After rebirth, I became the stupid son of the Hou family

Jiang Chen waited for the parades of the past few days to end, then led the deacons and subordinates back to the Marquis Mansion.

Ah Fu ran back in advance to report the news to the old lady and his wife. After hearing this, the old lady happily ordered the whole family to come to the gate to welcome the new champion.

While everyone was looking forward to it, they saw a group of people coming from the east.In front of the deacon's ceremonial guard, it was clearly written, "The number one scholar returns home."

Wang Ma supported Li Susu, who was looking forward to seeing something, and kept looking at the team.

Jiang Chen saw that he immediately arrived at the gate of the Hou Mansion. From a distance, he saw everyone standing at the Hou Mansion to greet him. He threw off his saddle and pedal in advance and jumped off the horse.

The old lady had already walked towards Jiang Chen who had dismounted. As she walked, she shouted:

"Chen'er, my Chen'er is back."

When Jiang Chen saw it, he hurriedly ran towards his grandmother.When he arrived in front of the old lady, Jiang Chen lifted up the straps of his robe, knelt on his knees in front of her and said:

"Jiang Chen, I have met my grandmother."

The old lady immediately helped Jiang Chen up and said to him with tears in her eyes:

"Chen'er, get up quickly and let grandma take a look at you. Grandma really didn't expect that one day you would be admitted to the top of the imperial examination, which would really add glory to our palace. You are no better than before. Go back to the house with grandma as soon as possible."

After saying that, the old lady pulled Jiang Chen to go inside. Jiang Chen paused and said to the old lady:

"Grandma, please wait for me. I'll go give my mother a gift first."

After saying that, he broke away from the old lady's hand, came to Li Susu, lifted up his clothes and knelt down.

"My child, Jiang Chen, has met his mother."

Li Susu looked at the extremely noble Jiang Chen in front of her, and she was already filled with tears of joy. She helped Jiang Chen who was kneeling on the ground and said to him emotionally:

"Chen'er, I don't know how happy Mom is to see you like this. You really gave Mom a sigh of relief."

After saying that, she picked up Jiang Chen and started crying.

The old lady came to their mother and son and said to Li Susu:

"Susu, I know you are crying tears of joy. You should be happier than anyone else to see Chen'er become a talented person. Let's go back home first and then talk slowly."

Jiang Chen wiped away the tears on his mother's face, and followed her and the old lady to the hall.

All the servants at home also knelt on the ground to congratulate Jiang Chen.Only Liu Ruyi was left alone. After everyone had finished bowing, she said to Jiang Chen:

"Chen'er won the first prize. The old lady is very happy. I'm afraid I haven't even slept well in the past two days. Even I am happy for you. Although your eldest brother Jiang Feng also won the first prize, but you, the first prize, are not the same. There’s no way to compare.”

When Jiang Chen saw Liu Ruyi being polite to him, he said to her politely:

"Aunt Liu has received the award. Those who are not the top scholar are just Jinshi in the imperial examination. Hasn't my eldest brother returned home since the imperial examination?"

Liu Ruyi said quickly:

"Yes, he is busier than you, the top pick in a new subject, and I don't know what he is busy with."

I saw the old lady saying to him:

"Yes, Chen'er, your new top scholar, has returned home, and I don't know what he, the Jinshi, is busy with. I haven't seen him until now. If he can come back with Chen'er, we can all be together How joyful it must be to be bustling and lively.”

When Liu Ru saw what the old lady said, he quickly said:

"The old lady is right, who can say otherwise? It is already very good for Jiang Feng to pass the Jinshi examination. Look at how many people are qualified to be paraded in the streets. We alone have two in the Hou Mansion. Speaking of which, our Jiang Feng can be considered the best among many Jinshi."

The old lady ignored Liu Ruyi. She turned to Jiang Chen and said:

"Chen'er, I have ordered people to clean up the yard next to your mother. You should move back to live in the future. It is not far from the Shang Dynasty and the transportation is very convenient, so that grandma and your mother can , and I can see you from time to time. I am getting older, and your father is not by my side. You don’t know, but I feel very happy when you are by my side. In these years, your grandfather and father have both It's because I haven't come back for several years, and I always feel that my family is deserted. After a few days, the mourning period of the Liu family is over, and I will make arrangements to marry the young lady from the Liu family back to the Hou family. I will wait for a year and a half. Zai, give me another great-grandson, and our Jiang family will have four generations living under one roof, and it will be even more lively by then."

Jiang Chen saw that the old lady mentioned his marriage again. He originally wanted to talk to the old lady about this matter, so he took advantage of the situation and said:

"Grandma just mentioned my marriage, and Chen'er just has something to tell you."

The old lady looked at the grandson who looked like Pan An in front of her and said:

"If anything happens to Chen'er, just tell me directly. Whatever grandma can do, she will definitely do it for you."

Jiang Chen stood up, bowed to the old lady and said:

"Grandma, I want to cancel the marriage in the Liu Mansion, and I want my grandmother to help me."

When the old lady heard this, she also stood up and said to Jiang Chen:

"No, this marriage cannot be canceled. It was arranged by your grandfather for you. Now that Liu Guogong has passed away, it is even more impossible for us to unilaterally propose to cancel the marriage."

Jiang Chen saw that the old lady disagreed, but this was something he expected.He calmly said to the old lady:

"Grandma, the reason why Chen'er broke off the engagement with the Liu Mansion was entirely to satisfy the young lady of the Liu Mansion. Grandma should still remember that the Liu Mansion came to our Marquis Mansion to cancel the engagement a year ago, but at that time, Grandma relied on her own power to cancel the engagement. , I was stopped. Since Miss Liu Mansion did not think highly of me in the first place and wanted to break off the engagement, even if I forced her to marry her, Miss Liu Mansion and I would not be happy. Could it be that my grandmother could not bear to see me have a misfortune? Marriage? If I'm not even happy in my marriage, it will definitely affect my career in the future. I'm afraid that by then, it won't really be a trivial matter, so I ask my grandmother to think twice."

After the old lady listened to Jiang Chen's words, she slowly sat back on the original chair. She pondered for a moment and said to Jiang Chen:

"Chen'er, the Liu family came to cancel the engagement before. Maybe at that time, they didn't know that you would get better in the future. Let's also put ourselves in their shoes. After all, you just won the top prize now. You want to do it now? If you propose to break off the engagement, others will point at the backbone of our Marquis House. People who don’t know the inside story would think that since you won the top prize, you won’t miss your old relationship."

Jiang Chen continued to say to the old lady:

"Grandma, do you really feel sorry for Chen'er, or do you value such a false reputation? If you only care about other people's opinions, then I will marry the young lady from the Liu Mansion to the Hou Mansion for you. But if that is the case, I I will never step foot into the Marquis Mansion again. As long as my grandmother agrees, I will definitely keep my word."

When Li Susu saw that Jiang Chen was talking about this, she also said at the side:

"Old madam, I have a child named Chen'er. Don't you love this child very much? Do you have the heart to let Chen'er leave the Hou Mansion?"