The Dragon Boat Festival is approaching, the government school has a three-day holiday, and relatives have begun to send gifts to each other. The housekeeping of the family is still led by the third wife and Sister Yu, and there are people outside, and the Xu family instructed Shen Rui to come forward with the housekeeper.

Regardless of anything else, Shen Rui needed to appear in person for the rituals in the Jing clan and his aunt He Bachelor's house, his aunt Yang Zhen's house, his Yue's Yang Tinghe family, and Shimen's Wang family.

Although Shen Rui has not yet reached the crown, he has already made a name for himself, and his relatives also treat him as an adult. There are only two Guo and Shen Li, who are okay in front of people, but there are many advice in the back, and they are still full of worries.

Guo is just a woman in the house, and all she cares about is Shen Rui's daily life. Seeing that he was smoking strips and his clothes were swaying on his body, he was afraid that he would have a bitter summer and no appetite, so in addition to insisting on keeping food, he also filled two jars of side dishes with the taste of Songjiang for Shen Rui, ready to ask him to take them away.

Sister Fu is eight years old, with the appearance of a little girl, because of the two years of baby teeth began to be lost, the little girl is more shy, her mouth is tight, but she is the old daughter of the five-room old couple, her parents, brothers and sisters-in-law are pampered, lively and cute, and she always opens her mouth to show her scene accidentally.

is so childlike and cute, Shen Rui's mood is a little happier when he sees it.

Coming out of Shen Ying's house and going to Shen Li's side is another scene.

In the past two years, although Shen Li has started a relationship with the second room, the exchanges between the New Year and the holidays have not fallen, which is also the proper meaning of the family exchanges.

Shen Rui here, although he has met him less often, every time Shen Li sees him, he still asks him carefully, first asking about daily life, and then asking about homework.

This meeting is no exception.

Shen Rui's life has always been regular, and Shen Li knows it after getting along with him in Songjiang for more than two years. After listening to Shen Rui's recent daily arrangement from morning to night, Shen Li obviously noticed the difference.

Although Shen Rui was diligent before, he also cherished his body very much, and the time of placement was arranged at the beginning of the second watch, which was early rather than late; Not to mention that I have more time to study at night, I wake up half an hour early, and I go to bed for less than three hours a day.

Shen Li frowned, and his face was full of disapproval: "It's good to be self-motivated, but it's not necessarily a good thing for you to grow like this, if you break your body for a while, it's a lifelong thing."

Shen Rui hurriedly said: "I still practice boxing for half an hour in the morning, and the amount of food is half a bowl more, and my mother often asks someone to bring tonic soup over, so I don't dare to hurt myself." ”

Hearing this, Shen Li's brows furrowed even tighter, and he said in a deep voice: "But Uncle Cang's body is ...... What's so bad? ”

In the past two years, Shen Cang has contracted illness before the solar terms change, and Shen Li has visited the patient, so he remembers it.

When Shen Rui heard this, his heart was sour, so he nodded and said, "My father's energy has declined in the past two years, and his body bones are getting worse and worse year by year...... It's my mother, I thought too much when I was young, I sat down and had a headache, and I was strong in front of people, and I also started to use medicine to regulate my ...... in the past two years."

Xu's was too tired when he was young, and he slowly recuperated for a few years; The signs of Shen Cang's body are really unlucky. Now it's hidden inside and out, but Shen Rui often goes to the upper room, and the more time he spends with Shen Cang and his wife, he can't hide this matter.

Not only Shen Cang, but also the third master, now that he is motivated for his son, is it really harmless to his body? It's just that he is young, and he has been recuperating for decades, and now he is diligent and modest, and he is not obvious for a while.

Shen Cang and Xu were very worried every time they mentioned the body of the third master, but they did not mean to stop him from the imperial examination. With the third master's current enthusiasm, even if Shen Cang and his wife want to stop it, most of them can't stop it.

Shen Li showed worry on his face, he had always respected Shen Cang, the clan uncle, and he had also been taken care of by the second room when he first entered Beijing.

The previous estrangement was just to see that several pavilion elders in the court were fighting more and more, Shen Li was frightened, and he was unwilling to pull the second room closer to this quagmire.

With Shen Cang, the second room can be self-reliant; If Shen Cang falls, Shen Rui will have to support the portal at such a young age, and the identity of the student is naturally not enough.

"I can't complain that you're in a hurry," Shen Li sighed: "It's just that the official school is slow to teach, and it's really not a way for you to do it behind closed doors." The sixth brother can't help you with anything, but Shiwen may be able to mention you a little bit here. After that, every ten years you send someone to send a new article, and I will change it and ask someone to send it to you. At the end of each month, just in time for my day off, you will come over again. ”

Speaking of this, he was a little angry: "Sixth brother really regrets that he didn't stop you from apprenticeing to Wang Bo'an, otherwise why would it be difficult to find a good teacher for you in the Hanlin Academy?" As a result, you have betrayed the name of your disciple in vain, but you are not allowed to be taught by your teacher."

Shen Rui said: "The teacher is very talented, although he returned to his hometown to recuperate, he often wrote to teach me. ”

Shen Li said: "I know that he has done a good job in his strategy, and he has true knowledge in his stomach...... However, Brother Rui can follow Wang Bo'an to do learning, but he can't learn his arrogance. If it weren't for the fact that he was young and floating, roaring in Beijing, and being jealous of scholars, how could he have spent all these years? The past does not forget the teacher of the future, the youthful spirit is not a bad thing, but at that time, he was introspective, and he didn't have to be sharp"

Shen Rui got up and listened, and responded: "Sixth brother, don't worry, I only know that I have many shortcomings, and it's too late to make up for diligence, so where is the qualification for pride?" ”

Shen Li shook his head and said: "You can't be arrogant, but you can't be without confidence, family background, fame, marriage, and appearance, you don't lose to others everywhere, what is there to be no confidence?" ”

Shen Rui smiled bitterly: "Since I was born in a scholarly family, studying and doing business is fundamental, and this alone makes my younger brother weak and short of breath...... Last year's children's test, in the end, is superficial, it is nothing. Next year's township test is the real touchstone. I knew that I had a weak foundation, and I didn't think about this subject at all, but I didn't want to wait for me four years later."

Shen Li lowered his head and pondered for a while, and said, "What is Brother Rui thinking?" Even if you can pass the township test next year, won't you still get stuck in the next year's test? ”

Shen Rui was silent for a while, only feeling that the words on his lips weighed a thousand pounds.

Shen Li's face turned pale and said, "Uncle Cang's body is so bad?" I couldn't make it to the next subject

Shen Rui drooped his head and sighed heavily.

No one told him about it, but he deduced it from the clues.

Shen Cang and Xu valued the third master so much before, but now they know that he is not studying properly to prepare for the exam, but they are only worried in private and do not stop him; For the diligence of Shen Rui and Shen Jue, there is only encouragement in gratification.

The husband and wife acted differently than before.

Whether it is the disposal of the Qiao family, or the connivance of Shen Rui's preparation, or the treatment of Shen Yan's brothers, they are all a little impatient.

Compared with Shen Rui, they are only a lot more worried about the future of the Shen family, so they will not stop the third master from taking the exam, and they also hope that Shen Rui and Shen Jue will stand up as soon as possible.

However, the Xu family pushed all the housework to the third wife and Sister Yu, but they did not fake the affairs of Shen Cang.

The old husband and wife get along, and they are a little more warm, but there is always a bit of strangeness in this warmth, but it makes Shen Rui, a bystander, shocked.

How dare Shen Rui slack off? I can only push myself more and more.

The second room has been in Beijing for many years, and if you really want to talk about it, it is not close to the houses in Songjiang. Xu's maiden family has no biological brothers, only a brother who has passed the heir in his hometown in Suzhou, and he was sick again in his early years, and now he is a nephew. Although she has many sisters, there were also two older sisters who married into the Beijing official family, but they have already passed away one after another, even if they leave their children and grandchildren, they are not returning to their hometowns, but they are serving as officials, and there are only the He family in Beijing, and the others are distant relatives.

As for the second-room in-laws, the Qiao family, is already ruined, and the third-room in-laws, the Tian family, are scholarly families, and there are no high-grade clansmen at all. Fortunately, there are still two Yang families, He family, and Shen Li here, even if the Shen family has changed greatly, it will not be helpless after all.

However, it is better to ask for others than for yourself, relatives can take care of them for a while, but they can't take care of them for a lifetime. If the third master, Shen Rui's uncle and nephew and others don't stand up, the second room will also go down.

"Although I know that Uncle Cang is not in good health, I also think that Uncle Cang can last ten years." Shen Li sighed faintly.

Ten years later, if nothing else, even Shen Zhou, who is released, should also finish his qualifications, as long as he can find an opportunity to return to Beijing, either Xiao Jiuqing or Shilang, then the Shen family will have a pillar again.

Seeing that Shen Li was so anxious about the second room, thinking about the changes in the early years of Zhengde, Shen Rui thought about it and said, "Does the sixth brother often go to the East Palace to speak?" ”

Although Shen Li didn't understand why Shen Rui asked about this, he still replied truthfully: "Everyone wants to go to the East Palace, and there are indeed a number of people around the East Palace...... I have little qualifications, and even if I often go in and out of the imperial city, I am only on duty in front of the emperor. ”

Shen Li is the champion of Hongzhi for three years, and now it is the sixteenth year of Hongzhi. The people who can be arranged to give lectures in front of the East Palace are all trusted and respected ministers today. Most of these civil servants were in the East Palace in the last years of Chenghua, and now they are either university scholars or scholars.

However, Shen Li has an advantage, that is, he is young, and now he is only in his thirties. In fact, according to the rules of nine years to be promoted to two levels, Shen Li should have been promoted two levels last year, but he didn't want to leave the Hanlin Academy. The transfer of Hanlin officials to the James Mansion was excessive, but the people who had just filled it up after the "Jingcha" the year before last were a radish and a pit.

"I heard that there seems to be calm and no waves among the elders now, but there is an undercurrent surging below. The ups and downs of the Huan Sea, has the sixth brother ever thought about how the sixth brother will deal with it if Xie Ge returns to his hometown one day? Shen Rui said.

Shen Li smiled when he heard this: "It seems that Brother Rui has really grown up, and he still cares about the current situation of the dynasty...... When the time comes, I will study at the Hanlin Academy with peace of mind. There are many seniors in the Hanlin Academy who have been studying for decades and have not been promoted, and compared to them, I can afford to wait......"

Listening to Shen Li's tone, he also set his eyes on the next emperor.

Once a son of heaven and a courtier, waiting for the change of the throne, now these old ministers have retired one after another, Shen Li is enough in terms of age and qualifications, and he can just be the mainstay.

Shen Rui didn't know why Brother Shou went out to play so tightly, half a year had passed, and he had never heard of Shen Li's appearance. It should be the emperor who made a move.

Shen Rui originally wanted to persuade Shen Li to find a foreign appointment to avoid the chaos of the replacement of the old and the new for two years, but the Ming Dynasty was a heavy official, and the Hanlin Academy was the most noble yamen in the capital. If you really want to talk about political achievements, participating in the compilation of a few books in the Hanlin Academy is no less than attacking the place. And among the Beijing officials, the low-grade ones are not enough, and the high-grade capitals are all sought-after hot dumplings. didn't wait for the vacancy to come out, and it was watched from all directions, and how many people were waiting.

It is easy for Shen Li to be released now, but after Xie Qian loses power, it is not easy for him to transfer back to the capital.

Although the champion is the leader among the scholars, it is not uncommon for him to have one in three years, and six or seven champions at the same time are common in the court. Among them, of course, there are those who worship the prime minister, and there are also those who have returned to their hometowns due to the defeat and officialdom

Just when Shen Yan went to give gifts everywhere, Changshou took Shen Rui's post and an address note and found Nancheng.

Since Shen Rui and Shen Yan brothers met, ten years have passed. Shen Rui weighed the almost, so he sent Changshou over to send an invitation, and invited Shen Yan to eat tea in the teahouse after the Dragon Boat Festival......