I pretend to be a unicorn in the Red Mansion

Jia She took Jia Cheng to have dinner in Taibai Tower. Jia Cheng was very curious about the food in the outside world.

It has been six years since he came to this world, and he has been locked up in Rongguo Mansion in a daze for these six years. Now that he has finally gotten out, he can't wait to order all the special dishes of Taibai Tower and taste the flavor of this ancient restaurant.

Jia She was a little doting on Jia Cheng. Seeing that the child was curious about everything, he tried his best to satisfy Jia Cheng's curiosity.

He ordered many classic dishes of Taibailou, and then asked the servants to pack up other special dishes to take home.

There are many dishes in Taibai Tower. Jia She was afraid that Jia Cheng would not know when he was hungry or full and would eat too much and get an upset stomach, so he only ordered a few classic dishes and took the rest back to eat slowly.

Jia Cheng behaved very well. He ate whatever Jia She ordered and did not question Jia She's decision.

And when he eats, he takes a small bite of each dish to taste the flavor, and stops eating when he is full.

After finishing his meal, Jia Cheng was bored and looked around for fun. There was a performance in Taibai Tower. The storyteller was speaking passionately and Jia Cheng listened with great interest.

Feeling helpless just listening in the private room, Jia Cheng wanted to go downstairs to listen to the story.

Jia She, his son and slave, would not refuse Jia Cheng's small request. He happily carried Jia Cheng downstairs to listen to the story. As soon as he walked out of the private room, he met Jia Zhen.

Jia Zhen brought a group of friends to Taibai Tower to drink. He was a little surprised to see Jia She, but soon came over to greet him enthusiastically.

Although Jia She is Jia Zhen's uncle, the two are about the same age, so they have been good friends since childhood. Later, Jia She stopped going out, so Jia Zhen had no way to play with him.

Now seeing Jia She, Jia Zhen directly pulled Jia She to drink and have fun with his friends.

There are no decent people around Jia Zhen. They are either playboys or poor people who try to curry favor with him. These people are very warm to Jia She and do not look down on him.

Although the Rongguo Mansion is not as big as before, it is still not comparable to this group of playboys and impoverished people.

No matter how bad Jia She is, he is still a first-rank general. Those people who follow Jia Zhen are all commoners and will not have any future.

Jia Zhen was very enthusiastic towards Jia She. He hadn't played with Jia She for a long time.

Jia She has been teaching Jia Zhen to read in the past few months and has not been out for a long time. He was really friendly to Jia Zhen when he saw him.

So he did not refuse and directly took Jia Cheng and Jia Zhen into the reserved private room.

Jia Zhen was not familiar with Jia Cheng and had never seen him, but he also knew the name Jia Cheng. After all, Jia Cheng was Jia She's legitimate son.

Jia Zhen also heard from his wife, Mrs. You, that Jia Cheng's stupidity had been cured and he could now speak.

He had also heard about Jia She's extraordinary fondness for Jia Cheng. He looked at Jia Cheng curiously. The child was indeed good-looking and had an extraordinary temperament at a young age. He was truly one of a kind.

No wonder Uncle She thinks so highly of Jia Cheng and even teaches him personally. It turns out that he has unique qualities, and Jia Cheng gives a very good impression at first sight.

Jia Zhen thought of what his wife Youshi had said to him, which further confirmed Jia She's preference for Jia Cheng.

Youshi had heard Mrs. Xing brag that Jia She stopped sleeping with the maidservants for the sake of Jia Cheng and turned over a new leaf for the sake of his son.

Although Youshi looked down on Mrs. Xing, she also envied her for having finally made it through. Her son was healthy and her husband had returned home. This was truly a great blessing.

Youshi was both envious and jealous of Mrs. Xing's current living conditions.

She was still in dire straits, but Mrs. Xing secretly went ashore. It was really unfair.

The situations of Mrs. You and Mrs. Xing are quite similar. They both came from humble families and married into the marquis's mansion.

Mrs. Xing married Jia She, the head of the Rongguo Mansion, and Mrs. You married Jia Zhen, the head of the Ningguo Mansion. Both of them were second wives.

The previous original wives both left them sons. After the two of them got married, they were not favored and both were infertile for many years.

Mrs. Xing and Mrs. You really do share a common suffering.

Mrs. You sometimes compared herself with Mrs. Xing, and then felt complacent that her husband was not that foolish.

Although her stepson Jia Rong was not close to her, he never disobeyed her, so she still had hope in life.

Youshi felt a sense of superiority towards Mrs. Xing. After all, Jia Zhen was the patriarch of the Jia family. As the patriarch's wife, she was more respectable than Mrs. Xing, and she also had the power to manage the household.

As the wife of the first wife in the Rongguo Mansion, Mrs. Xing has always been suppressed by Mrs. Wang. Even the housekeeper power is in the hands of the second wife. Her life is really not satisfactory.

No matter what, Youshi is in charge of Ningguo Mansion and can call the shots.

Youshi had always lived better than Lady Xing, but later Lady Xing became pregnant and gave birth to a son, and the fate of the two changed.

Yu Shi had never given birth, and without a child, she always felt insecure.

She wanted to please Jia Rong, who was left behind by the original wife, but Jia Rong was not close to her at all, and Youshi was helpless.

When Mrs. Xing gave birth to Jia Cheng, Youshi was very jealous and even secretly cursed Mrs. Xing in her heart.

She had no grudge against Mrs. Xing, but jealousy was so inexplicable.

Then when Jia Cheng was two or three years old, he was diagnosed as unable to speak and a little stupid. Youshi thought that her curse had worked.

She felt a little guilty and a little happy. Mrs. Xing gave birth to a child, but a little fool. It would be better if she didn't give birth to him.

Youshi felt that she was better than the others. Although she was childless, she did not bring shame to the Ningguo Mansion.

But this year the situation has completely reversed. The child born to Mrs. Xing is suddenly no longer stupid and is said to be quite smart.

In particular, Jia She doted on Jia Cheng and personally taught him an education. He took Jia Cheng with him wherever he went and could not leave him for a moment.

Mrs. Xing was now very proud of herself. With her beloved son, her future was secure.

Mrs. Xing couldn't help showing off her happiness to everyone she met.

Youshi suffered greatly from this. She touched her belly with a sad face and wondered when she would be able to give Jia Zhen a son.

Maybe never.

Jia Zhen had no love for her at all. He spent all day hanging out with the maids in the same room, and even went out to find prostitutes. He was unwilling to rest in her room.

Youshi felt her mouth was bitter like coptis root and didn't know how to break the impasse.

Sometimes Jia Zhen finally came to her room, but they just chatted under the quilt.

At this time, Youshi couldn't help but talk about Jia Cheng, who was favored by Jia She, and also complained that Jia She's second wives all gave birth to children, and she wanted Jia Zhen to give her a child as well.

But Jia Zhen had no interest in Youshi at all. This woman from a small family was petty and rigid in bed. How could she be as open-minded as those concubines and brothel girls?

Besides, the maids were more interesting than Youshi, so he was unwilling to put himself in a difficult position.

Jia Zhen was used to being lawless. He took over the Ningguo Mansion when he was in his twenties, and suddenly a big pie of power fell on his head.

Jia Zhen inevitably became arrogant.

Jia Zhen's father, Jia Jing, was a rare talent in the Jia family. Not only did he pass the imperial examination and become a Jinshi, he also entered the Hanlin Academy.

However, many scholars disliked Jia Jing, a bondservant who came from a military and noble family, so they all excluded him.

Jia Jing was unwilling to suffer humiliation, and because of the matter of deposing the crown prince, he simply resigned and became a Taoist priest.

Then he left the huge Ningguo Mansion directly to his son Jia Zhen. Jia Zhen experienced the taste of power at a young age, and he became more and more unbridled and unwilling to compromise himself.

Jia Zhen just didn't like Youshi and had no interest in her, but he was still quite interested in the gossip about Rongguo Mansion that Youshi told him.

Jia Zhen couldn't help but ask a lot of questions.

When Youshi saw that Jia Zhen was willing to talk to her, she was very happy, so she exaggerated Jia She's favor for Jia Cheng.

Today, Jia Zhen finally met the Jia Cheng that Youshi mentioned, and his favorable impression of this little guy continued to grow.

This child is well-behaved, sensible and polite. No wonder Uncle She likes him so much.

A group of grown men were having dinner with their children. At first they were careful about their words and actions, but later they got so drunk that they forgot about Jia Cheng's existence.

As this group of playboys chatted and boasted together, Jia Cheng felt like he had returned to modern society, drinking and eating barbecue with his colleagues.

It turns out that whether men in ancient times or modern times, they will brag whenever they eat together.

When the men drank too much, the things they discussed most, apart from national affairs, were women.

In ancient times, people were not allowed to discuss state affairs casually, so women became the center of discussion.

Jia Cheng was not interested at all when he heard these people talking about going to Chunfeng Tower to spend a night with the courtesan.

He is still a child now.

Jia She may have realized that the topic everyone was talking about was not a good one, but these people drank too much and started to eat anything, completely ignoring Jia Cheng.

Jia She didn't want to teach his son bad things, but he also didn't want to embarrass Jia Zhen, so he asked the servant to take Jia Cheng to the hall downstairs to listen to storytelling and singing.

He instructed the servants not to let Jia Cheng out of their sight, and as long as he did not leave Taibai Tower, Jia Cheng could do whatever he wanted.

Upon hearing this, the servant carried Jia Cheng out. After the child left, everyone just let themselves go.

Jia She had been holding it in for a long time and couldn't help but brag and chat with everyone. He even wanted to ask the servant to send his son home so that he could go to Chunfeng Tower to have some fun.

Jia Cheng followed the servant downstairs and felt relieved. The private room was smoky and he really didn't like it.

Coming downstairs, Jia Cheng habitually opened the favorability panel to observe these people's favorability towards him and their identities.

Most people probably didn’t notice him, so their favorability was 0, but Jia Cheng didn’t care at all.

He's such a pretty and lovely kid, as long as he makes a move, he'll definitely gain some favorability.

He was more concerned about the identities of these people. Most of the people who could come to Taibai Tower for dinner were powerful.

This is the most luxurious restaurant in the capital. People without money dare not come in.

Jia Cheng saw many businessmen, as well as many dignitaries and officials here.

Jia Cheng's eyes lit up. This was a great opportunity for him to take advantage of the situation.

Jia Cheng's eyes swept over the people eating downstairs one by one, looking for the one with the highest rank among them.

People like this have great luck, and he will definitely not let them go.

Jia Cheng carefully checked the identities of these people on the favorability panel and was suddenly stunned. He found two big fish.

They are Aisin-Gioro Yinzhen and Aisin-Gioro Yinxiang respectively.

There was a gleam in Jia Cheng's eyes. He had met the future emperor. This man might not only have great luck, but also dragon energy. He was going to get rich.