After being reborn as a man, the woman improved her family's fortunes through education.

Chapter 656 Mid-Autumn Festival, Dong Jin Returns to the Capital

It was already mid-autumn, and Dong Jin and Jiang Xiwen finally arrived in the capital with their two children.

Dong Haoping is the couple's eldest son, and he is now seven years old.

Dong Lingshan is the couple's eldest daughter, who is only three years old.

Both children were born with fair skin and were very cute, but the climate in Linhai County was really unbearable. Unless you stayed indoors all the time, even the fairest people would turn soy sauce-colored.

Jiang Xiwen stroked her children's heads, sighing that she had been away for six years.

Their own parents and grandparents have never met their own grandchildren or great-grandchildren.

I regularly send back local specialties from Linhai County as holiday gifts, and I also receive gifts from my mother and younger brother.

The longing for loved ones never ceased, but not being able to see them always felt like something was missing.

Now, thanks to her younger brother, she is finally able to return to Beijing to reunite with her family. During the days when Jiang Xiwen was packing her luggage at the Linhai County government office, she suffered from insomnia almost every night.

She was excited and thrilled; the joy of seeing her loved ones soon made her extremely excited.

"Mother, you seem very happy?"

Dong Haoping put down the book in his hand. He could feel his mother's good mood from the warmth of her hand above his head.

"Of course I'm happy. We're going to the capital soon, and I'll be able to see your maternal grandparents and uncles."

Will my maternal grandparents and uncle like me and Lingshan?

"Of course I love you siblings. You forgot, all those books and so many novel toys of yours were sent by your uncle."

And your new clothes every year are all made from the finest fabrics your maternal grandmother bought for you when she was doing business away from home.”

Jiang Xiwen moved very thoroughly this time and put in a lot of effort. She couldn't bear to leave behind any of the things her family had sent her in Linhai County.

So, aside from some bulky furniture and decorations that she could sell, pawn, or give away locally, she brought everything else back to the capital.

The Dong family patriarch and matriarch naturally returned with the couple. Once they arrived in the capital, they would need to purchase a house and property, so they wouldn't have to worry about not having a place to put their belongings.

"It seems that my maternal grandmother and uncle like me and Lingshan very much. I should also get close to my maternal grandmother and uncle and be filial to them when I grow up."

Jiang Xiwen was both amused and exasperated by his son. How could he not have noticed that his son had forgotten about his maternal grandfather?

It's just that my father hasn't paid much attention to them over the years. He has exchanged a few letters with my husband in private, but he has never sent them anything.

Sigh, no wonder my son said that. A maternal grandfather who has never met him is probably a stranger to a child.

Anyway, since we've already moved to Beijing, we'll have plenty of time to spend with our family in the future, so we're not worried about the children and elders becoming estranged.

"Mother, will Uncle buy Lingshan a sugar figurine?"

"Want some candy again? What did you promise your mother when you left home?"

"Mother, I only ate ten pieces of sesame candy along the way, and they weren't sweet at all."

"Once we get to the capital, my daughter wants to try the sweets there and see if they're sweet!"

Jiang Xiwen helplessly tugged at her daughter's bun, "Do you want to lose your teeth if you keep eating candy?"

"Mom, look! They're all here, Ya Ya is still here!"

"Okay, okay, I saw it. When we get home, you can just ask your uncle if he'll buy you candy. Mommy doesn't know either~"

After calming her son and daughter down, Jiang Xiwen finally had the mind to look at the familiar yet unfamiliar streets outside.

She didn't spend much time in the capital, which wasn't originally the hometown of the Chiang family; it was just that the entire clan was now focused on the capital.

Hearing from her husband that several young members of the Jiang family who were serving as officials outside the capital had also been transferred back to Beijing, Jiang Xiwen had a feeling that this was not a coincidence.

Could it be that my great-uncle exerted influence in the court?

But shouldn't we prioritize the lineage of her great-uncle? She hadn't heard anything about her two cousins, Jiang Wenhai and Jiang Wenhan, coming to the capital.

Having the ability, it's impossible for someone to disregard their own son and prioritize someone else's son-in-law.

It's just a matter of distance and familiarity; Jiang Xiwen felt that was the normal thing to do.

Thinking about this, I asked the question that had been bothering me.

"My lord, tell me, who really put in the effort to get you into the capital this time?"

Dong Jin didn't expect his wife to suddenly think of this after putting the child to sleep, but he answered without thinking.

"Is there even a need to ask? Isn't it obvious?"

Jiang Xiwen was puzzled. Did her husband really know? "Stop keeping me in suspense. I'm not as smart as you, okay? Tell me already!"

"Haha, my wife is quite clever, but she's just blinded by a leaf. Why don't you just look at who wrote the letter asking us to come back?"

"Didn't Mingfei tell us to come back? Huh? Mingfei? You must be joking. My brother has been an official for less than three years, he doesn't have your seniority yet."

Although he was the top scholar in the imperial examination, his younger brother only held a sinecure in the Hanlin Academy, a mere compiler of the sixth rank.

You say he has the ability to transfer you, the magistrate of a remote county, back to the capital? You must be kidding me!

Jiang Xiwen hoped that what her husband said was true, but how could that be?

My younger brother is so young. Even if he is a genius, he is only good at studying. The Hanlin Academy is a powerless government office with no real power.

"My wife doesn't believe me? Then let's make a bet. It'll be there in just a few hours. You can ask her yourself then."

You know very little about your younger brother. Mingfei is no ordinary person. He was able to help a good-for-nothing like me, who could at most pass the county-level exam, achieve a turnaround. How could he himself be any worse?

Besides, how do you know he's still some low-ranking, powerless scholar in the Hanlin Academy? It's only been three days since we last met, but we've been apart for six years!

Jiang Xiwen still couldn't believe it. How much power must this person have to transfer his brother-in-law to the capital, and also transfer the younger generation of the Jiang family who held official positions in various places to the capital.

If she were to say that all of this was done by her younger brother, she would have reason to suspect that he used his good looks to seduce her.

Hmm... it doesn't seem impossible.

After all, that so-called fourth prince, Zhao something-or-other, wasn't he the one who went to Linhai County because of his younger brother?

Sitting in the carriage, Jiang Xiwen imagined a story about her younger brother and a certain prince.

I got goosebumps all over. Ugh, I can't think about it anymore!

When Dong Jin saw his wife start to drift into a daze, he knew that she must be thinking about something extraordinary.

However, he didn't plan on doing so, since he figured all his questions would be answered once he got to the Jiang family.

The carriage creaked and groaned as it moved forward, leaving only faint traces of its tracks in the autumn wind.