The True Winner of the Red Chamber

The grandfather sitting at the top just coughed twice, but Li Yi's own father said directly: "Shut up!" After speaking, he turned to Zhen Yingjia, "Go on."

Li Yi was a little unhappy being reprimanded by his father, but he was also curious about why his brother-in-law suddenly had the courage to resign as a fifth-rank official and wanted to study in this academy.

You must know that even if it is a serious imperial examination, it is not uncommon to be a good scholar for a lifetime.

But my brother-in-law shouldn't have to worry about this. As long as he passes the exam, even if he is only a top three, or even if he doesn't need a top three, as long as he can pass the provincial exam and pass the exam, he will be able to become an official.

Li Yi took another look at Zhen Yingjia, thinking that he had resigned from his official position to take the imperial examination, so he would not let it go just because he was only one examiner.

Zhen Yingjia adjusted her mood, recalled what she was about to say, and spoke slowly.

"As a man, I should stand upright and serve the country. My Zhen family has been an official for generations and has been deeply favored by the emperor, but there has not been a single student in the three generations. A few days ago, I taught Baoyu to read the thousand-character essay, but I remembered the early years. My late father entrusted me, once upon a time..."

The two older men of the Li family were aroused by Zhen Yingjia's beautiful narration, and they were very moved, and they couldn't stop nodding while listening.

And the younger Li Yi, who was never married and had no children, had been studying in an academy since he was a child, and he didn't feel the same way when Zhen Yingjia talked about his ideal future life, etc. He didn't feel the same way.

Grandfather couldn't help showing a bit of madness when he heard the beauty, and Li Shixin was also engrossed in watching this son-in-law who changed almost overnight and became better and better, but no one thought about it. Li Yi is gone.

After Zhen Yingjia finished talking about her youthful ideals, she paused again, with a sad expression on her face, and said, "I still remember...the wedding that day, the wedding night..."

The two men in the Li family were a little embarrassed. After all, the other party's wedding night was spent with their daughter.

"I promised her a first-class lady... Now, it's time to honor it."

There is a lot of information in this sentence, Li Yi only understands the first layer, that is, his brother-in-law's rise up is also due to his dead sister, but in Li Daji's ears, this sentence means something else.

What is Madam Gaoming?It was a reward from the imperial court to the official's mother and wife. Zhen's mother's five-rank order came from Zhen Yingjia's own father. As for Li Shi, after three months of marriage, the emperor issued a decree to grant her the five-rank order.

But Mrs. Li is dead now. According to Zhen Yingjia's age, he will marry another wife in two or three years at most. At that time, if he becomes an official again, he will not be his granddaughter.

So Zhen Yingjia said this sentence at this time, in fact, there is only one meaning, or two possibilities.

First, he will only take concubines and not marry wives in the future, so no matter how many ranks of officials he becomes, Li Shi is the only official wife, and naturally the order falls on her.

Second, he will marry a wife in the future, but on the memorandum for the imperial edict, only Li's name will appear, and it has nothing to do with his later wife.

Li Daji squinted his eyes, looking at this grandson-in-law whom he was not very optimistic about.

Not yet 25 years old, it's not too late to get the hang of it.

It's just a pity that my granddaughter died too early, but fortunately, a son has already been born.

Li Daji stroked his beard, looked at Li Yi who had already lost his mind, and his son who obviously didn't understand, and sighed.

"There are no county or government exams in Jinling City this year. Next year is the year of the township exams. The children's exams will be brought forward to March and April to free up hands to prepare for the big exams." Li Daji calculated, "There is still half a year left, so, You don’t have to go back this time, you won’t go home until after the Tongsheng exam next year.”

Zhen Yingjia nodded, "Thank you grandfather for cultivating."

"Okay!" Li Daji slapped his thighs and stood up, "That's the deal, Shixin, you come in with me, your son-in-law will take the Tongsheng examination next year, you and I will come to the study to sort out the books, and he must take the examination next year." Little Sanyuan come out!"

Li Daji is still very confident about this point. He has been a mountain leader for many years, and he has taught eight champions instead of ten. Besides, Zhen Yingjia still has a little foundation, and the childbirth test is not difficult. He basically studied in the academy for three or five years There is no such thing as a year, and it is easy to pass the exam.

No matter how bad it is... County Examination, Government Examination, and Township Examination are all graded by Qingsong Academy.

Zhen Yingjia was very satisfied with this result, but before the two of them left, he said again: "I have one more thing to ask my grandfather to agree to."

Li Daji was now immersed in the fact that his grandson-in-law is willing to make progress and has a deep relationship with Li, without thinking about it, he said directly: "Talk to me."

Zhen Yingjia was a bit shy, "I want to study in the academy incognito."

Li Daji understood his thoughts in just a moment. In the final analysis, he still didn't want to attract too much attention. It's okay to say so, and he happened to be a pair with that one. "It's nothing." He looked up and down his grandson-in-law, and said : "Your face is tender, and you have a literati air, like a student who came to study."

After speaking, he looked at Li Yi again, and said sharply, "Don't let your mouth slip!"

Li Yi nodded, Li Daji went to call Li Shixin again, just at this time, someone came in from outside.

She is the nanny of Li Yi's mother, the Qi family. She said with a smile: "Madam said that lunch is just a simple meal, and there are too many to cook. She has already prepared a good table to wash the dust for my uncle. Just now, I see that the master has something serious to say. , so I didn’t dare to disturb, I’m afraid that the children are all hungry.”

Older people always like children, so Li Daji said: "Eat first, let's talk after eating."

Zhen Yingjia had nothing to object to, the one who was hungry was his own flesh and blood.

Both the host and the guest enjoyed the meal, and Zhen Yingjia also let go of a worry.

Speaking of which, he definitely doesn't have any thoughts about women, and he doesn't plan to marry another one in the future, so having Mrs. Li in front saves him a lot of trouble.

So for Li Shi, he intends to do everything he can, and all the decency will belong to her.

And Zhen Yingjia will only have four children.

This day's schedule was full, and basically everyone went to rest after eating. The old grandfather, who originally planned to make a review plan for Zhen Yingjia, also went back to sleep contentedly, and planned to do a big job again tomorrow morning .

Early the next morning, Zhen Yingjia got up and sent her two daughters to the Qi family first, then took Baoyu to the mountain.

The beautiful name is to cultivate the body and mind and exercise the body.

Of course, the more essential reason is that he absolutely must take all means, and he must not develop Zhen Baoyu into a temperament similar to Jia Baoyu.

He was lying on the bed last night, involuntarily recalling the plot of the original work carefully.

He absolutely can't develop his only child into that kind of character, and he doesn't intend to let Jing Huan Fairy use something like a pink skull to awaken Zhen Baoyu.

Think about Jia Baoyu in the original book, who hangs out with his daughters all day long, mourning the spring and the autumn, what else is he doing besides escaping reality?

There is also Zhen Baoyu's appearance, which is said to be similar to Jia Baoyu's. Of course, he still looks very cute now, and the appearance inherited from the original owner is naturally not that bad.

But the key point is that Zhen Yingjia remembered two sentences describing Jia Baoyu's appearance yesterday.

The face is like the moon of Mid-Autumn Festival, and the color is like the flowers of spring dawn.

What is the moon of Mid-Autumn Festival?Full moon.

In other words, without him, Zhen Baoyu of his family would grow into a round-faced man in the future... Zhen Yingjia shook her head, this kind of thing must never happen.

So his son should honestly develop in the direction of a normal man's appearance.

The father and son walked up the mountain one after the other. The original owner's body didn't move much, so his son wasn't the only one who needed to be changed.

The two walked halfway up the mountain, just in time to see a protruding platform not far away, on which a group of students were exercising.It looks like a sport like Wu Qin Xi.

The one in the lead was Kang He, dressed in white, the morning breeze and his soothing movements made the corners of his clothes flutter slightly, looking a bit dusty.

In the long white robe, only a wide belt was added around the waist, which made her look even more slender.

Zhen Yingjia looked at it for a while, and found that the other side had almost practiced, so she took Baoyu and left. After walking two steps, she heard someone calling him from behind. Looking back, it turned out to be Kang He.

Kang He's face was still slightly flushed, and he took a few breaths before saying, "Are you going up the mountain?"

Zhen Yingjia nodded, looked at the platform and said with a smile: "This is indeed a good place."

Kang He said: "It's not easy to go further up the road. It rained a few days ago, the road was washed away, and there is still a tree lying on the road."

"Father." Baoyu tugged at Zhen Yingjia's sleeve, with a look of wanting to go back.

As a five-year-old child, it is not easy to walk so far on his own. Zhen Yingjia squatted down and rubbed his face, comforting him: "Don't go any further."

"I'll follow you down the mountain."

When Zhen Yingjia straightened up, Kang He suddenly said this.

Zhen Yingjia raised her eyebrows, indicating that there was a group of classmates on the platform not far away.

Although he didn't say a word, Kang He immediately answered: "They have to call again. This morning, the head of the mountain said that he had something to explain to me, and asked me to see him before breakfast."

Zhen Yingjia nodded, and the three turned around and walked down the mountain together.

Kang He stared at the tightly held hands of the father and son for a long time, so long that even Zhen Yingjia noticed the gaze, and then he seemed to come back to his senses suddenly, and said: "I have sweated a lot, and the wind is strong on the mountain. -"

Before he finished speaking, he saw Zhen Yingjia holding Baoyu in his arms, "What you said is, let's go down the mountain quickly." And the last sentence was said to Baoyu in his arms, "Father will protect you from the wind. "

Kang He suddenly loses interest, and loses the ability to talk after following Zhen Yingjia.

Baoyu stayed in Zhen Yingjia's arms, looking at Kang He who followed behind them expressionlessly, he just felt that this person's eyes were very sharp, and he felt a little timid inexplicably, so Baoyu obeyed her own will and turned her head With a twist, he buried himself in his father's arms.

Zhen Yingjia laughed out loud and rubbed her son's head.

When they got down the mountain, the two said goodbye, Zhen Yingjia took the child to wash up, and Kang He went to Li Shixin's study.

"Your Highness."

As soon as Kang He entered, Li Shixin stood up and saluted.

Before Li Shixin could bend down, Kang He supported Li Shixin, "You don't have to be polite."

The two sat down separately, and Li Shixin said: "Your Highness, you have been in my academy for more than a year. During this year, many students have come in and out of the academy, only you..."

Kang He didn't speak, Li Shixin paused, and then said: "Only you have been living in the same room, I'm afraid if this continues, your identity will not be concealed."

Speaking of which, when Kang He came to the academy to study incognito, he was also prepared to have a roommate, but it was not him who made him live alone, but Li Shixin's decision.

After all, he is the eldest grandson of the emperor, and he said to treat him like an ordinary person. Could it be that Li Shixin really did it?

Kang He smiled kindly, "It's up to you to arrange."

Li Shixin stroked his beard, smiled like a well-thought-out man, and said, "It just so happens that my grandson-in-law is also coming to study, and I don't want others to know his identity."

Speaking of this, he smiled again, "I think it's because I'm too old to be a child, and I'm afraid people will laugh at me, but I'm a very nice person, so I happen to be a good pair with you."

Zhen Yingjia?That Zhen Yingjia who is said to be very popular with the imperial grandfather, has a lot of money, and is a good father?

Kang He recalled the scene in the morning, as well as the man's red face after exercising, and the thin layer of sweat.

"It's not bad."

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Talk about your first impression

Zhen Yingjia smiled: She looks good, quite mature.Well, the guilt of eating tender grass has been reduced a lot.

Kang He has a serious face: The family is rich, looks very good, and has good knowledge, which can help me achieve great things.is a good father.

Zhen Yingjia squinted and raised her eyebrows.

Kang He coughed, and his face became more serious: Later, the state treasury and private treasury were well managed, and the chief assistant of the cabinet was even more competent, and he was my humerus talent.

Zhen Yingjia nodded slightly, and Kang He's tense shoulders suddenly relaxed.