"Father, it's all over, I'm fine now."

As long as his daughter is okay, for him, he is already content, but...

But for such a big thing, as a father, he always has to ask.

"Your second brother said that you arranged your grandmother's affairs?"

For this matter, Zhong Jinxiu will not admit it.

"Father, grandmother's death is due to the second aunt, she is insatiable and murderous, and has nothing to do with her daughter."

Zhong Yong was a little emotional.

"Jinxiu, you don't want to lie to me, your second brother has already confessed, it was you who wrote to her that your grandmother would have an accident..."

Zhong Jinxiu believes that the second brother is very calm and will never leave the slightest evidence.

"Father, the son of Mama Se works in our casino, I know that something is wrong with my grandmother, and I also learned from him that something will happen to my grandmother, so I reminded my second brother to take care of my grandmother more. Other than that, I don't know why my grandmother died, but I've done my best..."

"Why didn't you say it earlier?"

"It's going to startle the snake." The things she arranged, naturally, had to wait for the old lady to take her last breath before notifying everyone to go over and collect the body, otherwise if something happened in the family, if his father didn't know, it wouldn't be good to spread it.

Zhong Yong didn't know his daughter's thoughts, he saw that his daughter was righteously saying that she didn't know, so he helplessly asked the last question: "What about King Huan?" Does King Huan's death have anything to do with you? ”

Zhong Jinxiu has already spoken to her cousin about this, and she can't admit it.

"Dad, killing the royal family is a big crime of stealing the family and destroying the ancestors, and my daughter knows about this crime, and she will never violate it."

Zhong Yong calmed down slightly.

"Jinxiu, no matter what you say, my father believes in you. Because you're my daughter... Jinxiu, what's going on in the future, will you tell your dad first? ”

Zhong Jinxiu smiled and said, "Okay dad." ”

Zhong Jinxiu's guess was right, her second brother would definitely not talk much, it should be that something happened to Se's mother, or what her grandmother said to her father before she died, which aroused her father's suspicion.

Zhong Jinxiu came out of the study and saw Zhong Jinxin waiting at the door, not seen for a year, the little girl has grown up a lot.

A little girl leaned against the apricot blossom tree at the door, wearing a light green shirt, embroidered shoes under her feet, and kicked the stones under her feet for a while.

I think I've been waiting for her for a long time.

She raised her head, her eyebrows were crooked, her little nose was slightly upturned, her face was like white jade, her face was like Chaohua, she was fourteen years old, like an aunt.

"Eldest sister, are you back?"

"Well, I heard my aunt say just now that you went out to participate in the poetry meeting, are you okay?"

Zhong Jinxin nodded and said, "Very good." ”

"I heard that the eldest sister is pregnant, congratulations to the eldest sister."

Zhong Jinxiu smiled.

When they left the study, Zhong Jinxin said, "Father came back because grandmother talked to father. ”

"That's why my father chose to go back to Changzhou?"

"Yes."

"Did you hear what they were talking about?"

Zhong Jinxin shook his head and said, "I can guess, probably because she suspects that her death was done by you, let my father let the second aunt go." ”

Zhong Jinxiu regretted that she didn't see her die.

"It's all gone."

yes, it's all gone.

"How long are you going to stay at home?"

It should be a long time.

Otherwise, what would he do by sending himself back?

A few days later, Shen Mingze said that he wanted to go to Shandong to have a look.

Zhong Jinxiu didn't ask at first, but after a few days, he realized that there was an epidemic in Shandong, and Kong Lu couldn't hold it back, so Shen Mingze had to go over to help.

Originally, she thought that disaster relief was nothing, but when there was an epidemic, she was inexplicably a little panicked.

Xiao Shen felt her nervousness and said with relief: "Ming Ze is blessed, don't worry. ”

Zhong Jinxiu didn't want her family to worry, she pretended to be nothing: "Jinxin is almost fifteen years old, does my aunt have any plans?"

Xiao Shen thought for a while and said: "I still want to say this, I originally wanted to wait for your father's three-year filial piety period to expire, and we will return to Beijing, and I will be making plans at that time, but I see that your father is planning to marry Jinxin now..."

"Oh, daddy, do you have a candidate?"

Xiao Shen said: "He chose a merchant in Changzhou, this..."

"Aunt disagrees?"

How can this be agreed

Jinxin is the daughter of Zhong Guogong, and the Zhong family is not down-and-out now, how can they choose a merchant.

"Are you talking about me?"

Zhong Jinxin walked in and looked at them.

Zhong Jinxiu smiled and said, "I was about to ask you, do you also think it's inappropriate?" ”

Zhong Jinxin looked at her and didn't say anything

Zhong Jinxiu picked up the teacup and took a sip slightly, she saw that she didn't speak, so she asked again: "Do you have anyone you like?" ”

Zhong Jinxin is already fourteen years old, so he naturally knows that marrying someone is the right thing to do, or it is most suitable to be higher than their family.

Zhong Jinxin looked at Zhong Jinxiu and asked, "If I like my cousin, will you let me enter the Shen family?" ”

After drinking tea, Zhong Jinxiu was not angry at her words, but told her clearly.

"Shen Mingze can't."

"Why?"

"The daughter of our Zhong family will not be a concubine." And I'm afraid I'm going to kill you.

Xiao Shen seemed to have just reacted, and hurriedly scolded: "Jinxin, what nonsense are you talking about." ”

Zhong Jinxin pouted and said: "Dad is obviously eccentric, the eldest sister can marry so well, why do I have to marry a merchant, is it possible that in my father's heart, I am only worthy of a merchant?" ”

Zhong Jinxiu motioned to Xiao Shen not to reprimand.

"Don't tell me that my father is for my good, can't I find anyone as good as my cousin in the capital?"

"If you have this idea, why don't you tell your father."

"Daddy won't listen to me."

Zhong Jinxiu asked again: "Do you want someone like your cousin, or do you want your cousin?" "That's important.

Zhong Jinxin didn't know.

Zhong Jinxiu looked at her expression, sighed slightly and asked, "If you don't know, you can think about it, don't worry." ”

Zhong Jinxiu was a little tired and wanted to go back to rest.

Xiao Shen's reprimand for Jinxin could be heard from afar.

Zhong Jinxin is very smart, she knows what she wants, and she knows how she can achieve it.

She said that she liked Shen Mingze, perhaps because she wanted to help her convince her father not to marry her to a businessman.

Everyone wants a lifetime of glory, and this is probably vanity.

Zhong Jinxiu had just walked not far away, and Xiao Shen caught up and said: "Jinxiu, Jinxin just wants to marry better, and she definitely doesn't worry about Mingze, don't blame her..."

Zhong Jinxiu shook her head and said, "Auntie, my father married her to a businessman, whether it was with her or with me, it was not good. "And in the future, Zhong Huai will inherit the position of Zhong Guogong, and my sister will not be good in business after all.

"It stands to reason that Zhong Ming and Zhong Ming have given up their titles, I should be content, but Jinxin, after all, I didn't raise her, and I only hope that she can live a better life."

"Don't worry, auntie."

Xiao Shen was relieved when he saw that she was not angry.

As the days passed, no one mentioned the events of the day after that conversation.

Zhong Jinxin is now very busy every day, busy going out to meet friends, in Changzhou, she is the eldest sister here, and she is sought after.

Zhong Jinxin thinks as she did back then, but she is smarter than she was back then.

A month later, a letter came from Shandong, saying that the epidemic had passed.

But Shen Mingze returned to the capital first.

said that it was called by the emperor.

I heard my aunt say that the queen gave birth and gave birth to a daughter.

The queen gave birth, which is a good thing for the whole country. But because the queen gave birth to a daughter, the Shen family is now sad and bleak.

There is a queen's daughter, but she is more worried than her son.

The Yin family has been accompanying her in the palace since her daughter was about to give birth, and when she gave birth, the emperor watched and listened to joy.

It's a comforting thing.

Shen Mingze entered the harem and went to visit his sister, Shen Laidi has just finished confinement.

When she saw her younger brother, she couldn't help but feel a little aggrieved, and everyone in the Shen family came to visit her recently, and they all felt sorry for her giving birth to a daughter.

"What are you wronged, did you give birth to a girl? That's a princess, and she will be remembered by the entire Song Dynasty man in the future. You can take care of yourself now and keep your eyes open. ”

One sentence amused Shen Laidi.

"Is it as exaggerated as you say?"

"Of course, Emperor Chongde doesn't have a princess, isn't it a happy event that the little princess is born now?"

"But..."

"Fifth sister, you are the queen, I think it is better for you not to have a son in your life, so it is the safest in this deep palace. I am afraid of you all day long..."

“.....”

"Besides, I think the emperor is very happy with this princess."

Shen Mingze's grievances were immediately cured by his younger brother.

He came to visit his sister for a limited time, and was called away by the emperor after a while.

Inside the Executive Palace

Shen Mingze went in and knocked on the emperor.

The emperor raised his head from the fold that was more than one layer high, and said, "Have you comforted your fifth sister?" ”

"Yes, the queen's mentality is much better."

"Well, when will you be back?"

Shen Mingze said: "The matter in Jiangnan has not been solved yet..."

The emperor snorted lightly.

Shen Mingze said: "The salt merchant's piece is a fat difference, and I am also making a handful for the emperor." ”

"Why don't you give me some silver?"

"I'm giving this to the queen, it's all a family, who is not giving it."

"Don't be poor, go back and see your family, Lord Shen will give me an excerpt every day, and let me call you back to Beijing."

"Thank you brother-in-law for carrying it for me, I'll go back and have a look."

Brother-in-law?

It is rare for the emperor to hear this title.

Recently, there was a famine in Shandong, and even an epidemic, which he solved without spending a tael of silver from the state treasury.

He said that he was indeed right, he was in Jiangnan, and he did make a lot of money for him. Although there were many complaints from Jiangnan, for the sake of the silver, he endured it.

Shen Mansion

When Shen Mingze came back, the Shen family was naturally happy, and of course they were most concerned about the children's affairs.

Yin asked, "What about Jinxiu?" Why didn't I come back with you? ”

"In Changzhou, she went to see her father."

For Zhong Jinxiu not coming back, Yin felt depressed.

"What the hell do you say about the two of you, it's been two and a half years since you got married, and there has been no news, Mingze, you explain it clearly to your mother, is it that she can't give birth? Did you liar people into ganging up to deceive me in the first place? ”

Shen Mingze shook his head, and when everyone opened their mouths to introduce him to a woman, he said, "She is pregnant and is now recuperating in Changzhou." ”

One sentence stunned everyone.

There was silence for a while, followed by surprise.