The First Auxiliary Road from the Imperial Examination

As soon as Sheng Xin returned to the study, she heard the servant report that it was the Crown Prince's wife who invited her.

He paused and was silent for a moment, letting someone reply and then go.

The servant went to deliver the message, but he was not in a hurry to move. Instead, he sat on the armchair and relaxed for a while, then sighed and stepped forward.

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The Shu family sent someone to call Sheng Xin, also to discuss the matter of adding makeup to Sheng Yuan.

"Sister Yuan is not bad at all these. It's just the wishes of you and me as brothers and sisters. Madam can do whatever she wants." Sheng Xin chuckled twice, twirled her fingers, and picked up the tea bowl.

Hearing this, Mrs. Shu stroked the orb hanging in front of her forehead and said lightly: "Your Majesty, what you said is light. It's just that we are not just you and me in this family. If you give him too much, it will make you look like you are not alone." I, a serious sister-in-law, don’t care about my sister-in-law anymore.”

As soon as Sheng Xin heard this, she knew that she was making fun of Sister Kuang Qi, so she was not annoyed at all. She just reminded him lightly: "She is an earl given by the late emperor. She has her own financial resources. You just have to be a sister-in-law." , no need to compete with her."

After hearing this, Mrs. Shu was not in a hurry to speak, and gently turned the jade bracelet on her wrist. After she calmed down, she nodded with a warm smile, stopped grabbing Sister Kuang Qi, and turned to talk about Duke Sheng Guo's Mansion: " I heard that the elder sister-in-law over there has prepared generous gifts for our sister Yuan. In this case, we dear ones cannot fall behind them."

"The hall sister-in-law is the wife of the crown prince of the Duke's residence. She does not represent her own house."

Sheng Xin lowered his eyes, looked at the tea needle rising and falling in the tea bowl, and said in a neutral tone: "This is uncle's compensation to Sister Yuan. We don't need to follow up."

"Speaking of compensation, I heard that the old Duke left a message and increased the original gift to Sister Yuan by 30%?" The Shu family also found out about it after having frequent contacts with Duke Sheng's mansion recently.

Sheng Xin heard that she was probing, and thought there was nothing she couldn't say, so she nodded and said yes.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he nodded, Shu's face showed a bit of dissatisfaction: "This happened so many years ago, and I just found out about it! The whole family knows this, but they just hid it from me! Why, I still Can you covet Sister Yuan’s things?”

"What you said is stupid!" Sheng Xin was not happy when she heard this. "Who wanted to hide it from you? I didn't know it at the time! This is something my grandfather left to Sister Yuan. Even my father has no right to comment. You and I know Don’t know why it’s necessary?”

Shu sneered twice: "Why are you hiding it from me?! My sister is the concubine of King Zhao, and my nephew is the crown prince of King Zhao. He is only a six-year-old child, but he is locked up in the outer garden alone and cannot be returned! The fundamental reason is, It’s just that my nephew is in the way of the queen and princess, and I, a person with a foreign surname, will follow suit, and I’m afraid the whole family will annoy me!”

"Silence!" Sheng Xin didn't expect that she would use King Zhao's concubine to quarrel with the prince again, so she couldn't help but feel angry. She resisted from throwing the tea bowl in her hand to the ground, "It's easy to say such words?! Are you? Are you afraid that our family won’t be involved in the crown prince’s turmoil?”

"Do I want to make a fuss, or does your family just refuse to calm down? How old is my nephew? He still doesn't know what's going on! How many memorials has my sister written, asking her to take her children back to her ancestral home to observe mourning? It's an indisputable intention, Lord Marquis Why can't Madam and I beg for mercy from the Queen and grant them permission!" Shu couldn't hold back and stood up, slapping the table with an angry look and raising her voice to question.