This year, the spring in Beijing is short. The weather quickly became hot since I took off my cotton coat. By the end of April, I felt like I was in the dog days and the fire was getting on during the day.
It’s okay if you have elderly and children at home, you will suffer. You will be cold in the morning and evening, so you dare not take off your clothes too much.
"The weather this year is very evil, it's not the Dragon Boat Festival yet..." The third wife, holding a wet veil, wiped her son's armpits, and said to her husband.
The third master also held a folding fan in his hand and was fanning the flames for his son.
Although the fourth brother calculated five years of age, he was only three and a half years old, but he was a villain. He was surrounded by his parents with his bare breasts a little shy, so he leaned against the third wife: "Dad, mother, not hot...
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I sweated on my forehead and my back was soaked. Where can I not be hot?
The third wife caressed the son's head lovingly. The third master remembered the other side of the room and said, "I asked someone to prepare more light food in the past two days. My sister-in-law is also afraid of the heat and is getting older again..."
The third wife said, "I have asked someone to buy a lot of cucumbers to prepare. It is good to make pies and soups. My sister-in-law likes to eat..." Speaking of this, she couldn't help but worry about the third wife, "Mr. You must also be careful.
Although I am decent in my work, I can’t help myself every day…”
The third master disagreed and said, "It will be fine after the Dragon Boat Festival, and then there will be ice in the yamen..."
The fourth brother's parents stared at him, and the servants and maids didn't dare to look at each other. However, they were getting better every day, but Xu began to suffer from summer, and had irregular diet and became ineffective.
Although Shen Rui was studying behind closed doors, he was not as clear as he was about to turn a blind eye to the outside world. He immediately realized it.
The third master and the third wife were alarmed. The third master was worried and even asked someone to take a leave of absence to the yamen.
When I invited the doctor over, I only said that it was body heat and prescribed two prescriptions to clear heat and remove heat.
Seeing everyone's worried faces, Xu smiled bitterly and said, "After all, I'm old, I haven't had a bitter summer for many years, and I've started to struggle again..."
The third master said, "In this weather, let alone my sister-in-law loves bitter summer, even if I am not afraid of heat, I will feel uncomfortable when I see the sky..."
Although Xu knew that the third master was worried about him, he still said, "Uncle San was still going to the yamen. I have nothing to do, so why can I just delay my errands? You have been there for less than a year, so be more cautious.
The third master waved his hand and said, "Sister-in-law, I have a free time for my job, so I can take leave without any trouble..."
The third master is a member of the Zhongshu Shechen, who is under the Zhongshu Shechen School. He has twenty servants, who are in charge of copying edicts, making edicts, silver books, iron vouchers, etc. In addition to the Zhongshu Shechen School, there is also Wenhua Hall.
, Wuying Hall should be directly under the cabinet and the imperial edict room, and the imperial edict room is enacted, but the number of posts is not fixed. Wenhua Hall is in charge of copying books according to the orders; Wuying Hall is in charge of seal and writing treasures, books, and pages according to the orders.
;The edicts of the housekeeper, the edicts of the clerk, the edicts of the clerk, the translation of the edicts and foreign documents, the letters were revealed, the Ministry of War recorded the merits, and the bottom book was investigated; the edicts of the housekeeper, the edicts of the clerk, the edicts, the edicts, the edicts, the book, the treasures
, jade letters, sermons, monuments, and other confidential documents, and the imperial edicts and talismans of each royal palace.
The five types of sects have a total of more than a hundred people. The last four types belong to the sects of the direct palace. If you have specific responsibilities, you will not be idle every day. The Zhongsenzi seems particularly leisurely, even if you have an occasional edict.
The edict and the edict are in charge. How many old shepherds are taking turns before the edict, but they can’t fall on the third master. Not to mention taking a day off occasionally, there are many people who are in charge of the title of Secretariat and are not on duty.
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Xu also knew a little, so he stopped talking and said, "It's good that you know what you know..."
Seeing Xu's depressedness, Shen Rui said, "Mother, otherwise my son will take his mother to live in Xishan Villa in a few days... The West Mountain will be cooler..."
Xu shook his head and said, "No need to make trouble. The seasons have changed in the past few days, so it will be uncomfortable. It will be better in a few days...
No matter how the third master and his wife persuaded Shen Rui, Xu refused to go to the suburbs to escape the summer heat. First, he was worried about the third master's family, and second, he was unwilling to delay Shen Rui's study.
Although Shen Rui is a filial piety and studying, he is not good at running out, but whether he is meditating or Wang Shouren, he pays special attention to his learning progress. He asked people to send the articles every ten years and carefully corrected the comments. He waited until March. Then they changed it for five days to see it. When they were free of time, the two of them often came here and personally taught Shen Rui.
Neither Chen Li nor Wang Shouren is very utilitarian. If it were usual, he would not have urged Shen Rui like this. Now that Chen Jin is born, Shen Rui is still as still as a mountain, these two people are inevitably thought of by Shen Rui. think.
Although Shen Rui succeeded to the second wife, Chen Jin was still his benign brother. The relationship between the two was inseparable. If Shen Rui had average grades in the imperial examination, people would inevitably compare themselves and would be more harsh and picky about Shen Rui.
Whether as brothers or as teachers, Chen Li and Wang Shouren hoped that Shen Rui would be successful, so they did not want him to fall into an embarrassing situation. Therefore, these two people liked Shen Rui's not jealous of being lenient and peaceful, while they were secretly I hated him for not being motivated, and stared at his homework so much tighter.
On the street outside Qianmen, Chen Zhu lifted up the carriage curtain and looked at the towering city wall in front of him, as if he was a different world.
Putting down the curtain of the car, looking back at the young man in Confucian uniform beside him, Chen Zhu said, "Second brother, after entering the city, which family should we... go first?"
The young man sitting next to him was not someone else, but Chen Zhu's cousin Shen Ling.
Although Shen Ling was engaged in business in her early years, she had been with the clan Bo Chenzhou since the 14th year of Hongzhi. Over the past few years, she not only donated her reputation as a student, but also achieved a little success in studying with Chenzhou, even if she was not yet engaged in career. At that time, the atmosphere of the city was wiped out and he looked like a gentle scholar.
After hearing Chen Zhu's words, Shen Ling hesitated. He was ordered by Chen Zhou to go to Beijing. After entering the city, he should have gone to the closest second house, but this time he was accompanying the guest, for the third house, Chen Zhou ordered him to go to Beijing. The person I look for is also meditated.
"It's better to go to the brothers of the sixth clan first, and then go back to see the elders of the second and fifth clans." Shen Ling thought for a moment and made a decision.
The troublesome thing like the third bedroom is mixed with the fourth bedroom, which is not suitable to get the second bedroom. Not to mention that the second bedroom's grand clan has passed away and the court has no support. Even Shen Rui's identity is not suitable to participate in this. Go in the matter.
Shenzhu's face remained unchanged, but he felt a sigh of relief in his heart.
Whether it was a fifth or second bedroom, Chen Zhu didn't want to see her. If her family had not been in trouble and had to go to Beijing for help, he wouldn't even want to come to Beijing.
With the two provincial examinations, Chen Zhu's early success has long been gone. Now he is less and less in love with seeing others, but he has lost all his early swagger and frivolity.
When the two cousins came to Chen Li's house and asked someone to send a message inside, Chen Li was not at home. When Xie heard that the Songjiang tribe had arrived, he was a little surprised and asked the housekeeper: "I haven't heard from the master recently that there is any When the clan relatives arrived in Beijing, which room was this? Could it be that outsiders used the name to cling to it, right?"
The housekeeper met Shen Ling and said, "It is Master Ling and Master Zhu Jiu from the third room... I have been to Beijing in my early years and have also met my wife..."
Only then did Xie remember the two of them and said curiously: "It turned out to be the two of them. Shen Ling was not with the second house uncle in Nanjing. Could it be that something happened in Nanjing?"
The housekeeper didn't know that although Xie was curious, his uncle and sister-in-law needed to avoid it. Although they asked the two to meet, they didn't ask much, and only ordered people to prepare a guest room. It was just a command, and I thought Shen Ling would take the church. I went to the second room. After all, in the eyes of outsiders, Shen Ling is now dependent on the second room. She didn't expect that after Shen Ling thanked her, she really brought Shen Zhu to stay.
When the two of them went down, Xie couldn't help but frown.
The woman next to him advised: "It's just two people who have settled down in Qiufeng. It's hard to be a wife? It's delicious to be a treat. I'll give you some money when I leave. It's right inside and out. After all, it's the master's brother. , the wife just treats it as a virtuous person to show the master.”
Xie shook his head and said, "Who can't bear to give up a few dollars? This is not a matter of money or not. I'm afraid there is trouble in Songjiang to find the master... Although the master doesn't like to get close to the tribesmen there, he really wants to meet the man. Can you still stand by and watch with your mouth?"
The woman said, "Since the eldest grandson of the second house passed away, the Shen family is not just counting on our master...
When Xie thought of this, he was both proud and worried, and sighed: "Fortunately, I was far away. Otherwise, this one would come to the door today and that one tomorrow would be a headache..."
Chen Zhu took a short rest and came to Shen Ling's place and said worriedly: "Second brother, the sixth clan brother is only from the fifth rank, Master He is the third rank, can Master He give face to brothers from the sixth rank? Even if you don’t want to take care of the matter, you should think of a proper way…”
Shen Ling looked at her cousin and said, "The sixth clan brother was promoted to Zuo Shuzi at the end of last year. Although he is now a lecturer in the Hanlin Academy, he is already a fifth-rank..."
Chen Zhu choked and said, "That's how many times is Li Zheng's third grade..."
Shen Ling said: "What if I do the ninth brother's opinion?"
Chen Zhu thought for a while and said, "I should have invited the elder brother to say the best. After all, the two families are in-laws, and it is not good to both families. But who told the elder brother to go to Shanxi... Although the elder brother of the second house passed away, After all, he was Mr. He and Shangguan during his lifetime. If the uncle was willing to come forward to talk about the title, he would be a second-rank imperial edict, so he would always give him some face."
Shen Ling's expression faded.
Xu is a widowed woman. Is the Shen family man dead? Let a widowed woman come forward and run around?
As for the in-laws with the He family, it is just a joke now. If the He family was thinking about in-laws, they would not have repeatedly plotted against the Shen family's property. Even the master of Zongfang refused to mediate the matter from it, and only sent Shen Zhu in. In Beijing, I knew that Master Zongfang understood the actual relationship between He Chen’s two families.
Chen Zhu didn't want to go to Beijing to ask for help directly, so she went to Nanjing to find Shen Ling, and wanted the second wife to come forward to take on the matter.
Chen Zhou knew his own weight, and there were four other things. He was worried that Shen Rui did not take charge of this matter, so he asked Shen Ling to accompany Chen Zhu to Beijing...