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

Chapter 369 Dream of Red Mansions - Jia Yingchun 40

Seeing that Jia Lang, her target, didn't care about the rumors about her, Xue Baochai waited and waited but didn't get the reaction she wanted, so she finally gave up and decided to give up Jia Lang.

September came in a blink of an eye. The weather turned cooler in early autumn. The temperature in the capital was much lower than when Jia Lang took the exam in Jinling three years ago. For this reason, Jia Lang had to ask Aunt Li to help prepare a thick cloak to keep warm after entering the examination room.

After learning about this, Jia's grandmother took the initiative to take over the matter. First, she took out a lot of high-quality leather from her own warehouse, and then she arranged for the maids in the mansion who were good at needlework to gather together to make a cloak for Jia Lang.

Wouldn't Lady Jia's meddling hurt the Second Madam's heart?

"Why didn't the old lady take Zhu'er so seriously when he took the imperial examination? How could a bastard of such a lowly birth be worthy of him?"

"The old lady raised my Baoyu, so the good things in her private storehouse should be left for my Baoyu. The people in the first house are so shameless that they even dare to snatch Baoyu's things!"

"Zhou Ruijia, Zhou Ruijia! Where did the dead person go?"

In the Second Madam's mind, everything in Grandmother Jia's hands should be left for Jia Baoyu. Normally, she would feel nauseous when Grandmother Jia took out the things to reward others. Now, the skins that Grandmother Jia took out were obtained by the old duke outside when the old lady got married and when he was fighting in the war. The old lady had kept them for so many years and was reluctant to touch them, but now she took them all out for Jia Lang's imperial examination.

"Hey, ma'am, I'm here!"

Seeing that the Second Madam was resting in the house, Zhou Rui's wife secretly went to the tea room nearby to eat a few snacks. Before she had completely swallowed the snack crumbs in her mouth, she heard the Second Madam calling her from inside.

Zhou Ruijia quickly guzzled two cups of tea and forced herself to swallow the snacks. Then she rushed out of the tea room and to the outside of the Second Wife's room. After taking a deep breath, she lifted the door curtain with a smile on her face and walked in.

"Ma'am, you called me?"

The Second Wife glanced at Zhou Ruijia and happened to see the snack residue on her face that had not been wiped clean. She immediately became furious and picked up the ornaments at hand and threw them at Zhou Ruijia who was smiling apologetically.

"Eat, eat, eat, you know how to eat!"

"It's useless to keep servants like you around me! You only know how to cheat and play tricks all day long, and you don't know how to share the worries of your master!"

Zhou Ruijia was hit directly by the ornaments and was in great pain, but the Second Wife was obviously angry, so Zhou Ruijia did not dare to say a word and could only kneel on the ground and accept the scolding.

While being scolded, Zhou Rui's wife carefully analyzed the meaning of the second wife's words. The most important thing in the entire Jia family recently was the upcoming imperial examination of Master Lang San from the first wife's house. It was said that the old lady had specially taken out the most valuable furs in the warehouse for Master Lang San.

At that time, Master Bao was young and ignorant. He went out to play in the snow and caught a cold. The Second Mistress went to ask the old lady to use the fur to make a cloak for Master Bao, but she refused.

Now the second wife is feeling aggrieved and is looking for me to vent her anger...

Zhou Ruijia figured things out in a blink of an eye. The second wife, who had been cursing, had also had enough of it and was in a good mood. She took a sip of the teacup beside her and finally calmed down. "Okay, get up!"

"Hey, thank you, ma'am."

Zhou Ruijia hurriedly stood up. Judging from the Second Madam's expression, this matter was probably not so easy to let go. As the confidant of the Second House's mistress, she naturally had to know how to share her mistress' worries.

Zhou Ruijia's eyes turned and she immediately had an idea. She leaned close to the Second Madam's ear and whispered something. The more the Second Madam listened, the brighter her eyes became. When Zhou Ruijia finished speaking, the Second Madam immediately showed a satisfied smile.

"Your idea is great. I'll leave this to you. When it's done, Madam, I will definitely reward you handsomely!"

Mrs. Zhou Rui followed the order and left. The second wife stroked the Buddhist beads in her hand and whispered softly, "My Zhu'er is the best scholar in the Jia family. How can a concubine's son from a big house be so good? Didn't the old lady take a fancy to his ability to study? Then I will make sure that he can't study!"

There are still five days before the imperial examination. To be safe, Jia Lang follows his previous habit and uses his predictive skills to simulate the situation on that day in advance. Although he believes in his mental strength, it is the autumn examination after all, and the examination will be much stricter than before. Not to mention the physical examination, even the food brought in has to be broken up and carefully checked. Only when it is confirmed that there is no problem will people be allowed in.

The first time he foresaw it, Jia Lang found that he would not be able to take the exam five days later. He was still alive, but lying in bed unable to move as if he was possessed. Through mental perception, Jia Lang found that other people in the Jia family were very panicked about his sudden coma. Jia's mother and Jia She were busy using their connections to ask the imperial physician to come and help Jia Lang, while Aunt Li was standing by her bed with a tired face, serving Jia Lang unassisted.

For the second prediction, Jia Lang deliberately went back one day and found that he had collapsed the day before the imperial examination. The situation was the same as the previous prediction, and the reactions of everyone in the Jia family were almost the same, except that this time Jia Lang met the second wife who came to visit him after learning that she had a sudden illness.

Although the Second Wife looked quite worried, Jia Lang could accurately sense the gloating and satisfaction in the Second Wife's eyes. Now, there was no need to guess who the murderer was, it must be the Second Wife.

In "Dream of Red Mansions", the second wife is on good terms with Ma Dao Po. Her sudden coma is similar to the situation in which Jia Baoyu and Wang Xifeng are cast under a spell by Ma Dao Po. There are only five days left before the imperial examination, and she must find the key to why she is disliked as soon as possible.

Since he was sure that his coma was related to the second wife, Jia Lang directly used his skills to predict tomorrow's situation. Through prediction, Jia Lang found that the time when he really got into trouble was the third night, which means that nothing would happen to him tomorrow and the day after tomorrow. Ma Dao Po's practice required a medium, and Jia Lang insisted on taking care of himself. He was not very willing to let servants enter and leave his room. In order to avoid exposing his identity, Jia Lang also controlled the candidates who could enter and leave his courtyard.

In this case, as long as Jia Lang can control the entrance and exit of his yard in the next two days and not give any strangers the opportunity to enter, he will most likely be able to foil this plan.

"I am still too weak. Unfortunately, the system is too selfish. I cannot get a cultivation method suitable for myself from it. Otherwise, I would not be so passive when encountering such a situation."

At this moment, Jia Lang was filled with resentment. She used to be able to barely maintain her existence because of the sentence 'After the founding of the country, she is not allowed to become a spirit'. In order not to disappear in the world, she signed a contract with the system and barely survived.

Now I have finally found the opportunity to become stronger, but due to the limitations of the system, not only have I wasted a lot of time, but my progress is also very slow. The energy of heaven and earth is clearly right in front of me, but I can only absorb it and don't know how to use it.