The Challenge of a Farmhouse Son-in-Law

"Grandmother, has something happened?" he asked in a low voice.

The Lin Family matriarch looked at her eldest grandson, a fourteen-year-old boy. Although he was not quite comparable to her own son and daughter back in the day, he was much more composed than the average fourteen-year-old boy.

"Shenxing, are you confident about this year’s Imperial Examination?"

This matter, she had to discuss with her son, Lin Xingyi. Lin Shenxing was still too young, and with the importance of this year’s Imperial Examination, it was best not to burden him with worries, lest it affect his performance.

"Grandmother, why do you suddenly ask about the Imperial Examination?" Lin Shenxing could clearly see that something was amiss with his grandmother.

The old Madam Lin sighed, "I just encountered the Chen Family’s Old Madam at Sanqing Temple, who mentioned this year’s Imperial Examination. Her grandson is also participating in it this year. Shenxing, do you think you could become the Jieyuan (top scholar)?"

As Lin Xingyi’s only son, all eyes from within the court were on him, to see if the son could match his father’s feat of becoming Jieyuan on his first Imperial Examination.

Due to such immense pressure, Lin Shenxing was not allowed to participate in the previous Imperial Examinations. Only now at fourteen was he entering his first Imperial Examination.