Early the next morning, Chang'an decided to visit her father, Shen Tunan.

You always have to see each other before entering the palace, and in the future, you won't be as free as you are now. She thought.

Another mansion called Shen Mansion is located at the foot of the West Lake, compared to the Shen Mansion where Shen Chang'an's mother lived, it is not grand enough, and there is not too much whitewashing, but this is the home of Shen Tunan, the governor of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, in the real sense.

Chang'an rarely set foot in this place, so he was not familiar with the surrounding environment, as soon as she entered the door, a maid recognized her, called "eldest lady", and hurriedly reported to another maid, "Go and tell the lord and the lady that the eldest lady over there is here." ”

Chang'an didn't annoy when she heard her call herself "the eldest lady over there", she was used to it for a long time - the three of them were already outsiders.

Aunt Lan was the first to greet her when she heard the voice, and cordially came over and took Chang'an to the house, "Look at their ignorant ones, they are still called eldest lady at this time, the weather is cold, be careful not to freeze." ”

If Aunt Lan was a little flattering, Chang'an would really resent her, but she was a good wife and mother, and she was as affectionate as a daughter to Chang'an, she really didn't know what to say.

Shen Chang'an's mother was Shen Tunan's successor, and before marrying Chang'an's mother, he had a son with Yuan. Chang'an's mother was born in a famous family, and she was a girl who had never been out of the cabinet, and when she first got married, she was arrogant and incompatible with everything in the Shen Mansion, and she often lost her temper for no reason, so that people never dared to approach this new lady. Soon after Chang'an was born, Mrs. Shen had another serious illness, and after finally recovering, she cried in the room day and night that she was miserable, and she couldn't even be loved by her husband when she was sick. Shen Tunan went out to patrol Jiangnan for several months in a fit of anger, and it was at this time that Aunt Lan appeared. Aunt Lan's flower name is "Chunlan", she is the most famous geisha in Xixiang Garden, proficient in piano skills and rhythm, as soon as Shen Tunan arrived in Jiangnan, she heard the reputation of Chunlan girl. One night, he and his friends gathered in Xixiangyuan, and only glanced at Na Chunlan, and he never took his eyes off in his life. For the sake of Miss Chunlan, Shen Tunan has used the excuse to patrol Jiangnan many times, needless to say, he is meeting his sweetheart. Later, one day Chunlan told him that there was a noble son who wanted to help him redeem himself, and when Shen Tunan heard it, he immediately paid three times the price to take Chunlan out of Xixiangyuan and returned to Lin'an.

This time, the Shen Mansion was in a mess. Mrs. Shen was looking for life and death, and resolutely disagreed with her husband to take a Qinglou woman as a concubine, and Mrs. Shen also reprimanded her son for this ridiculous behavior, and Shen Tunan made a decision that shocked everyone at this time - he left the Shen Mansion with Chunlan and was never heard from as soon as he left. After a month, the old lady could not resist the pressure and compromised with her son. But Mrs. Shen washed her face with tears all day long and never saw anyone again, and since then, Shen Changan has seen her mother as if she had changed into a different person.

Shen Tunan ordered people to build a courtyard by the West Lake, and when he was free, he took Chunlan and the children to watch the West Lake. At first, Chang'an was also invited, together with his younger brothers Changping and Changxing, but whenever this happened, Chang'an's mother would lock herself in the room alone and not come out, nor would she talk to Chang'an. A little older will tell Chang'an, "Your mother sulked because you always went to play with Aunt Lan." ”

In fact, Xiao Changan wants to explain that she doesn't like to be with Aunt Lan, she just likes to play with her younger brothers. Later, Chang'an never went to the other courtyard again, and only quietly read books in the room alone, and now, Shen's mother's face looked a little better. Over time, the house in the other courtyard became bigger and bigger, and Aunt Lan gave birth to a little daughter, and it became another Shen mansion.

In the past ten years, there has only been one time when Shen Tunan quarreled with Aunt Lan and moved all his belongings back to Mrs. Shen. Those days were the happiest time for Chang'an's mother, getting up early every day to make up and sleeping with her husband at night, and it was also that year that Chang'an's youngest sister Shen Changle was born. "Changle" is the name proposed by Shen Tunan himself, Mrs. Shen thought that she had finally kept the clouds open and saw the moon, but when Changle was less than a year old, the maid from the Shen Mansion came to her.

Shen Tunan recognized that it was Chunlan's personal maid. She handed Shen Tunan a handwritten letter from Chunlan, and said with teary eyes that the second lady was very sick and might be dying, and she wanted to see her master. Shen Tunan read the family letter, tears rained down, and even went back to the other courtyard with the maid.

From that moment on, all of Shen's mother's hopes were shattered again, and everything was as before.

In the main hall, Shen Tunan was leaning on a rattan chair and pretending to sleep, Aunt Lan came in with Chang'an, leaned over gently, and said in a low voice, "Master, look who's coming." ”

Shen Tu Nan straightened up, saw that Chang An was already sitting on one side, as if he had expected her to come, only took a sip of tea, and retreated from the people. Aunt Lan also left on the pretext of going to see the child.

Chang'an has not seen such a situation for several years. Because of her mother, she didn't see her father very often. When his father left the Shen family again, Shen's mother cut off all contact with him, so even with Chang'an, she rarely saw her father again—let alone the long talk between father and daughter at this moment.

"Now the world is in turmoil, the ministers are fiercely resisting, and they want to support the king of Lin'an to ascend the throne...... Shen Tunan paused, and then said again, "The king of Jiangling and the king of Xiangyang are still young, and it is difficult to become a big weapon, the king of Lin'an is undoubtedly the best candidate, but according to the meaning of the Empress Dowager Xuan, it is to support the young son of the king of Mingyang to inherit the great cause, but unfortunately she has just sat on the throne of the queen mother, and has not been able to control the domestic power, and wants to assist a three-year-old child to ascend the throne, but it is not something she can say......"

Shen Chang was silent for a while, thinking about it, "After King Mingyang usurped the throne, he was tyrannical and extravagant, not to mention that he had no prestige in the court, and it was rare to win the hearts of the people among the people. But now in this troubled world, the ascension of the prince to the throne may not be a good thing for him......"

Shen Tunan glanced at Chang'an, although he didn't spend much time with this daughter, he knew too much about his eldest daughter's mind. Chang'an has read poetry and books since she was a child, read through the Four Books and Five Classics, and various military strategies are at her fingertips, she has seen the situation in front of her thoroughly, and what she is worried about is still the heart of her daughter's family. Shen Tunan sighed and shook his head, if you want to achieve a great cause, you must not be entangled in the love of children.

"During the reign of Emperor Jingyu, the second prince, the fourth prince, and the sixth prince were all his favorite candidates, but because the six princes Lin'an had no intention of taking the throne, and the four princes were wolf-like, the throne was in the hands of the second prince...... When the first emperor died, he ordered the fourth prince Mingyang Wang to fight in the northern frontier, what he was afraid of was that he would rebel and seek power and usurp the throne, but he didn't expect that it would be ......too late" Shen Tu Nan finished speaking, looked at Shen Chang'an's expression, saw that her eyebrows were relaxed, and continued, "The former queen Li assisted the emperor in the government and took charge of the overall situation, and later supported the prince to ascend the throne, won the reputation of "virtuous queen", and enjoyed glory and wealth all her life. The concubine An's family, the favored harem, made the emperor ignore the government for ten months, disaster to the country and the people, and then the people rebelled, and finally only ended up in a tragic death under the city. ”

Chang'an was suddenly startled when she heard this, and fine sweat had covered her entire forehead. Of course, she understood what Shen Tu Nan was referring to, and this was really clear. She's a wise woman, and she's been that way since, ever since.