[Red Mansion] Marrying a wife like jade

Even though those people intentionally got close to Prince Zhongshun, even though they also had the reputation of being a dude, they were not bad at observing faces, and they kept paying attention to the changes in Prince Zhongshun's mentality. When they found that his thoughts were a little loose, they stepped up. His lobbying and inducement.Then these people gave the hesitant Prince Zhongshun an idea:

Pull the Shen family into his camp.

According to these people, the prestige of the Shen family among the courtiers is unmatched. Shen Xueshi scolded Prince Yizhong for being unkind and unfilial, and became a banner of Qingliu.If such people join in, as long as Xueshi Shen ascends to the top, will the world's scholars still be in trouble?

When Prince Zhongshun said that he was worried that the Shen family would not take the bait, these people came up with the countermeasures they had already thought about, that is to start with the fourth generation eldest son of the Shen family. , and the relationship with Prince Zhongshun is not bad.Secondly, it is the eldest son, who must be the one who has devoted all his efforts to training in the family, and the Shen family will not watch the successors he has put so much effort into training make mistakes.

The following things were logical, even Prince Zhongshun complained in front of Shen Chao was the idea of ​​those people, their idea made Shen Shangshu and others guess right, just to see the reaction of the Shen family after hearing the news, It is better to formulate the next countermeasures.

What these people didn't expect was that the first reaction of Shen Chao, who seemed carefree, after hearing Prince Zhongshun's complaint, was to persuade Prince Zhongshun to greet the concubine.There is no other reason, because Shen Chao has been reading to Prince Zhongshun for many years, and he understands the relationship between Prince Zhongshun and his mother and concubine better than those who induced Prince Zhongshun, and also knows that the concubine is not someone who disregards her own life for the sake of glory.

Shen Chao's accompanying reading is not for nothing, he has long discovered the influence of the concubine on Prince Zhongshun.It was also because of Prince Zhongshun's entry into the palace this time, the concubine's persuasion and the understanding of human relations in the Shen family that Prince Zhongshun made a bold decision: he wanted to plead guilty to the present.

Hearing this, Shen Yue almost thought that he saw a bloody drama written by a crappy scriptwriter: Are those people who lure the loyal prince really the women in the palace idiots, or is the upbringing that Shen Chao has received all these years just for nothing?No matter how carefree Shen Chao behaved, the family concept had already been ingrained in his bones, and he couldn't be more sensitive to things that harmed the family's interests. His instinctive persuasion made those people waste all their previous efforts.

What's more, Prince Yizhong's mansion let Zhongshun hold on to the Shen family so much, it was full of intentions to avenge Prince Yizhong's revenge on Xueshi Shen who was the first one to stand up and point out his wolfish ambition.As the eldest son of the Shen family, Shen Chao immediately thought that he should push out the matter of persuading the loyal prince—the Shen family did not interfere with the matter of seizing the heir, this is something that has been carved in his bones since he was a child!

Now is not the time for Shen Yue to complain, he wants to hear why Prince Zhongshun must see Bachelor Shen.It turned out that Prince Zhongshun didn't have much trust in the emperor due to the tragic seizure of the heirloom.He had to keep an eye out and someone had to be a witness for him, and this person had better be someone from the Shen family.

The Shen family first gave Jinjin a letter. If Jinjin knew about it but pretended to be ignorant, then he would surrender himself.If the little tricks of Yizhong County King have not been discovered yet, then he can be regarded as a crime and a meritorious service.

"Master, then?" Shen Xin was the most qualified person to ask, so he asked directly.

"Grandfather has already agreed to Prince Zhongshun." Shen Shangshu seemed to be very tired, and kept supporting his head with his hands.

Shen Yue served tea for the old man, without asking why Bachelor Shen agreed.I also want to know, now that the power in the court is almost closed, and the Yizhong Prince's Mansion was once a person who tried to kill his father, how can he really have no defense against them now?

However, Shen Yue is not without curiosity, that is why the Duke of Yizhong moved his mind.One must know that Prince Yizhong did not have a son, and the son also went out with Prince Yizhong to socialize.But today, a silent concubine is appointed as Yizhong County King, if it is said that there is no intention of letting that concubine give up, Shen Yue will not believe it.

Could it be?Shen Yue thought of a possibility, and turned his eyes to Shen Shangshu.Seeing that Shen Shangshu's hand supporting his head was almost level with the table, no matter how many questions he had, he turned into a sentence of concern: "Master has been tired all day today, let's take a rest first."

Shen Shangshu glanced at Shen Xin: "Your last apology said that our family did not entertain well today and neglected Prince Zhongshun, please ask the sage to punish you." Shen Xin nodded yes, and silently started drafting in his heart, how to use this letter I beg Zhezi to separate the Shen family from Prince Zhongshun.

I don't want Shen Shangshu to say anything else: "It's just an apology, there is no need to write anything else. After a few days, the grandfather will recover, and he will go to the palace to talk with the Supreme Emperor."

Shen Yue frowned, what did Bachelor Shen think, shouldn't such a thing be reported to the present immediately, why should he talk to the Supreme Emperor?As the control of the government is becoming more and more handy today, it is no wonder that the Supreme Emperor has no ideas in his mind.Maybe he was waiting to see that today and Yizhong Junwang both suffered losses, and then he would stand up and clean up the mess.

The four words "clean up the mess" floated through his mind, and Shen Yue suddenly became enlightened: In the original book, Jia Yuanchun first became a concubine, and then she came out of Iron Net Mountain. Those who have caught them all.Among the dissidents, the Supreme Emperor was clearly included!

Shen Shangshu only said to ask Shen Xin to write an apology, and also said that Bachelor Shen was going to enter the palace to pay his respects to the Supreme Emperor, but he didn't say what he would do as a bachelor.Shen Yue didn't believe that as the Patriarch of the Shen family, he really put all the responsibility on the old father and his son - Shen Xin wrote an apology, if he is interested in Prince Zhongshun today, he will naturally ask the Shen family to ask about it. The person who is convenient to ask is Shen Shangshu, a close minister of the emperor, who is a bachelor and household secretary! !

This is really a three-pronged approach.At this point, Shen Yue had no choice but to express his most sincere respect to Bachelor Shen, old fox, really old fox.

Now that he has figured it out, there is no need to ask again, Shen Yue replays every word Lin Ruhai said before he left, trying to find loopholes that he can take advantage of, and can still talk to Daiyu from time to time. See above.

No matter how you think about it, Lin Ruhai looks stern, if not for the fact that he is still in Shen Shangshu's study at this time, Shen Yue would be scratching his head.Without scratching, they had already heard Shen Shangshu telling them to go back to their room to rest, Shen Xin wanted to stay and discuss with Shen Shangshu the pleading case, Shen Chao and the two brothers withdrew.

Sometimes a person's growth is only in a moment, Shen Yue felt that Shen Chao now is much more stable than when he first confessed to Shen Xin.It wasn't what Shen Chao said or did, but the expression on his face made people feel more thoughtful and less restless.

Shen Chao noticed Shen Yue's sizing up, but he didn't directly ask him why he was sizing him up like before, and he didn't directly share his thoughts with Shen Yue as before, which made Shen Yue feel a little empty in his heart—growth is to him It is painful for people, and it is not easy for those close to them to accept it.

The two silently saluted and bid farewell. After walking a few steps, Shen Chao stopped Shen Yue: "We are still brothers."

Shen Yue was amused by his words: "Did you stop treating me as a brother just now?" Angrily, Shen Chao shook his fist at him, Shen Yue smiled at him again, and came towards the west courtyard.It was quiet in the courtyard, when the maids on the porch saw him coming, one of them had already stepped forward to meet him, bent down and said softly: "Grandma just took a rest, and the young master also went back to the room to rest for a while before coming back?"

The rioters in the outer courtyard turned their backs on their backs, and the guest's side should also be affected.Shen Yue gave instructions to the girl: "Call me when grandma wakes up." He turned around and left.These maids of the Fang family all know that the young master is kind and kind, and they don't say harsh words to the servants easily, but they don't deliberately get close to them.So he responded with a low voice, and continued to guard the door without mentioning it.

Shen Yue himself was exhausted physically and mentally, and he didn't want to go to the study outside and return to his small courtyard in the east.Seeing him come back, the red willow and the green willow went to get some tea, and before they had gone far, they heard the master yelling a few times, looked at each other and smiled, and could think of how Shen Yue was rolling and yelling there.

People always come up with solutions, Shen Yue finally found a loophole in Lin Ruhai's intentional words, that is, if there is something puzzling about his poems, and Lin Ruhai is not at home, he can go to Jia Min for clarification .If you go to find Jia Min, then you can enter the inner house of the Lin family?After entering the inner house, is there still a long way to go before seeing Daiyu?

Therefore, both the Shen family and the Lin family found that Shen Yue's interest in composing poems was unprecedentedly strong during this time. Poetry is more appropriate.

It is said that interest is the best teacher, and that practice makes perfect. With such a strong interest, Shen Yue's poems are improving day by day.Maybe when he will be able to get the title of "Three Masters of Poetry, Calligraphy and Painting", sometimes Shen Yue will think so unconsciously.

It's just that the ideal is very full, and the reality is very skinny. Today, Shen Yue got his wish and entered the Lin family's inner house in the name of a poem for advice, and also met Daiyu as he wished.But the little girl directly stretched out her jade hand and smiled at herself: "Brother Ai, what's the big deal, the wife is in charge, why don't you let my sister see it first?"

It is also because Shen Yue has been too complacent in the past few days, completely forgetting that Daiyu is a person with a delicate mind and exquisite allusions in the original book. In this life, he has studied with Lin Ruhai for a longer time than in the original book. Xueshi Shen asked for advice, the realm is far from what it is in the original book.

Seeing Shen Yue proudly taking out a few pages of tissue paper, Daiyu glanced at it, then put the paper down, and looked at Shen Yue with a half-smile: "Brother Ai, do you want to show this to your wife?"

Shen Yue pretended to be modest: "I always feel that there is still some lack of spirituality, and I want to ask my teacher to correct me."

Daiyu pursed her lips: "If I know that my poem lacks some spirituality, it shows that Brother Ai still has something to save."

Don't bring such shocking people?Shen Yue's complacent face collapsed: "It's so unbearable?" He didn't question Daiyu's appreciation level, but he still had a glimmer of hope.

Daiyu nodded lightly: "Spirituality is all about innate talent, and it is not a short-term achievement when you practice it the day after tomorrow. Let's just talk about using the scriptures. Here, "the door is waiting for the monk to knock on it." , it's a bit artificial, and it's not in harmony with the previous sentence "the moss grows in the quiet place".

Shen Yue left her speechless. These two sentences were considered his proudest work. He still felt that the artistic conception was profound and the poem contained pictures, but when the little girl said it was pretentious, he became somewhat dissatisfied: "How can my sister see pretentiousness?" Come?"

Daiyu didn't care whether his face looked good or not: "It's moss that must grow in a dark place. What my brother said about the quiet place is also appropriate. It's just a poem about the night scene. If you don't find the moss in this dark place, who can find it at night?" See? That is to say, I searched for it on purpose, and the last sentence seems to be dusty, isn't it pretentious and deliberate?"

Well, you are right.Shen Yue was a little discouraged at once: "Maybe my sister will take the place of my brother?"

Daiyu thought about it for a while and said: "How about changing the previous sentence to the place where the moss is brushed on the clothes?" Before Shen Yue applauded, she had already rejected it: "Not good, not good. Just now I said that brother Ai did it deliberately, this sentence That's really deliberate." After finishing speaking, he ignored Shen Yue and lowered his head to think again.

When Jia Min heard that Shen Yue was coming, she was secretly amused—Lin Ruhai had already explained to her when she returned home that day that poetry was Shen Yue's shortcoming, and she wanted to motivate Shen Yue to learn poetry.I thought it would take some time for Shen Yue to figure it out, but it was useless, the child had already arrived at the door in three days.

Come again today, it must be using poetry as a cover again.Fortunately, Shen Yueshi's progress has been remarkable, and Jia Min is happy to see her success—who thinks her son-in-law's achievements are high?When he entered the room and saw that the two children were silent, one was sitting silently with his head bowed, and the other was standing with his eyebrows frowned, Jia Min's heart skipped a beat. Even though he felt that there was nothing wrong with it, he still asked, "Why are the two of them silent?" , but bickering?"

Hearing the sound, Shen Yue continued the ceremony, and said with a wry smile: "I just got two poems and I want to ask my teacher's mother to give me some advice. I don't want my sister to pick out a lot of faults after reading it. I can't argue with it. My sister thought about it myself. I think it's good. , was rejected by herself again."

Jia Min nodded Daiyu who had stood up when she heard her voice: "You are so young, how dare you criticize your brother."

After hearing this, Shen Yue hurriedly said: "There is no priority in learning, and the master is the teacher. My sister is right, so I have to listen to her."

Realizing that he had become a villain for nothing, Jia Min was used to it, so he read the poem criticized by Daiyu for himself, and then said with a smile: "It's a bit far-fetched to talk about the night scene, why don't you change the first sentence? The desolate temple was originally located in the mountains, and the shade of the trees is naturally luxuriant, and it is possible to separate the sun. Change the night to the day, and the first two sentences can be used."

Daiyu couldn't help but laughed a long time ago: "This is the most difficult thing." Seeing that Jia Min was puzzled, she managed to hold back her smile: "The question the master left for Brother Ai is Su Ye."

Now Jia Min has nothing to say.You should know that the test post poems are called test posts because they must be rhymed into poems under the prescribed topic, not for the examinees to play at will.Lin Ruhai left this question tricky, and Shen Yue suffered more than once.

Shen Yue blushed in a rare way, and took the few pieces of paper he wrote from Jia Min's hand: "I'll go back and think about it myself."

Xu Shi obeyed the old saying that good luck and misfortune never come singly, and as soon as he returned to Shen's residence, Shuangyue conveyed to Shen Yue the confession of Shen Yue, that he should return to the Imperial Academy to study.This made Shen Yue, who was immersed in writing poetry, realize that he only cared about writing poetry, and seemed to have put aside the other content of Chun Wei for a long time.

At this time, the Shen family's family school had already been established, Shen Xin found two well-educated, good-natured but not well-to-do sons to be tutors, and systematically taught the four little ones to study every day, and Shen Yue didn't have to worry about teaching a few little ones. Guy wasting time.Shen Xueshi probably found that Shen Yue's strength was a bit off, so he had to correct it for him.

Shen Yue, who returned to study in Class B, found that his classmates looked at him differently.Although the grades of the students in Class B are much better than those in Class C, and they can directly participate in next year's Chunwei, there are still not many students who are ready to end next year.Now that Shen Yue has returned to Class B with the No. 4 score of Qiuwei, everyone feels a little repulsed by him-there is an unwritten rule in the Imperial College, that is, only students from Class A will participate in Chunwei.

Fortunately, there were brothers from the Fang family, and Shen Yue reunited with such classmates in a few days.The main reason is that Shen Yue only thinks about writing essays and poems every day, and he directly ignores other people's harsh words and eyes.After coming down several times, the people who said strange things and rolled their eyes were not interested in themselves, so they had to study hard so that they could be promoted to Class A as soon as possible.

As a result, the learning atmosphere in Class B is unprecedentedly strong, even the doctorate and the bachelor in charge are secretly amazed, and even have unkind thoughts, that is, they hope that Shen Yue will not pass the exam when he is in the spring, so that Class B may not be able to maintain this state forever learning atmosphere.

Just based on Shen Yueqiuwei's grades, unless he had a physical problem or his head suddenly failed when he was in the spring, everyone will definitely suspect that the examiners are blind, and maybe they will be thoroughly investigated today to see if those examiners were bribed intentionally. Suppress Shen Yue.

Shen Yue, who started to study regularly again, was no longer in the tense mood as before, and his learning efficiency was much higher. This made both Lin Ruhai and Bachelor Shen heave a sigh of relief, and Shen Yue himself was in the mood to care Start doing things other than poetry.

It has been more than half a month since Prince Zhongshun attended his congratulatory banquet with Shen Chao, and Shen Yue found that there was no movement in Beijing: there was no news that any house was suddenly raided, and there was no news that Prince Yizhong's mansion had strengthened guards.Even Prince Zhongshun also listened to music and feasted every day, and walked around more and more frequently with a group of Wu Xun disciples.

Shen Yue was not blinded by these superficial phenomena, and when he greeted Shen Shangshu once, he implicitly expressed that he wanted to know the progress of the matter.Maybe it was because he was an insider from the beginning to the end, or maybe Shen Shangshu didn't want him to spend energy to inquire elsewhere, so he even told him what happened next.

Just as Xueshi Shen expected, after Shen Xin had submitted the paper of indemnity, he was very interested in Prince Zhongshun's sudden participation in the banquet of the two younger generations of the Shen family.After the cabinet meeting ended on the second day, Shen Shangshu was deliberately left behind to ask for details.

Shen Shangshu also made an apology to the present first, but the content of his apology was not quite the same as Shen Xin's, that is, he had to explain the truth to the present in such a twists and turns, because he was afraid that the news of Zhezi would be leaked through the hands of the cabinet, which would cause courtiers Turmoil of thought.

The minister who thinks about himself in this way is naturally relieved now.When Shen Shangshu heard that Bachelor Shen would enter the palace to greet the Supreme Emperor soon, he was full of smiles after thinking about it, and even agreed to serve as a full-time cabinet scholar after Bachelor Shen, and relieved his job as Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs.

Others may feel worried after hearing this news, but Shen Yue, who is used to the elders of Shen's parents paving the way for the younger generation, directly congratulated Shen Shangshu: Shen Shangshu seems to have lost the power of a chief official, but Shen Yue knew that Shen Xin was trying to Woke up.

"I don't know if the second master can stay in Beijing to work?" Shen Yue also has someone he cares about.

Shen Shangshu also looked relaxed: "If this year's performance test can still be excellent, then Shuntian Mansion Governor is not out of the question."

Shen Yue was overjoyed when he heard that, and kowtowed to Shangshu Shen for Shen Ren to thank him.Shen Shangshu thought it was funny: "Don't you ask what Yamen your uncle will go to?"

Shen Yue had some guesses in his heart: "According to uncle's qualifications, it is not difficult to go to any department to be a servant." Seeing that Shen Shangshu couldn't stop nodding, Shen Yue knew that Shen Xin was going to either the Ministry of Households or the Ministry of Officials , it will never be a deserted place at the end of the sixth department like the Ministry of Industry.

"But feel wronged for your father?" Shen Shangshu had been observing his second grandson's expression, and asked when he saw his thoughtful face.

Shen Yue hurriedly said: "Second Master has already made preparations for his foreign appointment. It is an unexpected joy to be able to stay in Beijing now. How dare he harbor resentment? It's just that the grandson doesn't understand. The sage knows that Prince Zhongshun has resentment in his heart. Don't give him an errand?"

Shen Shangshu smiled slightly: "The king of Yizhong County is now in name only, and it has all fallen into the hands of Princess Xianyizhong and his son. The children of Wu Xun who interacted with Prince Zhongshun were also placed by the order of Prince Xianyizhong's son. Now Prince Zhongshun I have already quietly asked the sage for my sins, and the sage only waits for those people to reveal themselves before they can become famous."

That's right, today, who has always been filial to others, should be a good uncle who loves his nephew. Only when his nephew attacks him first, can he declare to the whole world righteously and awe-inspiringly that he did it as a last resort.

Shen Yue didn't have any thoughts about the royal family's way of pulling a fig leaf. Anyway, people in this life have done a lot of things like setting up memorial archways, and this one is not bad: "I don't know if the Supreme Emperor already knew about it. ?” If you know, will you use this to cause trouble?

"When the Grand Master entered the palace to pay his respects to the Supreme Emperor, he shared some ancient records with the Supreme Emperor." Shen Shangshu did not say what ancient records Shen Xueshi was talking about this time, but judging by his expression, Shen Xueshi will definitely not tell the Supreme Emperor. , but a wake-up call to the Supreme Emperor.

Anyway, Bachelor Shen has been living in seclusion these years, and his children and grandchildren have taken care of many things for his health, so it is not impossible that they don't want him to worry too much.What's more, if others explain some things, they may be suspected of picking up and alienating them. It's better to find out by yourself, which is more credible.

As for whether the Supreme Emperor would favor the Yizhong Palace, Shen Yue felt that the possibility was almost zero: the Supreme Emperor had to let go of the power of the co-lord of the world, all thanks to the glass of poisoned wine that Prince Xian Yizhong died, if he didn't want to Bearing the disgusting reputation of killing his son, he could slaughter the entire Yizhong Palace! !

When Shen Yue returned to the West Courtyard and told Fang about Shen Ren's possible appointment as the governor of the Shuntian Mansion in Beijing, Fang was overjoyed.Although she said she was not worried about Shen Ren, she was not uneasy.Now that Shen Ren can stay in the capital, it's fine for his son to whisper in his ears from time to time, and the elders in the family will not allow Shen Ren to make mistakes.

Therefore, Shen Yue was not the only one who was waiting on the pier to welcome Shen Ren back to Beijing, even Brother Xun and Brother Wen were wrapped up tightly and stood with him in front of the carriage.As soon as the official ship approached the shore, the three brothers rushed into my cabin with the trembling planks of the ship.