Letting the little servant who was waiting for him go down to settle down, he looked down at the book and fell silent.

It seems that my father went to the East Palace to see the side concubine, otherwise he wouldn't have come back and gone crazy. Xue Jiyue has never been able to understand her father's so-called affection. If you are really so affectionate to your mother, why can't you be single-minded? If you are really ruthless, why worry about it for a lifetime.

The lights of the candlesticks flickered, and a gust of wind blew the shadows in the wind. In the quiet study, only the sound of paper clattering can be heard.

It wasn't until late at night, when the little servant came in several times to persuade him, that he put down the book in his hand.

Push the wheelchair to the side of the bed and let the little guy sit on the bed. Every now and then, Xue Jiyue was extremely disgusted with herself. If you are crippled for a lifetime, you might as well die early. If you had died three years ago, you might not have to face yourself like this. But if he really died, only Ling Xing would be pitied. Without the support of my brother, I really have no support at all.

"Master, rest early." The servant set him up, turned his head and blew out the candle.

Xue Jiyue didn't speak, and closed her eyes.

When they were gone, a bright moonlight shone into the house, draping the tables and chairs in the room with a white veil. Xue Jiyue slowly opened her eyes, and her eyes were as cold as the cold light of a blade.

He stared quietly at the heavy dark shadows outside the window for a long time before slowly closing his eyes.

The next day, Xue Lingxing returned to her parents' house early in the morning.

Marrying into the sacrificial wine house is this good, only one street away from the Zhenguo Mansion. Even Xue Lingxing's husband treated her badly, and he didn't dare to be too blatant. Xue Lingxing also returned to his parents' house more frequently, mainly to accompany his brother with disabled legs. She was really afraid that if she was negligent, her brother would one day kill himself. Such a proud brother, for her to survive.

When Xue Lingxing came, his face was full of spring breeze, and he didn't go to say goodbye to his father and stepmother, and as soon as he entered the mansion, he went straight to Xue Jiyue's courtyard.

Xue Jiyue knew that she would come to look for him, and she went to the East Palace yesterday, maybe she saw the side concubine.

Sure enough, Xue Lingxing opened his mouth to Wang Shu: "...... Brother, that's right, it's my sister. It is seven or eight points similar to me, and it is as beautiful as the moon on the horizon. I'm not saying that I'm beautiful, it's that the side concubine is beautiful. No, brother, I mean, she's a sister. ”

"Hmm." Xue Jiyue hooked the corners of her mouth, "Talking?" ”

"Just said two words." Xue Lingxing was so happy that he couldn't find the north, and it was rare to have some chatter: "There are too many people, and I don't dare to talk too much." The rumors outside are all nonsense, and they are not accurate. The side concubine has a good temperament, and she looks very indifferent to fame and fortune. Sitting with the crown princess is also very humble, and there is no domineering. However, the crown princess is not as generous as rumored outside, and she is quite calculating......"

"Be careful." Xue Jiyue immediately interrupted her, "Don't talk nonsense. ”

Xue Lingxing was not uncomfortable when he was scolded by his brother, and stuck out his tongue: "I'm telling the truth......"

"It doesn't matter if it's the truth or not, how is the Prince's Mansion, it's not your turn to talk nonsense outside." Xue Jiyue snapped down the book in her hand, "You are holding one by one and stepping on one by one like this, and you are heard by others and take the handle, you are going to cause trouble." ”

Xue Lingxing pursed his mouth, but he didn't refute. She wanted to say that she was just happy for a moment, and talked to her brother.

But after thinking about it, this Zhenguo Mansion is not just their brother and sister. Several houses are vying for power, and I don't know how many people are staring at them. Xue Lingxing swallowed back the words that came to his mouth, and only then did he spit out a sentence at the end: "Brother, you are right, the side concubine is indeed difficult." ”

Xue Jiyue's face changed slightly, the corners of her mouth moved, and she didn't ask any questions.

The brother and sister talked for a while, and then Xue Lingxing asked about her mother.

For so many years, she never asked her mother.

Although I have heard a lot from my brother how difficult it was for my mother to live at the beginning, when I was young, Xue Lingxing actually resented my mother. Everyone else has a mother, but she doesn't. The grandfather was not close to them, and only wanted to get benefits from their brother and sister. She also asked her grandmother where her mother was, and when she heard all the bad things, she naturally resented her mother for abandoning them.

Now that she sees Wang Shu, she suddenly wants to know her mother.

Xue Jiyue actually didn't know much. He was still very young when Liu left the house, and he only remembered sporadic impressions. At the same time, Xue Changfeng has not allowed others to talk about the Liu family over the years, and if there are fewer people talking about it, it will naturally be forgotten. I vaguely remember that he was a person who spoke very little but was very gentle.

The brother and sister talked for a while, and then mentioned Wang Shu again.

At this time, Wang Shu, who was mentioned, was discussing with Mr. Mu Lao, Mr. Hua Shengying, Mr. Yan, and several officials of the agricultural genus to expand the scope of promoting improved varieties. Liangzhou has been promoting improved varieties for almost three years, and the coverage has been very large. In the past three years, because of the great increase in grain production, many people in Liangzhou have been fed. With enough to eat, land to grow, and the people to live and work in peace and contentment, the situation in the northwest will naturally be much more stable.

Two years ago, Xiao Yanxing had successively added agricultural genera in various places.

The scope covers 16 prefectures including Suzhou, Yangzhou, Suizhou, Jingzhou and Ganzhou. If the agricultural department is successfully set up, it needs to be equipped with corresponding manpower. Before the beginning of last year, Xiao Yanxing had privately sent a lot of additional people to work under several responsible persons of the Liangzhou Agricultural Science Department. Now that manpower is assigned according to the characteristics of each locality, the promotion of improved varieties of agricultural science can be spread.

However, before it was rolled out, Mr. Mu and the former Grand Si Nong Hua Shengying, as the principals, naturally came to discuss with Wang Shu.

Wang Shu is the first initiator of the genus of agriculture and the source of the supply of improved seeds.

How big the stall of the agricultural genus can be depends on how many good varieties Wang Shu can provide. You must know that among these sixteen states, Suzhou and Hangzhou are the grain bags of Daqing. Not to mention the farmland itself, the climate is suitable and the planting conditions are excellent. It is completely able to achieve two crops a year. If this place is included in the key area of improved breed promotion, the demand is huge.

"Peace of mind, good seeds are completely sufficient." Wang Shu has thought about this question for a long time. The farmland output in Liangzhou is all used for seeds, which can cover three states. What's more, the Wang family also owns a large amount of farmland in Jiangnan. With the support of Jiangnan farmland, these sixteen states can afford it.

When she said this, several old gentlemen put their minds at ease.

Speaking of which, the attitude of several old gentlemen towards Wang Shu is quite interesting. Even when they first met Wang Shu, she was already in Xiao Yanxing's backyard. Now they still have a lot of complaints about Wang Shu being trapped in the backyard by Xiao Yanxing. From time to time, I have to go to Xiao Yanxing to muttered two sentences in my ear, 'Violent Heavenly Things' and 'Burning the Qin and Cooking Cranes'. If it weren't for Xiao Yanxing being the master, they would be eager to slap the table and let Xiao Yanxing let Wang Shu go free.

In Mr. Mu's words, Xiao Yanxing hid a saint who saved all the people from fire and water in his pocket, which is really unorthodox. However, he muttered to his students in private, and he didn't dare to really say it in front of Xiao Yanxing.

Wang Shu knew that he had always admired himself, and his ears were calloused when he listened to the rainbow farts of several old men. The old man Hua Shengying couldn't help but say another rebellious sentence just now, and Wang Shu held back his mouth and laughed: "Gentlemen, just rest assured, there will be no mistakes in the matter of good seeds." I've already arranged the rest of the things, so you just have to do it. ”

The follow-up promotion process is operated by capable people. Wang Shu discussed the details of the promotion with them and kept them for dinner.

After the old men had eaten and drunk enough to leave, Wang Shu went back to the house and called Yan'an over.

Yan An was also listening, and he had long heard about the promotion of improved varieties in agricultural science. I thought it was the credit of Hua Shengying and Mr. Mu Lao, but now I found out that the brain of the promotion of agricultural science is Wang Shu. I have to say that his admiration for his teacher in his heart is like a mountain, and he sincerely worships him. Whenever Wang Shu asked him to go to the study, he ran more actively than anything else.

"You also listened to the things of the agricultural family." Yan'an was a serious teacher for Wang Shu, and was personally introduced by Xiao Yanxing. In the ancient rules of teachers and students, Yan An was Wang Shu's own person. Wang Shu naturally didn't shy away from him, "You should have seen a lot of them in the past two years in the experimental field." The high yield of the experimental field requires sufficient fertilizer, and it is not enough to do it less. ”

Yan An naturally knows this. He disliked it from the beginning, and now he also regards these fertilizers as treasures, and has already completed this transformation.

"Agricultural science is a good breed for promotion, you can take the time to contact Han Xiaofeng."

Wang Shu said to Han Xiaofeng before about the fertilizer, she really didn't feel dirty or smelly, and she calmed down to do it. In the manure workshop in Liangzhou, Han Xiaofeng did something like that. Wang Shu's experimental field has also been using things from Han Xiaofeng's fertilizer workshop. Now, after two years of hard work, Han Xiaofeng's workshop has also grown, and there is one in each village. I don't dare to say that it has become a business, but it has paid off.

"Rest assured, teacher, I won." Yan An nodded, he did this easily.

Wang Shu then told him about the opening of the experimental field in the capital next year.

"The climate in the capital is dry and cold, and there are not many paddy fields. The main object of the experiment is wheat, and the experiment of wheat seed is much more difficult than that of rice...... "Wang Shu said in detail, and explained to him the points to be paid attention to.

The two of them went to class behind closed doors in the study, and on the side of the main courtyard, the Sui family couldn't help but ask about Sui Nuanzhi.

"What does this princess do in the house all day?"

The sister-in-law of the Sui family is very unaccustomed to Wang Shu, who has loose rules, as the prince's concubine, she is so unruly about women. Men come and go in the yard all day long. If this is in the Sui family, which has strict rules, such a woman will be driven out of the house by the seven rules. Looking up at Sui Nuanzhi, she couldn't help but open her mouth to teach a lesson, "The crown princess doesn't care?" ”

Sui Nuanzhi was stabbed by her sister-in-law lightly and severely, and blew the tea with her eyes and nose, and took a sip of tea: "What is your sister-in-law's opinion?" ”

"It's not a high opinion." The sister-in-law of the Sui family is not a joke sister-in-law. She naturally knew that her husband was not to be used, and the glory of the whole family depended on her sister-in-law. Isn't this a grievance for my sister-in-law? A side concubine from a small merchant girl doesn't give the concubine a fixed province in the morning and dusk, and she doesn't hold it and respect the concubine. Relying on the favor of men, the rules in the yard are looser than the belts of the prostitutes in the kiln, "Isn't this worrying about the princess......"

Saying this, Sui Nuanzhi's face looked a lot better.

In fact, not only the sister-in-law of the Sui family, but also Sui Nuanzhi and the housewife of the Sui family are also curious. But Sui Nuanzhi has suffered too many losses, and he no longer dares to test at will. Wang Shu had the courage to let people enter and leave her courtyard, and His Royal Highness did not ask or be annoyed by it, this is with His Highness's permission.

Who is the person the princess has seen these days? What are you looking for them? Sui Nuanzhi also wanted to know.

"Sister-in-law, the palace is not like the outside, you can't talk nonsense."

Sui Nuanzhi was curious, and there was no indication on his face: "The side concubine may have something serious." ”

was taught a lesson by Sui Nuanzhi lightly, and the sister-in-law of the Sui family immediately stopped talking. If she doesn't speak, the other sisters-in-law will be more peaceful. After saying a few words with her, the housewife of the Sui family casually found a reason to spend a few daughters-in-law, and turned her head to talk to her daughter behind closed doors.

The private words that can be said are nothing more than the relationship with Xiao Yanxing, and when will there be an heir.

Sui Nuanzhi can't say what he is suffering. How dare she say that in the past few years since she got married, Xiao Yanxing has never even stepped into her house, let alone her children. I can only deal with the words vaguely.

This attitude made the Sui family's housewife angry, and she reached out and slapped her hard: "You girl is a stuffy gourd, you can't push it away." Can this be ambiguous? The concubines and children all gave birth to three. If you swallow it so warmly, how can you still have a foothold in this East Palace in the future! How can there be any benefits from the Sui family? Your grandfather, your father, had high hopes for you, do you want them to be disappointed in you? ”

Sui Nuanzhi's face was not good-looking, but he did not argue. It's really impossible for her to sit in the back seat like this. Even if you sit on, you can't sit steadily.

"Find someone to check it out privately." The housewife of the Sui family said strongly, "It's good to start when you find out, you can't do nothing." ”

Sui Nuanzhi didn't speak, she is now learning to be obedient, and she will not act rashly.

But she didn't want to investigate, but the Sui family's housewife wouldn't do nothing. When he left the East Palace that day, he privately checked about Wang Shu. It's not easy for her to check others, but the old man Hua Shengying is easy to check. He was a veteran of the three dynasties of the imperial court and a former great Si Nong. Many people in Beijing recognize him.

Not to mention that she was surprised when she found Hua Shengying, and wondered what Wang Shu was doing, so she said that Wang Shu finally chose to go to the appointment.

Although I think this letter is unlikely to be Xue Jiyue's meaning. But she really wanted to know what the person behind it wanted to do.

The appointment is in mid-June, the White Horse Temple on the outskirts of Beijing.

Wang Shu went out early in the morning with the guards. Xiao Yanxing naturally knew about her, and someone would tell him every day. Although he did not prevent Wang Shu from dealing with personal grievances, he still sent someone to secretly protect him.

The White Horse Temple is a hundred miles away on the outskirts of Beijing, and it takes more than an hour for the carriage to walk over.

When Wang Shu arrived at the White Horse Temple, the person who went to the appointment had already arrived. She followed the little novice to the back mountain, walked for a quarter of an hour, and finally saw the person who had asked her in a bamboo forest. The person who came was the second wife of the Zhenguo Mansion and the second young grandmother of the Xue family. Xue Changfeng's second son Xue Mingyi's wife's room. As soon as the two saw Wang Shu's team coming from a distance from the corridor, they hurriedly walked down the pavilion to greet them.

"...... you?" Wang Shu's brows furrowed, and she didn't remember who these two people were.

The second wife of the Xue family was a little embarrassed, and opened her mouth to introduce the identity of herself and the young woman beside her. Speaking of which, the idea of meeting Wang Shu this time was not theirs, but the meaning of Zhen Guogong. It stands to reason that it should be the Duchess of Zhenguo, Zhao, who came to the appointment. But based on the fact that Wang Shu may have personal grievances with the Zhao family, I am afraid that it will be more difficult to solve it after meeting, so I can only let the second daughter-in-law bring the second daughter-in-law to come.

As for why she is not Xue Jiyue's daughter-in-law, in fact, Xue Jiyue's early marriage was delayed due to official business. Later, his legs were broken, and good people were unwilling to marry their daughters to the crippled Xue Jiyue. The next family, Xue Changfeng is unwilling to wronged his son. Xue Jiyue has no wives and concubines.

The two of them heard about Wang Shu's situation to some extent, and saw Wang Shu's face at this time. Xue Mingyi's wife didn't react, and Second Mrs. Xue's face turned white.

I can't believe how similar it is when I don't meet. When they met, she immediately affirmed that this must be Liu's daughter. What else is there to talk about at the moment? How many grievances did the Liu family suffer in the early years, and who can know better than the second wife Xue? To put it bluntly, if she were the Liu family, she would have to let her daughter abolish the Zhao family's slut, and Concubine Wang just ruined Xue Haoyang's career, which was already very magnanimous.

But in their hearts, they agreed with it, and they couldn't help but do the tasks assigned by Zhen Guogong himself.

There are some things that you have to say even if you bite the nail on the head.

After listening to the introduction of the two, Wang Shu nodded: "What is the matter with me?" ”

The two choked for a moment, what else could they do. Naturally, it was to restore the impression of the Zhenguo Mansion in Wang Shu's place: "I am entrusted to come here, and I will resolve the conflict with the side concubine Niangniang in the future." If the Zhenguo Mansion is offended, please forgive the side concubine. ”

As she spoke, Second Mrs. Xue handed over the gift that Xue Changfeng had prepared earlier.

A heavy wooden box. The maidservant carefully opened it, and there was a box of dragon-sized Dongzhu inside.

Wang Shu glanced at the thing and suddenly sneered, using something to hit her? It's forgetting what she came from. There are as many treasures as there are in the Wang family, and she has several private treasures alone. Things sparkle on the stone table. Wang Shu didn't blink her eyes, and suddenly opened her mouth and asked, "Isn't Second Mrs. Xue unwilling?" ”

Second Mrs. Xue stiffened with a smile and raised her eyes to look at Wang Shu.

"I heard that the eldest son of the second room is quite outstanding. Except for Xue Jiyue, who has been abolished, the Xue family is your eldest son who is the most talented. Wang Shu slowly sat up straight, and asked her with a smile, "Why can't this good thing be inhabited by capable people, but it has to make way for others?" Your room is not his surname, and you can't write two Xue characters in one stroke, can you? ”

The words hit the nail on the head and poked at Mrs. Xue's heart in an instant. Isn't it! Her brother Yao's talent is excellent, just because he is in the second room, he can only be a foil for Xue Haoyang's empty-headed reckless man. It's all the Xue family, why are all good things in a big house!

Concubine Niangniang said with a smile...... "I thought so in my heart, but Second Mrs. Xue didn't dare to say it.

After all, now the Xue family is still pointing at Xue Changfeng, relying on his military exploits to support today's glory. Even if she is not convinced in the second room, she has to admit that unless her brother Yao goes to the long room, it is impossible for Xue Changfeng to work hard to fall on the second room. Since ancient times, it has been like this, there is no reason not to give your own things to your own sons to other people's sons.

Xue Mingyi's wife, Cai's face, was particularly ugly. Wang Shu instigated the second room to grab things in front of her. But her husband can't practice martial arts and is a literati. Even if the things are not given to the third child, it will not fall on her husband's head.

However, people are close and close. No matter how she says it, the third child is her own brother-in-law, and he is connected by blood.

The side concubine said with a smile, since ancient times, it has been the ancestors who shade the back. The things that the fathers worked hard for are naturally to be left to their children and grandchildren. Cai immediately interjected and said with a smile, "Those who are capable live in it, and the things that are also obtained are made little by little by their own hands." If you are greedy for others, it is a little not authentic. ”

Cai's words were originally sarcastic Wang Shu, but Wang Shu didn't react, but the second wife of the Xue family was unhappy when she heard it.

What does it mean to covet someone else's stuff? Didn't the eldest brother's title be given by his grandfather? The eldest brother can make great contributions as soon as he enters the officialdom, isn't it because of the Xue family's ancestors to build a foundation? They all rely on the benefits given by their ancestors, why can't they get a share of the soup now? Maybe when this road was started, my grandfather gave them a two-bedroom shop, and they could also break through the sky.

"Look at what my nephew and daughter-in-law said, how can the children of a big family share you and mine." Second Mrs. Xue covered her face with a handkerchief and said lukewarmly.

Cai's voice was wrong, and his face was not good-looking.

Originally, the two of them came to find out Wang Shu's mouth, but they were provoked by Wang Shu's words, and they didn't expect it. Wang Shu took a few sips of tea without being salty, and added a few words: "Daqing's martial arts have the rules of grace and inheritance, and each noble family has a quota. Since someone has been eliminated for not cultivating his personal virtues, the next one should also be made up. As long as the moral character can pass the trial, aren't they all the children of the Xue family......

The expressions of the two people who said this sentence changed slightly. Second Mrs. Xue was alive, and Cai's face next to her couldn't hide her embarrassment.