Looking at the hairpins that were combined, especially Shen Yichen's cherished actions, Chen Qingtong's face was full of smiles, and the corners of his eyes became crooked moons.

"Brother Yichen, can you help me put it on?"

Chen Qingtong said this sentence with a crimson cheek, at this moment, under the impact of her inner emotions, she couldn't care about any defense between men and women.

"Okay."

Shen Yichen didn't care about the ancient etiquette, but he didn't dare to do anything out of the ordinary for the sake of Chen Qingtong's name.

Now that he has determined his feelings, he will not be judged in the accident world, and he will propose to the Marquis of Taining, and the Ming media is marrying Chen Qingtong home, see who dares to talk nonsense?

Picking up this hairpin, Shen Yichen gently pinned it into Chen Qingtong's hair, and even when he got closer, he could smell the faint fragrance on the other party's body.

"Brother Yichen, on my way to Beijing, I heard the news that you won the middle and solved the yuan."

"I was so happy at that time, I knew that Brother Yichen, you were talented and would definitely be able to go to high school, see who would dare to underestimate you in the future, hum!"

After the initial shyness and affection, Chen Qingtong quickly recovered his big personality.

When she learned that Shen Yichen was in high school, she was not thinking about the future high-ranking officials and promising future, but more about feeling a sigh of relief.

You must know that in Ying Tianxun's circle of relatives, many people once regarded Shen Yichen as the object of contempt and ridicule, and Chen Qingtong often debated with these people, wanting to prove that he was not a mediocre person who did not learn and did not know how to learn.

Today's Shen Yichen's achievements can be regarded as being able to raise his eyebrows, without relying on his own efforts by family forces, how many people can compare with those who ridicule?

Of course, in addition to this, there is another point that Chen Qingtong is embarrassed to say.

That is, the better Shen Yichen's performance, the greater the possibility of being valued by his father, maybe one day he will be completely recognized, and he can join hands with Yichen's brother.

"yes, I want to see the faces of those people when they hear the news."

Shen Yichen echoed with a smile, in fact, he didn't care about the opinions of those irrelevant people.

But Chen Qingtong's words made him feel relieved for a while, Xie Yuan's identity is finally not only the capital that he is planning to climb up, but an achievement that he can happily show off.

To be honest, during these days in Jingshi, Shen Yichen was not as happy as he was in Yingtianfu. Every day, I either think about operating my network to make myself stronger, or I get caught up in all kinds of intrigues to prevent being sold if I am not careful.

Today's appearance of Chen Qingtong is not a ray of sunshine in the haze for Shen Yichen.

At the moment when the two of them were talking to each other, two clear coughs came from the side, breaking the ambiguous atmosphere at the moment.

Chen Ying, Marquis of Taining, walked out of the Prayer Valley Altar and happened to see the scene where Shen Yichen put on a hairpin for Chen Qingtong.

As an old father, Chen Ying can be said to have mixed feelings in his heart. I used to think about beating the mandarin duck to help my daughter cut off the love thread, and then find a good match for her in the future, but I didn't expect that the two of them would finally break the thread and fall in love.

In Yingtian last year, Taining Hou Chen Ying saw this scene, and it is estimated that he would be more forceful to ban Chen Qingtong, and even forcibly give her to Xu Match's family.

Even if the daughter at that time would not understand and even resent herself, time will eventually tell.

Because the poor couple mourns everything, from the only daughter of the high-ranking marquis, to marry the wife of a petty official, this kind of identity gap psychology will accompany Chen Qingtong in the second half of his life.

However, now Shen Yichen's high school Xie Yuan made Taining Hou Chen Ying vaguely shake his previous firm thoughts.

If Xie Yuan is not unexpected, there is no problem in taking the high school entrance examination next year, although the civil official is not as noble as the honorable relatives, but if he can become a minister of the palace and the ministry one day, he can also ensure the glory and wealth of his daughter in the second half of her life, and she will not be bullied and despised.

Coupled with what happened at today's sacrifice, it has already shown that Shen Yichen is not only talented in reading, but also full of social skills.

A servant born son who grew up in Tianfu can have a lot of connections in the civil official group of Jingshi, and even Chen Ying himself was a little shocked, how did he do this?

It can be said that the current Shen Yichen is close to the standard line of Taining Hou Chen Ying's son-in-law.

"The juniors meet the Hou Ye."

When Shen Yichen saw Taining Hou, he immediately bowed, and at the same time felt embarrassed that he had been caught.

After all, the defense of men and women in the Ming Dynasty was strict, and his act of wearing a hairpin just now had crossed the boundary of etiquette too much, and he should have been seen by Chen Ying.

As for Chen Qingtong, she was panicked, she didn't know anything better than Shen Yichen, and she knew very well that her father refused to have a relationship between the two.

Now that he was caught red-handed by his father, he didn't know what kind of punishment he would suffer, and it was not easy to be grounded and want to see Shen Yichen again. The most important thing is that you may directly help you arrange a match, but you really don't know what to do.

"Daddy......"

Chen Qingtong's eyes showed a little pleading, hoping that Chen Ying, the Marquis of Taining, would be merciful.

Looking at her daughter's expression, Chen Ying sighed a little helplessly, it was really a big girl.

"Yichen, although you and Qingtong have known each other since childhood, but now that they have grown up, many times you still have to pay attention to a little boundary."

"Master Hou's teachings are right, it's the juniors who have overstepped the rules."

Shen Yichen immediately admitted his mistake, he knew very well that etiquette was unreasonable in this era.

"Qingtong, you get into the carriage first, there are many outsiders here, what kind of system does a girl's family show up."

"Got it, Dad."

Chen Qingtong also cautiously agreed, she didn't dare to anger Taining Hou at such a time, otherwise she would really have no fun with Shen Yichen.

It's just that when she turned around and got into the carriage, she looked at Shen Yichen with reluctance, which made Chen Ying feel a heart jam again.

"Yichen, Ben Hou is sincerely happy for you to see your achievements today."

"But I've been an only daughter like Qingtong in my life, and I've treated her as a treasure since I was a child, and I don't want her to be wronged at all."

"So for her husband's standard, not to mention that she must be a prince and a minister, and she must not be a mediocre generation who does nothing, can you understand this?"

Today's scene also made Taining Hou Chen Ying understand that some things are a foregone conclusion, and they are not as easy to solve as when the love first opened.

At the same time, as a father, the rights and wealth he pursued for Chen Qingtong were only a means of guarantee, not a necessary condition.

If the glory and wealth were based on Chen Qingtong's pain, then he Chen Ying would never agree.

Now that his daughter and Shen Yichen are in love, Taininghou can only choose to accept the facts, but if he wants to be fully recognized by Chen Ying, the identity of Xie Yuan is not enough.

"Juniors understand."

Shen Yichen could naturally hear the meaning of Taining Hou Chen Ying's words, he was telling himself that he could consider lowering the standard for choosing a son-in-law, but it could not be too low.

I am still a little short of this standard line.

But even so, Shen Yichen also understood that this was already a huge concession by Taining Hou Chen Ying.

Because in ancient times, Chen Qingtong was the only daughter of the marquis, and she was just an illegitimate child.

Xie Yuan is an unattainable status in the eyes of ordinary people in the outside world, but what is it in front of Xun Qi?

Looking at Shen Yichen's respectful appearance, Chen Ying couldn't help but sigh again.

Xie Yuan, the youngest since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, is not that Shen Yichen is not good enough, but that his starting point is too low for Xun Qi.

"Work hard, don't let me, and don't let Qingtong down."

After saying that, Taining Hou Chen Ying patted Shen Yichen on the shoulder, stepped over to him and walked towards the carriage.

"Master Xie!"

Shen Yichen's tone became excited, because this sentence meant that Taining Hou was willing to give himself this opportunity.

Listening to the voice of thanks behind him, Taining Hou Chen Ying did not look back, but the corners of his mouth appeared slightly upward.

Getting into the carriage, Chen Qingtong immediately leaned over and asked nervously, "Daddy, what did you say to Brother Yichen?" ”

"This is not what you should care about, if you dare to run out like this in the future, just give me a good grounding in the house!"

"Oh, my daughter knows it's wrong."

Chen Qingtong lowered his head, looking well-behaved as if he had admitted his mistake.

But he quickly raised his head again and asked, "Daddy, you didn't embarrass Brother Yichen, he really didn't do anything." ”

"You ......"

At this time, Taining Hou really couldn't smile bitterly, why did he show a tendency to turn his elbow outward now?

Looking at the carriage of the Marquis of Taining's mansion in the distance, Shen Yichen turned his head and looked in the direction where he saw Zhao Hongjie before, but that position was empty.

Shen Yichen guessed in his mind that Zhao Hongjie could appear on this occasion, and he should have a duty. Now that the ministers have left, the brocade guards have also begun to evacuate.

Alas......

Sighing heavily, Shen Yichen felt a little regretful, and wanted to take this opportunity to have a good talk with Zhao Hongjie.

On the other hand, after Zhu Ji returned home, he immediately went to the Lin family's room in the backyard, and said in an eager tone: "Mother's big thing is not good, Taining Hou has come to Jingshi." ”

Lin was helping Zhu Yong embroider a pair of soles, but Zhu Ji rushed in so much that he almost didn't get stuck in his hand.

So he replied with a dissatisfied face: "What does he have to do with Taininghou's return to Beijing?" ”

"Ji'er, my mother has warned you many times, you should be calm in your words and words, and you have to learn more from that Zhu Yi, he is much more experienced than you."

"Mother, I'll talk about calm things later, and now I'm already burning my eyebrows!"

"Taining Hou came to Jingshi, which means that his only daughter Chen Qingtong also came to Jingshi, Shen Yichen's kid already has a covetous heart, and he will definitely take action now."

When Lin heard this, she felt like she was listening to a joke, and she said in a contemptuous tone: "You have already agreed on a marriage contract with the daughter of the Marquis of Zhenyuan, so don't think about Chen Qingtong." ”

"There is also Shen Yichen, a mere maidservant who gave birth to a son, will Taining Hou Chen Ying take a fancy to him? Are you now also a grandfather and sister-in-law, so you surrender your identity and are you afraid of a wild seed? ”

Hearing this, Zhu Ji was simply speechless, if it weren't for the fact that he met Taining Hou that night to shield Shen Yichen by "pointing a deer as a horse", he wouldn't believe that a servant son who was not included in the genealogy would be able to enter Chen Ying's eyes.

In addition, the events of that night were also quite embarrassing, so Zhu Ji never mentioned it to the Lin family, which led to his mother's mentality being the same as before.

At this point, Zhu Ji didn't care about being embarrassed, and described in detail what happened that night and Shen Yichen's performance at the sacrificial ceremony today.

After listening to Zhu Ji's words, Lin's expression changed completely, from disbelief at the beginning to shock, and finally a touch of ruthlessness.

She really never expected that this servant born son who was despised by herself had grown to such a point.

"Looks like I'm really underestimating this wild species."

Lin said coldly, completely lacking the affinity that he had shown in front of Cheng Guogong in the past.

"Mother, what should we do next? Even if I can't marry the only daughter of the Marquis of Taining, I can't let Shen Yichen marry her! ”

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"Otherwise, he will join forces with Taining Hou in the future, and the slave maid of Yingtian is not dead, it will definitely pose a threat to our mother and son."

Zhu Ji also said viciously, he already felt that Shen Yichen was even more of a threat to him than Zhu Yidu.

"It's easy to do, I'm his mother-in-law, so I'll arrange a marriage with my grandfather. Even if the Marquis of Taining can really take a fancy to this servant and give birth to a son, I don't believe that he is willing to let his only daughter be a concubine. ”

When I went to talk to Marquis Zhenyuan about Zhu Ji's marriage a few days ago, the Lin family had already used a show-off and joking tone, saying that he would help Shen Yichen find a good match.

Of course, that day was more to show off Zhu Ji's marriage to the marquis, so the Lin family didn't have the spare time to think about Shen Yichen's marriage.

Now that time has passed, the original show-off can also make it a fact, the mother-in-law occupies the name of righteousness, and the parents' orders to help their children arrange marriages can be called a conspiracy, and Shen Yichen has no room for resistance!

"It's a good plan, but my mother is thoughtful."

Zhu Ji was also overjoyed when he heard it, after all, in his heart, looking at Shen Yichen was proud, which was even more uncomfortable than his own frustration.

Shen Yichen didn't know that the Lin family and son had already used the "yang scheme" in their marriage.

But even if he knew, he probably would treat each other coldly and see how their mother and son performed.

Because of the order of the parents, the premise of the matchmaker's words is that the parents have the right to be the masters. Even Zhu Yong, the Duke of Chengguo, asked to be included in the genealogy, Shen Yichen dared to face the resistance, and a stepfamily really regarded his mother-in-law as a thing?

It was already afternoon when he returned to the Chengguo Mansion, and as soon as he walked into the West Chamber, Shen Yichen saw Steward Wu in the courtyard, and there was a maid beside him holding a gift plate.

"Shen Gongzi, you came back just in time, this is a gift from the old slave that the grandfather wanted, saying that you will come to visit Hu Shangshu in the future."

The efficiency is so fast, it is really in line with the military general atmosphere of Zhu Yong, the Duke of Chengguo.

After muttering a sentence in his heart, Shen Yichen looked at the gift plate, on which was placed a piece of Huizhou Xiuning ink, a dragon incense royal ink specially made for the palace, only a very small number of them were left in the house of the minister, and the value was extremely precious.

"Shen Gongzi, Hu Shangshu is frugal and generous by nature, and he doesn't like gold, silver, jewelry and other vulgar things, but he has a preference for literature and ink."

"Grandpa took out this piece of dragon incense imperial ink, firstly, to do what he liked, and secondly, grandpa attached great importance to Shen Gongzi. After all, the relationship between father and son is continuous, and the grandfather also hopes that Shen Gongzi can rise to the top. ”

Is it?

Regarding Steward Wu's last sentence, Shen Yichen did not have the slightest doubt that Cheng Guogong really hoped that he would be on the rise.

But the father-son relationship in front of him, Shen Yichen was a little suspicious, how much of this emotion can account for in the hearts of princes like Zhu Yong?

"Then bother Steward Wu and thank my grandfather for me."

Of course, one yard is one yard, even if the relationship between father and son is not considered, this gift is indeed of great help to me to make friends with Hu Hu, and it is appropriate to thank you.

"Yes, then the old slave won't bother."

After that, Steward Wu motioned to stretch out his handmaiden, handed the tray in his hand into Ah Niu's hand, and then said goodbye and exited the courtyard.

"Brother Chen, I sometimes think that grandpa seems to be very good to you."

Ah Niu looked at the delicate piece of ink on the plate, even if he didn't understand these scholarly ink treasures, he understood that it must be worth a lot.

During this time, Cheng Guogong let himself live in the mansion with Brother Chen, and also held a celebration banquet for Xie Yuan, and now he is sending gifts to help Brother Chen make friends with senior officials.

All kinds of actions don't seem to be as bad as abandoning his wife and children in his previous impression.

Listening to Ah Niu's words, Shen Yichen smiled and replied: "He has indeed helped me in many actions now, but if I am not Xie Yuan, these will never be seen in the small courtyard of Yingtianfu." ”

After saying that, Shen Yichen turned around and walked towards the house, and said in an inaudible voice: "If he really owes something in his heart, he shouldn't forget that in the small courtyard of Yingtian, there is a woman who always thinks about him." ”

Early in the morning of the second day, Shen Yichen took gifts and prayer stickers and went to visit the house of Hu Hui, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites.

Originally, there was no need to be in such a hurry to visit, and under normal circumstances, it would be postponed for a few days and an appointment to be over.

But Hu Hui's actions at the sacrificial ceremony, not to mention the others, were curious about why the Minister of Tuogu and the Ministry of Rites would show favor to a young man.

Even Shen Yichen himself didn't understand what could get Hu Hui's favor, which was obviously far beyond the normal range of appreciation for juniors.

So with this mentality of solving doubts, Shen Yichen chose to visit early, wanting to find out what was going on.

When he came to Hu Hui's mansion, after the concierge saw the name of the worship post clearly, the steps of connecting and passing were omitted, and Shen Yichen was directly allowed to enter the mansion.

Obviously, this must also be a good greeting, Hu Hu knew that Shen Yichen would definitely come back to visit the house.

Entering this Shangshu Mansion, the decorations are all simple and elegant, and from a distance, I saw Hu Hu wearing a regular costume and fiddling with a pot of flowers and plants, just like an ordinary old man at home.

"Senior Shen Yichen, meet the great uncle."

Seeing Shen Yichen coming over, Hu Hu put down the shower in his hand and replied with a smile: "Xie Yuanlang, we met again, a few days earlier than the old man expected, it seems that Xie Yuanlang is also an anxious person." ”

As soon as these words came out, Shen Yichen naturally understood what the other party meant, but he pretended not to understand, and replied with a sloppy eye: "The great uncle is invited, and the younger generation will not dare to slack off. ”

"The prince and the prince dare to provoke Yuanlang, not as timid as he said."

Under the premise that the official position was not specifically emphasized during the orthodox period of the Ming Dynasty, the prince always referred to Wang Zhen, the eunuch who held the seal of the celebrant and the eunuch.

So when Hu Hu said this, a thin cold sweat broke out on Shen Yichen's forehead instantly, could it be that the conversation with Li Da and a few people in the teahouse that day was leaked out by others?