[Red Chamber] I just want to be a dummy

But Jia Jing couldn't go to the bookstore with Jia Fu and others. He cooperated with the Eighth Prince when he came out this time, and he had to go to the Eighth Prince's mother's house.

If there is any delay, then at night, the palace gate has a key, not to mention Jia Jing, the eighth prince will not be able to knock on the palace gate.

It's okay to skip class during the day and just make up nonsense, and there are Eighth and Ninth Princes covering it up, but if you don't return at night, it's considered a violation of the rules, and you have to have a good meal.

Therefore, Jia Jing still planned to go to the Chen Mansion as soon as possible.

The mother and concubine of the eighth prince, Concubine Chen, came from a low family background.The eighth prince's grandfather was originally a fourth-rank magistrate in a remote area. It looked good from the outside, but it was nothing in the capital.

Although the Chen family is not a noble family, Concubine Chen was favored at home back then.When Concubine Chen was in the talent show, no one in the Chen family expected Concubine Chen to enter the palace to fight for her future. They just wanted to go through the motions and find a well-matched family to marry when they came out.

But, who would have expected that Concubine Chen would be favored by the present by mistake and entered the palace.

The only daughter of the family had no choice but to enter the palace, and it was extremely difficult to meet each other.In addition, I am an official in a place hundreds of thousands of miles away from the capital, wouldn't it mean that the whole family would never see each other again?

The eighth prince's grandfather, Mr. Chen, came to the capital for his love of his daughter.

But as we all know, officials in the capital are half a rank higher than those sent outside. When Mr. Chen first entered the capital, he was only an official of the fourth rank.

Later, Concubine Chen gave birth to the eighth prince, and the mother became a concubine due to her son's preciousness. The elder Chen also reluctantly watched the eighth prince and Concubine Chen perform the ceremony of the third rank.

However, this ceremony is well known, it is just a false job, no real power.

Not to mention the eighth prince's two uncles, both of whom have failed in many trials after winning the Juren.

The Chen family's ancestral home is in the land of Shu. As we all know, the road to Shu is difficult, and it is difficult to go to the blue sky.The Chen family didn't dare to let the juniors of the family go back to Sichuan to take the imperial examination alone, so the eighth prince's cousins ​​all entered the Guozijian, presumably planning to take the route of supervising students.

Jia Jing's sudden visit frightened the Chen family.

These days, anyone who is a little dignified has to pay attention to etiquette.

If there is something to do, it was handed over the greeting card the day before, with the approval of the host family, and they came to the door the next day.

But, Jia Jing, isn't it a surprise visit?

Although the Chen family can't give the eighth prince any help, and they are relatively salty fish themselves, they don't care if they are their own daughters and grandchildren.

The Chen family naturally knew that Jia Jing was the companion of the Eighth Prince.

Considering that my family has never had any connection with such a powerful family as Ningguo Mansion, the only connection is the Eighth Prince, so Jia Jing's visit this time must be for the Eighth Prince or Concubine Chen.

Because he was afraid that he would be too closely connected with his mother's family and make his brothers feel that he also had the intention of seizing the heir, the eighth prince never sent people to the Chen family very often.

On the contrary, the Eighth Prince himself would sometimes secretly come to Chen's house when he went to buy books in Beishi.

Jia Jing came to the door so rashly that the Chen family almost thought that there was something important, and while welcoming Jia Jing, they hurried to the yamen to call Mrs. Chen back.

"Second Master Jia, sit down for a while, my father will be right back." Uncle Chen said to Jia Jing.

Jia Jing came this time just to tell the Chen family that the emperor intends to allow the offspring of officials above the fourth rank to take the scientific examination in Beijing.

Although the person in charge of the Chen family is not there, it doesn't matter if you tell the uncle of the Chen family. After all, this kind of matter is extremely important, and with the cautious nature of the Chen family, they will not spread it indiscriminately.

"Uncle Chen, the Eighth Prince asked me to tell you..." Just as Jia Jing was about to speak, Uncle Chen stopped him.

"Second Master Jia, I can't stand it. Why don't you wait and wait until my father comes?"

Uncle Chen was almost scared to death by what he had imagined. He felt that what Jia Jing was going to say must be of great importance.

Is this kind of thing a person like him who is scolded by his father every day as a waste snack can do it?So after Jia Jing had just made a head start, Uncle Chen quickly stopped him.

"No, Uncle Chen, you just need to tell the boss when the time comes." Jia Jing was a little confused, why should we wait for the boss Chen to come?

Isn't it just to let the children of the Chen family start preparing for the imperial examination first?

"No, no, no." Uncle Chen said three times in a row, because he thought he was really not good, and now he was so frightened that his legs started to shake, why did he repeat it?His mind can't function at all now.

Jia Jing was also helpless, it was still early in the morning, so it would be fine to wait in the Chen Mansion for a while.

"Okay, okay, then I'll wait for Mrs. Chen to come back." Jia Jing said helplessly.

"Okay, okay." Uncle Chen said as he wiped off his sweat.

Although Mrs. Chen performed the ceremony of the third rank because of the face of the Eighth Prince and Chen Concubine.But there were few ceremonial matters in the first place, and Mr. Chen was self-aware. He knew that being a magistrate would be okay, but doing ceremonies might not be a success, so he let go of the matter to his deputy early on.

Mrs. Chen is going to the yamen now, it's just to order a Mao, and then to make a pot of tea and read a book.

Hearing that there was an urgent matter at home, the eighth prince was still accompanying me, and the second master of the Jia family came in person. Mrs. Chen was so frightened that he knocked over the tea in his hand, and hurriedly asked someone to fix the carriage.

"Boy from the Jia family, what's the matter, just tell me." Mr. Chen asked Jia Jing as soon as he entered the door, but before Jia Jing could speak, he said tremblingly and asked, "It was the eighth prince who offended the emperor and was punished by the emperor." Is it banned, or is Empress Chen concubine thrown into limbo?"

Then Mrs. Chen didn't wait for Jia Jing's answer, and turned to Uncle Chen and said, "Boss, let your daughter-in-law go and take out all the money in the house. We have to send it to the empress and the eighth prince. Everyone in the palace is worried." I like to step on the high and hold the low, now that the empress and the eighth prince have lost their power, life must be sad."

"Okay, Dad, I'll go and ask my wife to count things now." Uncle Chen didn't have any idea at first, and when he heard that Mrs. Chen had arranged work for him, he immediately responded and ran out.

"No, my lord, no. Concubine Chen and the eighth prince are doing well in the palace." Jia Jing wondered what the Chen family was thinking.

He felt that his brain for writing scripts was not as big as Mr. Chen's.This is so imaginative, Jia Jing wanted to ask Mr. Chen if he was interested in writing a storybook.

But right now, I still have to explain the matter clearly. If Mr. Chen is caught by this oolong, he will be to blame for it.

"I'm here today because the Eighth Prince asked me to pass the news on his behalf. The Emperor may allow the sons of officials of the fourth rank and above whose ancestral home is out of town to take the imperial examination in Shuntian Prefecture." Jia Jing said hastily.

"Because I also left the palace suddenly, so I didn't post a greeting card." Jia Jing felt that the matter might be due to his rash visit, so he quickly explained.

"What? Isn't the eighth prince and the empress in trouble? I asked you to come out and deliver a message?" Mrs. Chen confirmed with Jia Jing again and got a positive answer.

Boss Chen started to run like thunder: "Go and find Boss, this trash who can't even communicate clearly, call me back in a hurry, without asking first."

Just at this time, Uncle Chen and Aunt Chen came in, and Aunt Chen also took a stack of bank notes.

"Father, this is the bank note I reserved for my mother and nephew. I don't think our family has any contacts. Otherwise, I will ask the second master of the Jia family to send it to them first, in case of emergency." Aunt Chen handed over the bank note Pass the ticket to Boss Chen to be humane.

"As for the rest, let's sort them out and find a way to send them in later."

Jia Jing looked at the thick stack of bank notes in Aunt Chen's hand, which seemed to be at least tens of thousands of taels.

Uh, the Chen family is quite...aware of urgency...Jia Jing complained in his heart.

"Wrong, wrong, everyone, you go back and collect the bank notes." Boss Chen said humanely.

"What do you mean, dad, I have reserved the family's expenses, these should be used as an emergency for my mother." Aunt Chen said anxiously.

"The second son of the Jia family is here to pass the news on behalf of the eighth prince, saying that the emperor may allow the offspring of officials of the fourth rank and above to take the imperial examination in Beijing." Mr. Chen explained.

"This is a good thing." Aunt Chen's natal family is also a scholarly family, and when she marries into the Chen family, the Chen family is also a scholarly family.As a housewife, she naturally knows the benefits of this matter to their family.

"It's only been a few months before the county exam, so we have to bring Wen'er, Liang'er, and Gong'er back, and let them learn how to do the exam." Aunt Chen said.

"This matter has not yet been clearly decreed, so it must not be spread." Jia Jing reminded at the right time.

Looking at the state of the Chen family, Jia Jing's intuition might be unreliable, so it's better to remind them first.

"Of course, then I must find a better excuse to pick up my buddies." Uncle Chen said.

The brothers of the whole family studied well in the Imperial College, and those who did not drop out had to be picked up, and an appropriate reason had to be found.

But Uncle Chen never paid much attention to himself. After saying this, he turned his attention to Mrs. Chen and Aunt Chen. Even Uncle Chen looked at Jia Jing expectantly.

In his opinion, Jia Jing is much more reliable than himself.

"Let's just say that I'm sick, and I have to let my buddies come back to take care of the sick." Master Chen said with a final word.

"Father." Uncle Chen and Aunt Chen shouted in disapproval at the same time.

There are so many superstitious people in the world nowadays, Mr. Chen is already old, so they are not willing to use such an unlucky excuse.

"Just use this excuse, it's just right, I can also take leave to teach their brothers at home, I don't worry about letting the boss, a waste of dim sum who can't even get a Jinshi, teach." Mr. Chen said that he had to belittle Uncle Chen. .

"Boss, you will go to the Yamen to ask for leave tomorrow, saying that I am sick." Boss Chen said humanely.