Tanhualang

Back home, Xiao Meng opened the door, and saw two little eunuchs carrying gift boxes, large and small, following behind Shen Jing, she was startled, and looked up at Shen Jing: "Sir, this is?"

Shen Jing raised her hand to indicate that there is no need to ask further questions: "You and the two father-in-laws can help each other. Put the things in the east wing for now."

After seeing off the two little eunuchs, Shen Jing locked herself in the study.He didn't come out until dinner time, when the sky was dark, and when he sat at the table, he picked up his chopsticks and was in a daze, without saying a word.

Xiao Meng didn't dare to ask more questions, and she held her chopsticks silently and didn't dare to make a sound.After a while, Shen Jing recovered, and said to Xiao Meng: "Why don't you eat?"

Before Xiaomeng could answer, he heard the door of the courtyard outside, and hurriedly put down his chopsticks to open the door. After a while, he saw Zhao Heng walking in with a big food box.

Before Shen Jing got up, Zhao Heng had already walked to the table, supported his shoulder and smiled, "There's no need to get up."

After speaking, he sat down opposite Shen Jing, raised his head and said to Xiao Meng, "Bring a pair of chopsticks."

Xiao Meng nodded hurriedly: "Oh! Let's go!"

Shen Jing rearranged the bowls and chopsticks, got up again, went to the kitchen to serve the meal, twisted the towel and wiped Zhao Heng's hands: "Your Highness hasn't eaten yet?"

After Zhao Heng wiped his hands, he opened the food box himself, and brought out the two dishes inside: "It's just right, you haven't eaten yet."

There is a piece of fried fish and a piece of boiled shrimp on the table, both of which are still steaming.Zhao Heng took a shrimp out, rolled up his sleeves, peeled one, and wanted to put it on the plate in front of Shen Jing. Seeing the pitted appearance, he hesitated, then put it back on his own plate, and said with a smile: "This It doesn't look good. I'll peel another one later."

Quietly but neatly, he stretched out his chopsticks, picked them up from his plate and put them in his mouth, tasted them, raised his head and said with a smile, "Taihu Lake White Shrimp?"

Zhao Heng laughed and said: "Xue Yin sent people to send a lot of them. He just became the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, and he wrote to Gu that he would go to Beijing in a few days and wanted to visit. This is before the people arrive, and the etiquette goes first. "

After speaking, I peeled off another one, but it was still bumpy.

He looked at Shen Jing, Shen Jing smiled and ate it with a plate, thanked him, then handed the towel to Zhao Heng, put down the chopsticks, and rolled up his sleeves: "Your Highness, wipe your hands. I'll do it."

His fingers were dexterous and his movements were nimble. The shrimps were peeled out with all their beards and tails. They were bright red and attractive. They were placed neatly on Zhao Heng's plate one by one. It seemed that the shrimps were peeled and cooked.He picked up the fish again with chopsticks, picked out all the thorns, and put it in front of Zhao Heng: "This fish should be eaten while it is hot."

Zhao Heng picked one up, looked at Shen Jing, cleared his throat, and explained: "Cough... this is the first time I have done this."

"Yeah." Shen Jing smiled, took a piece of fish and ate it, "I appreciate His Highness's kindness."

The two went to the study after eating.Shen Jing brewed tea and brought it to Zhao Heng. Zhao Heng took a sip and put it down, looking at Shen Jing: "It is estimated that Xue Yin will arrive in a few days. When the time comes, I will clean up the dust for him alone. Come and accompany me. It can be regarded as your parent officer." .”

Shen Jing nodded: "Naturally. Mr. Xue is kind to me, so I should hold a banquet."

He also understood in his heart that Zhao Heng was actually paving the way for him.

Zhao Heng paused for a moment, then asked casually: "I heard that Brother Huang is looking for you today?"

"……Yes."

"What did you say?"

Shen Jing smiled, and said: "It's still a matter of exchanging salt for food. The Holy Majesty thinks this is very good, and wants to make it a regular practice. The Ministry of Households, the Ministry of War and the Imperial Academy are required to come up with a standard. Today is to discuss first Discuss. Because I participated in it before, I was asked to ask some points to pay attention to.”

Zhao Heng glanced at him: "That's all you said?"

Shen Jing nodded and said with a smile: "I also asked a few questions about your highness' chronic illness."

After a pause, he said with a smile: "... Your Majesty's love for His Highness is beyond words. I am very envious of Your Highness, who has a brother who is so generous and tolerant to his brothers; I also envy His Majesty, who has such a smart and capable younger brother. .”

Judging from the fact that most of the military power in the world is in the hands of Zhao Heng, and the Holy Majesty has no doubts about Zhao Heng, one can see how much the Holy Majesty trusts Zhao Heng.

In the past, because he treated Zhao Heng, he praised him face to face and rewarded him heavily; now he clearly knows the affection between him and Zhao Heng, but for the sake of Zhao Heng's happiness, not only did he not say anything, but he even rewarded himself heavily.

Even if he wanted to persuade Zhao Heng to marry a wife, he didn't say a word to bully each other with his power, but just asked the eunuch to give him some advice.

Compared with Mu Junhuai's father back then, directly accusing him of committing crimes and throwing himself in prison...it is indeed a great deal of face to himself.

Shen Jing couldn't help but think of the words Zheng Man said to herself when she came out of Xingzai's study and sent herself to the gate of the garden.

When I heard it at the time, although I felt full of sourness, I was not surprised at all.

From the day she learned of Zhao Heng's affection for her, Shen Jing expected that if she accepted Zhao Heng, then sooner or later both of them would have such a day.

Therefore, even though he admired Zhao Heng a lot, and was even moved by his confession of affection, he never let go.

Instead of long-term pain, how about short-term pain?

But that day Zhao Heng came in the rain and expressed his heart. The heavy rain seemed to have wiped out his rationality, so he acted willfully from the heart and accepted this affection.

Everything in the world has always had a cause and effect, suffering and joy.

Since he accepted this love with his heart that day, it is reasonable for him to taste the bitter fruit, and then swallow it mouthful.

Seeing that Zhao Heng was silent for a long time, he quietly smiled and said, "Are you busy today, Your Highness?"

Zhao Heng looked up at him: "What?"

Shen Jing smiled: "If Your Highness is not busy, please sit with me for a while."

Zhao Heng has always been the one to keep Shen Jing, and this is the first time Shen Jing has expressed his affection. Zhao Heng was surprised and delighted when he heard it: "What's so rare about this? It's okay to sit with you until dawn. "

"Then I'll go get the chessboard." Shen Jing stood up, "Your Highness, please play a few games with me."

Just after entering Futian, Xue Yin arrived in the capital.

First go to the Ministry of Officials to report, have an audience with the Holy Majesty, and then live in the posthouse.On the third day, after the settlement was settled, Zhao Heng personally held a banquet in the mansion to welcome him.

Accompanying them were Sun Ping, Cao Feng, and Shen Jing.

During the banquet, they drank and talked and toasted each other.Arriving at Shen Jing, Shen Jing picked up the wine glass, got up and walked to Xue Yin's side: "Students respect Master Xue for this glass."

Xue Yin hurriedly stood up and laughed, "Don't dare to say that! Now you are a dignified student, a disciple of the Son of Heaven, how can I be worthy of the word 'student' like you?"

Shen Jing smiled and said: "A teacher for one day, a teacher for life. Sir Xue helped me to wash away my grievances and regained my status as Jieyuan. Isn't that my mentor? What's more, even my Shen family's old grievances, Master Xue also helped me Zhi Zhi, he begged for all the ancestral home and farm that was occupied by others. I really don't know how to repay it."

Xue Yin waved his hands after hearing this: "Editor Shen misunderstood. The fraud case was indeed retried with a little help from me. However, I did not help with your Shen family's ancestral house. Regarding the files of the Shen family's ancestral house, I also looked for it, and it is indeed different to sell it to the other party at such a low price. But it has been a long time, and no one has filed a lawsuit before, so it is not easy for us to retry it out of thin air."

Shen Jing was surprised: "At that time...didn't the adults entrust someone to hand it over to me?"

Xue Yin put down his wine glass, also looking very surprised: "So you don't know? It is true that I handed over the land deeds of those houses and farms to you, but I dare not claim the credit. Alas! It is my fault that I didn't make it clear. When he gave it to me, he only said that I would hand it over to you. You all know that, without further explanation, I thought he had made it clear to you—it was Mu Junhuai from the Ministry of Officials who bought the farmhouse, and the title deed was handed over to you. I, told me to hand it over to you."

Shen Jing was startled when she heard this: "...how could it be him?"

Xue Yin was still waiting to explain, but was interrupted by Zhao Heng with a smile: "Okay. No matter how many twists and turns there are, the matter has been settled anyway, and Shen Jing still has to accept Master Xue's affection. After drinking this cup, these things will be settled. Take it all understood."

When the banquet was over, Xue Yin and Sun Ping were sent away, and Shen Jing also left Zhao Heng and returned to her home.

Just thinking about the ancestral house and fields, I can't help but feel unhappy: I thought that the grievances and grievances with Mu Junhuai had already been settled, but I didn't expect that there would be such a thing. Didn't I owe Mu Junhuai instead A favor?

Thinking that he could no longer sit still here, he turned the bottom of the box out and counted how much he had saved in his hands.He spent a year in Prince Yu's mansion with a generous salary, and he didn't worry about food and clothing, so he saved some money; it's just because he bought the house he lives in now, and he doesn't have much left over.

As for the current salary in the Hanlin Academy, it is really very little.

The whole next day, Shen Jing was secretly thinking about whether to write to a friend in Suzhou to sell the farm and make up for it.After much deliberation, I still had to sell it, so when it was time, I hastily wrote the letter, thinking that it would be sent to the letter bureau in the morning.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he got home, he saw Wei Zheng and Xiao Meng choosing dishes at the door of the kitchen. Zhao Heng was sitting on a bamboo chair in the porch, setting up a chess board, fanning himself, drinking tea and playing chess books. very.

He didn't get up when he saw Shen Jing, and waved to him with a smile: "Come and help me see. How to fight this robbery."

Shen Jing leaned over to have a look, pondered for a while, and clicked on the chessboard: "Is it like this?"

"I've tried this, and it doesn't work out."

Shen Jing dragged a chair and sat next to him, and pondered with him for a while, making gestures until it was almost dark, but Zhao Heng gave up first: "Go and change your clothes. Look at the sweat on your face. "

"Your Highness is still talking about me." Shen Jing stood up and smiled, "There are ice buckets in the palace, fans, and precious incense to repel mosquitoes. I just came here to play chess."

Zhao Heng raised his head lazily, curling the corners of his lips: "Who said that you are not there? It's worse than being in the heat without seeing you for a day."

Shen Jing was so choked by him that she couldn't speak, and Wei Zheng and Xiao Meng over there also covered their mouths and giggled.Shen Jing blushed, turned around and went to the bedroom.

As soon as he changed his clothes, he heard movement outside, after a while Xiaomeng knocked on the door: "Sir, someone is looking for you."

"Who is it?" Shen Jing opened the door, not knowing who would come at this time.

Xiaomeng looked back at Zhao Heng in the corridor, lowered his voice: "...it's Mr. Mu Junhuai."