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Chapter 185 I want to mention and leave (3)
Shen Ying's words were not aimed at Ji Cheng, but she turned to Ji Cheng with a gentle voice: "Archer's daughter-in-law, just tell me if you have anything." In fact, Shen Ying was very happy that Ji Cheng came to beg her. Yes, ask to come to him?This undoubtedly made Shen Ying feel a little bit of face.

Ji Cheng told about Ji Yuan's participation in Enke this year and wanted to find out who the examiner would be.

Shen Ying stroked her beard, thinking that she really could only ask herself.The children of Dafang and Erfang did not take the imperial examination route, and they were not familiar with civil officials.

"Okay, I know. I'll go to inquire, but the Holy Majesty's mind has not yet been settled, so I'm afraid it's not easy to guess. I'll tell you when I have definite news in a few days." Shen Ying said.

Ji Cheng hurriedly thanked him.

Ji Lan curled her lips and said, "Doesn't Archer have a lot of friends outside? He has always been the most informed. Wouldn't it be better for you husband and wife to discuss things? Why did you ask your third uncle instead?"

Ji Lan asked the question knowingly, and the family probably heard that Shen Che didn't want to see Ji Cheng now.

There was no trace of embarrassment on Ji Cheng's face, he smiled naturally: "Your Majesty, there is no uncle who is familiar with the affairs of the court, so I have the cheek to come here to trouble uncle."

Shen Ying said with a smile: "It's just a labor of one's hand, it can't be called trouble. If Ah Yuan is free, ask him to come home, and I'll take a look at his homework."

Ji Cheng hurriedly thanked him again, but before he finished speaking, he saw Shen Jing enter the door.

As soon as Ji Lan saw Shen Jing, she forgot about Ji Cheng, and asked Shen Jing, "Have you gone to your Yue's house to see A Rui?" , she was unhappy, but she still endured it, thinking that if Shen Jing was to be released in the future, she might be able to borrow some strength from the Yue family.

Shen Jing said: "I didn't go. The imperial examination will be in two days, I don't want to quarrel with her."

"Hey, you..."

Ji Lan wanted to reprimand Shen Jing, but she saw that Shen Jing had turned to look at Ji Cheng and asked, "Sister Cheng, why are you here?"

"Sister Cheng? Why don't you change your name to Sister-in-Law?" Ji Lan immediately frowned again enough to pinch a mosquito to death.

Shen Jing opened his mouth, but he didn't call out the word "Second Sister-in-law".

Ji Cheng didn't dare to look into Shen Jing's burning eyes, so he just smiled lightly and said, "I'm here to ask uncle for a favor. It's getting late, and I should go back."

Ji Cheng walked away in a bit of a hurry, while Shen Jing asked Shen Ying with Ji Lan's dissatisfied eyes: "Father, what can Sister Cheng ask for your help?"

Shen Ying is a big man, but she is not as careful as Ji Lan, and she doesn't care much about Shen Jing's name, and Ji Cheng is originally Shen Jing's cousin: "She asked me to find out who this year's chief examiner is."

Shen Jing said "Oh", and kept the matter in his heart secretly, thinking that he was negligent, Ji Yuan Jinke was about to end, so he must be concerned about who the master was.

Ji Lan looked at Shen Jing's appearance, but was worried in his heart that he had not forgotten his love for Ji Cheng, and if something scandalous happened to him, it would be too late to regret it.

"A Jing." Ji Lan was about to speak, but was interrupted by Shen Jing.

"Mother, I know what I'm doing. It's just that Li Rui married in as a daughter-in-law after all, not as an ancestor. It's all because the son is unfilial, and the mother has to endure her face. But this will not last long after all. This time, I will not bow my head no matter what, she will come back if she is willing, and leave if she does not come back. Could it be that if I leave their house, I will not be able to stand up as a big man?" Shen Jing said with a cold face.

Ji Lan was speechless by Shen Jing's words.Shen Ying also chimed in and said, "That's right, what does it mean for a big man to rely on Yue's family all the time? Ah Jing is a man of ambition. Besides, when will we from the Shen family be able to beg the Li family?"

After all, Ji Lan was fighting against the two sisters-in-law, unwilling to lose to them, and unwilling to bow her head to beg her family.

After Shen Jing returned to his yard, he threw himself on the bed, and countless thoughts flooded his mind.If it wasn't for his mother's resolute disapproval of Ji Cheng's entry, they wouldn't have made it like this now.

Ji Cheng and his second brother have become bitter couples.His second elder brother won a beautiful woman but didn't cherish it, which made Shen Jing extremely heartbroken but helpless.As for Shen Jing himself, he was even annoyed when he saw Li Rui's face. The woman was so useless that one could only gag her mouth with socks.Now that she has returned to her natal family, the world is really peaceful, and she no longer has to listen to her bitter words.

Shen Jing didn't want to think about Li Rui, and Ji Cheng's image appeared in his mind for a moment.She seemed to have lost weight again, her face was almost too small to be seen hidden in the cloak.

Shen Jing sighed, the long night was long but he couldn't sleep, he simply turned over and went to the study room, he couldn't read the book, he picked it up and put it down again, his heart moved, he simply unfolded the picture scroll, and drew the pictures in his mind all at once When I got down, I looked at the picture scroll at dawn, and my mood was a little calmer.

Although the painting was ink and wash, it was extremely vivid. Shen Jing couldn't bear to burn it, so he rolled it up and hid it under the painting jar.

The days have passed in June, and the relationship between Ji Cheng and Shen Che is still as stalemate as before, no, it should be said that it is worse than before.At least in the past few months, Shen Che still hid his points in front of his elders, but recently he has been lazy and pretended to talk to Ji Cheng in front of the old lady.

The news of the Second Young Mistress' falling out of favor has also flowed all over the sky from the beginning to the present.If it weren't for Ji Cheng's tough tactics, the old lady would not have treated the grandson's daughter-in-law coldly just because Shen Che didn't want to see Ji Cheng. Ji Cheng would have been unable to control the gang of old slaves in the Duke's Mansion long ago.

The sun was so hot in June, and the white flowers were so dazzling that people couldn't open their eyes. If they didn't do anything, they would already be sweating profusely just standing there.

But because Shen Zheng's good days are just these few days, no matter how hard it is for Ji Cheng, he has to cheer up and entertain the guests with a smile.

That's all, the main reason is that there are still two unresolved troubles at home, all of which are in the third room.

Li Rui hasn't picked it up until now.Shen Jingdian was a second-class pilot, and now he is working in the Imperial Academy, and he will be released after the inspection period expires.After he became a Jinshi, people from the Li family have come to the Shen family several times, just to persuade Shen Jing to say a few soft words to Li Rui, so that the husband and wife will live in harmony from now on.

But Shen Jing didn't know where the strength came up, and he never bowed his head, and then he was annoyed by Ji Lan, so he simply lived outside and never came back.

This is fine on weekdays, and the couple is allowed to get angry, but now is Shen Zheng's auspicious day, relatives of the family have rushed over, and it is always difficult to ask about the Fourth Young Mistress, it is embarrassing after all.

Li Rui also grasped this point, if Shen Jing didn't bow to her, she would definitely not go back to Shen's house.

Seeing that the day was getting closer, there was still no movement from Li Rui's side.The Shen family has already sent someone to pick her up. Although Shen Jing didn't go, but Li Rui's face was also given to Li Rui, but Li Rui still held Qiao, saying that she was not feeling well.

The good-natured old lady was a little angry, and everyone could see that Li Rui was using Shen Zheng's marriage to manipulate Shen Jing.

The old lady said: "Since Ah Jing's daughter-in-law is in poor health, I don't dare to bother her with family affairs." The old lady turned to Ji Lan and said, "I intend to marry A Jing a noble concubine, and find someone who can be considerate. My man's girl's house. Do you see if there is any suitable candidate? Li Rui will be gone for a few months, and Ajing's house cannot be left without someone to take care of him."

Ji Lan was also upset, but taking a concubine did not solve the problem.Now that Shen Jing has entered the officialdom, the housewife will always come out to deal with relatives in the future. No matter how expensive a concubine is, she is still a concubine, and she cannot get into the eyes of relatives. Li Rui still needs to come out to say hello: "Mother, this... "

It is said that Ji Lan is smart, and sometimes she is a little clever, but now she is a lump of elm.Mrs. Huang watched from the side, and couldn't help interjecting: "What mother said is that there must be someone to take care of A Jing's house, but we have to discuss this matter with our in-laws, after all, marriage is not enmity."

The old lady nodded.

It was only then that Ji Lan realized that the old lady really wanted to take a concubine for Shen Jing, just to beat Li Rui.

The old lady said: "From the second family, this time you and the third family have worked hard to go to Princess Zhenping's place." The old lady was really worried about letting Ji Lan handle this matter alone.

After Mrs. Huang and Ji Lan left, the old lady turned her head and asked Ji Cheng and Cui Long, "Do you think your four siblings will come back this time?"

Cui Long and Li Rui are close, and they know Li Rui's nature very well. She is really a pampered girl, and I'm afraid she may not be willing to walk down the steps in a desperate manner.

Cui Long didn't speak, and the old lady looked at Ji Cheng.

Ji Cheng said: "It looks like the third brother is having a good time, and the fourth sibling will definitely come back."

If it weren't for Shen Zheng's good deeds to come, Huang probably wouldn't have spoken much just now.

The old lady looked at Ji Cheng with a smile and said, "Oh, she suddenly became sensible?"

Ji Cheng knew that the old lady was testing people, so he laughed and said, "Even if the fourth sibling is ignorant, don't the elders in her family also be ignorant?"

The old lady nodded, what Ji Cheng said made sense.The two most protective old ladies in the capital, one is the old lady of the Shen family, and the other is Princess Zhenping.Li Rui was so thick because of Princess Zhenping's support.

However, Princess Zhenping has been in poor health for the past few months. People from the Li family have mentioned it a few times, and it seems that she is not able to get out of bed very much.But even if Princess Zhenping is in good health, the Li family of Marquis Zhongwu is far inferior to the Shen family.Princess Zhenping is currently bedridden and cannot protect Li Rui. The other elders may not be willing to watch Li Rui die.

As Ji Cheng expected, the day after Madam Huang and Ji Lan came back, Li Rui came back disheartened.

Ji Cheng thought that Mrs. Huang was also narrow-minded, if they brought Li Rui home yesterday, it would be the Shen family bowing their heads.I don't know what Mrs. Huang said yesterday, anyway, Li Rui didn't let Li Rui come back, but when Li Rui came back today, the arrogance can be gone.

It's just that Li Rui lowered his head, but Shen Jing still didn't go back to the house, and went to sleep in the study.

It's not that Ji Cheng likes to inquire, it's because there is nothing wrong with the third room.Whatever happened the day before, there will definitely be a girl or a woman talking about it the next day, and making it a joke after dinner.

This is the reason why there are too many people and mixed mouths. No matter how strict the management is, it is better to guard against the mouths of the people than to prevent Sichuan.

In any case, Li Rui stopped here, but Shen Cui's matter broke out again.It turned out that Qi Zheng's eldest son fell into the pond and drowned.

Now the Qi family is in trouble, Qi Zheng's aunt insisted that Shen Cui killed her son.Mrs. Qi was so angry that she passed out several times, and Qi Zheng also clamored to divorce his wife.

Shen Cui went back to Shen's house in despair.

Everything started to quarrel at the time of Shen Zheng's marriage, and they all made sure that the Shen family would calm things down for the sake of saving face.

The matter of Shen Cui's return to the mansion is really not glorious.Ji Lan wanted to keep it a secret, but couldn't bear the Qi family's people coming to the door, saying that she wanted the Shen family to give an explanation, otherwise she would expose the matter, even if she saw an official.

Things have become like this, and the old lady can't even think about it.Fortunately, the members of the Qi family still had some scruples, they only made trouble in the third room, and the relatives who lived in the Qingyuan Garden and came to watch the ceremony didn't know the inside story.

When the news reached the old lady's ears, Ji Cheng was talking with the old lady in Rui Yingtang. After hearing the news, he said in surprise: "I remember that the child was less than one year old, how could he fall into the pool and drown?"

"Isn't it?" Shen Wanli's family said angrily, "Although our girl is a bit willful, she will never do anything that hurts others."

Shen Wanli's family has been with Ji Lan for nearly 20 years, and they also watched Shen Cui grow up.

"The Qi family's deception is too much, and they said that if our family can't solve this matter, we will put the child's body at the door for everyone to see." Shen Wanli's family was also in a hurry, and Ji Lan took her They were sent here to ask for help.

Hearing this, Ji Cheng felt that the Qi family was going to tear their face apart, but now the Shen family is in a good situation, no matter how stupid Qi Zheng is, he knows that he shouldn't offend the Shen family, why is there such a commotion this time?

Seeing that the old lady's face turned pale with anger, Ji Cheng quickly asked Yun Jinhua to take a pill for the old lady, and he calmed down the breath in the old lady's chest and said: "Old ancestor, don't worry, I'll go over and have a look. "

The old lady calmed down and said: "Ask someone to bring Archer back." When encountering problems, the old lady trusted Shen Che the most. She probably didn't even realize it. Anyway, she left the matter to him. Shen Che was always right.After finishing speaking, the old lady took Ji Cheng's hand again and said, "You can go and have a look first, just don't be as knowledgeable as them, otherwise you will hurt yourself if you get into a fight. Bring a few thicker wives over there."

Ji Cheng nodded in agreement.As soon as she went out, she was exposed to the sun and covered her head with her hands and hurried back. Liu Ye'er hurriedly opened an umbrella and put it on Ji Cheng's head: "Don't worry, girl, the weather is too strong. If you are in a hurry, be careful of heatstroke."

"En." Ji Cheng responded, unreasonably recalling the ointment that Shen Che prepared for her when she went to the prairie last year.Shen Che paid attention to things that she didn't think of herself.

The smell of the ointment was really unflattering, and Ji Cheng knew that Shen Che was just playing tricks so that people wouldn't get close to her.

It's just a trivial matter, but now I recall it as sweet and sour, and I have to relive it for a long time.

"Miss." Liu Ye'er called out, "It's the eldest young mistress."

Ji Cheng came back to his senses after hearing the sound.Cui Long also went to the third room, presumably she got the news.The two looked at each other and felt a headache.

At the moment the third master Shen Ying and the fourth son Shen Jing are not here, only Ji Lan and Li Rui are standing up to the Qi family.

The first one in the Qi family is Ji Cheng's acquaintance - Qi Hua.This aunt of the Qi family is no longer considered to be part of the Qi family, but she came to be the rafter in the early years. I don't know what it means.

Qi Hua was followed by a young woman whose eyes were swollen into peaches from crying. She looked pretty, and she had a charming look. She should be Qi Zheng's cousin. It was from her belly that Qi Zheng's dead eldest son came out. of.Shen Cui had a lot of trouble with Qi Zheng because of this matter.

When Ji Cheng saw Qi Hua, he acted as if he hadn't seen it. He turned his head to Shen Cui, and was shocked. His nose was bruised and his face was swollen, and there was a big green bag hanging from his head. Everything has nothing to do with her.

Cui Long naturally also saw Shen Cui's appearance.

No wonder the Qi family even made a fuss about bringing the child's body here. Ji Lan must have seen Shen Cui's appearance, and scolded the Qi family members, neither of them would take half a step back.

As soon as Qi Hua saw that the first and second members of the Shen family had come, he stopped holding on to Ji Lan, turned his head and said to Ji Cheng and Cui Long: "The two of you came just in time, and I invite you to come and judge, your family The girl has been married to our Qi family for so many years, let alone a son, she hasn't laid a single egg. It was so easy for my elder brother to have a son, but she was poisoned. At the beginning, she insisted on asking my elder brother to kill the child. After the child was born, she had a nose that was not a nose, and eyes that were not eyes. We put up with all this, but we never thought that she would be so cruel that she would not let a child go. She is the only child in our family. My mother is so angry that she fainted on the bed now, and I don't know if I can survive it, this bully can't be bullied like this, right? I can't just hide back to my mother's house without giving any explanation, right? "

After hearing what Qi Hua said, Cousin Zhao burst into tears again, her shoulders shaking like a sieve, and then she cried louder and louder until she burst into wail.

Cui Long and Ji Cheng didn't speak.

Li Rui has always been bored with her sister-in-law, don't think she doesn't know, Shen Cui and Qi Zheng had a relationship before they got married, and Li Rui found out clearly.She also looked down on the Qi family, so she didn't want to care about Shen Cui's affairs at all.

This time when Qi Hua came to make a fuss, Li Rui just chatted with Ji Lan.She herself is still not calm, how could she help Shen Cui?
(End of this chapter)