Peaceful Farm Life

Chapter 2546: Chapter 2547: Return to Tianyun (113)

An Jing had not yet spoken when Su Changyi suddenly opened his mouth: ”Bet, let’s bet one hundred thousand taels on Huo Xiner successfully becoming the Martial Champion.”

”Husband, you...”

”Father, you...”

”Changyi, you...”

”Brother-in-law, you...”

Anyway, as soon as Su Changyi said this, everyone was stunned.

Su Changyi didn’t say much more, just said that sentence and stopped talking.

Su Yixing was the first to regain his composure and smiled at An Yiqing: ”Third brother, if father wins the bet, won’t your casino lose enough to collapse?”

”The odds on the bet for success are one to one hundred, father is betting one hundred thousand taels, so if he wins, the casino would have to pay ten million taels. Third brother, aren’t you afraid? At most, only one casino will go bankrupt, and you have many anyway.” An Yiqi said gloatingly.

An Yizhi also chipped in: ”Third brother, can I switch my bet to Huo Xiner succeeding? Father never makes losing trades. If he’s daring to bet one hundred thousand taels, he definitely will win.”

An Yilin and others joined in the fun: ”We also want to switch our bets.”

An Yiqing’s face turned dark.

Gong Juechen said with a cheeky grin: ”Changyi, you are impressive, relying on being the King of Tianyun. Do you intend to make Huo Xiner successful even if she fails?”

Su Changyi completely ignored him.

An Jing said with a smile: ”It’s just right; during the New Year, each of the seven sons gave a little money to pay respect, so let’s allow my husband to have some fun, after all, everyone’s happy. But let’s agree upfront, whether it’s a win or loss, we’ll have to accept it. Of course, the imperial examination is about seeking talent. My husband definitely won’t lower the selection standards for the examination, Gong Juechen, you can rest assured.”

Ye Zhi laughed: ”Gong Juechen bet one hundred thousand taels on Huo Xiner failing the exam and now he’s afraid of losing.”

Gong Juechen continued with a cheeky smile: ”Zhizhi, don’t reveal me. Although one hundred thousand taels to me is nothing, it’s still money~”

After everyone left, only she and her husband remained. An Jing asked her husband: ”Husband, why did you so confidently bet that Huo Xiner will succeed in becoming the Martial Champion?”

Su Changyi said blandly: ”Just because she is also called Xiner.”

An Jingxin’s heart clenched, her eyes reddened, and she smiled and nodded, ”Hmm.” Whether it was her or him, they never forgot their youngest daughter, and their youngest daughter had become a pain in their hearts.

...

On July 19th, the provincial examination results were announced. Huo Xiner was the top scorer again, but Taoming Hai’s name was absent from the list, meaning he failed to qualify as a Martial Candidate.

Wan Banyan and Mrs. Cao had originally thought Taoming Hai could qualify as a Martial Candidate, but he didn’t, and both were particularly disappointed. Wan Banyan, while disappointed, also deeply regretted marrying Taoming Hai.

Although Huo Xiner was top scorer this time, due to last year’s promise from Su Muchen, the Emperor, Tao Chengyin, despite being happy with Huo Xiner’s success as the top scorer for the Martial Candidate, didn’t dare celebrate with firecrackers.

He feared being too high-profile would attract Su Muchen’s displeasure, preventing Huo Xiner from being exceptionally promoted to a Martial Imperial Examination Graduate.

Learning that Huo Xiner was top scorer again, Su Muchen was somewhat surprised but immediately summoned the official proctors to inquire about Huo Xiner’s performance and scores in the examination.

The announced rankings only included those who passed, without detailed scores.

The proctors all praised Huo Xiner, stating her examination results far exceeded those required for the Martial Imperial Examination Graduate.

Su Muchen nodded and, adhering to his promise, exceptionally granted Huo Xiner the title of Martial Imperial Examination Graduate and instructed to announce the order at the Tao family, telling them Huo Xiner should enter the Imperial Palace to attend the palace examination a month later.

Only then did Tao Chengyin dare to let others set off fireworks to celebrate, but it was just a small celebration; with the palace examination still to come, they truly couldn’t be too extravagant.