His Royal Highness, he is plotting against me

noon,

The Chen family hosted a banquet and warmly entertained the clansmen who came from afar.

Because there were no female relatives, Mother Chen just showed her face, said hello to the members of the Chen clan, and then went back to the backyard.

During the dinner, Uncle Chen once again thanked the Chen family on behalf of the family.

"Thanks to Yan Zhixian's family, the people of the clan can have a good life today."

Chen Abo told Chen Yanzhi and his son that in the past two years, their ethnology has been running very well, and all the children of the right age in the clan have entered the ethnology.

Especially last year when the nobleman went to Runan and built a women's school, the girls in the clan were all grateful to the nobleman from the bottom of their hearts.

The people of the tribe didn’t intend to send their daughters to the ethnology school at first, but Chen Abo’s daughter came back and saw that the ethnology in the clan was better than the one in the town, so she changed her mind and moved from the town. When he came back, he also put his two children into the ethnology.

A son and a daughter, a five-year-old and an eight-year-old, were sent to elementary schools.

Some of the older boys also studied arithmetic, carpentry, and crafts, and some of them had the basics. After two years of study, they were able to find jobs in the town.

The children all hoped to fly out of their poor village, and the people in the clan became more and more happy.

There is also the little granddaughter of the patriarch's family, who is 13 years old this year and started to enter a women's school last year. She likes embroidery, so she learns embroidery from the embroiderers of the women's school.

As a result, with this skill, this girl got engaged to the young master of the Du family from the silk and satin village in the town this year.

Now it's all right, the girls in the town want to send their children to their family school, and the granddaughter of the patriarch's family also made a good marriage because of the women's school.

What else is there to hesitate about?
Like chasing ducks one by one, they drove all the boys and girls who were running around into the ethnology.

Especially for those girls who are about ten years old, the family would rather give up their half-year-old labor force, just hope that they can learn a skill and marry a good family.

Chen Abo said: "I have brought gifts for the children this time, it is specially to thank the nobleman, but I don't know if I can deliver it to the nobleman."

It's not a rare thing, it's all made by the children themselves.

If you know how to embroider, you can embroider a handkerchief, purse, turban or something; if you learn how to make incense, you can make a sachet; if you can write well, you can copy blessing scriptures...

It's all the wishes of the girls.

When Chen Yanzhi heard the words, he immediately agreed: "As long as there is nothing illegal, I will bring it to the imperial concubine when I go home!"

But he said seriously again: "It's just this time, it won't be another example."

"The noble concubine and our Shangjing lineage help the clan. It's because we have the same roots, and we should watch out for each other. Since our luck is a little better, we can't just sit back and watch the clansmen still live in hardship. We can help each other. Just give me a hand!"

Uncle Chen and several young people from the clan were all moved.

"It's also a good brother, benevolent and righteous."

In this world, there is never a shortage of people who forget their roots after becoming rich.

"I came here to congratulate the imperial concubine and empress on behalf of the people in the clan, and to convey my gratitude to the children. Speaking of which, the little prince even visited our Chen Family Village last year!"

Chen Zhuolin thought for a while, then smiled and said, "It's true!"

The younger sister was diagnosed as pregnant after arriving at the Liu family, and she was already pregnant with the little prince at that time.

So Uncle Chen said that the little prince had been to their Chen Family Village, it was not a lie.

Because of this, the members of the Chen clan were overjoyed to know that after His Majesty ascended the throne, the nobleman Cheng was conferred the title of imperial concubine.

Not only Uncle Chen, but even members of the Chen clan looked so honored when they walked outside, so they had to kill chickens and goats to celebrate.

The county magistrate even came to Chenjia Village in person to ask the patriarch if they had any difficulties, and those who wanted help from the county just said nothing.

Chen Bianlin, who was sitting next to Chen Zhuolin, suddenly asked: "The brothers from the clan came with Uncle?"

He just heard that the clansmen seemed to be here for the exam.

But the exam depends on the place of household registration.

In other words, if the clan uncle came to Beijing to take the exam, then the hardships along the way would be in vain, and it might even delay the real exam.

So he had to ask first.

Chen Yanzhi also realized that he was also afraid that the clan sent these children to the exam.

"That's right, brother Yunmian, are these children with you?"

"It's not that I don't welcome it, but I'm worried that if the children come here for the exam, I'm afraid it will be a waste of time! The exam must be in the place of household registration."

Starting from the counties and counties, and then to the prefectures, the last hurdle is to go to Beijing.

With the region as the center, the selection is layer by layer, so all the household registration is looked at.

Fortunately, Uncle Chen shook his head:
"No, no, His Majesty's imperial decree is very clear. Each country organizes examinations at different levels according to household registration. This time, there are a few children in the clan who plan to try it, so they all stay in the village and concentrate on their studies with the masters. .”

"If they can enter Shangjing, they will not waste those precious books sent to the clan by my virtuous brothers over the years!"

Chen Yanzhi and his son breathed a sigh of relief.

He disapproved and said: "Brother Yun Mian's words are wrong. I believe that all the children in the clan are good. If it doesn't work this time, we can wait another three years."

"Theoretically speaking, the county examination, county examination and state examination are completed in one year respectively. After passing each examination, the examinees still have enough time to prepare for the next one. Passing this first exam shortens the time spent in various places by more than half, so it is inevitable that I am not prepared enough."

After finishing speaking, Chen Yanzhi changed his voice: "But I still believe in the children of our clan. After Brother Yun Mian returned, he told the children that I will wait for them in Shangjing."

Chen Abo nodded again and again: "Brother Yanzhi, don't worry, I will definitely encourage the children and let them go all out when I go back."

That being said, including Chen Abo, the patriarch and elders are quite confident in their hearts.

Because a few years ago, the Chen family in Shangjing started to let their family pay close attention to the children's study, and the content of the ethnology professors was also very different from that of the academies in the town.

But the Chen family is inexplicably confident, and they have already taken the lead.

It really deserves to have a family that loves concubines, and even the new policy after the new emperor ascends the throne can know in advance.

It is precisely because of this that the Chen family is even more in awe of the Shangjing branch.

After finishing speaking, Uncle Chen answered Chen Bianlin's question again:

"These children are the outstanding ones in the three-year clan assessment, except for those who are preparing to take the exam. I originally planned to send the children here in the spring, but because of this, the clan let me go This time, by the way, send the children here first, so that you can worry more about it."

"Although these children are not very smart, they are all down-to-earth and hard-working. The younger brothers are like their own nephews. If they do something wrong, they should be punished. The clan and their parents have no complaints."