In order to eat, I signed a contract with the system

Chapter 354 Dream of Red Mansions - Jia Yingchun 25

At Rongguo Mansion, after Wang Xifeng left Lady Jia, she quickly sent people to investigate the matter of registered land in Jinling, and found out that it was the Second Wife who did it.

To be honest, both Lady Jia and Wang Xifeng found this result a little incomprehensible. Lady Jia was puzzled as to why the second wife, as the daughter of the Wang family and already so old, could still do such a thing.

What Wang Xifeng couldn't understand was that the Second Wife did this not only because she used her reputation as a woman of the Wang family as a shield, but also because she was secretly treating her, Wang Xifeng, as a fool.

"I have always respected the Second Madam. I even trusted her more than the First Madam. I recognized her as my aunt. But I never expected that in the eyes of the Second Madam, I, Wang Xifeng, was just a scapegoat."

"She did such a thing under the name of the housekeeper's wife of Rongguo Mansion. She is thinking that I, Wang Xifeng, am easy to bully!"

Wang Xifeng was so angry that she cursed the Second Wife in the room for being a disgrace and doing immoral things behind her back and using her name as a scapegoat. Ping'er, who was standing by, hurriedly brought tea over and asked Wang Xifeng to drink it to calm down.

"Second Madam, calm down. It was thanks to Third Master Lang's reminder that those villains failed and ruined your reputation."

"Now that the matter has been investigated and stopped, the old lady will make some arrangements. I think grandma should send a message to Master Lang San in Jinling."

Wang Xifeng naturally understood what Ping'er said. After all, the Second Madam was her elder and an aunt from the same clan. If the matter became a big deal, not only would the Second Madam lose face, but she herself would also suffer.

The matter has been investigated clearly and the people have been stopped. We can only wait for the mother-in-law, Lady Jia, to punish the Second Madam. As the niece-in-law, I cannot say anything in person.

The most important thing to do right now is to quickly send a letter to Jia Lang in Jinling. Firstly, to tell Jia Lang that he did not do this, and secondly, to ask Jia Lang to help clarify so that the people in the clan will know that this is a complete misunderstanding.

However, after this incident, Wang Xifeng became wary of the Second Wife. She always felt that even if the Second Wife had some ulterior motives towards their First Wife for the sake of the Second House, she would not harm her niece.

Now Wang Xifeng didn't think so. Although the Second Madam had handed over the power of housekeeper before, who knew whether she had handed it over in full? For example, she knew very little about the things outside the Rongguo Mansion. When she asked the Second Madam, she was told that these things were handled by men like Jia Zheng, and the Second Madam didn't know. Wang Xifeng believed it at first, but now, if she believed it again, she would be a fool!

Once there is a first, there will be a second. Who knows how much the second wife has done outside and how much money she has accumulated in the name of their first wife. A few days ago, the second wife persuaded her to lend money at interest. Wang Xifeng was tempted at that time. Now think about it, if lending money at interest is really no problem, why doesn't the second wife do it herself, and why does she persuade Wang Xifeng to do it?

Because of this change in the Jia family, Wang Xifeng became suspicious of the Second Wife, and indirectly stopped lending money with her.

In her previous life, Wang Xifeng started lending money at high interest rates, in addition to the persuasion of the Second Wife, because the Rongguo Mansion had financial problems and she had no choice but to do so. In this life, because the Second Wife handed over power early and because of the money loss incident, she targeted a wave of corruption even though it would offend the old family of the Jia Mansion.

Although they failed to completely eradicate the rats in the Jia Mansion, they did learn to tighten their skin and restrain their hands and feet. In addition, they actually found out a group of middle-level villains, which gave a lot of financial support to the Rongguo Mansion.

Wang Xifeng is indeed good at housekeeping. In this life, the Rongguo Mansion is not that bad, but she manages it better.

After the issue of Ji Tian was resolved, the people in the clan more or less learned from Jia Xing that the matter was related to Jia Lang, and they came to express their gratitude. Jia Lang naturally took this opportunity to explain for Wang Xifeng. After all, Wang Xifeng did not forget to attach a thank-you gift when she sent the letter. It was just a matter of saying a few words to help. What was the difficulty?

As for whether the clansmen believed Jia Lang's statement or not, that had nothing to do with Jia Lang.

In the blink of an eye, April arrived. Jia Lang and Jia Xing both passed the county examination and then made an appointment to go to the provincial capital together to take the provincial examination.

Jia Lang did quite well in the exam and the results of the provincial examination came out soon. On the day the results were announced, Aunt Li, her servants and Jia Lang gathered in front of the examination hall early in the morning waiting for the results to be announced.

“Dong, dong, dong, the auspicious time has arrived, the results are announced!”

Several yamen runners pushed through the onlookers with the list and started applying glue to paste the list paper. Jia Lang knew his own result well, after all, he had the ability to predict the outcome. Although it lacked a certain sense of excitement, it did save him a lot of tension and worry.

But Aunt Li didn't know. Ever since she was sure that Jia Lang had a special way to avoid body searches and take the imperial examinations, she never mentioned Jia Lang's identity again. Instead, she really began to treat Jia Lang as her son. As a mother who wanted her son to be successful, Aunt Li completely started the process of pushing her son to succeed.

As the grandson of a scholar, Jia Lang had to pass the exam no matter what. If Jia Lang failed this time, he would not be able to rest as he pleased in the future, but had to continue studying until he passed the exam and became a Jinshi.

"Who is Jia Lang?"

"The first person on the list is Jia Lang, the third son of the Jia family from Jia Village in Jinling!"

Jia Lang's name was heard from the crowd. Aunt Li confirmed it several times before she dared to believe it. Her son had passed the exam and was the top scorer!

"Lang'er, Lang'er, did I hear you correctly? Are you really the first in the case?"

Before Jia Lang could speak, Jia Xing, who was also there to look at the list, squeezed over and replied excitedly, "Aunt, you heard it right, Lang Ge passed the exam, and he was the first!"

"Xingge'er, you're here too!"

They set out too early in the morning. Since they had to accompany Aunt Li, Jia Lang did not go to find Jia Xing. Now he suddenly met Jia Xing here, and he was quite happy.

"Xing'er, you...?"

Aunt Li looked at Jia Xing's happy expression and guessed that he should have won as well. However, since Jia Lang was beside him, she didn't dare to ask him as she always felt like showing off.

According to the plot of his previous life, Jia Xing originally failed the exam. His father died early, and he had only a grandmother and a mother to depend on. Fortunately, he was quite talented in studying, and Jia valued him very much.

In order to prevent him from stopping his studies because of money, the Jia family members specially set aside a part of the income from the registered land for Jia Xing and other Jia family members with academic talent to study. In the previous life, the second wife sold the registered land, and Jia Xing's mood was affected. He failed in this provincial examination and did not pass.

Later, I lost support and couldn't afford the tuition, so I couldn't continue my studies.

"Aunt, I got in too, number 53!"

Jia Xing was not at all jealous of Jia Lang's higher ranking than his own. Jia Lang had shown extraordinary talent since the very beginning of his enlightenment. However, the teacher in the school was afraid that Jia Lang would hurt Zhongyong, so he specifically told them to treat Jia Lang normally and not let him discover his talent, so that Jia Lang could remain humble and study seriously.