Xie and Mrs. Xia were talking to the people in the Xia family's relatives, and the big kitchen had prepared breakfast early, because there were a lot of people in the Xia family, so the Eight Immortals table in the Xia family's flower hall and the side hall and the east wing room were full of people.

The faction is jubilant and lively.

Chanyi and Chu Shaoyuan came in hand in hand, and saw that the Xie family was smiling and chattering, and the people in the Luo Xia family were sitting down.

Chan Yi walked over quickly, first saluted Old Madam Xia with Chu Shaoyuan, and then turned around to help the Xie family settle down.

Xie Shi hurriedly pressed her hand that came over to help: "You kid, don't make trouble here, go back to the flower hall and have breakfast with your grandmother," and then turned his head to Chu Shaoyuan and said, "Brother Chen is in the outer courtyard with the master, I have asked you several times, and this house is full of female dependents, you go to the outer courtyard for a while, and then go to the Lanxin Courtyard to rest after breakfast, and when the time comes, you will have your own subordinates to call you." ”

Xie's face was full of love, his eyes were particularly gentle, and when he looked at Chu Shaoyuan, that kind of heartfelt concern could not be concealed.

Chu Shaoyuan nodded with a smile, glanced at Chanyi, and then turned around and went to the outer courtyard.

The outer courtyard was full of people, most of them were members of the Xia family, and many of them knew Chu Shaoyuan, and when they saw him coming, they were busy saluting and greeting him, which made the scene even more chaotic for a while.

Chu Shaoyuan said a few words indifferently, and Xia Shijing pushed aside the crowd and called Chu Shaoyuan into the side hall alone.

He looked at Chu Shaoyuan with some eagerness: "It is said that the Ministry of Industry about Qin Bohou's case is very involved, have you heard?"

Chu Shaoyuan's heart moved slightly, he naturally knew the size of the Ministry of Industry, but he didn't know what Xia Shijing was talking about, and his eyes looked at him lightly: "No matter how big the implication is, there will always be a day when it will be investigated, since my father handed over the Ministry of Industry to me, this is the idea." ”

He was too lazy to go around the bend with Xia Shijing, so he simply said what he meant.

Xia Shijing's face changed, and he stopped him: "No, absolutely not! Do you know who these people are involved?"

Chu Shaoyuan was silent, just looked at him quietly, and there was a bit of unfathomable light in his amber-like bright eyes.

Xia Shijing was anxious: "These things are very powerful, don't take it seriously! It not only involves Qin Bohou, but also your grandfather will also be implicated, you must not go down to investigate, stop when you go to Qin Bohou, your grandfather has just been praised by the emperor, if you continue to investigate like this, you will also drag down your grandfather's reputation!"

The most important thing is that he has been in close contact with the Xie family all these years, although he later did such a secret thing for the emperor through Aunt Yan, but whether the emperor took him as a confidant, he couldn't understand it himself, and he also knew that since Chu Shaoyuan returned to the palace these days, he had become more and more unholy day by day.

But this will implicate his own affairs, and he is still a little frightened after knowing it.

Chu Shaoyuan's brows furrowed, "Father-in-law, which adult in the court did you hear about this?"

Xia Shijing said: "You don't care who said it, in short, I have investigated this matter, your grandfather is weak after all, and the affairs of the Ministry of Industry are not completely controlled by him with a book, and if the people below are a little wrong, people will complain about your grandfather, especially these things, if it weren't for your grandfather's early retreat, I'm afraid that Qin Bohou's case will also involve him!"

Chu Shaoyuan heard that he refused to tell the truth to himself, but he still blindly talked about Xie Ningyuan, and he was a little impatient at the moment.

He is not ignorant at all, although his grandfather Xie Ningyuan has been working as a scholar in the Ministry of Industry, but in the end, he was ordered by the emperor to do it, and it is impossible for his father to be unaware of many things, and for so many years, his grandfather has been in the position of the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, and these things have not been hidden from his father, he does not believe that his father will condemn him after Xie Ningyuan has retired.

This reminded him of the dossier he had read before, Lin Baixuan, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry more than ten years ago, was framed and his family was ruined, and he helped Lin Baixuan's family rehabilitate after his father ascended the throne, and his father has been in power for many years, and he will never convict a person if the evidence is insufficient.

Therefore, Xia Shijing's concern is actually not so serious.

It's just that......

Chu Shaoyuan looked at Xia Shijing's urgency.

He couldn't help but close his eyes, and the unsightly meaning in his heart poured out again, so that he really didn't have the heart to say anything more to him.

“…… My father-in-law doesn't have to worry about this, I'll take care of it. ”

Chu Shaoyuan threw down such a sentence and turned around and walked out of the side hall.

Xia Shijing was frozen in place by his fluttering words, his face turned red and white, and he couldn't believe that this was the taciturn child he had raised in the mansion for many years, once upon a time, he had transformed into such a person with his own ideas?

The little luck hidden in Xia Shijing's heart was finally extinguished, although the affairs of the Ministry of Industry had nothing to do with him directly, but after so many years, there were only a lot of people who wanted to take Xie Ning's long path through him, and he sometimes turned a blind eye and pushed the boat so smoothly.

This time to catch up with the reorganization of the Ministry of Industry, he felt that something was wrong at the moment, but he was afraid that after being found out, the emperor would know what he was and would completely dislike him, and he would not want to promote him again, so it would be really over.

If his career stops at the position of Shaoqing of Dali Temple, then what is the meaning of his life?

When Xia Shijing thought about it, he felt that the heavens and the earth were covered with a layer of ash, and the whole world in front of him was bleak.

……

Chu Shaoyuan returned to the flower hall, and Xia Mingchen was wearing a red auspicious dress to greet the guests for dinner.

He walked over and said with a smile, "Congratulations, big brother." ”

Xia Mingchen looked up and saw that it was him, and grinned: "Come on, come on, sit here, have some breakfast with everyone, I probably won't have time to greet you for a while." ”

As he spoke, he put Chu Shaoyuan in the first place.

Chu Shaoyuan was not polite to him, and after sitting down, he also pulled him to the chair: "Take a break, you will be busy for a while." ”

Xia Mingchen sat on the chair and wiped the sweat on his head, it was clear that it was almost winter, and he could still sweat a lot, which showed how busy he was this morning.

He picked up the noodle bowl on the noodles that the subordinate had just poured on the table, and ate the noodles with a snort, moving very quickly, looking like the style of a military general.

While eating, he said: "I ate seventeen or eighteen dumplings last night, and the dumplings were one by one, and I slept without filling my stomach. ”

Xia Mingchen had even thought about the details of the wine fight at the noon wedding banquet, which made Chu Shaoyuan couldn't help but want to laugh.

Thinking about the time when he and Chanyi got married, Wang Jue and Xiao Pei poured him wine in a big bowl, and he felt that these two people must have been instructed by Xia Mingchen to deliberately pour him wine like this.

So he smiled a little lightly and said to Xia Mingchen: "Actually, the eldest brother doesn't have to be so nervous, he has to get drunk after all, it's just a matter of drinking too much and going to the clean room to vomit a few more times." ”

Xia Mingchen glared at him, "You said it easily, this is my wedding day, I am very drunk, and I can't be kicked out by Sister Fei?" She has always been good with Wanwan, do you think she has always disliked me to drink, can Sister Fei like a drunk?"

looked nervous, which provoked the young men on the table to laugh.

Chu Shaoyuan also pursed his lips and looked like he couldn't help but smile, and while holding the noodles in his mouth with chopsticks, he put his expression natural: "If the eldest brother is really nervous, I will give the eldest brother a trick, and it will be useful to keep it." ”

Xia Mingchen was immediately interested, leaned over and asked, "What method?"

Chu Shaoyuan didn't sell it either, and whispered in his ear: "It's simple, as long as the eldest brother is thick-skinned, and he will pretend to be drunk after a few drinks, no one will make it difficult for you again." ”

Xia Mingchen's eyes widened, and he looked suspicious like this, which made Chu Shaoyuan couldn't help but laugh.

The two muttered to each other, half-jokingly exchanging their experiences as grooms.

After breakfast, Xia Mingchen was really busy because of the next wedding, and some elders in the clan even taught him what rules he had when he greeted his relatives, what rules he had when he gave him a seal, and even some rules to follow on the short road when taking the bride into the sedan chair.

Chu Shaoyuan sat aside and looked at Xia Mingchen's somewhat anxious appearance, and couldn't help but gloat a little in his heart, thinking that when he got married, Prince Li, who was in charge of the sect's order, also mentioned such words about him, and he was also as big as a bucket at that time, and then he simply didn't follow Prince Li's suggestion, but smoothly took the evening and entered the sedan chair.

Thinking of the details of the previous wedding banquet, Chu Shaoyuan had a gentle smile on his face, making him look harmless to humans and animals, where is the slightest bit of the majesty of the iron-blooded prince?

When Zhang Chong came in, he saw Chu Shaoyuan sitting on a chair, looking at Xia Mingchen with a smile, the smile on his face was so soft that it almost stinged his eyes.

He lowered his head slightly, hiding the unnatural expression on his face, and when he looked up again, he was again solemn.

"Lord Wang," he squeezed to Chu Shaoyuan's side, and his voice was very soft, "The lower official has something to tell the prince." ”

Chu Shaoyuan turned his head and saw that it was Zhang Chong, and couldn't help but think of Zhang Ziyi's rudeness yesterday, and his eyes were full of boredom, "Today is the joy of my uncle's wedding, if Lord Zhang has something, you might as well wait until the king recovers from his injuries and takes charge of the yamen." ”

This is the meaning of directly rejecting people thousands of miles away.

Zhang Chong smiled, and he was not discouraged, but whispered a word in Chu Shaoyuan's ear, which caused Chu Shaoyuan's eyes to become sharp in an instant.

“…… The prince, in the yamen of the Ministry of Industry, now the most complete skills are held in the hands of the minister, and the minister decided to dedicate it to the prince when he came here. ”