[Red Mansion] Marrying a wife like jade

Shen Chao listened to Shen Yue asking him if the attendants and bachelors in the study were still giving lectures, nodded and said: "The Supreme Emperor attaches great importance to the studies of the princes, and now he has ordered the sixth prince and the seventh prince to take turns to serve the sick, so that they can't Because the sickness delayed the homework, the Supreme Emperor was worried."

It is because of this that Shen Chao is honest: when the princes are sick, they not only have to listen to the lectures given by the bachelors, but also have to wait for the princes to come back to class to tell them the lessons they missed, and they have to replace the princes. We finish the remaining homework.

Shen Yue didn't think it was a big deal: "Don't say that the six of you make up a homework, even if you just make it up by yourself, it's not difficult." Don't look at Shen Chao's carefree words, but the homework is not difficult. Learned well.

"It's precisely because they only let me make up for it!" Shen Chao wailed, "It's all your fault, I don't care, you have to write out the seventh prince's homework for me today."

Shen Yue was very strange about his theory: "When other companions bully you, you can either tell the Seventh Prince or tell the bachelors, or at least directly fight with people like me, just quietly find places where no one is around, go That thick-bodied place greets people as long as they don’t let people see it, so why are you blaming me? You are really my real brother.”

Shen Chao was a little embarrassed by what he said, but in a blink of an eye, he said to Shen Yue confidently: "It's not the portrait you drew for me. After I showed it to the Seventh Prince, the Seventh Prince liked it very much. He said yes When will I have a chance to ask you to draw a picture for him. I asked who your master who learned painting was, and I wanted to tell the Supreme Emperor to invite someone to the upper study to teach everyone how to paint."

No need to ask, even if not everyone can do the prince's companion reading, there is a difference between whether the prince values ​​it or not. Shen Chao must have won the favor of the seventh prince because of this, and the other companions will give Shen Chao a great taste Taste it.

"Good brother," Shen Chao said to Shen Yue mysteriously: "Our homework today is not difficult, but it is because I am tired of writing that I am tired of you. But I also heard something from the Seventh Prince, which is about my schoolwork. My sister-in-law's maternal grandfather's family. If you write today's homework for me, how about I tell you about it?"

Hearing that it was something about the Rongguo Mansion, and the Seventh Prince could hear it, Shen Yue nodded without thinking: It has been several days since he drank tea with Jia Lian, and the emperor has changed, but the Rongguo Mansion No news came out, so Shen Yue really didn't feel any sense of accomplishment.

Seeing that he responded, Shen Chao suddenly changed his bitter face into a smile: "I knew you would not watch your brother suffer." Seeing that Shen Yue was determined to look at him without speaking, he was a little embarrassed: "Come on, I said it's okay." Can't it?"

It turned out that when the Seventh Prince was serving the Supreme Emperor, he came to the Supreme Emperor with a booklet for advice.Because after ascension to the throne, the opinion of the Supreme Emperor is the most important thing in everything, there are many times when I come to the Supreme Emperor to ask for advice, and the six or seven princes are not avoided for things that are not particularly important.

It was the same this time, the Supreme Emperor and the current two did not talk about each other, the Seventh Prince lowered his sense of existence, not wanting to say that what the current talk about was Jia She, the son of Rong Guogong Jia Daishan who had saved him, and asked to make his son Jia Lian his son.

"I remember that Jia She was ignorant and incompetent. He failed the exams when he attacked the nobility that day, so I had no choice but to demote the nobility he was supposed to attack. Why, he didn't even want to do the nominated nobility. What kind of son? A first-class general, passed on to his son is only a third-class general, what is there to ask for? If his son is like him, he can only get a good reputation as Captain Yunqi?"

Today, he obviously understood the situation, and he laughed after hearing what the Supreme Emperor said: "I heard that Jia She has suffered from heart disease since the palace banquet on New Year's Eve."

The New Year's Eve palace banquet is now a taboo topic, but what can be said is that today, the Supreme Emperor can only give him a dissatisfied look, but does not speak out to reprimand.It's just that his face became more gloomy: "Could it be that Jia Amnesty also has an affair with the boss, and the rabbit dies and the fox suffers from a heart attack?"

"It's not like what my father said," Duan said today in an unhurried manner: "Speaking of which, my father should also know that the old lady in Rongguo Mansion has always liked the second son, and the second wife is also the wife of their mansion, and they go out to socialize Those who come and go are also the second sons. I can’t say that when Jia She saw the father’s situation at the New Year’s Eve palace banquet..." I didn’t say anything, but even the seventh prince who installed the background board could understand why Jia Amnesty got it heart disease.

The Supreme Emperor also sighed slightly: "It's a pity for Jia Daishan. This eldest son is not up to date. The daughter-in-law in the front died strangely, and she also broke off contact with the Zhang family. The one who married later... the young and the young are disorderly. I'm sorry. It's all Shi's fault!"

Speaking of this, he might think of the eldest prince, so he is thinking about Dabao. Isn't it because he is the eldest son?The Empress Yuan left early again, and she didn't become a queen anymore, and the second prince before the emperor in front of her always showed no interest in the throne. The eldest prince didn't want to make himself a queen!

The thing is yours, even if you want to give it, you should be humbled and thanked like today. If the eldest prince wants to take it by himself, but also wants to let him sit in his place, where will he be?The Supreme Emperor didn't need to think about it, if he had followed the Eldest Prince's wishes on New Year's Eve, the Eldest Prince would definitely not come to him for advice and advice on everything after he ascended the throne.

I hate that rebellious son, who even bribed the little eunuch to drug him, so that he can't even sit and listen to politics for a long time. If he is not the emperor, he will not directly choose the second prince who has always been unambitious as his successor.

Although this son doesn't have any extraordinary talents, he is better at being obedient.It's not that it hasn't been proposed now that the eldest prince's mother concubine Zhen Taifei and the Zhen family who bought Jiangnan officials for the eldest prince should be dealt with together. As the Supreme Emperor wished, not only the Zhen family was made a concubine, but even the Zhen family, who had always been the money bag for the eldest prince, was left behind.

It's good to be obedient, it's good to be obedient.The Supreme Emperor was satisfied with his current performance, and hearing his words, it was not worthwhile to pardon Jia, and he also thought that today was the same as himself, because of the matter of the eldest prince, he felt sorry for Jia Amnesty.Although soft-heartedness is the last thing an emperor needs, the Supreme Emperor is willing to be a soft-hearted person today.

"In the past, all the kings, dukes, and marquises asked for the crown prince. This is the first time that a general's mansion invites the crown prince. You can't be arbitrary. You still have to discuss it with the ministers. But it doesn't have to be at the court meeting. Discuss and discuss with some members of the cabinet. Since Jia She's title was lowered back then, if Jia Lian gets along in the exam, it's enough to see Jia Daishan's face and give him grace." The Supreme Emperor thoughtfully. explain.

After listening with a very respectful attitude today, he smiled and said to the Supreme Emperor: "Father's benevolent heart is really the air of sons and ministers. Even if Jia Daishan knows that the father has given his grandson such a great grace, he can Get rid of reincarnation early and reach bliss early."

Speaking of his benevolence, it was the Taishanghuang's itch. Even though his body was still heavy, the Taishanghuang couldn't help but smile: "Human nature is good, my father and son are fortunate to be the co-lords of this world, and they should be benevolent and filial subjects of the world." He is an example." Today, he co-authored and talked about how lenient the Supreme Emperor is in his administration, and how he will carry forward the Supreme Emperor's tolerance, and also implicitly mentioned that being the emperor is also a filial piety to the Supreme Emperor, etc. Listen. Goosebumps appeared layer after layer on the Seventh Prince's body.

In the end, under the hint of the Supreme Emperor, he didn't want to go through the cabinet today, so he benevolently wanted to release the confinement of the third prince and the fifth prince, and then crown them kings.The Taishanghuang didn't expect that he would use too much force in his guidance, so he had to praise the present few words of filial piety while suppressing his unrealistic thoughts.

In the end, the father and son smiled happily at each other and said goodbye, and it was time for the sixth prince to replace the seventh prince to serve him.The Seventh Prince held back his words, and remembered that Shen Chao once told him that his younger brother who can draw and the Rongguo Mansion are still close relatives, so he came to Shen Chao one by one, so that he felt sullen in his heart. .

"You want to be crowned king." Shen Yue was not interested in the emperor's sudden offer of grace to Jia Lian, but was more interested in the current proposal to crown the third and fifth princes as kings: "Those two saints never thought about the sixth prince and the seventh prince." The prince has also reached the age of opening his teeth and building a mansion?"

Shen Chao is also not worth it for the Seventh Prince: "If it is mentioned, why should the Seventh Prince be so depressed. Nowadays, everything has to be asked of the Supreme Emperor for advice. These days, the Sixth Prince and the Seventh Prince are serving the Supreme Emperor together. The Supreme Emperor unexpectedly Leave them both alone."

Hearing this, Shen Yue also felt that the emperor was a bit of a scumbag, and that others were going to kill him with a knife, so he thought of Huai Rou, who was really by his side, but he couldn't remember standing in front of him.

No, how could the emperor, who could think of borrowing concubines to visit relatives and find out his family background, couldn't think of canonizing a few younger brothers to show his filial piety?Thinking about the grievances that Shen Chao uttered on behalf of the Seventh Prince just now, Shen Yue secretly thought in his heart, how many people with really simple minds can finally become the emperor?

Therefore, he solemnly said to Shen Chao: "Brother, in front of the Seventh Prince, it is better to relieve him more. The Supreme Emperor also couldn't remember it for a while because of his heavy illness. Just like our family, why don't the grandfather and grandfather care about my father? You are not allowed to enter Beijing to be an official, but the time is not enough. In a few years, the Seventh Prince will also choose a concubine, and then a prince will not be able to escape, so why bother to complain now and make the saint feel dissatisfied."

Shen Chao said impatiently: "I know, I only complained in front of you, even in front of the master, I only talk about things, and I don't have these words."

Shen Yue was amused by him, and asked what homework he was going to do today, and the two brothers finished the homework together in Shen Yue's study, and had supper together, before Shen Chao said contentedly: "It means you come back Yes, there is also supper to eat at night. It turns out that I also read at night, but grandma can’t remember to prepare it for me.”

Shen Yueming knew that Mrs. Liu was confinement now, and it should be Mrs. Shen who made people prepare supper, so she couldn't mention it in front of Shen Chao, and asked him instead: "Auntie gave birth to Xiao Liu for more than ten days, but she has a baby?" what name?"

Shen Chao didn't care when he heard it: "Zuo is just those words, can it still be called? I heard the uncle said it's called Negeer, how can you call it?"

Slow in words but quick in deeds, Shen Yue felt that compared to his own Lao Tzu, Shen Xin would be able to name him: "There is no need to say this, but the old lady and the wife are looking forward to being a girl, and now they are bothering us, Be quieter these days."

That's right, from Mrs. Shen to Mrs. Liu, three generations of women all hoped that Mrs. Liu would have a daughter in her first child, but they didn't expect to be born with a bald boy again, which disappointed the three of them.It was Shen Yue who persuaded him, saying that in a year or two, Shen Chao should see him, and that the granddaughter-in-law who married in would be better off as his own granddaughter.

Because of this, Daiyu, who was far away in Yangzhou, received another reward from Mrs. Shen and Mrs. Shen. In the words of Mrs. Shen: "I know you have a way to hand things over to Yu'er, and I don't Ask how you came to be connected, and you must send me and your wife's thoughts to you as soon as possible." If you want to raise your great-granddaughter-in-law as a granddaughter, of course, the sooner the better.

At this point, Shen Yue had a deeper understanding of women's fickleness, but he didn't dare to be careless. He asked Shen Shangshu again before he was able to figure it out. He gave the things and his letter to Butler Lin and asked him to send them to him. Go to Yangzhou.

Shen Chao heard Shen Yue mentioning that the old lady and others were bothering them, and complained angrily and funny: "Other families think that having many children and grandchildren is a blessing, but our family wants to have a girl. I don't have a granddaughter in my family. That little daughter-in-law of yours treats her as her own granddaughter, so why bother dragging me in."

It turned out that Mrs. Shen and Mrs. Shen felt reasonable after listening to Shen Yue's words. Shen Yue had already engaged in marriage. Talking with others, let people know that the eldest grandson of your family should look at each other, don't be too obvious, and annoy Shen Chao very much.

Shen Yue smiled at him maliciously: "Who made you a good son-in-law candidate in the eyes of others, the old lady and the others also want to pick a good one for you. By the way, what kind of one do you want, you are sorry, let me do it for you." You told the old lady that if you don’t like the way you look at the time, wouldn’t you be wronged for a lifetime relative?”

Shen Chao looked at Shen Yue like looking at a monster: "Isn't your little daughter-in-law also the second uncle who made it up at the beginning, and you get along well with her?"

Shen Yuexin said that it was my crush for hundreds of years, how could you be the same?Considering that Shen Chao is the eldest son of their generation, the elders will choose thousands of choices for him, and he will not allow him to disagree with the ones he chooses, so they will no longer spread to him the saying that two people should be in love to be married. Advanced thinking, only smiled at him:

"Why are you the same as me?" He refused to say why it was different, which made Shen Chao want to come up to deal with him.Shuang An outside replied: "Young master, the uncle sent someone to ask why the eldest son still hasn't come back. He has to go to the study tomorrow to study, so he should go to bed early." Shen Chao finally let Shen Yue go, and the brothers agreed to wait for Shen Yue. Chao went to the study to rest and stroll around the capital together, and then went to rest.

On the second day, not only went to the study room to start classes, but also the Guozijian.As soon as he entered the Imperial College, a few people who usually get along well with Brother Fang Fangming and have some friendship with Shen Yue came to tell him that Yang Jia from Class C and those who had fun with him could no longer come to the Imperial College .

It was good intentions for someone to report to him, and Shen Yue had no choice but to thank the person who reported, but he didn't feel happy in his heart—people who have passed through a free society believe that their own destiny can be controlled by themselves.Now, for the first time, Shen Yue deeply realized that in the imperial society, no amount of personal effort in front of the imperial power could match a word from the superior.

Especially when the high-ranking person is not Yang Sen's to Shen Ren, or the governor's to Lin Ruhai, he can use reason and the preferences of the higher-ranking person to deal with them.For the first time, Shen Yue seriously thought about whether his life plan for this world was reasonable, and whether he should give up the idea of ​​not being an official.

Before he could figure it out, the doctor had already come in to teach everyone. The first thing he said was to tell the students to be cautious in their words and deeds, not to talk about government affairs, not to form cliques in the Imperial College, and not to ask things they shouldn't ask.

Don't come down, even the atmosphere at lunch is dull, every student seems to be enlightened all of a sudden, discovering that what they should do is self-cultivation, after eating, everyone reads hard with their books in their hands One of them wanted to find Shen Yue's portrait.

Shen Yue was also happy to be at leisure, holding a book for himself, thinking about whether he should ask Jia Lian to come out, reminding him that he should prepare well for the imperial examination.

Originally, Shen Yue thought that Jia She was a person who had suffered a loss once, so he should mention Jia Lian himself, but later he realized that this idea was his own, so he should simply be a good person to the end, then Jia She might think that he could invite the seal Success is already a fluke, who would have known that the Supreme Emperor would give him a big pie!

I said a few more words to Jia Lian. In the future, after Jia Lian really took over the title, it would only be good for Jia Min and Daiyu.

Shen Yue didn't know that when he was thinking about this issue, he was currently in the cabinet discussing the matter of Jia Amnesty's invitation to become the crown prince with the senior scholars and various ministers.As for Wang Ziteng, who Jia Amnesty was worried about being a hindrance, he was neither a scholar nor a minister of any department. He should be the same as the Rongguo Mansion, and only have to listen to imperial edicts in the future.

Nowadays, there is no concealment of the Supreme Emperor's concern and attitude towards this matter, and the cabinet scholars and ministers are all appointed by the Supreme Emperor, so how can they have any opinion on the Supreme Emperor's decision?This question that made Jia She and Jia Lian toss and turn, and will surely make other people in Rongguo Mansion to toss and turn, was passed easily.

But now there is still some private goods in it: "Since Jia She has already invited the crown prince, then his house shouldn't hang the plaque of the Duke's mansion, right?" Looking at the pile of nobles lying in the ancestor's credit book Today, when bullying others is annoying, I think we can start with the Rongguo Mansion to make them realize the reality.

The Minister of Rites came out and said: "The wife of Rong Guogong is still here, and the plaque hanging on the Guogong Mansion in Rongguo Mansion is not too restrictive."

Shen Shangshu agreed to his grandson. He didn't contribute much just now, but now he stood up: "Although it's not too much, but the father died and the son succeeded. The owner of the Rongguo Mansion at this time is only a first-class general. Those who know the inside story can say that the common people The common people only know to look at the plaque on their door, thinking that it is still the mansion of the Duke. What's more, the next successor of the Rongguo Mansion has been determined, even if there is grace in the future, they will not go past the first Rong Guogong, and it would be bad to let the people misunderstand. It can be described as well-intentioned.”

Today has not corrected Shen Shangshu's putting good intentions on the Supreme Emperor's head. Seeing this, the courtiers who participated in the discussion agreed one after another. Even the Minister of Rites also reviewed to the present that he did not understand the Supreme Emperor's "good intentions". mistake.Today, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites largely forgave his mistakes, but gave him an errand that he had to go to Rongguo Mansion to supervise and reform the places that were out of control.

Shen Yue was stunned when he heard the result: "Then Rongguo Mansion can still be called Rongguo Mansion?"

Shen Shangshu seldom saw this grandson so high-spirited, he said in a good mood: "The plaque of the General's Mansion can still be hung, if people understand it, it should be called the General's Mansion." It can be hung for more than one generation.

Shen Yue is so impressed by the present day that he even has the urge to enter the palace to recognize a fellow villager—if this fellow has not watched "Dream of Red Mansions" and has deep resentment towards Rongguo Mansion, how could he have thought of directly rectifying Rongguo Mansion's roots? ? !

This is Shen Yue's limitation.

Not to mention that few modern people who have read the original work have a good impression of Rongguo Mansion, even people in this world, except for those who were born in honorable families, most of the scholarly families also have a good impression of honorable people who have empty plaques and are not doing business. I think it's a good thing to let them change the plaque and realize how much they really have.This is also one of the reasons why the academician and the ministers easily agreed.

Even if the Taishanghuang asked about the present after hearing about it, it can be attributed to his intention to imitate the Taishanghuang's benevolent practice. After all, it was the Taishanghuang who first proposed to give Jia Lian a favor.

Fortunately, Shen Yue didn't have a way to enter the palace, so he could only think about how he would connect with others if he met today.However, he wrote a letter to Jia Lian, reminding him vaguely that good things are coming soon.

When Jia Lian received Shen Yue's letter, Jia Lian was overjoyed, and hurried to the East Courtyard to share the good news with Jia She. After Jia She read the vague letter, he yelled at Jia Lian: "I'm obviously afraid of this letter." Someone got it, so I can’t explain it in detail. If you don’t say hurry up and pay a visit to find out, you’d be quite proud.”

Even if Jia Lian was scolded, she didn't feel wronged, and even flattered Jia She a few times before taking Wang'er out.When Wang Xifeng heard that Jia Lian was going out at this time, even if he knew that he had left directly from the East Courtyard, it might be because Jia She told him to do something, he felt uncomfortable, thinking that Jia She could have something serious for Jia Lian to do, what should he do? It would be better to tell Jia Lian not to wander outside.

I don't want Jia Lian's face to be full of joy when he came back, and he couldn't hide it. Wang Xifeng felt even more uncomfortable, and couldn't help sneering: "Second Master thinks that he has done a good job for the master, and why he is so happy that he has won some reward from the master? Show it out for me to see." Look, I'm also happy with Second Master."

Jia Lian, who was on the top of his head, didn't hear Wang Xifeng's bad tone, at least he still remembered Shen Yue reminding him not to let the people from the Ministry of Rites come to make rumors in the mansion, and saw that Ping'er was also standing in the room, waving to her: "You and I Grandma has something to say, go and guard the door and don't let anyone in."