I pretend to be a unicorn in the Red Mansion

Jia Cheng stayed in the palace for one day and then came back. As a result, he lived a life of misery after returning.

After Jia Zheng was promoted, Rongguo Mansion became bustling with people again.

There were constant banquets at home, and he was dragged by his grandmother to attend banquets at other people's homes.

Every family that has any connection with the Rongguo Mansion wants to meet this talented young man named Jia Cheng.

Jia Cheng not only gave his father the title of marquis, but also helped his second uncle to rise to prominence, turning Jia Zheng from a mere fifth-rank official into a second-rank official.

Everyone knew Jia Zheng's ability. How could such a mediocre person rise to prominence under Jia Cheng's care? Everyone couldn't help but think to themselves, "I can do the same thing."

As a result, everyone became more curious about Jia Cheng.

What's worse, some of them shamelessly tried to establish a relationship with Jia Cheng in order to get a government position; those who couldn't establish a relationship planned to marry their daughters or granddaughters to him.

How could Jia Cheng be interested in those little girls? These yellow-haired girls, whose hair hadn't even faded completely, wanted to go on a blind date with him, which was really speechless.

Jia Cheng was so annoyed that he even thought about moving into the palace. After all, the palace was relatively quiet.

However, when he thought of the scheming and cunning princes and grandchildren in the palace, he felt that the noise at home was tolerable.

Jia Cheng was not willing to get involved in the royal disputes at the moment, but this tempting "sweet potato" had long been the target of those precocious princes and grandchildren.

All he could do now was to stay away from this group of people and avoid all factors that might cause trouble.

Instead of spending time dealing with those princes and grandchildren, it is better to invest time and energy into practicing "Flying Crane Art" and strive to break through to the Minggu Stage as soon as possible.

Currently, he is only in the initial stage of Feihe Jue. Once he enters the Minggu period, it means that he has entered the intermediate body refining realm. At that time, his body will usher in a qualitative leap.

Jia Cheng sat alone in the study, thinking hard about how to effectively improve his own strength.

His eyes rested on the system that was dancing happily in the study, flapping its wings.

The system seems to have a special liking for the image of the parrot it plays. It immerses itself in it every day and has a lot of fun.

It seems that the system has been too idle recently.

Jia Cheng suddenly thought of a plan and decided to trick the system.

[Brother Tong, I have some fresh and delicious pine nuts here as a tribute. Do you want to try them?] Jia Cheng said temptingly with a smile.

Upon hearing this, the system immediately fluttered its wings excitedly and flew to the table. It stared at the pine nuts with its cute green eyes and replied impatiently: [Of course I want to eat it!]

However, the system did not notice the meaningful smile in Jia Cheng's eyes.

What Jia Cheng gives is often accompanied by a certain price.

He held the system in his arms, stroked its fur, and then fed it pine nuts and snacks. The system felt so comfortable with the treatment that it made a snoring sound in its throat.

Then suddenly Jia Cheng stopped feeding, and the system looked up and asked: [Brother Cheng, why didn’t you feed? ]

Jia Cheng's face, which had been warm just now, suddenly turned cold. He snorted, "Brother Tong, you really feel at ease. I still have a score to settle with you."

The system was confused by the pine nut fragrance, and the brain could not think, [Ah, what's the account?]

Even through that parrot face, Jia Cheng could see the stupidity of the system.

Jia Cheng was so disappointed with his friend that his eyebrows were twisted into a shape of a "川" character. "Brother Tong, you are so forgetful. Have you forgotten the bear paws you ate in the palace a few days ago?"

You embarrassed me at that time, do you know that? I asked you to transform into a unicorn to show Kangxi in order to create a noble image, not to make you look greedy.

Do you know how I spent the past few days? Kangxi thought I was greedy, so whenever there was something new in the palace, he would send it to Rongguo Mansion.]

[Isn’t that good?] The system asked back with some confusion.

Jia Cheng sneered, "Good? The capital is such a complicated environment, and the emperor sends me food and drinks every day and pampers me to the sky. Do you think this is a good thing?"

Wouldn't the princes be jealous of me, and wouldn't the other ministers resent me? After all, I got more, and they got less.

Some people might slander my reputation behind my back, saying that I used some despicable means to make the emperor favor me so much.

Just because of your greedy look, my future may be ruined. Don’t you know that gossip can make a tiger out of a tree? ]

The system made a dull sound and explained with some stammering, "Cheng, Brother Cheng, I didn't think too much about it. I just haven't eaten bear paws for a long time and I'm a little craving for it.

But the bear paw tastes really good, and you even left a piece for me, hehe.]

The system's focus was off again, and Jia Cheng gave the system a very loud "brain crash", "Can you think of something else besides food? I'm in danger now, do you know that?"

The more Kangxi dotes on me, the more others will regard me as a thorn in their eyes and a thorn in their flesh. Who knows how many people may want to get rid of me.

I am a six-year-old child now, weak and helpless, who can protect me?

Jia Cheng held his forehead and pretended to be weak, looking pitiful.

The system was a little confused, but it still had some intelligence left, "Didn't you practice the Flying Crane Technique? You are now considered a second-rate master, right?"

Even if someone comes to hurt you, you can escape. Don't worry, Feihe Jue is very powerful.]

Jia Cheng's eyes flickered, [You also said that I am only a second-rate expert now. If someone sends a first-rate expert to kidnap me or kill me, what should I do?]

The system scratched its head with its claws, [You make sense, huh? So what should we do?]

Jia Cheng patiently advised, "So I can only improve my own abilities to guard against those top masters.

There were many hidden dragons and crouching tigers in the Qing Dynasty. What if someone used a cannon to kill mosquitoes? Wouldn't I, a mosquito with a little martial arts skills, be killed by a cannon? ]

After hearing Jia Cheng's frightening words, the system finally felt a sense of crisis. [Brother Cheng, don't worry. I will definitely help you practice the Flying Crane Technique to the end and make you the best in the world.]

Jia Cheng drooped his lips and sighed deeply, [Alas, it's easy for you to say it, but it's not that easy to do it.

I have been stuck in the tendon-refining stage for a long time. No matter how hard I try or how many precious medicinal herbs I take, I still cannot make any further progress.

Maybe it's because I don't have enough understanding and my foundation is not good enough, so I deserve to be bullied.

Brother Tong, I am so sorry. I have failed to live up to your expectations of me. You gave me such a good technique, but I am so incompetent.]

The system immediately felt distressed, [Brother Cheng, please don’t say that, I think you are already very good.

You are only six years old and have already reached the tendon refining stage. This is the last stage of primary body refining. You will soon be able to break through to the intermediate body refining.

How about this, I'll go ask my brother and see if he has any ideas. He assisted Long Aotian in fighting and killing, so he must have a lot of good stuff. I'll go now.]

After saying that, the system disappeared in a flash, and Jia Cheng lowered his eyes and continued to peel pine nuts.

Jia Cheng enjoyed this moment of tranquility in the study, thinking about his next plan in his mind.

Early in the morning, Grandmother Jia took Mrs. Xing, Jia Min, Yingchun, Baoyu, Daiyu and others to the Shi family to attend the banquet.

Yuanchun said she was not feeling well, so she did not go out.

Today is the birthday of Marquis Zhongjing Shi Ding. Since Lady Jia is his aunt, she naturally has to go.

Shi Ding's original intention was to take advantage of the birthday opportunity to get closer to Jia Cheng, but he didn't expect that Jia Cheng had already agreed to attend the banquet at Prince Yong's mansion, so he could not attend this so-called family dinner.

Prince Yong's Mansion said that today was also a family dinner, to celebrate the Fourth Master becoming Prince Yong.

Some time ago, Prince Yong's palace did not hold a large banquet to celebrate because it was delayed by the restoration of the crown prince and the floods in the south.

Now that the flood in the south has been resolved, the prince has returned to his throne, and the capital is apparently calm, so this family banquet was made up.

This happy event should have been celebrated with great fanfare, but Yinzhen had always been low-key and did not want to invite too many unimportant people.

So only close brothers and relatives were invited.

Jia Chengwan had never expected to receive an invitation from Yinzhen, and he could not help wondering: Could it be that this guy was a grateful person? Or did he have other intentions?

Jia Cheng pondered in his heart, wanting to see what this shrewd Prince Yong was planning.

He looked up at the sky and estimated that it was almost time, so he called Shi Yan to prepare the carriage and prepare to set off for Prince Yong's Mansion.

Jia Cheng rode in a sedan chair from Rong Xi Tang to the front gate. When he was about to get on the carriage, someone blocked his way.

He looked carefully and saw the man in front of him with a bright smile on his face. He said in a happy tone: "Brother Cheng, I'm here to pick you up to go to my house for a banquet. I was worried that you couldn't find the way."

The person who spoke was Hongli.

Today he was wearing a bright red robe, a white jade crown on his head, a jeweled necklace around his neck, a sachet and a jade pendant of excellent quality around his waist. This outfit made his red lips and white teeth look elegant and handsome.

Hongli stood in the sunshine and stretched out his hand to Jia Cheng. The high-spirited young man was embodied at this moment.

But this smile showing eight teeth made him look a little silly.

Jia Cheng felt helpless and rubbed his brow silently. This guy Hongli was like a dog-skin plaster that could not be shaken off and actually followed him all the way home.

When he was in the palace, Hongli always tried every means to enter the palace to play with him.

When he went to the Imperial Study for class, Hongli insisted on sitting at the same table with him.

Now, Zhu Shi has not returned to the capital yet. Jia Cheng secretly speculates that if his teacher comes back, Hongli will definitely pester him to go to his teacher's home to attend classes.

What is even more troublesome is that Hongli has a bright smile on his face all day long. As the saying goes, "Don't hit a smiling person." Even though Jia Cheng thinks Hongli is too clingy, he really can't bear to say anything harsh when facing that sunny smile.

After all, Hongli's liking for him was ridiculously high, and Jia Cheng was not willing to easily trample on such a sincere and honest person.

Jia Cheng felt that he had really become younger and his heart had become softer.