With the "death" of Hui Niang, the business of the Tingzhou Chamber of Commerce, the Fujian Townsmen Association and the Carriage and Horse Gang was stopped, and even the previous plan of Shen Xi to integrate the Beijing Carriage Shop had to be temporarily stopped. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

It was when the wind was tight, the imperial court plundered the private capital too much, and Shen Xi spent a lot of silver when saving Hui Niang, and even the only remaining bit of family money was about to be hollowed out, so that whether to maintain business operations in the future, Shen Xi lost his previous confidence.

In the blink of an eye, October has passed, the matter of the township test has long come to an end, even Hui Niang's tail seven have been burned out, the mourning hall has been withdrawn, and the Zhou family is about to return to the capital at this time.

The Yin family arrived in the capital as early as mid-September, and the family had no place to stay for the time being, so they lived in the Lu family's mansion returned by the household department opposite the Xie Mansion.

There are not many people in the Yin family in Beijing, in addition to Yin Wen's grandmother and parents, there is also Yin Wen's infant brother, the Yin family's property is gone, and the family is separated after being released from prison, Yin Wen has a fall, Mrs. Yin took her son and daughter-in-law to Shen Xi, hoping to get Shen Xi's protection.

Things are not people, this is Shen Xi's most intuitive feeling.

Thinking of talking and laughing with the shopkeeper Yin on the bank of the White Horse River, in the blink of an eye, the person was no longer there, but Yin Wen had become an indispensable part of his back house.

That day, Shen Xi took Yin Wen to see his grandmother and parents, Yin Wen was very happy, and when he arrived in front of the old man, he kept holding Shen Xi with his hand, as if to say, I will take my father-in-law back to his parents' house.

Yin Wen's father is a simple man, somewhat similar to Shen Mingjun, Yin Wen's mother doesn't have much knowledge, and she is not as flamboyant as Zhou.

Shen Xi had dinner at Yin's house, and she was going to stay with Yin Wen and stay with her family for one night, but Xiao Nizi pulled Shen Xi to death, hoping that Shen Xi would stay.

"Lord Shen, take Xiaowen back."

Mrs. Yin showed a relieved smile on her face, "This girl is so blessed, she has the love of adults, and she will celebrate the New Year in the future...... Let's just see her. ”

A touch of confusion instantly appeared in Yin Wen's originally clear and bright big eyes, and he didn't understand why the people he liked couldn't live together.

Shen Xi smiled and asked, "Xiaowen, come with me or stay?" ”

"Huh?"

Yin Wen pouted, thought for a while, and said, "Let's go together." ”

Yin Wen teased his younger brother for a moment, and then reluctantly left with Shen Xi.

When she got to the carriage, Xiao Nizi hugged Shen Xi with her hands, the more she lost and regained, the more Xiao Nizi understood the preciousness of what she had, her attachment to Shen Xi came from her heart, she didn't understand anything else, she only knew that she was very happy with Shen Xi, and she had an inexplicable sense of security.

As for things such as competing for favor or his status in the Shen family in the future, Yin Wen would not care.

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On the fourth day of the first month of winter, it snowed heavily in the capital.

This is the second snow to fall in winter.

During the Xiaoice period, the climate is abnormal, usually from the beginning of October, the capital will be affected by the cold wave and begin to snow, and now it is relatively late to fall in the winter moon.

This day is the day when Shen Mingjun and his wife return to the capital.

Shen Xi sent Song Xiaocheng and others out of the city to greet him in advance, and on this day, Shen Xi went to the East Palace to speak, he wrapped himself in heavy winter clothes, stepped on the snow covering the top of his boots, and went to the Chufang Hall with Jin Gui and other Zhongyun officials and attendants.

"Wang Shuzi has returned from Nanjing, and he will hold a banquet tomorrow to entertain his colleagues, has Brother Shen received an invitation?" As he walked, Jin Gui suddenly asked.

"I haven't met anyone before!"

Shen Xi also heard the news that Wang Hua had returned to Beijing after the Ying Tianfu Township exam, and he said with a little regret: "I'm afraid I don't have time to attend the banquet, my father and mother have just come from my ancestral hometown, and the family will be busy these days." When the time comes, Brother Jin will help say goodbye and apologize for me. ”

Jin Gui smiled and nodded in understanding.

While chatting, the two came to the outside of the Chufang Hall together, and some eunuchs were clearing the snow, but because the snow was still falling, this side had just been cleared out, and the back was covered with snowflakes.

In the Ming Imperial Palace, the number of palace maids and eunuchs far exceeds that of other dynasties, which causes the problem of bloated institutions and surplus manpower, and the imperial court has to support so many eunuchs and palace maids, and these people don't have much to do on weekdays, like this kind of snow day, just let them come in handy.

"The prince is resting, gentlemen, please wait inside."

Unconsciously, the East Palace has changed attendants, and Liu Jin and others, who often appear, did not appear again, and replaced with a few fresh faces, but they are all old eunuchs with grades in the palace.

These old eunuchs spoke very politely, they used to serve in the remote yamen of the twenty-four eunuchs, and they couldn't see the day of their future, but now they come to serve the prince, and their careers can be regarded as a great leap. In their eyes, the East Palace Speaker is a very sacred official position.

Zhu Houzhao likes to be lazy, and being late for class is not uncommon for Shen Xi, Jin Gui and others, it is rare to have a snowy day, and most of the bear children are having snowball fights with the eunuchs and palace maids at this time, rather than resting as the attendant said.

"Shen Yude, what do you think is good?" When he arrived at the Cuifang Palace, Jin Gui showed due respect for Shen Xi, a Shangguan, at the right time.

Shen Xi, as a lecturer, is a solo lecturer, and has the responsibility to advise the prince to study, but Shen Xi is running at home and on Hui Niang's side, and he is feeling a little tired at this time, so he shook his head with a smile: "It's okay, sit down and wait." ”

There were many officials in the East Palace, but Shen Xi spoke, so he sat down to rest.

About an hour later, Zhu Houzhao was still nowhere to be seen, and Shen Xi had no choice but to go to the apse to see what the bear child was doing.

When he crossed the glazed dream and entered the nave of the Cuifang Palace, he couldn't help but be surprised, only to see a palace maid crying out of the apse in disheveled clothes, and there were other women's voices in the hall.

Zhu Houzhao is actually playing with women?

"Prince?"

Shen Xi was about to step forward, but was stopped by a eunuch on duty, and Shen Xi could only shout to remind him to come.

"What? Hongu is sick and won't go to class today, so I'll go out and talk to my husband...... Hahaha......" Zhu Houzhao's arrogant voice came from inside, as well as the wail of the palace maid.

Shen Xi's anger rose from his heart.

You bear child, have you learned what I teach in the belly of a dog? Let you be responsible, not let you play with women at a young age!

In other words, you are an undeveloped little child, even if you put a woman in front of you, what can you do?

The eunuch was about to continue to block it, but this time Shen Xi rushed up directly and kicked the door of the apse open.

Suddenly, there was silence in the room, but I saw two palace maids in front of Zhu Houzhao who were sorting out their clothes, and a few others were dodging next to them.

"You!"

Zhu Houzhao's clothes are quite complete, obviously he still doesn't understand what is going on between men and women, thinking that this bear child is now almost twelve years old, it is when he is ignorant about the affairs of men and women, he has a strong curiosity about women, and he doesn't know why.

Zhu Houzhao was playful, and suddenly someone broke in, and he was about to shout, and when he saw that it was Shen Xi, he immediately lowered his head in shame.

As soon as Shen Xi waved his hand, several palace maids in the house hurriedly packed up their clothes, hid their faces and left the apse.

"Do you know what you're doing?" Shen Xi shouted angrily.

Zhu Houzhao pouted and said unconvinced: "I didn't do anything to them, I just asked them to untie their clothes and show me...... Mr. Shen, it doesn't seem like you can come in here, right? ”

At this time, Zhu Houzhao is no longer the unenlightened teenager, he has already learned to change the topic and turn Shen Xi's criticism of him into his questioning of Shen Xi.

Shen Xi said: "When I go to the East Palace to speak, I need to accompany the prince all the time, and persuade the prince with every word and deed. The prince doesn't ask about the morning class, why not come in and urge? ”

What Shen Xi meant, the premise of my messing up the rules is that you broke the rules first, and I just dragged you back to listen to the class. In terms of eloquence, Zhu Houzhao couldn't compare with Shen Xi at all, and as soon as these words came out, Zhu Houzhao was speechless.

"Go to class!"

Shen Xi snorted, but he also knew that the person in front of him was not his son, this was the Zhengde Emperor in history who was famous for his impropriety and nonsense.

Shen Xi and Zhu Houzhao left the dormitory with their front and back feet, and before they reached the front hall, Zhu Houzhao caught up with him in a few steps and asked, "Sir, tell me, how did I get here?" ”

"You were conceived and born by the queen in October." Shen Xi replied.

"That's my mother's business, why does my mother still marry my father?" Zhu Houzhao's little face was confused.

Shen Xi looked at Zhu Houzhao and said, "When you grow up, you will naturally understand." ”

Zhu Houzhao protested dissatisfiedly: "Everyone else says so, but Mr. told me that if you have doubts, you should try to find out the truth." So I wanted to see what was different about them...... Hey, I've found a lot of ......."

"Whatever you find, it has nothing to do with the lesson you're going to listen to today." Shen Xi said angrily.

This bear child is becoming more and more evil, and the children of ordinary people have reached the stage of adolescent enlightenment, and they have the heart but not the conditions, but this bear child, once they seek the truth, they can do whatever they want. was originally a nonsense character, but when he was thirteen or fourteen years old and really understood the affairs of men and women, could there be fewer women around him?

The instinct of nature, men want to capture women, Zhu Houzhao, as the crown prince, has unique conditions, and likes to mess around, now there is only one way to curb his nature, which is to use the shackles of morality and etiquette to trap him and let him learn to cultivate his mind.

But now it looks like the road is fraught with obstacles.

"Sir, tell me...... No one else said to me, and if you were the same, then I would go to them at night...... I don't understand, someone will, or I can figure it out myself. ”

Zhu Houzhao relied on Shen Xi to stare at him all the time, and said in a threatening tone.

This coercion method was also taught to him by Shen Xi, and it is currently being used on the teacher.

Shen Xi sighed helplessly: "It's okay to want to know, first go to class honestly, and when the homework is over, I will naturally explain it to you." ”

Having said that, Shen Xi was muttering in his heart, if he really told the bear child about men and women, wouldn't this be a disguised incitement to instigate him to commit a crime?

With the character of the bear child, he will definitely try when he knows it, and when he understands that there are some things he can't do yet, he will doubt life.

When the matter is known to the emperor and empress, Shen Xike, who started it, will face severe punishment.

Teach my son to tease the palace maid at a young age?

Is this what you look like?

However, with Shen Xi's promise, the bear child was very happy, the questions he had been encircling in his heart since he was a child would soon have answers, and his thirst for knowledge made him full of energy in class.

During the lunch meal, Jin Gui came over and reminded Shen Xi: "Brother Shen, it seems that the prince is not quite right today." ”

"Hmm."

Shen Xi nodded and didn't elaborate.

A bear child who is lazy in class on weekdays is not in shape, and suddenly listens carefully and takes the initiative to ask questions, it is strange to be able to get the right head!

As soon as the afternoon class ended, Zhu Houzhao quickly jumped in front of Shen Xi and asked, "Mr. Shen, I listened to the lecture very seriously today, right?" Shouldn't you tell me how to have a baby? ”

These words were impartial, and they happened to be heard by Jin Gui.

Jin Gui had already put down the pen and was about to pack up his things and leave, but at this moment he immediately cheered up, dipped the brush in ink again, and looked at Shen Xi sympathetically, as if to say, Brother Shen, don't blame me, my task is to be responsible for recording the words and deeds of the prince, what you say, I have to remember, otherwise it will be dereliction of duty.

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PS: Second update!

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