[Seventy-five] The first dandy in the Song Dynasty

"Daughter-in-law, are you sick? Why is your face so ugly?" Old man Chen asked after seeing Qin Xianglian walking out with a pale face.

"Yes, daughter-in-law, please sit down and have a rest." Mrs. Chen also saw that Qin Xianglian's expression was not right, so she hurriedly said.

Qin Xianglian's heart warmed when she saw her in-laws caring about her appearance. Although her husband might have betrayed her, her in-laws were toward her, which gave Qin Xianglian a little bit of confidence.

Back then, in order to support Chen Shimei in rushing for the exam, she sold her dowry and got...

"I'm fine, I'm going out for a meeting later." Qin Xianglian couldn't explain too much to them, so she just confessed softly.

"Alright, daughter-in-law, you have worked too hard, you should go for a walk." Old lady Chen said in agreement without doubting it at all.

"Mother..." Dongmei looked at Qin Xianglian eagerly, hesitating to speak.

"Dongmei is good, you and your brother are at home, taking care of your grandparents." Qin Xianglian forced a smile, patted Dongmei's head and said.

"Okay." Dongmei nodded obediently and agreed.

"Our sister Dong is so good." Only then did Qin Xianglian smile sincerely. Her husband is a scumbag, but her daughter and son are good.

Although Dongmei is small, she also has a premonition. Her mother was afraid that she was going to find her father, so she didn't think too much about it. There are many things that a seven-year-old kid can't understand. She just needs to be obedient as usual.

As the elder brother, Brother Ying seemed to be more precocious. Looking at the figure of his mother leaving, he was even more thoughtful, and the worry in his heart was directly expressed on his face.

But he was still young, so he could only watch helplessly as his mother left.

Speaking of the two elders of the Chen family, they didn't notice anything wrong at all. After all, they were old and their eyes were dim.

As soon as Qin Xianglian left the house, she walked aimlessly on the street. After all, she had no idea where to find Chen Shimei.

Desperate, she didn't have the heart to pay attention to other things, and all she could think about was Chen Shimei. She didn't know what to do when she saw him, or even the big belly her daughter was talking about.

"Sister-in-law, why are you here?" Li Zheng, who was riding a horse, felt a little regretful when he saw Qin Xianglian who seemed to have lost his soul. It would have been nice if they hadn't bumped into Chen Shimei.

"I..." Qin Xianglian looked up, and saw Li Zheng jumped off the horse, and was about to explain, but didn't know what to say.

"Are you here to find Chen Shimei?" Li Zheng said with a feeling when he saw her expression.

"Hmm..." Qin Xianglian nodded helplessly. She married Chen Shimei at the age of 16 and gave birth to twins at the age of 17. Now she is only 24 years old, but because of doing housework, she looks older than women of the same age. Chen Shimei, who never had to work, was even more so. She actually felt it too. Before Chen Shimei went to Beijing for the exam three years ago, her attitude towards her was different. It was just that at the beginning she devoted herself to supporting him in his studies and even sold his dowry, but she didn't want to... get It's such an ending.

"Then sister-in-law, you are going in the wrong direction. His family doesn't live here, so he has to look there." Li Zheng pointed to the direction Qin Xianglian came from and said.

"How do you know?" Qin Xianglian asked with a look of surprise, not doubting Li Zheng, but just wondering.

"When I came back from home yesterday, I had someone check it out. Chen Shimei was called a son-in-law by his family after he was selected as a Jinshi." Li Zheng didn't go into details, for fear that Qin Xianglian would be sad.

"That's really the case... She didn't miss Dongmei yesterday." Qin Xianglian said with a wry smile, feeling as bitter as eating Coptis chinensis in her mouth.

"If my sister-in-law wants to find Chen Shimei, I will help her." Li Zheng frowned and said, "This Chen Shimei is now holding the post of Zhongshu, and Bapin is not a high-ranking official."

In his opinion, the eighth-rank official is really not that big. When he finishes his studies, the official family will naturally let him out to do things, and the minimum official will not be lower than the fifth rank.

"No matter how small an official is, we are ordinary people..." What can Qin Xianglian say, she is an ordinary citizen, eighth rank, but she is a high-ranking official that she can't reach.

"How can he not recognize his parents? If he is so unfilial, even the officials will not agree." Li Zheng said angrily, he had never seen such a scumbag!

Even the royal relatives and relatives he has seen with his own eyes are not like this, the king of Xiangyang is old enough.He is a prince, and he usually has special rules. Although Zhao Jue is said to be so bad, but he has seen it with his own eyes.How can there be so much difference between people?

"It's true, since he is so ruthless, his own parents must take him and raise him." Qin Xianglian said reluctantly, not in a high mood.

In the end, I still can't figure it out, she is wholeheartedly for him, but...

"That's right, it doesn't make sense. What's the use of having a son if one's parents don't raise them by themselves?" Li Zheng nodded, echoing Qin Xianglian's words, "I don't think it makes any sense to talk about raising children to prevent old age."

"Ah Zheng, not everyone is like him." Qin Xianglian looked at Li Zheng and said, "It's different for you, Ah Zheng."

I think when someone came to pick up the family of three next door, Li Zheng was only ten years old at that time, and he was already able to help the family with work, but she felt distressed, so she helped more. Before she married into the Chen family, she would occasionally help Mrs. Li carry water. Who would have thought that that country widow would suddenly become a nobleman.

"Me neither... My adoptive mother treats me well, so I naturally have to be filial." Li Zheng didn't know what to say, "I don't have any other elders either."

The adoptive mother is really kind to them, and they are willing to be filial to the adoptive mother.

Li Zheng got all of Chen Shimei's information yesterday, as if he had already found it and was going to be there, but Li Zheng didn't think too much about it, and wrote down Chen Shimei's residence. In fact, Chen Shimei didn't even buy it in Bianliang City. He can't afford a house, and lives in his father-in-law's house. It's more like marrying than marrying.

Without the help of the Yue family, it would be impossible for Chen Shimei to get the official position smoothly. Do you think she is the champion?

The number one scholar will usually enter the Imperial Academy, but Zhao Zhen needs to be a practical manpower, not to go to the Imperial Academy to mix his qualifications, so learn about job training.

Obviously Chen Shimei's grades in on-the-job training were mediocre, otherwise she wouldn't be a middle school student. This was the result of his Yue family's efforts to send it up.

Compared with those released outside, this is probably very good.

In fact, there are also advantages to being outsourced. As long as you have been in the office for three years and have good performance in the performance appraisal, you can be promoted and make a fortune when you come back.

The top picks in the same term as Chen Shimei have all been released, and their three-year term is almost over.

In the fifth year of Tiansheng, there were 190 people with the same background, 82 people with the same background, 71 people with the same background, and 28 people with the test title; Bingyin, 690 people with various disciplines and grades and the same background.

It can be said to be very spectacular. The Great Song Dynasty just needed talents. Zhao Zhen was like casting a wide net to recruit talents. After they passed the exam, he would use induction training to select useful talents.

Those who are not suitable, some will be inspected, and those with good character will be sent to the academy to teach students, which is not a waste of talent.

Before that, Chen Shimei had no character problems. After all, he was considered a member of the poor family in the capital. If you don't, you will be regarded as a son-in-law or something. This is all voluntary, and it's what you like.

Chen Shimei is more like a fraudulent marriage. When people ask him if he is married, they tell him directly that he is not, so he will be taken in by others. After all, he is also a dog-like person, so it is okay to bluff people.

According to Pang Yu's words, Chen Shimei concealed that she was married, but because of the difficulty of communication in ancient times, it was troublesome to investigate.

And who would have thought that a Jinshi in high school would talk nonsense with his eyes open?

This Chen Shimei is not afraid of being exposed, no, after less than three years of marriage, the wife she finally married is about to give birth. Could it be that the Yue family really found out, and can let his wife kill the child?

Wouldn't that be even more embarrassing?No family is shameless.

Li Zheng accompanied Qin Xianglian to look for Chen Shimei. He told the guards to stay away. If Chen Shimei saw the guards, she might not dare to show her true colors.

Qin Xianglian smiled gratefully at Li Zheng, but her pale face didn't look good when she smiled.

Li Zheng is fortunate that his sister did not come with her and was detained by her adoptive mother in the palace. The girls are all 16 years old, and this year they will start to see others for her. Compared with the 20-year-old Zhao Xiaohua, she is naturally more Caring about the adopted daughter who was brought up by him.

Zhao Xiaohua didn't care about these things either, she had no interest in getting married in the first place, not to mention she had her own mother, and it was not Mrs. Li's turn to take care of her marriage later, she had her little uncle as a backer.

Even if you don't get married, it's okay, the big deal is that senior sister, you can become a nun as a nun.

"Excuse me, ask your uncle Chen Shimei to come out." Li Zheng saw that Qin Xianglian was a little timid, and it was not good for her to call the door alone, so he volunteered to call the door.

"Who are you? What are you doing to our aunt? Is there a call letter?" The concierge looked Li Zheng up and down, because Li Zheng usually dressed plainly when he went out, and he didn't need to dress grandly when he was attending some big festival. Wear them casually, and cotton clothes are very comfortable, so he went out in cotton clothes today. He never thought that just because he was wearing cotton clothes, the concierge would look down on him.

"There is no greeting card, it doesn't matter who I am, just say that his original wife in the country came to look for him." Li Zheng accompanied Qin Xianglian here temporarily, where did he have time to write greeting cards, let alone Chen Shimei? Scumbag, you want him to write greetings?Beautiful you!

"What?!" When the concierge heard this, it was all right!He quickly stretched out his hand to push Li Zheng and said, "Stop talking nonsense! Our son-in-law is an official of the eighth grade. What are you doing, you bastard! Destroy our son-in-law's reputation, and carefully send you to the official!"

"Am I talking nonsense? You'll know when you let Chen Shimei come out!" Li Zheng had lived in the palace for a long time, and he had accumulated a little bit of what a high-ranking person should look like, he said to the porter.

"What's the noise at the door?" At this time, Chen Shimei was about to go out, and when she heard the noise at the door, she couldn't help coming over and asking, "Is this a vegetable market?"

"Uncle, this stinky brat said nonsense that your wife from the country was here..." The porter saw the Lord coming, and immediately reported.

"It's the original match!" Li Zheng said loudly, letting Chen Shimei take a good look at Qin Xianglian's face.

"You, who are you, and you, a woman, what do you mean by pretending to be my wife? Why don't you beat them out!" Chen Shimei was really shocked when she saw Qin Xianglian's face, but in the end It's a bit quick-witted, if he admits it now, he will expose his fraudulent marriage, absolutely not!

"I'm impersonating?!" Qin Xianglian didn't expect this person to be so ruthless, she even came to her door, and she didn't give an explanation, but let someone beat them out?

"I've never married a wife. I don't even look at my own virtue. You are my mother." Chen Shimei laughed unceremoniously. I really have to say that Chen Shimei's little boy He looks much younger than Qin Xianglian, and it is too much to say that it is his sister, but it is too much to say that it is his mother.