"When the child is older, he can't always hold it in the palm of his hand, and sooner or later he has to be released to experience and practice!" Mother Shen said earnestly, "Although Yi'er has never been far away since he was a child, he is generous and has a wide range of contacts, and there are not a few friends in various provinces and provinces. In this world, he relies on his parents at home and his friends when he goes out, and he has made so many friends, what do you have to worry about? ”

Mrs. Wu listened to some persuasion, although her heart was still hanging, but in front of her mother-in-law, she still pretended to be at ease.

At this time, Chunzhi, the big girl beside Chen, quietly walked to the side of the carved maul door. Seeing that everyone had not finished eating, Chunzhi lowered her head in disappointment, suppressed the eagerness in her heart, and waited in place, occasionally looking up and looking.

Chen inadvertently caught a glimpse of Chunzhi, and looked at her with her head probed, as if she was looking for something for herself, so he waved her hand and beckoned her to come in and come back.

This Chunzhi is also a lovely person who knows how to measure and understands the rules, and after Shen Na walked in front of Shen's mother, she blessed her body with a respectful face.

Shen's mother saw her coming in a panic, knowing that something was wrong, so she didn't beat around the bush at the moment, and asked straight to the point: "What?" Got something to do? ”

Chunzhi smiled and replied: "Back to the old lady, our lord has come home, and now he has arrived at the outer gate, and the slave is here to invite his wife back!" ”

Chen hadn't seen her husband for more than two months, and although she missed her heart tightly, as soon as the woman got older, it seemed that love had stepped aside, and respecting the old and teaching the young was the top priority, so she closed her lips tightly and sat respectfully on Shen's mother's shoulder.

Shen's mother is old and sophisticated, and she has already seen through her daughter-in-law's thoughts, so she smiled calmly and said: "It's rare for the third child to go home, and every time he comes back, it's just a few days of rest, and he leaves in a hurry, but he wrongs you every day." Seeing that Chen was silent, Shen's mother felt that she was even more bitter, so she simply said: "Okay, you usually always look at the third child coming back, but now you must be absent-minded, go back and serve him, there are always them here, you don't need to be filial!" ”

Even though Chen's heart was like an arrow, he saw that everyone was eating with relish, and he was really embarrassed to leave the table in the middle, and he couldn't help but hesitate.

Mrs. Wu was working hard to pick up the vegetables, and when she saw that the Chen family was still stranded, she smiled happily: "My brother and sister refuse to leave, is it because I am afraid that I will mind?" Brother and sister, don't worry, although I don't spare people, I am by no means the person who is scathing and small-minded! ”

Chen hurriedly said: "The second sister-in-law misunderstood, I didn't mean that!" It's just that the world is big, the elders are respected, and the old lady is still eating at the table, how dare I leave the table casually? ”

After hearing this, Mother Shen first glanced at Mrs. Wu, and then turned her head to Chen and said, "Don't look at Fu'er as a personal elf, but you are a fool!" Filial piety, originally not compared on this, what morning and dusk to save the province, serve the decoction, which one is not filial piety than this? ”

Shen Fu heard Shen's mother praise him, and his eyebrows flew and he wanted to pester his grandmother, but fortunately, Chen Yun had eyes and stopped his nonsense in time.

"Go quickly, don't let your master wait!" Mother Shen's momentum could not be refused, and she was almost driving people out of the order to expel the guests, "Also, I'm tired today, don't let your master disturb me, wait to send them away, I should also rest in peace!" ”

Chen didn't dare to disobey his mother-in-law's wishes, so he quickly stood up from the black lacquer and gold embroidered stool, and then respectfully blessed his blessed body, and retreated silently.

Shen Xueru saw her mother go out, and heard that her godson's strict father had come home, and she couldn't help but give Shen Fu a ray of sympathy.

Shen Fu saw her laughing at herself nakedly, and couldn't suppress her anger, and glared at her sister angrily to express her awesomeness.

Chen Yun's seat was unique, and she just watched the scene of the two of them fighting completely, so she quietly posted it to Shen Fu's ear and asked softly: "You and her have no enmity in the past, and there is no resentment in recent days, why do you never get together and disperse every time you sit together?" ”

Shen Fu pondered for a moment, and saw that Shen Xueru began to look at him, and quickly put it on Chen Yun's ear and kept muttering.

Shen Xueru was simple-minded, seeing the two of them chattering, thinking that the two of them were ruining themselves in private, she couldn't help but be anxious and angry, and pulled Shen Xueyuan's cuffs in private, muttering: "Sister Yuan, what do you say the two of them are whispering?" ”

Shen Xueyuan glanced at Shen Fu and the others, and said loudly: "We only care about eating our food, why bother with meddlers and what they say?" ”

Shen Xueru saw that her second cousin didn't care about herself, her face couldn't help but be depressed, she squirted heavily from the wing of her nose, and then angrily took a vegetable and put it in a bowl, and if she casually looked at her brother and sister who were flirting with her eyebrows, she took a bite of rice depressedly.

Winter nights always come very early, and it is only two o'clock in the morning, and the sky outside is already numb and dark.

The sky and the earth are chaotic, and the white snow plane is extremely empty, covering all the vitality and all the flowers and plants.

Chen's Sifu was anxious, his feet were like stepping on hot wheels, stepping on the ground full of Qiong Yao broken jade, and he panicked into the Luomei Courtyard.

In the courtyard, Chunrui and Chunyan had just withdrawn from the hall, and seeing that Zhongyu was hurrying back, they hurriedly greeted them from the door and greeted them respectfully: "Madam!" ”

Chen suddenly stopped. Looking up and seeing the bright lights in the house, Chen calmed down and asked, "What is the master doing?" ”

Chunrui and Chunyan glanced at each other, and said aggrievedly: "The master didn't come back, and we didn't prepare, I wanted to serve the master for dinner first, but who wanted the master to be furious, not only knocked over the food we served, but also reprimanded us!" ”

Chen knew that her husband was not a person who liked to lose her temper, so she couldn't help but be suspicious in her heart, and before Chunrui Chunyan could explain clearly, she rushed into the hall first.

Entering the inner room, seeing Shen Jiafu sitting at the round table, his expression was grim, his eyes were cold, Chen's heart was tormented, thinking that Shen Fu had something wrong and angered her husband, so he trembled up and asked, "The master just came back from outside, why is he unhappy?" ”

Shen Jiafu raised his head suddenly, glanced at the original wife dissatisfied, and said, "You are a woman, as long as you take care of the backyard, why do you ask so much?" ”

Chen is also a careful person, seeing that her husband did not go straight to the blame for himself, knowing that it was not Shen Fu who caused trouble, he sat down silently, and said in his heart: "Since we are married, we should live and die together and share weal and woe, besides, I have shared the bed with my lord for many years, and we are dependent on each other and depend on each other, is it possible that my lord thinks that I am not qualified to ask?" ”

"Actually, it doesn't hurt to tell you!" Shen Jiafu looked sad, slowly raised his head, glanced at the luxurious Chen family, and then sighed leisurely, "In the middle of last month, Jiangning Weaving Ge Yunzhang suddenly took the blame and resigned, this incident caused a sensation in Jiangsu officialdom, causing panic in people's hearts, and even Lord Shu was restless all day long, and it was difficult to sleep and eat!" ”

"It's just that something happened to the Jiangning Weaving Department, and Suzhou is still safe and sound, why is Lord Shu having trouble sleeping?" The Chen family is in the middle and lower grades, and it is true that they have not drunk much ink, so they are short-sighted, and they say it completely according to their own ideas, and only when they finally see that their husbands are worried, do they doubt: "Could it be that Lord Shu and Master Ge have had a private relationship?" ”

"Jiangning, Suzhou, and Hangzhou seem to be three-legged and do not interfere with each other, but they are essentially closely related and inseparable!" Although Shen Jiafu is an old fritter in the officialdom, he still seems worried in the face of unexpected emergencies, "This time, Ge Yunzhang suddenly submitted his resignation, without any warning in advance, the reason has to be said to be intriguing!" ”

Chen also has some insight, knowing that the ups and downs of the sea are repeated, no one can be blessed and far away, unless the rapids retreat bravely and are willing to give up the high-ranking officials, otherwise the worries are endless, and the hidden dangers are endless. With ups and downs in his heart, Chen thought about the capricious officialdom for a while, and thought about her husband who was over half a hundred years old for a while, and finally forcibly settled down and comforted: "Don't worry too much, the sky is falling, everyone will bear it, and all the blame will not fall on the master alone!" ”

"You are a deep lady, where do you know the way of kings and ministers?" Shen Jiafu shook his head, his expression was quite contemptuous, "The emperor has been on the throne for many years, it is rare to have a life in the sea, the country and the people, in terms of the emperor's style of doing things, he will not casually lay off a large number of officials, so the most likely thing is to kill chickens and monkeys, and indiscriminately set up a crime. ”

"Ge Yunzhang's resignation may be a precursor, or it may be that I am too worried!" shrewd and strong as Shen Jiafu, in the face of this sudden change, he also hid a few wisps of sorrow in the corners of his eyebrows and eyes, "After picking a hundred flowers into honey, who will work hard for whom will it be sweet?" Maybe this is the sorrow of being a staff member, who has spent his whole life thinking about people and giving advice, but in the end, as long as the person who assists makes a mistake, he still can't escape the fate of both glory and loss! ”

Chen saw that her husband was worried, and she was anxious, but she couldn't think of any words of comfort because of her blunt mouth and clumsy cheeks. It happened that she saw a few gift boxes temporarily placed on the couch, so she was overjoyed, and her eyes flashed and said: "By the way, this afternoon, Mrs. Meng Shi, who knows Gu Songxuan, and Mrs. Chang, the deputy envoy of the Salt Transportation Division, have handed over the name card to come in!" ”

Shen Jiafu's eyes were like torches, and he glanced at the magenta, green, blue, and moon brocade boxes on the couch, and then turned his head directly to stare at his wife, and asked: "Our house has no friendship with the two of them, and they haven't been in contact with each other in the past few days, why did they come?" ”

Chen sighed faintly: "I don't know what is going on, but I listened to Mrs. Meng's tone of Mrs. Chang, most of them are still here for this year's taxes!" ”

"The two of them are thieves, knowing that Lord Shu is not only a weaver in Suzhou, but also a minister appointed by the emperor!"

As Shen Jiafu spoke, he had already picked up the phoenix peony blue and white porcelain bowl, and gently blew away the floating tea leaves, and then took a small sip.

"It's a pity that they went through the wrong back door, I'm just one of Lord Shu's staff, and I usually have to look at people's eyebrows and low eyes, so I don't have the ability to influence Lord Shu's mind at all!"

Chen walked slowly to the couch, opened the Wencai brocade box one by one, and said with a smile: "I see that the two ladies are disgraced, they should have also been to Lord Shu's mansion to ask to see them before, but the lady of Shu Mansion is famous, and she doesn't eat soft and hard, she is really not a master to mess with. ”