The First Auxiliary Road from the Imperial Examination

"Sister Yuan and the others don't know where they have gone. Have they reached Nandi? Was the journey on the river peaceful? What is the situation in the local officialdom?"

Mrs. Zheng was thinking about her little daughter. Ever since Sheng Yuan left the capital, she would say things like this several times every day.

Sheng Xiangxun, who was also looking to the south and sighing, also stroked his beard and muttered: "I don't know if the manpower sent out is enough. If we encounter robbers...ah, bah, bah, bah, how can we meet robbers! She I don’t have any food on hand.”

Mrs. Zheng made him mutter in a distraught manner, and glanced at him angrily: "It's nothing, don't talk nonsense, or you'll sound scary!"

Sheng Xiangxun knew he was in the wrong, grinned twice, and changed the subject: "I see Sister Zhi coming to see you today?"

Mrs. Zheng nodded: "Well, she didn't just go back to the Duke's Mansion to stay for a while, she just came over to see me."

Neither Sheng Xiangxun nor Zheng had any objections to Dafang's niece. Even when they had a quarrel with Sheng Xiangya and his son, their contacts with Sheng Zhi never stopped.

Speaking of Sheng Zhi's visit, Mrs. Zheng waved her maids around to retreat to the door and then whispered: "If you don't mention this, I will tell you tonight. I always feel that Zhi Sister came here this time, as if she was prompted by my sister-in-law to give me a heads up. "

"Oh? How do you say this?" Sheng Xiangxun was very curious.

In his opinion, unlike his stupid brother, his sister-in-law Yun is a smart and profitable person.

However, his sister-in-law's cleverness did not disgust him, but rather admired her.

"Sister Zhi was chatting and jokingly said that Brother Shu's daughter-in-law has been very close to Mr. Shu recently, even her sister-in-law has been put aside. She also said that she should learn from Mr. Shu's character. Even your eldest brother and Mr. Shu My brother is also full of praise for Shu’s ability.”

"I guess my sister-in-law is jealous and is complaining to you for gossiping!" Sheng Xiangxun didn't think much and waved his hand casually. In his heart, except for his daughter, no girl in the Sheng family has a pattern, and she always pinches her all day long. Jian'er wants a strong master.

"Are you stupid?" Ms. Zheng couldn't hold back and pinched him. "Not to mention that Sister Zhi has never had the habit of gossiping with others. Even if she did, with her upbringing, she would not say anything. Come to me. With her temperament, she doesn't want to say it in person. Brother Shu's wife is still her sister-in-law, and she has already accepted her words, let alone the Shu family!"

After Mrs. Zheng finished speaking, she added: "Furthermore, Mr. Shu has some ability in managing his subordinates, but it's not to the point where his eldest uncle and cousin will praise each other, right? They don't usually interact with each other!

Besides, Brother Shu and his wife are an exquisite and considerate person. Even if they fall in love with the Shu family, they will never neglect their sister-in-law.

If you think about it, Sister Zhi rarely exaggerates, and she doesn't like to meddle in other people's business. She actually came to me today and said this to Qian'er... Do you think it was my sister-in-law who suggested it? I was afraid that she would say something inappropriate to me, so I asked Sister Zhi, a junior, to reveal the truth in a joking manner. "

"No... what you said makes sense, but the question is... what can the Shu family and the Yuan family do?" Sheng Xiangxun couldn't think clearly.

"It's not that my father-in-law looks down on his daughter-in-law. The main thing is that he is not a transparent person. He is confused when he should be smart and shrewd when he should be confused. This is just a family that we are easy to talk to. As long as we marry someone else, I don’t know how many times I’ll be divorced!”

He had just said a few words when he realized that it was inappropriate to speak like this and immediately became silent.

But he stopped talking, and Mrs. Zheng thought that as he got older, he became more and more irrelevant: "What can make my sister-in-law take it seriously is not just the affairs of the inner house! Think about your good elder brother, who is becoming more and more like your elder brother." What a great nephew, and our precious daughter-in-law, do we have anything in common?”

"Ah, that's it... so ambitious, unrealistic, greedy and unwise..." Sheng Xiangxun touched his nose and started to scold him in one breath. "You should stop it quickly!" Mrs. Zheng pushed him, "My ex-son, Concubine Cen, accused her grandson of being unfilial. Yesterday, Mr. Lang was about to prove it... People outside said that this was a double act between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law. They wanted to make two Lang Jun was fished out of the imperial city! Now everyone's eyes are fixed on the emperor.

Although Mr. Lang was slightly injured, it would be unreasonable for this son of a man not to come out after hearing the news and not visit and take care of Mr. Lang at his bedside! It is only humane that the emperor approves their leaving the palace, but if the emperor lets them out, what will happen to the clan members who entered the palace in the same batch? Will King Zhao’s only son be released from the palace? "

Hearing the words "King Zhao's only son", Sheng Xiangxun was immediately awe-struck.

He did not forget that King Zhao's only son was the daughter of Shu's sister.

Thinking of this relationship and his brother's temperament, Sheng Xiangxun's first reaction was that his brother would not have the idea of ​​Conglong Zhigong again.

"But that doesn't make sense!" Sheng Xiangxun didn't expect his brother to still remember the brotherly love, but what benefit would it bring to the Duke of Sheng if King Zhao's only son succeeded to the throne?

Zhuan Wa is the bloodline of the Sheng family. Even if their brothers don't deal with it, his brother has no reason to support others.

After all, there were many emperors who killed their donkeys, but there were only a handful of emperors who wielded their swords against their own wives.

No matter how much he hated his brother, he couldn't beat him so cruelly that he couldn't stand up; the most he could do was to let him get what he asked for and stay in the position of Duke for the rest of his life without being able to go any further.

He didn't believe that when King Zhao came to power, he could be given the title of king with a different surname.

"What you said makes sense." Zheng thought about it and felt that it was unlikely that Zheng and the Duke's government would cooperate politically.

"Am I really overthinking this?" The more she thought about it, the more confused she became. In the end, Ms. Zheng couldn't help but doubt herself.

"Why don't you go to the Duke's Mansion to meet your sister-in-law tomorrow? She can tell you directly!"

"It works." Mrs. Zheng was really not at ease with Mrs. Shu as her daughter-in-law. After much deliberation, she had no choice but to ask her sister-in-law, Mrs. Yun, in person.

The couple were whispering here, but the person they were talking about, Mrs. Shu, was at the Hai'an Bo Mansion, talking to Sister Kuang Qi.

"Ah, Madam, you are noble and humble, so why are you doing this?" Sister Kuang Qi didn't expect that Mr. Shu would take the initiative to visit her, so she couldn't help but be surprised.

Ever since she moved her daughter to Hai'an Bo Mansion for a long time, she and the Shu family have become even more inseparable. Although they don't want to see each other, they maintain an unspoken boundary and no one offends the other.

She never expected that the Shu family, who always maintained face in front of others and regarded their mother and daughter as nothing, would come to her house uninvited and take the initiative to meet her.

What she didn't expect was that when Mrs. Shu saw her, she asked straight to the point: "My sister holds the position of Hai'an Bo, so she seems to be noble. I wonder if our sister Chun is lucky enough to inherit this noble title?" "

As soon as she said this, the fake smile on Sister Kuang Qi's face sank instantly: "Sister, if you have a temper, you can control it by me. Isn't it the elders' behavior to ridicule your children?" (End of Chapter)