After seeing off Zhao Junrong, Mingyu hurried in to comb Shen Tianshu's hair and change his clothes.
He is now fifteen, and according to the Shen family's long-standing rules, the whole family must eat together.
When I was living in the old house, there were about a hundred people in the family. They usually had their own meals, and they only had dinner together on the first and fifteenth day of every month.
After Shen Zhonglei took his family to Yongzhou Mansion and took office, although the family size became smaller, he still continued the rules of the old house.
When Shen Tianshu brought Mingyu to the main room, he saw Shen Zhonglei and Heping Niang, whom he had not seen when he came to say hello in the morning.
The atmosphere in the room was a bit awkward, Mrs. Xu said nothing, and Shen Zhonglei was minding his own business, asking about Shen Yuanlin's studies.
Ping Niang stood pitifully in the corner, trying to reduce her presence as much as possible.
Shen Yunhui, who had always been Shen Yunyao's follower, stood beside Ping Niang with his head downcast today, not daring to approach the angry Shen Yunyao.
Although Mrs. Xu usually pretends to be generous in front of Shen Zhonglei, everyone in the family knows that she is jealous.
After she got married, she first got rid of the two wives that her first wife Liu had chosen for Shen Zhonglei, and when she was pregnant, she chose Ping Niang from the dowry.
Although Ping Niang is Xu's dowry and is now quite young, Xu is also very wary of her.
Unless there is menstruation, Mrs. Xu is not willing to let Shen Zhonglei go to Ping Niang's room.
This time the two had a quarrel and a cold war. Shen Zhonglei slept in Ping's wife's room for several nights. Even when he was drunk, he refused to go back to the main room. He made a fuss in front of the servants to go to the concubine's room, which really made Xu This mistress has no face.
Xu's mood was naturally not much better. Seeing Shen Tianshu enter the room, she said coldly: "Okay, everyone is here, let's start dinner!"
Shen Zhonglei asked without raising his head: "Why don't you ask Yi Hao to come over and eat together?"
It had been a while since he had been back. Although he could not say that he knew everything that happened at home during his absence, if Xu Yihao didn't mention anything, there would be rumors inside and outside the house, and it would be difficult for him not to know about it.
Mrs. Xu was poked in a painful spot, and her face immediately became a little confused.
Fortunately, Shen Zhonglei didn't want to quarrel in front of the children. He just said this to remind Mrs. Xu that she would know better and not hold on to trivial matters.
Mrs. Xu took a deep breath, finally gave in and said, "Knowing that the master likes to eat venison, I asked someone to buy one back. Tonight there is a pot of deer heart stew, and I also asked the chef to specially make deer breast and velvet antler. For the soup, venison is the most nourishing to the body in winter, so I’ll use more of it.”
Shen Zhonglei nodded with satisfaction, trying not to expose the fact that Mrs. Xu had eaten roast venison yesterday.
After the death of his first wife, he devoted all his attention to his own future. All he asked of his wife was to run the house well, take good care of the children, and not cause any trouble for him.
He knew that Mr. Xu had his own little thoughts, but in general he had always done well, and overall he was satisfied.
Therefore, Shen Zhonglei never got used to her major faults, but he was also not stingy about saving her some face in the subtle ways.
After all, she is the matron of the house and the mother of her children, so she still has to make room for her when it is time to do so.
Shen Zhonglei has always felt that the reason why his back house has been so peaceful and stable over the years is all due to his principle of focusing on the big and letting go of the small, and being relaxed and relaxed.
During the meal, Shen Yunyao rolled her eyes a few times, and suddenly smiled and said to Shen Zhonglei: "Father, you said before that we sisters should spend more time with Miss Zhao when we have time. I plan to go find Miss Zhao when I go down today. As we were talking, who would have thought that Miss Zhao was not in the east cross courtyard, but went to my sister’s room. I didn’t expect that Miss Zhao’s relationship with her sister would be so good.”
Shen Tianshu raised his head and glanced at Shen Yunyao, knowing that if she suddenly mentioned this, she must have a back-up plan waiting for him.
"Miss Zhao has nothing to do in the afternoon, so she just came to sit in my room. Since my sister knows, why don't you come over and talk together?"
"How did sister know that I didn't go?" Shen Yunyao's eyes flashed with evil, "I just never expected that after I went, I heard my sister chatting with Miss Zhao in the room through the window, and what they said. Whose house does a branch of beauty belong to? It belongs to Shen Lang or Deng Xiucai. Oh my, I was so embarrassed just listening to this. I didn’t have the nerve to enter the house, so I had to go back to the room quickly. "
Shen Tianshu frowned slightly when he heard this. Even though several maids were here today, Shen Yunyao sneaked in and eavesdropped without being discovered. These few people under his command were still too inexperienced and they had to be trained as soon as possible. OK.
With these words, Shen Zhonglei and Xu Shi's attention shifted to Shen Tianshu.
Shen Yunyao couldn't help but feel secretly happy, wondering if Shen Tianshu could find any way to defend himself this time.
Mrs. Xu already had a serious face and asked: "Tian Shu, what's going on? You are also a big girl. As the eldest sister in the family, you should set an example. How can you secretly watch such things? See for yourself. You haven’t said it yet, but you want to take Miss Zhao to watch it with you? If this good girl is led astray by you, how can we explain to the Zhao family?"
These words actually directly convicted Shen Tianshu, and even charged her with leading someone else's girl into evil.
Although Shen Zhonglei is a prefect, he is also familiar with the stories circulating in the market.
The main reason is that two years ago in Yongzhou Prefecture, there was a lady who loved to read storybooks, but later she learned the stories in the storybooks and eloped with a poor scholar.
This incident was a big deal at the time and had a very negative impact on the city.
To this end, the government even specially renovated a bookshop.
Therefore, in Shen Zhonglei's impression, those love stories are not serious things.
He didn't want his daughter to watch these shabby things, let alone watch them with other people's children.
He put down his chopsticks, frowned and asked, "Shu'er, what's going on?"
Although Zhao Junrong originally brought the story, Shen Tianshu did not want to blame the incident on her. If Mrs. Zhao found out, she would definitely be punished.
"If the eldest sister doesn't say anything, I'm afraid she'll just acquiesce, right?" Shen Yunyao couldn't help but feel proud.
You know, since Shen Zhonglei came back this time, she has never taken advantage of Shen Tianshu.
Now that Shen Tianshu was finally rendered speechless, she couldn't be happier.
Seeing that Shen Tianshu was silent, Shen Zhonglei shook his head in disappointment and said: "Shu'er, dad always thought you were a sensible child. In the past few days, you have been confined in your room and copied the female commandments ten times before you can go out. .”
When Shen Tianshu heard this, he didn't say anything and bowed down to accept the punishment.
After dinner, she returned to her room. While Mingyu helped Shen Tianshu find the female admonishment, she couldn't help but complain for her: "Girl, all she reads are medical books. Who knows what the story is about? It's obviously Zhao." Girl…”
"Okay, stop talking." Shen Tianshu stopped Mingyu and said, "Junrong is younger than me and is a guest, how can I blame the matter on her? It's just a female commandment. I just need to write it down a few more times. It’s time to practice calligraphy.”
"But if the second girl said this deliberately, wouldn't it damage the girl's image in the eyes of the master?"
Shen Tianshu picked a writing brush, brought it close to his eyes, gently picked away the loose hairs with his fingertips, and calmly said, "Why are you so anxious? What's fake can't be true, and what's true can't be fake."