After Shen Changrui knew that there was something wrong with the ink strip, he saw that Xue Nuo's whole face was white as if he was seriously ill, and he was remorseful and angry in his heart, and when he returned to the second room, he directly found Shen Zhengyu.

"You still want ink strips? Didn't I give you that much before? Shen Zhengyu was surprised.

Shen Changrui leaned on the chair as if he had no bones: "That's just a little more, what is enough for me to give to my eldest brother." ”

Shen Zhengyu thought that this stinky boy was greedy, but when he thought that good things were given to the big house, he suddenly said angrily: "You muddy boy, are you my son or your uncle's son, if you have any good things, you are worried about the people in the big house first, why don't you send anything to Changrong first!" ”

"Then the eldest brother can remember me everywhere, and if there is anything good, give me a copy first, does the second brother have it?"

Shen Zhengyu was choked by his words.

Shen Changrui pouted disdainfully and said: "It's good that the second brother doesn't bully me, and he still wants me to give him something, but don't rely on me this time, when His Royal Highness the Crown Prince came over a few days ago, he saw that I gave the ink I sent to the eldest brother and felt good, and the eldest brother gave it all to His Royal Highness the Prince." ”

"Today, the eldest brother came back and said that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince asked about Namo, as if he still wanted some, I thought that the second brother always wanted to please His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to find a job by his side, so he came to find his father, and I was helping him."

Shen Zhengyu didn't expect that the ink was given to the prince, and he was immediately overjoyed: "Really? ”

Shen Changrui said: "What am I lying to you for, father, where did the ink come from, since His Royal Highness the Crown Prince likes it, why don't you go and buy some more and give them to him?" ”

Shen Zhengyu naturally wants to please the prince, even if it is not for himself, the eldest son Shen Changrong has also reached the age of entering the office, Shen Zhongkang has never mentioned this matter, and they are not allowed to have more dealings with the prince, every time he asks more, he just tells him to wait for Shen Changrong to talk about other things after he is promoted, but Shen entered the East Palace early to attach himself to the prince.

Shen Zhongkang is obviously eccentric.

Shen Zhengyu naturally had to plan for his eldest son.

It's just ...... "I can't buy that ink." ”

"Why?" Shen Changrui hurriedly asked, "Could it be that the ink is very expensive?" ”

Shen Zhengyu said: "It's not a question of whether it's expensive or not, that ink is someone else's thing, it's not easy to make and extremely rare, last time it was because your second brother got the noble blue eyes that he was willing to give him some, if you didn't pestering me and saying you want it, how could your second brother give it to you." ”

Shen Changrui: "Nobleman? ”

Shen Zhengyu said: "Lu Tao, do you know? ”

Shen Changrui shook his fist: "That ink was sent by Lu Tao?" ”

"How is that possible?" Shen Zhengyu glanced at his youngest son, "Who is Mr. Lu, how can he give ink to your second brother, this ink was specially made and given to Mr. Lu by others." ”

"That day, Mr. Lu was invited to a banquet in Hengyun Pavilion to appreciate poetry with character ink, I had the honor to listen to a few words, Mr. Lu had heard people mention your second brother earlier, I heard that I was Evergreen's father, and I knew that he was progressive, so I divided some ink and asked me to bring it to Evergreen as a junior."

Shen Zhengyu was particularly proud when he talked about this.

Lu Tao is very famous in Beijing, and there are many people who want to curry favor with him.

Literati look down on non-commissioned officers, and the more famous they are, the more noble they are, especially for officials like him who are not up or down and have no power, people like Lu Tao will not look at him at all on weekdays.

That day, he happened to go to Hengyun Pavilion with his friends, and he was not qualified to enter the ink tasting conference, but later he was invited in by the face of his eldest son, and later when people gave Lu Tao ink, Lu Taoyan and Shen Changrong were quite appreciative and even gave him ink.

The envious gazes of friends and the literati around him still make Shen Zhengyu feel fluttering when he thinks about it.

"Let me tell you, your second brother has raised the face of our Shen family this time, Mr. Lu looks at him differently, maybe he can really accept him as a disciple, if your second brother can worship under Mr. Lu, who will say that he is not as good as Shen Changyuan in the big house......"

Shen Changrui was not interested in whether Shen Changrong could worship Lu Tao as a teacher, he just became more and more confused the more he listened, he thought that Lu Tao wanted to harm his eldest brother, but how did it turn out to be given to Lu Tao by someone else, he interrupted his father's show off and asked: "What about the person who sent the ink, does my father recognize it, what does he look like, and where does he belong to?" ”

Shen Zhengyu was not angry: "Then how can I recognize that there are so many people selling pen, ink, paper and inkstone in Beijing, who is not in a hurry to tie up with those literati, maybe which merchant wants to curry favor with Mr. Lu so that he can use his reputation to raise his own things, and besides, there were so many people at that time, who could pay attention to his appearance......

He stopped as he spoke, and looked at Shen Changrui with some suspicion, "Why are you asking so much?" ”

Shen Changrui was taken aback and hurriedly pretended to be unhappy and said: "What else can I do, I just want to buy some more ink strips and come back, since I can't find anyone, then father, you give me the rest of the second brother." ”

Shen Zhengyu refused without thinking about it: "Your second brother will definitely not agree." ”

"Then I don't care, my ones have been taken away by the prince, and I am useless myself, let the second brother divide some more ...... me"

Shen Zhengyu did not agree.

Shen Changrui pestered him, although he was a concubine, but Aunt Xin had a face, and he was liked by Shen Zhongkang, plus he was bullied when he was a child and almost had an accident, Shen Zhengyu felt sorry for him, and it hurt a little, Shen Changrui was aggrieved and pestered Shen Zhengyu to cry and make a fuss, and in the end, Shen Zhengyu could only go to Shen Changrong with a big head.

Shen Changrong heard him ask for ink for Shen Changrui again, and he was so angry that he lost his temper on the spot: "Father, are you confused, he is just a concubine, it was good to pester me last time to share half of him, and this time he came to ask for it again, what does he think of me here, is he his own treasury?!" ”

"Then didn't his ink be given to the prince......"

"What's my business?"

Shen Changrong was annoyed when he heard this, "And it wasn't given by him, it was given by Shen Changyuan, even if the prince was happy to get something, the face was also given to Shen Changyuan and the big house, what does it have to do with our second room, besides, the ink was given to me by Mr. Lu, why give it to him, is he a concubine who doesn't learn and has no skills to use such good ink......

"Evergreen!"

Shen Zhengyu reprimanded, "He's your younger brother." ”

"I don't eat my brother like this!"

Shen Changrong didn't like his sister-in-law who crawled out of his aunt's belly, not to mention that Shen Changrui was close to Shen Ke and Shen Changlin, but he had always been yin and yang weird to him, he snorted coldly: "Isn't he close to the eldest brother, if you want ink, let the eldest brother go to Mr. Lu for him, he doesn't think about it here, it's not enough for me to use it myself, don't think about asking for him from me." ”

"Evergreen ......"

Shen Zhengyu wanted to say a few more words, but Shen Changrong angrily kicked him out of the room.