[Red Mansion] Marrying a wife like jade

Although Xueshi Shen and Lin Ruhai both felt that Shen Yue and Shen Chao did well in the exam, as Lin Ruhai said, such a thing still depends on the examiner's preference, and the period is extremely subjective.

And the Shen family is not worried about whether the Shen Yue brothers can win, but they are afraid that if they win too low, it will not look good.If someone from another family knew about it, they might scold the Shen family for being dissatisfied, but for the Shen family, who are all Jinshi, they should be ranked among the top ten in the provincial examination, even if they don't expect the Shen Yue brothers to get three grades and three grades.

In this way, on the day when the rankings were released, everyone gathered in the Wanhui Courtyard early. Although some people teased the early risers from time to time, they all looked a little nervous.The old lady asked the question that she had asked countless times: "Didn't the list be released at Maoshi? How come the one who read the list hasn't come back yet?"

Mrs. Liu was also worried about it, and she had to comfort her grandma with a smile: "Old lady, it's only a quarter of an hour now, even if those boys see their brother's name at a glance, it will take a while to come home." No." There must be a mountain of people watching the list, and it may take a while to squeeze out.

The old lady smiled smugly, turned her head and said to Brother Yan, "You should also study well."

Brother Yan agreed crisply: "Yes, when Brother Xun comes back, I will go to school with him, and I will also rush for the exam together like the elder brother and the second brother."

Hearing that he didn't mention his name, Ne Ge'er said unhappily: "Me, what about me?"

"I'm so young, I don't care to take you with me." Brother Yan was the most impatient with this younger brother who acted like a baby at every turn: "Second Aunt wants to bring a younger brother back, so you can find him."

Mrs. Shen's heart turned to her two grandsons who hadn't met yet: "If either Yue'er or Yu'er stays in Yangzhou, I can draw a portrait from time to time and come back to see it. The most recent portrait was two years ago. Yes, I don’t know if I’ve grown taller now.”

After hearing this, Mrs. Liu pointed to her two sons and said: "Speaking of which, it is also the fate between me and my younger siblings. These two and Brother Xun are in the forefoot and the back. The difference is only one or two months, half a year. Think about it. It's about the same size."

The old lady then asked if Ke had prepared clothes for the two children, and asked if the West Courtyard had been cleaned and ventilated every day.Hearing Mrs. Liu's answers one by one, she nodded with satisfaction: "I know you are a good one, but it's useless to ask."

Mrs. Liu glanced at her mother-in-law. The old lady's aging came late but suddenly. She had to ask four or five times what she had asked once before, which made her feel a little nervous.

Mrs. Shen shook her head inconspicuously at her daughter-in-law, and said to her mother-in-law with an apologetic smile, "It's just that she doesn't care, isn't there Yueer, who is the most careful child. Besides, the eldest daughter-in-law is eager for her younger siblings to come back to share her worries, which is not a good life." Why don't you just buy one first?"

The old lady nodded in agreement: "It's your blessing that their sisters are friendly. You haven't gotten along with your sisters-in-law. How do you know that the most fearful thing in the family is the discord between the sisters-in-law? When the time comes, brothers will not become brothers, and mother-in-law and daughter-in-law will not become mother-in-law and daughter-in-law. You will be caught in the middle." That's why it's difficult."

Mrs. Shen agreed with her mother-in-law's words, and heard the old woman guarding the gate outside say loudly: "Little monkey, it's strange that you know the rules, but you didn't even tell me." Come back, let me know."

Before the girl could speak, Mrs. Liu said in one voice, "Let him in."

The boy who read the list is not good looking, and I don't know if he wants to show his hard work in front of the master. His hat is crooked, his skirt is also slanted, and even his hair is wet. I was sweating a lot.

However, he didn't dare to raise his head, and knelt down before taking two steps through the door: "Congratulations to the old lady, wife, and grandma, congratulations to the eldest son and the second son. Both sons have won, and the eldest son has won No.2 Juren." , Second Young Master won No.4."

They are all among the top five!Who cares who their brothers are in the front and who is behind?The old lady laughed so hard that she couldn't see her eyes: "Okay, I'm more promising than your father." Mrs. Shen's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law congratulated the old lady, regardless of the servants on the ground.Even Brother Shen Yue knelt down in front of the old lady and kowtowed, thanking this old man who indirectly gave them life.

There were already bursts of firecrackers in the front yard. It seemed that the people who read the list were divided into two groups, and they also sent a letter to Bachelor Shen, who was also waiting for the letter. Otherwise, the housekeeper would not have heard the old lady's order Whip.The old lady smiled and said, "Go and kowtow to the grandfather, remember to ask him to reward you with good things."

Mrs. Shen asked the boy who had been kneeling to stand up: "He is a sensible man, reward him. The entire family will reward him for two months, and the people in their two courtyards will reward him for three months."

The old lady said again: "Today, their brothers were elected on the same day, and next year they may have a happy event on the same day. Your award is from the public, and I will also award it for a month in my private room."

Mrs. Liu suppressed the excitement in her heart, and her voice trembled a little: "It's not that the granddaughter-in-law wants to compete with the old lady. Just keep your old man's money. Let the granddaughter-in-law reward you for this month's monthly bill."

The old lady waved her hand: "I know you are happy, but your younger brother and sister are not in the house." The old lady didn't say the next thing, and Liu immediately knew that she was not careful-the two sons were elected on the same day, but only the eldest room rewarded her. With the monthly money of Hefu, it is hard to guarantee that there will be no people with shallow eyes talking about it.

Before she could plead guilty to the old lady, Mrs. Shen had already smoothed things over for her daughter-in-law: "They are all my grandchildren, and it's not your turn to be happy with them. I will also follow the old lady and give a monthly reward in private. "

All the girls who can serve close to the upper room have winks, and they come together to kowtow to the old lady and the wife, and the room is full of swallows and warblers, giving Liu's little discomfort covered the past.

The two Shen Chao brothers didn't know about this little episode, and they were standing in front of Shen Xueshi to listen to the training: "It's not shameful to have such a ranking. Chao'er is nothing but proud, and Yue'er doesn't have to be discouraged. You In the end, I have studied two years less than him, and I have a lot more chores than him."

Shen Yue heard that the old man was afraid that he hadn't passed the exam and Shen Chao had a lump in his heart, so he apologized and said with a smile: "The grandson doesn't even dare to think about this grade. But the old lady said that the grandfather must reward us. I don't know what the grandfather will reward us for?"

"What do you want?" Shen Xueshi was not angry when his great-grandson asked for a reward, and asked Shen Yue what he liked.

Shen Chao directly expressed his dissatisfaction: "The grandfather is too partial, why don't you ask me?"

Xueshi Shen is actually more satisfied with this eldest son than Shen Yue: Originally, seeing him complaining every day, and thinking that he was really overwhelmed by the pressure made the old man a little disappointed, but he shouted every day, and he really shouted out the pressure directly, Didn't take it to heart at all.The test results this time are proof.

"Then what do you want?" Bachelor Shen followed suit.

Shen Chao had been waiting for this sentence for a long time: "The grandfather rewarded brother Yan with a painting last time, and he showed off in front of his grandson every day, why not reward his grandson with a painting this time."

Shen Xueshi nodded in agreement when he saw Shen Yue, and the two great-grandchildren who had just passed the exam also looked at him eagerly, feeling relieved for a moment: some second sons, the couple will have no worries in the next 50 years.What's rare is that the relationship between their brothers has always been good, and they only hope that it will continue to be like this.

Seeing that Xueshi Shen didn't speak any more but just bowed his head in thought, Shen Chao was still confused, but Shen Yue had already sharpened the ink for the old man himself.Shen Chaofu spread out the snow wave paper in front of the desk, carefully pressed it with a paperweight, and saw Shen Xueshi still meditating there.

At that moment, Xueshi Shen raised his head, walked slowly to the desk, picked out a long pen from Lin Lin's pen holder, dipped it heavily in the inkstone, and four hearty characters appeared on the paper: Huier, hello me.

Shen Chao waited for his old man to sign, carefully removed the paper, and spread a piece of snow wave paper on it, and what fell on the paper was: hand in hand.Then Xueshi Shen also signed the payment.

Before the old man stamped his seal, the Shen Chao brothers both knelt down.This sentence comes from the "Book of Songs", and the two of them have been familiar with each other since they were young, and they both know the intention of the old man to write it separately.Shen Chaoxing was the eldest, and it was he who spoke: "Please don't worry, my lord, our brothers will definitely support each other and keep my Shen family's reputation intact."

Seeing that they understood what he meant, Bachelor Shen didn't say much, and waved his hands to let the two get up, then took out his seldom-used badge and printed it: "Go, even if the list has been published, I should go to see you Master." The two each held a banner that smelled of ink, and exited carefully.

"Your children's families don't know good or bad calligraphy, so why don't you let your brother keep them for you." As soon as Shen Chao came out of Bachelor Shen's study, he extended his claws to the calligraphy in Shen Yue's hand.

Shen Yue moved away from his paws sideways: "You dare to rob me, you can call me. I don't know how to read, let's wait for uncle to come down and ask him to comment."

Shen Chao was so angry that he wanted to roll his eyes, thinking that he was not as proficient as Shen Yuefan, so he swallowed his breath: "You can rely on the uncle to be partial."

It's not wrong to say this, don't look at Shen Xin as a bad guy in the mansion, but this bad guy is also different, he can still have a good look towards Shen Yue from time to time, but seeing Shen Chao is always bitter. Big hatred, no training or criticism.Fortunately, Jia Zheng hasn't called Jia Baoyu a beast like in the original book. Otherwise, Shen Yue would have to wonder whether the male master of this era has any misunderstanding about his son.

Now hearing Shen Chao say that Shen Xin is biased towards himself, Shen Yue is not afraid to hit him again: "For someone like me who is sensible and reasonable and knows how to respect elders, everyone is naturally partial." Expression, go back to your own yard and let people put away the words.

"Grandma asked me to send this just now. She said it was for my son to wear when he went to meet the teacher." Hongliu brought a brand-new green shirt with cloud patterns and dark embroidery on it. On the right shoulder was a male with wings spread. eagle.

Shen Yue just smiled when he put it on, it seems that Liu Shi was also prepared, knowing that he usually doesn't want embroidery patterns on his clothes, and made such clothes for himself, he must have calculated early that he would not refuse today.

Shen Yue would indeed not reject Liu's kindness, and when he waited for Shen Chao at the gate of the mansion, he felt that Liu's intentions were good: Shen Chao's clothes were the same as his, the difference was that the eagle was embroidered on the left shoulder.So when the two went out, they knew they were brothers without introduction.

Generally speaking, the teacher will not meet his students right away, but will receive posts from new students on the day when they are listed, and when they want to see each other, they will post to the students.Shen Yue originally thought that he and Shen Chao could go to the Lin Mansion as long as he handed in the post, but he didn't want the doorman to greet them with a smile after reading their post: "Please, Shen Ju, your lord is in the study."

Shen Chao glanced at Shen Yue, saw that he looked normal and didn't say much, took out a piece of silver from his purse: "Thank you for your hard work."

The doorman thanked him loudly, and walked quickly towards the mansion.Shen Chao asked in a low voice: "This seat teacher?"

Before Shen Yue took the exam, he heard Lin Ruhai analyze the examiners one by one, and also quietly said to Shen Chao: "The chief examiner is Zuo Shilang from the Ministry of Rites. Coincidentally, his surname is Zuo and his name is Huan."

Shen Chao smiled slightly after hearing this: "I think it's because of your contribution." Shen Yue hurriedly waved his hand to signal him not to say more.Seeing that Menzi stretched out his hand to the two of them again with a smile, he made a gesture of inviting inside: "My lord invites the two Shen Juren to come in and talk."

The two tall and straight teenagers were wearing the same green shirts, and their faces were about five or six points alike, only a little different in height. At this time, they greeted themselves in unison, and the salutes they performed were neat and pleasing to the eye, as if they had been staged.Zuo Shilang laughed and asked their brothers to stand up: "Sit down, come on, come and serve some good tea."

When they sat down, Zuo Shilang still smiled slightly: "It's really fate. I didn't expect that your brothers took the exam in the same year and went to high school together. I'm happy to come to the Grand Master." Brother Shen Yue also said it was a coincidence, thank you The teacher cultivates.

Zuo Shilang saw that although their brothers were humble in mouth, their expressions were not as stiff as those who are usually raised to meet their masters, he sighed inwardly. Seeing himself as a third-rank official will lose his sense of proportion.

"Actually, Mr. Xiao Shen's essay is also very good, but unfortunately he lost to brother Ling in this trial poem." Zuo Shilang was afraid that he would not be able to distinguish the two brothers, so he simply called Shen Yue's official position.

Shen Yue hurriedly stood up: "Even if you are under the teacher's door, please ask the teacher not to abandon him, just call him Shen Yue." He hadn't reached the time to pick up the characters, so he couldn't ask anyone to call him.

Shen Chao also stood up and pleaded with Shen Yue, which made Zuo Shilang sigh that the two were well-bred.It was just a few words, and the Zuo Shilang will also entertain the students of Zhongju in a few days, so it is time to say goodbye.

"It's a pity that the two good sons are actually engaged." After the two left, Zuo Shilang, who also had a daughter, sighed.

There are not a few people who have the same idea as him, but Daiyu was directly protected by Xueshi Shen that year, and even Miss Li couldn't afford to offend her—her grandfather was the head of the imperial hospital, and he was in charge of a group of imperial physicians.Can you say that you are not afraid of Shen's family if you don't study all your life, but can you guarantee that your family will be free from illness and pain for the rest of your life?

So even if the wives of the various mansions were sour, they could only watch the Shen Chao brothers leave the master's door, and then went to their grandfather's house and Yue's house to announce the good news.Shen Yue came to Lin's house very well, and Shen Chao also visited Li's residence to pay New Year's greetings. Although the two people's popularity is different, they both broke up happily.

The difference is that Shen Yue wants to thank one more person, and that is Mr. Li Xili who has now become a fifth-rank enshrined.If Mr. Li hadn't blocked most of the painting tasks for him by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Shen Yue would not be able to settle down to study in the past two years.

Mr. Li was also very happy when he saw him: "Your family also wants to entertain guests. When can't you come to my place? Do you have to come today?"

Shen Yue is also very close to Mr. Li: "A teacher for one day and a father for life, how can a son have a happy event and not tell his father?"

"Then you can write a letter to your father?" Mr. Li just asked casually, he is also the one who knows that Shen Yue sends a letter to Yangzhou every five days.According to the thinking of the world, everyone who writes a letter every half a year to say hello is considered a close person, and it is really rare for someone to write as frequently as Shen Yue.

Where did so much talk come from?This is the common question of everyone who knows the frequency of Shen Yue's writing to Yangzhou except Lin Ruhai.Fortunately, Shen Ren and Fang's are also sealed and must return, so no one feels wronged for Shen Yue.

"It's been written, and people will meet mother along the road, just to escort mother to Beijing." Shen Yue replied very formally.Mr. Li nodded, and led him directly into his private treasury: "You've seen the old ones, and this is my new one. You can choose what you like."

It is about the reward Mr. Li received from the palace.Those who make offerings do not live by their salaries. Once the nobles are happy to reward something, it is equivalent to several months' salaries.I can often see noble people, and in the eyes of outsiders, they are also the emperor's close ministers, and there are also people outside who are filial and respectful.This is also the reason why although the priests are not of high grade, some of them are people who want to do it.

Where can Shen Yue choose Mr. Li's things?In his opinion, Mr. Li is not young anymore, and for some reason, he is not married, and he has never heard him mention his family, as if he is alone in this world.Therefore, these things should be left in Mr. Li's own hands, so that his later life will not be miserable.

Seeing that he was not picky about life and death, Mr. Li took a box himself and locked the private vault.Entering the room and opening it, Shen Yue was startled: the inside is full of colorful gemstones, each of which is the size of an adult's fingertips, but they haven't been inlaid yet. If it is inlaid, how many women will scream at the finished product !

"This is the last time the Supreme Emperor ordered him to go to the Yizhong Prince's Mansion to give a portrait of the Yizhong County King. The Empress Dowager Zhengui rewarded it after seeing the painting." Mr. Li told the origin of these gems.

Hearing the name Yizhong County King, Shen Yue had to think about it before he could understand. Two years ago, in order to show his filial piety, he made a concubine of Xian Yizhong Prince Yizhong County King. , Five or two brothers away.The Seventh Prince, who accompanied Shen Chao to read, was named the Prince of Zhongshun, and Shen Yue, who knew the original book, almost didn't spit out old blood.

Fortunately, the current Prince Zhongshun is not as absurd as in the original book. Shen Chao had a lot of homework in the past two years, and he didn't go to Prince Zhongshun's mansion except for the New Year's Day, so Shen Yue didn't think much about it.But as soon as he remembered, he should observe Shen Chao more often, don't let him...

Thinking of this, Shen Yue shivered, Mr. Li thought he was cold, looked at the tightly closed doors and windows, and asked, "Can someone bring you a hand stove?" Shen Yue shook his head repeatedly.

Mr. Li is also a person who watched him grow up, so he knew that he was a little absent-minded. He also thought that he was worried about his involvement with the Yizhong Palace, and said with a smile: "I can still see this clearly. The Supreme Emperor has an order and I can't do it." No respect, but I only draw pictures, except for asking the county king to do as he pleases, I didn't say a word with Yizhong County king. Even if it was rewarded by Princess Zhengui, it was also rewarded in front of the Supreme Emperor."

Hanging the crown out of the House of Internal Affairs and coming back to make offerings again, Mr. Li has not changed at all, he understands the truth that accompanying a king is like accompanying a tiger, he only wants such gems that have not been inlaid, but he refuses to accept the honor offered by Princess Zhengui .

Shen Yue felt relieved at this point, and talked to Mr. Li for a while, before the curfew, and returned to Shen's house with the box of gems in his arms.Before he finished grooming, the old lady sent a message, telling him that he didn't need to go to pay his respects and the family banquet in tomorrow's mansion.

When Shuang'an was serving, she said with a smile: "Today, a sister from the old lady said that the girl will come tomorrow."

Shen Yue also smiled when he heard it: "Go and ask quietly, if you have posted a post for Mr. Li, if you haven't, please tell the grandma who is in charge." Shuang An obeyed and left, Shen Yue was thinking about himself secretly. the way of the future.

Now that he has a sixth-rank official position and the status of Juren, according to the Shen family's attitude, it is impossible to say that he will have to participate with Shen Chao in next year's Chunwei.Now Shen Yue is not afraid of any material comments - when he was ten years old, he was a scholar and got a seventh-rank official position, and even a few comments from others would not do him any harm.

But he still didn't want to attract too much attention—how many experience and lessons from his predecessors told him that pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger is the highest level of time travel.And he didn't want to just stay in the House of Internal Affairs for the rest of his life—I wonder if it was influenced by watching TV dramas in his previous life, Shen Yue has always been quite repulsive to the government of the House of Internal Affairs.Becoming one of them thoroughly like Mr. Li was something he never thought of.

Then the only way is to go to the Hanlin Academy. Given his age, even if he wants to go to other departments, they dare not entrust him with the work.Secondly, don't look at the fact that today and the Supreme Emperor say they value him, it's because of his paintings, Shen Yue still has this bit of self-knowledge.

Now that he still knows that his handwriting is good, Shen Yue feels that he can think of more ideas on this.There is a special position in the Hanlin Academy, which is to write imperial edicts for the emperor!Of course, Shen Yue didn't dare to think about such a position for a while, but there is nothing wrong with working towards that goal.

If he wanted to pretend to be a pig and eat a tiger, then his Chunwei's grades could be a little worse. As long as he got into the second class, Shen Yue felt that it would not be difficult for him to become a good scholar.But Shu Jishi didn't grant officials, Shen Yue felt a little bit reluctant.

On the second day, Mr. Li pushed back the Shen family's banquet again, and Shen Yue could only greet Lin Ruhai.While everyone else was talking, Shen Yue quietly asked his own question, and Lin Ruhai who heard this question also stopped asking - there is no precedent for this matter!

However, Lin Ruhai had his own solution: "Then why don't you take the exam? If you really win the first prize, you will naturally be able to edit and edit from the sixth-rank Imperial Academy, so you don't have to worry about gains and losses." He is an orthodox literati character, I also don't want my disciples to be named in the House of Internal Affairs.

Shen Yue smiled wryly when he heard this, and when he looked around, Shen Xin was chatting with Shen Shangshu, and Shen Xueshi was asking Shen Chao questions, so he whispered to Lin Ruhai: "Sir, if I don't share the same subject as elder brother , it’s okay to try hard to get the first prize. But now that I’m in the same subject as my elder brother, it’s hard to pass him.”

"Nonsense." Lin Ruhai's voice couldn't help raising his voice when he heard that he was about to give in.It wasn't until Shen Xueshi and Shen Shangshu looked at the two of them, the teacher and the student, and nodded to them with a bad expression, that they nodded Shen Yue's forehead hard.

Fortunately, the Shen family was used to getting along with their masters and apprentices, and when Shen Yue said something that made Lin Ruhai unhappy, he uttered a word and scolded them, and they all turned their eyes away.

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