Nanny Rong said, "Rest assured, mistress. I deliver money to the Wen Temple every month as scheduled. A few days ago, I sent a gambler there to deliberately provoke Young Master Shen into betting again, but the gambler was chased out with a broom by him."
Shen Wei felt slightly relieved.
Shen Xiuming's gambling tendencies had nearly vanished, and he was now fully focused on preparing for the imperial examinations.
However, Shen Wei remained deeply concerned. Though Shen Xiuming was intelligent and diligent, weren't all the candidates who participated in the imperial examinations just as bright and hardworking?
The imperial examinations were about selecting the most exceptional among a pool of geniuses.
The noble youths of Yanjing had been immersed in Confucian classics since childhood, while the students of the Imperial Academy studied daily under the guidance of scholars, preparing for the exams from an early age.
