Red Mansion, Ningfu Scholarly Family

Chapter 219 Fate
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The residence of Prime Minister Ye.

Ye Xiang was also very concerned about this provincial examination, especially since the grandson of his arch-enemy Jia Jing was taking the exam.

Originally, he wanted to use some means to make Jia Rong fail the exam, but with Jia Jing watching him, he was really unsure and had to give up.

If someone were to catch him meddling in the imperial examination, he would be doomed. The usually steady Prime Minister Ye would never take such a risk.

"Master!"

"The list has been released!"

The butler came running over, followed by a nimble servant.

"Oh, have you written down the top ten? Tell me quickly!" Ye Xiang stood up and asked.

He was not afraid of Jia Rong passing the imperial examination, as there was still a long way to go from passing the imperial examination to becoming a Jinshi and then to becoming an official.

As long as Jia Rong doesn't make it into the top ten, he may not be able to pass the imperial examination next year. This will take another three or four years, and the political situation will definitely be different by then.

Unfortunately, the servant gave him a heavy blow as soon as he opened his mouth.

"The first place winner is Jia Rong."

"Second place..."

"All right!"

Ye Xiang waved his hand and interrupted, "You guys go down."

The old butler knew that Ye Xiang was in a bad mood at the moment, so he hurriedly left with the servant.

The first place in the list!
hateful!

Ye Xiang slammed the table, and suddenly thought of his good-for-nothing sons. He gritted his teeth and said fiercely, "Someone! Tie up those beasts for me. Bring ropes and sticks!"

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backyard.

"Girl, girl, I found out!"

The little girl jumped and ran into Ye Lian's yard in the backyard.

Ye Lian was delighted at first, then she said with a straight face: "Shh, why are you speaking so loudly? Do you want others to hear you?"

"oh oh."

The little girl quickly became cautious and smiled softly, "I heard that Master Jia won the first place in the Jieyuan!"

Ye Lian smiled softly and raised her hand to tidy up the hair beside her ear. "I knew he must be the top scorer. With him here, how can others get away?"

The little girl clapped her hands and laughed, "Your essays are as good as Mr. Jia's. Doesn't that mean you can get first place in the imperial examination?"

"I...ah!" Ye Lian looked out the window and sighed, "Daddy is right. I shouldn't have studied literature. Now I only feel more sad."

It’s a pity that there’s no going back.

She can't forget the days when she was studying.

"Lian'er."

"Lian'er!"

"what!"

Ye Lian came back to her senses at once, looked at the person in front of her, and said embarrassedly: "Mother, why are you here?"

"Oh, can't I come?"

Li looked at her daughter and smiled.

Ye Lian blushed and said, "No, daughter, that's not what I meant."

"what is that?"

Li continued to ask with a smile.

"Nothing, just... I suddenly have a headache." Ye Lian lied with a red face.

As the saying goes, no one knows a daughter better than her mother. How could Ye Lian hide her thoughts from Li?

"It's all your father's fault!"

"You were a good girl, but he insisted on sending you to study at the Imperial Academy. Now that you are like this, he doesn't care anymore!"

"Wouldn't it ruin your life?"

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Prince Beijing's Mansion. Prince Beijing held a banquet today and invited the sons and grandsons of noble families to drink and watch music.

After three rounds of drinks, everyone started talking about this year's provincial examination. Although they usually didn't care about this, this year was an exception.

The top prize in Shuntian Prefecture's provincial examination went to the son of their noble family!
No matter how scholarly Jia Rong is, he can never change his family background into a noble family.

What a proud feeling this is!
Thinking of those scholars who usually claim to be scholars, I look down on them and even call them pampered and extravagant.

Now, haha...

"Your Highness, why don't you invite Jia Shunzhi to come over so that we can also share in the joy of being crowned the top winner of the provincial championship." One of them suggested.

Suddenly everyone spoke up.

"Yes, please invite Brother Jia to come, and let us all toast him a glass of wine to make us proud."

Prince Beijing waved his hand and said disdainfully: "He is not one of us. You know he never attends gatherings like ours. He probably looks down on us from the bottom of his heart."

What he said was absolutely true. Jia Rong seldom drank and watched music with the playboys from noble families.

After Prince Beijing finished speaking, he quietly glanced at a few people. They immediately understood and stood up and said, "How ungrateful you are! Is it a big deal to be able to read? You have even forgotten your ancestors!"

Someone else echoed: "Yes, we don't want to associate with such people."

The rest of the people looked at each other, and soon a few started shouting, but most of them remained silent.

They dared not get involved in the affairs of Prince Beijing's Mansion and Ningguo Mansion.

Not many people responded to Beijing Wang Jian's request. He sighed inwardly, then smiled nonchalantly and said, "Let's just drink wine today and not talk about anything else. Come on, drink up the cup!"

"Your Majesty, please."

"Brothers please."

After a while, a group of singing girls came in accompanied by the sound of stringed instruments. Each of them had a pretty face and was very charming. They twisted their slender waists, and their small feet were faintly visible under their skirts...

As the playboys drank, their faces flushed unconsciously. Some of them even took advantage of the alcohol to get naughty, staggering forward to grab one and kissing and hugging him.

This caused the girls to scream and run away in all directions.

The crowd below seemed accustomed to it and burst into laughter.

There were also people applauding.

"I caught it, hehe."

"what!"

"OK!"

The scene was disgraceful for a moment.

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Of course there was a reason why Jia Rong never attended such gatherings of the sons of nobles.

In fact, except for a few families that still preserve the tradition of military merit, most of the other noble families have changed after several generations. The elders can still look decent, but the younger generation has become pure and sophisticated playboys, relying on the influence of their ancestors to indulge in singing and dancing, eating, drinking, whoring and gambling.

The Jia family, Jia Zhen, Jia Lian, Jia Baoyu and others are not exceptions; this is the current situation of most noble families.

Even the Jia family is considered good among them, and is a well-known kind family.

It is said that the disappearance of a dozen maids in the Duke Xiu's Mansion in a year is not a big deal, and even the young lady disappeared without anyone noticing.

The filthiness of it is something that no one can't do, only people can't think of it.

Compared with these guys, although literati and scholars are inevitably sour and sometimes indulge in romance in brothels, they are much more disciplined.

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After a while, all the guests went downstairs to rest.

Prince Beijing sat on a chair, playing with a fan in his hand, and smiled, "What do you think? In your opinion, can I use all these people?"

The gentleman that King Beijing mentioned was a strange man. There was a rumor in the world that whoever got Mr. Ziming could get the world.

This gentleman is indeed a strange man. He doesn't like money, beauty, food, fame, or power...

Only the same.

fate!

Only those who are destined to be with him will get his assistance. Otherwise, even if you have mountains of gold and silver, or are offered titles of nobility or appointment as prime minister, you cannot invite him.

So King Beijing visited him three times and took great pains to finally invite him to come and treat him as his right-hand man!

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(End of this chapter)