Shen Xi knew that Xie Duo admired him very much.

The old gentleman has devoted his life to education, and the most important thing is to cultivate talents, Xie Duo hopes to see him make a difference in the court and prove that his vision is right.

For Shen Xi, although it was pressure, it was also the motivation to whip him forward, no matter what, he didn't want to disappoint Xie Duo.

But now Shen Xi has to admit that he is gradually involved in the whirlpool of political struggles in the late Hongzhi Dynasty, and the best way for Mingzhe to protect himself now is to leave the capital early.

However, it does not mean that he can stay out of the power struggle if he wants to get out of the mud and not get dirty. Even if you get close to the so-called loyal ministers such as Ma Wensheng and Liu Daxia, you will inevitably get involved in factional disputes.

Xie Duo talked about the situation of the next two Beijing township tests.

At present, it is basically certain that Shen Xi will be appointed as the internal curtain officer of the township examination, Xie Duo has experience in this regard, and he has taught Shen Xi some of his experience when he was the chief examiner.

“…… Xie Ge Mansion, don't go in the future, otherwise there will be criticism. Xie Duo kindly reminded, "If you become the main examiner of the Shuntianfu Township Examination, whether you take the second son of the Xie family in the end or not, you will offend people." ”

Shen Xi nodded in agreement.

If he is the chief examiner of the Shuntianfu Township Examination, if Xie Pi is in the middle of the examination, others will suspect him of giving and receiving private teachings, and criticize him in various ways; If he doesn't win, he will offend Xie Qian, a university scholar, I asked you to tutor my son, but in the end, you, the chief examiner of the township exam, didn't let him pass, how did you become a gentleman?

Is it that in order to avoid what others say, my son could have been hit, but in the end you gave a wrong sentence?

It's not a human business inside and out, and the best way is to avoid suspicion and wait for the township test to end before going to Xie's house.

Shen Xi's appointment as Mr. Xie Fudang was only a verbal agreement, and no formal contract was signed, so there was no question of whether to resign or not. Shen Xi said: "I'll tell Xie Ge Lao when I go back, Xie Ge Lao is reasonable and should be able to understand." ”

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By the beginning of May, Xie Yun'er rarely went out, and the only thing she needed to do now was to raise the baby with peace of mind, just waiting for the child to come.

Counting the days, the pregnancy will be full in October, and labor may be in force at any time, and Shen Xi always rushes home as soon as possible after finishing work.

Shen Xi still took the time to meet Hui Niang, although he knew that Hui Niang always avoided him, but the situation was serious, and it was necessary for him to convey Yu Niang's advice.

Stay away from officialdom, at least before Shen Xi grows into a giant tree, stop the business at hand, buy real estate and fields, and become a landlord with peace of mind.

Shen Xi saw Hui Niang in a duplex courtyard near the original Xie family's old house in Jiaozhongfang, with three entrances and two partial courtyards on both sides.

In order to avoid suspicion, Shen Xi did not go to visit at night or at dusk, but at noon, trying to avoid gossip from others.

Shen Xi saw Hui Niang once during the Chinese New Year.

I haven't seen her for almost four months now, and even when Hui Niang moved, Shen Xi didn't see her. When he saw Hui Niang again, Shen Xi's first thought in his heart was: "She has lost weight." ”

But the relationship between the two is awkward now, there is no kinship, Hui Niang is still a widow, and Shen Xi, as an official of the imperial court, and an official sees the people, many etiquettes need to be taken care of, and Shen Xi can't even say a word of concern.

Hui Niang entertained Shen Xi in the living room in the front yard, respectfully invited Shen Xi to sit down, and then stood beside him solemnly and personally served tea to Shen Xi.

Shen Xi explained the intention, and Hui Niang's face was full of embarrassment: "Now that the business in the capital is booming, how can you say that you can stop if you stop?" Your Excellency, let's help intercede with the court......"

Shen Xi really doesn't understand Hui Niang's mentality now, after the Tingzhou Chamber of Commerce wiped out the whole army in Fuzhou, Shen Xi thought that she would want to open it, and she would no longer be involved with the government, and live a peaceful life after going to the capital, but now it seems that Hui Niang has not learned a lesson, which shows that her character is still relatively stubborn and radical.

"Aunt Sun, it's not that I don't want to help, it's really out of my power."

Shen Xi explained, "I'm just a civil official from the fifth grade, and there are many people in the court who are bigger than my official position. In the past, Liu Shangshu was in the household department, and he took care of the Chamber of Commerce to some extent, but now he really doesn't dare to ask for extravagant wings. In a place like the capital, there are too many powerful people, and the risk of doing business is too great, and there are many businessmen's families in the capital who have suffered a catastrophe before, Aunt Sun should have heard of it, right? ”

Hui Niang looked at Shen Xi, her eyes flickered and hesitated, as if to say, aren't you an official in the East Palace? Is there no way even the crown prince can't do it?

Shen Xi can't explain that the current prince can't even leave the palace, he can't call the shots, and besides, the prince has so many officials, which onion is he? There is no nonsense at the moment: "What the government wants to do, just let them keep the money to buy more real estate and land, and not deal with the government in the future, so that they can stay away from right and wrong." ”

"Hmm."

Hui Niang nodded hesitantly, but she was very reluctant in the situation.

Shen Xi felt that Hui Niang's personality had changed before, but now it seems that she is still the wayward Sun Hui Niang, don't you know that beans are fishy when you eat a hundred stone beans?

Shen Xi took some of the plans he had written before on how to withdraw from the business to Hui Niang and asked her to do it, the basic principle is that the household department should collect and requisition, just hand it over, and satisfy the greedy mouth of the imperial court, as long as you can get out of it, all the losses are acceptable.

After reading what Shen Xi wrote, Hui Niang's face showed a little reluctance, in other words, no one was willing to give up the benefits in hand.

"There is a loss to gain." Shen Xi comforted, "Aunt Sun let go for the time being and let herself relax for a while." In the future, when my official position is gradually promoted, if I can enter the cabinet one day, what business cannot be done? ”

Hui Niang smiled and said, "What Lord Shen said is that the concubine body should be kept in mind. ”

Shen Xi didn't stay long, so as not to ruin Hui Niang's reputation, he got up and left, and Hui Niang personally sent him out of the yard.

Waiting for Shen Xi to leave the Lu family, Hui Niang looked at the direction of the door, stunned, and secretly wondered: "Do I do business to have a stable life?" You can settle down, but if I settle down, won't life be worse than death? She has always regarded running a business as a spiritual sustenance, and the Tingzhou Chamber of Commerce overturned in Fuzhou, she did reflect deeply, but when she arrived in the capital, she found that the business environment here was good, and there was Shen Xi as an official as a backer, and there was a household department to rely on, so she immediately rejuvenated the second spring of business.

But now Shen Xi, whom she trusts, actually proposed to let her leave the business she is good at, which she can't accept.

She felt "betrayed" and "betrayed" by Shen Xi.

Hui Niang had a resentment in her heart at this time: "You don't let me do business, you don't want me to cause you trouble, right?" I'm doing business to make money, and I don't want to rely on you for anything, so you won't even help...... That's right, Liu Shangshu is no longer in the household department, but as one of the six kings, he is a celebrity in front of the emperor, and his influence is still there, as long as you tell him, can others not sell Liu Shangshu's face? ”

At the beginning, Hui Niang was just lost, but in the back, she had already clenched her fists, and even had a little more hatred for Shen Xi.

However, this kind of hatred is more about hating Shen Xi for not helping herself, she only thinks that Shen Xi is an official for Ansheng, and wants to dissociate herself from her, a businessman.

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After Shen Xi told Hui Niang about the matter, Hui Niang did do something to cater to the government, handed over all the ships and everything, and even stopped some business around Chongwen Gate.

When Song Xiaocheng told Shen Xi about this, Shen Xi breathed a sigh of relief, and Hui Niang finally let go.

"My lord, I always feel that the big shopkeeper has been ...... recently It seems that the soul is not giving up. Song Xiaocheng presented his observations.

Shen Xi nodded: "The shopkeeper will definitely feel uncomfortable when she suddenly hands over the business, but as long as she can live a peaceful life with peace of mind, she should get used to it." Of course, I still think that it is better to help her open a pharmacy, so that she can have some hope when she is busy with things in hand......"

Shen Xi didn't think of finding something to do for Hui Niang, Hui Niang grew up step by step from running a pharmacy, and now the printing workshop, pharmaceutical factory and other businesses have stopped, in order to keep Hui Niang from thinking cranky in the future, it is best to let her continue to do the pharmacy business, not only to make money, but also to keep Hui Niang busy and not cranky.

There is not much conflict of interest involved with the powerful, and the business of the small façade is very safe.

"The adult still explained to the big shopkeeper earlier, for fear that she would do something secretly." Song Xiaocheng hesitated.

"Doing it secretly? What is she going to do? Shen Xi frowned and asked.

Song Xiaocheng shook his head: "I don't know much about the small ones, but the big shopkeeper has recently mobilized a lot of people, saying that he wants to help repair the house, these people are all old buddies from our Tingzhou time, and they all went to the capital with her, and they all went out of the city at this time, and they didn't know where they went, and they didn't even notify the small ones." ”

Shen Xi couldn't help but smile bitterly.

Hui Niang is still so busy doing things, fortunately, he has been asking Xiaoyu to pay attention to Hui Niang's situation, knowing that Hui Niang does not leave the house on weekdays, and will no longer leave alone without consulting himself like when An Rusheng designed to kidnap her before.

"Got it, I'll take precautions, the sixth brother will also straighten out the brothers of the Carriage and Horse Gang these days, and I'll find some more livelihoods to settle them down." Shen Xi Road.

Song Xiaocheng responded and left.

After Song Xiaocheng left, Shen Xi had been thinking hard about it, and felt more and more inappropriate. Although he thinks he knows Hui Niang, this woman's courage is beyond his imagination. In the next generation, Hui Niang is definitely a strong woman, with brains and insights, bold and careful, upright, if she believes that she can't end the business, she has to make some achievements, he can't stop it anyway.

"Xiaoshan, you go to the shopkeeper's house, take good care of the shopkeeper, if anything happens to her, come and inform me as soon as possible." Shen Xi commanded.

Leaving Xiaoyu in the Lu Mansion, Shen Xi was afraid that Xiaoyu would be warned by Hui Niang, and she was not allowed to make a small report secretly, but if Zhu Shan was arranged to go over, Zhu Shan was a simple girl and couldn't hide things in her heart.

"Oh."

Zhu Shan didn't understand why Shen Xi asked her to go to Hui Niang's house, but she was very happy, and thought to herself, probably because the young master knew that I wouldn't get lost when I went to the shopkeeper's house, so let me go two more times to get acquainted with it.

Shen Xi was very worried about Hui Niang, if he wanted to say that Zhu Shan was stupid, Hui Niang was even more stupid in his opinion, and there was no one in the world more stupid than this woman.

Others do business to make money, but Hui Niang never does business for money, nor for her own enjoyment, but to benefit others and enrich herself. I'm afraid that this kind of stupid woman who thinks about others will end up pitting herself to death and still think she is doing a good deed.

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