Seven years in Jiading.

Midsummer.

The imperial garden in the palace was lush with plants and flowers, and a few children chased and made noise in it, completely ignoring the scorching sun overhead.

"Don't run! Don't run! Shen Xiaoyuan shouted, and rushed forward with his little skirt. Suddenly knocked down an eight- or nine-year-old boy, pressed him to the ground, picked up his little fist and hit him: "Zheng Canchao, tell you to run!" Tell you to run! If you have the courage to bully others, what else are you running! ”

A five- or six-year-old boy next to him was grinning and crying, and followed behind Shen Xiaoyuan: "Woo woo...... Sister beats him! Hit him! He bullied me! ”

"Qin'er, don't be afraid, my sister protects you!" Shen Xiaoyuan turned his head to comfort Gao Qin, then turned his head and picked up the collar of the defeated general and yelled: "Do you dare to talk nonsense in the future?" ”

"I'll just say! I'll just say! It was his father who bullied my mother and my uncle and took away our family's belongings...... Shen Xiaoyuan, if you dare to beat me, I will sue my mother and sixth aunt for you! Tell my sixth aunt to beat you! ”

"Phew! Stinky and shameless, you still dare to sue! Shen Xiaoyuan punched down again.

The palace people on the side looked frightened, and hurriedly called Aunt Xiaohuan of Qinzheng Pavilion to chase after her. There are three little masters, one is the current little prince, one is the eldest son of the eldest princess and Zheng Guogong, and the other is the daughter of Shen Guogong and the sixth princess. Not to mention, just this little girl can surpass his father's great achievements back then. In addition to the emperor and queen, there are only the six princesses' former personal maids.

"Stop fighting, don't fight!" Xiaohuan hurriedly pulled Shen Xiaoyuan up, and wrinkled his brows and threatened: "Second Miss, last time you and Gao Jun fought, the queen mother has already exonerated you and the emperor." said that it was the last time, this time the emperor knew, and he would definitely punish you! ”

Shen Xiaoyuan was stopped behind by Xiaohuan, still unconvinced, and jumped to break free from Xiaohuan's shackles and scolded Zheng Canchao: "Hmph! My imperial uncle wants to be punished, and I will take it myself, but I have to beat him today! ”

"Humph! You fight, you fight! Shen Xiaoyuan, you're a tomboy, little shrew! Zheng Canchao saw that someone was fighting, and he was a lot more relieved, and hurriedly provoked: "No wonder your mother can't give birth to a younger brother, it's just that you gave birth to the wrong one!" ”

"Who did you listen to that?" Shen Xiaoyuan went violently, twisted Xiaohuan and rushed over again: "Call you nonsense!" You see I won't kill you! ”

"Pull it away!" Xiaohuan hurriedly went to catch Shen Xiaoyuan, and hurriedly ordered his subordinates: "Why don't you take the little grandfather away quickly, how long can I take the second lady here if I stay here?" ”

The eunuch who was trembling and didn't dare to approach only then pulled Zheng Canchao and persuaded bitterly: "Little grandfather, let's say a few words......

There was chaos here, but I heard someone behind me coughing majestically and calmly and reprimanding: "What are you messing around? What does it look like to be noisy and yelling! ”

Everyone hurriedly turned around, but saw Emperor Gao Chengyan standing with his hands behind his back, looking at them with a cold face: "I ordered you to enter the palace to study, I hope you will be sensible." Did you get into a fight? ”

Seeing that the emperor was coming, everyone hurriedly knelt down. Shen Xiaoyuan also had to pout and kneel down to say goodbye.

"Father...... Woowoo...... It's the little grandfather...... Woo woo woo" The little prince Gao Qin immediately began to sue with tears in his eyes when he saw his father, but unexpectedly, Gao Chengyan said with a cold face: "Don't cry, talk well!" ”

Hearing this, the little prince sniffed and didn't dare to speak anymore.

At this time, Wu Xiang, the queen mother who heard the news, rushed over and asked, "What's the matter, why are you fighting again?" ”

"Humph!" Gao Chengyan snorted lightly, nodded at the three children and said, "You three, come with me." ”

"Your Majesty......" Wu Xiang opened his mouth to call a sentence, trying to intercede: "The children are still young, you"

Unexpectedly, Gao Chengyan raised his hand and signaled her to leave it alone: "Go to winter, go and pass Shen Guogong and Zheng Guogong into the palace." ”

"Yes."

Gao Chengyan nodded slightly at Wu Xiang, signaling her to rest assured. He scolded again: "You don't want to leave quickly!" ”

It was only before his voice fell, but he saw Shen Xiaoyuan kneeling and kowtowing, looking at them with clear eyes and saying, "Uncle Huang, Queen Mother, the little girl has something to say." ”

Entering the palace in a blink of an eye, Wu Xiang looked at Gao Chengyan before asking softly, "Xiaoyuan, what are you going to say?" ”

"Queen, I know it's not good to sue in private. But I really can't help it, I don't want to study with Zheng Can Chao Gao Jun. Shen Xiaoyuan raised his head and stared at Wu Xiang and asked seriously, "Can you change the school for them?" ”

"Why?" It was Gao Chengyan who answered, and he asked suspiciously: "Zheng Canchao is your aunt's son, and Gao Jun is your third aunt's son." You are all cousins, why don't you want to study with them? ”

"Uncle Huihuang." Shen Xiaoyuan kowtowed and said, "They always say that you robbed their family of things these days, and that you are a robber, Qin'er...... No, the prince is the son of a robber, because the two of them always bully the prince. Today is also ......"

"Grab something? Bandit? Gao Chengyan was slightly puzzled for a moment, and quickly understood the meaning of Shen Xiaoyuan's words. So he hooked the corners of his mouth and smiled indifferently, and continued to ask, "And then?" ”

"They deliberately tripped the prince, stole the prince's homework, and deliberately made the gentleman scold him." Shen Xiaoyuan kowtowed again and said, "I know it's not good to fight, but they deceive people too much......"

"Okay, I got it." Gao Chengyan nodded, knowing that this was the little chivalrous girl Shen Xiaoyuan who stood up for her weak and crying son again.

"That'...... Can the emperor's uncle ...... Don't tell my daddy......" Shen Xiaoyuan was relieved when he heard Gao Chengyan's tone, and hurriedly pleaded: "Don't tell my daddy......"

"You go out first." Gao Chengyan had a slight smile between his eyebrows, but he still said with a straight face: "No matter what, it's always wrong for girls to fight." Look at you, where is the appearance of a half-point girl? Do you dare to intercede with me? ”

"My mother said, I can do whatever I love, who said that little girls must not fight......" Shen Xiaoyuan muttered in a low voice, hearing Gao Chengyan's sword eyebrows upside down, turning his head to Wu Xiang and complaining: "Look at your sixth sister, she is timid and obedient, but she teaches her children so boldly!" ”

"Alright." Wu Xiang pursed his lips and smiled: "Xiao Yuan'er, you go out first, I have something to say to your imperial uncle." ”

When Shen Xiaoyuan went out, Gao Chengyan's face gradually became difficult to look at, and he sneered and said: "After all these years, I have always treated them leniently, but I didn't expect them to still be stubborn and teach the children to say these words!" ”

"Your Majesty." Wu Xiang raised his hand and shook his hand, and said softly: "I'm afraid there is a misunderstanding in this matter." The eldest princess and Zheng Guogong both know how to measure, and they shouldn't teach their children to talk nonsense. ”

"Zheng Guogong will not, but the eldest princess and the third princess may not." Gao Chengyan was helpless and angry: "Recently, I know that the two of them have moved around with the former abolished prince. Thinking that after so many years, some things are just turned a blind eye, but they are not easy to bully? ”

"Hey......" Wu Xiang was helpless in his heart, but his position was also embarrassing and difficult to speak, so he could only persuade: "After all, the grievances of adults are adults' business, and the children are still young, and they are also being taken advantage of." Let's not care so much, after all, the child is innocent. ”

"Hmph......" Gao Chengyan quietly lowered his eyes and straightened his clothes and said: "I don't think so, it's better to listen to what Xiaoyuan said, and tell those two rabbit cubs to go out to study." I'm too lazy to treat everyone equally. ”

"The eldest princess and Zheng Guogong have been looking like each other over the years, and you know the temper of the eldest princess, the Chan Dynasty is strictly controlled by her, and there is almost no chance to see her father." Wu Xiang tried to excuse them: "Not to mention Gao Jun, I didn't understand that I was bullied a lot when I was born, if it weren't for that, we wouldn't have given the child a national surname." Your Majesty, these two children are not easy. ”

"You excuse them like this, but they still bully us Qin'er in turn, can you bear it?" Gao Chengyan asked Wu Xiang with a bit of hatred for iron and steel: "When you were a girl, weren't you a violent temper and quarreled with the third princess?" Why do you still speak for her now? ”

"If they were men, the concubines wouldn't talk much." As she got older, Wu Xiang's temperament was also much gentler, and she said with emotion: "They are all daughters in the end, the abolished emperor died of illness this year, and the Empress Dowager Guo is still under house arrest, so it is understandable for such actions." We also have parents and parents, so we should be considerate of them. As the brocade book says, men's struggles shouldn't be borne by women, right? ”

Speaking of the brocade book, Gao Chengyan sighed with a smile: "She has always been an understanding person. But I never expected her to be so stubborn, and after all these years, I am still willing to only say a few words to you. When I saw me, I didn't see anything, not even a word. ”

Wu Xiang wanted to say something, but he heard that the winter came to report: "Your Majesty, Zheng Guogong and Shen Guogong are here." ”

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"The kids are fighting again." Zheng Wenke looked up at Shen Zhizhang, and said with a wry smile: "Brother Shen, that evil obstacle in my family is really not good, I must teach him a good lesson when I go back, and I will say it on his behalf for you and Xiaoyuan......

"Brother Zheng!" Shen Zhizhang quickly interrupted his apology, shook his head and sighed: "Don't blame the child, in the final analysis, my little Yuan'er is too naughty, and she doesn't look like a girl." ”

"Chao'er is an older brother, and he should have taken care of his sister, but his mother spoiled him."

"Brother Zheng, the child is still young, don't make a definition so early." Shen Zhizhang smiled, patted him on the shoulder, and comforted: "It's good when I grow up." ”

"Speaking of which, you two brothers have such a good relationship, why do you get into a fight when you meet when you get to the children?" Gao Chengyan stepped into the door and said loudly, then glanced back at Zheng Canchao and Shen Xiaoyuan, who were shrinking behind him: "You two, why don't you come and tell your father why you are fighting?" ”

Hearing this, Shen Xiaoyuan ran behind Shen Zhizhang in a few steps, knelt on the ground and hugged Shen Zhizhang's thigh to complain: "Daddy, it was Zheng Canchao who bullied the prince, and I couldn't see it before I beat him." Madoka can't be blamed for this. ”

"You talk nonsense!" Zheng Canchao stubbornly defended: "It's clear that you are bullying others!" ”

"Chao'er, shut up!" Zheng Wenke hurriedly scolded him and ordered him to shut up, this matter involves the crown prince, and it is not beneficial to their family in any case.

"Why did Chao'er bully the prince?" Shen Zhizhang bent down and knocked on her little skull, and said in a dignified and loving tone: "Don't excuse yourself for fighting!" ”

"I didn't!" Shen Xiaoyuan said coquettishly: "It's Zheng Canchao, who said that the emperor's uncle was a robber and robbed his mother and his uncle's things, and said what kind of throne ......"

As soon as he heard this, Shen Zhizhang's face changed, and he hurriedly leaned over to cover Shen Xiaoyuan's mouth and said, "Okay, I know, don't say it anymore." With that, he quickly looked up at Zheng Wenke's expression, and then fell on Gao Chengyan, who was silent.

Gao Chengyan raised his eyelids, and said in a flat tone: "Shen Guogong, let Xiao Yuan'er continue." ”

"Your Majesty, it's just a joke between the children, you can't take it seriously. The minister will go back and ...... well."

What interrupted Shen Zhizhang's speech was Zheng Wenke's angry rebuke: "Zheng Canchao! Don't kneel down and ask the emperor for guilt! He was also aware of the seriousness of the problem and Gao Chengyan's purpose for deliberately letting Shen Xiaoyuan say these words. So he hurriedly stepped forward and knelt down according to Zheng Canchao: "Don't ask the emperor to forgive you!" ”

"I don't!" Zheng Canchao was not convinced, and he was not even afraid of his father in his heart: "Mother said that you must have backbone to be a man, and you don't want me to learn ...... like my father."

Zheng Wenke raised his hand and slapped him, and Zheng Canchao, who was beaten, immediately cried: "Daddy, you beat me too, you all beat me...... Woowoo woo ......"

"Alright." Gao Chengyan witnessed all this, then waved his hand, looked at Zheng Wenke and said: "The child is still young, he must be disciplined and disciplined well, and he will become a pillar in the future." ”

"Yes." Zheng Wenke bowed and saluted: "The minister will be disciplined when he goes back." ”

"Okay." Seeing that beating the eldest princess's family had an effect, Gao Chengyan got up, slowly walked over to help Shen Xiaoyuan and said: "Uncle Huang knows that you are kind to help the prince, but Chao'er is also your cousin, you have to get along with him in friendship......"

"Don't!" Shen Xiaoyuan was not convinced.

"Madoka!" Shen Zhizhang scolded lightly: "Listen to your imperial uncle!" ”

Shen Xiaoyuan looked at Shen Zhizhang aggrievedly, and finally nodded honestly: "Yes." ”

"It's still a good boy to change your mistakes. Go back. Gao Chengyan said that he would not look at them anymore, and turned around and went out.

When the two pairs of fathers and sons left the palace gate and got into the carriage separately, Zheng Wenke looked at Shen Zhizhang without saying anything, and finally turned into raising his hand and touching Shen Xiaoyuan's head and said, "Xiaoyuan'er, I'm sorry, Uncle will take you to eat delicious food in the future." ”

"Uncle." Shen Xiaoyuan knew that Zheng Wenke was good friends with her father, she tilted her head to look at Zheng Canchao, who was kicking the carriage in the distance, and looked at Zheng Wenke guiltily and said, "I'm sorry uncle, I didn't mean to beat Zheng Canchao." ”

"Uncle knows." Zheng Wenke nodded with a smile, he raised his eyes to look at Shen Zhizhang again, and said sadly and helplessly: "Brother Shen...... I ......"

Shen Zhizhang understood Zheng Wenke's state of mind, and only smiled and said, "You and my brother don't have to say it explicitly, I know." ”

"Well, thank you."

"Now that time has passed, the general trend of the previous dynasty has gone. You still persuade the eldest princess somewhat, or ......" Shen Zhizhang hesitated to give him an idea: "Tell her to have less dealings with the third princess." ”

"I can only do my best." Zheng Wenke said: "It's not too early, I'll leave first." ”

"Farewell."

Shen Zhizhang stood in place, watching Zheng Wenke pull Zheng Canchao's clothes and half-push and half-drag him into the carriage.

After so many years, Zheng Wenke, who was chic and could talk and laugh with him back then, has now become tired of dealing with trivial matters in his career and family. After entering middle age, the whole person gradually became indifferent to the vicissitudes of life.

Shen Zhizhang looked at his back and sighed a lot for a while, when he was young, no one looked down on the ordinary life of a good wife and filial son, and he always felt that he was too ordinary and ashamed of his life. But when people are in the age of establishment, they understand how unattainable ordinary life is.

When the father and daughter got into the carriage, Shen Zhizhang breathed a sigh of relief, he leaned on the carriage and said with a tired expression: "Fighting every day, there is not a day that does not let me worry!" ”

"Daddy......"

"You hate Zheng Canchao and Gao Jun so much? I fight with them every day, either this or that. Yuan'er, how many times have I said it, your Uncle Zheng and I have been friends for many years, and Gao Jun has no father. If you fight with the two boys, how can I get justice for you if you suffer in the future? ”

"No matter, I just don't like Zheng Canchao anyway."

"Why?" Shen Zhizhang raised his eyebrows and asked.

He said......" Shen Xiaoyuan said and almost shed tears of grievance: "He said that I am so fierce, just like a boy, my mother gave birth to me and gave birth to the wrong child." No wonder my mother can't give birth to a younger brother......"

"What?" At the mention of this, Shen Zhizhang instantly felt a cloud of anger in his heart, and his temper, which had been suppressed for many years, instantly exploded: "He really dares to say what kind of bastard he is, Xiao Yuan'er, the next time you meet him, remember to beat him again!" ”

“？？？” Shen Xiaoyuan was stunned: "Daddy? ”

"This little bunny!" Shen Zhizhang raised his hand and punched the wall of the carriage and said, "It's really underwhelming!" ”

"Daddy......" Shen Xiaoyuan leaned on Shen Zhizhang's knee with an aggrieved expression, and asked in a low voice: "Is it really because I am too much like a boy that my mother can't give birth to a younger brother?" ”

"What are you doing listening to them talking nonsense? Naturally not. Shen Zhizhang gently stroked Shen Xiaoyuan's hair and comforted: "Do they believe what they say?" ”

"But my mother has already given birth to two little sisters...... Shen Xiaoyuan said: "They all said that our Shen family's incense is going to be broken." ”

"Nonsense." Shen Zhizhang scolded lightly, and then coaxed in a soft voice: "Your mother and I raised the three of you sisters, and you are all children of the Shen family. In the future, you will be a mother and have a child, and you are also the child of our Shen family, how can you say that the incense is broken? ”

"But we're not boys." Shen Xiaoyuan muttered, shrunk into his father's arms and gradually became sleepy, and fell asleep.

Shen Zhizhang lowered his eyes and smiled slowly, he gently patted Shen Xiaoyuan's back, and said in a gentle tone: "Boys and girls are the same, I love them all." ”

The carriage shook three times and walked in the direction of the Shen Guogong Mansion. Shen Zhizhang leaned against the wall of the carriage and slowly closed his eyes.