Speaking of the Shen family, as soon as Shen Botao and Shen Zhongtao came back, they heard the news of their father's return.

The two went to Shen Zhang's study without changing their official uniforms.

Shen Zhangzheng read the book with relish.

Shen Kuan's voice sounded outside the door. "Master, the uncle and the second master are here."

"Come on, come in." Shen Zhang was still reading the book in his hand, and he was very impatient when he was disturbed by the sound.

When the two brothers came in, they looked at their father, and they didn't speak, but just stood and waited.

After a while, Shen Zhangcai put down the book in his hand unsatisfied, and saw that his two sons were standing, and raised his eyebrows and said, "Why are you standing stupidly, you won't find a place to sit by yourself." ”

The two of them picked a chair next to them and sat down.

"Father, I've been out there for so long, and I'm fine." As soon as Shen Botao sat down, he cared about his father's body, after all, Shen Zhang's age was not young, and he was still running out all day long, and others left him at home at such an old age, and he was a rich idler. For this reason, the brothers persuaded many times, but it didn't work.

"Don't worry, you can't die yet." Shen Zhang's tone was as unbeaten as ever.

However, the two brothers have been exposed to it since they were children, and they have long been used to it, and they are really lucky that the two brothers have not inherited these "good" habits of Shen Zhang.

"Recently, the capital has been peaceful, has there been any change?" After replying to his son's words, Shen Zhang asked what he was most concerned about.

Shen Botao replied: "Father, rest assured, the capital is very peaceful. Several princes were also unharmed. Shen Zhongtao just listened quietly on the side.

Shen Zhang listened to his son's words, but his expression did not relax. said solemnly: "Don't be careless, Your Majesty is in good health, but several princes are old, but they have not established a prince for a long time, and the princes seem to be indisputable, but everyone knows what is going on." ”

"What my father said is that even if they don't fight, the family behind the prince and them will never want to." Shen Botao agreed.

Shen Zhongtao also spoke at this time. "What does Father mean? Are we going to choose a prince to support us now? ”

Shen Zhang glared at his second son before he said, "Do we still need to choose?" As for the relationship between us and the Qian family, who doesn't think that our Shen family supports the second prince. ”

Shen Zhongtao smiled wryly.

"And what does my father mean by mentioning these things now?" Shen Botao's official position is higher, and his vision is farther.

Shen Zhang sighed slightly and said, "Although the emperor is in good health, we also have to plan for the future. The status of the eldest prince's biological mother is low, and he is a feminine and ruthless person, and the throne must not be passed to him. The biological mother of the second prince is a concubine, second only to the queen, and there is no concubine in the middle palace, among several princes, the status of the second prince is the highest, and there is the support of the rich family behind him, and he is the best candidate to inherit the throne. What I value most is the temperament of the second prince, he will be a good monarch. The biological mother of the third prince has passed away, and he has no intention of seizing the throne, so he doesn't need to think about it. Although the four princes are young, they have the support of the Wang family behind them, and they must be guarded against. ”

After saying such a long paragraph, Shen Zhang was also a little thirsty, so he picked up the teacup and drank water. The two Shen Botao brothers fell into thinking because of their father's words.

After Shen Zhang drank the water, he began to continue: "I have always disliked the Sun family and the Wang family, you know this, so whether you want to support different princes or not, our family is a mortal enemy." ”

As soon as he thought of those two families, especially the Sun family, Shen Zhang gritted his teeth. Back then, if it weren't for their greed, how could the young lady and the little master. After the incident of that year, he couldn't wait to scrape all the people of the Sun family alive, but Qian Baoxin stopped him.

The two Shen brothers looked at their father's hateful expression, and knew that he remembered the old things again. His father used to be a subordinate of the former queen, and the former queen had the grace of knowing him, so his father was very grateful and respected to the former queen.

Although after the death of the first empress, the first emperor strictly forbade talking about related matters. But over the years, the two of them have not heard the news that has been circulating.

It is said that the former empress was a very intelligent woman who played an indispensable role in the establishment of the former emperor's achievements. It's a pity that he died early. And Emperor Moqing seems to have a brother-in-law, who also died on the same day as the former queen.

The people of the Great Mo Dynasty were all very curious about what happened back then, but few people knew about it, and they all kept silent and never mentioned it. Therefore, the events of that year became more and more mysterious.

However, there is a version that is the most powerful, saying that the first queen is a jealous woman, and the first emperor is not allowed to enter the harem, which has a great disagreement with the first emperor, and after the first emperor takes a concubine, the first queen is at odds with the first emperor. In the end, he died of depression and died after giving birth to the current emperor.

Because of these things, the people also have mixed opinions about the former queen. Of course, no matter whether it is positive or negative, no one dares to talk about it.

Shen Zhang has been talking in their ears since he was a child, what he has been talking about in their ears is how good the first queen is, and occasionally he will say a few words that are disrespectful to the first emperor, such as not having three wives and four concubines, a woman like the first queen, one person is enough for such words. This also led to a tradition left by their Shen family, no matter what, they would never take concubines. The same is true of the Qian family, who was also born under the former queen. It is absolutely rare for the two of them to take no concubines as a family rule in the capital.

But because of this, the family style of both families is very good.

The two Shen Botao brothers also admired the former queen very much, but the beauty had passed away and they had no chance to meet, which was a pity.

Shen Zhang finally came out of his hatred for the Sun family. When I saw that the two sons were staring at me, I suddenly felt a little embarrassed. Scolded: "Rabbit cub, what to see." ”

Shen Botao quickly turned his face, but his shoulders trembled violently. And Shen Zhongtao endured it with a painful expression.

"Okay, okay, that's all for today, it's not too early, tomorrow is the birthday of the saint, it must be very busy, let's go down."

"Father also rests early." "Father, we're leaving." After the two brothers finished speaking, they went back to their respective courtyards, leaving Shen Zhang blowing his beard and staring in place.

"Shen Kuan, come in." Shen Zhang roared.

Shen Kuan, who had been napping at the door, heard Shen Zhang's shouting and hurriedly ran in.

said with a flattering smile: "Master, who made you angry, quickly dissipate your anger." As he spoke, he diligently served tea and handed over water. Give Shen Zhang a fire.

Shen Zhang just felt embarrassed to be seen by his son, a little embarrassed, so that he was not really angry, and now he was happy when he saw Shen Kuan's dog-legged appearance. "Okay, as long as you kid can talk, go, I'll go to the kitchen for my grandfather and get some supper."

Shen Kuan immediately responded: "Okay, master, you wait, I will go and get supper immediately." ”

Shen Zhang kicked him and said, "Okay, don't be good, go quickly." With that, he sat back in his chair.

Mo Ziyi left earlier, otherwise if he heard the conversation between the Shen family's father and son, he would have confirmed Shen Zhang's identity without doubt.