Sitting in the carriage, Shen Juren closed his eyes, and there was the sound of wheels in his ears, as well as the sound of "woo" wind.

It was already dark outside, and the north wind was blowing, and Shen Juren's mood was as gloomy as this cold winter day.

Although he agreed without hesitation to the Xu family's mention of bringing Shen Rui into Beijing before several clan elders, he has regretted it since then.

For the Xu family, what is the weakness?

After more than 20 years of husband and wife, he has nothing to be sorry for Sun. Even if he didn't keep Sun's dowry later, it wasn't because of him. The fourth room was ruined because of this, and the loss was not small.

The other young people who entered Beijing are the second or youngest sons of each house, and at first glance they are candidates for the heirs of the second room. Shen Rui is now nominally the second son, but who doesn't know that he is the only true son-in-law in the fourth room.

What if the Xu family just found an excuse to bring Shen Rui into Beijing, and then left him in the capital?

Shen Juren felt that the Xu family was "ill-intentioned" for a while, and he was going to kidnap his son; For a while, I felt that I wanted to think too much, with Shen Jue in front, the second room would not take a fancy to Shen Rui.

Shen Juren's heart was entangled.

Although the words of Lao Anren occasionally flashed in his heart, he still did not have the idea of passing his only sister-in-law to his room. In that case, outsiders don't know how to poke him in the backbone, I'm afraid that he will have a solid reputation of "spoiling concubines and destroying concubines".

Shen Rui sat aside, and there would be a lot of trouble in Shen Ju's heart. He has always been a precautionary character, and now that the matter of entering Beijing has disrupted his previous plan, he should think about it clearly.

Dongxi, Liu Ya, Changshou, and Liu Cheng are four, Changshou and Liu Cheng are two to follow, but Dongxi and Liu Ya are inconvenient to follow. When you go out, you bring a little scholar and a maidservant, and the maid also follows, which looks too different.

In the eyes of Zhang Lao'an and Shen Juren, the two maids are not in the fourth room, but they are easy to settle, just entrust them directly to the Guo family.

There is nothing valuable in the cross-courtyard, and the soft winter joy has already been collected, and it can be brought out directly when the time comes. Leave an empty yard and just ask Xiao Tao and Xiao Xing to watch it. After careful calculation, he has only been back for half a month, and he has not purchased anything except clothes and bookcases.

There is no need to put too much luggage when you go out, the key is to bring enough money. Three years ago, with Wang Shouren going out, Shen Rui also had some experience. It is enough to bring a few hundred wen in case of emergency, and it is necessary to carry more broken silver, and the main thing you need to bring is gold. When you arrive in Suzhou or the capital, it is also convenient to exchange money for money in a silver store.

The father and son, each thinking about their own things, did not speak until they got out of the carriage.

It wasn't until he entered the gate that Shen Juren stopped, frowned, and said, "Let the housekeeper go to give you a road guide tomorrow, and you also tell your subordinates to pack up their luggage." Things should be prepared, don't wait until you go out to bother the elders because of such trivial things."

Shen Rui lowered his hand and listened, and his mouth responded.

When Shen Juren saw Shen Rui's respectful appearance, his heart was blocked. It seems that there is a vague impression that this son was happy to be close to him when he was young, and every time he went to the courtyard of Lao Anren, he would come to his side. I only think he is stubborn, and I am afraid that he will be spoiled by Lao Anren, so I have to reprimand him every time I see him. Unconsciously, Shen Rui was only respectful in front of him, and he no longer had the affection he had when he was a child.

When Sun died, because of that meal, the father and son became more and more estranged, and even he felt that his son seemed to be a different person.

He was entangled all the way, was it just because he was afraid that the Xu family's asking Shen Rui to be his heir would affect his reputation?

has been a father and son for more than ten years, and people's hearts are made of meat.

At that time, because Sun had been infertile for more than ten years, he was desperate for his sons and daughters; But when facing Shen Jin, he is not without regrets. The branch is cut off, and the concubine inherits the door, which is inappropriate.

When Sun was pregnant, he also suffered from gains and losses, and secretly prayed for a son-in-law; When Shen Rui "quacked" to land, he was still drunk with joy because of his son-in-law

of his own two sons, the eldest son's wings are stiff, and he is getting more and more ideas; The second son is getting older and older, and he is only respectful and not close to his father.

Shen Juren let out a long breath, and his waist, which was originally straight, bent down in an instant.

"The eldest lady of the second room brought your brothers into Beijing, and it was mostly involved in the selection of heirs...... What does the second brother want? Shen Juren hesitated for a moment and asked.

Shen Rui glanced at Shen Juren and shook his head.

He couldn't wait to leave the fourth room, but he didn't want to go over to be the heir of the second room.

Is it so easy for an heir to do? Filial piety, kindness, and rules, if there is less than one, it will not be the same.

Now the second house is powerful, and no one in the clan can beat its edge. He is in the fourth room, as the son of Yuan Yan, he has a biological mother with a good name, and he can use Shen Li's momentum to deter Zhang Laoan and Shen Juren. Even if they can rely on their status as elders to block themselves, they will not hurt their muscles and bones because of the large number of people they protect; For the second room, Shen Li is not enough.

If he becomes the heir of the second house, how the elders discipline is in accordance with the law and human feelings, where to find a backer?

Now is the era of etiquette and religion, and the three outlines and five constants are the most important.

In the world where the king is the minister, the father is the son, and the husband is the wife, it is not easy for a woman to live, and it is not easy to be a son.

The murderer dies, with one exception, and that is when a parent kills a child.

On the "Da Ming Law", it is clearly written that the elder beats and kills the inferior, and the closer the relationship, the lighter the crime.

Although extreme cases such as the father killing the son are rare, and such worries are unfounded, the absolute control of the father over the son from life to death is suffocating.

The fourth room has the old things of three years ago, and there is the protection of Sun's Yu En, and Shen Juren's "father's outline" can't cheer up in front of Shen Rui.

What about the second room? He wants to be a good son, according to the arrangement of his parents, and live a lifetime?

In his previous life, Shen Rui once saw an inference in the Red Science Forum that Jia Yu was not born by Jia's mother, but an heir. Even if he is recorded as the eldest under Jia's mother's name and is the heir to the title of Rongguo Mansion, he still has to give up the main house and live in a corner. Otherwise, there is no distinction between the elders and the young in Rongguo Mansion, but no one thinks that the forty-eight dukes who come and go are wrong, and it is a little unreasonable, after all, the more powerful the family, the more important the elder and the younger.

Jia Lian, the nominal eldest grandson, took care of the affairs of Rongguo Mansion, but became a housekeeper for the second uncle; Wang Xifeng, the eldest daughter-in-law of the long house, also wants to flatter Mrs. Wang.

There are also the rules of Jiafu, the younger brother is extremely afraid in front of his brother, just like Jia Huan in front of Jia Baoyu, trembling, not only the difference between the elder and the young, but also the elder and the young

Jia Zheng has always been calm in front of Jia Yu, and he did not respect his brother, but turned a blind eye. He himself is a Confucian student, with four books and five classics on his lips, but he has no guilt for stealing from Rongxi Hall. The biggest confidence is not that Jia's mother is partial, but that he is the biological son of Rongguo Gong.

And Jia Yu is more than half a hundred years old, as the head of the family, he is always reprimanded like a grandson in front of Jia's mother, and it is not just the word "filial piety". Just because he inherited the title as an heir, he has taken a big advantage in the eyes of the world. Even if he lives in a side courtyard and does not have the right to be a housekeeper in his hands, because of his title, Rongguo Mansion is benevolent and righteous to him. As long as he has the slightest disobedience to Jia's mother, he is "disobedient"; As long as there is a little exclusion of the second room, it is "ungrateful".

Not to mention whether this kind of inference has a spectrum or not, but the embarrassing status of the heir is clear.

The folk have a conventional understanding of the "heir", that is, in the eyes of the heir's parents, the heir is just an heir, and if it is not the flesh on the body, it will not be cooked, and it will never be a biological child. Few parents will put down their bodies and be intimate with their heirs, most of them are polite, they will put their care on their grandchildren, the so-called "heirs are not parents and children, and grandchildren are grandchildren".

The so-called heirs, to put it bluntly, are just "human races" selected for the purpose of reproducing the family bloodline.

The second room is high, and it will be of great help in the career after becoming an heir, but to be a "human race", after giving birth to children to be raised by his parents, he is treated as a guest, and he will be a filial son like Jia Yu for the rest of his life, Shen Rui is really not uncommon.

Shen Juren didn't say anything else, and waved his hand to send Shen Rui away.

Shen Rui didn't want to go first, until he saw Shen Juren go to the study, and then returned to the courtyard.

As soon as he entered the courtyard, he saw the north house lit up, Shen Rui thought that Dongxi and Liu Ya were there, but he saw Dong Xi and Liu Ya coming out of the wing.

"Second brother, the eldest brother came over after eating wine, and said that he wanted to talk to the second brother, and went into the study to wait for the second brother to come back, and stayed for a while." Winter Joy said.

Liu Ya whispered: "The maid sent the sobering soup over first, and saw the eldest brother sitting at the desk, 'popping, shedding tears, looking at it makes people's hearts sour." ”

Dong Xi said softly: "Is there something wrong with Aunt Zheng?" Aunt Zheng quarreled with the master in the study, and the matter of angering the master and being sent out of the house has spread among the subordinates today. ”

"The sky is high for birds to fly, and the sea is wide for fish to leap. And what's so bad? Shen Rui sighed.

Shen Jin felt uncomfortable, and borrowed wine to dispel his sorrows, probably not only for the Zheng family, but also for Shen Juren's desperation for their mother and son yesterday.

Shen Rui can see it really, whether it is the slap mark on Zheng's face or the kick on Shen Jin's body, the force is not light.

Shen Rui thought that Shen Jin must have slept after eating and drinking, but he didn't expect to enter the study and take a look, Shen Jin sat there with his eyes open and wandered into the lampstand.

The tears on Shen Jin's face have been wiped away, leaving only Mu Ran.

Hearing the movement of someone coming in, he raised his head, saw that it was Shen Rui, and showed a smile that was more ugly than crying and said, "She's gone......"

Shen Rui didn't pretend to be stupid and asked who was gone, nor did he say anything, just a consolation that they would see each other again sooner rather than later.

Since he knew that the Zheng family had handled the matter of Sister Zhang so decisively, Shen Rui could see that the Zheng family was distracted and would leave the fourth room, and felt that she would not come back.

As long as he leaves himself a little leeway, the Zheng family will not show that the carriage and horses will turn their faces with Shen Juren.

Shen Jin just wanted to talk to someone, and continued to murmur: "I know that she coaxed me, and she said that when I am lifted, I can go and pick her up and go to Beijing together, and take care of me in the future...... But she's coaxing me, I know the way, I just know the way, but I can only pretend that I don't know the way......"

Shen Rui sighed, no matter whether the Zheng family is good or evil, but for Shen Jin, she is a qualified mother.

Her biological mother in the concubine room is in the fourth room for a day, just like the world reminds Shen Jin that she is a fake concubine, but she is actually a concubine. Only when she is gone, Shen Jinshu's identity will gradually fade

How many mothers in this world can give up their children? Pity the hearts of parents all over the world.