Honglou: This bastard is too persuasive.

Chapter 518 Jia Baoyu Joins the Imperial College
"What did you say? You said my father and mother wanted me to go to the Imperial College. How is that possible? They never told me about this. You must have lied to me. I tell you, if you dare to lie to me, my mother will beat you to death. How could I go? Guo Ziqian, I am doing well in middle school, and I don't need to go to the Imperial College to get my degree. Go back and tell my father that I will never go to the Imperial College. If he insists that I go to the Imperial College, then I would rather go on a hunger strike and not eat. I will go to find the old lady now."

Jia Baoyu, no matter what, never thought that others were working at home and came from the street. He never thought that his father and mother actually wanted him to go to the Imperial College. He knew his level best. How could he go to the Imperial College? It was impossible for him to go there. When the mermaid was digesting it, Jia Baoyu had only one idea that he would never go there. Unfortunately, his idea was good, but the reality forced him to shake his head and give up. After all, when he found the old lady, the old lady was not on the same line with him. Even the old lady of the Jia family talked directly to Jia Baoyu.

"My Yu'er, I don't want you to go to the Imperial College, and I don't want you to suffer this hardship, but you have to go. You don't know that your younger brother, Jia Huan, is now a general. He has 18,000 people under him, or even tens of thousands. I don't know the exact number, but based on his merits, it will be impossible for you to surpass him in the future. Although we are Rongguo Mansion, you must know that your uncle is only a third-class general. Even if the title is passed on to you, it is only a fifth-class general. Now your third brother is already a third-class general, the same level as your uncle. So if you don't perform better, you will be surpassed by the third brother. In the end, how can you live in this compound? What status do you have in our Jia family? No one will look down on you by then. Can you accept it?"

It has to be said that the old lady still grasped Jia Baoyu's mentality. She knew Jia Baoyu too well and knew that Jia Baoyu could never endure hardship. She also understood that Jia Baoyu was a useless person. In this case, if Jia Baoyu was really defeated by Huang Laosan, Jia Baoyu would definitely accept it. But the current situation was that Jia Huan had made great progress, while Jia Baoyu had achieved nothing. It would be strange if Jia Baoyu could accept this. If Jia Baoyu wanted to surpass Jia Huan, he could only go to the Zijian. The old lady understood this and Jia Baoyu also understood this. So when the old lady finished speaking, Jia Baoyu had already compromised after a fierce struggle.

Jia Baoyu understood very well what the old lady meant. If he was outshined by Jia Huan, who in this courtyard would still look up to him in the future? The maids and servants looked down on his brother, the sisters looked down on him, and even other people looked down on him. His status would be greatly challenged, which Baoyu absolutely could not accept. Jia Baoyu lived on this little honor in his life. He could live so long because he was irreplaceable in this family. But if the third brother could replace him one day, would he still have his status? Would he still be respected? Would he still be looked down upon by everyone? My family is not capable of that. I am you.

Jia Baoyu understands this very well. Although he was born in Han Yu, he was taken care of by others. However, if someone can compare with him, then these servants will flatter the superior and trample on the inferior. They may look down on him. Moreover, if he is compared with Huang Lao San, what will happen to his reputation? If he goes out to drink with others, will others still look up to him? These brothers and sisters in the family can still think that they are superior to others, and even they can be high-handed and criticize others, all because of their irreplaceable status in the Jia family. But one day, he will be surpassed by Lao San, and there will be no home at this moment. I understand what choice he should make.

If you have read the original novel or watched the entire TV series, you will know that Jia Baoyu is never a fool. He is very smart, and smarter than most people. The reason why he can be so unrestrained and can live freely for such a long time is because he feels that the fake price will not fall. As the second-generation master, he can understand more clearly that the title cannot belong to him, so he cannot think about the title. He just needs to enjoy life well. Having money, status and connections will be enough. This is the fundamental reason why he can live so carefree for more than ten years. But if one day this fundamental reason is gone, that is to say, his status in the Jia family is gone, when everyone thinks that he is not even as good as Dianhuan, he will lose this status, and then his carefree days will completely disappear, which he absolutely cannot accept.

Jia Baoyu couldn't accept this reality and could only compromise with it. At the same time, he also understood that since the third brother was already familiar with him, he had to beat the third brother before he completely left. Only in this way could he still have a good life. Otherwise, his good days would really be over. He didn't want the good days he had worked so hard to get to disappear like this. This was something he absolutely couldn't accept. So at this moment, Jia Baoyu also made up his mind and said to the old lady.

"I can go through the time, and I promise that I can learn well, but I hope you can tell me one thing, old lady. If I really learn well, can Jia Huan really be surpassed by me? He is already a general of the third rank, and is at the same level as my uncle. If I go to the Imperial College now, how can you compare with him? You have to know that he is already a noble man. If he is stationed at the border and makes some merits, then he, Jia Huan, may be made a viscount, earl, or even a marquis and duke. By then, even if I am in the Imperial College, no matter how hard I try, it will be useless. So, old lady, I think you should not treat me with such high hopes. I may never be able to compare with Jia Huan in this life."

Jia Baoyu sounded dejected, but to the old lady, it meant that Jia Baoyu was motivated. At the same time, she was not worried that Jia Huan would be able to completely surpass Jia Baoyu. As long as Jia Baoyu was motivated, then nothing else would be a problem. So after Jia Baoyu finished speaking, the old lady smiled mysteriously and told Jia Baoyu that he didn't have to worry about this matter. As long as he performed well in the Imperial College, Yang Ming would be enough, and there was no need to take care of anything else. Jia Baoyu went out as if he didn't understand what he was doing, but after he went out, he smiled mysteriously because he understood what the old lady meant.

The old ancestor's meaning was obvious. He wanted to tell Jia Baoyu that as long as he could become famous, then Jia Huan would not be a problem at all. If he became famous and surpassed the current Jia Huan, Jia Huan would not be able to successfully advance in the future, nor would he be able to have a higher title. The reason was simple. An old lady would have someone take action, and by then Jia Baoyu's reputation would surpass Jia Huan's. But Jia Huan would be in trouble, whether he was imprisoned or killed. As long as he was dealt with, he, Jia Baoyu, would still be the person with the highest status in the Jia family, higher than anyone else. No one in this generation would dare to compare with him. In this way, what was there to be afraid of, Jia Baoyu?
After figuring this out, he felt relaxed and a little bit cocky at the same time. However, he understood that in the current situation, he couldn't be cocky yet. He needed to improve his reputation first. He passed Lin Daiyu's room but did not enter. Instead, he whispered to himself at the door that he would wait until he was successful and famous before coming in.

If she still said nothing when she went to the rooms of the other sisters, because she knew that she had already lowered her reputation by speaking now, and she could not make her own reputation, then in the future in this Rongguo Mansion, the most important thing in their hearts was to return, not themselves. At this moment, Jia Baoyu felt that his choice was right. He wanted to study hard in the Imperial Academy, to become famous, and to make everyone admire him and look up to him. This was what he wanted. He returned to his room and asked the maids to pack up his things quickly. Then, on the second day, Jia Baoyu really went to the Imperial Academy quickly under the arrangement of the old lady, Jia Zheng and Mrs. Wang. This time, he wanted to change himself, he wanted to work hard, he wanted to make Jia Baoyu's name resound throughout the empire, to let everyone know that there was a Jia Baoyu in the Jia family, not a Jia Huan in the Jia family, he wanted to completely surpass Jia Huan, it was this idea and motivation that made him very excited, but when he arrived at the Imperial Academy, he found out how naive his idea was, he wanted to be better than him. Baoyu and Jia Huan were simply impossible.

Jia Baoyu originally thought that with his knowledge, ability and talent, he would be able to thrive in the Imperial College. However, he did not expect that after arriving at the Imperial College, everything would go against his expectations. He thought he could make great progress in the Imperial College, but he did not expect that after arriving at the Imperial College, he would not know many things at all. Moreover, people of that time did not regard poetry as their main subject, but as a hobby. What they mainly studied was the eight-legged essay, which was the eight-legged essay. Jia Baoyu could not learn it at all. After seeing this situation, Jia Baoyu was depressed, but he had no choice, he had to do something in this area.

He worked hard for a long time, but got nothing in the end. Instead, he was laughed at and looked like a disgrace. After a week, Jia Baoyu could hardly hold on any longer, because when the teacher gave the exam, he found that he did not know the answers to many of the questions. He felt very ashamed. After all, when he was really a crouching tiger, no one could beat him. He was already depressed by being beaten by the third brother, and now he was beaten by everyone. At this moment, he really could not stand it anymore, so Jia Baoyu prepared to leave. However, Jia Huan had already arranged for people to know about his situation in advance. After all, Jia Huan was the one who had always arranged people to supervise the Jia family.

Because he had arranged people to monitor all the actions of the Jia family in advance, Jia Huan's men knew about it when Jia Baoyu intervened in the Imperial College. Jia Huan also arranged his men to always think about trapping Jia Baoyu, so his men did not report the matter to Jia Hua at all. Instead, when Jia Baoyu was about to leave, they arranged for a student who had been arranged to enter the Imperial College to come to the place arranged by Jia Huan and waited for Jia Baoyu. When they waited for Jia Baoyu, the two students did not hesitate to discuss in a low voice beside them.

"Brother, you don't know how useless Jia Baoyu, who was born in Haiyu from the Jia family, is. I thought there would be some difference between him being born in Hanyu and being very capable, but I didn't expect that he is nothing in our academy. He can be said to be the last one, right at the bottom. How can such a person be rumored to have some big moves? What kind of summons can he have? I think he was tricked by his mother. I'm afraid his mother deliberately created this topic to make people think that he has some talent, but in fact, this Jia Baoyu is nothing."

"You're right. I think so too. I've been observing that kid carefully for some time. He really doesn't know anything. If he could learn a little bit, he would be considered promising. I heard that he writes poems very well, but what are those poems? They are all some Yan poems and Yan songs. They are not useful at all. If he writes them and takes them to the exam room, he will probably be beaten by the teacher. He dares to come to our country to study. We are really giving him face. Let's find a way to get rid of him. He is really embarrassing us in our country."

"Do you think I don't want to get rid of him? We are ostracizing him now, isn't it just to get rid of him quickly? This kid is unlearned and has no skills, don't let him affect our reputation, so they must get rid of him quickly, only then can they be worthy of themselves and them, after so many years of study, but there are many kids, if he is driven away, then his reputation will be completely ruined, you know, his reputation is created by the Jia family, everyone doesn't know that now that this school is open, then his reputation will be completely spread, everyone knows that his previous reputation is false, and in this way, when he returns home, I'm afraid not only his parents, but even the ancestors of the Jia family will no longer value him, in the future, even if Han Yu is born, he is just a waste, I heard that he has a third."

"Yes, yes, yes. There is also a third brother. I know about this as well. His third brother is called Jiang Huan. He joined the army before, and it seems he went on his behalf. I heard that after joining the army, the boy made rapid progress and became very powerful. Now he is in charge of tens of thousands of people and has become a general. It can be said that he is in the limelight. I heard that he was even conferred the title of general. How can such a person, Jia Baoyu, compare? From now on, it belongs to the Jia family, that is, Jia Huan, and it has nothing to do with Jia Baoyu."

(End of this chapter)