The Marquis' Wife
The reaction of the Miao family and the Lu family

The next day various gifts came from people who wanted to establish a good relationship with Lu Xiang leaving Adelia stunned and told Lu Fang to take note of who and what the gifts were given. That would be his reference in order to give a gift.

Many gifts come from families of merchants or businessmen and some come from families of scholars. The business families did that because they wanted to make Lu Xiang their family backing due to low business status. Even some of them were blatantly hinting at their intention to become besan with the Lu family.

Since Lu Xiang already had his wife then their goal was concubine. Adelia's lips pulsed while staring coldly at the congratulatory card in her hand.

Heh!, he forgot this one thing. In this world it is natural for men to have 3 wives and 4 concubines, one main wife is a legal wife and two side wives who can potentially become legal wives when the legal wife dies or divorced, although called side wives but they are categorized as concubines, but they are classified as concubines, just a beautiful name.

Manager Xu also gave a gift of free meal vouchers at Fuyuan restaurant and high-quality tea while congratulating his servant.

Adelia's house was crowded by people who came to bring gifts and congratulate her until noon. Lu Shan and Lu Cheng were curious about the looming gift in the living room and opened it one by one with a feeling of pleasure.

The news of Lu Xiang becoming Xie Hsien spread across Cheng city and many reactions to the news, some were happy, enthusiastic or angry as happened to the Miao family.

Miao Sheng came home with a dark feeling, the Xie Hsien title that Lu Xiang had obtained was like a caterpillar eating his heart feathers making it hard to breathe.

"Miao Sheng, my grandson is home. My granddaughter is home!!" Grandma Miao Lan shouted excitedly looking at the ox carriage from a distance.

The villagers also came out of the house to see and hear if Miao Sheng passed the exam this time around. If the man graduated then they would change their treatment of the Miao family, because the family with the scholars was a very respectable family in the eyes of the villagers.

Miao Sheng got off the carriage with a blackened face, annoyed, envious and jealous of Lu Xiang being Xie Hsien still lingering in his mind making him extremely dissatisfied and resentful at his own test rankings.

"Miao Sheng, what about the test? Did you graduate?" Li Mei realized the sour face her son asked fearfully but still held hope.

Miao Sheng inhaled a deep breath and tried to smile despite appearing to be grimacing. "I passed mommy".

A gasp was heard from the people gathered there. Miao Lan's grandmother's feelings seemed to soar, finally her grandson passed the test and became a Hsien scholar.

"Haha. My granddaughter passed the test, my granddaughter finally passed the test" She cried out in excitement, her face flushed with enthusiasm as if she looked ten years younger.

"Congratulations Miao Sheng, finally our village also has a scholar".

"You're so great Miao Sheng".

"Grandmother Miao Lan, you must be proud of your granddaughter right? Just try my granddaughter like your granddaughter maybe I die peacefully".

Various compliments came out of the mouths of the citizens who also felt happy Miao Sheng became a scholar because their village would be viewed well for having a scholar.

"Miao Sheng, what rank are you? What is first rank? Are you Xie Hsien?"

His trembling hands held back the burning emotions that wanted to come out and vent at anyone. "Sorry Grandma, I'm champion 21. I'm ranked 21".

Miao Lan's granny's smile froze, Li Mei who saw the atmosphere that was about to get bad immediately took over the conversation. "Mother-in-law, Miao Sheng had just returned home from a long trip. He must be tired, how do we talk about this after Miao Sheng breaks?".

Li Mei pulled her son's hand to enter the house. He didn't really care about the test rankings for him Miao Sheng being a student was enough to make him happy, although he was also disappointed because his son's test stage was not as he expected but it would not be a strange thing in his heart.

Miao Sheng's face blackened again, his fierce rustling teeth resisting his irritation and hatred towards Lu Xiang. Lu Xiang Lu Xiang Lu Xiang!!! The name was like a nightmare to him, he could do nothing and could only see the back of the man growing further and further in front of him.

Miao Xu and Miao Li, Miao Sheng's father, were also happy to hear the big news when they returned home from work to be laborers at night. Although Miao Xu was a little disturbed because he was worried about his status as the first child being defeated by Miao Li, he was also happy.

Hsien scholars get a gift from the royal government in the form of land tax free of 10 hectares of land and salary earned every month as much as 2 silver coins, although the scholar does not have a job. That is the reason many people want to become students and scholars.

The Miao family home was struck by an earthquake when they heard Miao Sheng say that Lu Xiang became Xie Hsien. Li Mei thought that it was fitting that her son was surly-faced and disliked the 21st rank. Lu Xiang was like a demon attached to Miao Sheng's heart and making him rot, his son had to eliminate the man from his heart if he wanted to step forward.

"So... So it was Lu Xiang who became Xie Hsien?!" Miao Lan's grandmother seemed to have asthma hearing the news. Adelia's husband, the granddaughter she hated most about being Xie Hsien.

Grandma Miao Lan clutched her aching chest then her gaze blackened.

"Grandma!!"

The Miao family home was like a beard fire due to Miao Lan's grandmother falling unconscious. The citizens became astonished to see the panicked look on the Miao family's face and Miao Lan's grandmother's stupor, why does the good news look like the condolence news from the Miao family's face?, that was the question of every Miao villager.

Lu Xiang who was having sex with Adelia did not know that he was the cause of the riot for the Miao family to make Adelia's grandmother fall unconscious.

Other than the Adelia family, there was one more family who did not like the news of Lu Xiang becoming Xie Hsien. They were Lu Xiang's own family, the Lu family, who lived in Lu village, next to Mang village, not far from Miao village.

Lu's family head Lu Anming had four sons, Lu Ho, Lu Heng, Lu Haocun and Lu Huanran, who separated after his mother died. Lu Ho lives in his parents' house while the second child to the fourth child lives apart.

Lu's family belonged to the undergraduate family as Lu Huanran passed the Hsien exam and worked in the mayor's office as an administrative clerk so he, his wife and young son moved to the city of Qincheng.

Being an employee in the mayor's office is of course fast in getting information, he said, at first Lu Huanran did not think that his nephew was Xie Hsien and thought that the first champion had the same name as his nephew but when he saw Miao village, his eyes grew incredulous.

Lu Huanran immediately sent a letter to his older brother Lu Ho to confirm whether Lu Xiang, their nephew really became Xie Hsien.