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  You can't hide from the first test, but you can't avoid the fifteenth one either. Previously, there was still an excuse to prepare for the imperial examination, but now Li Mingyun has become a champion and been appointed as a compiler of the Hanlin Academy, although it's just a small official position of grade six, but the current court has always had the tradition that only those who are not jinshi cannot enter the Hanlin, and those who are not in the Hanlin cannot enter the inner cabinet. For a time, Li Mingyun became a popular figure, a new noble in the official circle, and social interactions naturally increased, unavoidable.

  Lin Lan received a soft gift receipt, while the old witch received a soft gift receipt.

  Everyone in Luoxiazhai was discontented. The second young master passed the imperial examination and became a top scorer, but it was the lady who got the greatest benefit.

  Lin Lan, however, looked unconvinced and scolded them, "This is the rules of the mansion, naturally we have to follow the rules."

  In this way, all the people in the mansion thought that this number one scholar's wife was too easy-going.

  Before long, the young master of the Jingbo Marquis's estate was celebrating his full moon, and Li Mingyu and his wife were naturally among the invited guests.

  Receiving the gift prepared by the old witch, Lin Lan couldn't help but scold: "This old witch is really shameless, actually giving just a golden lock, a pair of silver bangles, and two pieces of brocade to get rid of a beggar!"

  Li Mingyun smiled coldly: "Let her be proud for a few days." He then took out a box and handed it to Lin Lan: "Add this, all of these have Ye Shi's mark on them."

  Lin Lan glanced at him sideways, and every time she came up with an idea, Li Mingyun could always elaborate on it and make it even better.

  I guess he is planning another public opinion campaign.

  Lin Lan smiled slyly and took over the box.

  The two of them rode a horse-drawn carriage to the Lotus Mansion, where the male and female guests were entertained separately. So Li Mingyu and Lin Lan parted ways as soon as they entered the mansion.

  Lin Lan's mother came in person to welcome her.

  "Is the lady well? Is the young master well?"

  Mrs. Fang laughed with her eyes narrowed to a slit, repeatedly saying: "Good good, all very good, Little Master is white and chubby, one tease and he laughs, so cute! Just weighed him this morning, already 15 pounds!"

  It's almost there~

  Today, the guests at the Zhou residence welcomed her at the door. As soon as she entered the flower hall, Lin Lan's eyes blurred, and all she saw was a room full of ladies wearing colorful silk fabrics, shining with jewels and precious ornaments. Of course, she didn't recognize any of them.

  Mrs. Fang looked around in the crowd for a while, but didn't see the lady, instead, a maid recognized Lin Lan and hurriedly came forward to say: "Lady Li, the young master just wet his pants, the lady took him inside to change his diaper!"

  "Mrs. Li, please sit down for a moment, madam will be out soon," said Fang's mother with a smile.

  Lin Lan knew that Mrs. Fang was also busy, so she said: "Mrs. Fang, you go ahead and take care of your own business, don't worry about me."

  Lin Lan found a vacant seat and sat down, listening to several noblewomen chatting next to her.

  "The Li family has really made a big show this year..." said a refined and elegant noblewoman.

  "Isn't that so? To say that the second son of the Li family is really a man of character, he insisted on marrying a village girl as his wife, and it's said that he was locked up by Minister Li for a good while, but he didn't budge. In the end, Minister Li had no choice but to agree to let her enter the household. And then not long after, he took the top honors in the imperial examination with flying colors! A man with talent, looks, passion and integrity like him is hard to find again in this world..." Another woman chimed in agreement.

  Everyone echoed in unison, each with a face full of envy and regret. Envy who didn't know, regret... Lin Lan pondered, possibly regretting that she didn't become Li Mingyun's mother-in-law!

  Lin Lan was very interested in this topic and sat down to listen as well.

  "Hmph... they only know one side and don't know the other." A woman with a prominent cheekbone and a slightly stern face let out a cold snort.

  At once everyone stopped talking, and one person said: "What does Lady Wei mean?"

  Madam Wei sneered: "Why must the second son of the Li family marry that village girl?"

  Someone said: "Isn't it for repaying kindness?"

  Madam Wei's mouth curled up in disdain: "This is just right, taking advantage of kindness to get revenge, what ordinary woman can do? It's just those shameless rural women who have no sense of decency, they found out that the second son of the Li family has a prominent family background and exceptional talent, so they clung to him shamelessly. Alas... speaking of which, this second son of the Li family is also pitiful, his lifelong happiness was ruined by a rural woman, he can't even speak out about his suffering."

  Someone doubted: "Impossible! If it were true, Li Er Gongzi would still be able to make her unhappy with the family like this?"

  "This can't be fake, I heard it from Ye's family members who came from Feng'an, don't the Ye's know? They're the maternal relatives of Li Er Gongzi."

  "Is this really true? Poor Second Master Li." The crowd sighed and lamented.

  "That village girl is also too shameless..."

  "It's just that a woman with this kind of behavior will bring bad luck to whoever marries her."

  The crowd began to condemn Lin Lan again.

  Lin Lan smiled and handed a plate of pickled plums to Madame Wei, smiling and asking: "Madame knows quite a few secrets, doesn't she!"

  Madam Wei picked up a plum but didn't eat it, and said: "I also heard that the village girl is a shrew who made Li Gongzi suffer terribly, oh..."

  "What a pity! The marriage between our family and the Li's was ruined by this village girl from the very beginning."

  Madam Wei's face was sullen: "If I had known earlier that the village woman had an evil heart, I wouldn't have let her succeed."

  Lin Lan smiled as she looked at Madame Wei, so this was the wife of the Wei family's servant who insisted on marrying her daughter to Ming Yun. No wonder she hated her so much. But who did she mean by "the person from the Ye family"? Could it be Ye Xiang'er?

  "But I heard that village girl is quite skilled in medicine, and it's all thanks to her that Lady Jingbo was able to give birth to the young master safely." A woman walked over and said.

  Lin Lan looked and it was indeed General Huaiyuan's wife, Feng Shumin.

  "What does medical skill have to do with one's character?" Madame Wei retorted.

  "Hehe, I thought to myself, she's also kind to Madame Jingbo, so she should be invited today too!" Feng Shumin nodded slightly towards Lin Lan. Thinking to herself that this Mrs. Li was really interesting, able to listen to others' gossip with relish.

  These several ladies looked around, but none of them had ever seen that village girl, so how would they know what she looks like?

  Madam Wei coldly snorted: "Fortunately she's not here, if she were, I'd slap her in the face and make her know what shame is."

  Feng Shumin couldn't listen anymore and wanted to retort a few words back at her.

  But then Lin Lan covered her mouth and smiled lightly, handing over a plum blossom: "Madam Wei is indeed a straightforward person."

  Madam Wei saw this young lady and was very attentive to her, feeling a liking for her in her heart. She smiled and said: "I have always been one who speaks directly." After a pause, she asked: "May I ask whose wife you are? What should I call you?"

  Lin Lan was eating pickled plum and smiled: "My husband's surname is Li, I'm so sorry, I am the village woman that madam mentioned."

  Madam Wei's face was instantly radiant with embarrassment, her facial muscles twitching, extremely awkward. The other ladies who had joined in the criticism of Lin Lan also turned their faces away, either pretending to drink tea or covering their mouths with a handkerchief. In their hearts, they were all anxious and worried, as their own husbands were still trying to curry favor with Li Mingyu, yet they had already offended his wife.

  Feng Shumin looked at the embarrassed faces of those present, secretly laughing in her heart, and said behind their backs that they would see how they could get out of this situation.

  Lin Lan smiled warmly and said, "The marriage between the Wei and Li families was known throughout the city, but it ultimately fell through, so it's no wonder Mrs. Wei hates me. However, the word 'marriage' really does depend on fate, and all I can say is that Mrs. Wei's daughter and my husband were not meant to be."

  In a few words, it was lightly mentioned that the previous slander of Madame Wei was attributed to Madame Wei because she had maliciously slandered her after the failure of the marriage proposal.

  "I would like to apologize to Mrs. Wei here and wish the Wei family's sister a speedy marriage to a good husband." Lin Lan said with a smile. Then, without regard for Mrs. Wei who was already flushed red in the face, she stood up and bowed to Feng Shumin: "Mrs. Lin, I didn't expect to meet you here."

  Feng Shumin warmly grasped Lin Lan's hand and smiled reproachfully, saying: "You still remember me after all these days without coming to see me..."

  "Didn't Mingyun have an exam recently? I couldn't leave because I had to take care of him..." Lin Lan said with a virtuous expression.

  The two of them walked away laughing and chatting.

  "This Mrs. Li is really good at holding her temper, listening to us scolding her like this, she doesn't show any sign of emotion." someone whispered.

  "I don't think her words and actions are like those of a rural village woman at all." someone else said.

  "Hmm! I think so too..."

  "Hey... we said that about her, she didn't get angry at all, she's a generous person."

  "Let's just forget about it! It's better if we don't listen to such rumors." Someone cast a disdainful glance at Madame Wei and got up to leave.

  Madam Wei's face grew increasingly somber.

  Lin Lan and Feng Shu Min walked to a quiet place, where Feng Shu Min said, "Just now, why didn't you say anything, just letting them arrange things."

  Lin Lan smiled and said: "I think it's quite interesting, I just took it as a joke."

  Feng Shumin smiled and said: "I think you're deliberately trying to make fun of them."

  Lin Lan covered her mouth and smiled lightly, which was tantamount to acquiescence.

  Suddenly, a maid came in and announced: "The young master's wife has arrived..."

  Lin Lan looked over and saw a group of maidservants surrounding Qiao Yunshui as she came out. Qiao Yunshui was wearing a bean green dress with a pomegranate pattern today, her black hair styled in a peony bun, with a gold hairpin inserted at an angle, and a coral and pearl flower on the side of her forehead. Her skin was white with a hint of red, and her face had a smile, looking radiant and full of energy, obviously having recovered very well.

  Before Lin Lan could even greet her, Qiao Yunxi had already seen her and quickly walked towards her.

  "Mrs. Li has finally arrived."

  Lin Lan smiled and said: "Can I not come for Xiao Shizi's full moon?"

  Qiao Yunxiao smiled and said: "Quickly bring over the young master for Madame Li to take a look."

  The wet nurse hastily carried Little Shizi forward.

  Lin Lan gazed at the baby in the swaddle, with a white and chubby smiling face, a pair of big black eyes, a high nose bridge, and a small pink mouth blowing bubbles, which was extremely cute.

  "Can I have a hug?" Lin Lan asked happily.

  "Of course." Qiao Yunxi smiled and said.

  With his wife's consent, the wet nurse carefully handed little Shizi over to Lin Lan.

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