The Reborn Lady

Chapter 166

Chapter 166

It wasn’t long since Xiao Heng returned to Jinling with Emperor Yongping, and the Chinese New Year was approaching.

On the twenty-seventh day of the twelfth lunar month, the Jichang Earl's Mansion held a banquet to entertain relatives and friends.

In fact, the Yin family had few relatives in the capital, except for the two granddaughters Yin Hui and Yin Rong who married out. Although Yin Yong knew some officials, he did not interact with them. If they came to him with gifts and just wanted to reminisce about the past, Yin Yong would treat them well. If they wanted to ask Wei Ruo or Jiang Weizhen for help and wanted Yin Yong to help pay for it, Yin Yong would refuse. Over time, he had no friends left.

Both Yin Hui and Yin Rong's families arrived quite early. Before the banquet began, Yin Hui, Yin Rong, Xie Zhuyi and the children went for a walk in the garden, while the men sat in the hall drinking tea and chatting.

Yin Yong already had experience in entertaining Wei Ruo and Jiang Weizhen at the same time. As long as he never mentioned the officialdom and the court, he would not violate any taboos.

Jiang Weizhen and Yin Lang also understood Wei Ruo's temper. When Wei Ruo spoke, they agreed with him. When Wei Ruo was silent, they just chatted with themselves.

Jiang Weizhen and Yin Lang talked about the imperial examination.

Wei Ruo listened silently, but he didn't find it boring. He occasionally glanced at Jiang Weizhen.

In the blink of an eye, my father has been on the throne for three years. At the end of this year, the imperial court evaluated the performance of officials from all over the country over the past three years.

Jiang Weizhen is now a fifth-rank official in the Ministry of Personnel.

Officials in the Ministry of Personnel are prone to accepting bribes or being influenced by personal relationships. Officials who are too rigid are easily excluded by other colleagues, and those who are too easy to talk to are prone to making mistakes. Jiang Weizhen was quite comfortable in the Ministry of Personnel, without favoritism or corruption, and did not offend many people. Of course, Jiang Weizhen had a prince as his brother-in-law, so based on this, some people who wanted to deal with him would be cautious.

This year, Jiang Weizhen received an A in the assessment. Although he did not get promoted, he received a compliment from Emperor Yongping at the morning court session. Wei Ruo was quite fond of him.

No matter what, in the eyes of outsiders, Jiang Weizhen was on his side. If Jiang Weizhen was demoted and imprisoned for corruption, Wei Ruo would also lose face.

In the garden, Yin Rong also modestly revealed Jiang Weizhen's evaluation results this year to Yin Hui and Xie Zhuyi.

Yin Hui actually already knew about it. The day Jiang Weizhen was praised by his father-in-law, Wei Ruo mentioned it to her when he came back.

Looking at Yin Rong's smiling face at this moment, Yin Hui felt deeply moved by the changes in two lifetimes.

In her previous life, Yin Rong married a scholar with little talent. When she failed the imperial examination, she wanted to ask Wei Ruo for help. As a result, when Yin Rong married Jiang Weizhen in this life, Yin Hui was always worried that Jiang Weizhen would do the same thing and was quite wary of Jiang Weizhen. Unexpectedly, Jiang Weizhen was capable. He first betrayed the Crown Prince and surrendered to her father-in-law at the critical moment, and then he relied on himself to gain a foothold in the Ministry of Personnel, a place that everyone was scrambling to get into.