After being granted a marriage, Zhong Jue entered the Hanlin Academy to take up a role dealing with book revisions, an easy and prestigious job that gave him more time to prepare for the wedding.
Because Princess Wenping's father, Duke Wei, heard that Zhong Huaiwen intended to promote a concubine to his official wife, he specifically took the opportunity to talk to Zhong Huaiwen. Though the details of the conversation are unknown, afterwards Aunt Wei not only saw her hopes of becoming the official wife dashed but also lost her managerial authority. Old Madam Wei, due to her age, could not withstand the strain, hence inevitably Zhong Jue himself ended up managing the affairs.
Not only did he not complain, he was actually very willing to do so, and he also took the chance to check the household accounts. It was only after checking that he discovered such a significant discrepancy in the accounts.
