After much deliberation, everyone decided to keep Jia Yu’s position vacant, though the Emperor had the Yan Prince’s Mansion—originally belonging to Rongguo Mansion—transferred to Jia Yu, allowing him to reside in his own estate.
Because Jia Yu was only sixteen this year, he was still very young. Once this imperial decree was announced, the entire capital was in an uproar.
Dowager Jia was already sobbing uncontrollably, and Jia She’s face had flushed a deep crimson. This was his own child—a child he had never cared for—yet this child had not only placed first in the imperial examinations but had achieved such a monumental feat. It was as if two brilliant stars had descended upon their family at once.
Chapter 447