There was a huge commotion outside, but the Grand View Garden was decorated with lanterns and colorful decorations, which was very festive.

Because the third day of August was Jia's mother's birthday, and the large flower hall in the front yard had not yet been built, Jia Zhen specifically asked Jia Yuanchun in the palace for instructions, and decided that the main hall of the Grand View Garden would be the venue for this birthday banquet.

For matters such as this, Wang Xifeng naturally took the position of CEO without hesitation. Since Li Wan was in charge of matters in the garden, he condescended to become her deputy.

In the past, Li Wan would have been unwilling to succumb to Wang Xifeng, but now they have become comrades carrying the same gun, and her achievements on that front far exceed Wang Xifeng's, both inside and outside.

Once checked, it’s still unclear who lost and who gained!

But it came to the first day of August.

Since everything in the garden was ready, Wang Xifeng personally invited the old lady to inspect the garden to see if there were any improvements that needed to be made.

Naturally, everyone in the Grand View Garden wanted to accompany him.

When it was almost noon, the old lady went to the hut in Qingtang to rest. Mrs. Wang, Mrs.

Take a short rest in the house.

Putting aside welcoming the spring and celebrating the spring, they are two misfits.

Xue Baochai, Lin Daiyu, Shi Xiangyun, and Jia Tanchun gathered together and whispered as soon as they entered the door.

This discussion is naturally about the recent disturbances surrounding the New Deal, engineering, and Jiao Shun.

The four of them can be regarded as witnesses of this matter, but even though they are as smart as Daiyu and as ambitious as Tanchun, they never expected that the manuscript they wrote with their own hands would eventually set off such a storm that affected the government and the public!

Therefore, until now, the four of them still feel like they are in a dream.

Seeing that the second sister and the fourth sister were not paying attention, Tanchun cupped Daiyu with his elbow and whispered: "Sister Lin, did you find out any new news when you went to Jiao's house yesterday?"

Since hearing about what happened in front of Dali Temple through various channels, Tanchun has completely surrendered to Jiao Shun's tricks. She didn't know that Jiao Shun would also push things along at the right time. She just thought that all this had been planned by Jiao Shun, so she became more and more

He substituted it into the template of a heroic character.

At the same time, I am very excited that I can participate in such a big event.

Therefore, whenever she had the opportunity these days, she couldn't help but want to find out the latest progress of the matter.

"What's new?"

Lin Daiyu's affectionate eyes slightly turned up, and she said helplessly: "Don't you see that Xiao Zhixia is about to have a full moon? I went to ask what to do with the full moon wine, so how can I find the time to inquire about such trivial matters?"

Shi Xiangyun heard this and said hurriedly: "Sister, don't forget to bring my gift when the time comes!"

Xue Baochai listened to their answers with a smile, but felt a little lonely in her heart. Although she was also an insider, compared to Daiyu, Xiangyun, and Tanchun, she could only be regarded as a bystander, unlike the three women who relied on their articles to

Stirring up the storm.

Although Baochai is not as flamboyant as Tanchun, why doesn't she consider herself a heroine deep down?

But unfortunately, I missed this opportunity to show off my talents.

Her eyes unconsciously fell on Shi Xiangyun, and she secretly thought to herself that if she hadn't...

"How come there's no news at all?"

At this time, Tanchun asked reluctantly: "Didn't those imperial merchants jointly submit a petition two days ago to request that the enrollment quota for engineering students be opened? Is there no follow-up to this matter?"

Lin Daiyu's beautiful eyes turned away and she curled her lips and said, "You are asking the wrong person."

When Tanchun saw her looking at Baochai from the corner of her eye, he suddenly woke up from a dream, clapped his hands and said: "It's so, so, so stupid, I forgot that Sister Baochai is here! Sister Bao, your family is also in the twenty-four emperors."

I wonder if you can tell me a few things about the list of merchants?"

Facing Tan Chun's hopeful gaze, Xue Baochai covered her lips with a round fan and smiled sweetly: "The third sister is really anxious too. The notes jointly signed by the emperor and merchants are not as effective as the Qiuzhai master's plea for thieves. I always have to

It will take a few days to find out."

When Tanchun heard her talk about his pen name, he couldn't help his cheeks flushing for a moment. He was half ashamed and half proud and said arrogantly: "Sister, please stop talking. It's obvious that the three of us wrote the pen together, but we are all outside."

They called me a traitor and scared me so much that I even wanted to change my name in Qiu Shuangzhai!"

Faced with her Versailles rhetoric, Shi Xiangyun immediately stood up and bared his teeth: "Okay, are you trying to say that we are not as good as you? Sister Lin, let's deal with her together!"

Lin Daiyu also cooperated and stepped forward to bluff, but Pian Tanchun refused to take the initiative to beg for mercy, and the three of them immediately started laughing together.

Xue Baochai covered his mouth and smiled, but the inexplicable loneliness in his heart became stronger. After the three of them came to an end, he couldn't help but blurt out and asked: "I don't know if there will be such an opportunity in the future."

The three sisters looked at each other.

After a while, Shi Xiangyun was the first to break the silence and said firmly: "There must be a chance, sister, don't worry."

Lin Daiyu shook her head when she heard this: "Brother Jiao will move away in the spring of next year at the latest. By then, I'm afraid only you will have a chance."

Tanchun hesitated to speak, but the word "Jianxi" came to mind again unconsciously. This time, the feeling of rejection in her heart had been reduced to almost nothing. She even thought about Qiu Qiu after "Jianxi".

The owner of the house comes out of the world again, and he and Mr. Jiao are seen in the court hall, turning their hands to make clouds and turning their hands to make rain.

And Xue Baochai's eyes fell on Shi Xiangyun again, with a subtle flash of envy and regret.

Just at this time, Baoyu ran in jumping and greeted happily: "Come out quickly, come out quickly, there are river lanterns outside!"

Baochai calmed down and took the lead in responding to his call, and the sisters also filed out.

The old lady led the large group of people to the viewing platform in front of the main hall. Soon she saw countless river lanterns floating down from the stream surrounding the Grand View Garden, and a huge longevity peach in the middle was particularly conspicuous.

Others pointed at the stream, but Jia Baoyu looked at it for a while, but felt a little disappointed and muttered: "It's really boring to put up river lanterns during the day, not even a bit poetic."

Immediately, he suggested excitedly: "I just heard from Sister Feng that there are still a lot of river lanterns in the library. Why don't we put them out again at night? It's just the right theme for us to organize a poetry meeting!"

"You should quickly collect your magical powers!"

Xue Baochai heard this and hurriedly advised: "If you miss the old lady's birthday, let's see how you explain it to her!"

"What are you afraid of?"

Jia Baoyu didn't take it seriously: "If it's really not enough, just ask Sister Feng to buy some. I heard that these are all ordered from the workshop of the Ministry of Works. Now that Brother Jiao is here, are you still worried that you can't buy them?

"

Seeing his heartless and willful look, Xue Baochai sighed helplessly, and the regret in his heart became more intense.

At this moment, Feng Feng Huohuo from Zhou Rui's family came over. When he saw Xiang Yun, he immediately said a blessing with a smile on his face: "Congratulations to Miss Shi, congratulations to Miss Shi!"

Shi Xiangyun was confused by her troubles and asked in confusion: "Aunt Zhou, where does this joy come from?"

"Uncle Jiao has been promoted. Isn't this a huge happy event?!"

As Zhou Rui's family said, they went to find Mrs. Wang to report the matter.

However, Tan Chun reached out from the side to stop her, and asked repeatedly: "Why do you want to leave before you say anything? You see how anxious Yun Yatou is. Auntie, tell me more clearly. What official position has Brother Jiao been promoted to?"

Looking at her performance alone, she is much more eager than Xiangyun.

Xue Baochai and Yingchun on the side also pricked up their ears, but Lin Daiyu and Xichun didn't care about it.

Zhou Rui's family member smiled and said, "I didn't inquire very carefully. I only heard that the emperor wanted to set up a separate engineering school imitating the Imperial College, and specifically appointed Uncle Jiao to be the sacrificial wine for this engineering school."

"Sacrifice wine?!"

Everyone exclaimed in unison, and Xue Baochai asked in disbelief: "The wine offering was from the fourth rank, but Brother Jia has just been promoted to the sixth rank in charge within less than a year, and now he has been promoted to the third rank... Did Auntie hear wrongly?

?”

"It's just a wine ceremony for engineering and school, right!"

Zhou Rui's family scratched his head and said: "But I heard that he is not from the fourth grade, but from the fifth grade."

Tanchun nodded thoughtfully and said: "It is unlikely that the engineering studies will be on par with the Imperial College. It is normal for the sacrificial wine to be slightly lower. From this point of view, it should be true."

Having said that, everyone, including her, was still a little unbelievable. We must know that Jia Zheng is still a fifth-grade official. Who would have thought that Jiao Shun had only been an official for two years and climbed up to Jia Zheng's position?

Got it on your head?!

and……

The official position of Jijiu has always been a stepping stone for accumulating power and reaching high positions. For example, Sui Shilong, the first minister of the dynasty, once served as the Jijiujiu of the Imperial College.

Although the sacrificial wine from the Engineering School was not as good as the sacrificial wine from the Imperial College, it was enough to reflect the emperor's trust in Jiao Shun and Jiao Shun's promising future!

Seeing that all the girls were stunned by the news he had brought, the Zhou Rui family hurriedly took the opportunity to report the matter to Mrs. Wang.

Soon the news spread throughout the Grand View Garden.

Everyone was shocked and envious of this, and they all joked about Shi Xiangyun. Some of them, like Li Wan, Wang Xifeng, and Xing, were overjoyed, and some were secretly regretful, such as Yingchun and Baochai.

The old lady looked worried.

It was not that she was unhappy with Jiao Shun's promotion, but she was afraid that Jia Zheng would not be able to accept this reality. Her son had always wanted to make a difference in the officialdom, but as a result he had made no progress for more than ten years. He finally got the chance to be promoted.

I missed it because I felt ashamed to see others due to my family ugliness.

Now, Jiao Shun, who was born as a domestic slave, has come from behind...

Remembering that Jia Zheng wanted to drive Jiao Shun away a while ago, and how she had finally managed to persuade him to do so, and now that something like this happened again, and her son still didn't know how to make trouble, Jia's mother felt very distressed.

Who knew that Jiao Shun’s promotion was not over yet!

In the afternoon, more detailed news was sent back to the Rongguo Mansion. It turned out that Jiao Shunfei had not only been promoted to the rank of fifth-grade engineering scholar, but also that his original job as director of the Department of Affairs had not been lost, and he continued to hold the post concurrently.
Chapter completed!