Time flies, and more than ten years have passed in a blink of an eye.

In the past few days, the Wu'an Hou Mansion has been lit up, and it is full of laughter and laughter. The brisk figures of the maids and servants shuttled through the avenues and paths of the mansion, cleaning the entire mansion spotlessly.

Sang Xuanyue walked around, and asked the housekeeper again to confirm that everything was arranged, and then he breathed a sigh of relief and turned around and went to the flower hall in the courtyard.

As a result, when I walked to the gate of the Songbai Courtyard, I happened to see a young man with a jade tree facing the wind and starry eyebrows in the distance, leading two children to the left and the right.

It is a bit inappropriate to say that the children are ten years old, and it is also half a teenager to say that they are half a teenager.

And he is seven or eight points similar to the young man, even if he is unaware, he can understand at a glance that these are the two brothers who are close to each other. It's just that he is not as handsome and silent as the older brother, and this little boy has a lot of cunning between his eyebrows and eyes. And he has a smiling lip, and his facial features are flying all the time, he is really smart and wise.

The child on the other side of the boy was only about five or six years old. It is a white-skinned and delicate female doll.

The female doll is dressed in pink clothes and has a double bun on her head. She had a bell and a string of pink gemstone beads hanging from her head, and a large gemstone collar on her chest. At a young age, he looks rich and compelling, which makes people know at a glance that this is definitely a baby pimple that is like a pearl at home.

And these three are no one else, but they are the three children of Sang Zhuanyue and Shen Tingjun.

Needless to say, the big one is naturally a crane.

Of course, now that he is old, he doesn't like others to call him by his nickname, and only when his parents call him He'er, he will reluctantly respond. The rest of the time, if he didn't specifically call him "Shen Rongcheng", he would just call him not him.

Shen Rongcheng has a brother and a sister, a younger brother Shen Rongqi, and a younger sister Shen Ronghui. Each of them was a year difference in age from the elder brother in front of them - Sang Xuanyue thought that he had not moved since giving birth to a crane because he was too old and could not have another child after that. Who knows, there are two more treasures one after another.

Seeing the three brothers and sisters approaching, the second and third couldn't wait to let go of their brother's hand, and the girl ran towards her, and the smile became a little thicker on Sang Xuanyue's already smiling face.

She grabbed the two baby bumps and told them to be careful not to fall. looked up at He'er with a smile and asked, "Why did you come here at this time, but Qi'er and Hui'er are bothering you again?" ”

He'er happened to be resting today, and was originally reviewing his homework. But now he took the time to send the two little ones, so naturally the two little ones went to the eldest brother's yard to make a fuss.

The matter was guessed by Sang Xuanyue, and He'er didn't deny it when she saw this, she only mixed with her mother, and said with a smile while walking towards Songbai Courtyard: "I'm also tired of studying, so I'll take advantage of this time to come out for a walk, and by the way, see how you are prepared." But there is something that needs the help of children. ”

Next year will be the old lady's 80th birthday, and the Great Qin Dynasty has rules, and the 80th birthday will be held a year in advance. The Hou Mansion of Wu'an has been cooking oil like a fire over the years, and the old lady naturally has a lot of people coming to celebrate her birthday. The second and third uncles, who have been out for many years, also have to bring their families with them in the past two days, and go back to the Hou Mansion to celebrate the old lady's birthday.

Although he has presided over the Hou Mansion for more than ten years and has handled too many banquets, Sang Xuanyue has already had a simpler and more effective way to deal with affairs. But there are too many places for her to worry about, and her sister is too young to help her mother, He'er feels sorry for her mother, so she wonders if there is anything he can help with.

The smile on Sang Xuanyue's face became two points thicker when she heard this, she patted He'er's hand, and said with a smile: "It's all things that my mother is used to, but it's more cumbersome than usual." Mother copes, no need to labor you. If you have time to spare, go about and rest or go to the front yard to see where your father has any errands to direct thee. ”

He'er nodded: "Okay, the child will go to the front yard in a while." ”

talked about the second and third uncles who will return home soon.

When the second uncle was not yet one year old, he left Beijing to take up his post outside Beijing. After that, he traveled to three state capitals and became three chief officials, and now he has been promoted to the second rank, and he is a veritable member of the imperial court.

The second uncle left home too early, and he has only returned three or five times over the years, and every time he comes and goes in a hurry, Yihe'er does not have a deep impression of the second uncle.

On the contrary, it was the third uncle, because he left Beijing when he was five years old, and he was young and wise, and the memory at that time is still very deep until now, so the third uncle's voice and smile are still fresh in his memory.

It's just that after the third uncle took his three cousins out, he has only come back twice over the years. What the third uncle has become now, he can't tell.

Even He'er couldn't tell the temperament of the two uncles, and Shen Rongqi and Shen Ronghui were even strangers to the two uncles.

Although they received books, toys, fabrics or souvenirs from their uncles every year, the two aunts exchanged letters with their mothers from time to time. But the "unmasked" people are suddenly going to live in the same house, even if they are their closest relatives, they feel strange.

Sang Xuanyue understood the look in the children's eyes, and couldn't help but comfort them, whether it was two uncles or two aunts, they were all good-tempered. The cousins are even better nurtured, they will only like them, and they will not have disputes with them.

Shen Ronghui understood this, and snuggled up to her mother with a bright smile on her face, obviously relieved.

Shen Rongqi, he is not afraid of this. I heard him say: "I'm the tyrant in our house, can I still be afraid of them?" Besides, I'm going to cry the most, and if my cousins bully me, I'll go to my grandmother. ”

He was his grandmother's heart, his eyeball. When his grandmother saw what he liked, she didn't believe that she didn't support him.

Of course, letting his grandmother stand up for him is the next step, after all, he has also reached the age of face, and he is in his own house, if he is really bullied by his cousins, will he still use it in the capital? It's better to find a rope and hang yourself as soon as possible.

The mother was talking about a lively conversation, and Shen Tingjun walked in from outside.

He is past his age, but he seems to be just a man of his prime. Not only does he look much younger than a man of the same age, but even the charm is covetous.

Of course, the one who dares to blatantly covet his body is only one mulberry twisting the moon.

After all, Shen Hou has already entered the cabinet, and he is a veritable cabinet elder, and he is also the next cabinet chief assistant. With such a high authority, grace and coldness, even those officials in the court did not dare to be presumptuous when they saw him, and even spoke and saluted a little more respectful than usual. In such a situation, outsiders can't even look at Shen Hou directly, let alone have something to think about.

But Sang Twist Moon has it.

has been married for many years, and the two have not become less emotional because they get along day and night, but have become more and more affectionate.

Shen Tingjun entered the flower hall and opened his mouth to ask the three children, "Why are you bothering your mother again?" "Obedient and obedient, in his mind, children are important, but Sang Xuanyue's status is also resolutely not something anyone can provoke.

The three children gave their father a salute, and He'er smiled and said, "The son came to see his mother here, but there is anything that the son can help." ”

Rong Qi said: "Why does the son bother his mother? My son is obedient and sensible, and he can also laugh with his mother, but it's too late for my mother to like me, how can she dislike me? ”

The youngest Rong Hui leaned on her father's arms, her watery peach blossom eyes opened, and she also pouted and protested: "Sister Hui is not annoying, Sister Hui has grown up, and she has to accompany her mother to deal with the feed." ”

Sang Xuanyue was full of smiles when she heard this, and even Shen Tingjun and her phoenix eyes couldn't help but bend.

finally sent the three children away, and the couple sat together to drink tea. Speaking of Shen Tingyi and Shen Tinglan, who were about to enter Beijing, Sang Xuanyue asked: "The second brother should stay when he comes back this time, right?" ”

Shen Tingjun shook his head.

According to Shen Tingyi's qualifications, he can indeed stay in the capital. But firstly, there is no suitable position for him in the capital now, and secondly, now that he is in the cabinet, it is nothing for the brothers to be officials in the same dynasty, but both of them are in high positions, which will be taboo by those in power.

Shen Tingjun said: "As long as I am still in the cabinet for a day, Your Majesty will not let the second brother stay in Beijing." ”

Sang Xuanyue quickly figured out the joints, and her brows couldn't help frowning.

She is not young anymore, although she also suffered a lot in her early years, but since she became a relative to Shen Tingjun, she was really pampered and indulged by Shen Tingjun in the palm of her hand. There is no more unhappiness in the days, and there is no unsatisfactory on weekdays.

She has a comfortable life, there is no sorrow between her eyebrows, obviously everyone else is in decline at the age of forty, but she is fresh. The tender ones are as little as twenty; The woman is still so bright and delicate.

The gentleness and grace that emanates from the inside out make her temperament more and more outstanding. And her face is fair, her skin is delicate, her eyebrows and eyes are warm and watery, and her whole body is inextricably comfortable.

Such a beauty should be raised in the mansion without worries, and who can bear her to go through the wind and rain, and endure her heart to be full of sorrow?

Shen Tingjun stretched out his hand to soothe the sad face between Sang Yueyue's eyebrows, and teased her: "But are you complaining about the second brother?" ”

Without waiting for Sang to reply, Shen Tingjun said to himself: "If you don't say it, I also know what you think, but it doesn't have to be like this." You think the capital is good, but the second brother thinks that there is something to be done. He is a man who can do practical things, and he is tired of the deceit of the capital. Instead of wasting energy on these things, it is better to have more facts for the people. ”

In fact, the most fundamental reason is that Shen Tingyi can't play this set at the top of the capital.

In other words, he is a good official who does practical things, but not any good official can end well, and he can rise to the top and rise step by step.

Shen Tingyi has always been protected by him and his father-in-law, and it has been smooth sailing over the years. But in the past two years, the waiter of the Ministry of Industry has also retired when he is old, that is to say, only his eldest brother is the only one who can protect Erlang now.

The capital is not his hall, and many political enemies attack him and want to pull him off. Rather than let Erlang drag his feet in the capital and fall into the open guns and arrows, open battles and secret battles, it is better to let Erlang continue to stay outside.

Erlang himself also means this, and the brothers have already communicated about this matter, so there is no need to worry about this matter.

I said Erlang, and I said Saburo.

Before San Lang left Beijing, the old lady told him about his family. The woman is the daughter of a noble who has left home. I don't have to say anything about my personality and character, and even my preferences have a lot in common with Saburo. But there is one point, the woman has been unable to sit on the fetus, and she has been pregnant three times before and after, but all of them have miscarriages. The imperial doctor in the palace also consulted him, and he took a lot of medicine, but it just didn't get better. In this way, you can only reconcile with your husband's family.

San Lang has no heart to remarry, after all, after experiencing a Zhou Baolu, although he has not reached the point of misogyny, he really can't be happy with women.

But the old lady is old, and what she was most worried about in those years was that after she left, he would be alone, and he would not even have a companion by his side. He still wants to release him again, and he also wants to take Rong An away...... Without a housewife by her side to take care of her, it is impossible for the old lady to let go. Out of this kind of consideration, in the end, Shen Tinglan spat out and said that he wanted to remarry.

It is a pity that a noble girl cannot give birth. But there are two sides to the matter, looking at it the other way, the Hou Mansion has no shortage of heirs, and because the noble daughter cannot have children, she will naturally treat Rong An as her own child, and she will not have to worry about Rong An being mistreated in the hands of her stepmother......

Because of these considerations, Saburo soon became close to him. And a month after the marriage, Shen Tingjun arranged for him to be released from Beijing.

Now that I count it down, Saburo has been out for nearly ten years.

He is now also a fourth-grade official, his official position is not low, and he is also doing well in the state capital.

According to Sang Xuanyue's meaning, the old lady didn't know how many years she could live, she thought that it would be best for Shen Tingyi and Shen Tinglan to be able to take a closer look, so that the old lady could take a look at her children and grandchildren when she left. But Shen Tingyi can't stay in Beijing, and Shen Tinglan can't stay if he wants to come.

Sang Zhuyue was a little sad, "My mother's body looks okay, but I've been sick three times this year." ”

The old lady had already suffered from Zhou Baolu's accident, and her body bones were not very neat. She has survived to this day, which is really beyond everyone's expectations.

But in the end, in the Spring and Autumn Period, the old lady's body has not been very healthy all these years.

This year is especially true. In previous years, she had only been sick two or three times a year, but this year it was only the middle of the year, and the old lady had already laid down three times.

"My mother is really old, if the second and third brothers can't return to Beijing, how many nephews may be left behind?" It is still necessary to take precautions, and you can't really let the old man leave with his thoughts about the second and third rooms when he leaves.

Of course, this is just Sang Xuanyue's own thoughts, as for whether it can be done or not, it depends on Shen Tingjun, as well as what Shen Tingyi and Shen Tinglan mean.

Shen Tingjun was silent for a moment when he heard this, then clenched Sang Zhuyue's palm, and was silent for a long time before saying, "Your concerns are right, when the second and third brothers arrive in the capital, I will discuss with them." ”

It's been really busy, hectic and hectic these days. The funerals on our side are very large, and the bits and pieces will be delayed for ten days. On the second or third day, the funeral will be held on the seventh day, and on the tenth day, there will be three plus four seven. I don't know what that means. Anyway, these days are entertainers, entertainers, entertainers. I can't finish talking every day, and my smiling face is stiff. It's still for the sake of my month-old face, I don't need to go to the vigil, and I basically don't need to go to the temple to cry and mourn. But because my cousin's house and my house are just across the road, the two houses are diagonally opposite each other. There were too many people over there to sit down, so my relatives came to my house. I can't do this business, so I'll accompany the guests...... Fortunately, everything is done today, and I can finally rest. Originally, I wanted to add a new one tomorrow, but when I saw it, it would be Saturday and Sunday, and if there were more tomorrow, I would open the skylight on Saturday and Sunday. And next Monday, my second aunt's house will have a big set. After so many years of marriage, I haven't been to the door of my second aunt's house. The second aunt specially emphasized today that she would go to her house to catch the market on Monday. So I can't add more on Monday, so it's good to be able to update normally. After a few busy days, I'll add a good update, hurry up and finish this article, and I'll take maternity leave as soon as possible. Sitting in front of the computer with a seven-month-old belly, the baby has been moving and moving in the belly, which is really uncomfortable.

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