Transmigration: The Evil Mother-In-Law Is Actually Innocent!
Chapter 1379: Finding Fault

Chapter 1379: Chapter 1379: Finding Fault

After the morning court session the next day, many ministers rushed to congratulate Lord Wen, and Zhou Shuren also went up to congratulate him.

Elder Wen’s chin was lifted high, "Back in the day, there was no small expectation for Lord Zhou’s eldest grandson to achieve the top three ranks, alas, I used to think whether our Wen family could produce a top scholar. Unexpectedly, Wen Rong won two top ranks, this child is truly audacious."

Elder Wen continued: "Lord Zhou may not know, I was so worried that Wen Rong wouldn’t win when the capital opened the betting, my grandson is ambitious, he can’t tolerate setbacks like Lord Zhou’s grandson, oh look what I’m saying, I got all muddled with happiness."

All around fell silent, saying the wrong thing? Lord Wen was clearly doing it on purpose.

Zhou Shuren’s smile deepened, ever since the Empress became pregnant again, Lord Wen has been poking at him from time to time, the Emperor trusts him, which greatly displeases the Wen family.

Now that the Empress is pregnant again, Lord Wen refuses to hold back any longer.

The Zhou and Wen families are in competition with each other, and the Wen family wants to gain the Emperor’s trust, making the Zhou family their rival.

This is also what the Emperor wants to see, he is gradually using the Zhou family to keep the Wen family in check.

Zhou Shuren kept his composure, "Then here I am wishing in advance that the fourth young master Wen achieves the top three ranks."

Saying so, Zhou Shuren stepped back, smile unchanged, and turned to leave, not willing to argue facilitating Elder Wen’s intentions.

Lord Wen felt like he was punching the air, picking at him several times only to be like this, feeling neither up nor down, faced with other congratulations, he couldn’t muster any spirit at all.

Wong Ju caught up with Zhou Shuren, "Recently, Elder Wen has been targeting you quite a bit."

Zhou Shuren, "If he wants to find fault, let him be."

As long as he doesn’t respond, it will be Lord Wen himself who ends up irritated.

Wong Ju grinned, "I particularly stayed a bit longer just now, Lord Wen was looking at you with sharp eyes."

"You’re enjoying my misfortune?"

"I wanted to see you falter, unfortunately."

Zhou Shuren quickened his pace, he shouldn’t have stopped to listen to Wong Ju’s nonsense.

Hanlin Academy, Mingyun handed over the book in his hands to Lau Song, "I don’t need it anymore."

Lau Song took it and caught up to Mingyun about to leave, "Wen Rong scored the top scholar."

Mingyun stopped in his tracks, confusedly looking at Lau Song, "So what?"

"I heard that Wen Rong sees you as a rival, and that winning the two top ranks this time was also to surpass you."

Mingyun, "There are many who view me as a rival, aren’t you one of them too? If I have to care about everyone who sees me as a rival, I’d be worn to death, I have to go, I’m busy."

Lau Song twitched his mouth, he thought Mingyun would care about Wen Rong, but it turned out Mingyun didn’t take Wen Rong seriously at all, suddenly his expression changed, Mingyun didn’t take him seriously either.

This feeling of considering someone as a rival while they don’t even acknowledge you, is truly terrible.

Mingyun returned to his own seat, his only rival was always himself, what he had to do was continuously surpass his current self, not to find rivals, always seeing rivals everywhere.

At the Academy, Chang Zhong nudged Wen Xiao, who was slumped over the desk, the noise he made seriously disrupting his reading, "Hey, can you stay quiet for a bit?"

Wen Xiao wasn’t sleeping, and he didn’t want to lift his head either.

Chang Zhong was used to the combative Wen Xiao, this dejected Wen Xiao was a first, he turned his eyes, "I get it, you’ve been struck down by your elder brother."

Wen Xiao glared eyes, tilting his head up, "Bah, I definitely hit the mark. His achievements today are all thanks to family resources. If I had the same resources, I could also become a top scholar."

He was unconvinced, feeling the elder brother was not talented and it should be a fair competition; why was it just decided to be the fourth brother.

Zhou Changzhong sneered, "You have time to argue with me, you might as well focus more on studying instead of only complaining every day."

He paused and continued, "We have been classmates for years, do you know why I’ve been unwilling to deal with you?"

Wen Xiao was just a spoiled child, his eyes red, "Why?"

Zhou Changzhong smiled, "Because I despise you."

Wen Xiao, "...want to fight?"

Zhou Changzhong was not afraid, "Look at yourself, is there anything about you that I should respect? If I were you, even without family resources, I wouldn’t complain all day long. I would focus on studying and prove myself. Even if I ended up with nothing, I would not regret it, because at least I tried."

Wen Xiao pursed his lips, "Easy for you to talk, you’ve enjoyed resources since childhood. What rights do you have to criticize me?"

Zhou Changzhong rolled his eyes, he shouldn’t have bothered; Wen Xiao was just a stubborn donkey, "Fine, consider I never spoke, you continue being a loser and blaming everything and everyone."

Seeing Zhou Changzhong genuinely ignoring him, Wen Xiao’s expression grew even sourer. He snorted and continued sulking, his mind filled with the triumphant visages from the main family.

In a blink of an eye, three days passed, and Mrs. Dao visited, making Zhulan delighted, "This is your first visit this year."

Mrs. Dao, "If I don’t come, you wouldn’t visit me?"

"It’s not easy to step into your house. If I really went, who knows what rumors would spin off."

Mrs. Dao came with a belly full of anger, feeling suffocated at home, "Who dares to gossip, see if I don’t tear them apart."

Zhulan eyed Mrs. Dao, "Who gave you such courage?"

She was truly furious, spitting out whatever was on her mind.

Thinking about it made Mrs. Dao’s heartache, "The second wife’s legitimate granddaughter took a liking to Wen Rong. If it weren’t for Yu Lu reminding me, I wouldn’t have even noticed. I mentioned it to the grandmother and she rebuked the second wife. Guess what happened?"

"Your family’s second wife must have not listened and thought that marrying into Wen’s family was indeed a good choice."

Mrs. Dao angrily slammed the table, "The second wife even said if the status is insufficient, they could have Wang Hua adopted into our main family to have a granddaughter. Is this a matter of status? It’s clear that the Wang family should not be involved with Wen’s family."

The Wang family has already married into the Zhou family and doesn’t need to marry into another prominent family. The Wen family is too ostentatious, and the Wang family can’t avoid them fast enough, yet the second wife is still trying to push forward!

Zhulan, "You must be upset about more than just these issues."

Mrs. Dao hoarded anger in her heart, "Our family’s girls are treasures too. I took grandmother’s words to heart and carefully selected matches for the two girls last year. After finally organizing a list, I sent it to the second wife, but my sister-in-law thought the families were inferior, hinting that I had ill-intentions."

Zhulan poured Mrs. Dao some tea, "Have some tea to calm down."

"Drinking tea won’t quell my anger. She should consider that I dared to bring the list, which was approved by the grandmother. Even without the grandmother’s supervision, I manage the household. Not only for my own reputation but for the family’s dignity, I must arrange good matches for the two girls!"

Zhulan waited for Mrs. Dao to finish, then spoke, "Wen’s family certainly doesn’t lack noble families wanting to marry in."

Mrs. Dao smiled bitterly, "Don’t remind me, every family has their own difficulties."

"I’m discreet; venting to me might ease some of your anger, and don’t let it affect your health."