Shen Yuanlin ran all the way to the front office. The servants at home didn't know what was going on, so naturally no one stopped him and let him run all the way to Shen Zhonglei.
"Dad..." Shen Yuanlin ran into the house and saw that besides Shen Zhonglei there were other people in the house. He hurriedly slowed down and stepped forward, saluting respectfully, "Father, the child is back."
Shen Zhonglei suddenly saw Shen Yuanlin, and the habit he had developed over the years still made him smile reflexively.
But when he saw Shen Yuanlin's appearance clearly, his face immediately overlapped with that of Zhao Haijun, and a feeling of disgust rose from the bottom of his heart.
He barely maintained the expression on his face, showing no clues, but his eyes still revealed a trace of hatred that he had no time to hide.
No one else noticed, but Shen Yuanlin, who was standing opposite him, only felt chills running down his back.
However, he didn't think much about it. He just thought that he was too unruly when he ran in and yelled, which made his father feel that he had lost face in front of his subordinates.
So he made up for it in time by greeting a few people and saying a few polite words.
"After Master Shen went to Sanyi Academy, he became more and more calm and courteous. Your Lord's choice is indeed right. You should send that bastard of mine to him later, so that he can calm down."
"A tiger father has no dog son. Master Shen is first-class in both knowledge and political achievements. Naturally, Master Shen cannot be any worse."
Once someone takes the initiative, others will follow you and praise you one by one.
If it had been normal, Shen Zhonglei would have listened with relish to this kind of flattery that he knew was flattery.
But today, these words were like a slap in the face.
Everyone praised a few words, and seeing that Shen Zhonglei's expression didn't seem to change, and he wasn't laughing as much as usual and being modest, they all stopped talking, looked at each other, and wisely found an excuse to leave one after another. .
After everyone else in the room had left, Shen Yuanlin first couldn't help but asked: "Dad, why did the old lady send someone to put my mother under house arrest?"
Shen Zhonglei's face, which was still wearing a fake smile, instantly darkened. He slapped the table and said, "Is this the first thing you want to say when you see me when you come back?
"I locked up your mother because she did something wrong, of course. Are you questioning me or the old lady?"
Shen Yuanlin had never heard such serious words since he was a child. The circles under his eyes immediately turned red, but he still gritted his teeth and said: "Dad, you don't know, today I went back to see my mother, but I was stopped by two mothers-in-law. They said that if I want to go in, I have to be prepared not to come out. How crazy are they?
"No matter how wrong Mom is, she is still your wife and the mistress of the house. If you lock her up without any reason, wouldn't it mean that Mom loses her prestige in front of the servants, and how can she convince others in the future..."
"You have been studying in the academy for a few months, and you have really made progress!" Shen Zhonglei said in a mocking tone, "In the past, you only knew how to act like a spoiled brat with me, but now you can talk about these big principles to suppress me?"
Shen Yuanlin was stunned by what he said and looked at him blankly. Suddenly, he felt that his father seemed to be a different person since he had been away from home for more than a month.
"Dad, my son didn't mean that, it's just..."
"Why don't you ask what mistake your mother made?"
Shen Yuanlin raised his eyes and looked at Shen Zhonglei's face, and whispered: "Didn't you tell your son before that when a man respects and loves his wife, he is actually protecting his own dignity and face.
"Mother made a mistake, you can punish her in any way you want in private, but is house arrest a bit too much..."
"Do you think it's over?" Shen Zhonglei snorted coldly, and suddenly raised his voice and said outside, "Come here, go and invite Madam to the front office."
Not long after, Mrs. Xu came to Qianya.
When she saw Shen Yuanlin, she wanted to rush forward, but then she saw Shen Zhonglei sitting on top with a dark face, and immediately stopped.
Shen Zhonglei stood up and said: "You two come with me, the others stay here."
Shen Yuanlin stood up confused, not knowing what kind of medicine his father was selling in the gourd.
Mrs. Xu's heart broke when she saw her son's eyes looking at her full of confusion and confusion.
Shen Zhonglei led the two of them towards his study room in front of the office.
Xu looked at the door that made her fall into hell instantly, dug her nails into her palms, and used all her strength to resist the urge to turn around and run away.
Every step she took was like stepping on the tip of a knife, which was painful.
But looking at her son who was walking in front and didn't know anything, she could only force herself to keep walking.
Shen Zhonglei asked Xu's mother and son to wait in the study, and he went to the backyard first and said to Xie Tong and Xie Qi: "I have something to ask this person, so I'd like to trouble you two to get rid of his drug for the time being.
"As long as I'm here to watch, everything will be fine. You two have worked hard guarding here for many days. Why don't you go out for a cup of tea and take a walk around the city."
Shen Zhonglei said and handed over two silver ingots.
Xie Tong and Xie Qi naturally knew what Shen Zhonglei wanted, but they didn't expect that he would be quite generous.
The two of them did not refuse, and after thanking Shen Zhonglei, they took the silver ingot.
Xie Tong entered the room and fed Zhao Haijun an antidote. Xie Qi took out a incense tablet, put it in the incense burner and lit it, saying: "Master Shen, people will wake up after a cup of tea. This incense tablet can keep him awake. Do you have
Just ask whatever you want to ask, the two of us brothers are going out for a walk and will be back in about an hour."
"Thank you both." Shen Zhonglei was still very polite to the people in Prince Rui's Mansion.
When Xie Tong and Xie Qi go out, they must pass by the study.
Shen Yuanlin turned his head when he heard the voice and looked at the two unfamiliar faces curiously.
The two stepped forward to greet each other and said, "I have met Mrs. Shen and I have met Young Master Shen."
Mrs. Xu knew the identity of these two people and said politely: "You two gentlemen are too polite. Are you still used to living in the house? Is the food delicious?"
Xie Tong said with a smile: "Mrs. Shen is so polite. The family entertained her very well. What's more, Master Shen even gave us money to let our brothers go out for a stroll, which made us all embarrassed."
Xie Qi was more straightforward. He took out a small wooden sign with the emblem engraved on it from his arms, handed it to Shen Yuanlin and said: "Although we brothers are here for official business, Mr. Shen has always taken good care of us, and we have nothing to do with it."
able to repay.
"This is a sign with my emblem engraved on it. It is given to Master Shen. If there is anything that needs our brothers' service in the future, someone can come to us with the wooden sign. As long as it does not violate national laws and family rules, we brothers will definitely not stand idly by.
"
When Shen Yuanlin heard this, he turned to look at Mrs. Xu.
"I still haven't thanked you two gentlemen." Mrs. Xu was a little overjoyed, and hurriedly took the wooden sign from her son, stuffed it into his arms and put it away.
Looking at Shen Zhonglei's current appearance, he has made up his mind to show off his cards face to face.
She couldn't guess what the future would be like. It would be good to have a little more support at this time.