The predecessor who was scumbag by me was the emperor

Zhao Zhang received letters from Ling Jingyun and Shen Jia at the same time, he hesitated for a moment, and opened Ling Jingyun's letter first, so as not to be preconceived and believe the little liar's words.

Sure enough, Zhao Zhang became angry just after watching the beginning!He is really a master who does not make people worry about going anywhere, and his ability to attract bees and butterflies is not worse than before.

Zhao Zhang recalled a cold war with Shen Jia. At that time, he was not a man who would quarrel with others, and he kept his anger in his heart. After Shen Jia coaxed him for a few days, he became angry. The person didn't speak for half a month.

And the cause of that time was also because of a woman, that was Shen Jia's cousin, a childhood sweetheart, charming and cute, she made no secret of her admiration for Shen Jia, every time she would show her courteousness to Shen Jia in front of her, and she said "Jia Biao" every time. Brother", Shen Jia always responded to her with a smile.

Later, news came out from the Shen residence that Shen Jia and that cousin had been married by fingertips since they were young, and they only got married when Shen Jia became famous.

Zhao Zhang's mood at that meeting was probably the same as Shen Jia's mood when he saw his family letter, but fortunately he had a place to verify, he had close contacts with the Shen family, Shen's father and Shen's mother treated him very well.

So one day, while Shen Jia was not around, he chatted with Mrs. Shen about Shen Jia's marriage. Mrs. Shen said to him happily: "I have liked the second girl of his uncle's family since I was a child. When we were young, we stood together. Like a golden boy and a jade girl, she is often praised by others. When Jiajia was a child, she even said that she would marry his cousin when she grew up.

I think his cousin is quite fond of him, and his uncle also has the same idea. I think that when he is in the middle school next year, the marriage will be arranged. Jiajia always said that he will wait for the gold list to get married, but the gold list is not so easy. If he is 30 years old and doesn't win, wouldn't it be a delay for others, so he wants to make a decision first, and he will figure it out after a few years. "

Zhao Zhang even forgot how he answered Mrs. Shen at that time, he just felt his heart was cold, and he couldn't help getting angry when he saw Shen Jia's smiling face again, so why would he care about him.

After Shen Jia figured out the reason for his anger, she came over to apologize sincerely, and promised that she would never marry anyone in this life, and even if he had no partner, he would not harm another girl. Later, when she asked Madam Shen, she did not mention this something happened.

But there have always been many people who like Shen Jia. Mr. Huai'an's adopted daughter is also very close to Shen Jia in every possible way. If Mr. Huai'an came to propose marriage, I am afraid that Master Shen and Mrs. Shen would not dare to refuse.

After reading Ling Jingyun's letter, Zhao Zhang didn't want to read Shen Jia's anymore, and he knew what he would say. Just when Yao Zhan came in to report something, Zhao Zhang threw Shen Jia's letter aside.

"Report to the emperor, the guards for the Empress Dowager Ceremony have been selected, please take a look at the emperor."

"No need, you can arrange it." Zhao Zhang stared at him for a while, Yao Zhan didn't understand, so he raised his head to meet his examining gaze.

Yao Zhan was startled, thinking back on his recent actions, he should have made no mistakes, why the emperor looked at him like this.

"Yao Aiqing..."

"The minister is here."

"Is your old lady in good health?" The Yao family is currently headed by the old lady, who is Yao Zhan's grandmother.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your concern. Grandma is still in good health, but she is not tired."

"Is that so, I remember that you have several cousins, but are they all married?"

Yao Zhan knew Zhao Zhang's feelings. If someone else asked him this question, he would have suspected that the other party had taken a fancy to his cousin, but it was absolutely impossible for the emperor.

He replied cautiously: "I do have a few cousins ​​who have not yet engaged, but my sister will get married next year, and the other younger sisters are still young."

"Oh, which one is the biggest?"

"Yes...it's the Zhenzhen cousin of the second uncle's family, who happens to be fifteen this year."

"Then it's time to say kiss. I have someone to choose. You go back and talk to the old lady. It's best to make it this year. You're not young. If you delay, you won't find a good one."

Yao Zhan is at a loss, but he has never been good at trying to figure out the holy will. No matter what the emperor intends, this relationship must be married.

"I don't know which son the emperor is talking about?"

"It's Cheng Amber, you know it too, once you get married, you will be Mrs. Uncle, and I will give her a third-rank imperial order, how about it?"

Yao Zhan was speechless in shock. Cheng Anbo is 36 this year, and three wives died before him. There are a lot of legitimate sons and concubines in the house, and as far as he knows, Cheng Anbo has some unspeakable hobbies. Who cares? The girl will marry him?

No matter how stupid Yao Zhan is, he still knows that his cousin has offended the emperor, but the two of them have nothing to do with each other... No, then Mr. Shen just happens to be in Daming Mansion?I'm afraid it's his cousin who provoked Mr. Shen.

Yao Zhan's scalp was numb. He had said that Cousin Zhenzhen was too domineering, and the Yao family was not powerful. Raising such a daughter would suffer disaster sooner or later. Sure enough, this was to destroy the Yao family's century-old foundation!

But Cheng Anbo can't marry either. If they marry, their Yao family will have a bad reputation in Chang'an, and the other younger sisters in the family can't even try to find a good family.

He knelt down on the cold ground, with his forehead on the ground, "I beg the emperor to be merciful, I will let my family discipline me when I go back, and I won't let her make mistakes again! I beg the emperor to give her a chance."

Zhao Zhang played with the writing brush on the phone, was silent for a while, and then said: "I'll give you a face, but I have to marry her out a few days ago. As for who to marry, I won't interfere. If you can't do it well... ..."

Yao Zhan immediately promised: "Please rest assured, the emperor, I will definitely supervise and handle this matter well!"

It was only a few days before the Chinese New Year, and it was too late to send a letter back and forth, but Yao Zhan dared not disagree, even marrying a poor student would be better than Cheng Amber.

Yao Zhan hurried out of the palace to go home, and told the matter to the old lady, the latter was confused, but Yao Zhan could not mention the relationship between the emperor and Shen Jia, only said that the cousin offended the imperial envoy, the emperor was very angry , to decree to marry her to Cheng Amber.

The old lady fainted when she heard Cheng Amber's name, and the female family members were also very anxious. No one wanted to have anything to do with Cheng Amber, so she hurriedly asked: "What did you say, how did Zhenzhen offend the imperial envoy? Punishment, why let her marry? And your second uncle doesn't care?"

"I said earlier that Zhenzhen is spoiled too much. How can she have the restraint of a lady? She really married into the Cheng'anbo Mansion. The other girls in our family will not even try to find a good family." It was Yao Zhan's third son who spoke. Auntie, she also has two unmarried daughters in her family, how could she not be in a hurry.

"The emperor said, unless Zhenzhen was married off years ago."

"How is this possible? She is still in Chang'an, but she is far away in Daming Mansion, and it will be too late to come back."

The old lady woke up, and after only thinking for a while, she made a final decision, "Please ask a matchmaker to go to the home of the General Secretary to ask. Didn't the second daughter-in-law say that she has a tacit understanding with his family? If it is possible, the marriage will be settled on the spot, and then hurry up and let it go." When Zhenzhen and her daughter come back, the dowry is all ready, and they will get married as soon as they come back!"

This arrangement is undoubtedly the best, and Yao's parents and daughter-in-law went to make it immediately, but when they heard that they wanted to issue a marriage certificate on the spot, and they would get married as soon as they came back, they immediately refused.

No matter why the Yao family was in a hurry to marry their daughter, this kind of thing is problematic, who knows what will happen?

One family was not good, the old lady immediately picked the next one, but several in a row refused when they heard that the marriage was in such a hurry. It is said that it will take a year, how can there be a good family who will marry their daughter in a few days?If there is no problem, who will believe it?

Later, the old lady simply lowered the standard, regardless of whether the other party is a concubine or concubine, as long as the character is decent, and finally said to be a family after three days, the concubine of the Tongpan family of Shuntian Mansion, the mistress of the family is very powerful. The thing is to come to the door to propose marriage to the concubine, and the requirements are not high. The dowry must be no less than 1 taels, and the Yao family will pay for the wedding banquet.

She was very thoughtful, a woman who was so eager to get married either had a physical problem, or a problem with her conduct, maybe she had a secret relationship with an adulterer, and there was a secret knot in the womb. It's not like this happened before.

But so what, marrying broken shoes is also a cheap kind of marriage, and it is very right. Once the dowry is in hand, the concubine will be separated from the family.

The two parties walked very quickly, and everything was ready, just waiting for the bride to come back and get married.

Mrs. Yao fainted when she heard the news, and when she woke up, she cried and made noises, scolding the old lady bloody.

The prefect Yao became more and more furious, and threw her nephew's letter to her, "You can decide for yourself, whether you want to choose the concubine of the Pan family or Amber, choose one of the two, if you like the uncle's mansion, that's fine too. , I immediately wrote to my mother to prepare."

Mrs. Yao was dizzy again after reading the letter. She never imagined that her precious daughter who had been spoiled since she was a child would marry a bastard from a low-income family. How would she live?

"Don't get dizzy, hurry up and take that evil back home to get married, the house is ready, you don't need to bring anything, just bring him back." Zhifu Yao finished speaking weakly, with a dazed expression on his face. It is impossible to be reused by the emperor in his life, maybe the magistrate will also do his best.

He suddenly thought that this incident happened because of Shen Jia, and he must have sued the emperor for this. He really didn't expect that this Shen Jia seemed gentle and polite, but she had a temperament of vengeance.

Angrily, he ran to find Shen Jia to argue, and saw that Shen Jia was playing chess with the Qin Zhangyuan, and Ling Jingyun was sitting by the side wiping his precious sword, which was shining brightly. The magistrate suddenly felt like a deflated ball, not daring to show up.

Ling Jingyun already knew what happened to Yao's family, and he couldn't help but admire Shen Jia's charm. The emperor actually became angry with his minister and beloved daughter because of this incident. Who would dare to offend him?

Shen Jia didn't know about this, he had been waiting for Zhao Zhang's reply, but Ling Jingyun had received a reply but he didn't, so he saw Ling Jingyun as a rival in love these days.

"Prefect Yao is here, hurry up and play a game, Mr. Shen's chess is too stinky."

Shen Jia's chess skills are good enough to deceive ordinary people, but he can't play against a master like Qin Zhangyuan.

Yao Zhifu sat down, took a deep breath, and said to Shen Jia: "Master Shen is satisfied now? No matter how bad the little girl is, it is because she likes you and has no mercy for women. Master Shen will also do it in the future. He is a cruel official!"

Shen Jia was confused by what he said, and retorted: "Prefect Yao's improper upbringing will pour dirty water on the lower officials. Could it be that her poor life in the future is caused by the lower officials?"

"Hmph, Mr. Shen has the emperor's favor, so he is naturally fearless. The little girl is really doing it herself."

Shen Jia's face darkened, but Ling Jingyun laughed and said: "Prefect Yao misunderstood Mrs. Shen. The emissary told the emperor about your daughter's love. I didn't expect the emperor to react so strongly. Maybe the emperor misunderstood that Mr. Yao wanted to use a beautiful woman." It's a plan to confuse the imperial envoy."

Prefect Yao was too frightened to speak. No wonder the emperor would be furious. If it were him, he would have doubts about it. It seems that his daughter's marriage would have to be settled if he didn't get married. If he didn't suffer, how could the emperor let him go? ?

Yao Zhifu was sweating profusely and said: "It's my official who wanted to go wrong. I misunderstood Mr. Shen, and I will apologize to Mr. Shen."

However, Shen Jia cast her eyes on Ling Jingyun, waiting for him to explain to herself, what exactly did Zhao Zhang do?

Ling Jingyun got up and went out, and when he passed Shen Jia, he handed him a piece of paper. Shen Jia followed, opened the paper in the sun, and finally understood the reason for Yao Zhifu's anger. If it was him, his biological daughter was forced to marry like this. Go out, it's no wonder you don't get angry.

"Lord Shen should know that what I said just now was just to fool Zhifu Yao. Tell me, if he finds out about your relationship with the emperor in the future, will he be able to swallow this in his heart?"

Shen Jia returned the paper to him, and smiled confidently at him, "Lord Ling is worrying too much, so what if he finds out? It's not that I forced his daughter to marry, I have the ability to argue with the emperor, but Lord Ling has to tell the emperor even such a trivial matter, he is really dedicated to his duty."

"You didn't say?" Ling Jingyun asked suspiciously, and then suddenly realized, "No wonder Mr. Shen has been anxious these days, is this about to fall out of favor?"

Shen Jia mentioned this matter in his letter to Zhao Zhang, but there were only a few words, and he said it in a joking tone. He sighed and said helplessly: "The emperor is too stingy, too jealous. I didn't get angry when he was surrounded by so many women, alas, it's troublesome if a boyfriend loves himself too much."

"..." Ling Jingyun stared at him dumbfounded, he had never seen such a thick-skinned person, no wonder he was able to subdue the self-disciplined and dedicated Emperor Qing Jia.

"By the way, Master Ling doesn't seem to be married yet, right? What kind of woman do you like? Why don't you come down to the official to find a good match for you and ask the emperor to marry you?" Shen Jia smiled sweetly, but in Ling Jingyun's eyes, she was just like someone who had practiced for thousands of years Like an old monster, Shen Jia is clearly warning him to meddle in his own business, right?

Depending on how favored Shen Jia was, it was not just a matter of a word for him to ask the emperor to bestow a marriage on him.

Ling Jingyun approached him, he was almost a head taller than Shen Jia, and his aura was fierce, so many important court officials had to soften three points in front of him, but Shen Jia kept his smiling face and looked up at him.

It has to be said that Shen Jia's face is quite perfect and too aggressive, few people can ignore his appearance, Ling Jingyun can understand those who are confused by him.

He raised his hand, holding a gemstone in the palm of his hand, which was originally used to bribe Shen Jia, but just when his hand was about to touch Shen Jia, a small stone came through the wind, Ling Jingyun fell back , narrowly avoided the hidden weapon that could disfigure him.

He glanced in the direction where the stone was flying, and suddenly understood the other party's intentions. He took a few steps back and kept a few meters away from Shen Jia. I apologize, and please take care of Master Shen in the future."

Shen Jia's mind was still on the small stone, and she guessed that it was made by the hidden guards beside him. Seeing Ling Jingyun's clear expression, she must have known it. She suddenly felt a little embarrassed, and bowed her hands to the other party after accepting the compensation, "Ling Jingyun The same is true for adults, we can discuss things carefully."

Afterwards, Ling Jingyun arrested a hidden guard guarding Shen Jia, raised his brows and asked the other party: "What do you mean? The daughter of the prefect of Yao has repeatedly approached Mr. Shen, why didn't you see you using hidden weapons?"

The dark guard replied straightforwardly: "The emperor only asked me to wait and not let any man approach Mr. Shen, and did not tell women to avoid it. Mr. Ling should thank us. Let the emperor know that Mr. Ling is so close to Mr. Shen. I am afraid that the next You are the one to be married."

Ling Jingyun was convinced, and from then on, he had to stay away from Shen Jia when talking, making the Qin Zhangyuan think that the two of them had a conflict.

That afternoon, Mrs. Yao took her children back to Chang'an in a carriage. She didn't dare to tell her daughter the truth, but said that she had changed her mind temporarily and still wanted to go back to her hometown for the New Year.

Miss Yao thinks this is pretty good. Going back to Chang'an is better than being grounded, and Shen Jia is also going back. Maybe they can meet in Chang'an. When she goes back, she can meet Shen Jia's fiancée for a while. Let's see. What kind of vixen was so obsessed with Shen Jia that he didn't even take a second look at the beauties who came to his door.

Mrs. Yao was worried all the way, and she cried secretly several times avoiding her children. She thought, after returning home, she still begged her nephew Yao Zhan to intercede for her cousin. She couldn't really marry like this.

The year is getting closer and closer, and Shen Jia finally received a letter from Zhao Zhang. Compared with the thickness of the previous letters, this time there is only one page and only two sentences. New Year's Day.The second sentence: Since there is nothing wrong with the Daming Mansion, let's leave as soon as possible.

Shen Jia was about to put down the paper when she saw two small characters on the back corner: Hope to return!Finally laughed slowly.

Three days before the Chinese New Year, a convoy entered Chang'an from the south gate, moved forward slowly, and finally stopped at the gate of Shen's residence in Yujingfang after asking many passers-by according to the address.

The door of the carriage in the middle opened, and a middle-aged couple helped them down, looked up at the mansion, and showed a satisfied smile on their faces at the same time.

"It should be here, right?"

"Shen Fu, you must be right, Xiao Tan, hurry up and knock on the door, let that kid come out to meet us!" Master Shen commanded domineeringly, and after speaking, he felt a gust of cold wind pouring into his neck, and he hurriedly tightened his grip. Cloak, muttering: "The winter in Chang'an is really cold, we are not used to it."

Mrs. Shen squinted at him, and said contemptuously: "It's cold outside this house, but I heard that there are kangs and charcoal basins in the house, so just don't go out. When Jiajia is married, we will be able to hug each other soon." Now that you have a grandson, do you still want to stay in your hometown and wait for your eyes to see through?"

A [-]-year-old girl came down from a carriage at the back, wearing a scarlet cloak and a white rabbit fur hat. Yingying came up, supported Mrs. Shen's arm and said coquettishly: "Auntie is right, cousin has a bright future!" Like brocade, Chang'an is at the foot of the emperor, so it must be better than my hometown."

At this time, Zhu Hong's door was knocked open, and Uncle Zhong came out and asked, "Who are you looking for?"

Xiao Tan is Master Shen's personal servant, and asked with a smile, "Excuse me, is this the residence of Master Shen in the Imperial Academy?"

Uncle Zhong shook his head, seeing the other person's expression changed, he said again: "My master has been promoted to be a doctor of the household department, and he is no longer working in the Imperial Academy."

Only then did Xiao Tan turn around and shout: "Master, madam, it's the young master's house, that's right, the young master has been promoted!"

"Really!" Mrs. Shen walked up with a smile, looked at Uncle Zhong, and asked, "You are Zhong Qi, right?"

"You are... the old lady?" Uncle Zhong is not stupid, this noble lady looks somewhat similar to Shen Jia, and looking at their pedestrians, there are more than a dozen cars piled up in the salute, it must be The family came to the door.

"Old man, old lady, please come in quickly. It's cold outside. The master was ordered to go out on business, and he won't be able to come back recently. The servants are worrying that there is no one in charge at home. It's just right that the old lady is here."

Master Shen snorted coldly and corrected him: "What's the old lady, old lady? Are we that old? Change it!"

Uncle Zhong asked eagerly: "Then...is it appropriate to call Mr. Shen the young master?" He is already an official in the court, so it is not appropriate to be called the young master again. There is only He Yan in the family who can't change his mouth. .

Mrs. Shen patted him, and said with a smile: "Don't worry about him, it's just a title, tell me where Jiajia went on business. It's Chinese New Year, and he can't come back? He's too inhuman to go to the peak, right?" ?”

Uncle Zhong hurriedly explained: "The old lady can't say that. The master is on a business trip by order, and as the deputy envoy of the imperial envoy, he is highly valued by the emperor. You will know later."

Uncle Zhong hurriedly opened the middle door, and called the servants at home to welcome them and help carry the luggage. Everyone was a little nervous, wondering if the old man and the old lady would get along well.

Ever since they entered this Shen residence, they have lived a very good life. Mr. Shen is generous and kind, never scolding his servants, he also gives a lot of monthly silver, food and clothing are compared to managing affairs of a rich family, there is no better place than here Cozy place too.

The housekeeper took the elders to visit at home, and stopped when they reached Shen Jia's yard, and explained: "Master usually doesn't let me wait in his yard for fear of noise, so why don't the elders go in and have a look?"

It was already dark at this time, although Mrs. Shen wanted to go in and see where her son lived, but she was not in a hurry, "Not yet, everyone is tired all the way, let's settle down first."

"Yes, your two elders live in Wuyou Pavilion. That is the yard that the master specially left for your two elders. It has been cleaned up. I thought the second elders will come back in the next year. If you are not satisfied, you can just mention the key to the warehouse. It will be sent to the old lady in a while."

The elders of the Shen family only knew that Shen Jia was the number one scholar in high school and was promoted to an official in the Imperial Academy. They heard that the Imperial Academy was a Qingshui yamen, so they came early because they were afraid that Shen Jia would have a bad year. Stop it.

But all the way to visit, they were already dumbfounded. The furnishings in this Shen mansion are all exquisite, and the treasures on the antique shelf are all that their family can't get out. When they opened the warehouse, they were shocked to see that the warehouse was full. endlessly.

Could it be that their son has become a corrupt official in the past six months?Old Mrs. Shen tentatively asked: "Are there many people who come to give gifts on weekdays?" He saw that many things were still packed in gift boxes, so they must have been sent by others.

The housekeeper smiled and said: "There are quite a few. The master is favored and works in the household department. It is true that many people come to visit each other, and the big families usually greet each other, and there are many exchanges of human relationships. It's just that the master is not here. Many gifts will be confiscated."

After returning to her room at night and closing the door, old Mrs. Shen asked her husband worriedly: "Master, Jiajia is not so good, although I have always heard that no official is not corrupt, but how old is he, he used to hate corrupt officials the most. "

Old Mrs. Shen sighed and said: "We don't understand the affairs of the officialdom, so don't worry about it too much. Jiajia has been sensible since he was a child, and he knows it well." The old Mrs. Shen thought to himself, if Shen Jia really lost his way, then they must Tell Mr. Huai'an, let him teach him a good lesson, their family is not too poor to live on, there is no need to do such corrupt things.

Zhao Zhang received the news that the second elder of the Shen family had come that night, he paused for a moment, and finally just said: "Understood, let someone take care of you. Shen Jia is not here, so don't let people bully the second elder."