"Mother, I'm not a child now, what can you tell me."

Shen Yichen looked at her mother, and her tone was very formal and serious.

It is not easy for a single mother like Shen to pull a child up in modern times, let alone in ancient times like the Ming Dynasty.

He is no longer the Shen Yichen who was ambitious and only knew how to play and mess around, and it was time to take on the responsibility of being a son of man and a man.

Shen faced Shen Yichen's sincere eyes, and his heart could be described as mixed, with more than ten years of hard work, and today he finally saw his son look like an adult.

It's just that there are some things, and Shen doesn't know whether he should involve his son.

After being silent and hesitating for a long time, Shen leaned down and opened the red lacquered wooden box.

As soon as the box was opened, there was a silver light that refracted into Shen Yichen's pupils. Because the upper layer of the entire wooden box is neatly stacked with a layer of silver ingots, and the purity is very high, it is not surprising that it is produced by the Big Money Bureau.

In addition, under the silver ingot, it can be vaguely seen that there are also stacked cloths, as for the specific material, Shen Yichen is not clear, but it should be worth a lot of money.

Shen Yichen has been in the Ming Dynasty for some time, and he has a general understanding of what the prices are in this era. Today, this wooden box, placed in an ordinary family of three, can almost guarantee at least ten years of food and clothing.

Who would make such a big deal and for what purpose?

"Chen'er, you must be curious to know who sent this box of things now."

"Hmm."

Shen Yichen nodded.

I saw a wry smile on the corner of Shen's mouth, and then said, "Given by Grandpa's step-family Mrs. Lin." ”

Zhu Ji's mother, Lin?

Shen Yichen couldn't help but have a childhood memory in his mind, after he and his mother left the Chengguo Mansion, he heard that Zhu Yong's original partner Wang died of illness, and then the concubine Lin was corrected as his wife's steproom.

It's just that this Mrs. Lin, didn't she target herself and her mother everywhere back then, why did she give such a generous gift?

"Mother, what does Mrs. Lin want to do?"

Nothing to be courteous, either a traitor or a thief, the same is true for this kind of generous gift that is suddenly sent to the door. At the family banquet of the Chengguo Mansion yesterday, Zhu Ji was still full of hostility, competing with himself everywhere, and it was impossible for his wife to give gifts.

In the face of Shen Yichen's inquiry, Shen opened his mouth to say something, but in the end, he didn't say it, but shook his head helplessly.

"Something to do with me, right?"

Shen Yichen was keenly aware of this matter, it may have something to do with him, otherwise he would have lived in this small courtyard for so many years, but he saw Zhu Ji yesterday and the situation changed, how could it be such a coincidence.

"Chen'er, you can study with peace of mind, these things are the grievances and grievances of the previous generation, and they have nothing to do with you."

"What are the grievances and grievances of the previous generation?"

Shen Yichen asked once before, but his mother didn't answer, and he couldn't continue to ask at that time. And this time, he plans to break the casserole and ask to the end.

Listening to Shen Yichen's questioning, Shen's heart was very tormented, and she didn't want her son to be affected by this. But there are some things that are already in front of us, and it is impossible to hide them by hiding them.

"Mrs. Lin sent these things because she wanted you to drop out of the public school."

I see.

Hearing his mother's answer, a sneer appeared at the corner of Shen Yichen's mouth, and the previous doubts could now be explained in an instant. It seems that he was too conspicuous at the family banquet yesterday, and he was left by Zhu Yong, the Duke of Chengguo, to talk, and he faintly began to threaten the status of some people.

However, Shen Yichen admired Mrs. Lin's methods, a deep boudoir woman who didn't show her head, but she could do it so quickly, she really didn't leave any hidden dangers for herself.

"Chen'er, did you do something in the home school, why did Mrs. Lin suddenly want you to drop out of school?"

Not only did Shen Yichen have doubts, but Shen was also full of surprise and puzzlement when he received Mrs. Lin's "generous gift" today.

Shen Yichen has been studying at the Chengguo Mansion Family School for almost ten years, why not sooner or later, but ask him to drop out of school today?

"It may be that Grandpa Guo praised me twice, and I have a glimmer of hope for entering the genealogy."

"Really?"

Hearing this, Shen was overjoyed in his heart and dispelled his previous sorrows. The biggest extravagant hope in her life is to let her son be recognized by Zhu Yong, but the reality is getting farther and farther away.

Unexpectedly, Shen Yichen actually went to the home school, and he had already been appreciated by Grandpa Guo!

"Well, but I just said two words, and it has nothing to do with entering the genealogy."

Shen Yichen looked at his mother's excited state and quickly changed what happened. Just saying that there is a little hope is that, if the Shen family knows that he has rejected the shadow prison, he doesn't know what will happen when he is excited.

"That's enough, at least there's a good start, and grandpa still cares about you."

"Maybe."

Shen Yichen couldn't bear to pierce the illusions of the Shen family, after all, she was thinking about the relationship between father and son, but Zhu Yong, the prince of Chengguo, cared about the clan family.

"Mother, what happened back then, why is Mrs. Lin so jealous of our mother and son?"

Although Shen Yichen admired Mrs. Lin's good methods, but seriously speaking, this reaction was a bit too big.

After all, the current Mrs. Lin is no longer the concubine she was at the beginning, but the duke's main room. Not to mention that she has not yet entered the genealogy, even if she enters the genealogy and becomes a concubine, it is difficult to pose much threat to her.

Because Zhu Yong also has an eldest son, Zhu Yi, who was originally married, the hereditary priority is greater than that of the step-sister-in-law. As for his mother, the Shen family, the servant girl has never been favored by the Duke of Chengguo, and it will not affect Mrs. Lin's status.

Come to think of it, if you want to reasonably explain Mrs. Lin's overreaction, there must be other factors.

"Chen'er, didn't you ask me a few days ago, why did we leave the Chengguo Mansion back then?"

"Hmm."

Shen Yichen nodded, he didn't get an answer that day.

"Because my mother was in the mansion back then, she saw something that she shouldn't have seen."

Speaking of this, Shen sighed heavily, and then recounted those old things.

Zhu Yong, the Duke of Chengguo, was the original partner of Wang, and he has not been out for many years after marrying into the Duke of Chengguo. In the ancient environment of unfilial piety and no queen, the main family could not give birth to children, but committed the "sin of seven outs", not to mention the hereditary duke like Zhu Yong, and the huge family title waiting for the children to inherit.

As a result, the relationship between the husband and wife gradually became a gap, and Cheng Guogong also accepted several concubines one after another, including Zhu Ji's mother Lin.

After the Lin family entered the Chengguo Mansion, he was very favored by Zhu Yong by virtue of his posture and means. Later, he began to take charge of the inner courtyard of the public mansion, in fact, challenging the status of Wang's wife.

In this case, the Wang family was anxious and angry, his body was getting thinner and thinner, and he was even more unable to compete with the young and beautiful Lin family.

However, the situation soon changed, and when the Wang family was past the year of its establishment, everyone was not optimistic, but suddenly became pregnant with a child. And after she became pregnant in October, she gave birth to a son, who was Zhu Yi, the eldest son of Chengguo's grandson.

I thought that relying on my eldest son could regain the power of the inner court, but as a result, misfortune and blessing were relied upon, and blessings and misfortunes lurked.

Wang's age can already be called an advanced maternal age in ancient times, and after giving birth to her eldest son Zhu Yi, her body collapsed and she was sick in bed all the year round. The entire Chengguo Mansion was completely controlled by the Lin family, and once reached the point of "spoiling concubines and destroying wives".

Later, the Lin family was also pregnant with the concubine Zhu Ji at that time, and during her pregnancy, Zhu Yong, the prince of Chengguo, was stealing and fell in love with the maid Shen, so she had the current Shen Yichen.

It is precisely because of this that the Lin family regards his mother Shen as a "competitor", and since then he has been full of hostility towards the mother and son, and has been excluded and suppressed everywhere.

But in any case, the Chengguo Justice Room is still there, and no matter how much the Lin family controls the inner courtyard, it is only a concubine. Therefore, in addition to being blocked from being included in the genealogy in terms of name, Shen Yichen is still treated like a concubine, and he can live and study in the public mansion normally.

And the turning point of all this came on the night when Shen Yichen's mother and son left the mansion!

His wife Wang was sick in bed, and his health was getting worse and worse, and Zhu Yong, the Duke of Chengguo, was promoted to the prince Taibao to take charge of the Beijing camp, and basically did not return to the Nanjing Mansion much, and the entire Chengguo Mansion Lin could be described as covering the sky with one hand.

That night, Wang was seriously ill and coughed violently, and kept calling the maid to find a doctor, but no one answered after shouting for half an hour.

At that time, the mother Shen happened to be passing by the courtyard, and she was puzzled when she heard Wang's shout and no one answered, so it stands to reason that the maids should always be in front of the bed, and this situation will not occur.

With doubts and respect for the main room, her mother Shen planned to enter the courtyard to help, but she didn't expect to see Lin standing at the door.

I saw that Lin's face was gloomy, and he turned a deaf ear to Wang's shouts in the house, and as time passed, Wang's voice became smaller and smaller, as if life was passing.

Seeing this scene, her mother Shen was frightened, and in a panic, she wanted to leave quickly, but accidentally kicked the flower pot at the gate of the courtyard. When he looked up at the door again, he just met Lin's cruel gaze.

Although her mother Shen was born as a maidservant, she lived in a deep mansion compound anyway, and she still had a basic sense of crisis. So he hurriedly ran away, took Shen Yichen out of the mansion overnight, came to live in this villa at the end of the alley, and made it clear that he would not return to the mansion.

It may be because the Lin family is afraid that the fish will die, or it may be that the mother Shen family retreats and Shen Yichen is unbearable, and there is no threat to him, and if he continues to pursue it, it may be self-defeating and arouse the suspicion of his grandfather.

So over the years, the Shen family has taken Shen Yichen, and the mother and son have lived in this small courtyard, which can be regarded as a corner of peace, until it was broken by the Lin family's "generous gift" today.

"Chen'er, my mother didn't want you to be involved, but now that you have grown up, there are some things that you can't hide, so you should face them."

After talking about these old pasts, Shen's tone became resolute, not like the weak and gentle appearance in the past.

"Mother, I understand."

"I'll ask someone to send these things back, and you can continue to study in the Gongfu Family School. My mother has no other ideas in this life, I just hope that you will be promising, and one day you will be able to stand in front of your grandfather and let him see that his son has become a talent! ”

Shen's expression and words at this moment perfectly interpret the eight words: the woman is weak, and the mother is strong!