Five hundred and ninetieth chapters wagtail in the original (nine)
In the house.
Xie sent the mother-in-law who came to ask for advice from the Xie family and ordered the housekeeper to take her to the mother-in-law back. Then he leaned on the couch with a long sigh, and let the maid use a beauty hammer to beat her legs, thinking to herself. With the news brought by the woman.
Since Chen Cang left, the second wife of the Shen family has shown signs of decline. Now that Chenzhou has left his post, there is a Zhongshu Sheren who is as big as a sesame and a young scholar, and this is considered to have completely left the upper circle.
Xie closed his eyes gently and rubbed his eyebrows.
She was quite disliked by the second wife in her heart. If the second wife could not appear in her circle, she would feel more comfortable.
However, Shen Rui had a good marriage, and his father thought he valued Yang Tinghe, so he asked his mother to pass on a message to her, asking her not to neglect Shen Rui because of the second house setback. At this time, contacts with the second house must not be missed.
What about the little scholar, Yang Tinghe's son-in-law, I don't know how many years it takes to get ahead of the exam.
Well, now my younger brother, Tanhualang, has also entered the Hanlin Academy and walked along his father's old path to the cabinet. He always had to gather some young people to drive him. Shen Rui looked smart, and he was also Yang Tinghe's son-in-law is useful.
Xie thought about marriage in his mind, and he couldn't help but think of his eldest son Chen Lin.
The children are old, and there are many matchmakers in front of Xie. However, the mothers in the world have the same heart and always feel that their children are the best. The matchmaker always mentions that there are all kinds of shortcomings, which makes people less satisfy.
The eldest son Chen Lin is only fifteen now, so he is not in a hurry to see him. It is not too late for a man to succeed in his career and get married after he is twenty years old.
But my daughter is a little more important. She should be optimistic about the marriage at the age of thirteen. After the marriage is in trouble, she will be ready to marry her for 160 or 170% in 10 or 2 years.
She actually wanted to marry her daughter back to Xie's family, but she was the youngest girl in the family, and her brother's children were not very matched in age, and she also wanted to see the talents of her nephews. If there was a promising like a younger brother, she I can marry my daughter with confidence.
Just as she was thinking, the knock on her legs suddenly stopped, Xie raised her eyes and saw that her dowry, Mama Dong took the beauty hammer from the maid's hand and sent all the maids and maids out.
Xie waved his hand and asked his mother Dong to sit on the little mat, but she didn't use her to beat her legs, so she asked her: "Have Sister Zhao left?"
Mother Dong didn't dare to be too arrogant. After sitting down, she still gently beat Xie's legs and said with a smile: "Don't worry, ma'am, the old slave sent it out of the door and put everything in a proper manner according to the wife's instructions."
Xie snorted and closed his eyes again.
The mother Dong quickly got up and took the quilt and put it on Xie's body. She sat down and pounded her legs while judging her face, as if sighing: "I didn't expect that the master's aunt, I'm so lucky."
Before Xie opened his eyes, he sighed, stroked the winding embroidery patterns on his sleeves, and said, "If you meet someone wrong, everything depends on your fate, but you cannot do anything at all."
In fact, she has never liked to listen to the word "En Auntie". She recognized Sun's kindness for offering to Chen Li. They should treat Shen Rui better. She is not the one who does not know how to repay kindness, but Chen Li is for Chen. Rui is better than his children, so Xie can't help but taste a little.
Treat Shen Rui like this, and this kindness can be repaid.
Shen Rui has now inherited the second wife, but the second wife is too ignorant to suppress Sun's old kindness!
Xie's dislike of the second wife was also due to this. He always felt that the second wife always treated her and her husband with the attitude of a kind-hearted person, and he always liked to send him to me and be careful when he had something to do.
Although she is the daughter of the cabinet and the wife of the top scholar, she is respected by outsiders and cannot afford to suffer any grievances. But she doesn’t think that the second wife was an elder and a family of nine ministers, so she should be respectful to a fourth-rank Hanlin junior?!
I heard Dong's mother whisper: "That one who has let down her kindness will be rewarded at the end of good and evil."
Xie pulled the corner of his mouth and showed a sarcastic smile. Yes, it turned out that the second wife actually gave up Aunt Sun. How could she still have the face to repay her favor with Aunt Sun's son for her heir?
But he heard Dong's mother sigh, "But now that the Shen family is in Beijing, we are the only one who has the highest official position. In the future, if the tribe members have something to do, they are afraid that they will come to us?"
Xie suddenly opened his eyes and stared at Dong's mother.
Mother Dong seemed to be frightened, and then she showed a grievance and sad expression on her face, "I only feel sorry for my wife, and I'm just working for those who are fighting for the autumn wind."
Xie's face gradually softened and he said quietly: "My master is so kind, what can I do? In fact, things are just fine, money is also a trivial matter. I don't want the master to ask for help."
As she said that, she was also a little annoyed and couldn't help but say a few bitter words with her confidant mother: "Why do you owe a favor? For herself and for Brother Lin'er's studies, she has never asked anyone, but she has spent money to sacrifice her face for outsiders.
How can I not be upset if I ask someone to do it? For the unrelated people in the clan, I went around and went around. I was so sick. He didn't say he stayed to take care of me. Which one is more
critical?!"
Mother Dong hurriedly comforted her and said, "Madam is not too careless! When has the master ever been so careless about his wife? He has always kept his wife in his head!"
He said again: "Didn't that tell the story of the Japanese? I heard that the nine tribes are involved, how can the master not go? It's a blessing that our master went there and also took the face of the master. This is not a beautiful case. Others are talking about it.
It can't do anything anymore."
Xie was a little relieved, moved his body, but only hummed.
Mother Dong smiled and said, "Look at this time, the master will still care about the one who has let down the emperor? Look at me, I'm afraid I don't have to give the Winter Solstice Festival as usual."
However, Xie seemed to suddenly think of something, and sat up and asked, "Go and call Changsheng over. I want to ask. Yesterday, Zhang Man and his whole family came to hand over the cards, saying that the master took three hundred taels in the outer accounting room.
Go silver, what is this for?”
Mother Dong couldn't help but feel embarrassed and advised: "Madam, please ask Lai Changsheng for a question. He must have told the master. If you make the master unhappy, wouldn't it be worth the loss?"
Xie felt a surge of liver fire rushed straight into his forehead and could not be suppressed. Perhaps when he was in a daze, he deliberately contracted the wind and cold to leave his son and fell into the root of the disease. This was always the case for a while, and his scalp often hurts.
I was also very upset. Once I got angry, if I didn't vent it, it would be like I was about to explode, and I was completely different from the calm and composed she used to be.
On the one hand, she was upset about her weak body, and on the other hand, she hated Shen Li for not caring about her.
Before Shen Li returned to Songjiang, the two had already had a feud. Shen Li spent most of the month in the study. When he came back from Songjiang, Shen Li simply did not spend the night with her. Even when he entered the door, he just explained a few things.
, and then left.
She didn't know how much soup to eat to the study, but she couldn't let him come back.
Thinking of this, Xie felt more and more angry. He heard Dong's mother say something, "What's the master? The wife slowly persuades you," Xie suddenly shouted, "What's the use?! When did he hear it
My advice!”
This time, Dong's mother was really shocked, and she also felt that Xie's family had become a little confused recently.
Dong's mother, who didn't want to get angry, quickly stood up to comfort Xie, and then slapped herself and said, "Madam, it's the old slave's stinky mouth..."
Xie's spirit came up and was really unhappy. He grabbed Dong's mother's hand and said with a sharp and loud voice: "Don't you talk about those false things, you said, what did he do with the money? But he ran for the second wife? He looked at it. What, ah, what does he want!"
Mother Dong secretly regretted it, but she squeezed out a smile and advised: "It may not be what the wife thought..."
But Xie didn't hear anything she said at all, and he still chattered: "Is this repaying gratitude or repaying debts? Is it so much gratitude endlessly! It's like a creditor! And isn't my Xie family grateful to him? Why did he do it? Don't return it! Why did you treat me like this!"
A cough suddenly came from outside, and the two of them froze at the same time.
The little maid trembled and put on the cotton curtain, and she lowered her head and didn't dare to lift it up. She let the sun guard outside the house enter the door, and at the same time reported in a low voice: "The master is back."
When Dong's mother jumped up, she took the little boy down, and her face showed real fear of being on her face. She couldn't squeeze out her smile. She wanted to speak but didn't know what to say, so she finally said embarrassedly: "The master is back." .”
She had moved to the door, and seeing that Chen Li ignored her, she quickly retreated from the door.
When he arrived in the yard, Mama Dong glared at the few maids who were silent in the yard with a fierce look. She left a confidant maid from Xie and waved her hand to ask everyone to leave the yard and get away from the distance. So as not to make arguing in the house later, these fools will be so bad that Xie's face will be unfair.
In the room, the couple looked at each other silently and did not quarrel as Mrs. Dong expected.
Chen Li looked at his first wife silently. He didn't mean to listen to the wall, but Xie's words were so loud that he just walked into the yard and heard it.
All kinds of things came to my heart, and won the top scorer and married a lady-in-law. It was the most glorious moment in my life.
What was my wife like at that time?
Gentle and virtuous, good at poetry and music, he is fond of fragrance with him, and is smart and capable in managing his family business. Soon they will have both children and happiness, and admire others.
And when did my wife become like this now?
My aunt and he were recreated with kindness. He also relied on his father-in-law's guidance and assistance in his career. He remembered all these kindnesses in a firm manner and did not dare to forget them for a while. And his wife...
Without an aunt, there would be no later top scholar. But without a top scholar, the Xie family would have the top scholar Zhang San, the Jinshi Li Si, and the Xie family would be the son-in-law, and the Xie family would be the imperial edict.
He always thought that the husband and wife were one, but it was probably wrong.
Thinking about the fact that when he came out of his father-in-law's study just now, the staff revealed that he was already competing for the layout of the Nanjing Imperial College who was missing.
Chen Li took a deep breath and suddenly lost interest in speaking. He was going to tell his wife that he would go to the second room together tomorrow, but looking at his wife, he finally said nothing and turned around and left.
Xie was panicked at first, but the long silence calmed her down again, and a strange thought arose in her heart. She wanted to criticize her, and she could argue and ask instead. However, Shen Li had nothing. Said, I want to leave silently again.
Xie's evil fire rose up again and couldn't help but shout: "What are you doing?"
Chen Li turned around and looked at her coldly, and all her words and anger were frozen in her throat.
Chen Li said lightly: "I'll go to Renshoufang." Then he turned away with his sleeves.
After he turned his back, he never heard a word from Xie. It was not until he walked out of the yard that the wood in the room touched the ground and the teacup broke.
After leaving the yard, he no longer had trivial matters at home. Instead, after Chen Zhou left the job, the Shen family responded to various layouts and casually ordered the butler to move all his clothes and luggage to the study, and then took Changsu out hurriedly and went to the door. Go to the Shen Mansion of Renshoufang.
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The old house of Qiao family
Master Qiao did not look as happy as he should have after getting eighteen thousand taels of silver, but instead hugged in the chair dejectedly, allowing his third brother to get angry and scold him.
Mr. Qiao Er got up several times and wanted to persuade him, but he was pushed away by Mr. Qiao San until Mr. Qiao San was so thrust that he was so angry that he sat in the chair, put aside the elegance of the scholar and drank tea.
Master Qiao said, "I really didn't expect the He family to take that as a certificate for the court..."
Master Qiao San wanted to hit the teacup on his face. He scolded the idiot a hundred and eighty times in his heart, but he really didn't have the strength to scold him again.
The He family inquired about Sun's affairs carefully. Master Qiao San was not a moral gentleman. Naturally, he sold it clean for the He family to help him recover.
But he still has a brain, unlike Master Qiao, who has to sign and write on black and white words after he finished speaking.
The in-laws’ handwriting is a mountain of iron evidence.
The remorse of marriage back then was not the key to convicting Chen Zhou, but it was just another proof that he had always been poor in character. But the Qiao family was able to write this in person because they put themselves on the opposite side of the Shen family.
Especially, Chen Zhou was kicked out of his niece and the daughter of a Jinshi became a concubine. Others were just morally condemned. The authentic family of the Qiao family must show their attitude, and that testimony forced him to do so. The Qiao family cannot be careless or mixed with others. They can only take the style of their in-laws and criticize Chenzhou.
In this way, the Chen Qiao family completely broke up.
But does the Qiao family dare? It’s not that the three masters of the Qiao family cannot beat the Shen family without official positions.
Instead, the lady from the Qiao family made a big mistake and had a serious illness. She was the Shen family’s benevolence and righteousness before she was retired. How could the Qiao family have a position to denounce the Shen family?
Master Qiao San slapped the table and shouted, "Are you going to shirk it out in this way? "
Master Qiao thought to myself that if I don’t sign someone, I won’t pay more money. Of course, I have to sell more secrets to make it more cost-effective.
He has also been in the officialdom, and he is not really stupid. He doesn't know what the He family intends, but he really didn't expect the He family to use it here.
Thinking of Liang, he had the courage again, and suddenly said, "I said I had asked my sister to return home, but you would not stop me! Now, what is Shen Lao Er doing? Putting her eldest sister in Where? Where did you place the Qiao family?!"
Mr. Qiao San really wanted to pat his teacup on the head and open it for him. He forced himself to smash the teacup on the ground, "You still dare to say this! You don't know what the eldest sister looks like? !you do not know?!"
Master Qiao San was so angry that he pleased the He family and wanted to have a way to recover, but he never thought of giving up the Shen family. Especially his brother-in-law Chen Zhou, he was confident that Chen Zhou would still help him.
But now, his brother-in-law was beaten to the end and lost his official position! He was even worse than him!
The Qiao family made every effort to push down the Shen family again, clearly trying to be an enemy!
Where can he rely on the Shen family?
And the He family... With Master Qiao, who said whatever he asked, said, and wrote whatever he asked, how could he use him? If he gave him money, how could he care about Qiao San's resumption?
Master Qiao San's forehead bulged, how could he be a brother? He suddenly overthrew the case and kicked the chair down. If he hadn't been resuming, he would not have left behind moral stains. He really wanted to have this brother.
Gratefulness and righteousness are eliminated!
"If you still have a brain," Master Qiao San pointed at Master Qiao and said viciously, "I have eaten enough of the He family. Don't collude with the He family again in the future. Don't leave any more ink! No one can ask about it!
, no longer can be said that the Shen family is not!"
Master Qiao snorted from his nose, drooping his eyes and not responding.
After all, the Shen family at the left and right have offended them, and the Shen family at the left and right have no officials. If there is still money to take it, why don’t he take it? He doesn’t need to get it back.
Master Qiao San saw through Master Qiao’s thoughts almost instantly, and wanted to beat him to death. He forced himself to endure it and said, “I’m foolish, do you think the Shen family is only one in-law in the Qiao family?!”
Only then did Master Qiao raise his eyelids and look at Master Qiao San.
The chill in Master Qiao San's words could almost condense into ice. "If you don't want to lose all your property and be driven out of the capital, don't do anything."
His eyes were also shining with cold light, "Let me talk about it after I get up. Of course, I can't just forget my sister's grievances. Wait until I get up, let's talk about it after I get up."
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Renshoufang, Shenfu
Just when outsiders were trying to guess the Shen family, there was no panic in the Shen Mansion where Xu was in charge.
After experiencing the situation where the Shen family's status plummeted after Shen Bang and the nine ministers of Shen Cang and his son died, Xu seemed extremely calm about the second master's resignation.
Originally, she was mentally prepared for the Liang family, and that would be revealed sooner or later. Even if Qiao was lost early and Liang was quietly straightened, it might not be able to completely erase it, let alone Qiao family is still there now.
.
When Shen Rui galloped home quickly, he saw that everything was normal at home, and his mother Xu's face was not even a little sad.
"I just underestimated the He family." Xu sighed, "The He family is playing beautifully with their hands. We only think that he will dig out old things and damage the foundation of the Shen family, but he did not expect that he would demolish the Shen family's officialdom.
beams and pillars.”
Shen Rui gritted his teeth and said, "He Dongsheng, a villain, is accustomed to poaching people's secrets."
Shen Rui was also mentally prepared for the Liang family affairs, but it was fine if Shen Zhou had lost his personal morality, but he even pulled Sun family out.
The marriage between Sun and Shen Zhou was revealed to the world, which made Shen Rui, who was the son of Sun, feel particularly uncomfortable. He was not an ancient person, and he did not have the embarrassment and shame that his mother had ever been regretted and his reputation was not pure enough. He only had to delay his death with He Dongsheng.
The anger of Sun's going into the water.
The third master Shen Runchu was also extremely angry. After being scolded by Xu, he did not get angry easily. He only said to Shen Rui: "I have sent someone to He Pingsheng. The He family bullies me, the Shen family, so I can't do it.
Let him go."
Shen Rui nodded and said, "As soon as Brother Ying got the news that his second uncle had left his job, he would definitely take action closely, and we don't need to arrange anything here."
He paused, and had only sent Li Chang back to report a letter. Now he briefly told Xu and the third master about the incidents of the victims investigated in the past two days.
Shen Rui said: "I am going to write these things into a note and hand them to the emperor through Zhang Hui. There are also supplements to the Xiyuan affairs."
Xu praised his eyes and nodded, "This is the best. We cannot be disrupted by the He family."
Shen Rui responded and said, "Although the victims belong to Pingyang Prefecture, the disaster relief is not good, causing the victims to go to Beijing. The governments and the Shanxi Provincial Administration and the General Office of the Shanxi Province will also be killed. Brother Shu..."
Chen Hu was sent to the Shanxi Provincial Administrator's Office. After Chen Zhou left office, only the pillars and pillars of the Shen family's officialdom were left.
Chen Li is the son-in-law of the cabinet, so no one will move at any time. Chen Li is hard to say.
He Nansheng was able to harm Chen Jun in the south, which shows that the relationship between the He family and the Shen family's clan house was as thin as paper. It is unknown if He Dongsheng wanted to win another battle and took action to defeat Chen Zhu.
Xu's face was solemn.
The third master shook his head and said, "This matter is indisputable. If the emperor holds all the prefectures accountable, Brother Kuo can only admit it. Besides, even if there is no He family, there are other families. It is useless to think too much, Brother Rui, and Do the present first.”