Qin Wan stood at the door of the study, quietly watching Qin Ke choose from a pile of books on the table, asking Pei Xi from time to time, Pei Xi replied two sentences, people who don't know still think they are studying some military affairs, but in fact, they ...... She sighed in her heart, knocked lightly on the wooden door, and when she saw her father looking up, she said: "Chen Siniang told a new story, and A-Niang listened to it and rewarded it three times." 『』”

Three years ago, Shen Man struggled to give birth to a son, because he was less than a month old and had several ups and downs when she was pregnant, this baby boy who was as thin as a kitten and had no strength to cry only lived for seven hours, and then he was completely out of breath.

The departure of his son seems to have taken away most of Shen Man's anger, if it weren't for Qin Ke's consistent concern, Pei Xi's help, Qin Wan's careful service on the side, and Sun Daochang's incense merit karma reincarnation, Shen Man Bacheng would not even have the idea of living.

For the sake of his only daughter, Shen Man poured bowls of bitter medicine and struggled for his life regardless of it. Qin Ke was afraid that she would be depressed, so he asked Pei Xi to help collect folk tales, choose some people who can read and write to polish one or two, or simply let them write, and then let Sun Daochang take in the six children, the only female Chen Sijie, to interpret it, and carry out the "heart-to-heart" of Sun Daochang's family to the end.

Fourth Sister Chen has a mediocre appearance, but she has a good voice and a sharp mouth, plus Qin Ke, Qin Wan and Pei Xi accompany her from time to time, Shen Man's face finally has a little more smile.

Qin Ke felt very guilty about his wife, and when he heard that she was in a good mood today, the gloomy color that lingered between his eyebrows also spread a little: "What kind of story are you talking about today?" ”

The long wait consumed all Qin Ke's sharpness, and the death of his youngest son gave him a fatal blow, and now His Royal Highness the eldest son of the emperor is obviously not yet in the age of confusion, and his sideburns have a little white hair.

He no longer desires, no longer prays, no longer expects anything. For the only concubine, he is also ready to entrust her to Pei Xi and find a good place for her.

Compared with Qin Ke, who was becoming more and more depressed, although Pei Xi had been in this remote place for three years, his recklessness had not diminished. Blooming women's music, drinking and having fun, not to mention the common diseases of these families, from time to time to accompany Qin Wan to read and learn words, and Qin Ke and his wife pondered some incense merits, gods and Buddhas retribution, he actually did it with relish, and he also had a sense of achievement.

As for how many times he complained to Qin Wan in this process, how useless he was to criticize the sophistication of human feelings...... Qin Wan felt that it was better not to sue Sù Aye.

Thinking of this, Qin Wan looked at Pei Xi, who was a little impatient, then looked at his father, and decided to repeat the synopsis of the story in the most concise words: "A poor scholar went to Beijing to take the exam, and met a famous prostitute on the way. The famous prostitute gave half of the body to the scholar and subsidized him to take the exam. When the scholar was in high school, he ransomed the famous prostitute, and the famous prostitute and the scholar became a half-moon husband and wife without saying goodbye, leaving a book for the scholar to marry a noble girl. ”

Qin Ke nodded, waiting for the following, he saw Qin Wan smile and said, "It's gone." ”

Hearing her say this, Qin Ke came over before she finished listening, and just as she was about to say a word or two, she heard Pei Xi comment: "The person who wrote this book is quite understanding and knows the hot and cold world." ”

After that, he smiled lightly, as usual, with some hints of the country: "Great Xia has carried out the imperial examination for many years, and today, it has finally taken root in the hearts of the people. ”

Qin Wan was concerned and nodded: "If you don't add the last paragraph, it will be better." ”

Qin Ke also regarded his daughter as a happy gathering, not dispersing, loving the Great Perfection, and said with a smile: "You think this is the previous book, is the scholar married to a rich lady, the daughter of an official family?" If a famous prostitute marries a scholar, the scholar's fame will be lost, and the two of them will have to be roded for eighty years and two years; If she stays with the scholar as a concubine, and has such a deep friendship, righteousness, and a scheming master, which parents are willing to marry their daughters to him? Although the concubine was allowed to be scolded and resold by the main mother, she ...... Most of the children who marry are concubines, and they don't stumble like this. ”

Qin Wan smiled and obeyed his father's teachings, Pei Xi looked at Qin Wan and raised his eyebrows.

Qin Ke didn't understand the meaning of Qin Wan's words, but he did.

Taizu created the imperial examination system, and the family is not stupid, so the implementation of the imperial examination is very difficult, not to mention, the family often takes this opportunity to marry concubines and attract talents for their own families. As for the scholars, even if they are moved, they are also pressed by the children of the family and the nobles, and it is difficult to get ahead, and it is the best choice to borrow their in-laws to take the position.

If one day, the scholar can enter the court as an official in a dignified manner, without the need to drill into the camp in every possible way, and there is not much time to waste, and in the end he is a non-mainstream foreign official, that is when the prestige of the royal family can be at its peak.

When others read the book, they see joys and sorrows, and the world is full of conditions; Qin Wan saw the struggle between the imperial power and the family, the trade-offs and desires of the people's hearts.

Of course, Pei Xi didn't think that Qin Ke had taught him well, he only thought that Qin Wan's talent was good, and of course, his own influence had to be half of the credit.

Qin Ke didn't approve of his daughter reading this kind of book that was circulating in the market, lest her daughter be fascinated by love and change her temperament. Shen Man is also worried about this, even if he likes his daughter to accompany him, and if she accompanies him for a while, he will find a reason to send her away. Therefore, whenever he encounters an opportunity, Qin Ke has to say a few big things to his daughter, after all, his status is special, the royal blood is noble and extraordinary, and he can't take others lightly.

This time, he was supposed to say a few more words, but suddenly heard the sound of hurried but very powerful footsteps, and couldn't help but follow the prestige, he saw Zhao Su hurriedly walking, stopped at the door of the study, and after the big salute, there was a little joy on his always calm face: "Da Langjun, the angel is here!" ”

The thrill of almost being assassinated three years ago has always lingered in Qin Ke's mind, and Zhao Su's calmness, decisiveness and bravery also left a deep impression on him. Zhao Su also lived up to Qin Ke's trust, swept away the previous decadent Tang Dynasty, and kept Qin Ke's family tight, and was praised by Qin Ke many times, but he actually won a word of praise from Pei Xi, which can be seen to be rare.

The words that came out of Zhao Su's mouth could not have been any kind of ridicule, Qin Ke stood up, his shock was overflowing, and he couldn't help but ask, "Is it really an angel?" ”

He looked at Zhao Su carefully, and saw that Zhao Su was full of joy, and nodded heavily: "It's indeed an angel, not only that, the person who came claimed to be surnamed Shen, and he was the nephew of Shen Niang's son-in-law!" ”

Shen Huai, it's actually Shen Huai who is here!

If this is the case, then it is not possible to give him a cup of poisoned wine, but to invite them back!

The curvature of the corners of Qin Ke's lips slowly expanded, but there were tear stains in the corners of his eyes.

Crying and laughing, weird.

Qin Wan is naturally happy, but she grew up in Pengze since she was a child, even if her parents say a thousand, ten thousand, and talk about the prosperity of Chang'an, she has no concept in her heart, so she has a trace of reason, and in order to avoid her father's gaffe, she reminded: "Aye, let's go and tell Sù A-Niang the good news!" ”

When his daughter said this, Qin Ke woke up like a dream and hurriedly walked out of the door. Qin Wan was about to follow, thinking that Pei Xi said that three years is three years, it was really a clever calculation, and he subconsciously looked in the direction where he was, but saw Pei Xi's expression was indifferent, and he pulled up his clothes, not happy, and couldn't help but wonder: "Brother Xu? ”

Seeing this, Pei Xi shook his head with a smile and said, "Don't call me that in the future!" At least not along the way. ”

Hearing him say this, Qin Wan thought for a moment and couldn't help but be shocked: "You mean...... Yes, you can ......"

"Da Langjun was assassinated, and the saint only learned about it three years later, how could I get out of the way?" When it comes to life-threatening matters, Pei Xi is still arrogant and calm, "If I don't take the prisoner car all the way and be watched back, where will the saint's face go?" "You can't tell the world directly, Pei Xi sent an excerpt, but he was deducted from above, right?

No matter who is behind the scenes, on the bright side, this incident is destined to be Pei Xi's dereliction of duty.

This is what the royal family has always done.

No matter how dangerous the inside, no matter how bloody the wind and rain, the outside must be smoothed out, the father is kind and the son is filial, and a row of harmony. Just like what is written in the playbook, a saint can never be wrong, and he is a traitor who deceives a saint. As long as the traitors are removed and the loyal ministers are rehabilitated, the saint is still a perfect saint, who is praised by others, and prays for him to live long live.

Qin Ke saw that they didn't come with him, so he turned around and beckoned, "Bao'er, Xuzhi, why can't you come yet?" ”

Without waiting for Qin Wan to say anything, Pei Xi smiled faintly and got up neatly: "This is coming." ”

Qin Wan stared at his back, his expression extremely complicated.

For Pei Xuzhi, the royal family is the king, he is the minister, so the competition between the princes will always be his fault if he is implicated, so what about our family? To outsiders, we are kings, but to saints, everyone in the world is his courtier, and there is not much difference except for distant relatives.

That being the case, instead of using blood to connect and justifiably snatch his chair, it is better to use an outsider who has no blood relationship and is destined to be a courtier for a lifetime.

Aya was obviously not wrong, but for the sake of the prince, the saint stubbornly listened to a clumsy, and everyone knew that it was a slanderous lie, and their family was exiled for ten years. However, they must not have any words of resentment, otherwise their lives will be in danger. Now that the saints are so easy to think of them, they must be grateful to the saint and repay the saint's forgiveness and compassion with 120,000 zeal and filial piety.

There was no moment like now, when Qin Wan realized the absolute authority of the saint, and because of this, her joy was washed away, and her hands and feet were already cold, but her heart was like a wildfire, burning fiercely.

That's a kind of ...... The thirst for power.