Chapter 62 Part 2 - Top of The List (1/2)
One day, two days, three days, four days, five days. At last it was the morning of the fifth day. Surprisingly, all the gambling dens in the city opened their doors early in the morning to welcome customers. The continuous stream of gamblers crowded the gambling dens’ doors, making them impenetrable. In addition, the tea shops and restaurants were also exceptionally bustling with excitement today and every seat was taken by guests. Even those shabby, tiny taverns that usually had no visitors during the day were jam-packed with diners.
What the people were discussing enthusiastically about was precisely the notice that would be put up today.
“In the Imperial College’s notice of successful examinees today, don’t know how many handsome and talented youngsters will fill Yanjing this year.”
“Ming Yi Hall will also put out their notice today. Many of the noble misses are talented and good-looking. Who would carry the best reputation this year?”
The most talked about were still “Meng Hong Jin” and “Jiang Li”, these two names.
“In my opinion, the best thing to see today is Ming Yi Hall’s notice. Everyone, let’s not forget, before the examination, the young lady from Chengxuan envoy’s residence and the noble daughter from the chief assistant’s house have made a bet. Whoever loses has to kneel at Ming Yi Hall’s gate and apologize. What Imperial College’s gifted scholars and Ming Yi Hall’s talented girls, they both don’t have the excitement of this wager. Don’t you think so?”
Everyone toasted in agreement. Someone shook their head and said: “The chief assistant is pitiful. This time, the peaceful house of the chief of the court official is implicated by this malicious daughter and reduced to a laughingstock.”
“Sad, sad.” Another person followed with a sigh.
“Isn’t there still a third miss in the chief assistant’s house? That third miss is worthy of being a daughter of a noble house. Master Jiang couldn’t be counted as totally embarrassed.”
“Let me state the difference, the birth mother of Jiang third miss is the young lady from Vice Imperial Censor Ji’s family, educated and intelligent. While the birth mother of Jiang second miss was just a merchant. So to speak, marry a virtuous wife from the same status. You see how a daughter from a merchant’s family turned out to be, the daughter she gave birth to is also not proper to be seen…….”
At this moment, Ye Shijie was sitting among the guests downstairs in Yanjing’s biggest restaurant, Wang Xian Lou. His ears were buzzing with the comments made by the people on this matter. Hearing “a merchant”, Ye Shijie clenched his fists.
A close friend beside him asked: “Looking at the time, the notice should have been put out. Why is there still no movement?”