Spring Drunk Chang'an

When Xia's mother returned home, she was still cursing, "What a son of a bitch! He wants to be a scholar? Bah! He's destined to be that? He's a born butt-seller. How can his family turn things around?"

"I want to blind his heart and lungs!!"

"Okay, old woman, why are you saying that? Isn't our family troubled enough?" Father Xia sat cross-legged on the small bed, holding a wine glass, with an irritated look on his face.

Xia Mu lay in the stove, covering his eyes with his hands.

The expression on his face alternated between hatred and madness. After a while, he suddenly whispered, "Dad, Mom, ever since I informed the Second Master that my engagement with Liu Chang'an was off, he hasn't summoned me again. In fact, I even lost my job as a guard. Now I'm asked to guard the gate every day!"

"Could it be that the Second Master doesn't value my talent and martial arts? Rather, rather..."

"Because of Liu Changan!!"

He couldn't believe it.

Mother Xia's voice choked, and she looked up and exchanged a look with Father Xia.

The old couple had long guessed that the second master had ordered his family to do everything possible to marry Liu Changan because he had fallen for that slutty woman and wanted to commit adultery with her, but they couldn't tell their son this directly.

"Mu'er, you, don't think too much. Maybe, maybe the second master has too many things to do and he forgot you for a while!" Mother Xia comforted in a low voice.

Xia Mu didn't listen. He suddenly turned over and stood up with a ferocious look on his face. "No, mother, the second master is clearly blaming me for not doing my job well. I, I can't go on like this. What's the point of being a gatekeeper for the rest of my life?!"

"I have to think of a way. I have to regain the favor of the Second Master!"

"That loser Liu Wang'er has started taking the imperial examinations. If he passes, he can teach and become an official in the future. I, I want to be an official too! I want to be a third or second rank official, high up there. The Liu family will look down on me, and Liu Chang'an is trying to climb up the social ladder. Let them regret it!"

"Brother, what do you want to do?" Xia Shi looked at his brother's distorted face, feeling a little scared and excited.

The more successful his brother is, the more he can benefit from it!

"The Second Master has taken a fancy to that bitch Liu Changan. I will offer her to him. The Second Master will get what he wants and will definitely promote me!" Xia Mu said harshly.

There was a cold light in his eyes.

"Offer it? How, how do you offer it?" Xia's mother was stunned.

Father Xia's eyes flickered, as if he was thinking about something.

Xia Mu gritted his teeth, "Mom, don't worry about this. Anyway, find an opportunity to kidnap her, throw her to some brothel, break her legs, train her, rent a yard to lock her up, and then invite the second master over!"

"He can do whatever he wants!!"

"Of course it's as he wishes!"

The sinister and vicious idea reached the ears of the three members of the Xia family.

Father Xia shuddered and put down the wine glass in his hand unconsciously.

Mother Xia was a little hesitant and afraid. "Mu'er, this is not good, right? Those brothels are very harsh in their discipline. Besides, if she goes there, even if the Second Master likes her, she can't come back to the mansion as a concubine. Then, wouldn't that make her a mistress?"

"So what? My original wife doesn't want to be the wife? She deserves to be a secret whore!" Xia Mu said coldly, "This ungrateful bitch deserves this fate!"

"That's right, mother. Compared to my brother's future, which is more important, Liu Chang'an's life?" Xia Shi waved his hand disapprovingly, his expression even a little excited. He sneered and said, "Hehe, the Liu family spent a lot of money to support that useless Liu Wang'er to take the imperial examination. I don't know what he will get out of the exam~~"

"Even if he's lucky enough to pass the examination for the scholar degree, he still has to take the examinations for the juren degree and then the jinshi degree. If he passes, he can only be a seventh or eighth rank official, thrown into some poor county and become a lousy county magistrate. If my brother can be employed by the second master, he can send a letter to the Imperial City Guard and start as a sixth rank military officer!!"

"By then, we will be the families of high-ranking officials, wearing gold and silver and commanding servants!"

"Mom, don't be confused."

"I, I..." Mother Xia looked at the three men in the family with green light in her eyes. She couldn't wait to use the life of an innocent woman to exchange for wealth and fame. For some reason, she shuddered.

After a while, he murmured timidly, "Alright then, whatever you want, just do it!"

"I don't care about that."

"You're not needed!" Father Xia stroked his beard and stretched out his hand to call his two sons to his side.

The three of them started discussing while drinking.

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The next day.

It was the day when the county examination results were announced.

Under the red list, people come and go, and it is very lively.

When Liu Laishun and his family arrived, the teahouse on the street was already full of people.

Yes!

The results were announced today, and Liu Changan suggested that the whole family come together to bear the consequences together with Wang'er.

"How long have we been studying? Even if we were to study under the teacher, it would only be a little over half a year. If we could pass the examination, we would be very proud!"

"Whether or not I will pass the exam..."

"Winning is better, but not winning is normal. There's no reason for the smoke from our ancestors' graves to be rising every day!"

Liu Ai looked at the huge crowd of people in front of the red list. There were hundreds of them, so crowded that there was no room to move. Among the crowd were young scholars, middle-aged men in blue shirts, and white-haired old men.

You can tell at a glance that he has been taking the exam for who knows how many years.

I'm afraid the time my son spends touching books is not as long as the time other people spend referring to them.

This……

It’s normal to fail the exam.

Liu Ai has already begun to comfort herself.

"Mom, don't say such discouraging words. People with pale faces are smart. My second brother will definitely pass the exam!" Liu Sanxi put his hands in front of his eyes to block the sunlight and looked around.

She glanced at a small tea stall next to the household.

"Mom, Dad, Big Sister, look, there's an empty seat over there. Let's go over there quickly. The results will be announced in a while. It's so tiring to stand here."

"Good good!"

Upon hearing this, the Liu family members responded immediately.

The family of five moved to the small tea stall and found a place to sit down. The lady at the tea stall came over with hot tea and a stack of rough bowls, and said with a smile: "Dear guests, the tea is here!"

"Today is the day when the exam results are announced. My stall will give a plate of sunflower seeds to each table of students."

"I wish your family 'wins first place'!"

Smiling, she poured tea for the Liu family, placed sunflower seeds in front of Liu Wang'er, and whispered, "May the young master pass the imperial examination."

"Thank you, Auntie!" Liu Wang'er quickly stood up and bowed obediently.

The tea stall lady smiled more sincerely.

Most of the scholars who came and went were noble and aloof, so who would care about a woman like her? It was rare to see a young man like her.

The lady at the tea stall specially gave the Liu family an extra plate of sunflower seeds.

I really hope Liu Wang'er can win.

Seeing this, the Liu family thanked them and then waited quietly. Around noon, the door of the household office opened. Several yamen runners, armed with red lists and paste, climbed up the ladder to the big list and pasted the red paper with the names of the successful candidates on the wooden list. Then they shouted, "The results are out!"

“The results are out!!”