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When it was getting dark, Chen Xiaoting and Shen Yi's mother and daughter slowly came to the front yard of Shen Mansion.

At this time, the front yard of the Shen Mansion was already very lively, the servants and maids were all busy, and six tables had been set up in the courtyard.

In fact, there are seven tables in the courtyard, because there is also a table on the steps outside the main hall of the courtyard.

The position on the steps was obviously much more dignified, but no one was seated at this time, but the table below was already occupied.

There are dozens of people at the six tables together, which can't help but make Chen Xiaoting wonder in his heart, is there so many people in the Shen Mansion?

After Shen Yi's introduction, he knew that these people were indeed members of the Shen family, more precisely, members of the Shen family.

In addition to the two Shen Yue brothers and their children, the Shen family, as well as the family of Old Man Shen's generation, are rarely together today.

Before the birthday banquet is about to be held, calling the family together for dinner is also a warm-up in advance.

The men and women sat separately, so Wang Siniang took Shen Yi to the side, but Chen Xiaoting could only be alone.

Looking at the surrounding tables, the only person he knew was Wu Xiuyuan, and Chen Xiaoting simply sat next to him.

The two of them looked at each other, and Wu Xiuyuan turned his head away and chatted with the others.

With such a person as Chen Xiaoting, everyone present felt weird, and finally someone asked: "This brother, I don't know who Your Excellency is?" ”

The people sitting here can be regarded as relatives, so Chen Xiaoting replied: "Under Chen Xiaoting, he is the husband of the third lady of the Shen family!" ”

"Third Miss?" After thinking about it, the man realized who Chen Xiaoting was talking about.

Everyone here didn't know much about this family business, so they didn't pay too much attention to Chen Xiaoting, anyway, they just knew where they came from.

It's Wu Xiuyuan, who can't be idle, has nothing to do to talk to people, and has been brushing up on his sense of existence, but unfortunately he is still ignored.

After a while, there was movement in the main hall, but I saw several old and young men coming out of it.

Chen Xiaoting only knew two people, one was Shen Quan, and the other was Shen Yue, who he hadn't seen for a long time.

And the other few people must also be the core members of the Shen family, so they can sit with Shen Yue, the head of the family.

That is, after Shen Yue and a few people appeared, the conversation in the courtyard stopped, which shows the strict rules of the Shen family.

After Shen Yue sat down, he asked Shen Quan beside him, "Shen Yi, they are here, why didn't they see Xiaoting?" ”

Shen Quan really didn't expect that his father would mention Chen Xiaoting at this time, but he still replied: "I have already sent someone to inform you, it should be in the courtyard!" ”

"Let him come!" Shen Yue said with a smile.

So Shen Quan glanced into the courtyard and quickly caught Chen Xiaoting's figure, so he walked down the steps and came to Chen Xiaoting.

Chen Xiaoting ...... Father called you over! Shen Quan said in a deep voice.

Chen Xiaoting looked at Shen Yue at this time, but saw that the other party was also looking at him at this time, so Chen Xiaoting hurriedly got up.

This scene also surprised the people at the table, and it was by no means an ordinary role to be called by the head of the house on this occasion.

In fact, there was no lack of heart and eyes sitting in the courtyard at this time, and after Shen Yue and the others appeared, their attention was gone.

So Chen Xiaoting was recruited and fell into everyone's eyes.

There are those who feel that it is none of their business, those who feel curious, and of course, those who are unhappy.

For example, Wu Xiuyuan and Shen Jiao at this time, the untouchables in the border land that they looked down on, were called to the upper seat at this time, which made them extremely uncomfortable.

Especially Shen Jiao, who thinks she is better than Shen Yi in everything, but now she can't compare to the other party in men.

The most important thing is that when Shen Jiao looked at Shen Yi opposite, the other party was also looking at him proudly and provocatively.

This made Shen Jiao's lungs about to be fried, but now on this occasion, she could only hold back her anger.

On the other hand, Chen Xiaoting slowly came to Shen Yue under the attention of everyone.

For his father-in-law and big backer, Chen Xiaoting bowed and said: "Meet my father-in-law!" ”

Shen Yue nodded, and then asked Chen Xiaoting to get up before introducing to everyone: "Everyone, this is the son-in-law of the old man's three daughters, who is now on an errand in Yongxi, and has helped me a lot over the years!" ”

In front of the family members, Shen Yueken introduced himself like this, and Chen Xiaoting couldn't help but be a little moved.

And the most incredible thing was Shen Quan, he didn't expect that his father would value Chen Xiaoting so much.

This made him have to re-examine Chen Xiaoting, and he also had to readjust his attitude towards Chen Xiaoting.

After listening to Shen Yue's introduction, everyone at the scene whispered and discussed, which also made Shen Yi the focus of the little sisters.

And this is a family banquet after all, so it's okay to introduce it, Shen Yue asked Chen Xiaoting to come over and have something else to say.

"You handled the fraud case well, and the old man is very pleased!" Shen Yue said in a deep voice.

"But now that I think about it, the old man still feels afraid, this is a knife they slashed at me at the most critical time!"

With Shen Yue's words alone, Chen Xiaoting knew that this matter was more complicated than he imagined.

And the so-called critical time should refer to the eve of Shen Yuesheng's command, and his opponent will make a fuss about fraud in the imperial examination.

Think about it, if Chen Xiaoting is really inseparable from fraud, then it is not uncommon to implicate Shen Yue.

Not to mention whether he can defeat Shen Yue, but it is very simple to delay and prevent him from being promoted, and this one may be far away.

Chen Xiaoting completely understood this truth at this time, and the same was true of Shen Quan on the side, Shen Yue had never talked about this matter head-on before.

"Father-in-law, even if the son-in-law is crushed, he will block those people's secret arrows for you!" Chen Xiaoting said solemnly.

Shen Yue nodded with satisfaction, thinking back on the past few years, he didn't doubt Chen Xiaoting's words at all.

Since Chen Xiaoting, the official of Guangde Mansion, blocked the knife for himself, Chen Xiaoting has done a lot of things along the way and solved a lot of troubles for Shen Yue.

"Okay, good ......" said three good words in a row, and Shen Yue was in a very happy mood at this time.

"Let's go down, let's talk after the banquet tonight!"

"Yes!" Chen Xiaoting bowed and replied, saluting the elders before retreating.

After he left, Shen Yue said to Shen Quan: "Do you think that your father is too polite to him?" ”

Shen Quan was silent for a while before nodding slightly.

Shen Yue didn't mind either, so he said, "Xiao Ting's ability is strong enough, it's the sharpest sword I've held in many years, and you still don't know him well enough!" ”

"Father, there are more sharp swords in this world, if you don't give him a chance, how can he show his edge?" Shen Quan said disapprovingly.

Shen Yue was slightly stunned before he said, "Then why don't you want to think about it, why did your father give him a chance?" ”

Speaking of this, Shen Yue straightened his face and said, "My father knows that you think very highly of yourself and look down on others......

Shen Quan was about to argue, but was interrupted by Shen Yue: "If that's not the case, why didn't you say a word?" It's not that I can't look down on the credit of others! ”

"But if you change places, can you go from an ordinary lieutenant to him?"

Shen Quan couldn't answer this question because he was him, not anyone else.

It was precisely because he knew his son that Shen Yue continued: "You were born better than others, but this is not to make you proud and self-conscious, but to use this as a basis to step into a higher position!" ”

"Be broad-minded, see the strengths of others, think about the wisdom of others, and don't just think that you are invincible!"

Shen Quan couldn't argue with these words, so he could only bow down and say, "My son is taught!" ”

"In the future, this family business will be handed over to you, and you must be able to afford it!" Shen Yue was even more serious.

"If you want to employ people, if you want people to follow you, you must first be able to tolerate people!"

"It is the duty of the people below to do things, you are directing them to do things, can you compare the ability to do things with others, understand?"

If the previous words were still perfunctory, then now Shen Quan is really taught, because the level of this conversation is different.

Now what Shen Yue taught him was not to teach him how to be a general, but to tell him how to be a handsome.

Seeing that his son didn't answer immediately, Shen Yue knew that Shen Quan had really listened to his words.

So he finally said: "Change your temper, and you will really rest assured for your father!" ”