Lu Jiuzhi was very happy that her friend had found such a considerate man, "Although Xiang Yuan is also very hard at home to practice needlework, but if you know that you are so considerate of her, you will definitely be very happy." ”

"It's nothing," Shen Jiajue scratched her head, "I don't value these in the first place, it doesn't matter if she will or not, okay, you guys go get busy first, I'll go out and get busy too." ”

Shen Jiahe pointed out Shen Jiachen's study to Lu Jiuzhi: "You don't need me to lead the way, you have been here many times, so I will go to talk to my mother first." ”

Lu Jiuzhi's face turned red, and she was embarrassed to say anything, so she took the maid to go over there, and Shen Jiahe went to Shen's mother's room, and saw that she was also doing needlework in the house, and said with a smile: "Why have you been doing needlework recently, what is my mother doing?" ”

Shen Jiahe walked in to take a look, and when he saw that there were some small clothes and shoes, he hurriedly asked, "Who did this work for?" ”

"Your sister has it, and she estimates that it will be after the year, so she can't be prepared in advance." Shen's mother mentioned that Shen Jiahui was pregnant, and her face was full of joy, "But as soon as she was pregnant, Xiang Jie went out for disaster relief, and it was difficult for her." ”

Shen Jiahe was also happy for her sister: "It's so good, it's a pity that my daughter's embroidery work is not good, otherwise I have to prepare for her in advance." ”

Mother Shen poked her forehead: "You, what should I do when you have to see you in the future?" ”

This is the first time that the mother and daughter have met since Shen Jiahe came back from the border, and Shen's mother put down the work in her hand and took Shen Jiahe to talk on the couch in the room.

Shen Jiahe lay on Shen's mother's lap and coquettishly: "Daughter, doesn't she still have a mother!" When my mother finished working with my sister, she helped mine. ”

Mother Shen patted her quilt, and her eyes were doting: "Okay, okay, then you hurry up and ask King Xian for one, and I can help you bring it while my mother is still young." In the end, she is different from Shen Jiahui, there is no mother-in-law to take care of the children and take care of the confinement in the future, so she really has to worry about it.

Mother Shen still has important things to ask her: "Listen to your father, he was questioned by the emperor on the front foot, and you were questioned by the queen on the back foot?" ”

Shen Jiahe nodded: "But it's okay, I'm the same as my father, and my grandmother has also done it, there will be no problem, didn't my father tell you?" ”

"I said, but I'm still not at ease," Shen's mother touched her hair, and followed it one by one, "Men are all rough-hearted, and they must ask you in person to rest assured, this matter must not go wrong, you don't know how worried I am about your disaster relief this time, and you will follow without saying a word, and then King Xian came to the Prime Minister's Mansion before leaving, and asked us to take good care of you, so I can be regarded as letting go of my heart." ”

Pei Yuan, who slept in the study for most of the night, also went to the Xiangfu when he left, Shen Jiahe felt sweet and uncomfortable after knowing that there was such a thing, she blinked her eyes and took back her tears: "King Xian is very good to me, mother is relieved." ”

"Yes, I didn't pick the wrong person." Mother Shen said with a smile.

Shen Jiahe sat up and looked outside: "Father hasn't come back yet?" Isn't it long past the time for the next dynasty? ”

Mother Shen sighed: "Recently, for some reason, your father is often left in the palace, and twice he didn't let people back until dark, I don't worry, I sent your two brothers to pick up people, but your father didn't say anything when he came back, and he only said that he was worried about the upside when he asked." ”

The emperor looked at the fold in his hand, then looked at Shen Xiang who was standing below, and said in a deep voice: "The corruption in the affected areas this time is widely implicated, and there are no less than 30 officials involved in the case, but there are also Shen Xiang's students among them. I don't know what Shen has to say about this? ”

Shen Xiang lowered his head and said: "According to Lao Chen's understanding, only two of the people involved in the case this time are Lao Chen's students, but although they have the name of teachers and students, Lao Chen has never taught them, but they were just papers recommended by Lao Chen in the imperial examination at that time. ”

The emperor sneered: "It is precisely because it is recommended by Shen Xiang that I believe in their character and talent, but what is the result?" As a result, they are all moths of the court, and they are all people who should be killed. ”

"Your Majesty, the old minister only recommended the volume, and did not inspect the character of the two at that time, and later the two were officials in the court and performed well, so they could be taken to the coastal area by King Heng. The so-called orange is born in the south for oranges, and the north is born for oranges, these two are conscientious and conscientious in the capital, and then they went to the coastal cities to have such evil things, presumably due to the bad influence of the atmosphere there, according to what the old minister learned, several officials on the coastal side have found out that they have been corrupt since they were officials. ”

Shen Xiang said in one breath, not giving the emperor a chance to interject: "You still have to ask King Heng about this, he has been stationed along the coast for many years, but he has more say than the old minister." ”

The emperor blew his beard angrily and glared, but he didn't have the slightest way to take Shen Xiang, he just wanted to pick and choose, after all, there was no way to uproot Shen Xiang now, but that's it, this treacherous and cunning fox didn't let himself catch the slightest mistake.

The emperor had no choice but to let Shen Xiang go, and Shen Xiang, who walked out of the palace gate, breathed a sigh of relief, the current emperor is becoming more and more dissatisfied with him, even if he doesn't do anything, just hanging on the name of Pei Yuan's father-in-law, it will make him unhappy.

Shen Jiachen practiced calligraphy in the study, Lu Jiuzhi took a little sheep and painted attentively on the side, Shen Jiachen stretched out his head to look at what she painted after writing a word, and wondered: "What is this painting?" ”

Lu Jiuzhi was suddenly disturbed, and when he shook his hand, the rice paper under his hand was stained with a piece of ink, "Ah, this is ruined, you have to compensate me!" ”

The girl pouted, like a cat that had guarded her grievances, Shen Jiachen leaned forward and kissed her on the lips: "Is this enough?" ”

Lu Jiuzhi hurriedly took a step back and covered his mouth and said, "If you get cheap, you can sell well!" ”

Shen Jiachen just laughed, and stretched out his hand to pull the person in his arms: "I haven't said what you painted!" It doesn't look like a painting. ”

Lu Jiuzhi pointed to the pattern on the handwriting case and explained to him: "It is the pattern to be embroidered on the clothes, which was drawn in advance, and I had a score in my heart during the show, but this one was damaged by you." ”

Shen Jiachen laughed in her ear in a low voice, and took a little lamb from the side and added a few strokes to the ink, and the original small piece of ink turned into a dancing butterfly: "Is this good, I don't know what clothes you want to make." ”

Lu Jiuzhi picked up the drawing paper and looked at the sun, the butterfly flying on the painting seemed to stay in her heart, she smiled at the drawing paper: "It's a wedding dress." ”

Turning her head, she looked at Shen Jiachen fixedly: "I want to marry the wedding dress you wore that day, if I can marry the unique you, I will also wear a unique wedding dress, and I have to draw and embroider all the patterns by myself." ”

Her eyes were as clear as promised, the corners of her mouth were upturned with a smile, and the whole person seemed to glow, making Shen Jiachen's heart feel like a shining lantern.

He hugged Lu Jiuzhi and didn't know what to say for a while, and after a long time he promised in a low voice: "Marry me, I will definitely be good to you in the future." ”

Lu Jiuzhi laughed softly, she wrapped her arms around Shen Jiachen's lean waist and whispered, "Well, I know." ”

Shen Xiang had already returned to the Prime Minister's Mansion, and Shen Jiahe hurriedly asked him: "The emperor is embarrassed by you again?" ”

Shen Xiang smiled bitterly: "He thought about it, but it didn't work out, you don't have to worry." ”

How can you not be worried, this is an imperial society, if the emperor is really crazy one day and wants to do something to his father, they are too late to save people, Shen Jiahe knows that all this is because of himself: "It's all my daughter's fault, my father ......"

Shen Xiang patted Shen Jiahe on the shoulder: "Don't think about it, all extremely human ministers are like this, even if there is no Pei Yuan, sitting in this position for his father will also arouse the emperor's jealousy." However, during this time, the family should still move around less, and we should not attract too much attention. ”

Shen Jiahe finally came back once, Shen's mother left her and Lu Jiuzhi to eat together in the house, and Shen Jiachen took care of Lu Jiuzhi at the dinner table, and Shen's mother felt very relieved in her eyes.

After the meal, Shen Jiahe politely rejected Shen's mother's proposal to send someone to send her, and left the Xiangfu with Lu Jiuzhi, and Shen Jiahe mentioned what Shen Xiang said to her to Lu Jiuzhi in the carriage: "Don't come to the Xiangfu again, this is also for the good of your Lu family, wait for a while to see the situation." ”

Lu Jiuzhi also listened a little bit to Shen Jiachen, and also understood very well: "I understand, it is best for you to send someone to talk to Xiang Yuan about this matter, so as not to let her know the situation, it will not be good to go to the Prime Minister's Mansion that day." ”

And Pei Yuan and Shi Xiangjie, who set off for disaster relief, had already followed the river to the lower reaches of the river, and the official road downstream was already muddy, even the sweaty BMW that Pei Yuan and they rode was a little unbearable, and they were tired and unwilling to move forward after not going far.

The mounts of the soldiers behind are all ordinary horses, and they are even more reluctant to go forward when they encounter such a road.

Pei Yuan had no choice but to order Yuan Yang and Yuan Xu to lead people to clean up the mud in front, and after cleaning up a section of the road, they walked a little bit ahead, so the pace was too slow.

Shi Xiangjie looked at the endless road in front of him, and said anxiously: "It's not a way to go on like this, when we get to King Heng at such a speed, it means that the disaster relief has ended." ”

"Then let's take a few people into the city first, and see if there are any tools in the city that can come in handy." Pei Yuan proposed.

Shi Xiangjie naturally responded, and the two of them entered the city first, and when they arrived in the city, it was much better, but all the refugees were begging along the way, which was really depressing to watch.

"How can there be so many refugees, and hasn't soup kitchens started here? The imperial court did not issue a document for disaster relief a long time ago, so why is it still the case here? Shi Xiangjie puzzled, "Are the parents here all decorations?" ”

"We'll find out if it's a decoration later, let's take a look first." Pei Yuan and Shi Xiangjie continued to walk forward together.

Qi Zesheng, the captain of the city, came with a small team of officers and soldiers to greet Pei Yuan and Shi Xiangjie: "The lower officials have seen the prince and General Shi. ”

Pei Yuan and Shi Xiangjie arched their hands at the same time, and Shi Xiangjie asked anxiously: "What's the matter with the refugees begging on these two sides?" Didn't the imperial court's disaster relief silver have already been issued? Why don't you rush to give soup for relief? ”

Qi Zesheng explained: "Please also ask General Shi to let the officials tell you, the silver taels for disaster relief have indeed arrived, but it is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice, you can't have silver, you have to have food, in such a disaster year, the lower officials have wasted a lot of effort to buy food, and this is ready to give porridge, please rest assured General Shi." ”

"The two adults have worked hard all the way, and the lower official should take the two adults down to rest their legs first, and the lower official will immediately arrange someone to do these things." Qi Zesheng arched his hand again.

What he said echoed the situation, and Shi Xiangjie was no longer entangled, in short, now there is a solution, but Pei Yuan looked at this person, but felt that his words were not credible, but there was no evidence at the moment, so he could only temporarily follow him to the post house where he was staying.

Qi Zesheng instructed his subordinate officials to send some coarse tea and light rice to Pei Yuan and Shen Jiahe, Shi Xiangjie glanced at it and didn't use it immediately, but just asked: "Those people are not only a problem of food, but also a problem of housing, if the government does not have extra vacant rooms, I see that there are still a lot of empty rooms in the post house, and it is okay to arrange them here." ”

Qi Zesheng hurriedly replied: "It must be certain, General Shi is so considerate of the people, it is a blessing for the people, but now in the special situation, the hospitality is not good, please don't mind General Shi." ”

Shi Xiangjie knew that he had misunderstood, so he took a bowl of gruel and took a sip: "When I was fighting on the border, life was much more bitter than this, adults don't have to mind, let's go and take care of the disaster victims first, we don't have to wait here." ”

Qi Zesheng complimented him a few more words, and then repeatedly promised that he would appease the people, and then withdrew.