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Chapter 190 Do You Know Yu Yanran 12

After returning home three days later, Sheng Changbai immediately took Yu Yanran back to his hometown in Youyang to be included in the family tree.

After spending more than ten days on the road, the young couple finally returned to their hometown in Youyang.

The people in his hometown had received Sheng Hong's letter a long time ago and knew that Changbai was coming back with his new wife, so they had already cleaned up a courtyard and were waiting for them to come back.

Changbai and Yu Yanran traveled all the way back to their hometown, and the first thing they did was to pay a visit to the old lady in the eldest house.

In the capital, Old Lady Sheng specifically reminded the two to pay a visit to the old lady of the eldest house on her behalf before returning to their hometown.

At the old lady's place in the first wife's house, Yu Yanran met the elders of the first and third wives one by one, and then got to know several children of the first and third wives through Changbai's introduction.

After getting to know everyone, Yu Yanran felt a little tired.

She had just got off the boat and had no time to rest before she followed Changbai to pay a visit. She was really overwhelmed after the whole process.

Yu Yanran tilted her head slightly, using Changbai's body to block it, and yawned while covering her mouth with a handkerchief.

Changbai felt distressed when he saw this, and wanted to get it fixed without waiting for him to ask.

Then the old lady of the first house said to Changbai, "Changbai, you and your wife must have been exhausted from the long journey. Now that you have met everyone, you should go and have a rest. We will hold a welcoming banquet for you tomorrow, and you can have a good chat as a family then. There is no need to rush."

The old lady just noticed that Yu Yanran looked tired, and after Yu Yanran met the Sheng family, she suggested that they go back and rest.

Changbai nodded and agreed without hesitation, and took Yu Yanran to the yard they had prepared.

After washing off the dust, the two of them hugged each other and fell asleep as soon as they touched the bed. They didn't even have time to eat dinner.

The next day, Changbai and Yu Yanran, who had rested well, attended the welcoming banquet specially prepared for them.

After the banquet, under the leadership of the first and third wives, the ancestral hall was opened to record Yu Yanran's name in the family tree, and the fact that Changbai and Changfeng passed the imperial examination was recorded.

After the matter of entering the family tree was completed, the two planned to stay for a few more days and then go back.

Just when the two were about to set off, they met Shulan, the eldest daughter of the first wife.

Sun Zhigao, who was seeing Shulan, was known as a child prodigy in Youyang. He passed the imperial examination and became a scholar at the age of twelve.

Sheng Wei felt that he had achieved success at a young age and had a bright future, so he wanted to invest in advance so that he could have an extra backer for his business in the future.

The old lady in the first house was worried, so she shamelessly asked Changbai to test the literary talent of Sun Zhigao, the candidate they favored.

Changbai did not refuse, after all, they were family.

So he talked to Sun Zhigao for a while when Sheng Wei received him.

It would have been fine if they hadn't communicated. Once they did, Changbai discovered that Sun Zhigao was ambitious but incompetent, and had a very high opinion of himself. His words inadvertently revealed his contempt for the merchants.

Changbai was almost certain that Sun Zhigao was a person who could only share good times but not bad times.

After the others left, Changbai tactfully expressed his opinion of Sun Zhigao, and said that Uncle Sheng had better consider Shulan's marriage carefully.

Sheng Wei understood what Changbai meant, and unwillingly asked someone to secretly investigate the character of Sun Zhigao and his mother.

The final investigation found that Sun Zhigao was indeed not a good match as Changbai said.

Sheng Wei was a little disappointed that he didn't find a suitable husband for Shulan.

Yu Yanran learned about this from Changbai in the evening, and suddenly thought of her second uncle of the Fan family, who was still unmarried.

My second cousin's fiancée died of tuberculosis shortly before her marriage. My second cousin's marriage was delayed because of his fiancée's death, and he is still unmarried in his twenties.

Shulan has a gentle personality and behaves in a dignified manner, so perhaps you can mention it to your uncle.

Thinking of this, Yu Yanran reached out and patted Changbai beside her, "Brother Changbai, I remembered my second cousin from my uncle's family. Do you think you can bring Sister Shulan and my second cousin together?"

After being reminded by Yu Yanran, Chang Baijing also remembered her second cousin Fan Qinghe from her uncle's family who was not yet married.

He had met that man not long ago when he married Yu Yanran and had a conversation with him. He was a cheerful and straightforward person.

Changbai thought about it seriously for a while and felt that maybe it would be possible between the two of them.

The next day, I mentioned the matter to Sheng Wei.

When Sheng Wei heard Changbai say that Yu Yanran's second cousin was the son of an official with the title of Juren, and that his conditions were much better than Sun Zhigao, who only had the title of Xiucai, whom he had previously favored, he immediately wanted to agree.

But Changbai didn't want Shulan's marriage to be settled so hastily, and advised Shengwei to make a decision after meeting the person.

Sheng Wei agreed readily.

After returning, Changbai asked Yu Yanran to write a letter to her uncle's family.

After that, the two of them waited for news in Yuyang.

About ten days later, Yu Yanran received a reply from her uncle Fan, and along with the letter came a reply from Yu Yanran's second cousin, Fan Qinghe.

After receiving Yu Yanran's letter, Uncle Fan agreed without hesitation. He knew that his niece Yu Yanran would not harm her cousin.

While replying to the letter, he also sent Fan Qinghe to Youyang to take a look, and told Fan Qinghe that if the girl was good, he should stay in Youyang and arrange the marriage as soon as possible.

Fan Qinghe came to the Sheng family, and the Sheng family held a banquet to entertain him.

He fell in love with the gentle and gracious Shulan at first sight at the banquet.

There was no need for Yu Yanran to even act as a matchmaker; the two of them were attracted to each other.

The speed was so fast that Changbai couldn't help but be amazed.

After this matter was over, Changbai’s vacation didn’t last long, so Yu Yanran began to pack up and prepare to leave.

Just when they were preparing to return to Beijing, Fan Qinghe had already quickly sent someone to propose marriage.

In order to thank Yu Yanran for helping Shulan find a good husband, the eldest uncle of the Sheng family gave them several boxes of gifts before leaving.

The two returned home and found that something big had happened at home while they were away.

Wang, the imperial censor in the court, somehow found out that Madam Wang and her sister Wang Ruoyu had lent money at high interest. Wang, the imperial censor, had intended to use this incident to impeach Sheng Hong and Kang Haifeng for their poor household management and improper self-cultivation.

If this matter was exposed, Sheng Hong and Kang Haifeng would lose their jobs, and exile would be possible. Even Changbai and Changfeng, who had just passed the imperial examination, would be stripped of their honors.

More than ten years of hard study were wasted in one day.

There is no need to say more about the seriousness of the matter.

It was impossible for Old Master Yu and the Wang family not to know about such a big thing. They got the news in advance and asked someone to investigate. They found out that Kang Haifeng was the culprit of this disaster.

Once, Kang Haifeng got drunk and got into a conflict with someone outside. The man was indignant and secretly found out that Kang Wangshi had lent money at high interest, so he handed the evidence to Censor Wang.

The Sheng family was just pulling out the radish and bringing out the mud, which was just a side job.

Fortunately, Mrs. Wang lent money at high interest for a short period of time and did not cause any loss of life.