The First Auxiliary Road from the Imperial Examination

Chapter 17

"Ignorant boy, how can you talk nonsense!" Sheng Guogong blushed with anger, but just now he growled angrily, as if thinking of something, his eyes struggled a little, his expression changed for a moment, and he suppressed his anger.

Sheng Yuan sat in her father's arms, just in the direction of Sheng Guogong's angry glaring, and naturally saw the changes in his expression clearly, and couldn't help but murmured to the system in her heart: "This old man's emotional self-control ability is so strong! .”

【Perhaps the burden of being an idol is too heavy? 】

Hearing this, Sheng Yuan couldn't help but look at Duke Sheng again for a moment, seeing that he had completely recovered his previous elegance at this moment, a question mark could not help popping up in his head: Could it be that the system really made it right?
"I'm not wrong, why are you so angry?" Her father's voice came from above her head, Sheng Yuan couldn't help but look up.

Her father smiled and patted Yuan's head, and continued to barge with Sheng Guogong who was seated above: "Isn't there a lesson from Madam Wu? If someone else did it again, wouldn't you be happy in vain?"

As soon as this remark came out, Duke Sheng paused for a moment and had nothing to say. He felt that the anger in his heart seemed to be stagnant, and he stroked his beard to hide his guilt: "Do you think everyone is as ignorant of prudence as you?"

His tone seemed to have eased a lot.

Mrs. Chang heard Sheng Xuan's unease, and immediately took the words tacitly, and said with a smile: "The third master wrongly blamed your father. Not long after the Taoist priest left, the master sent someone to investigate. This Taoist priest is also well-known in the south of the Yangtze River. It is said that after being drunk, he can distinguish the rank of an official, so he came to Beijing this time to accompany his senior brother to be invited to Anguo Duke's mansion to show his children and grandchildren a look."

Mrs. Liang frowned: "Mr. An is acting like this now? Are you ostentatiously showing off your official status to your children and grandchildren?"

Mrs. Chang's smile remained unchanged, and she nodded at Mrs. Liang: "Madam also knows that An Guogong's two houses, the Duke's Mansion and the Hou's Mansion are all his descendants, and now His Majesty has given him the gift of picking a son to accompany the Crown Prince to go out to Beijing for inspection. Let the two houses fight? An Guogong came up with such a way to appease the wives of the two houses."

"Tch." Mrs. Liang looked over sarcastically, "Your Majesty promotes his sons and grandchildren, so he should choose based on merit. Why do you ask someone to judge his official status? Even if it is said that one of his sons can be an extremely powerful minister in the future, he really thinks Is he the father of a powerful minister? But it is just because of his Majesty's friendship with him since childhood. He is proud of being favored, and his presumptuous and stupid actions have disturbed the two governments. Judging from his family style, it can be said that he is comparable to I'm home."

These words made the smile on Mrs. Chang's face froze, "..."

Who couldn't hear what she meant between the lines!

Mrs. Liang turned her head away after she finished speaking, and she didn't pay attention to everyone, but the curvature of her lips expressed a strong sense of irony.

Duke Sheng frowned, and wanted to speak, but he heard the eldest son cough several times, so he could only change his words and say, "What does Mr. An's government have to do with us? It's just a pretext, why bother to provoke so many unreasonable words?"

Mrs. Chang has regained her composure now, as if Mrs. Liang had never said those words, and continued to talk to Sheng Xiangxun: "An Guogong and the master met when they were young, and they have a close relationship, and his family has such troublesome things. , will never calculate our family like this."

Sheng Yuan watched what happened just now, and now seeing Mrs. Chang's normal behavior, she couldn't help admiring her skill in nourishing her spirit.

Sheng Xiangxun also treated the episode just now as non-existent, and only expressed his own opinion: "The conflict between the An family's two houses is so obvious, so someone might have used all their strength to get the Taoist priest to memorize the words, but he didn't want to Did the Taoist get drunk and go to the wrong place?"

Sheng Guogong was very annoyed when he saw that he had deleted the reason for his joy lightly.

What made him even more depressed was that he still felt that this possibility was really possible?
"You boy, don't you think that the mansion can't go further?" Sheng Guogong was angry, pointing at his third son's nose and scolding, "Why can't Sheng Guogong's mansion not produce Wang Zuozhi?"

"Father, you are too greedy!" Different from Sheng Guogong's anger, Sheng Xiangxun smiled, and slowly argued with his father, "Sheng Guogong's family has been passed down for hundreds of years, but the blessings are not enough? What great progress is there? ?
Besides, you looked through the records in the "Zhudailu" in the mansion. From the first generation of Sheng Guogong to the present, has our family ever produced the top three in the first class?Our brothers are still the best in grades, and we are only at the end of the top two exams.

There is such a style of study in our family, look at the descendants, which one seems to be able to follow Wang Zuo's business? "

"How do you know there is no? Oh, you brothers are not up to date, and my grandchildren are not allowed to be successful?" Sheng Guogong felt that it made sense, and immediately straightened his back with confidence, "I have made people Inviting great Confucian scholars to come to the mansion to teach, even if the big ones can't do it, there are so many small ones, and more gentlemen will be born in the future, maybe there will be some who can become talents!"

"You..." Sheng Xiangxun wanted to say that his father was a bully. If according to what the Taoist priest said, the mansion had an extraordinary official spirit, then the man who had great fortune and great official luck must already be in the mansion.

But looking around, which of his nephews seemed unusual?

Even the youngest Jiulang has been enlightened, and he has not shown his extraordinary so far, which shows that the Taoist's words cannot be taken seriously.

But he didn't say what he wanted to say, because his elder brother Shizi Sheng Xiangya stopped him: "Okay, third child, why do you insist on it? Father is happy that the younger generation in the house is talented, isn't it a good thing? You let him The old man is happy, isn't it over?"

Sheng Guogong is angry.

Sheng Yuan was delighted to see it, and patted her father's thigh with her small hand, as if applauding her uncle.

Sheng Guogong happened to see this chubby granddaughter with the same smile as her father, and immediately thought of his second grandson who was studying in the Zheng family, and his original three-point anger rose to six points: "I told your husband and wife before, let you Take brother Xin back, why hasn't the child returned so far?
You can write a book and send it to your father-in-law, just saying that the mansion invites famous teachers. In the future, the descendants of the Sheng family will study together, and ask them to send Brother Xin back as soon as possible. If it is inconvenient, the mansion can send someone to pick him up. "

Sheng Xiangxun didn't expect that his father would still be as unreasonable as ever, and immediately became unhappy: "Brother Xin has already been a teacher in Zheng's family, and the great Confucianism has been enlightened by himself so far. The status of teachers and students has been determined, how can you betray your teacher and find another one?"

As soon as he said this, Sheng Guogong lowered his face and looked over coldly: "The descendants of the Sheng family should cultivate their relationship since childhood, and they will also help each other in the future."

Seeing that he was really angry, Sheng Xiangxun knew that he couldn't back down: "Xin'er is also a cousin in Zheng's family. Don't worry, father. Just train the talents of Wang Zuo in our house. Why bother?"

When Sheng Guogong heard the words, his long and narrow eyes gradually narrowed, and he carefully looked at the always rebellious son in front of him.

At this moment, the anger in his heart was surging like a thick cloud, but his mind was exceptionally clear: "Do you still remember that your son's surname is Sheng? The children of the Sheng family are in the same spirit, so don't miss the child."

"Father, do you still remember the name of my uncle's grandson?" Sheng Xiangxun looked straight at his father's cold eyes without any concessions, and asked with a smile, "I didn't know each other before the five clothes came out. It can be seen that relying on It's not very reliable to have the same family name; it's better to rely on yourself than to rely on others, it's better for Brother Xin not to come back."

Sheng Guogong did not speak, but stared at him coldly; Sheng Xiangxun was not to be outdone, with a friendly smile on his face, but his eyes looked back.

All of a sudden, the atmosphere in the hall seemed to be frozen, and everyone in the hall was nervously watching the confronting father and son, even the four-year-old child did not dare to breathe out.

Sitting in her father's arms, Sheng Yuan could best feel the pressure brought by the confrontation between the two sides.

For the first time, she clearly experienced what it was like to hear a needle drop.

Sheng Yuan was a bold one, not only dared to pant, but also dared to look back and forth.

No, her eyes were already looking at the people in the hall dishonestly.

At this moment, Mrs. Chang and Mrs. Liang lowered their eyes tacitly, one was looking at the teacup in his hand, and the other was studying the embroidery patterns on the handkerchief, and they didn't seem to notice any abnormalities in the hall.

Sheng Yuan turned her eyes to look at the people in the audience. Her uncle turned his fingers and looked calmly at the frozen father and son. His posture was relaxed and seemed to be used to such situations; while her second uncle and fourth uncle fiddled with each other Holding the folding fan in his hand, he seemed to be waiting for the result; as for her fifth uncle, he looked impatient, as if he hoped that the two of them would fight each other on the field.

Sheng Yuan: This country's government is really kind and filial!
Thinking of this in her heart, Sheng Yuan shifted her attention to the female relatives sitting on the seat. Among the female relatives, only her mother, Mrs. Zheng, was the most relaxed, and the rest of the aunts and aunts held their breaths and lowered their eyes in silence.

"Are you sure?" Sheng Guogong finally said something with a sneer.

Immediately, the stagnant air returned to operation instantly, and everyone seemed to be alive.

"Of course." Sheng Xiangxun smiled unabated, and the firmness in his eyes was beyond doubt.

"Good! Good! Good!" Sheng Guogong nodded expressionlessly, said good three times, and then pointed out the door, "Get lost!"

"Okay!" Sheng Xiangxun didn't understand what he meant, and proudly put down his crossed legs, stood up, picked up his daughter in his arms, and said to his father with a smile, "Then you talk slowly, we I won’t listen anymore, see you later!”

With that said, he walked out with his daughter and wife in his arms.

Sheng Han watched Sanfang's family walk away with everyone, and his heart suddenly became complicated.

But she didn't know that the seriousness in her eyes had all been seen in the eyes of her cousin Sheng Ting.

(End of this chapter)