Lin Dai lived in a honeypot when she was a child, and later her family suffered a tragic change, she was lonely, and although she was docile and obedient after entering the Shen family, she actually had a very strong temperament. She has the gentleness and weakness unique to her daughter's family, and hopes that Shen Xi can cherish her more, hold her in the palm of her hand, treat her as a princess, and even if she occasionally twists some small tempers, she wants Shen Xi to spoil her.

But as she gets older and older, Shen Xi can't accommodate her in everything after all, which has a huge gap with her expectations. But no matter what, Shen Xi is very good to her.

"What's wrong with you? Someone was beaten...... Why so careless? Hmph, when you become an official, you will go out and run around like before, let your mother know, and it will screw your ears again. ”

Lin Dai complained on her lips, but she obediently picked up the medicinal wine, rubbed the medicine for Shen Xi's bruised parts, and was busy for a while, seeing that Shen Xi was silent, she couldn't help but raise her head, just met Shen Xi's eyes, and quickly wiped her tears and lowered her head again.

Shen Xi smiled and stretched out his hand, wiped it on her little face, and asked, "Xiao Qi Bao, who bullied you?" ”

"Who else, it's you. Hmph, if I had known, I would have followed...... Go back to Tingzhou with Sister Xie, the provincial people are bullied by you here, let me go. ”

Lin Dai was stubborn, but her body was still very honest, Shen Xi hugged her, she struggled for a while and then quieted down, sitting in Shen Xi's arms and having a little temper.

Shen Xi comforted: "Okay, Sister Xie is gone, why are you angry with me?" In fact, she also felt sorry for you, so she took the initiative to leave and wanted to give us a private space. These days, we get along well, you are my little wife, and we live happily together, okay? ”

"Not good!"

Lin Dai pouted, stood up angrily and walked out of the door, but when she left the house, she didn't forget to help Shen Xi close the door.

Looking at the back of Lin Dai leaving, Shen Xi knew that Lin Dai's personality was complicated, and the stories he told had too much impact on this little girl's outlook on life, values and love, so that he couldn't control this little girl.

Lin Dai said that she would not forgive Shen Xi, but at night, she still went to Shen Xi's room in the dark, as before, the love she hoped to get from Shen Xi was just to rely on each other, and she would not be too demanding, she only needed to hold Shen Xi from behind, put her head on his back, and after a while, she could make a slight even breathing sound and fall asleep.

Xiao Nizi hadn't slept like this for a long time because of Shen Xi's "forgetfulness", Shen Xi didn't disturb her, and quietly felt the warmth of this moment.

Before dawn the next morning, Lin Dai left early, and when they met again in the morning, they still ignored Shen Xi, as if yesterday's incident had not happened.

In terms of self-deception, Xiao Nizi is still very set.

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Shen Xi returned to Zhan Shifu, and as soon as he sat down, he heard about Wang Wei being tricked by the crown prince yesterday.

Zhu Houzhao was playing with fire in class, and Wang Wei stepped forward to stop him, but the prince happened to ignite the paper, and the fluttering flames immediately ignited Wang Wei's beard.

When Wang Wei panicked and put out the fire, the prince suddenly took out a wooden basin full of flour from under the table, and threw it at Wang Wei's head and face, and as a result, Wang Wei's whole body was covered with flour from head to toe, and he immediately became a "noodle man".

Where did Wang Wei suffer such a wretched spirit? When he entered the palace and complained to Emperor Hongzhi. Emperor Hongzhi immediately called the prince to the Wenhua Palace, personally beat Zhu Houzhao's hand plate with a ring ruler, and then asked the prince to apologize to Wang Wei and comfort Wang Wei.

“…… The prince used to be respectful to Bachelor Wang, and Bachelor Wang often boasted about it, but now it seems that the prince treats everyone the same, and even other speakers don't treat him like this! ”

When the colleagues in the Zhan Mansion talked about this, they all had a schadenfreude smoking.

is also because Wang Wei is not smiling on weekdays, and he is extremely mean to his subordinates, and the direct consequence is that no one sympathizes with him.

Now the focus of discussion among Shen Xi's colleagues is why the prince took the initiative to provoke Wang Wei unusually? Among the nine speakers, Wang Wei has always been the most difficult to mess with, and even if the prince used to mess around, he still had a very measured attitude towards the speakers.

Shen Xi thought to himself: "Wang Wei won't put the responsibility of the prince for tricking him on my head, right?" ”

Shen Xi had just finished teaching the prince, and the next day Wang Wei was tricked, Wang Wei himself had a prejudice against him, saying that he brought the prince Yunyun badly, and the coincidence of time was easy to make Wang Wei have associations, thinking that the prince was instigated by Shen Xi.

Shen Xi stayed in Zhan Shifu for two hours, but unfortunately he didn't see the main master, and he didn't know what Wang Wei thought for the time being. Shen Xi saw that it was about to be noon, and was about to go home, when suddenly someone from the palace passed the word, saying that he invited Shen Xi to enter the palace.

This time, it was not Emperor Hongzhi who issued an order, but Empress Zhang who wanted to meet him.

In all dynasties, the queen rarely gave the minister to see the minister, and only in Zhu Youji's generation, the queen's position in the harem was unique, and there would be such a move.

"Lord Shen, the queen wants to tell you about the prince's study, you must be mentally prepared, don't be dumbfounded by the queen's questions."

The eunuch who came to deliver the message was in his fifties, and his speech was yin and yang, which made Shen Xi very uncomfortable to listen to.

Shen Xi said: "This father-in-law, please rest assured, you can take care of your proportions." ”

That being said, but Shen Xi has no experience in facing the queen alone, this is the most respected woman in the Ming Dynasty today, last time he just glanced at Queen Zhang from a distance in the East Palace, and felt that this was a graceful beauty with outstanding temperament, and the impression was nothing more.

Shen Xi followed the eunuch who passed the message out of Zhan Shifu and went to the palace.

As long as the emperor is alive and the queen has not been deposed, the queen will always live in the Kunning Palace, which is different from the inner palace system of the Qing Dynasty.

After the Qing Dynasty, Kunning Palace mainly became a place of shamanic sacrifice.

When he arrived at the inner garden of the palace, Shen Xi naturally had to bow his head and move forward, this was the etiquette that he must abide by as a minister, he couldn't look around, for a courtier, no matter how long he was favored, it was also given by the royal family, and when he arrived at a place like the inner garden of the palace, he had to show his gratitude and awe to the emperor's grace.

Empress Zhang gave her a place in Xinuan Pavilion, but Shen Xi had to wait outside the palace first, and the eunuch went in to pass the word.

When he arrived in the palace, Shen Xi was naturally much more cautious, he was a foreign minister, and it should be an honor for the queen to give him, but in the end, the queen was the master of the harem, but I don't know what Emperor Hongzhi thought about his queen when he saw a foreign minister? If he encounters that kind of moody king, Shen Xi may lose his head because of it.

Fortunately, now that the emperor and empress have a deep relationship with each other, Emperor Hongzhi will definitely not suspect that Empress Zhang has done something unusual.

Shen Xi waited for a long time, and a eunuch finally came out of it, but it was not the one who brought Shen Xi in before, and a word was passed on, meaning to let Shen Xi wait inside, and then Shen Xi followed the eunuch into the Xinuan Pavilion of Kunning Palace.

The Xinuan Pavilion of Kunning Palace in the Ming Dynasty is only used as a place for the queen to rest and preside over the affairs of the inner palace on weekdays.

Unlike the Qing Dynasty's Xinuan Pavilion is different from the kang on three sides, the Ming Dynasty's Xinuan Pavilion is still dominated by tables and chairs, and the layout inside is very simple, in addition to the basic desk and chairs, only a few cabinets are placed, and there is a small copper tripod on one side of the Xinuan Pavilion, which is lit with sandalwood.

After the eunuch brought Shen Xi in, he withdrew, and Shen Xi was not instructed to sit down, so he could only stand there and wait.

After a while, he heard the voice of a woman talking outside, it should be the queen, Shen Xi hurriedly lowered his head to greet him, and then Queen Zhang came over accompanied by the palace maid and the eunuch.

"Minister Shenxi, see the queen, may the queen be blessed and healthy."

Different from the etiquette when meeting the emperor, when the foreign ministers saw the queen, they mainly greeted the queen, and could not kneel directly.

Because the minister is a minister of the Son of Heaven, he only needs to kneel when he sees the emperor, even if the queen is favored, he only accepts the courtiers to bow and salute.

Empress Zhang was kind and pleasant, waved her hand, and the two palace maids next to her retreated outside the curtain, but they would not go far, because the queen herself also knew that there were some things that needed to be avoided, and there were palace maids staring at her, so she would not let the emperor think too much.

Empress Zhang said with a smile: "Shen Qing's family is flat, and the emperor always praises Shen Qing's family for their outstanding talent and learning in front of the palace, and it is really my blessing to be the youngest champion of the Ming Dynasty at a young age." It is his honor for the prince to have Shen Qing's family as his husband. ”

The queen's compliment can only be regarded as a kind of respect for her son.

Heaven and earth are the princes and teachers, and the status of the husband is very high, and the respect for teachers and education is not only reflected in the ordinary people's homes, but even the emperor's family cannot be a special exception.

"The queen praised it falsely, but the minister just did his duty and taught the prince with his heart." Although Shen Xi straightened up, he still lowered his head to avoid making eye contact with the sitting queen.

Empress Zhang smiled, waved her hand again, and said, "Come on, bring in the gifts from the palace." ”

As he spoke, four eunuchs came in, each holding a gift in his hand, a book in silk and silk and thread, which was not very valuable, but it was a reward from the queen, and the added value was very high.

Shen Xi hurriedly saluted and thanked him, and Empress Zhang smiled: "Shen Qing's tutor is good, this is what you deserve." ”

By this time, Shen Xi had already known about the situation when Emperor Hongzhi gave a banquet in Wenhua Hall a few days ago, and the crown prince showed his face in front of all the ministers.

Shen Xi thought to himself, maybe it was because of this that he was rewarded by Empress Zhang.

But Empress Zhang would never deliberately call him to Kunning Palace just because she rewarded him, otherwise she could find someone to send the gift to his house, or let Shouning Hou and Jianchangbo pass it on.

"I don't know the preferences of Shen Qing's family, so I picked some at random, do you think you like it?"

Since it was Empress Zhang who asked him to take a look at the gift, Shen Xi naturally wanted to step forward to take a look, and if he didn't look at it, he would be disrespectful to the queen.

But when Shen Xi raised his head, his expression was dignified, not because of how precious the gift was, but because of the appearance of one of the four eunuchs who took the gift, Shen Xi was very familiar with the appearance of Shen Mingjun, who robbed Shen Mingjun's tea house business, but disappeared after accompanying Shen Mingwen to Fuzhou to take the township test in the eighth year of Hongzhi.

When Shen Xi went to the Shouning Marquis Mansion for the first time, there were eunuchs in the palace who went to send a message to Zhang Heling, and Shen Xi vaguely felt that one of them was very similar to Shen Ming, he thought that the eunuchs were from the East Palace, but now he knew that these people were eunuchs serving Empress Zhang.

Originally, Shen Xi was not sure that the person in front of him was Shen Mingyou, but seeing that the person in front of him was extremely evasive of him, obviously knowing him, this showed that Shen Mingyou had heard that he was the top student in high school for a long time, but he didn't want to find a chance to recognize him.

Perhaps, Shen Ming is in the palace, and there is no chance to recognize each other.

"Shen Qing's family, but you like it?"

Empress Zhang saw that Shen Xi's expression seemed to be a little wrong, so she asked.

Only then did Shen Xi turn around and report respectfully: "Back to the queen, the minister likes it." ”

"That's good, this palace is still afraid that it won't be able to enter the eyes of Shen Qing's family, if you want to say what you like at this age, this palace really doesn't know much." Empress Zhang said, pursing her lips and chuckling, her posture sultry.

The queens of the Ming Dynasty were all "selected", and thousands of alternative women, although they took noble character as the highest standard, but the real selection was all very excellent in appearance, posture, and morality.

Empress Zhang has been in the palace for many years and can still firmly grasp the emperor's heart, which is enough to show that she has the greatest capital of a good wife and mother, beautiful as a flower, gentle and virtuous, and is a beautiful lady, and knows how to teach husbands and children.

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