When Hou Fangyu heard this, he blushed. This time he also participated in the provincial examination, but failed the exam. When he was depressed, he was sarcastic by Ma Mingfeng. How could he be so embarrassed?

Hou Fangyu thought for a while and said, "It turns out that you are the son of Ma Shiying. I heard that Ma Shiying was dismissed from the court for corruption. It seems that he is corrupt and his family style is corrupt. You said you have passed the provincial examination. I remembered that your hometown is in Guiyang, a wild place like Guiyang, and you can pass the examination with a few words. What's so great? When the future examination is in full swing, will you still be wiped out?"

After hearing this, Ma Mingfeng's expression changed and said solemnly: "The reason why my father was dismissed was because the eunuch Wang Kun failed to ask for bribes, but he submitted a memorial to frame him. This matter was exactly the same as the reason Ling Zun was imprisoned. It should have caused sympathy, but he didn't expect that Brother Hou was such a person. What's the difference between you laughing at my father's dismissal from his job? As for the second-level examination, I'm not hiding it from Brother Hou. Although Guiyang is a backward place, the undergraduate examination was personally admitted by Mr. Shizhai. Even the ranking of the lower ranking was determined by Mr. Shizhai. Mr. Shizhai also said that if it was not for the arrogant words in the lower examination paper, I would be my undergraduate examination."

"What? Mr. Shizhai?" Hou Fangyu's expression changed drastically when he heard this. Of course, he knew that Huang Daozhou had gone to Guizhou to preside over the provincial examination this time, but he did not expect that the person in front of him was actually the ranking set by Huang Daozhou himself. Who is Huang Daozhou? It is absolutely impossible to commit favoritism and fraud for anyone. Since it was the ranking set by him, it is enough to prove that Ma Mingfeng's level is definitely not lower than that of scholars in major places such as Yingtian Prefecture and Shuntian Prefecture.

"That's true. Mr. Chengmeng has already taken me to the point of entry. I am now a disciple of Mr. Shizhai, so we both can be regarded as Donglin scholars."

"Hmph." Hou Fangyu's face turned black after hearing this, and he couldn't help but secretly blame Huang Daozhou. Why is even a person like Ma Mingfeng willing to include the door wall? But he could only secretly complain and dare not say such words to anyone. Huang Daozhou is an old senior who is famous all over the world and one of the pillars of the Donglin Party. He is so young that even one of the four young masters, he dare not offend him verbally.

Especially Huang Daozhou is particularly protective of his son. As an outsider, if Hou Fangyu dares to say that his disciple is not, Huang Daozhou will definitely be furious. He has such a great reputation. Once he has an objection to him, he will probably be very difficult among Donglin scholars.

Hou Fangyu thought for a while and said, "As far as I know, you are a scholarly family and a family of officials for generations. But I heard that you want to marry a prostitute as your wife. I don't know if Ling Zun knows this? I don't know that Mr. Ling Shizhai will not directly cut off the relationship between teachers and students with you after he knows this?"

After hearing this, Ma Mingfeng smiled faintly and said, "You don't worry about this, Brother Hou. My father is an enlightened person. He will never look down on his future daughter-in-law because of his identity. As for his master, he is a famous scholar all over the world, but he is not a stubborn and pedantic person. For such a thing, he can only find ways to accomplish it, and he will not cut off the relationship between teachers and students as you expected."

In fact, Ma Mingfeng is sure to say this. Needless to say, Ma Shiying can easily feel the feelings of his cheap father for him. Moreover, people like him have never been corrupt scholars who study hard, otherwise they would not be called a generation of tyrannical traitors. So he believes that as long as he persists, Ma Shiying will definitely not oppose his marriage.

As for Huang Daozhou, they were nominally masters and apprentices. In fact, Huang Daozhou would not interfere with him at all. However, in order to protect his face as his disciple in public, even if he disagreed in his heart, he would not be able to persuade him on the surface. Instead, he would try his best to speak for him. It would be fine if Hou Fangyu didn't go to find Huang Daozhou. If he dared to go, Huang Daozhou, who was a little angry, would definitely be cold-eyed and scold Hou Fangyu for being so bloody.

Hou Fangyu had no words to fight back against Ma Mingfeng's words, because he was not sure whether Ma Shiying and Huang Daozhou would object to him marrying a prostitute.

However, at this moment, Ma Mingfeng said coldly: "Mr. Hou, let me tell you solemnly that Xiangjun is not a prostitute. Although she was raised by Zhenniang since childhood and respected Zhenniang like her mother, she is not a prostitute. I am not against prostitutes, nor do I look down on this profession. They are just supporting themselves. They are much better than those playboys who only know how to lie on their parents' merit book. I am just telling you a fact, and at the same time I warn you not to slander Xiangjun again in the future, otherwise I will not blame me for being polite!"

"Hmph, for the sake of Mr. Shizhai, I will give you this face. Although you won a beauty, I am not admitting my defeat. I want to see if your Master Ma said counts? Did you marry Miss Li with the courtesy of a wife in the end? Although it is a fact that Miss Li is not a prostitute, you can't deny that she is a prostitute, right? I want to see how you will gain a foothold in the public opinion in Shilin in the future? I want to see if you treat Miss Li consistently in the future? If life is just like the first meeting, why does the autumn wind make a sad fan? I hope your poem will not be a satirical mourning to yourself in the future!"

Hou Fangyu sneered, bowed his hand and prepared to leave.

But Li Zhenli said, "Wait, Mr. Hou, you and me have already made an agreement just now. If the poems and essays written by Mr. Ma were not stolen from you, then your so-called stolen Mr. Ma is a slander against Mr. Ma. You need to apologize to Mr. Ma in public and never come to harass Xiangjun again. You have agreed at that time, and the facts have proved that Mr. Ma’s literary talent is not inferior to you at all. You personally admit that you are ashamed of yourself. Since this is the case, the agreement between us should be counted, right? I hope you can apologize to Mr. Ma in person as you agree, otherwise once the matter is spread, it will be unfavorable to your reputation."

When Hou Fangyu heard this, his face changed and said in a deep voice: "Since I promised you that you will never step into Meixiang Tower in the future, and naturally keep your word. I also admit that his literary talent is only better than mine. However, it is obviously a poem written by myself, so why did it become his poem two months ago? This is really puzzling. I have to think about it carefully. When I figure it out, if he did not steal my poems, I would definitely apologize to him solemnly, but it is not now."

After saying that, Hou Fangyu no longer cared about Ma Mingfeng and others, and left Meixiang Tower with great strides, never looking at Li Xiangjun again.

"Oh, why are you like this? You obviously lost, but you refused to apologize. Come back to me, let's talk carefully..."
Chapter completed!