Qiao Xuan added, "Third Uncle, do you think the imperial examination is a joke? Even excellent masters can't make any promises, and you are asking my husband to make a promise? Anything can happen in the examination, so why do you think my husband can guarantee anything for you?"
Ms. Fang said, "Exactly, stop talking nonsense if you know nothing!"
Ms. Fang had worried that if her son and Liulang, who studied together, both failed to make it to Cultivated Talent, the couple from the third section of the family might take out their frustration on them. However, she had not planned to argue back.