[Red Mansion] Marrying a wife like jade

Here, Lin Ruhai has a feeling of anger in his heart: Although he has no brothers, the world has changed for decades, and the officialdom has been ups and downs. He still knows something about the affairs of the aristocratic family. Seventy percent of the ancestral property and family wealth can be divided, even before the family is separated, in order to prevent branches from overwhelming the main line, most of the resources will be tilted towards the long line.

The Shen family has always shown to the outside world that they treat Shen Chao and Shen Yue brothers equally. In addition, Shen Yue himself did not use the family's strength to obtain an official position at a young age, conferred his mother's order, and gained a great reputation. Who would mention it in Beijing? Can't the Shen family say that they can raise their children and grandchildren?Lin Ruhai also thought that the Shen family devoted all their efforts to nurturing each child, and once sighed to Jia Min that this was the foundation of the family's prosperity - a single branch of a tree is no better than a forest of ten thousand trees.

Unexpectedly, it was Shen Yue himself who gave in from time to time in exchange for his brothers and sisters Gong!Even children have to hide their clumsiness when they participate in Qiuwei!Lin Ruhai's nonsense just now was not so much to scold Shen Yue as to vent his dissatisfaction with himself and the Shen family.

He was dissatisfied that the Shen family wanted to suppress his outstanding and sensible disciple, and he was even more dissatisfied with his blindness. Shen Yue had been wronged for two or three years, and he only found out today.

When Shen Yue said these words today, his original intention was to give Lin Ruhai a vaccination, and to achieve his goal of pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger by the reason that he couldn't get past Shen Chao, the eldest son.He didn't lie, he really didn't try his best during the autumn, in order not to overwhelm Shen Chao's limelight-the two of them lived together every day, if Shen Yue didn't know how Shen Chao was, then he would still Don't say you can read - what's the point of trying to post poems, even if he really can't do it himself, can't he use it as a doctrine?

As for the reason, in the final analysis, although Shen Yue had already made up his mind to become an official, he was not very willing to shoulder the heavy responsibility of the whole family of the Shen family on his shoulders.It doesn't matter whether he is selfish or not responsible, Shen Yue, who traveled from the modern society, still thinks that his own people are the most important, and then they are ranked according to distance and closeness.

The only thing Shen Yue didn't expect was that Lin Ruhai's reaction would be so strong that he might stand up and argue with Shen Xueshi.

Based on Shen Yue's usual observations, even though Lin Ruhai was already in his forties, and his official position had already reached the third rank, but when facing the Shen family, it always made people feel a little lacking in confidence.Even Shen Xin, who is a few years younger than his official position, Lin Ruhai is also polite, why did he just say these few words today, and made Lin Ruhai so angry?

This is Shen Yue's neglect of Lin Ruhai's feelings for him, and his lack of understanding of family inheritance in this era: it's not that he doesn't know about the inheritance of the eldest son, but he thought of using this reason to find a way out for himself in advance.But what Lin Ruhai understood was that the Shen family suppressed his student and son-in-law.

The current Lin Ruhai felt that Shen Yue was in line with his own wishes, and in his mind he was even ahead of Daiyu.Now that the Shen family doesn't take Shen Yue seriously, and wants the child to hide his clumsiness and protect himself, how can Lin Ruhai let him go? !

Repressed by decades of qi-nourishing kung fu, Lin Ruhai barely persisted after a banquet, and then asked Bachelor Shen who was about to go back to his study to rest: "Grandfather, I have a few words to ask for your advice."

Throughout the dinner, the Shen family found that Lin Ruhai's interest seemed not as high as when he first entered the mansion. Reminiscent of what he said before the banquet, he thought that something was wrong with Shen Yue. It didn't work and gave up.

He was thinking about asking Shen Yue what happened after Lin Ruhai left. If it was really Shen Yue's fault, it would be better for him to ask Lin Ruhai for his sins. Anyway, it was not the first time that their master and apprentice had a quarrel.I didn't want Lin Ruhai to go directly to Bachelor Shen, everyone looked at Shen Yue in the wrong way: it was you who caused the big trouble!

Shen Yue shrank his neck, he really didn't expect Lin Ruhai's reaction to be so severe.

If you don't look at the sudden light in Xueshi Shen's eyes, everyone will think that the harmless smile on his face is that of an ordinary and loving elder: "Well, how about having a cup of tea in my study?" He didn't know what Lin Ruhai was going to say , instinctively felt that there would be no pleasant words, and there was still a warm smile on his face.

Lin Ruhai silently followed Xueshi Shen out of the flower hall, and Shen Chao almost leaned on Shen Yue: "What did you say that made your husband so angry? Do you want him to marry your little wife into the house earlier and ask me to marry you?" Don’t even think about it, I’m not married yet, it’s still too early for your turn.”

Shen Yue pushed him away, stood up with a sad face, bowed to Shen Shangshu and Shen Xin and wanted to retreat, but was stopped by Shen Xin: "Yue'er, what did you say to your husband?"

After Lin Ruhai suddenly approached Bachelor Shen directly, Shen Yue realized the seriousness of what he said just now. How dare he say it before he got the result of the conversation between Bachelor Shen and Lin Ruhai?He had no choice but to give Shen Xin a half-truth and half-false answer: "I told my husband that I was afraid that I would not do well in the Chunwei exam, and my husband scolded me for not being ambitious." Why did I come up with such a bad idea?Shen Yue regretted endlessly in his heart, it seemed that Qiu Wei was in the middle, even though he tried his best to appear calm and breezy, his heart was still a little fluttering.

No wonder.Both Shen Shangshu and Shen Xin nodded, they could see that Lin Ruhai seemed to be a peaceful person, but he had a temperament that was round on the outside and square on the inside, a bit of the arrogance of a scholar.Shen Yuegang didn't want to give it a go, but he said discouraged words, it was inevitable for Lin Ruhai to be angry.

Even Bachelor Shen, who led Lin Ruhai all the way to the study, was also thinking about why Lin Ruhai seemed to suppress his anger along the way.It's just that other people are old and smart, knowing that Lin Ruhai would not sue him if he hadn't been pissed off - Shen Yue has been in Beijing for almost four years, even Lin Ruhai has been in Beijing for more than three and a half years, except that he was shocked by the Supreme Emperor the day he just returned to Beijing and entered the palace. I was at a loss, this was the first time I had to have a private conversation with myself alone.

"What, but there's something wrong with Yue'er?" After sitting down, Xueshi Shen asked someone to brew his old Pu'er, took a sip calmly, and then asked Lin Ruhai who was not holding a teacup .

Lin Ruhai wanted to stand up, but Xueshi Shen stopped him by raising his hand, and calmed down his breath, before he said, "My grandfather usually sees, between Yue'er and Chao'er, whose knowledge is more solid?"

Shen Xueshi didn't think that Lin Ruhai came on a whim, and he didn't find out that there was a problem with Shen Yue's grades until today.He blew on the tea lightly, but only sniffed the tea and didn't drink it: "Speaking of it, although Yue'er is two years behind in studying, he is not worse than Chao'er." This is not the same as what he said to Shen Chao's two brothers. It's not quite the same, what he said that day was that Shen Yue had studied for two years less than Shen Chao, and had more chores than Shen Chao.

Listening to his impartiality, Lin Ruhai gained some confidence in her heart: "Today, Yue'er said something, and Ruhai felt a little doubtful when he heard it. I don't know if he had a wrong idea, or if the elders of Shen's parents thought the same way, so I have to ask my grandfather. "

Bachelor Shen just motioned him to continue talking, and Bachelor Shen would not bother to talk to the younger generation.Lin Ruhai was also not polite: "Yue'er told me just now that if he hadn't been in the same year as Chao'er in Ying Chunwei, he would have dared to fight for the number one prize, but with Chao'er in the same subject, he would not have dared to compete."

"Is there such a thing?" Xueshi Shen slammed the teacup on the table with a stronger force than usual, but the cup was still stable and did not tip over.

Seeing that Bachelor Shen's shocked expression did not seem to be fake, Lin Ruhai calmed down a little: "This junior dare not speak nonsense."

"En." Xueshi Shen replied with an unclear expression, bowed his head and pondered for a while before saying to Lin Ruhai: "If the Shen family agrees with Yue'er's idea, what do you think?"

Not how!If Lin Ruhai really agreed with Shen Yue's hiding his clumsiness, he would not have asked Shen Xueshi for advice, and he would not have followed Shen Xueshi to the study to almost question the old man.

Even if Lin Ruhai didn't answer, just looking at his heaving chest, Xueshi Shen already knew the answer.

The old man got up gently, and slowly walked two steps inside the room, as if he wanted to organize his own words.Ercai said: "When I became an official, how many people were shocked and puzzled. The Supreme Emperor has repeatedly asked me to stay and begged to go. Do you know why?"

Lin Ruhai didn't know why Xueshi Shen suddenly talked about the past, he just stood up from his chair, his eyes followed Xueshi Shen's figure, but he didn't answer.Shen Xueshi didn't expect him to talk, so Gu Zi went on to say:

"At that time, Yue'er was only a little over three years old, and he was also in my study room. He told me about his grandmother and her son and daughter controlling his room. He also told me that he didn't want people to talk about it. He became an official because of the Shen family, and people say that the Shen family controlled the government."

The footsteps of the old man who was caught in the memory were a little heavy: "At that time, the trend of several princes seizing the throne was getting stronger and stronger, so I also asked the Supreme Emperor to be appointed as Yue Er said."

Unexpectedly, Bachelor Shen became an official because of the words of three-year-old Shen Yue. Lin Ruhai was more shocked than when he heard that Shen Yue might be suppressed by the Shen family. He didn't know what to say.

Shen Xueshi didn't expect him to speak: "It was also on that day that Yue'er said that he didn't learn how to be an official. At that time, his grandfather and I were thinking that the situation in Beijing and China was unstable. If there was something wrong with the family, we should leave them alone. The pulse can also pass on the incense of the Shen family, so let him follow his father." Thinking of the years of injustice in Beijing, Xueshi Shen also has lingering fears.

"But now Yue'er already has an official position." Lin Ruhai discovered the problem.

"That's why Yue'er's grandfather and I are grateful to you." Xueshi Shen raised his head and looked at Lin Ruhai: "From the time you taught Yue'er to read history, step by step you guided him to understand the right and wrong in officialdom, and Ren'er told the family. .Yueer went to and from the palace at a young age, but he was able to win the respect of the nobles in the palace without offending anyone, which has a lot to do with your teaching."

Speaking of this, Xueshi Shen asked Lin Ruhai another question: "The news of their brother's success came yesterday. Chao'er insisted on begging me to write a letter for their brother. Do you know what I wrote?"

This Shen Yue said when he kowtowed to Lin Ruhai for his teacher's kindness, and Lin Ruhai blurted out: "Wheel loves me, let's go hand in hand."

Xueshi Shen nodded: "These two pictures, four of them each, have been framed and hung in their study rooms."

Lin Ruhai has already bowed to Xueshi Shen: "It's the younger generation who is reckless." He knew in his heart that Xueshi Shen didn't mention the Shen family's attitude at all, but told himself clearly that Shen Yue refused to surpass Shen Chao, it wasn't because of Shen's elders. Pressure, but his own decision!

A child who persuaded the current academician to retreat bravely at the age of three years old, even if he happened to be in the arms of Bachelor Shen, can you say that he is a child who has no claim?

There are also the eight big characters of Xueshi Shen, which clearly stated the hope of the Shen parents and seniors for the two brothers, that is, to support each other and brothers to be of one mind.With such high expectations, how could one suppress the other?

Shen Xueshi personally stepped forward to help Lin Ruhai: "You are also concerned, and you will be in chaos. If you didn't treat Yue'er as your own son, you wouldn't be anxious for him. As I said just now, his grandfather and I are very grateful to you."

Lin Ruhai was ashamed: "Ruhai is ashamed to treat the lord. Yue'er is Ruhai's student, and it is Ruhai's job to teach him. I don't want to think that today, unexpectedly, Ruhai has to cultivate his body and mind."

Xueshi Shen smiled slightly: "That kid still doesn't want to attract too much attention, but he doesn't know that everyone is already watching him."

Lin Ruhai followed suit and nodded: "It's up to him." After coming up with such an idea, he really should teach him a lesson.

Shen Xueshi patted Lin Ruhai on the shoulder: "I don't know how his temperament is. He is thoughtful and careful in doing things, even adults are not as good as him. If you say it's all because of your teaching, but he can't handle the inner house. It's also proficient, not to mention you, even Ren'er can't."

"To outsiders, it looks polite and thoughtful. It doesn't mean that they have been with each other for a long time. They will continue to be thoughtful. They are just polite and thoughtful. If someone provokes him, he will always give way the first time, but he will never hold back the second time. They are even more sophisticated than those who have been officials for several years."

With the help of Shen Shangshu and Lin Ruhai, Shen Yue made it easy for Langzhong Li to be appointed outside, and there was a shadow of Shen Yue about the prince Teng Ming's promotion and secret surrender back then, Shen Xueshi knew about it secretly.This kind of approach of leaving no room for the enemy seems a bit too ruthless to others, but Xueshi Shen, who has been a bachelor, thinks it is the means that a powerful minister should have.

Capable, won the holy will, careful, bold, ruthless!If you want to be a powerful minister, these are indispensable.

That's right, the Shen family taught their children to be straight ministers, because straight ministers would easily offend the emperor, and they did not require their children to be loyal ministers, because loyal ministers would easily lose themselves or even their family members.What they have to do is to be powerful ministers.Only by becoming a minister of power can we better protect our family and clan.

This is also the reason why the Shen family has always been loyal to the person who sits on the dragon chair instead of standing in line - the one who can sit on the dragon chair is often the final winner of the struggle.Follow the winners, and the possibility of getting the most benefits is greater.It doesn't matter even if Shen Xin and Shen Ren don't show their talents for the time being - Shen Shangshu has a high position, Shen Xueshi is well-known, Shen Xin and Shen Ren have their day.

Lin Ruhai kept nodding along with Xueshi Shen's words. The old man was right. It was Shen Yue's first retreat that made people feel that he was magnanimous and ignored his actions after the second time: "Ru Hai I think I have been calm since my father passed away, but I am not as good as him at his age."

Shen Xueshi smiled slightly after hearing this: "How do you know that he has something to rely on?"

Lin Ruhai could understand this without thinking about it. As long as Shen Yue committed a crime, he would never stop talking to himself and Shen Shangshu.It is because of his dependence on everything, I don't know how Shen Shangshu feels, but Lin Ruhai only punishes him a little bit every time he helps him deal with the aftermath.

"This scoundrel." Lin Ruhai smiled for the first time after the dinner.

Shen Xueshi still laughed: "He is still young, others only feel distressed for doing such a thing, and they don't care much about it. Even the nobles in the palace only think that true temperament is rare." Otherwise, Shen Yue would be able to live like a fish in water in the palace?

Lin Ruhai remembered the words that the sage had said to him several times, don't force Shen Yue too much, and he will serve the country in the same way, and said to Shen Xueshi: "Listen to him, and I want to enter the Imperial Academy."

This is the first time I heard about Shen Xueshi—Shen Shangshu did not report to Shen Xueshi that Shen Yue no longer resisted becoming an official. Shen Xueshi was afraid that he would only be willing to live in the Ministry of Internal Affairs as a lifetime enshrinement. Not happy?Xiang Lin Ruhai said: "None of the Hanlin will not join the cabinet. Although it's just a whisper from the ministers, there are almost no exceptions since the opening of the court scriptures."

"I'm afraid the Supreme Emperor doesn't want it." Lin Ruhai thought that although the Supreme Emperor had used Li Xi as queen these years, he hadn't forgotten about Shen Yue, and still asked him to come into the palace to do paintings from time to time, and expressed his worries.

Shen Xueshi also thought of it: "It doesn't matter, just plan slowly. It's just that he will be with Chao'er in this imperial examination, what do you think?"

Lin Ruhai took the order: "Having polished him for two years, even his qualifications can last a long time. But in this way, will he inherit the matter of going to Beijing?" Grandfather, father, and son all ascended to high positions and held real power. , but not much.

"Looking for a place in Zhili, one day away from Beijing, it doesn't make any difference." There is a malleable talent in the family, and it is not a big deal for Xueshi Shen to temporarily avoid the obvious mediocrity.

Lin Ruhai's doubts were all gone at this point, so he wanted to resign and return home.Xueshi Shen amplified his voice towards the door: "Go and see where the Second Young Master is?"

Just as there was a reply from outside, footsteps came in a short while: "Grandson came to pay his respects to the grandfather." It was Shen Yue's voice that attracted Shen Xueshi and Lin Ruhai to look at each other and smile.

Xueshi Shen sternly sat down on his seat again, and asked someone to serve tea again.Seeing this, Lin Ruhai returned to his seat, with the same expression as Xueshi Shen.

The tea was brought in by Shen Yue himself, and he carefully changed the new cups for the two of them. After refilling the new tea, Shen Yue knelt down obediently in front of Bachelor Shen: "It's the grandson's words that make Mr. worry, and Mr. is also concerned. .If there is any collision with the grandpa, it is all brought out by the grandson, so please punish the grandson by the grandpa."

"Why are you speechless?" Xueshi Shen didn't even lift his eyelids, he still only smelled the tea, and didn't drink the tea.

Shen Yue confided all his thoughts: "Grandson was afraid that he would fail the exam, so he used his status as the eldest son of Brother Chao as an excuse. He didn't tell Mr. that his family treats me like Brother Chao. It's his fault."

Lin Ruhai tapped lightly on the table - the old man sitting opposite was very old and had a lot of status, so he had no choice but to switch to tapping instead.Shen Yue heard these table sounds like thunder, and turned his body to Lin Ruhai's direction: "It's all the students who make the husband suffer, so I won't dare to do it again next time."

The sound of Shen Xueshi putting the cup came, and Shen Yue turned his body sideways to face Shen Xueshi again, and heard the old man say: "Your grandfather also asked the chief examiner Zuo Shilang, the reason why you are ranked behind Chao'er this time is because of the examination. The post poems are too dull. In order to prevent your husband from misunderstanding our family, you can give it a go during the spring. It’s just that the test post poems are also tested in the spring.”

Lin Ruhai cleared his throat, and had no choice but to allow Xueshi Shen to borrow his own name: "It is said that it is dull, but it is also a fault of little practice and no chest. In the future, three songs a day, and then read a lot of previous works. , can also make perfect."

The hole he dug himself was to bury himself.Shen Yue couldn't help but jump down by himself: "Yes, the students must obey the teacher's teaching." At this time, he was in the gesture of admitting his mistake, and he didn't see the two sitting old foxes looking at each other and smiling.That smile was fleeting, and after Shen Yue was called up, he saw that the faces of the two of them were still a little gloomy. How could he have thought that the two of them would have already dug a bigger hole for him by coincidence?

Not only that, when Shen Yue sent Lin Ruhai out of the house, he also heard another bad news: "These days you are studying poetry at home seriously, and I will give Yu'er a share of the topics you wrote. If you are not as good as her, hum."

You don't have to hum, the thought of being shaved and ashamed by Daiyu is enough for Shen Yue to die—he never thought that he could compare with Daiyu in the process of writing poetry. At the time of Yulian's sentence, he had already accepted his fate.

Seeing that he shouldn't, Lin Ruhai said "Huh?" from Lin Ruhai's nose, and Shen Yue, who was in the midst of atonement, answered yes feebly, then bowed to send him into the car, and told the driver to drive slowly all the way, not willing to go too far. Say one more word to Lin Ruhai.

"Good Yu'er, please be merciful." On the second day, Shen Yue rushed to Lin's mansion after leaving school from the Imperial College, and bowed to Daiyu before Lin Ruhai left the office.

Daiyu was very puzzled: "I haven't troubled brother Ai these days, even the flowers I asked brother to find a few days ago have already been delivered. Where did brother come from?"

With a bitter face, Shen Yue told Daiyu about the fact that Lin Ruhai was going to write a question for the two of them together, and then sadly found that Daiyu not only did not feel that writing more poems every day was a burden, but also excitedly grabbed her sleeve and asked. : "The master really wants us to write poems together? Then do I need to write articles with brother Ai?"

"No need?" Shen Yue felt that there was nothing to love in life, why did he forget that Daiyu also had a strong temper?Especially the way of poetry is easy to master. Although the poems produced are not powerful enough, they are better than novelty and quick thinking.

Shen Yue, who had read the original book, was already mentally prepared for writing poems. If he wrote an article, he would let Daiyu compare. Shen Yue glanced at Daiyu helplessly, and he decided to go to see where tofu was sold cheaply and buy it. Bring a piece back as a spare.

Maybe his eyes were too pitiful, Daiyu rolled her eyes, and said to Shen Yue with a smile: "I have an idea, I don't know if it will work or not."

The bigger the little girl was, the quicker her eyes turned, and Shen Yue asked without hope: "Mr. is the most perceptive, you can see it at a glance, Mr. Zangzhuo."

Daiyu suppressed a smile: "Didn't the master ask us to write three poems every day? I only wrote two poems. When I wrote the third poem, I just said that I have no interest in poetry and I can't do it. Then it will be considered that Brother Ai's writing is mediocre." , the victory is that the number of poems is enough, and the master can't blame you." After finishing speaking, he looked at Shen Yue and rolled his eyes, as if he was saying what the idea is, why don't you thank me sooner?

I thank you ten times.Shen Yue knew that he couldn't take advantage of the little girl: "Yu'er, do you think you can believe my words?"

Daiyu clapped her slender hands together: "Whether the master believes it or not, I just say I can't do it, so I'll do it?" Her eyes were shining, it seemed that if Shen Yue said she didn't believe it, she was going to try it in front of Lin Ruhai. With a stubborn and serious expression, Zhenzhong reflected his melon-seeded face like a morning glow, but Shen Yue was stunned, the little girl has grown up again.