I'm the Farmgirl You Can't Mess With

Chapter 709: The End Chapter 709: The End Editor: Atlas Studios The reason for the uproar was that the backgrounds of the four excluded study companions were not simple, and the people left behind were also quite subtle.

Back then, when the study companions for the Crown Prince were chosen, the aristocratic families occupied three of the eight spots.

Two were the grandsons of highly-ranked generals, and one was the eldest grandson of Junior Tutor Fang Zhiyuan.

As for the remaining two, one was Rong Xuan’s youngest son and the other was the youngest son of the new Minister of Revenue, Song Yan.

Song Yan came from a poor family and was especially good at algebra.

Previously, he had been doing odd jobs in the Ministry of Revenue.

After Qi Xiuyuan transferred Zhang Cheng to the Ministry of Works, he promoted him.

As such, it could be said that Song Yan had achieved success overnight.

As for the four chosen to remain, there was the eldest grandson of Junior Tutor Fang Zhiyuan—Fang Tong, Rong Xuan’s youngest son—Rong Zhen, Song Yan’s youngest son—Song Qiao, and Grand Commandant Hua’s eldest grandson—Hua Nan.

None of the children from the three aristocratic families were asked to stay.

Someone suggested that Rong Xuan was from an aristocratic family, and everyone couldn’t help but laugh at this joke.

Hailing from a side branch of the Rong family, Rong Xuan had been ostracized by his stepmother since he was young.

He had been thrown into the army and had never undergone the upbringing of an aristocratic family.

Other than that faint bloodline, there was nothing about him that reminded others of aristocracy.

His achievements today were not owing to his aristocratic bloodline, but because he had gone through thick and thin with Qi Xiuyuan and fought alongside him.

Hence, one could overlook this.

So, the Emperor still did not like aristocratic families?