Spoilers for The Red Mansion, Daiyu’s mentality is broken

It won't be long before Xue Baoqin is about to pass.

At this time, Xue Baoqin became a shareholder in Qingwen's business and got involved in advance.

And Xue Baoqin comes from a business family after all, so maybe she can create some miracles.

Jia Huan was very curious. After Xue Baoqin joined, how far could these maids take the business?

However, Jia Huan did not ask Qingwen and the others what they were doing.

Since these maids want to hide it from themselves and want to give themselves a surprise, then they simply pretend not to know and see what kind of surprise they can give themselves.

A few days later, Qingwen suddenly found Jia Huan. She was coy and coy for a long time, but said nothing.

Jia Huan couldn't help but burst into laughter and said, "Hey, is this still the Qingwen I know? What do you want from me? Why are you so embarrassed to ask?"

Qingwen said coyly: "No, I just want to ask Third Master to write an article about beauty. It doesn't matter if it's poetry or an article. As long as it's written by Third Master, it must be good."

Jia Huan couldn't help but feel moved after hearing this.

He has already guessed that this is probably a marketing method of these maids, and they need a poetry article as a soft article.

It happened that they wanted to give themselves a surprise, so they asked Qingwen to come over and beg for themselves.

Thinking of this, Jia Huan smiled and said, "What's so difficult about this? Just wait until I write it."

After hearing this, Qingwen was so happy that she went to spread paper and grind ink.

Jia Huan wrote: Just after leaving Liuwu, I walked out of the flower house, but wherever I walked, the birds were startling the trees in the courtyard; when I was about to arrive, my shadow was in the corridor...

This short article comes from the fifth chapter of A Dream of Red Mansions, when the vigilante fairy appears.

The writing is extremely beautiful and must meet Qingwen and the others' requirements.

After finishing writing, Jia Huan couldn't help but smile and said: "Qingwen, look at it, is this article okay?"

Now Qingwen is studying and reading with Jia Huan, and she can read hundreds of thousands of characters.

Although the level of writing poems and articles is still a bit low, at least I have some basic appreciation ability.

After reading this article written by Jia Huan, she couldn't help but said happily: "The third master wrote it, it is naturally good. Thank you, third master!"

After that, he picked up the text and blew it dry carefully, turned around and ran out in a hurry.

It actually made Jia Huan burst into laughter.

A few days later, a piece of tidbits of news suddenly broke out in the capital.

Regardless of any dynasty, people are always chasing gossip, especially gossip.

As soon as this piece of tidbit news came out, it spread like crazy.

And this tidbit is about Lang Jiahuan, the number one winner who won six yuan in a row.

It turns out that a few days ago, the number one scholar, Lang Jiahuan, went for an outing in the countryside. Suddenly, in a manor in the suburbs, he saw a fairy walking out from among the flowers and under the willows.

After the first glance, the No. 1 Scholar felt lost and unforgettable, and couldn't help but write an article for this Zixia Fairy.

Just leaving Liuwu, I just left the flower house, but where I walked, I saw birds startling the trees in the garden, and when I was about to arrive, I saw the shadow of the cloister... The Yaochi is the same, and the Zifu is unparalleled! Who is it? Such beauty!

As expected, the writing style is worthy of being number one. This article is naturally written beautifully.

However, what is even more curious is whether the Zixia Fairy in the No. 1 Scholar's novel is a real fairy or a lady from some family?

In the article, the No. 1 Scholar described her as rare in the sky and unparalleled on earth. Countless people wanted to see what this young lady looked like.

And soon, it was reported that this Miss Zixia was actually a real person.

And this woman has some connection with Jia Huan.

It turns out that this woman is actually the oiran Caiyi.

Xue Pan was extremely obsessed with her and often used Jia Huan's name to listen to her play the piano.

When Jia Huan was the magistrate of Ping'an County, he also invited the oiran to perform in Ping'an County, and the two had a brief meeting.

When Jia Huan heard this, he couldn't help but be speechless.

He didn't expect that girls like Qingwen would use him for entertainment.

However, the effect was also excellent. By borrowing his and Caiyi's names, he immediately stirred up the whole capital, and everyone knew it.

Jia Huan has already guessed that countless people will pursue Caiyi and then take the opportunity to launch new clothes.

Although this routine has been played badly in later generations.

But it was still quite new in this era, and the chances of success were great.

This first step of publicity is considered to be successfully completed.

Whether you can start a business depends on how you proceed.

However, Jia Huan was not prepared to give them any advice.

In Jia Huan's eyes, it was just a plaything, just to relieve their boredom.

Jia Huan doesn't care what will happen in the end.

In the blink of an eye, one month has passed since the end of the examination, and it is time to release the results.

The entire Rongguo Mansion became busy, and even Jia Huan was paying attention to the results of this trial.

He had seen the test questions of Qin Jingqing and Jia Lan before, and both of them answered well.

Jia Lan's extraordinary performance may not necessarily fail the exam.

If Jia Lan really passes the exam, Rongguo Mansion will be somewhat prosperous.

Over at Rongguo Mansion, things started getting busy very early in the morning.

Second Sister You started preparing the rewards early in the morning, and prepared good tea and water, various pastries and return gifts, in preparation that once Langeer passed the exam, relatives would come to announce the good news.

It turns out that Xia Jingui of Baoyu's family has been rejected by Jia Mu and Mrs. Wang, and now she is no longer needed to manage the house.

Mrs. Wang also did many wrong things and was not liked by Jia Mu.

And after all, Mrs. Wang is old, mentally weak, and often makes omissions.

Therefore, under the arrangement of Jia Mu, Li Wan and Second Sister You were given a part of the housekeeping rights.

In the eyes of Jia Mu, the second sister You is more valuable than her son because of her son Jia Heng.

Because Jia Baoyu is married, Jia's mother can no longer keep him by her side like she did when she was a child.

At this time, Jia's mother discovered that Jia Heng was cute and cute, and she was immediately impressed by the baby.

Recently, I have been keeping him with me.

And because of Jia Heng, his mother, Second Sister You, is no longer so despised by Jia Mu.

And she is the daughter-in-law of the big house, so she also gets some housekeeping rights.

However, Second Sister You never acted arrogantly and refused to take any extra steps.

But it was unanimously praised by the ladies and maids below.

Mother Jia sent her servant to look at the list early in the morning.

The rest of the Jia family were waiting anxiously.

Only the person involved, Jia Lan, was still reading in the study as if nothing had happened.

Everyone in Rongguo Mansion praised Uncle Lan for having the demeanor of Third Master Huan back then.

However, the book in Jia Lan's hand has not turned a page for a long time.

Not long after, the sound of gongs and drums could be heard faintly from the Rongguo Mansion, and everyone in the Rongguo Mansion suddenly became excited.

On Rongning Street in front of their house, there are only two mansions, Rongguo Mansion and Ningguo Mansion.

If you go to other homes to announce the good news, you will not take this street.

According to their past experience, as long as they hear the sound of gongs and drums, it must be the man's high school, and the messenger is coming to announce the good news.

Sure enough, soon, the waiter who was watching the list and the person who announced the good news rushed over one after another. The boy from the Jia Mansion ran all the way and got ahead of the messenger. He ran to the door of Rongqing Hall but couldn't get in.

The boy immediately shouted at the top of his lungs: "Old ancestor, great joy, great joy, Uncle Lan High School is one hundred and ninety-sixth grader! Congratulations to our ancestors, congratulations to our ancestors!"

The boy's voice was loud enough that everyone in Rongqing Hall could hear him clearly.

Upon hearing the news, Jia Mu was overjoyed and said hurriedly: "Reward! Reward! Reward!"

Second Sister You said immediately: "Yes, ancestor!"

He immediately ordered someone to take a five-tael silver fruit and give it to the boy outside the door.

After receiving the reward, the young man was busy kowtowing to express gratitude, but secretly curled his lips.

The last time Huansanye High School held its first year, he was the one who went to see the results and came to announce the good news.

At that time, he was rewarded with fifty taels of silver.

But now, there are only five taels of silver left.

It can be seen that Rongguo Mansion is truly in decline now, and it can hardly support its external reputation.

At this time, in Rongqing Hall, Jia Mu seemed to be happy.

When Brother Huan passed the Huiyuan exam, Mother Jia had never been so happy.

Brother Huan is a concubine after all, and he has already paid for it.

And Lange'er is the eldest son and grandson of the second wife of the Rongguo Mansion. In the future, he will be an official butcher and can support the entire Rongguo Mansion.

In the future, all the resources in the Rongguo Mansion can be tilted towards him.

But the one who passed the exam was not her most beloved Baoyu, which was the only flaw.

Jia Zheng was even more delighted. Jia Lan's position in his mind was naturally higher than that of Jia Huan.

Jia Lan, his direct grandson, was able to pass the Jinshi examination. Jia Zheng burst into tears with joy and was speechless for a moment.

Mrs. Wang had a smile on her face, but her heart was filled with boredom.

Although Jialan is her direct grandson, in her eyes, Jialan's importance is not as important as her Baoyu Wanyi.

Now her Baoyu only knows how to drink and listen to music every day - Jia Baoyu has been expelled from the Imperial College because of his previous crime of colluding with other wives.

Now even Jia Zheng has given up on him.

Her precious jade was in a state of decline, but now Lan Xiaozi is getting better and better, and now it even overwhelms her precious jade.

How does this make Mrs. Wang feel at ease?

Besides, Jia's mother couldn't help but ask: "By the way, it's Lange'er's high school today, but it's his happy day. Where is Lange'er now?"

Li Wan hurriedly replied with a smile: "Old ancestor, Brother Lan said that his articles are still under-developed and have not met Brother Huan's requirements for him. Now he is reading in the study!"

Hearing this, people in the room became more and more amazed.

Jia's mother couldn't help but say: "This Brother Lang is becoming more and more like Brother Huan back then."

"Back then, Brother Huan was so calm every time the results were released, and he always topped the list in high school."

"The same is true for Lange'er now. Speaking of which, Lange'er is able to go to high school thanks to Brother Huan's teachings to him!"

"If it weren't for the guidance of Brother Huan, the number one scholar, Brother Lang might not have been able to pass the exam."

Li Wan smiled and said: "But as our ancestors said, without Brother Huan's guidance, it is still unknown whether Brother Lang would have won the exam, let alone this time!"

"I was telling Brother Lang to kowtow to Brother Huan!"

Jia Mu hurriedly said: "This is exactly the reason. A family like ours needs to know etiquette."

"By the way, go and find out whether the young master of the Qin family passed the exam this time?"

"In the past, he and Lange'er passed the exam together, and their ranking was higher than Lange'er."

"If he passes the exam this time, send someone to send him a congratulatory gift. Invite him to our home for dinner in the evening, and Brother Huan from Dongfu will also be invited."

"Yes, my ancestor."

Moreover, Qin Jingqing actually passed the exam this time, ranking 207th.

The ranking is eleven places lower than Jia Lan. This is the first time that he has been ranked lower than Jia Lan.

After learning the news, the Jia family hurriedly sealed a congratulatory gift and sent it over.

Qin Jingqing and Jia Lan went to Ningguo Mansion together again to kowtow to Jia Huan to thank him.

Jia Huan was also overjoyed to hear that the two of them passed the exam together.

Jia Huan ordered: "Next month is the palace examination, and the palace examination only tests policy theory, and usually questions are combined with current events."

"My guess is that the question your Majesty asked is probably in the areas of reform, officialdom, and border troubles."

After thinking about it, Jia Huan added: "By the way, there is also another topic of fighting against Japanese aggression. During this period, you should work more on these aspects."

"After you finish writing the article, you can give it to me for correction."

When Qin Jingqing and Jia Lan heard this, they hurriedly thanked and agreed.

The three uncles and nephews talked some more, and then Jia Mu sent someone to invite them.

Jia Huan had no choice but to go to Rongguo Mansion for a banquet with Qin Jingqing.

At the banquet, Jia Huan met Jia Baoyu again.

Jia Huan discovered that Jia Baoyu's appearance had changed a lot now.

The face that was originally like a full moon is now getting thinner.

There was thick stubble on his chin, dark circles under his eyes that could not be covered with thick powder, and his face looked tired.

It can be seen that the misfortune of his marriage brought much devastation to Jia Baoyu.

At the banquet, Jia Baoyu had empty eyes and no joy on his face.

When Jia Zheng saw his dead look, his eyes almost burst into flames.

If Jia's mother hadn't been there, Jia Zheng might not have hit him with a 30-meter-long stick.

Jia's mother was afraid that Jia Zheng would be angry, so she lost her interest and hurriedly sent Jia Zheng away.

Next, although Mother Jia was worried about her Baoyu, she couldn't ignore Qin Jingqing, Jia Lan and Jia Huan, so she had to leave Baoyu aside for the time being.

After the family dinner, Jia Huan talked for a while and then stood up to leave.

In the next few days, the Rongguo Mansion was naturally lively again.

However, since the imperial examination was coming in January, the Rongguo Mansion did not hold a banquet to entertain guests.

Instead, they were planning to have a banquet to celebrate together after the palace examination.

During this time, Qionghua Pavilion suddenly appeared in the capital.

This Qionghuage store specializes in high-end women's clothing.

It is said that the clothes Cai Yi wore a few days ago were produced by Qionghua Pavilion.

After meeting Jia Huan, the most talented person in Daxia, he suspected that he had met the fairy.

This shows how stunning the Qionghua Pavilion's clothes are.

It is said that Qionghua Pavilion only accepts three sets of customized clothes every month. This number can only be less but not more.

Without a certain status, there is no way to get a customized quota for Qionghua Pavilion.

And the more this happens, the more Qionghua Pavilion becomes famous.

For a time, all the noble ladies, rich ladies, and courtesans in various brothels in the entire capital were after Qionghua Pavilion's clothes. (End of chapter)