even have the money to bury Uncle Zhang, let alone the money to come to the imperial city.

Maybe at this moment, I am still working somewhere unknown, saving money bit by bit, and struggling for a living. I have neither time to go to the imperial city to take the exam nor time to study.

"Don't think I can forgive you just because you said that. I'm doing this because you're the third place in the imperial examination and I can't afford to offend you. Otherwise, I would have scolded you." Jiang Mushi said.

Chu Changhe smiled and said, "Then you should scold me properly. If you really have a grudge against me because of your status as the third place winner, it will make me feel worse than scolding me."

When he was a handyman in the academy before, Jiang Suining and Jiang Mushi never looked down on him. Although he has now passed the imperial examination and won the third place, in his heart, Jiang Mushi and the others are still friends who have helped him, and this will never change.

"I..." Jiang Mushi opened his mouth, but couldn't curse. After a while, he gritted his teeth and said, "Forget it, forget it. I won't bother with you this time, but if there is a next time, we won't be friends anymore."

"Okay, I promise it won't happen again." Chu Changhe immediately said with a smile.

Jiang Mushi thought for a moment and said doubtfully: "That's not right. You should be just now..."

"Mu Shi." Jiang Suining interrupted Jiang Mu Shi, "Don't say some things here."

She knew what Jiang Mushi wanted to say, and this was also the question in her mind. According to the age requirement, one must be seventeen years old to take the imperial examination, so Chu Wei should not be old enough yet.

But if there really was a case of concealing one's age, then this must not be made known casually in this restaurant, otherwise it would bring big trouble to Chu Wei.

Chu Changhe kept smiling, "I know what you are thinking, but it doesn't matter, I didn't lie about my age. I am sorry for hiding something from you. Actually, my real name is not Chu Wei. The age and name I showed to others in the Imperial City were my cousin's."

Chu Changhe paused, the smile on his face faded, and he sighed softly.

"After my second uncle passed away, my cousin was raised in my home. But half a year later, my father was convicted and beheaded. My cousin was young at the time and was frightened when he saw his father being beheaded. He fell ill and later died. My mother took me away from home, fearing that someone who knew about my father's affairs would recognize us, so she let me take my cousin's name and age. Later, my mother also passed away, and I wandered to the imperial city and was taken in by Uncle Zhang. I didn't want to bring trouble to Uncle Zhang, so I continued to use the name Chu Wei."

Before that, he often went hungry, was thin and short, so his age did not arouse suspicion.

"Then you are restoring your real identity now, is it because the emperor issued an order of pardon last year?" Jiang Suining asked.

"Yes, although my father concealed the truth before, according to the law, it should not be a capital crime. This punishment is too severe. After the decree of pardon is issued, I will not be affected anymore."

Chu Changhe stared, thinking that if his father had not been punished severely, perhaps his father would still be alive now, and his cousin and mother would not have died one after another.

Seeing Chu Changhe's solemn and depressed expression, Jiang Mushi patted his shoulder and comforted him: "No matter what, it's a good thing that you can restore your true identity now. What happened before can't be undone. Those who are alive should live well."

"I know." Chu Changhe nodded at Jiang Mushi, and the solemn expression on his face faded away.

Seeing this, Jiang Mushi smiled again, and his voice became louder because of his happiness.

"I will go home and tell my parents the good news, and then have someone prepare a banquet to celebrate for you. This is a great event."

Downstairs, Yuanliang, who had just chosen a seat and ordered a pot of tea, listened carefully to the conversation upstairs, but because their voices were not loud, he could not hear clearly and it was intermittent. But he still concluded that they knew each other before and were friends.

When he was about to leave and go back to report to his young master, he had just taken a few steps when he heard Jiang Mushi raise his voice and say "great joy!"

Big happy event?

Yuan Liang was stunned for a moment, and his mind reflexively thought of Xiao Cui's wedding. Could it be that the Jiang family was also going to have a wedding?