In order to eat, I signed a contract with the system

Chapter 390 Dream of Red Mansions - Jia Yingchun 61

Jia Lang won the top spot in the imperial examination and was directly appointed by the new emperor as a compiler in the Hanlin Academy, a sixth-rank civil servant. Jia Lang had a general reaction to this position. He was neither very satisfied nor dissatisfied. After all, according to tradition, unless there were any accidents, the top scorer would be initially awarded the sixth rank.

The position of editor in the Hanlin Academy can be regarded as a secretary in the emperor's secretariat. Jia Lang himself has been an emperor, and he is not really interested in being a secretary beside the emperor. It is even more boring, especially when the emperor's political ability is not as strong as his own in the previous world.

After the official appointment, the people in the Jia family naturally received the notice. When Jia's grandmother learned that Jia Lang really passed the imperial examination and became the top scorer as in her dream, she couldn't help but regret her arrogance. She had obviously planned to use Jia Lang as a backup for the Jia family, but why did she forget her original intention over time and gradually began to want to control him?

Now Grandmother Jia realized how wrong she was. Not only did she fail to use her emotion to keep Jia Lang in the Jia family, but she also underestimated Jia Lang's intelligence. How could a man who could pass the imperial examination and become the top scholar not see that he was being used by her?

No matter how much Lady Jia regretted, she was only happy when it came to the first house. Jia She was very proud. Unlike Jia Zheng, who had a one-sided understanding of scholars, Jia She, whose original wife was from the family of Grand Tutor Zhang, understood very clearly the importance of the top scholar.

After Jia Lang returned home, he first went to pay his respects to Grandmother Jia in a hypocritical manner. No matter what Grandmother Jia wanted to say to ease the situation, Jia Lang did not respond. Gradually, Grandmother Jia also understood Jia Lang's attitude and stopped saying anything.

After returning to the first house, Jia Lian discussed with Wang Xifeng about holding a banquet to celebrate Jia Lang. Neither Jia Lian nor Wang Xifeng were actually willing to see the separation of the first and second houses, but they were too young to make the decision. Once the separation became a foregone conclusion, they had no choice but to accept it, no matter how unwilling they were.

Now Wang Xifeng only managed the first wife's half of Rongguo Mansion, and she had less work to do and was more relaxed, so she could think about having a son. Jia Lian secretly hated the second wife for ungratefully coaxing and deceiving the first wife to get all the benefits, and now he abandoned the first wife because he was afraid that the first wife would take advantage of him.

All those noble sons and dukes who used to get along well with him now turned to Jia Baoyu, the legitimate son of the second wife. Even people like Prince Beijing came to give gifts to Jia Baoyu.

Now that Lang'er has won the top spot in the imperial examination and has become an official, the first wife can be considered glorious. Even if she cannot compare with the second master who is a fifth-rank official, Lang'er is young, and Jia Lian is confident that sooner or later Jia Lang will hold a higher official position than the second master.

The first and second wives became enemies for no apparent reason because of the division of the family property. They quarreled with each other in public and cursed each other behind their backs. Grandmother Jia often mentioned that blood relatives are still connected by bones, trying to get the two wives to get together in harmony as before to amuse her, but both wives knew that she had no money, and neither of them was willing to coax her.

After Jia Lang became an official, he chose a good day and moved out with Aunt Li. Jia She and Jia Lian both disagreed, but neither of them could deal with Jia Lang.

Although Jia Lang has not been doing business in recent years, he still has a lot of spare money. Not to mention the private money of the second wife, even the money of those servants who have greedily embezzled the money of the Jia family is not a small amount. Buying a small house is not a problem at all.

After Jia Lang moved away, he began his official career. In order to gain the favor of the new emperor, he was naturally wooed, suppressed, and even framed and provoked by all parties. Jia Lang grew up quickly and painfully in such an environment.

In ancient times, the officialdom was dominated by men, and the conspiracies and intrigues therein were similar to but also different from those among the women in the harem. In essence, they were all for the sake of interests. Jia Lang had never been exposed to these before, but now he has learned a lot.

While Jia Lang was studying and growing diligently beside the new emperor, Jia Zheng, the second son of the Jia family, left Beijing to serve as an official but was demoted for making a mistake and returned to Beijing in disgrace.

Soon after, the Prince of Nan'an was defeated and captured. In order to exchange her son for his, the Nan'an Concubine had to seek peace through marriage. She was reluctant to part with her daughter and granddaughter, so she searched everywhere in the capital. It happened that Jia's mother celebrated her birthday and held a banquet for the guests. The Nan'an Concubine took this opportunity to take a fancy to Jia Tanchun.

Jia Tanchun was unwilling in her heart, but she also knew that as a concubine, she had no right to choose. If it was before, maybe the master could still refuse, but now that the master has been demoted, she can only agree.

The Princess Dowager of Nan'an adopted Jia Tanchun as her adopted daughter and asked the new emperor to issue an edict. The two branches of the Jia family gathered together to celebrate Jia Tanchun's marriage to a foreigner.

Not long after Jia Tanchun's marriage, someone from the Zhen family in Jinling came and gave the Second Wife two boxes of things. The Second Wife accepted them. Not long after, the old Concubine Zhen in the palace died and the Zhen family was raided. This incident seemed to have no effect on the Jia family, except that the Second Wife had a little more smile on her face, probably because she believed that the two boxes of things sent by the Zhen family had become ownerless.

Summer passed quickly and autumn came quietly. The absence of Jia Tanchun did not seem to affect the second wife at all. However, as Xue Baochai grew older and Xue Pan got into trouble, she had to come to the second wife to ask her to fulfill her promise.

The Second Wife has not dared to mention the fact that Xue Baochai was demoted from wife to concubine until now. She is still thinking about Xue Baochai's dowry. The Jia family has been in decline in recent years, and even after the family was divided, they were not able to get much money.

Lin Daiyu is now kept in the second room, eating and drinking with Lady Jia every day. She is not as poorly physically as in her previous life, but she sees that she has already reached the age of marriage, but the second mistress and the second master have never fulfilled their engagement. It is hard for Lin Daiyu not to have mixed feelings in her mind.

Finally unable to persuade Aunt Xue, the second wife made up her mind and set a wedding date for Jia Baoyu. On the wedding day, Lin Daiyu and Xue Baochai both put on wedding dresses and covered their heads with veils, and married Jia Baoyu without knowing anything. When Jia Baoyu married, he realized that he had married both Lin Daiyu and Baochai together, but this did not hinder Jia Baoyu, so he was naturally happy and had no objection.

After the wedding ceremony, when they were about to send the bride to the bridal chamber, someone suddenly came to report that the virtuous concubine in the palace had passed away. The Second Wife was stunned. During this period, the Second Wife had been in trouble one after another, and it was only thanks to the virtuous concubine in the palace that she was able to hold on. She thought that she would soon have another prince and grandson, so how could she suddenly pass away?

No matter how much the Second Wife cried and wailed, Jia Yuanchun's death was like a gust of cold wind, bringing with it a gust of biting cold, leaving only a dry and cracked ground.

Jia Baoyu and the two brides with veils on could not help but feel sad and started crying. Then news came that upon learning about this, Jia's mother fainted. Lin Daiyu immediately ignored the fact that she was getting married and went straight to lift the veil to check on Jia's mother.

When I turned my eyes, I saw another bride wearing a wedding dress next to me.

"!!!!!!"