The Heart of the Red Chamber

Chapter 55 Before the Palace Examination

Jia Min left after a few days, and she just didn't see her natal brother for the last time.Jia Amnesty originally didn't want to come, so he let his son Jia Lian come here, but although Jia Lian said that he had reached the age of marriage, he hadn't yet, so he was not considered an adult, and naturally he couldn't represent the Jia family, and Lin Ruhai, a relative who was almost a feudal official The Jia family can't let a servant come over.

Jia Amnesty doesn't have much affection for Jia Min, just like he doesn't have much affection for his parents and brothers, and even has resentment.He grew up beside his grandmother, and when his grandmother passed away, his younger siblings had already been born, and they were already sensible. Even if Shi Taijun didn't dislike his eldest son, he didn't have much love for him. Perhaps it should be said that, Shi Taijun poured almost all his resentment towards his mother-in-law on this eldest son who was not of one mind with him. Naturally, this affected Jia Min who was brought up by Shi Taijun himself.

Jia Min Bingxue is smart, and her size can be considered a talented woman. Therefore, she doesn't think much of her eldest brother who is ignorant, absurd, and looks like a typical playboy, and gets closer to Jia Zheng.And after Mrs. Zhang came in, she even said behind her back that Jia Amnesty was not good enough for her sister-in-law, even if it was true, but could such words come from a younger sister?After all, Jia She was the successor of the Rongguo Mansion, so naturally someone was willing to tell him these things, so Jia She became even more alienated from Jia Min.

Lin Ruhai, as a typical scholar, naturally doesn't like an uncle like Jia She, especially after hearing that Jia She has come here day and night in name since he received Jia Min's letter, but in fact he just took a boat He came here slowly, otherwise, Jia Amnesty would have arrived ten days ago if he had really rushed.

However, Lin Ruhai is also a modest gentleman. He didn't show any dissatisfaction on his face. He was still courteous and courteous. He had a look of undisguised contempt in his eyes, which made him angry again, and he said a few perfunctory words, and went to the mourning hall to burn a stick of incense, while shirking the fatigue of the journey and excessive sadness, and went to rest.

Looking at Jia She's back, Lin Ruhai sighed inwardly, and suddenly began to doubt whether it was a wise choice to entrust her daughter to the Yue family. Just looking at Jia She's attitude, I'm afraid Jia She didn't have much love for his daughter.However, thinking about it again, when the daughter went to Jia's house, she should be raised by her mother-in-law. The wife often said that the mother-in-law was gentle and loving, and she would not let her daughter be wronged.Most men take things in the inner house for granted. Lin Ruhai is pretty good at thinking that his uncle is not very friendly.

Chang'an learned of Jia Min's death more than half a month later. Wang Ren accidentally heard Mrs. Sun mention it, and then realized that the plot had already begun. However, at this moment, Wang Xifeng was still pampering at home. The madam meant that she had to wait until Jiji before she was willing to let her daughter marry. Without that hot pepper, I don't know what the Jia family would be like now.

Previously, the Jia family secretly mentioned that they wanted to marry Wang Xifeng, but Mrs. Shi shirked it and said that Wang Xifeng was still young, and now she had only one daughter under her knees, and she wanted to stay for a few more years. You can't rush to ask other people's little girls to come in!Therefore, in the end, I stopped talking about it and turned to find a suitable partner for Jia Lian to get married.

Logically speaking, Jia Lian is still very popular. After all, he will inherit the Rongguo Mansion in the future. Even if he doesn't like reading, he will be rich all his life. The eldest son of Xiejue is still nesting in the yard separated from the garden, not saying a word, the second room is dignifiedly living in the main room, and there is another grandson Jia Baoyu who is born extraordinary, who knows what will happen in the future .If Jia Lian made progress on his own, there would be nothing to say. Anyway, when it was Jia Lian's turn, that little bit of title could only scare the common people, and in a place like Chang'an, maybe even a street vendor would beat around the bush. Relatives of high officials.However, Jia Lian was a disappointment. He spent a few days fooling around in the home school. After finishing the elementary school, he refused to continue studying. It can be regarded as worthless.

Therefore, the Jia family wanted to talk about someone who was born as a prince, but they didn't want to, even if they talked nicely, they couldn't hide the fact that they didn't think much of Jia Lian.Although Shi Taijun said that he was partial to Jia Baoyu, he was not unfaithful to Jia Lian. After seeing many people, he made some calculations and immediately made a decision, ordering Jia She to donate a fifth-rank acquaintance to Jia Lian An official, even if it's just a false job, can be regarded as a serious official. In this way, when talking about marriage, it will naturally look a lot better, and now it's almost finalized.

The other party said that the family background was okay, the first daughter of Yu Hong, the second son of the Yu family of the founding hero Ning Yuanhou, was one year younger than Jia Lian, and the two families had already exchanged Geng Tie and discussed Xiao Ding's life.

The situation of the Yu family is somewhat similar to that of the Jia family. They have no titles but no real power. The Jia family has a lot of old friends and in-laws who are in key positions. The Yu family is now supported by an old marquis. People are either immature, or they are nothing.And Yu Jian, the eldest of Ningyuan Hou's family, has always been weak. Even if he wanted to win, he was powerless. The second child, Yu Hong, how should I put it, is somewhat similar to Jia Zheng. He likes to read and is quite pedantic. He didn't pass the exam, so Meng Yin became a supervisor, but he didn't have the luck of Jia Zheng. , immersed in antique calligraphy and painting, so he and Jia Zheng can be regarded as friends, and this marriage was also brought up by Jia Zheng and Shi Taijun.

The old matriarch was still talking about Jia Lian's marriage, and later someone came to report the funeral, saying that Jia Min had passed away. Shi Taijun burst into tears immediately, "My poor Min'er! This way!" With words like these, Mrs. Wang and Mrs. Xing hurriedly wept and comforted them.

The Jia family was in mourning for several days in a row. Whatever Shi Taijun saw, he could think of the deceased Jia Min, and he was deeply saddened by it. Naturally, Jia Lian's marriage was about to be delayed.

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Now it was almost time for the palace examination. A few days before the palace examination, a group of tributes had been assembled for training on the etiquette of face saints, so as not to disgrace them in front of the emperor and offend the emperor.

They are trained by a few young eunuchs, this is not a fat job, most scholars have a prejudice against eunuchs, even if there is someone who wants to please, it is not easy to approach them in front of a lot of people of the same age, naturally One by one, they could only listen to those little eunuchs in their shrill voices talking about the rules of facing the holy face, how to kneel, how to kowtow, how to respect the holy face, and so on.Those who were born in official families like Wang Ren were lucky, they would have been trained in this area since they were young, while those who were born in common people suffered a lot.The little eunuch has been in the palace for such a long time, but he has the most discerning eyesight. He was born in an official family and has a wide network of contacts. In comparison, he naturally has a bright future. It may be said that there will be opportunities to make contacts in the future.

A literati's mouth, probably all eunuchs have a deep understanding. Throughout the ages, the eunuch who can get a good reputation from the literati's mouth is Cai Lun. Therefore, no matter how poor the character of this Marquis Cai is, in the history books, he enjoys the treatment that only ordinary officials can have.The other is Zheng He. This man's achievement left those literati with nothing to say. It is almost an achievement of opening up territories, which can only be looked up to.As for the other eunuchs, I'm sorry, if you open your mouth to scold others, there may be problems, such as being bitten back and accusing you of framing you.Now if you offend those with deep backgrounds, it’s okay if you have a big heart, but if you have a little bit of a small heart, you may go home and file a complaint, and you will find trouble with you when you turn around. If you don't pay attention, they will be cleaned up silently. In this palace, there are not a hundred eunuchs like them who die and remain, at least eighty.

However, for those bumpkins who are obviously not of high background and can't even speak official Chinese, these little eunuchs have no pressure to embarrass them. Others practice one movement five times, and they have to practice it at least ten times. Attack, it sounds very reasonable, but when those little eunuchs said so in a strange way, the resentful ones could only bow their heads temporarily.Wang Ren didn't feel it at first, but he soon discovered this, and he couldn't help but secretly rejoice that time travel is risky, and reincarnation must be cautious.If you open your eyes, you will see ruins in front of your eyes. No matter how poor and humble the protagonists in the time travel novels are at the beginning, they can soar to the sky in the end. In fact, when it comes to this age, you will find that the lives of the poor are so poor. One thousand and ten thousand are not guaranteed. As long as the landlord raises the rent, it will be difficult for you not to starve to death. I really thought that you could make a fortune with any random idea, but was robbed by someone. That is light, if you are more ruthless, you will be burned directly as a monster without crying for injustice.

Wang Ren is self-aware that he is not a transmigrator with the aura of the protagonist. It is enough to be reincarnated into a background like Wang Ren. At least he is a second-generation official with a high starting point. Look, at this time, you can clearly feel it. It's time for specials!

Coming out of the palace city a little tiredly, Wang Ren looked back at the majestic imperial city, the layer of golden light in the setting sun made it more sacred, Wang Ren clenched his fists, and quickly made up his mind No matter what, even in order not to fall to the point of being bullied by those eunuchs with distorted personalities, I have to stand on a higher position.

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