Chen Wenhui hurriedly said: "It's really hot today, you can't do it without an ice basin here." By the way, how is your home now? ”

Mingzhu said: "I told my mother a long time ago to let her live with me, but she resolutely refused to listen, fortunately, my stepmother bought her a small house, and now it is not far from my house, I can only run on both sides." Later, when the hospital was built, my mother wouldn't let me go to her small house, saying that it was too hard for me to do this, and we met every day in the hospital anyway. However, you see, I can only come out to manage the affairs of the hospital in the morning, when Jing Yuan goes out to the yamen, and I will return to the house in the afternoon to manage the affairs of my house, including my business, the pharmaceutical factory, the field, the shop, and the tea factory at home, as well as the daily affairs of the house, my mother-in-law would not take care of these when she was young, and now she is even more difficult to manage. Ago, my sister also set up a family affair, and I have to be busy preparing a dowry for her, and I'm even busier, but fortunately you left Cui Qiao and Qiu Bi behind, otherwise, I really can't help you take care of it. ”

Chen Wenhui said: "I know that you are busy, and you are managing the family alone. Brother-in-law Liu has to deal with things in the court, where do you have the mood and energy to help you manage these trivial things. By the way, where did your sister book? ”

Mingzhu said: "Pity the hearts of parents in the world, my parents-in-law already favor their little daughter, where are they willing to marry far away." Because the business of our tea factory has been very good in recent years, and Haimao has made a lot of money, my parents-in-law have discussed with me to give my sister more marriage. Jingyuan only has such a sister, and she is gentle and sensible, and I like it very much, even if my parents-in-law don't tell me, I will give her more dowry. I bought her a house in the capital, and Jing Yuanxiang won a move to take the exam in the capital. Although the last subject is a younger brother, but, Keihara said. His articles and knowledge are very good, and he will definitely be able to pass the next subject. That's it, kiss. ”

Chen Wenhui was a little uneasy and said, "Then he is not from the capital?" How's it going at home? Do you want to go back to your hometown in the future? ”

Mingzhu said: "His name is Shen Shizhen, he is a native of Ganzhou in the northwest, his family is also very wealthy, there are thousands of acres of fertile land, and there are many buying and selling shops, and he is a prominent family in the local area." Moreover, the Shen family is a scholarly family, and Shen Shizhen's great-grandfather once made a three-grade criminal servant. Their family's ancestral house in the capital still remains, but this ancestral house has always been jointly owned by the clan, and the long house is under management. He is the second son of the sixth room of the Shen family. Now he came to the capital for the imperial examination and lived in the ancestral house of the big house, we think it is not very convenient, or prepare a house for them, which is regarded as the dowry of the younger sister, so that they can live freely after marriage. ”

Chen Wenhui asked, "Then how old is he?" What does it look like? Have you ever been married at home? ”

When asking like this, Chen Wenhui couldn't help but think of the story of Qin Xianglian and Chen Shimei in her mind, for fear that this Shen Shizhen was a person with a wife. In order to be rich and noble, if you come to the capital to climb the official family, if you find a wife in the future, it will be miserable.

Mingzhu smiled: "Look at what you are asking?" If only he had been married at home. How can we let him kiss my sister? The situation in his family, Jing Yuan had already sent someone to investigate it clearly. He is twenty-four years old this year, and he can be regarded as a young man, and the reason why he is not married at this time is mainly because he has experienced the funerals of his grandfather and grandmother in a row a few years ago. Later, Man Xiao was already twenty-one years old and was able to talk about marriage. In fact, it was too late to get married at the age of twenty-one, but his father passed away again. and three years of filial piety. Not only did he delay the marriage, he was originally a prodigy. I could have come to the capital to take the Jinshi exam a long time ago, but because of the filial piety, it was delayed, and now that the filial piety is full, I will come to the capital to take the exam as soon as possible. ”

Chen Wenhui asked: "Did you send a housekeeper to Ganzhou to ask about these things?" ”

Mingzhu said: "The official relatives are married, they are all from the official media, not only did we inquire, but also sent a letter to the local government, and his situation was sealed in the official media, it is to be filed, how can there be a mistake." ”

Only then did Chen Wenhui remember that there are special regulations for the children of the official family to marry, so it seems that Chen Shimei's story must be made up. Come to think of it, a princess's concubine must be examined for several generations to make sure that it is an innocent background before he can become a concubine, where can he be a concubine, and he can also conceal the original match of the family, then the emperor is also a waste.

Chen Wenhui said with a smile: "Actually, this age is very compatible, so you can be regarded as choosing a good family." It's just that the big family is very complicated, and that sister of yours, can she handle it if she is so weak? ”

Mingzhu said with a smile: "Jingyuan's sister is very blessed, because Shen Shizhen's father passed away, his mother is widowed in his hometown, and his eldest son and daughter-in-law live together, and the family is also rich, because it is the reason for widowhood, it should not come to this prosperous capital." You know, there are a lot of rules in the scholarly family. ”

How could Chen Wenhui not know that those Confucian scholars were the most severe for widows.

Mingzhu continued: "So, if Shen Shizhen can be admitted to the Jinshi, he will be an official in the capital, then he will live in the capital, and my sister doesn't have to serve her in-laws?" As soon as you enter the door, you can live a comfortable life, and we will take care of her as brothers and sisters-in-law, of course, their family is still a branch of the Shen family in the capital, and there are elders in the ancestral house in the capital, but they are separated by a room, and they don't live together, where can they be restrained? You say, isn't she a good life? ”

Chen Wenhui smiled and said, "Indeed, if she was really sent to the palace at the beginning, maybe how miserable she would be now?" Where can you feel at ease like this? ”

Mingzhu said: "But no, when Chongyi's sister passed away, we were all shocked, my mother-in-law knew what happened, she was very afraid, and said, this palace is really terrible, this has not entered the palace, it has already lost its life, so after entering, maybe what?" Fortunately, she was not allowed to marry King Jin as a concubine. Now it's a good family, my uncle is a talent, his family is good, his character is also harmonious, and his knowledge is not to mention, even Jingyuan admires it very much. This one can be the master of the house, and you don't have to serve your in-laws, such a good thing, it's really nowhere to find it with a lantern. I'm very grateful to me for preventing my sister from entering the palace in the first place. ”

Chen Wenhui smiled and said, "Isn't it? By the way, how are your two god-man sisters doing? ”

Mingzhu mentioned this and said, "Oh, don't you know my mother's temperament? is the most kind-hearted, I can't hold back two good words from others, and I can't see people suffer a little grievance. How did our mother and son get angry at the beginning, she forgot about it. I had to get these two villains, and as a result, three days didn't come, when Jingyuan went to say goodbye to my mother, the two sluts were busy dressing up, and hurriedly went to meet Jingyuan, and one of them was very shameless to pull Jingyuan's sleeve, so scared that Jingyuan turned around and ran, which really made me angry. ”

Chen Wenhui really didn't know about this and said: "I really don't know this, too, I've been busy with the affairs of the painting hall for a while, and I didn't ask you." Those two sluts are really shameless, but fortunately, Brother-in-law Liu is a decent person, otherwise, it's really disgusting. What happened to my sister? ”

Mingzhu said: "At this moment, my mother is also angry, and she apologizes to me vigorously, saying that it was almost a big mistake, and I am really sorry." Then, according to the meaning of the stepmother, he quickly found them two relatives and married them, but it cost some silver. However, later, I heard that the two of them were still restless, disgusted with this and that, and were beaten by their husbands, and finally became honest. ”

Chen Wenhui stroked her palms and laughed and said, "Yes, that's good." It's just that people like them can have families and live well now, and God really hasn't retribution for them. ”

Mingzhu said: "Hey, my father is still in prison, I came to the capital, I haven't seen him for a long time, although someone was sent there to take care of him, but I still don't feel at ease." Originally, according to my thoughts, I had the heart to beat those two sisters to death, but for my father's sake, I still gave them this opportunity, and I hope they can change in the future. ”

Chen Wenhui nodded and said, "Yes, don't look at the monk's face to see the Buddha's face." By the way, it's been a long time since I've heard from Yaozhen, how is she? ”

Mingzhu said: "Oh, don't mention it, now the palace of King Jin is also very chaotic." The princess returned to the capital, this is her world, and she is the mother of the prince, which is really momentum, comparing the white concubine who just gave birth to a daughter and the concubine Ma who also gave birth to a daughter. In the palace, that is, Yaozhen also gave birth to a son, but Yaozhen was from a humble background, and she was just a concubine, and she didn't even have a royal jade butterfly, where could she dare to fight against her? The tail that had been cocked quickly clipped back. However, there are many favorite concubines of King Jin, and there are still those who are not afraid of death and go to find fault with the pole, so your hall sister's life is not very easy. ”

Chen Wenhui smiled: "The royal family, the palace is the same, there are more women, there are many things, so many women are just such a man, can it be peaceful?" Therefore, what my mother said is very true, there must be no concubines, or there will be no peace in this family. Fortunately, Brother-in-law Liu is not such a person. ”

Between the words, Chen Wenhui suddenly remembered that Zhao Chongyi didn't seem to be such a person, every time they chatted together, when they talked about the fact that every family had a scripture that was difficult to read, he would complain that it was because of the concubine, and seeing that he didn't even use a personal maid, he knew that he must be the same as his father, hating the family with a concubine. (To be continued)

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