The Farm Girl's Charismatic Fortune-Chapter 316 - 312 Brother Xuanyuan Is Always There for Me

Chapter 316: Chapter 312 Brother Xuanyuan Is Always There for Me

Ruo Shui burst into mocking laughter upon hearing that Jia Shijie claimed to be Xuanbao’s uncle, which was slanderous to Xuanbao’s reputation.

He walked straight up to the government officers and said, "Princess Wuyou’s father has only brothers, no sisters; Princess Wuyou doesn’t have an uncle! For several generations, the Ruo Family has only had sons; Princess Wuyou is the treasured daughter that the Ruo Family obtained after generations of good deeds. Let alone an uncle, she doesn’t even have a granduncle!"

"This man is impersonating Princess Wuyou’s uncle in an attempt to escape his crimes. Brother Officer, you must teach him a severe lesson!"

Jia Shijie originally thought Ruo Shui was there to save him, but instead, Ruo Shui was adding insult to injury!

Angry, he said, "Ruo Shui, you hypocrite who speaks of benevolence and morality, now that you have money and power, you disown your poor relatives! I am the uncle of your wife’s older sister’s child; even Xuanbao’s cousins call me ’uncle,’ so shouldn’t Xuanbao refer to me as ’uncle’ too? When the Ruo Family was poor, you often came to my grocery store to buy things without paying in silver, and now that you are wealthy, you refuse to acknowledge me, your poor relative. Do you have no conscience?"

Jia Shijie realized that Ruo Shui wouldn’t help him, so he decided he wouldn’t let Ruo Shui get off easily either; he was set on ruining his reputation!

The area happened to be near the imperial examination announcement board, and today was just the end of the meeting examination. The candidates had just come out, everyone was looking at the announcement board, and the place was filled with them—it was the perfect time to tarnish his reputation.

Scholars value their reputations above all else; does an ungrateful wretch still dream of serving as an official in the court?

In his dreams!

If he wouldn’t save himself, then even if he, Jia Shijie, passed the Imperial examination, he would be sure to deny him the qualification for the palace examination!

"You’re nothing but an ungrateful wretch, and to think you’re a scholar! You’ve digested all your propriety, righteousness, integrity, and sense of shame in your guts! Haven’t you taken enough things from my family’s grocery store?..." Jia Shijie kept cursing, regardless of the truth, spouting all kinds of nonsense with the sole purpose of defaming Ruo Shui; truth or lie, as long as someone believed it, that was sufficient.

With so much said, surely some would believe it.

The surrounding candidates, having heard Jia Shijie’s words, looked at Ruo Shui differently.

Ruo Shui frowned, knowing that such matters were difficult to explain clearly, and he was not the kind of person who would stoop so low as to argue with someone like Jia Shijie.

Ruo Xuan had come specially today to pick up her father from his studies. After all, staying for three days in a small room that one could barely turn around in was certainly stifling.

She hadn’t expected to overhear Jia Shijie’s tirade akin to a shrew’s street cursing. Ruo Xuan threw a Fairy Technique, and in the middle of his rant, Jia Shijie’s narrative took an unexpected turn!

"I am the ungrateful wretch, living off my mother-in-law’s hospitality, spending her silver, and even plotting to take over her grocery store, resenting that my uncle-in-law might father a son all his life! That’s why I was irritated when Princess Wuyou gifted my uncle-in-law a painting of Guanyin Bringing Sons, which blessed my uncle-in-law’s wife with twins, breaking the Zhang Family’s three generations of only having one son!"

"I’m truly not human. My family is poor, and it’s with the silver earned from my uncle-in-law’s grocery store that I am funded to study and take the civil service exams. But I don’t like to study, nor am I good at it, yet I long to be an Imperial Scholar, to hold high office and lord it over my mother-in-law’s family! Thus, when Master Xuan Fuzi approached me, saying he could change my fate and let me live a life of wealth, I agreed without hesitation! I wanted my son to share the fate of my uncle-in-law’s twins, hoping to take half of the grocery store!... Later, when the Prime Minister approached me, saying he could help me pass the Imperial examination if I gave him the Luck-Stealing Talisman, I dreamed of being the Top Scholar, so I gave the talisman to Ruo Shui. I didn’t want him to pass the Imperial examination, I didn’t want him to have the chance at the palace examination, so earlier, I intentionally tried to ruin his reputation..."

The onlookers, upon hearing his confession, were stunned, gaping at Jia Shijie.

"Has this man lost his mind?"

"Heaven itself has opened its eyes, unable to listen further! Seeing him trying to frame a good person, it made him lose control of his tongue and confess all his vile deeds!"

"It must be that even Heaven couldn’t stand it anymore; the lightning from three days ago should have struck him as well!"

"Officer, hurry up and send this man to suffer servitude, to do the hardest, most tiring, and dirtiest work! This is the kind of person who deserves to be tormented mercilessly, don’t let him die; let him live a life worse than death!!"

...

The surrounding candidates were indignant after listening.

Ruo Xuan approached Ruo Shui and Ruo Jiang, "Dad, Uncle, let’s go home."

Ruo Shui saw his cherished daughter and immediately picked her up: "Xuanbao, how come you’re here?"

"I’ve come to take Dad and Second Uncle home!"

Warm feelings filled their hearts upon hearing this; indeed, daughters are to be cherished!

A daughter truly is a father’s little cotton-padded jacket.

~

Before the results of the imperial examination came out, Ruo Shan also participated in a competition for pharmacists.

In this competition, he secured third place with his solid foundation in pharmacology and extensive knowledge of pathology, coupled with several months of experience in providing free medical consultations.

The abilities of the top three were actually quite similar; their scores were the same, but what differed was their experience in practicing medicine.

The first-place winner had ten years of medical practice, the second had eight, while Ruo Shan, with only half a year’s experience, astonished all the referees!

He was definitely a medical prodigy!

The Imperial Medical Bureau’s imperial physicians went in turns, inviting Ruo Shan to stay on as an imperial physician after he had taken the palace examination.

Even though there were rivalries within the officialdom, and the Imperial Medical Bureau was no exception, the competition among imperial physicians was not over medical skill. They all hoped their colleagues possessed excellent medical skills, but why?

It’s not the godlike opponents you fear, but the pig-like teammates.

Imperial physicians treat the Emperor, the Empress Dowager, the royal heirs, along with other patients—an accidental mistake could mean a matter of beheading!

If your own medical skills were insufficient and you were unable to cure a patient but your colleagues succeeded, then you’d be off the hook.

If everyone failed to cure the patient, then it would be, "If you can’t cure the patient, come see me with your heads!"

So, of course, one would hope for a highly skilled opponent!

If you wanted a promotion and a raise, flattering the nobility with sweet words would suffice; it didn’t have much to do with medical skills.

They themselves possessed exceptional medical skills; they each just specialized in different areas.

Ruo Shan was somewhat overwhelmed by the overenthusiastic hospitality of the physicians at the Imperial Medical Bureau; he somewhat regretted participating in the competition. Seeing him sitting alone in the courtyard with a frown, Ruo Xuan asked, "Uncle Five, don’t you want to be an imperial physician?"

Ruo Shan picked up his little niece and held her in his arms, "No, I don’t. Uncle Five wants to open a medical clinic. That way, I can treat more people, and also stay close to Xuanbao and Grandma."

He had left home to be an apprentice at a young age and seldom returned. For the remainder of his life, he only wanted to stay with his loved ones. Being an imperial physician in the palace was not as free as running his own medical clinic.

Ruo Xuan said, "Then don’t become an imperial physician. When the time comes, just tell the Emperor directly. The palace has many skilled imperial physicians and won’t miss one more; the common people need you more! Moreover, if there really is a need in the palace, the Emperor can summon you to treat patients. Brother Xuanyuan’s father, the Emperor, is a wise monarch and wouldn’t force anyone against their will."

At the end, Ruo Xuan added, "The Emperor will agree. If the Emperor doesn’t agree, I’ll get Brother Xuanyuan to make him agree. The Emperor always grants Brother Xuanyuan’s requests, and Brother Xuanyuan always grants mine!"

Ruo Shan couldn’t help but burst into hearty laughter.

Right, Brother Xuanyuan? Ruo Xuan silently tagged Xuanyuan Que in her mind.

Xuanyuan Que: "..."

When had he ever been at the beck and call of a flower? Could it be that this flower was under some kind of misunderstanding?