When Shen Ji'an walked into Shou'an Hall, he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, Shen Jizhong, Shen Jitang and Shen Junhao were all there, Feng Shi sat on it and couldn't see anything, but his eldest brother, second brother and nephew seemed to have a somewhat stern expression.

Thinking about it carefully, it seems that he hasn't done anything out of the ordinary recently, Shen Ji'an was a little relieved, and secretly said in his heart, could it be that there is something that he doesn't know about happening?

Shen Ji'an stepped forward to greet Feng, but he didn't get any specific instructions, and sat down suspiciously to Shen Jitang.

"Now that we're all here, let's talk about Brother Hao'er. Feng Shi looked at Shen Junhao as he spoke, and tilted his head to him: "Brother Hao, what you say is also your lifelong event, so it's up to you to tell your third uncle the reason." ”

"Yes, the elders of Lao have bothered about Junhao's affairs. After Shen Junhao stood up and saluted the Feng family, he arched his hand to his father and two uncles, and finally said to Shen Ji'an: "Third uncle, my grandmother called my father and uncles today to discuss the matter of me and the eldest granddaughter of the Cao family. ”

"Withdrawing from relatives?!" Shen Ji'an looked at Feng in surprise, seeing that Feng didn't say anything, he looked at his eldest brother and second brother again, and asked, "What's the matter, it's a good family matter, why do you suddenly want to retreat?"

Shen Jizhong said: "It's not all of a sudden, in fact, when the second brother came back a few years ago, the Cao family faintly revealed the intention of retiring from the family. ”

"What? The Cao family is so unscrupulous, this marriage has always been a good marriage with two surnames, Brother Hao'er's marriage has been set for a few years, and now when it comes to quitting the family, is it to deceive me that there is no one in the Shen family?" Shen Ji'an said and expressed his dissatisfaction with the Cao family, wanting to find trouble.

Feng Shi looked at Shen Ji'an the same: "Don't be impatient, listen to the words before talking." ”

Shen Ji'an still wanted to say anything, so he had to choke back his words and ask Shen Junhao: "Brother Hao, what the hell are you talking about, if the Cao family bullies you, don't be afraid that the third uncle will call the shots for you." ”

Shen Jizhong was speechless at his third brother's words: "My father is still here, will I wronged Brother Hao?"

Shen Ji'an smiled a little wryly: "It's a quick mouth, don't mind big brother." Brother Hao, what's going on, hurry up and talk to me about it. ”

Shen Junhao said: "A few years ago, the Cao family secretly expressed the intention of retiring from the family, because the Cao family did not officially come to talk about it at that time, and it was the New Year's Festival at that time, so the family was busy and didn't care about it.

After fifteen years, my grandmother read this and deliberately asked Mama Yan to take someone to Cao's house, but who knew that the eldest lady of the Cao family, who received Mama Yan, flatly denied it. I thought that the marriage would probably be held as scheduled, but who knows, a few days ago, the old lady of the Cao family actually came to see her grandmother in person and said that she was going to withdraw from the family affair.

Grandmother asked the reason, but Mrs. Cao was silent, and asked in a hurry, and only said that it was Miss Cao's Fubo, who originally compensated our family twice for the engagement, and only asked for a divorce. ”

Shen Ji'an knew that there was a problem as soon as he heard it: "This Cao family is so repeated, something is wrong, the marriage of this eldest granddaughter is not a child's play, and besides, this Miss Cao family is married to Brother Hao, this future is the position of a sect wife, it is impossible for them not to consider it?"

My mother also had this suspicion, so she didn't respond immediately at that time, but only said that she would consider it. After the Cao family left, he sent someone out to inquire carefully about the Cao family's recent affairs. found that there was nothing special, and the matter of Miss Cao was not revealed at all. Shen Jizhong said on the side, "But later the second brother found out some clues." ”

Shen Jitang said: "Actually, it's still a matter of the court, a few years ago, the saint approved the cabinet of Lord Li's Zhishi excerpt, and everyone in the court knew that Lord Li would completely withdraw from the court in April this year at most, and the cabinet would vacate a position, and now the most qualified person in the court is Lord Cao, who is the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, and the grandfather of Brother Hao, who is the secretary of the Ministry of Households. ”

Shen Ji'an raised his eyebrows: "Yo, so the two families and we are both in-laws, but what does this have to do with Brother Hao'er's marriage?"

"Originally, it didn't matter, but I found out that Lord Cao secretly had contact with the second prince a few years ago, and I was afraid that it was because of the second prince, so the Cao family intended to marry the second prince, so I sent someone to reveal our intention to withdraw from the family. ”

"Doesn't the second prince already have a concubine?" Shen Jitang glanced at it, and Shen Ji'an immediately reacted, and couldn't help but laugh, "It's that I think it's bad, now that the princes are coming of age one after another, there are many people who want to seek glory and wealth." ”

Shen Jitang nodded and said: "It's just that the Cao family ignored how the royal family could let the side concubine's birth be higher than that of the main concubine, if the Cao family lady really entered the Second Prince's Mansion, this concubine's background is not as good as the side concubine, and then this concubine will look good." The second prince must have known this, so he refused. ”

Shen Ji'an asked, "Then what happened to the Cao family again and again?"

Shen Jizhong said: "This is my guess and your second brother's speculation, but I'm afraid that it was also the second prince who signaled the Cao family to withdraw from our family, and the second prince may also figure out the means of guò marriage to win over our Shen family." After a pause, he said: "The eldest daughter of the second prince is already eleven years old this year. ”

Shen Ji'an also realized the problem, the status and position of the Shen family.

The Shen family was weak back then, and it had been outside the core of the court's power, but it suddenly had a highly sought after reputation of "one class and three jinshi, father and son", and for a while it was very popular among students and scholars, and there was a faint momentum of a leader of Qingliu celebrities.

At that time, the lord of the Shen family made up his mind decisively, preemptively surrendered to the saint, and even more dedicated to his post to have the current status of the Shen family, only the Shen family also faintly had the momentum of loyalty and royalism, and the princes were absolutely not involved.

"Then what about our marriage with the Cao family now?" asked Shen Ji'an.

Feng glanced at his son and grandson, and said, "You know the insistence of our Shen family, the second prince doesn't have to think about it, the Shen family must not participate in the affairs of the princes." On the Cao family's side, I thought it was a good family affair, but now it ...... It's okay like this, after all, people haven't taken it in, even if the Cao family wants to repeat it, we should also withdraw from this family business, the Cao family has already caught up with the second prince, if we still get married, I'm afraid that our Shen family can't get out, just take this opportunity to draw a clear line with the Cao family. ”

"Since my mother has made a decision, I have no objection at that time, let's go together in the afternoon, sign the divorce letter and withdraw from this family business. Now that the business is finished, Shen Ji'an couldn't help but smile and rub his hands.

Feng took the Ma family and came to the Cao family under the escort of Shen Jizhong's brothers, and saw that someone had already come out.

Shen Ji's cousins followed the maid who led the way to the front yard, and Feng took Ma to Mrs. Cao's main house.

Mrs. Cao was nearly ten years older than Feng, and she looked a lot older, her hair was already black and white, her face was already skinny, and her folds looked particularly obvious.

Feng and Mrs. Cao were also acquainted, so they greeted each other: "Old sister, I haven't seen you for a long time, and your health has always been good?"

Mrs. Cao and Feng sat side by side, and said with a smile: "I can't compare to you, in the end you are younger than me, and you look much tougher than me. ”

The eldest lady of the Cao family sat down with the old lady and said: "Mother, why should you be humble, to put it mildly, there are now blessed people like mother and old lady Feng, and there are not a few people in the whole Dayin. ”

Mrs. Cao smiled and said to Feng: "Look at my daughter-in-law here, she has a clever mouth, and she is all making me happy." Even so, there was a look of pride on his face.

"It seems that the old sister still has a good eye, and the daughters-in-law she takes are like this, unlike me, who married some clumsy ones. Feng Shi agreed, thinking of today's intention, and immediately said straight to the point: "Old sister, don't blame me for bothering, today is nothing to do without going to the Three Treasures Palace, I guess you also know that according to our meaning, our brother Hao must be unblessed, can't marry your eldest sister, our two family affairs, now it seems, let's give up." ”

No matter how you say it, it's your daughter's family affair, and if you get married and quit your family, no matter what, it will hurt the woman a lot. Mrs. Cao is also very hesitant, but there is no way, now that the two princes have intervened, although Mrs. Cao loves her daughter, she can't help but think about her own children.

Mrs. Cao said to Feng with a sad face: "Old Mrs. Feng, to be honest, which of these mothers doesn't want their children to have a good relationship, especially their daughters, you said that this withdrawal of relatives will always hurt the woman more, if it is not a last resort, we also don't want to do this, and forget to understand, although we can't become in-laws, I hope we don't break off contact because of this time." ”

Feng said: "Mrs. Cao is right, it is also our brother Hao is not blessed, and your sister is fateful, although the marriage of the two juniors has not been completed, but our two families have intersected with each other for a day or two, how can it be affected because of a marriage." ”

"It's not us, today we will return the marriage book to you, the original dowry you sent has been sorted out, and we have prepared an apology for you according to the dowry, I just hope that the old sister will not mind. After Mrs. Cao finished speaking, she sent someone to the front yard to ask the old men outside how they were talking.

After a while, someone went back and forth: "The old man in front has already negotiated, and the old man said to invite Mrs. Feng and Grandma Shen to the flower hall in front of the head, and everyone will meet and discuss together." ”

Old Madam Cao looked at Feng: "You two look?"

Feng Shi smiled and said, "Old sister, you're welcome, it's what the old man in front of me meant, we just have to move the car." This is not only a big deal to get married, but also to be more cautious about withdrawing from relatives. ”

In fact, it is not for anything else to gather in the flower hall, although it is to withdraw from relatives, but the two families still intend to keep in touch, and they don't want to withdraw from relatives and really quit an enemy.

Although the Shen family has always been relatively passive in the matter of withdrawing from relatives, and has decided not to communicate more with the Cao family, who has already taken the second prince, they will not refuse to maintain that friendly relationship.

As a result, both parties deliberately maintained, and the matter of retiring relatives was quickly done, and the two families returned the marriage letter, and the Shen family originally shirked the compensation of the Cao family, and both sides pushed it for a long time, and finally it was the Feng family who made the decision and took the compensation.

After settling the matter of retiring from relatives, I was really talking, and suddenly there was a notification from far and near outside: "The second prince has arrived-".