The Military Governor in Dream of the Red Chamber

Transmigrating into the body of Jia Chen, a member of the Jia clan in *Dream of the Red Chamber*, Jia Chen, through the connections of the widow Li Wan, and the back door of Wang Xifeng, a newlywed in the Jia family, secured a position as a low-ranking officer in the capital garrison. He distinguished himself in border patrols, and Jia Zhen, the head of the Ningguo Mansion, became unusually attentive, acting as matchmaker for him. The prospective bride was none other than Qin Keqing. In the original novel, Qin Keqing was Jia Zhen's daughter-in-law. Jia Chen suspected something amiss with Jia Zhen's enthusiasm towards a common soldier from a collateral branch of the family. Regardless of Jia Zhen's motives, how could he not marry Qin Keqing, a beauty from *Dream of the Red Chamber* possessing the beauty of both Daiyu and Baochai? This was an era similar to the late Ming Dynasty, with the rise of the Later Jin, peasant uprisings, and impending chaos. Jia Chen didn't want to become a powerless military governor like Wang Ziteng. Even the imperial decree for soldiers to lay down their armor required Jia Chen's approval!