Meng Sijing had been counting on her brother’s rise to power to help her marry into a prominent family. Now that Meng Nanzhou had been disqualified from the imperial examinations and would never be able to hold office, which respectable family would ever consider taking her as a bride?
Despair swept over her like a violent gale, all but shattering her. How could this happen? Didn’t Feng Zhiyi swear that her brother was destined to top the exams and eventually reach the highest levels of government? If her brother couldn’t be an official—if he was just a bookish dork who knew nothing else—what would become of them?
Tears streaming down her face, Meng Sijing threw herself into Mother Meng’s arms, sobbing uncontrollably. "Mother, what do we do? What are we going to do now?"
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