In the afternoon of the same day, they set off and left Hanchan Temple. Mrs. Meng originally planned to stay in Chen Biyue for more days, but Chen Biyue cleverly declined.

On the way back to Meng’s mansion, Meng Shu said to Mrs. Meng: “My grandma, do you know that the old lady in Chen’s mansion is also in Hanchan Temple?”

"Lady Gan?" Mrs. Meng frowned slightly. Her only impression of Mrs. Gan was only about ten years ago. At that time, the Shen family came to propose marriage. Duke Chen Qi of Wei and his wife Gan came here in person. She had already married Meng Zhi, the second son of the Meng family. Meng Ru had a good relationship with her, so she insisted on taking her to meet the people from the Shen family.

She thought the Shen family attached enough importance to it, and Meng Ru liked Chen Zhi, so she would not endure hardships after marrying her, but she didn't know that things in the world often went against her wishes. Meng Ru died in just five years after she got married, leaving only a pair of children. Chen Zhi ignored everyone's objections and quickly brought his concubine Gan Ling as his official wife. This action really made the Meng family feel disappointed.

"You mean Mrs. Gan is in Hanchan Temple?"

"I also heard my little cousin mention it accidentally. In order to pray for God's protection, Mrs. Gan let her cousin and others be able to go to high school in one go, so she had already moved to Hanchan Temple for a month. I really don't understand. She couldn't stay at home and insisted on going to vegetarian food and chanting Buddha's name." Meng Shu curled her lips with disgust.

This old lady Gan is really strange. If anyone can make a wish come true, there will be not so many miserable people in the world.

"My mother, don't think about it anymore. These are the little cousin's own business after all. I believe she will handle it well." Seeing that Mrs. Meng's expression was not very good, Meng Shu quickly comforted her.

"No matter how she said that she was still a child, alone in the Shen Mansion..."

"Isn't there still a big cousin?"

When talking about Chen Tingxuan, Mrs. Meng felt silent. Meng Shu blurted out on a whim just now. Seeing that Mrs. Meng was used to this, she didn't follow her and consciously turned to other topics.

Xiangguo Duke's Mansion

Zhang Bang wandered outside Zhang Cheng's study and didn't dare to go in. It was his grandfather Zhang Cheng who asked him to come over. As for what he wanted to say, he still knew what he wanted to say, otherwise he wouldn't have been wandering for so long and didn't dare to go in.

"Third brother." He called him alone.

Zhang Bang turned his head and saw that it was Zhang Lun who had come over.

"Big Brother."

"Why are you here?" Zhang Lun saw his desire to speak, "Did it be your grandfather summon you? Why didn't you go in?"

Zhang Bang was hesitant, and from his expression he could see that he was a little frightened. In the end, he only said two words "It's okay".

"Just go in. I happen to have something to look for my grandfather, and these things are also related to you."

Zhang Bang's heart skipped a beat. Looking at the door of the study in front of him, he felt like a purgatory that was waiting for him to die at any time.

As soon as he entered, he met Zhang Cheng's face that was suppressing his anger, but he still walked over with his teeth and called out "Grandfather."

"I'll talk about your affairs later." Zhang Cheng was unwilling to talk about these things in front of Zhang Lun.

"Lun'er, you came here specially, but what's there to say?"

"Grandfather, things are getting big." Zhang Lun's face was a little serious, and he turned to look at Zhang Bang, "Third brother, please honestly answer, have you kept an outdoor room outside?"

Zhang Bang subconsciously glanced at Zhang Cheng and nodded with difficulty.

Zhang Lun carefully told Zhang Cheng about the matter about Changyifang, "...but before the interrogation was made, the woman living alone suddenly died. After verification, she did not commit suicide, but her maid deliberately killed her in order to obtain her master's money and made the illusion of committing suicide."

Zhang Bang lowered his head and no longer dared to look at the expression on Zhang Cheng's face. He could only feel the angry gaze that Zhang Cheng had been projecting over.

"That woman is the inner room where my third brother is kept outside. This matter was extremely secret, but I don't know who found His Majesty's side. His Majesty was furious and ordered his third brother to face the wall in the mansion to think about his mistakes and not participate in this year's imperial examination. He has sent someone else to serve as a doctor in the position of a third brother."

Not only Zhang Cheng was angry, but Zhang Bang was also shocked. He didn't know the news yet.

"My... grandfather, I clearly gave them money. I gave them a lot of money for those families whose houses were burned. They promised not to make a big deal, so they stopped."

"Idiot!" Zhang Cheng finally couldn't help but curse, "Do you think it's okay to seal their mouths? At this critical moment, what you should think about is not how to make up for the mistakes, but how not to make mistakes. How many people are staring at our Zhang family and expecting us to make mistakes. The Zhang family is at a critical moment and can no longer make mistakes. As a result, you are so lucky. Seeing that one of them is useless, you actually keep an outdoor room silently and make two women make trouble like this."

Zhang Bang was at a loss and could only keep looking down at the ground.

When Zhang Cheng saw his appearance, he was so angry that he didn't even get angry, and he felt a sense of regret.

"Grandfather, since the third brother's affairs have become a foregone conclusion, no one can change it. Now we should think about the next countermeasure."

"Your Majesty attaches great importance to the scientific examination, but I am afraid that there is no possibility of us intervening. If we act again, we will definitely make him unhappy."

"Where is the Empress Dowager?" Zhang Lun asked tentatively.

"Don't tell her that her impulsive and extreme temperament can't help but be angry. If she runs to ask His Majesty for trouble, it will put the Zhang family in a more awkward situation." Zhang Cheng slowed down, "Lun'er, go out first, I have something to say to Bang'er."

Zhang Lun wanted to persuade him, but he also felt that Zhang Bang did something wrong and he didn't say anything, so he quit.

"Grandfather...I..." Zhang Bang was about to speak, but was interrupted roughly by Zhang Cheng.

"Where is that thing? Was it lost?"

Zhang Bang's face turned pale, "How could grandfather know..."

"I have any things you can hide from me. I have always known about your outdoor room. I thought it was an excellent hidden place, but I didn't know that the woman you raised was the one who was the one you raised in the end."

Zhang Cheng was angry when he said this. He swept his sleeves hard and swept all the things on the table to the ground. A bunch of things fell off, making a huge noise, which scared Zhang Bang so much that he shivered.

"Grandfather, Fu Cui..."

"Why, I haven't figured out how to punish you yet. You are already thinking about pleading for that woman? It's really unhappy to make her die so easily!" Zhang Cheng's chest kept undulating, "Bang'er, how did I tell you that that thing is crucial to our Zhang family. How can you...Do you think that if you put something there, you will have no worries from now on?"

"My grandson hasn't thought so."

Zhang Cheng snorted coldly, "Do you know who took it?"

"Grandson... Grandson did not send anyone to guard it at that time, so I don't know."

"What happened to the house, you didn't send anyone to guard it?" Zhang Cheng stared at him in disbelief, unable to believe that he would do such a stupid thing.

Zhang Bang quickly explained: "So what grandson thinks. That person may just want to lure the snake out of the hole. If grandson sends someone but the other party finds something by following the clues, wouldn't he fall into the trap of the other party?"

"Idiot!" Zhang Cheng pointed at him, so angry that he couldn't say a word for a long time. He lost all the things and said nothing. He finally waved his sleeves hard, "Get out!"

Zhang Bang had been so scared that his whole body was wet. When he heard this sentence, he retreated out as if he was relieved.

Zhang Cheng held on the table with one hand, his eyes and face were gloomy.

The dragon talisman was stolen. The emperor must not know about this, otherwise the Zhang family would have no way out.

The day of the imperial examination came soon. Chen Biyue got up early that morning and looked in a great mood.

Mo Sheng thought she would go to see Chen Tingxuan, but he didn't know that she had been staying in the front yard to bask in the sun after breakfast.

"Girl, I don't understand one thing. Why can the eldest young master take the exam like other candidates? Didn't he have to take the exam before that?" Mo Sheng also understood some of the scientific examination systems in Daning.

"There are different backgrounds, and the treatment is naturally different. Yong'an is a place where the strong prey on the weak. If you are humble and want to make a name for yourself, it is almost impossible, unless you are born with a great talent."

"Don't the girl really plan to send a trip to the eldest master quietly?"

Chen Biyue closed her eyes comfortably, "What am I going to send him to do? Can I get him to high school in one go?"

Mo Sheng is speechless.

"If you can, then it's okay to ask me to send it ten or eight times. Besides, if my elder brother doesn't make the list and I'm still looking forward to it in the future, I won't be ashamed to death."

After thinking about Chen Tingxuan's sloppy appearance, Mo Sheng felt that his girl was talking nonsense again.

"You go and see the Linghua, why is it so slow to serve tea and dessert?"

Mo Sheng went, but he came back in a short while.

Chen Biyue was just curious about why she came back so soon, and when she turned around, she saw her hands in her sleeves, as if something was hiding.

She couldn't help but raise her eyebrows and saw Mo Sheng hurried over, take out the things from her sleeve and hand them to her.

"Before I reached the kitchen, someone suddenly threw this away. Fortunately, no one around saw it."

Chen Biyue took it and it was a letter. When she opened it, she saw that it was almost blank. She only wrote the word "Duowu" in the corner.

"Take it and burn it." She threw the paper to Mo Sheng, then got up and walked into the room. When she came out, her clothes had been changed, she also put on a thin coat, and her hair was combed neatly.

"Miss is going out?" Mo Sheng was stunned, "I'll go with you."

"Okay, go and tell Linghua and Wenchi, I'll wait for you, hurry up."

The master and servant went out from the side door. When the carriage turned around and saw a carriage with the charming Shen Mansion parked at the gate. The Shen family all stood beside the carriage. Chen Tingxuan and Shen Tingjun were standing by the carriage and just turned around to get on the carriage.

Gan Ling glanced at the carriage, was a little surprised, and pulled Chen Zhi's sleeve, "Husband, look, the one who just passed by is not Yue Jie'er, right?"

The only person who didn't come out to see him off was the only one who left in the carriage of Shen's mansion.

Chen Zhi naturally thought of it, and his face suddenly sank, "Today's Xuan pediatric examination, it's okay if she doesn't come on such an important day, she actually ran out by herself!"

Gan Ling glanced at Chen Qi's face, which was not very good-looking, so she sighed and said, "It's not her fault. After all, Brother Xuan has not been close to her since she was a child, and her temperament is so difficult to get close to. It's normal for her to be alienated from Brother Xuan. Naturally, she won't be as close to Brother Huan and Brother Jun, so it's not easy to blame her."

"Let her go, just pretend I have never given birth to this daughter!" Chen Zhi was so angry that he left.

Chen Bihuan looked at Chen Tingxuan and Shen Ting both getting on the carriage. When she turned around, she happened to see the little pride that passed by Gan Ling's eyes. She couldn't help but lower her eyes and slowly stood back to her.

Chen Biyue put down the curtain of the car, leaned back gently, leaning against the shaking car wall.

"Girl, tell the girl in Ci... If someone knows that the girl has left the house, will there be those unnecessary misunderstandings again?"

"What misunderstanding?" She seemed to find this statement interesting, and her voice was filled with a smile.

"That's right, the misunderstanding girl didn't take the eldest master in her heart. She was cold-blooded and didn't care about her own elder brother."

"Isn't this just what they want?"

"But it's not good to spread."

"Mo Sheng, I will teach you something. When doing things, never care about what reputation you have gained. The final result is the most important. How many people in this world are burdened by reputation? The Shenfu is the best example."

Mo Sheng nodded without understanding.

The carriage arrived at the fifth floor of Chongwu. Chen Biyue put on the curtain and as soon as she stepped in, a friend came up to him.
To be continued...