Chapter 55 Part 1:
“You want to be a government official?”
Ye Shijie was momentarily speechless. The look as Jiang Li fixed her attention on him was too straight. So much so that it made him produce a clear illusion. Ye Shijie immediately avoided Jiang Li’s sight and answered with a nasal sound as his response.
Actually, he didn’t need to talk about this kind of thing with her. After all, Jiang Li once regarded them, the Ye family, as enemies. By curious coincidence he felt that Jiang Li was a person that could be trusted.
“With an exceptional performance in the Imperial College’s examination, it’s possible to be a.s.signed as an official.” Jiang Li said: “ It’s just, you came over from Xiangyang to become a government official, could it be that maternal grandmother and the others are going to move here someday in the future?”
Ye Shijie was surprised, Jiang Li was unexpectedly able to think up to this point. He said: “After being stable here, perhaps they will come over.”
“There are advantages and disadvantages of moving over,” Jiang Li actively expressed her views: “If you are able to establish a firm foothold in the capital, in the future the Ye family could be regarded as having prestige. If one or two of the Ye family’s younger generation could serve as officials, the Ye family would be protected and be worry-free for a hundred years. However, moving to the capital would also incite some jealous people. The same way, the Ye family would also be in more danger.”
Ye Shijie gazed at her strangely and said: “You actually think so far ahead.” He was aware that it hadn’t been long since Jiang Li returned to Yanjing. When Jiang Li was sent to the nunnery, Old Madam Ye was anxious and ill in bed. He still felt very happy. After all, Jiang Li really had no conscience.
After eight years, she returned to the capital. Jiang Li appeared to be able to tell clearly the forces within Yanjing, and seemed as if she fully understood.
Jiang Li smiled: “In the end, I’m a person from Yanjing.”
Ye Shijie said disdainfully: “Are the people from Yanjing more superior than others? Ridiculous.”
Jiang Li knew that this elder cousin’s hostility towards her wouldn’t disappear so quickly and didn’t take offense. She suddenly recalled something and asked: “A recommendation is needed to enter the Imperial College, the Ye family doesn’t have anyone sitting in a government official post. How did you enter?”
Ye Shijie asked: “What are you asking this for?”
Jiang Li felt Ye Shijie’s att.i.tude was somewhat strange and immediately said: “Merely curious.”
“The second son from the Right Minister’s house gave the recommendation.” Ye Shijie finally still answered Jiang Li’s question.
“Right Minister?” Jiang Li was puzzled, “how does the Ye family have relations with the Right Minister?”
To say, the Right Minister was Jiang Yuan Bai’s sworn enemy in the imperial court. The Right Minister, Li Zhong Nan, suddenly emerged in the past few years. Supposedly, at that time, Li Zhong Nan was still someone that Jiang Yuan Bai promoted. But afterwards, unknown why, his power gradually grew bigger, nearly reaching the stage of being on par with Jiang Yuan Bai. It was too late for Jiang Yuan Bai to feel regret and could only stand opposite Li Zhong Nan.
As a result, upon hearing Ye Shijie mentioned Li Zhong Nan, Jiang Li felt it was odd.
“Li Zhong Nan’s second son, Li Lian, went to visit his family in the neighboring area of Xiangyang. He was schemed by people and got into a lawsuit. I inadvertently pa.s.sed through and saved him in pa.s.sing. Afterwards, he found out that I am a person from the Ye family and proposed to recommend me to attend the Imperial College.”
For the Ye family, being able to enter the Imperial College was the same as having a meat pie falling from the sky. If Ye Shijie could take the opportunity while learning in the Imperial College to seek a government post, the significance of the Ye family would be very different. Thus Ye Shijie very frankly immediately accepted Li Lian’s proposal.
Jiang Li listened to Ye Shijie and felt strange. Leaving other things aside, due to feeling grateful for Ye Shijie’s help, Li Lian was determined to recommend Ye Shijie? Is Li Lian such a person who knows how to repay favor?