Chen Jue's diligence over the past six months has been in the eyes of everyone in the Shen family.

Once the exam failed, not only the elders were worried, but even the maids and wives in the Songbaiyuan held their breath and were afraid of being unhappy for Chen Jue.

However, here, Chen Jue is still chatting and laughing in front of his elders at home, without any impact on his defeat.

Shen Rui was also worried about Chen Jue, for fear that he would show off his strength in front of his elders, and then he went to Songbaiyuan to see Chen Jue standing under the window of the study, looking a little confused.

Shen Rui sighed in his heart, thinking about how to relieve and comfort him, Chen Jue had already seen Shen Rui.

"Second Brother" Chen Jue looked calm, although he was a little confused, but he was not upset.

He gave Shen Rui to the study, looking like he wanted to speak but stopped.

"What's wrong? I'm so embarrassed?" Shen Rui asked with his own advice when he saw that he was so uncomfortable.

"Second brother, wouldn't it be too rude if I told my uncle and uncle to go back to Songjiang?" Chen Jue said a little pitiful.

After all, it is still a child. It is common sense to miss your relatives when you encounter setbacks, but you shouldn’t say that. After all, it is the identity of a heir. The response between heir and his own life is very sensitive.

However, seeing the elders of the second house are usuallyhave, they do not isolate the contact between Shen Rui and Chen Jue and Bensheng. After all, Shen Rui was already thirteen years old when Chen Jue became his heir. He was not an ignorant child, and it would be a bit ruthless to completely cut off his blood relatives.

Shen Rui is here because his father is not close to him and his grandmother doesn't like him. He is a half-brother. In addition, Songjiang is thousands of miles away from the capital. There has been no news on the four rooms in the past two years. Chen Jue's family is in Beijing after all, and although he is willing to distance himself, he can still see him occasionally during New Year holidays.

"Brother Jue wants to leave Beijing to relax because of the unfavorable hospital examination?" Shen Rui thought for a while and said.

Chen Jue shook his head: "It's not for this. There are no one else here now, so I tell the truth to my second brother. In fact, I have worked so hard for half a year to take back Songjiang to visit my grandfather to motivate myself... Now that I have failed, my intention to visit my grandfather has not changed. My grandfather is 83 years old this year, and I am really worried that I won't go back to visit..."

At the end, he was already filled with a feeling: "Actually, I regretted it in the exam room. If I had worked hard like my second brother and went to see my grandfather again after the examination, my grandfather would be happy. But there was nothing to complain about. If I could be on the list after half a year of sharpening my guns, wouldn't it be even more unfair to scholars who had lost their reputation for ten years?"

Shen Rui thought for a while and said, "Father, my mother shouldn't say anything here, but where is the second uncle?"

Chen Jue's eyes lit up and he said, "There is no problem for the second master. When we went south the next two years ago, we arrived in Songjiang first... The second master had already said that he would send me back to Songjiang from Nanchang to visit my grandfather. If I wait until I return to Beijing, I will try to pass through Songjiang as much as possible..."

Shen Rui nodded and said, "Since that's the case, it's okay... It's the end of June now, and when the heat of summer passes, you won't suffer on the road..."

Chen Jue cheered, how could he stand still?

He immediately looked at the hourglass, counting the time in his heart, and couldn't wait to say, "Uncle has a few more hours left to leave the yamen, why don't we go and talk to my uncle first?"

Shen Rui naturally did not object, so the two went to the main courtyard.

Xu was also worried about Chen Jue's side because of Chen Jue's failure. Now the second master and second wife are not at home, and Chen Jue's upbringing is their responsibility to be the uncle and uncle.

If it were other people, it was common for them to fail the imperial examination, even Chen Cang passed the first exam in the provincial examination. However, Chen Jue and Shen Rui were the same as Shen Rui, and Chen Jue was competing with him as his cousin. If Chen Jue failed, he would be unable to stand it.

When Xu saw that Chen Jue was not depressed, he came over with excitement on his face, he couldn't help but be surprised.

"Uncle, my nephew wants to ask you something, is that true?" After all, it was in front of the elders, and he was no longer as comfortable as in front of Shen Rui. Chen Jue said with a little restrained attitude.

Xu smiled and said, "Why did you use the word "please,"? What's wrong with the third brother? Just tell my uncle directly."

Chen Jue touched the back of his head and said, "My nephew went south with his father two years ago and passed by Songjiang. He told his uncle to visit him in two years... Unexpectedly, he returned to the capital halfway, but his uncle was old..." In the end, his voice became lower and lower, almost inaudible.

Xu was not a person who held his child at home. After hearing Chen Jue's request, he did not feel that he was rude and offended. Filial piety was the first priority. Chen Jue was raised by the clan leader himself. If he didn't even care about the relationship between grandparents and grandchildren, he would be a jealous wolf.

The reason why he chose another heir as Chen Jue was not only because he had a good relationship with Shen Rui was that he was the current clan leader and the future clan leader's youngest son. In the future, even if the elders of the second house passed away, the second house's younger generation would be able to receive protection from his relatives.

With this plan, there is naturally no intention to isolate Chen Jue from the sect room.

Even if Chen Jue is close to that side, the elders of the sect will know the right way, otherwise it will be another meaning in the eyes of the clan members.

Xu thought for a while and said, "The third brother used his skills a few days ago. It would be better to take advantage of this to travel in Beijing... But now the summer is not over, and it is not the time to leave. After the Zhongyuan Festival, the weather will cool down, and you can go south again... But in this way, the third brother may be on the road on the Mid-Autumn Festival..."

Xu has always been kind to the younger generation, but Chen Cang is quite majestic.

Seeing Xu nodding, Chen Jue was excited and nervous: "What's the matter with a festival? It's just... uncle... uncle's..."

Xu smiled and said, "Your uncle is going to say...You can rest peacefully for a few days. This time, since you have to go to the south, except for Songjiang Mansion, the third brother in Nanchang Mansion must also go there. This trip will take half a year, and I am afraid you will have to wait next year to return..."

Chen Jue has been too ruthless in the past six months, not like his usual character. Although it is a good thing to be ambitious, Xu is also afraid that he will ruin his body. Although he is the heir of the second house, fame is very important, if he uses his body to destroy it in exchange for fame and fortune, it will be more than worth the loss.

Chen Jue immediately smiled happily: "Of course I have to go to my father's side. My nephew made a few good friends when the year passed before... I missed him so much for many years..."

When Chen Cangluoya came back, he heard Xu mention this matter but did not object.

Young people shouldn't have studied hard behind closed doors. Even after failing the provincial examination, he also went out to Beijing to study. It is better to broaden his horizons than to be kept at home and complain.

But the third master heard that Chen Jue was going to go south, but he thought he could not bear the setback and sent someone to call him in front of him.

"You don't look like a child, why are you so ungrateful? You feel no shame in seeing people wherever you are? You are only in your teenage years, and this is the first time you lose your grade. If you can't stand this, wouldn't those with white beards and hair just hang themselves with a rope?" The third master snorted coldly.

Chen Jue hurriedly said, "Good third uncle, my nephew is not a person like Qiao Yongde... I really made an appointment with my uncle there when I went south with my father two years ago... I happened to be tired of studying a while ago. My nephew wanted to take the opportunity to take a break, so I thought about going south, going to Songjiang first, and then going to Nanchang's father's place..."

Seeing that he was not a fake, the third master looked a little slowed down: "That's great. If you think about hiding without seeing anyone due to a little setback, you are not worthy of being my nephew's journey to the imperial examination. How many people can go smoothly? Even the top scholar will have a time to fail, let alone you and me? Now it's just a child exam, and even a serious exam is not even a serious exam. When we arrive at the provincial exam, the imperial examination, there are many people who have been delayed for many years. Without a tenacity, it is difficult to get to the end of the imperial examination."

Chen Jue stopped listening.

When the third master saw that he listened honestly, he had no gloomy face on his face, and he was envious.

Before, he saw Chen Jue's efforts and thought about the four words "God rewards hard work", and thought that Chen Jue would pass smoothly. After all, compared with the same township examination, the college examination is much easier, and the number of admissions to the college examination in Beizhili is also more than other places. In addition, according to Shen Rui's previous "summary" learning method and detailed information on the examiner's resume, it is originally much cheaper than that of poor people.

Unexpectedly, the exam room was unpredictable, and if you were not careful, you would be defeated.

This made the third master wake up, and he was inexplicably afraid of the provincial examination next year. At present, although he was admonishing Chen Jue, in fact, the third master was also convinced himself.

"If you don't go out for good things, you will go thousands of miles." Chen Jue's failure to take the exam in the hospital was not a glorious thing. In a few days, all the relatives of the clan knew about it, but their ideas were different. However, there was no need to congratulate this matter. Everyone just had to do it but didn't know it. No one would be so ignorant and came to the door to talk about it specifically.

It was Qiao Yongde who was gloating. If he had to say how many cousins ​​of the Shen family were, Shen Rui was still far away. Chen Jue was his nominal cousin, and he was two years younger than him. He didn't have much respect when he was in contact. If he had to wait for the list in one day, wouldn't his tail be even more powerful?

What I am worried about is Guo, the eldest wife of the fifth wife.

Guo's youngest son Chen Quan thought of his youngest son, who was thousands of miles away from the capital. Even though the results of the examination in the hospital had already come out, he still didn't know whether Chen Quan was on the list.

Unlike Chen Jue, Chen Quan is already nineteen years old. This is the third time he has participated in the hospital examination. He studied hard for two years before going south. If he fails again, it will definitely be a big blow. Besides, the in-laws are also waiting, and the wedding dates of the two families will be scheduled to be held at the end of the year. If Chen Quan fails, it will not look good on the surface.

What "I hate iron but not steel" is sinking machinery.

In his opinion, Chen Jue is better than Shen Rui in everything. Before, he missed the relationship with the son of the young man, and it can be said that Sun and Xu are in the past. Now, even if Chen Jue does not surpass Shen Rui, he will not take the opportunity to take the lead.

But now he is no longer a brother, and he has no right to scold Chen Jue, so he can only say to his wife privately: "Brother Jue is really not good. He is like the Shangshu Mansion and needs his descendants to inherit the glory. Now a boy has been stuck in the trial. I am afraid that the elders over there will be disappointed with Brother Jue..."

Because the big master of martial arts is a woman and is thoughtful, he thought more: "The old man is the fifth uncle's brother, so he is naturally anxious about the fifth uncle. If he were the elders there, he would be optimistic. The fifth uncle and the second uncle Rui were both Geng, and the fifth uncle was no less than that of the second uncle Rui. If the fifth uncle passed the college entrance examination this year and ended with the second uncle Rui next year, it would be fine if both of his cousins ​​were defeated. If he went up and down, wouldn't it be embarrassing?"

Shen Ji shook his head and said, "I haven't heard that Brother Jue is the son of a young man, so he wants to let Brother Rui fail?"

The couple were talking when they heard the rushing footsteps coming from the yard.

He is square and respects rules the most. Seeing this, he can't help but frown.

I saw a manager running to the door of the main room and crying, "Uncle, grandma, the master has sent someone to the Beijing news to die..."
Chapter completed!