When Shen Cang came back from the Yamen, he heard that Shen Rui had brought Qiao's back.

Shen Cang changed out of his official uniform and said to his wife with a little disgust: "How did Brother Rui take that scourge back to Beijing?" ”

Xu sighed lightly and told Qiao Shi about running out to privately sacrifice Shen Jue and the follow-up matter, and even the appearance of Shen Yan's brothers did not fall.

Shen Cang was furious and shouted, "How dare a slut do this? ”

Xu Shi said with disappointment on his face: "I didn't expect that she would have no repentance when she arrived...... Now that she has a harmful heart, it is really difficult to send Changping Zhuangzi again. She is the second wife, and after all, she is the second room over there. ”

At the behest of the Xu family, Mao's mother, who "served" Qiao's on the Changping Zhuangzi, also entered the city yesterday afternoon after Shen Rui left. The old mother is an understanding person, but she does not pass the buck and pleads honestly.

The Xu family also knows that there is a difference between respect and inferiority, and if the Qiao family puts the master on the table, it is easy to sell the two maids and mothers-in-law. If you really want to think about it, Mao's mother can't be guarded against it here.

"Hmph, it's all because of her, she dares to have such a thought," Shen Cang's expression was cold.

Xu said: "I thought the same way, so I ordered Brother Rui to take her back to Beijing directly." ”

Shen Cang glanced at his wife and said, "I know that my wife has always been tolerant of Qiao's because of Brother Luo, but tolerance must also have a head, even if the Shen family is not good at being a wife, Qiao's family cannot be allowed to continue to jump." The second room always has to choose another heir, do you have to wait for her to kill another one before she has a seizure? “

Xu said: "Even if she has a heart, most of them can't jump up...... Yesterday, Dr. Chen followed him to the village and said that Qiao's was a sign of a stroke. ”

The husband and wife glanced at each other, and Shen Cang had already made a decision.

He has been up and down in the sea for 30 years, and his hands are not innocent. When the hot hand was ruthless, he also made the deadly Hades

Shen Rui's life has returned to normal, and every day he is still the two points and one line of Fuxue and Shangshufu, and sometimes he asks the Wang family and the Yang family for teaching and questioning in the middle. During this period, Shen Yan and Shen Rui went over in person, bringing some medicines and gifts prepared by the Xu family, which can be regarded as a thank you and apology for the two brothers.

Although Shen Rui still called "Mr. Shen" and "Shen Xianggong", and Shen Yan also called "Hengyun" gently, both of them understood in their hearts that spending one night together at the festival village did not make each other care closer, but they couldn't help but have a heart of "respecting and staying away".

A few days later, when he came back from school, Shen Rui had just returned to Jiuruju, and he saw Liu Ya mysteriously coming over and said, "Second brother, today's wife invited Dr. Chen to come over, and the second wife has a stroke......

Shen Rui was not surprised by this incident.

Dr. Chen had already said that Qiao's had already had a stroke and should be recuperated. Qiao's own trouble, wanting Shen Rui's life, Shen Rui was naturally not polite. First, the rope was tied for half the night, and then the carriage was bumpy back to Beijing, even a good person had to toss half to death, not to mention Qiao's.

On the day he returned to Shangshu Mansion, Qiao's was paralyzed.

If it is the first time it occurs, send someone to ask for medical extension medicine, and there is no chance of survival. But Shen is too late now.

Xu's face is cold and hot, he can't be so ruthless. How to deal with Qiao's is not a trivial matter, and Shen Rui also guessed that this is Shen Cang's handiwork.

Qiao's is a big scourge, and it should have been severely punished a long time ago, and now it is already cheap for her.

If it weren't for the approaching New Year, the successive ugly funerals, Qiao's might not have been able to save this life.

After dinner, Shen Rui paced for a while, but still went to the main courtyard.

Sister Yu is here, Xu is talking to Sister Yu, and Shen Cang is not in the house.

There is still a month and a half to celebrate the New Year, and I have to start to prepare, since the death of Shen Jue, the third master's body is intermittent, sometimes good and sometimes bad, the third wife has to serve the sick, but also to take care of her son, it is really unskilled, after discussing with the Xu family, she pushed Sister Yu out and asked her to bring a few housekeepers to prepare for the New Year.

Sister Yu is only fourteen years old, and she has no bottom in her heart, so she often asks Xu for advice in the main courtyard.

Because she will be married next year, Xu patiently taught her the way of housewifery. Mao Chi is Mao Cheng's eldest son, and Sister Yu used to be the eldest daughter-in-law, so naturally the more capable she is, the better.

"Mother." Shen Rui asked An Dao. Sister Yu had already gotten up and saluted her eldest brother.

When Xu saw him coming over at this time, he thought there was something wrong, so he said, "But is there something wrong with the old man?" ”

Shen Rui nodded and said, "I got some news from the school and wanted to ask my father." ”

Xu waved his hand and said, "Go, the master is in the study in the front yard." ”

Shen Rui answered and came out of the main room.

After hearing about this incident, Shen Rui knocked a few words in front of Zhou's mother, and learned that when Xu was young, he was indeed seriously ill, and it was when the third lady died and the third old lady was sick.

Xu had to take care of his father-in-law's funeral, and he often went to his mother-in-law's bed to serve the sick, so he was tired. It was also Dr. Chen's father who often went to the Shen family to see Dr. Chen, but unfortunately at that time, Dr. Chen and the two went to Nanjing, so they invited a doctor outside, and the conclusion of the diagnosis was that they were overworked and lost both qi and blood.

The second old man and the second wife were also called back to the old house by the third old lady and the eldest master at that time. In addition to serving the three old ladies, there is also the meaning of Xu's lying illness and letting Qiao's give Xu's help.

It's just that Qiao's doesn't like chores, so he leaves them to the mother-in-law around him, and he makes chickens and dogs jump for a while.

When the Xu family is well, the housework will be taken back to the Xu family.

After listening to the antecedents, Shen Rui became more and more disgusted with the Qiao family.

He was still thinking about whether the Xu family was pregnant after middle age, and Mrs. Qiao was afraid of hindering her grandson and the third room, so she arranged for someone to be ruthless, but he didn't expect it to be when the third master died, and Shen Luo was not born at that time. Such a vicious method is probably to let the second master and the second wife, who have been separated, return to the old mansion justifiably.

Shen Rui guessed this matter very well, and he didn't intend to hide it for the Qiao family and the Qiao family. The Qiao family is like a tumor, but the double in-laws are here, and the Shen family can only be said to be estranged no matter how much they don't like it, but they still can't pull down the human relations during the New Year's holidays, but in front of the Xu family, he can't open his mouth, so he can only go to find Shen Cang.

However, when I arrived in the study in the front yard, I saw Shen Cang, and looked at his white temples, and Shen Rui swallowed the words that came to his mouth.

For Xu, who has been childless all her life, it is too sad to tell her that she was once pregnant with a child. But for Shen Cang, such news is not cruel?

Thinking like this, Shen Rui changed the theme and said, "Father, that is the sacrificial tent set up by His Royal Highness, in the end, it is a bit swaggering." Most of the people living in Beicheng are eunuchs, and I don't know if anyone recognizes His Royal Highness. I don't know if there is any news from the East Palace recently? ”

Shen Cang touched his beard and said: "Everything is as usual in the East Palace, but the eunuch went out of the palace two days ago, went to Dashi Yongfang, and posted a post to treat him, as if the day is today. ”

Dashi Yongfang, located south of West Chang'an Street, is also adjacent to the imperial city. It's just that the residences in the capital have always paid attention to the wind and water, and most of the people living in the south are ordinary businessmen, so the prices of the houses over there are not expensive and the liquidity is strong, so there are many eunuchs and young eunuchs who buy property there.

The eunuchs who can become eunuchs and young eunuchs are all characters of the pyramid in the internal officials. When they are not on errands in the palace, they go back to the house outside the imperial city to be masters, marry wives and concubines, and live a normal life. It's just that there is no such thing in the end, wives and concubines can only be decorations, and the children are all blood relatives or orphans who have been directly adopted, and they will live as if they were playing at home.

Shen Rui breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Everything is fine as usual, and finally I didn't get into trouble because of the child." ”

Shen Cang glanced at Shen Rui several times, and saw that his expression was calm, but he was a little uncertain. Did you not think of the intention of the great eunuch's move, or did you not care in your heart?

Shen Rui's heart is clear, it is a good thing to maintain a good relationship with the East Palace, but preparing for the exam is the first priority at the moment. He wants to climb up in the ranks of civil servants, and the hat of "traitor" will not be worn no matter what.

The emperor's meaning is not difficult to guess, most of it is because Brother Shou attaches importance to the "friends" outside the palace and wants to find some playmates for him. As for thinking of the eunuch's adopted son and grandson, rather than others, it may be that the emperor has not made up his mind for a while, whether to choose a few young playmates for his son, or a few new little chamberlains to serve by his son's side.

Thinking of this possibility, Shen Rui felt that his crotch was cold, where would there be any emotions such as unwillingness and loss.

Shen Rui was stared at by Shen Cang, his scalp was numb, and he didn't have anything else to say, so he retreated from the study under the pretext of reading.

East Palace, West Warm Pavilion.

Brother Shou's face was full of confusion, he stood up, paced a few steps, and gritted his teeth. There was a waiter standing next to him, looking at Brother Shou with distressed eyes, and said carefully: "Your Highness, what's the matter?" ”

"Big companion, Xiao Jing is a guest at today's banquet, didn't he send a post to his big companion?" Brother Shou said with a little irritation.

The chamberlain is Liu Jin, the companion of the East Palace.

Liu Jin smiled bitterly and said, "What kind of tablet is the slave?" Grandpa Xiao invited all the eunuchs and young eunuchs of the Thirteen Yamen. ”

Ordinary internal officials are also not qualified to leave the palace to buy property.

Although Liu Jin is the companion of the East Palace, he can wear red as a special gift, but he has no real job now.

Xiao Jing has gone through three dynasties, and is now the eunuch of the master of ceremonies, the first person in the inner servant.

Others are hindered by the East Palace, and most of them will treat Liu Jin differently, but Xiao Jing has always been loyal to the emperor alone, and he has always been polite and alienated from the East Palace.

With such a unique scenery, Liu Jin, who has always been steady, couldn't help but make a sour water.

Brother Shou said indignantly: "It's not the soil buns in the countryside, or the poor insects who have no father and no mother, why do you want to use them as companions?" Instead of arranging for these idiots to go into the imperial city to study, it is better to let Shen Rui and He Taizhi enter the imperial city. It can't be said that he hasn't even finished studying the "Three Character Classic", so he dares to say that he is a scholar

Liu Jin wanted to speak and stopped.

Brother Shou had impatience on his face, but he sneered in his heart.

Here it is again, but I don't know if this time it is to provoke the relationship between the father and son of the Heavenly Family, or to provoke the "friendship" between him and Shen Rui.

"If you have something to say, you can say it, and you are feeling aggrieved in your lonely heart." Shou Ge Dao.

Liu Jin looked around and said in a low voice: "It's all the heart of the emperor's beloved son......