The mental state is beautiful

Without Wang Xifeng, and unwilling to give up the immediate benefits, the matter of usury is still in the hands of Mrs. Wang, and is under the charge of her companion Zhou Ruijia.

Jia Min and the Xue family both tried to decline the invitation from Rongguo Mansion. Anyone with a discerning eye could see what they meant, but Jia Mu and Lady Wang stuck to them like a dog-skin plaster, leaving everyone speechless.

In fact, it is understandable that Jia Baoyu's identity is only superficial. If Lady Jia is gone and the Jia family splits up, Jia Baoyu will soon be nothing.

Although Mrs. Wang boasted that "Baoyu is worthy of the princess", in fact, the best woman he could get close to at the moment was Lin Daiyu. But Mrs. Wang didn't like Daiyu because of Jia Min, so she took advantage of Baochai, who was rich in her family, and set her sights on her.

Don’t mention the Jia family.

Lin Daiyu and Xue Baochai have now become close friends, along with Jia Yingchun. The three of them often go to each other's homes for small gatherings, mostly at the Lin family and the Xue family, which Yingchun accepts well because she doesn't think much of Jia Baoyu.

Because of her relationship with Baochai, Yingchun and Xue Pan inevitably met at Xue's house. As time went by, everyone noticed something was going on.

"Second sister, this round fan is for you." Baochai handed a round fan to Yingchun. The fan was made of yellow kesi silk, and a pair of phoenixes were flying among the branches and leaves of the phoenix tree. There was also a circle of peony flowers planted at the bottom of the phoenix tree, which was very exquisite.

Yingchun took the fan, stroked the fan with her index finger, and seemed to like it very much.

Baochai handed Daiyu a black silk fan with embroidered butterfly and bamboo handle. Daiyu smiled slyly, "It seems that I got this fan from my second sister!" Then she smiled at Baochai.

It turns out that the yellow brocade fan with phoenix and peony pattern and carved characters on a red sandalwood handle was specially found by Xue Pan and given to Yingchun by his sister Baochai. Daiyu knew his intention and got a black silk fan with butterfly embroidery and bamboo handle to help her deliberately expose his intention and test Yingchun's feelings.

Yingchun blushed when she heard this and looked carefully at the handle of the fan. She found the words "Yingchun" engraved there. Her heart felt as sweet as if she had drunk honey.

When Baochai saw Yingchun's state, she knew that Yingchun also had feelings for her brother, and she was happy. After all, it was great for good sisters to become sisters-in-law. She turned around and smiled at Daiyu, then said to her, "You are so naughty! I will punish you with a cup of tea, and you should go and apologize to your second sister."

Daiyu was quick to take a cup of tea and act coquettishly to Yingchun, "Second sister, I was wrong. Please forgive me for this! I will personally come to your house to apologize in a few days, okay?"

Yingchun knew what was going on between them, and after a moment's thought she knew it was Xue Pan's intention, so she generously accepted Daiyu's apology. The three sisters continued to laugh and play together.

"How is it?" Xue Pan came back to greet Aunt Xue, and then ran to Baochai's yard to ask. Baochai smiled at her brother's anxious look and nodded.

Xue Pan knew that the matter was settled, but then he thought of something and his face turned bitter. "Now we know each other's feelings, but marriage is ultimately decided by parents and matchmakers. Yingchun is a daughter of the Duke's Mansion, dignified and elegant, but I don't know where my future lies. Although I have already become a juren, I can't say for sure what will happen in the future. If the Duke Rong's Mansion dislikes my merchant family background, this matter will not be settled."

"Brother, don't worry too much. Fortunately, there is still time. The tacit understanding between our four families for many years and our mutual in-laws have been tacitly accepted for a long time. If you, brother, can become an official soon, our family may be able to change its status." Baochai consoled Xue Pan kindly.

Xue Pan pondered for a while, his eyes became firm, and he was determined to make some achievements and win his beloved as soon as possible. After that, Xue Pan studied harder.

Yuchuan did some investigation and found that the Xue family and the Lin family were now very lucky, while the Jia family was half black and half white.

Three years passed quickly, Lin Ruhai returned to Beijing to report on his work, resigned from the post of Salt Inspector, and was promoted to Vice Minister of the Ministry of Personnel.

As soon as the news came back, the Lin family was overjoyed. This was a third-rank official position with real power, which showed that the emperor was very satisfied with Lin Ruhai's actions in Yangzhou over the years. Now that the emperor had placed him in this position, anyone with a discerning eye could see that the next Minister of Personnel would most likely be Lin Ruhai.

Jia Min rejected most of the visiting cards and only accepted the gifts from the Jia family and other close relatives, without celebrating in a big way. This move made the current emperor very satisfied, as a minister should know how to behave.

The three young masters of the Lin family also came to the capital this time. Although they were only eleven or twelve years old, they all looked like elegant gentlemen.

Several people went to Rongguo Mansion with their parents to pay respects to the elders. They were indifferent to Jia Baoyu and had little to say to him. After all, they had long known from the letters sent by their sister that this big red envelope seemed to be not normal.

This time, when I heard Jia Baoyu say that those who passed the imperial examinations and became officials were all traitors to the country and were greedy for money, I actually felt that this was indeed the case. This is a ruthless person, who even scolded his own father. Looking back at Jia Baoyu's previous remarks that "women are water and men are mud", I don't find it strange anymore.

What the three brothers of the Lin family found most bizarre was actually what Jia Baoyu said, "Married women become dead fish eyes." My goodness, could it be that the two people who loved him the most in Rongguo Mansion, Lady Jia and Mrs. Wang, were the "dead fish eyes" he mentioned?

Everyone in the Lin family said that they couldn’t understand it.

Jia Baoyu thought that Mrs. Wang had fallen asleep during her nap, so he flirted with Jin Chuan outside her room, almost causing Jin Chuan to get into trouble. But Yu Chuan couldn't bear it, so he cast a spell to make Mrs. Wang really fall asleep, saving Jin Chuan from harm.

Yuchuan was worried that Jinchuan would not learn her lesson, so he used the dream technique to let her know her original fate.

After Jin Chuan had this dream that seemed to be real, she became more stable and cautious. Others thought that she was just getting older and more sensible.

Xue Pan studies hard while worrying about his future with Yingchun. Yuchuan knows that Yingchun and Xue Pan now will be a loving and suitable couple, so he decides to help them.

After thinking for a while, I realized that both potatoes and sweet potatoes are high-yield plants. However, getting one of them would be a great achievement, and getting both would be too eye-catching.

So the potatoes were placed in the Xue family's farm, and the sweet potatoes were placed in the Lin family's hot spring farm on the outskirts of the capital.

Not long after, a farmer in one of the Xue family's farms discovered a new and strange plant. That night, Yuchuan entered Xue Pan's dream and told him that there would be a great opportunity to go to his farm tomorrow, and specifically hinted that it was related to crops. Later, he entered Lin Ruhai's dream and told him that there was a high-yield plant in his hot spring farm, and also made him dream about the appearance of sweet potatoes and various ways to eat them.

The next day, both farms welcomed the host. Two hours later, the potatoes and sweet potatoes were all dug out.

Xue Pan suppressed his inner joy and went back home to his father's study. The father and son talked for a long time and decided to use this thing to make a fortune for the Xue family. So he kept the news secret, knocked on the door of people in the village who had seen potatoes, and began to think of ways to try to grow potatoes.

Lin Ruhai and his three sons also decided to try growing sweet potatoes. Considering the emperor's trust and promotion, Lin Ruhai went to the palace the next day to meet him, informed him of the sweet potatoes, and said that he had arranged a trial planting. He also invited the emperor to come in person when the sweet potatoes were ripe to witness the yield of the sweet potatoes. The emperor was very satisfied with his statement, plus the natural compliments from time to time, and felt that he was a good judge of people.

In September of the same year, potatoes were ripe.

Even for the imperial merchants, it was difficult to see the emperor once, which was one of the reasons why the Xue family hoped to change their family. In Xue's father's mind, the Wang family and the Jia family were both unreliable. Only Lin Ruhai of the Lin family was a noble man, and Jian was in the emperor's heart. Baochai was also familiar with Miss Lin, so he decided to report the potato matter to the emperor through Lin Ruhai.

So the Xue family handed the visiting card to the Lin family. Two days later, Baochai went to the backyard to play with Daiyu, while Xue's father went to meet Lin Ruhai. When he left, Xue's father couldn't hide the smile on his face.

The emperor was delighted to learn that a high-yield crop had been found and was already mature, with an output of more than 3,000 kilograms per mu. The Xue family officially entered the emperor's ears, and the Xue family was no longer just a money bag for the four kings and eight dukes.

After Lin Ruhai returned home, he went to Xue's house in person to tell Xue's father that the emperor was very pleased and that his family had found sweet potatoes. He also hinted that the Xue family would probably hear good news on New Year's Eve.

As soon as Xue's father heard this, he knew that the emperor was going to announce this at the New Year's Eve banquet, to bring double happiness. So he put his mind at ease and waited patiently. He couldn't help but secretly sigh at the good luck of the Lin family, and was even more satisfied that his child had a good relationship with the Lin family.

In October, when sweet potatoes were ripe, Lin Ruhai performed.

The emperor personally visited the Lin family's hot spring farm and witnessed with his own eyes that the sweet potato yield per mu reached more than 4,000 kilograms, and he exclaimed on the spot, "Good! Good! Good!"

At the New Year's Eve banquet, the current emperor announced the potato and sweet potato news in front of the royal family and officials. Such a high per-acre yield shocked everyone present, and they exclaimed that the emperor was wise and God bless the Qing Dynasty. (The per-acre yield of potatoes and sweet potatoes is compiled based on Baidu content, because soil quality and weather and other factors will affect the per-acre yield, so it is just an approximate number and may not be accurate.)

At the same time, Lin Ruhai was named Duke of Zhenguo, Xue's father was named Duke of Fuguo, and the imperial edict that the succession would be granted after three generations arrived at the Lin and Xue mansions respectively, and the two families rose in status. However, both families kept a low profile, which made the emperor have a better impression of them.

As they were all relatives, the reactions of the people in the Jia family after hearing the news varied. Most people were very happy, especially Grandmother Jia, who kept boasting about her capable son-in-law and her good marriage arrangement for her daughter.

The exception was Madam Wang, who married into the Duke's mansion, while her sister could only marry far away, and to a merchant. The sense of superiority she had had for many years was now shattered. In fact, Aunt Xue's status was much higher than hers.

After her defense was broken, Mrs. Wang thought of Baochai and Daiyu again. She obviously didn't realize that these two girls looked down on Jia Baoyu in the past, and now that they have become ladies of the Duke's Mansion, they naturally look down on Jia Baoyu even more.

Grandmother Jia understood this matter much more clearly. At first, she really hoped that the two Yu'er could get closer. Later, after knowing Jia Min's intention and the excellence of the father and son of the Lin family, she realized that Daiyu could not marry Baoyu. Although she doted on Baoyu, she also knew the difference in their status.

In order to avoid any further complications, Xue Pan told his parents about his feelings for Jia Yingchun after his father was conferred the title of Duke of Fuguo, hoping that they could help him propose marriage.

Yingchun had often visited Xue's mansion in recent years, and her temperament and appearance were both very good. Xue's father and mother naturally agreed. Xue's father first petitioned the emperor to confer Xue Pan the title of Prince of Fuguo, and then prepared a generous betrothal gift and went to Rongguo Mansion to propose marriage.

The two families acted quickly, and Xue Pan and Jia Yingchun were quickly engaged. A girl from the Jia family married into the Duke's mansion, and she was the future wife of the Duke of Fuguo, and everyone in the mansion was filled with joy.

Except for Mrs. Wang, she is an exception.

Mrs. Wang's daughter, Jia Yuanchun, was born on the first day of the first lunar month. She always felt that her daughter would have great fortune in the future. However, the general election was cancelled and she missed the minor election due to illness. Later, she married into the Shi family, and her husband had only the possibility of inheriting the title, and when their generation inherited the title, the title would be downgraded by one level.

Now in the first house, which has always been suppressed by the second house, Jia Lian is an official and has twins, Jia Yingchun is engaged to the son of the Duke of Fuguo. And the two who are slightly promising in the second house are both the sons of Aunt Zhao. Mrs. Wang was so angry that she broke several cups in the room.

Speaking of Jia Yuanchun, she has stayed away from the brainwashing of Lady Jia and Mrs. Wang. Now she is in love with her husband and has two sons. She lives a good life and is very satisfied.

When Lady Wang was unhappy, she wanted to act like a demon. In order to prevent her from harming or annoying others, Yu Chuan cast a spell to make her let slip the truth about her lending money at high interest when everyone came to pay respects to Lady Jia.

Although Madam Wang kept making amends, no one present was stupid. This was a serious matter that could cost them their lives.

Before anyone else could say anything, Jia Zheng, who was afraid of being implicated by this stupid, evil woman, took the initiative to reprimand Lady Wang and even slapped her in the face.

Mrs. Wang was delighted to have the big fight. She covered her face and looked at Jia Zheng in disbelief, "You dare to hit me?"

At this time, Yuchuan used puppetry to control Jia Zheng. He was really addicted to acting. "I'm going to beat you up if I want to. Do I have to choose a day to beat you up?"

Jia She, who had always looked down on his younger brother, looked at Jia Zheng and felt that he was quite pleasing to the eye for the first time, because he also wanted to beat up Mrs. Wang.

"Jia Zheng, I have been married to you for so many years. Even if I have no merit, I have worked hard and gave birth to three children for you. And you treat me like this?" Mrs. Wang's voice was miserable. If people didn't know what good things she had done, they might still think she was pitiful.

"It is because you gave birth to three children for me that I have been so tolerant of you over the years! When you did evil things, you didn't think about the children, but now you remember that you still have three children. Do you think that with a mother like you, the children can have good health?" Jia Zheng raised his foot and kicked with an invisible flying kick that blinded everyone in the Jia family. Mrs. Wang flew a long distance and stopped only after hitting the wall.

Jia She twitched his eyes. He really didn't expect that this hypocritical brother was so skilled in martial arts. Fortunately, he hadn't offended him before. In fact, he wanted to offend him, but was suppressed by Jia's mother.

When Grandmother Jia suddenly received a look of gratitude from Jia She, she got goosebumps. She felt that her eldest son had something wrong with his brain, otherwise why was he looking at her like that at this time.

In the end, Jia Zhu pleaded for mercy for Lady Wang, and Yuchuan decided to quit while she was ahead. She was not prepared to really kill Lady Wang, so she took back her puppetry.

When Jia Zheng regained consciousness, he saw Lady Wang huddled against the wall and flew into a rage, "How dare you hide over there? You did something wrong and you don't repent, yet you still dare to hide?"

Everyone present thought that Jia Zheng must have been so angry that he was confused, otherwise why would he just kick Lady Wang away and then say that she dodged it.

Mrs. Wang felt extremely wronged. The reason she huddled against the wall was that it was so painful when she flew over and hit the wall that she felt all the bones in her body were broken.

Grandmother Jia was worried that her beloved second son would get angry and do something bad, so she had to step in to persuade him.

"Well, she has learned her lesson. After all, she still has to consider the faces of the three children. Poor Baoyu actually has such a vicious mother. This matter should not be made public. Find a way to destroy the evidence. This vicious woman should go to the small Buddhist temple to worship Buddha and pray for her children!"

At this point, everyone knew that this was the best solution at the moment, so no one objected.

Mrs. Wang was carried back to her own courtyard and confined to her house. The secret room under the table where the Buddha statue was placed in her small Buddhist hall was opened, and two large boxes of loan certificates were taken away. The money she lent out this time was not worth the money, and now it was just given away for nothing.

After being physically injured, Mrs. Wang was also hurt mentally.