Red Mansion Taoist

Chapter 160 Promotion
"Brother Qiang, can I live in the house in Jinyu Alley?" Lin Daiyu asked as if she saw a savior when she saw Jia Qiang coming in.

"Okay, but you have to wait until the New Year, and you have to get the approval of your master's wife!" Jia Qiang replied simply.

"We have to wait until the New Year!" Lin Daiyu pouted with some dissatisfaction.

"Don't even look at how many days it will be until the Chinese New Year!" Jia Qiang replied with a smile. He thought for a while and then comforted: "I know you are not used to the weather in the capital, so I will let the maid spray in your room regularly. Some water, and you should also eat more fruit!"

"Why does my body feel better as soon as you come back?" Lin Daiyu, who was about to say something else, suddenly felt that the discomfort in her body disappeared. She looked at Jia Qiang in surprise and asked.

As soon as the words came out of her mouth, she couldn't help but blush, knowing that she had said the wrong thing.

Jia Qiang understood that this was because he had just allowed the healing energy of the 'Healing Technique [Advanced]' to take effect. Lin Daiyu's energy and blood returned to their best condition, and the feeling of being acclimatized disappeared.

However, the symptoms of acclimatization will not disappear completely. As the treatment effect wears off, acclimatization will slowly reappear.

Jia Qiang has also decided that he will bless Lin Daiyu with the 'Healing Technique [Advanced]' these days. With his current ability, one blessing of 'Healing Technique [Advanced]' is enough to keep Lin Daiyu in good condition for about ten days.

"When you feel better, go and stay with your wife, so that she won't worry!" Jia Qiang said with a smile without further explanation.

When Jia Qiang and Jia Min arrived in the front yard, the housekeeper Lao Shun Tou was asking someone to open the middle door.

"By the way, Jade, have you delivered the rewards from the palace this year?" Jia Min asked, thinking of something.

"It was delivered a few days ago and placed in Jia's ancestral hall for worship!" Feicui replied.

"Today, Western Liaoning sent some specialties from the Northeast. Tomorrow we will hold a party with these specialties in the garden of Jinyu Hutong House!" Jia Qiang explained with a smile.

Over at Rongguo Mansion, Xue Pan was riding his horse out of the mansion. When he saw the scene at the gate of Jiahou Mansion, he turned his horse's head, but he didn't get too close.

"Great, Miaoyu, Yinglian, Xiuyan, Yunfei and Zhujun all want to go!" Lin Daiyu said happily.

Jade is rarely like this, her temperament has always been very stable.

"It's just a small thing!" Jia Qiang thought Jia Min was thanking her for the party tomorrow and said with a smile.

"Mother~" Lin Daiyu was so embarrassed that she threw herself into Jia Min's arms.

"Okay, you call the teacher's wife and see who else wants to go with you. Let's go there and play together tomorrow!" Jia Qiang decided with a smile.

After he got the house, he didn't live in it for long, and he never saw the scenery of the house garden in winter.

Jia Qiang also quickly returned to the main hall, and Feicui and Qin'er changed her clothes, this time into a superior marquis ceremonial robe.

Fortunately, because of you, Yu'er can live so happily! "Jia Min looked at Jia Qiang and said with a smile.

Mrs. Xue visited Jia's family. Jia's mother particularly liked Xue Baochai. The more she saw her, the more she liked her. In addition to Mrs. Wang's reasons, Mrs. Xue was stayed by Jia's mother and lived in Lixiangyuan.

She also needs to put on the seventh-grade imperial uniform. There are no elders in Jia Qiang's family. She is the only elder in the house, and she also has the status of receiving the imperial edict together. She also participated in the last imperial edict.

"You look at the arrangement!" Jia Min did not refuse and nodded in agreement with a smile.

Only then did Jia Qiang remember the advantages of the house in Jinyu Hutong. It could be said that that house was unique in the capital. There was a hot spring in the house.

Jia Min was not surprised at all that her daughter suddenly recovered. Jia Qiang's medical skills were very powerful. She and her daughter were both saved by Jia Qiang's medical skills.

"Can you tell me what happened in the palace?" Jia Qiang was startled and asked in confusion.

With the protection of the Jia family and the Wang family in the capital, as well as the uncle Jia Qiang, even if something happened in Jinling, there would be someone in the capital who could protect Xue Pan.

"Can you visit the house in Jinyu Alley again that year?" Lin Daiyu got out of bed and asked Jia Qiang's sleeve.

"Brother Qiang, thank you!" Jia Min looked at the lively Lin Daiyu and thanked Jia Qiang.

"There are hot springs there. I heard that the house is the most beautiful and warm in winter!" Lin Daiyu explained.

Having had previous experience, Lao Shun Tou butler was very familiar with the situation and quickly prepared everything.

The main reason is that the head of the Xue family, Xue Tong, is still alive. He sees it more clearly. He knows that based on the judgment of Jia Yucun, if the next governor re-investigates the case, there will be consequences, so he sent Xue Pan to the capital. .

"Master, someone came from the palace just now and asked you to prepare to receive the order in three moments!" Jade said with heavy breaths when he came in.

"Brother Qiang, just pamper her!" Jia Min said to Jia Qiang angrily.

She was actually also interested in the winter hot springs in Jinyu Alley, but she was not as anxious as Lin Daiyu.

"I'll inform the other sisters!" Lin Daiyu said as she left after hearing Jia Min agreed.

"Master, Master!" At this moment, Jade's voice came from outside the door.

"Mom, let's go to the house in Fishing Alley tomorrow morning!" Lin Daiyu said to Jia Min with a smile.

The housekeeper Lao Shuntou in the front yard arranged the incense table and prepared for the imperial edict.

"I have no other relatives. My teacher, my wife, and Sister Lin are my relatives in this world. Unless I die, I will not let anyone hurt you!" Jia Qiang said seriously.

Jia Qiang took Lin Daiyu out of the room and met Jia Min.

The fact that the Xue family entered Beijing this time was several years earlier than in the book. They entered Beijing after the Gourd Case.

"Jade, come in!" Jia Qiang showed an apologetic look to Jia Min. This was Jia Min's residence. Jade had disturbed Jia Min.

"No matter what, hurry up and change your ceremonial robes and prepare to receive the order!" Jia Min urged.

"When I look at Yu'er now, I always think that without you, I might have died of poisoning in Yangzhou, Ruhai's health is not good, and I don't know how sad Yu'er will be in the end.

Jia Min didn't know why the palace issued the order now. She took two maids inside to change clothes.

He just came back from the palace and received a reward, so why would there be an imperial edict?

"Why do you just want to go to Jinyu Alley?" Jia Qiang asked, becoming a little curious.

Although there was a difference of several years in the timeline, Mrs. Xue and her family still moved into Lixiangyuan in Rongguo Mansion.

Xue Pan's original intention was to go next door to visit Jia Qiang early. He considered himself to be Jia Qiang's friend.

But she was stopped by Mrs. Xue. Mrs. Xue met her sister, Mrs. Wang, and talked about Jia Qiang, and then she learned about the enmity between Rongguo Mansion and Jia Qiang.

Mrs. Xue is more optimistic about the Jia family. The Jia family is an old relative of the Wang family, and Mrs. Wang is among them. The relationship is much closer than with Jia Qiang.

So she chose the Jia family, not to mention not letting Xue Pan visit Jia Qiang, so as not to offend the Jia family and affect the relationship between the Xue family and the Jia family.

If Xue Tong were here, the outcome might be completely different. Xue Pan listened to his mother's words very much. Although he really wanted to visit Jia Qiang, even though Jia Qiang lived next door, he didn't really follow through.

Just like now, if he followed Xue Pan's usual temperament, he would have gone over to say hello.

While Xue Pan was watching, a group of people came from a distance to protect two sedan chairs.

The team stopped in front of Jiahou's mansion and got off two eunuchs from two sedan chairs.

"Manager Xia, Prime Minister Dai, why did you come here together?" Jia Qiang didn't understand why he was told that these two people would come together. It was the same last time.

You must know that these two eunuchs, one followed Emperor Jingwen and the other followed the Supreme Emperor, did not deal with each other and rarely appeared together.

"Haha, doesn't this bring good news to Jiahou?" Dai Neixiang said with a smile.

As he spoke, he gestured with his eyes to the wooden support held by the little eunuch behind him. The wooden support was covered with brocade. Judging from the shape, it should be something like an official robe.

"Jia Hou is ready to accept the order!" Xia Shouzhong also said with a smile.

Then came the full process of receiving the edict, including offering incense and kneeling before Xia Shouzhong read out the contents of the edict.

Jia Qiang was confused. He never thought that Emperor Jingwen would promote him.

'Controller of the Nine Provinces' is a first-grade official position. Although it is a temporary official position, once he steps into the ranks of the first-grade military attachés, he can be said to be at the top of the military attachés of the Great Qian Dynasty.

The problem is that he remembered that it was recorded in the book "A Dream of Red Mansions" that this official position should be held by Wang Ziteng.

Wang Ziteng visited the nine borders and got the position of controlling the nine provinces.

If it comes next year, the decree from the palace will be sent to Wang Ziteng, who will patrol the nine borders and reward him with the position of controller of the nine provinces.

But now Wang Ziteng's tour of the nine borders has just begun, and the control of the nine provinces has not yet fallen on him.

In addition, Jia Qiang also heard from the imperial edict that he took over the responsibilities of Wang Ziteng and went to inspect Jiubian.

"Congratulations Jiahou, you are the youngest first-rank official in the history of Daqian!" Dai Quan congratulated with a smile.

"Sorry to bother you two!" Jia Qiang reacted, took out two silver notes and stuffed them into the hands of Dai Quan and Xia Shouzhong.

The little eunuch opened the wooden tray. On the wooden tray were placed the robe of a first-grade military attache and the official seal of the governor of the nine provinces.

"Can you stay for tea?" Jia Qiang said politely.

"We can't stay long, I have to return to the palace to recover!" Xia Shouzhong refused with a smile.

Dai Quan's face burst into laughter, not only because he was facing Jia Qiang, who was the Supreme Emperor's favorite, but also because of the silver note Jia Qiang had just given him.

He just touched it with his hand. Based on his experience, he knew that it was a thousand taels of silver note without looking at the words on it.

Xia Shouzhong and Dai Quan quickly left with the people, while Jia Qiang was still a little dazed.

"Brother Qiang, your official position has been promoted too quickly!" Jia Min was shocked even though he had seen a lot.

How did she know what was going on behind Jia Qiang's control of the nine provinces? This was a confrontation between Emperor Jingwen and the Supreme Emperor.

It was just that Emperor Jingwen misjudged the Emperor's attitude towards Jia Qiang, which allowed Jia Qiang to gain control of the nine provinces.

Xue Pan was far away, and with his literary talents, he could not understand the content of the imperial edict at all, but he heard about the official position of Controller of Nine Provinces.

When he saw the young eunuch handing over the first-grade military attaché robe to Jia Qiang, he couldn't understand that this announcement was to appoint Jia Qiang as the commander of nine provinces.

He had no idea of ​​having fun, so he returned to Rongguo Mansion happily and headed towards Lixiangyuan.

"Mother, mother!" he shouted as soon as he stepped into Lixiangyuan.

"Son, didn't you go out to play? Why did you come back so soon, and you are still sweating profusely!" Mrs. Xue heard Xue Pan's yelling, and did not blame him for being rude. Instead, she said with concern.

She turned around and asked the maid to bring a handkerchief to wipe Xue Pan's sweat.

Then he poured a cup of tea for Xue Pan and delivered it to Xue Pan.

Xue Pan drank the tea in the cup in one gulp, his face flushed, showing his excitement.

Hearing the news that Jia Qiang was promoted to a first-grade officer, he was extremely excited. He had an uncle who was a first-grade officer. This was different from Wang Ziteng. Wang Ziteng was currently a second-grade military attache. However, Wang Ziteng was extremely serious and had never treated him in any way. Nice color.

But Jia Qiang was different. When he was in Jiangnan, he took Jia Qiang out to have fun together.

Nowadays, the people who play together have become first-class members. This is such an exciting thing.

He was eager to share the news. He first thought of his mother and sister. Later, he would tell the news to the friends he had just made in Beijing, making them jealous to death.

"Mom, sister, do you know what happened next door just now?" Xue Pan asked deliberately and deliberately.

"Didn't I say that you are not allowed to have contact with the neighbor? How come you turned around and forgot?" Mrs. Xue frowned and blamed.

"I didn't go next door. I saw it when I was leaving the mansion. The eunuchs from the palace came to Jiahou's mansion to announce the decree." Xue Pan explained quickly.

"You have to remember that neither the Jia family nor your uncle's family has a harmonious relationship with Jia Qiang. We still need to rely on the Jia family and your uncle's family, so we can't get too close to Jia Qiang!" Mrs. Xue reminded again .

"Mom, do you know that Uncle Jia has been promoted again?" Xue Pan finally couldn't help but said what he wanted to say.

"He was promoted again. He was not a second-grade military attache. How could he be promoted again so quickly?" Mrs. Xue asked in surprise.

"Uncle Jia has been promoted to a first-grade official this time. What is it called Jiu Province..." Xue Pan's words came to his lips, and he couldn't remember the official name for a while.

"But the control of nine provinces?" Xue Baochai reminded.

"That's right, he is the ruler of nine provinces, and he is also given a first-class official robe and official seal!" Xue Pan clapped his hands hard, and said even though his hands turned red.

Mrs. Xue and Xue Baochai couldn't help but look at each other. Although Xue Baochai was still young, she was preparing to enter the palace. She had been learning the rules of the palace and knew a lot about many things.

Mrs. Xue also knew that her brother Wang Ziteng was traveling abroad just to patrol the border.

And the control of these nine provinces was the official position of patrolling the border. How could it fall on Jia Qiang instead of Wang Ziteng?
Their first thought was that Jia Qiang had snatched Wang Ziteng's official position.

"Mom, I want to prepare a gift to congratulate Uncle Jia on his promotion!" Xue Pan said without knowing what Mrs. Xue and Xue Baochai were thinking.

"Nonsense, do you know that the control of the nine provinces was originally your uncle's, but now it is Jia Qiang who has a big feud with your uncle!" Mrs. Xue said to Xue Pan with her own understanding.

(End of this chapter)