[Red Mansion] Marrying a wife like jade

Shen Xin asked one sentence after another, lowering Shen Chao's head again and again, until finally he didn't dare to look at his father.Shen Yue, who was grinding the ink for Shen Shangshu, heard all these words in his ears, but he didn't dare to distinguish for Shen Chao - several times he and Shen Chao separated after meeting friends. He went to the Lin Mansion, but he didn't know Shen Chao Chao did not go directly back to the scholar's mansion, but went to see Prince Zhongshun.

Could it be that the time has come for Iron Net Mountain to go hunting?Comparing the timeline of the original work in Shen Yue's mind, he felt a little absent-minded when grinding the ink. Shen Shangshu coughed, and Shen Yue finally collected his mind and started sharpening the ink seriously.

Where did Shen Xin let Shen Chao go so easily?He is still teaching him: "Even if you find out that Prince Zhongshun is wrong, but you still get close to him, you should beat him. If you don't let the elders know about it early, you should beat him to death."

Shen Chao couldn't help himself, and knelt down facing his father.Shen Chao looked up at Shen Shangshu, and found that the person had no intention of interceding for Shen Chao, so he put down the ink ingot in his hand, and knelt beside Shen Chao to accompany him.

"Why are you kneeling? If you hadn't dragged him to find the master, I don't know how long he would have kept it a secret." Shen Xin angrily asked Shen Yue to get up.

How could Shen Yue leave Shen Chao at this moment?Separated to Shen Xin: "The reason why I feel at ease at home is that my elder brother and I are mostly together when we go out, and we can consult and take care of us when things happen. But sometimes I go to Mr.'s residence, and I can't go back to the residence with elder brother. Prince Zhongshun asked someone to invite him, so elder brother has nothing to refute. This is half the same as nephew."

"No, it's none of Yue'er's business." Hearing that Shen Yue was going to take half of the responsibility, Shen Chao hurriedly said: "Actually, I felt that Prince Zhongshun is just a bald prince with no power in his hands. The biggest wish before was to be crowned a king and build a mansion, and he didn't have the heart of power, so he kept in touch with him. Besides, if Prince Zhongshun has just been crowned king, he won't be in touch with him, for fear that people will say that I'm leaving tea cold."

The two children competed to take the responsibility on themselves, which made Shen Shangshu and his son very relieved.The reason why Shen Xin spoke harshly to Shen Chao also meant that he hated him: Shen Yue was two years younger than him, and spent more time in contact with the nobles in the palace than Shen Chao, so why didn't he get into such trouble? ?

There was another clear cough, and Shen Shangshu said: "Get up." The two brothers got up and asked Shen Chao: "I already know today, how do you plan to get along with Prince Zhongshun in the future?"

This is also what Shen Chao was worried about, otherwise he would rush to Shen Yue for advice?Hearing my grandfather's question, and then looking at the red invitation card waiting for Mo Gan on the desk, I have no idea: "Grandson doesn't know, please give me advice."

Seeing that Shen Xin's eyes were about to stand up again, Shen Shangshu waved his hand to signal him to be calm, and said to Shen Chaowen: "Knowing that it is advisable to have someone give advice, but you can't have no ideas yourself. This family will need your support in the future , do you understand?"

As soon as these words came out, Shen Chao unconsciously looked for Shen Yue, but saw that Shen Yue's head was buried low, and he couldn't see the expression on his face.Gritting his teeth, Shen Chao said slowly: "Prince Zhongshun is just complaining now, and grandson will alienate him immediately for fear of attracting attention. What's more, Prince Zhongshun treats his grandson very well..."

"How can you not be mean?" Shen Shangshu decided to let Shen Chao remember for a long time today: "But undress me, push me to eat? Or know heroes from poverty, save danger from danger? No distinction between high and low?"

Shen Chao opened his mouth, he was just usually unwilling to think about things, it wasn't really unreasonable.Of the three things Shen Shangshu said, only the last one was about his getting along with Prince Zhongshun.Also because Prince Zhongshun laughed and scolded him without avoiding his whereabouts, Shen Chao felt that although he had a noble status now, he still had a heart-to-heart relationship with him as when he was reading with him.

Shen Shangshu smiled slightly, but this smile made Shen Yue feel cold all over: "Then do you think Prince Zhongshun treats everyone like this, or just treats you like this?"

Shen Chao couldn't help thinking of the several times he got along with Prince Zhongshun, and it wasn't that there were no other people who had accompanied Prince Zhongshun to have a banquet together, but Prince Zhongshun didn't like that person very much.After that person left, the explanation to Shen Chao was that since Prince Zhongshun built his mansion, this person intentionally asked for the post of Chief of the Palace, so that Prince Zhongshun felt that the person was only getting close to him for the sake of benefit.

That person is also the son of a second-rank official, and his father is also considered to be a high-ranking official, but Prince Zhongshun disdains the power of his family so much, which makes Shen Chao feel more at ease with Prince Zhongshun.Listening to Shen Shangshu's question now, a sliver of clarity arises in his heart: How do you know that Prince Zhongshun is not just playing with that person?

Seeing that Shen Chao had figured it out, Shen Shangshu asked Shen Yue again: "How do you think your elder brother should get along with Prince Zhongshun?"

Shen Yue has already thought about it in his heart: the trouble that Prince Zhongshun came to find the Rongguo Mansion came after Jia Yuanchun became a concubine and the Grand View Garden was completed. That is to say, even if Prince Zhongshun had participated in something, it had already failed and was not affected by it. Too heavy a punishment today.

So it seems that either Prince Zhongshun hid it so that the present day would not catch him, or he did not participate much and did not cause any great evil in the present day.In order to show his generosity, today he spared this brother who seemed to be speechless.

In this case, even if Shen Chao and Prince Zhongshun are superficially close, as long as they don't participate in it, there won't be any danger—the culprit has been let go, who cares about a little companion who just keeps in touch?

As for whether the emperor will kill the gangsters of Prince Yizhong now, Shen Yue is not too worried: just like Lin Ruhai said, there is a sense of being angry now, and the court has gradually closed in over the past two years. A lot of authority.Such a person cares more about attacking the heart than cutting the odds.

So Shen Yue said to Shen Shangshu: "Grandson also thinks that it is good for eldest brother and Prince Zhongshun to keep in touch as usual, and there is no need to stop seeing each other right away. Anyway, our brothers have been free for the past few days, and we should prepare for the spring in a few days." At that time, Prince Zhongshun couldn't let Shen Chao accompany him and delay his future.

"What if Prince Zhongshun recruited Chao'er with the post of Chief History Officer of the Palace?" Shen Xin asked—Prince Zhongshun said in front of Shen Chao that another accompanying student seeking the post of Chief History Officer of the Palace might not be an olive branch extended to Shen Chao.

"No," Shen Yue also smiled slightly: "If Prince Zhongshun really valued the Shen family, he wouldn't humiliate Eldest Brother with the position of the chief of the Prince's House."

Being so confident made Shen Xin take a deep breath.The long history of the prince's mansion is also an official appointed by the court, and he is a fourth-rank official, but Shen Yue feels that it is a humiliation to Shen Chao!Shen Chao himself also raised his head and glanced at Shen Yue, wondering why his cousin had such great confidence in him.

You must know that even if you win the number one scholar in the palace examination, the first official award is only from the compilation of the sixth-rank Imperial Academy. If you want to be promoted to the fourth-rank, you can't even think about it within seven or eight years without making great achievements.Just looking at Shen Xin, he has been in the Hanlin Academy for over ten years, and he was promoted to a fourth-rank bachelor's degree last year.This is because he is in the eyes of the present day, and he walks in the cabinet on a daily basis, that is to say, he is a confidential secretary for the present day.

As soon as he entered the officialdom, he could stand side by side with his father. If Prince Zhongshun really said it to him, Shen Chao himself would not feel it was a humiliation, but would only feel that Prince Zhongshun valued him.

Shen Shangshu gave a light oh, signaling Shen Yue to finish speaking.This time, Shen Yue turned to Shen Chao: "Brother, you are the eldest son, the eldest son of the Shen family! Our great-grandfather retired from the position of a cabinet scholar, and now he still has the title of Grand Master. Grandfather is also a member of the Grand Master now." He is also the Minister of the Household Department. Although the uncle is only a fourth-rank official, he is now walking in the cabinet, and most of the orders of the saints are written by the uncle!"

"Now that my grandfather is in the court, my uncle's promotion is too fast and it is easy to attract people's criticism. But what if my grandfather retreated bravely like my great-grandfather? Is my eldest brother going to lose his ambition and only be willing to be content with a small palace, and there is no way to advance to a small fourth rank?" day?"

"If elder brother really thinks so, then younger brother..." Before Shen Yue finished speaking, both Shen Shangshu and Shen Xin and his son could hear the word "replace it"!

Shen Chao stared round directly: "How dare you!"

Shen Yue looked at him: "It's not appropriate for the father and grandfather to support the Shen family. The Shen family has a century-old name and cannot be corrupted. Brother really thinks that Qingliu is a group of harmony. Since the great-grandfather, all the scholars really admire the Shen family? It's just that they can't shake it because of the power of the father and grandfather. .If the Shen family falls, those who have flattered our brothers may be the ones who trampled on us the most."

"At that time, you and I will not be able to protect our wealth. How many people will pour dirty water on the father and grandparents, so that the Shen family's reputation will be ruined. Brother, if this is the case, you and I will be the sinners of the Shen family. .Shen Yue, I don't want to be a sinner of the Shen family."

Shen Shangshu stood up from behind the desk, his eyes were brighter than ever before: "Did Lin Ruhai tell you this?"

Of course not, although Shen Yue was only a businessman in his previous life, he was also a cultured businessman.What's more, what Lin Ruhai first asked him to read was history. In the history books, there are not many examples of the collapse of aristocratic families when the wall is overthrown by everyone.But it seems that Lin Ruhai taught him right, Shen Yue nodded to Shen Shangshu: "Mr. once taught his grandson to always think about the day, don't wait for the time to think about the time."

Shen Xin let out a long sigh: "Lin Ruhai really knows how to teach children." A dejected look appeared on his body.Shen Chao was even more shocked by Shen Yue's later words, and looked at Shen Yue in a daze as if he didn't know him.

Shen Shangshu waved his hand and said to Shen Chao: "Go back, send the post to Prince Zhongshun tomorrow." Seeing that Shen Yue withdrew with him, he didn't say anything to stop him.

Shen Shangshu was also disappointed.The eldest grandson who has been raised by the eldest son is not as good as the second grandson who didn't want to learn how to be an official since he was a child. This time the grandson was not taught by his own family. It can't help making people feel that his family's education for his children is biased. .

"Two days ago, Yue'er suggested to me that we should set up a family school in our mansion, so that the young ones can study together and get along with each other to enhance their relationship. I don't think that Brother Yun needs to go to the Imperial College to study together. It’s good to study at home.”

Shen Xin nodded.He knew that Shen Yue was able to say these words so clearly today because he grew up with Shen Chao, and the relationship between the two was really like brothers.Otherwise, with Shen Yue's ability to cover up, he can replace Shen Chao by acting quietly, so why bother to persuade Shen Chao?

"Prince Zhongshun, I still need someone to look into it." Shen Shangshu came back to his senses very quickly, knowing that now is not the time for a headache, and what should be done is still to be done.

Shen Yue who walked back to the west courtyard did not regret what he said tonight.He had long noticed that Shen Shangshu and others were anxious about Shen Chao's current state, even he himself did not want Shen Chao to stay in the state of being tall and not caring.

Because although Shen Yue has decided to become an official, he is still unwilling to bear too much burden on himself.As the eldest son of the Second Household, Brother Xun and Brother Ming are his unshirkable responsibilities. If Shen Chao keeps maintaining his current state, wouldn't he also have to bear the responsibility of the eldest son?

Regardless of whether he can take on the heavy responsibility of the Shen family, Shen Yue was unwilling to let Daiyu worry about eating and drinking for others every day in the future.Taking Liu Shi and Fang Shi as an example, Fang Shi only needs to care about her husband and three children, but Liu Shi wants to take the whole family into her heart.No matter where there is a mistake in the family, the first one to go to Mrs. Shen to plead guilty must be Mrs. Liu.

As my generation grows up, there will be more and more people in the family, and the temperament and temperament will vary from person to person.Being the head of a grandma sounds prestige, but there is an endless stream of things to deal with.If Daiyu became the head grandmother, she would be overwhelmed by mundane affairs every day, and no matter how much spirituality she had, she would be wiped out by firewood, rice, oil and salt.

This is what Shen Yue doesn't want to see.The Daiyu in his heart should sing the wind and sing the moon every day, and not linger in his bosom.As for the eldest sister-in-law of the second room, Daiyu will also be in charge of the family in the future, but Shen Yue doesn't think it's a big deal.

If the two families do not separate, Daiyu can just take care of the affairs of the west courtyard.Even if the family is separated, Shen Yue is confident that with the help of his two younger brothers, the younger brothers and daughters-in-law will not dare to cause trouble.Really can't, isn't there himself?Shen Yue still has confidence in managing the backyard by himself - under his management in the past two years, Fang's dowry has increased by half, which is the result of Shen Yue's focus on studying.

If it doesn't work, Shen Yue sneers, brother and daughter-in-law are willing to have the housekeeping power, so let Daiyu split up the housekeeping affairs, let the two sister-in-law and daughter-in-law restrict each other, and she can just be a hands-off shopkeeper herself.

Why didn't Shen Yue think that if he had to take over the Shen family and let Daiyu disperse the housekeeping power, Shen Yue had his own ideas.After all, this cousin is different from his own brother. He can subdue his own brother, but he has to be more polite to his cousins, especially the brothers Yan Geer and Ne Geer who are a few years younger than him.

After all, he was not born to the same mother, so Shen Yue could arrest Brother Xun and beat him up for no reason, but he couldn't say too harsh words to Brother Yan.Otherwise, others would think that the second house, who was already in the upper hand, wanted to kill the big house.

That Jia Zheng's reputation is so bad, didn't he treat Jia Lian as an errand envoy, but raised his son like a prince and grandson?Even if Jia Zheng kept saying that it was Jia's mother who wanted to do this, who would trust him?

Thinking about it all the way, the woman guarding the door had already seen Shen Yue's figure: "Young master is back, grandma is still not asleep."

Shen Yue nodded his head a little after hearing this, and turned his steps towards the main house.Since Fang's return to Beijing, Shen Yue tried his best to go back to the inner courtyard to rest, in order to get along with Fang's more and make up for the shortcoming of not being with him in the past few years.Now that I heard that Fang Shi is still awake, I want to let Fang Shi take a look at him to reassure him.

"Chao'er is in a hurry to call you, but what's the matter?" Mrs. Fang has already washed up, but she is worried about not seeing her eldest son back, so she waited until now.

Shen Yue waved to the girls, and waited for them to leave before telling Fang what he could say today.Even after picking up the words, Fang was still quite surprised: "It's only been stable for a few years, why do you want to make trouble again?"

Listening to what she said was exactly the same as Shen Chao's, and Shen Yue was also happy: "Let him be blown by the wind and waves, and I will stand still."

Fang listened and nodded his head: "You will have more ideas when you grow up, so I don't worry. You still have to be careful when you walk outside. You don't plan on others and there are people trying to plan on you. You often go to the palace, where It's not a safe place."

Hearing her worry, Shen Yue comforted her and said: "It's not that fast. Now it's not certain whether Prince Zhongshun did it on purpose. Even if he's here in his twenties and hasn't gotten married yet, he can't count all this to the present day. On the head, who can't see that the Supreme Emperor doesn't care about the younger sons at all?"

Fang was about to cover his mouth: "Dare to say anything nonsense."

But Shen Yue remembered something, and Shang Yufang said: "I listened to what the master said, and thought about moving the second master to a place closer to Beijing in the future, but it wasn't the original place where he said he was looking for an errand. I don't know if grandma is Do you still want to follow?"

Mrs. Fang shook her head firmly: "After the new year, you will have Chunwei, and then there will be a palace examination. I was not with you during the Zhongju. No matter how you win the Jinshi, it depends on you wearing red and hanging flowers."

Shen Yue was not moved when he heard it, he hurriedly said with a smile: "During the Spring Festival, grandma wanted to accompany the second master to take up the post, and I didn't want to. The question is after I am appointed as an official."

Fang shamed him: "Listen to you, the Jinshi exam is easy. How many people fail the exam after seven or eight subjects. It's a joke to say that."

Shen Yue salivated: "I have been enlightened by my grandma since I was a child. My foundation is solid, so I passed the exam. Besides, grandma doesn't know the situation in Qiu Wei, so it won't be much better if I think about it. I don't want to After going through the second time, I still ask the Buddha to bless me and let me win it once." After all, I didn't dare to say that Lin Ruhai made him a sure winner.

Hearing that it was hard work in the autumn, Fang hurriedly asked how it was going inside.Even if they were already married when Shen was a Jinshi, how could this husband compare with his son?Tears were about to fall down before I heard it.

Shen Yue didn't want to say something that he said for the sake of Fang Shi's heart, but it would draw people's tears, so he laughed and downplayed the matter of Qiu Wei, and said to Fang Shi: "I ask grandma to accompany the second master to the post. Firstly, I am worried that the second master will not be taken care of, and secondly, I am afraid that the second master will become bigger and bigger, even if he keeps himself clean, there are also some people who will use dirty ideas to make friends."

You are enough.Mrs. Fang looked at Shen Yue helplessly, at such a young age that she was not yet married, yet she wanted to take care of Lao Tzu's house affairs.Even to feel sorry for herself, Fang Shi had no choice but to warn Shen Yue: "I have my own idea, don't think about your father like this next time."

Shen Yue also knew that what he said was more polite in this era, but for the stability of his family, as a son, he still had to speak out to remind Fang, don't forget your husband when you have a son.

Seeing that although Fang Shi scolded him, there was no anger on his face, Shen Yue said to Fang Shi again: "Just now the master talked about the number of children in the Chinese prison at home, grandma didn't feel uncomfortable, right?"

Mrs. Fang smiled: "When I got married that day, I knew that your father was the second son in the family. What's so uncomfortable? Besides, although you entered the Imperial College, most of the skills you can learn were not taught by Mr. Lin? Sigh, It's a pity that I don't want to bother Mr. Lin, otherwise Brother Xun should be sent to Mr. Lin as well."

It is not easy for Shen Yue to say this to Lin Ruhai: Back then, Lin Ruhai was able to accept Shen Yue, one reason was that the Lin and Chen families had already intended to marry each other, and the other reason was that Shen Ren was with him in Yangzhou and was far away from the Shen family. .

Brother Xun has now returned to Beijing, and there is a grand teacher in the family, a cabinet scholar, and a scholar of the Hanlin Academy, and there is no such thing as the ceremony of letting his children pay homage to other people's sects.

Because a gentleman like Lin Ruhai is very different from ordinary gentlemen who are invited to teach private schools. The masters who are invited to teach private schools are in an employment relationship with the master's family.However, Shen Yue was regarded as Lin Ruhai's apprentice, and in the future he would inherit Lin Ruhai's thoughts on reading.Therefore, Lin Ruhai really cared about Shen Yue's affairs like his own children, even if it was for him to deal with Bachelor Shen.

"Mr. is busy with work, even I don't dare to disturb you too much. Brother Kuan has also invited other gentlemen." Shen Yue explained to Mr. Fang: "Maybe when the family school will be established, the gentleman that uncle found It must be reliable."

Mrs. Fang is still very regretful: "Since you left, the second master has personally taught Brother Xun, but that child is not as calm as you, let alone he is considerate and careful. So I often ask the second master and Mr. Lin to walk around more, Learn what he taught you."

Shen Yue couldn't help but smiled wryly: "I said that there was a period of time when the second master sent letters, and he could always find out what was wrong with me. Grandma, don't worry too much about Brother Xun. He thinks he can worry less because he has me on top. These few days I have nothing to do today, so I can still do it by teaching him. The big deal is that I will teach them what my husband taught me back then. When the family education is established and the children can compare books together, he will be at ease gone."

How else?Seeing that it was getting late, Mrs. Fang refused to let Shen Yue stay any longer, and drove him back to his room to rest.How could Shen Yue sleep?It's only now that I've gone through today's news in detail, wondering if there's anything I've missed.

Fortunately, when he thought about it like this, it really made him think of something that he didn't understand just now: Shen Chao said that he persuaded Prince Zhongshun to enter the palace to pay his respects to the concubine, and Shen Yue felt that he had missed something.Now I think about it: in that palace, not only Prince Zhongshun's mother and concubine lived, but also Prince Yizhong's mother-in-law!

Concubine Zhen Gui has lived in silence these years, and almost no one even mentions Yizhong Prince's Mansion.However, Shen Yue knew that if the time really progressed to the time when Iron Net Mountain was hunting, this woman who had been neglected by the Supreme Emperor for many years might use her own trump card.