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Chapter 70 The Secret of the Sheng Mansion (1)

When Sheng Xiuyi saw it, Dong Yuan's heart tightened slightly.

Marrying into the Sheng family avoided being a concubine for the emperor, avoiding entering the forbidden garden of the deep palace, and successfully consummated the house; at the wedding ceremony, her father-in-law and mother-in-law gave her dignity.None of the things she was worried about happened, so she was naturally in a good mood.Juxiang and Juhong have been stubborn with her since she was a child, in front of them, just like being alone in front of Mrs. Xue and Mrs. Xue, Dong Yuan has the childishness and cheerfulness of a child.

After relaxing his vigilance, he was in a happy mood, and naturally had the vivacity of a young woman, which couldn't be concealed.

But she forgot her demeanor as a mistress, and the new husband saw her, would he think she was not dignified enough?

Dong Yuan was too worried about gains and losses, so he looked at Sheng Xiuyi anxiously.

But unexpectedly, he found that there were faint smile lines in his eyes.

She was relieved that he didn't put on a straight face.

The orange red and orange fragrance subsided, and Sheng Xiuyi sat on the kang opposite Dong Yuan.Ziwei and Honglian came to make tea, and Dong Yuan offered it to him personally, with a respectful and docile attitude.

Sheng Xiuyi couldn't help but softened a little when he looked at her.

He took a sip of tea, put down the teacup, and asked her, "What interesting story did you just say?" After finishing speaking, he pulled the silver-red gold-woven brocade pillow behind him and leaned against her, as if chatting leisurely with her.

Dong Yuan remembered that he was only a fifth-rank doctor in the Ministry of Criminal Justice, and it was the first day of his wedding, so he really didn't have any official duties.Chatting can enhance the understanding between two people, Dong Yuan suddenly smiled, and told Sheng Xiuyi what Ju Xiang said about stepping on lotus root and fishing.

Seeing the expression on her brows when she spoke, Sheng Xiuyi couldn't help but lose his mind for a moment.Before Dong Yuan found out, he had already restrained his emotions.

In the past, he thought that he was not a superficial person and would not be seduced by a woman's appearance.Therefore, in order to please his father, people often send him beautiful maidservants.He looked at it, his heart didn't move at all.

But from last night to now, in less than twelve hours, he was so captivated by his new wife's light smile that his heart throbbed.It's not that he's not immune to temptation, it's just that he has never met a real beauty.

Sheng Xiuyi thought of his father's words again: "Looking at it today, Mrs. Xue is beautiful and quick-witted. She is not bad. You have to be careful. If she stays by your side, she will become your disaster sooner or later. Think carefully about it. We mentioned to the imperial concubine that we wanted to marry the twelfth daughter of the Xue family, and the imperial concubine also told the emperor; the empress dowager gave the emperor so many candidates to marry Dongyuan Xue, but the emperor finally chose you. Just because you beat your wife, he wants Mrs. Xue in the future. As long as it is reported that Mrs. Xue 'died' like Mrs. Chen, he can take Mrs. Xue away. Mrs. Xue is beautiful, men love her, don't forget, Our honor and disgrace, life and death, are far more important than a woman, and we cannot offend the emperor because of her. Why does a man have to worry about not having a wife?"

Why does a man have no wife?
Because the emperor took a fancy to his wife, he wanted to give her away. Is this his father's principle of doing things?There was a sneer on the corner of Sheng Xiuyi's lips.

For so many years, the Sheng family has already established a solid foundation in the capital, but his father's handling method has not changed at all, it is still the same as when he first came to the capital to establish a foothold.

If the emperor could have whatever he wanted, he wouldn't have given Xue Shi a marriage in the first place!In the Ninth Five-Year Plan, he is the lord of the world. If you want to learn from Yao and Shun and become a wise king praised by all ages, the emperor often has more constraints than ordinary people.As long as we can find a point of check and balance, we can keep our family and our wife.

Today's sage is trying his best to govern and want to accomplish thousands of great things.He was thinking of Xue Shi, but he was unwilling to give up the country for Xue Shi.

Dong Yuan was talking to Sheng Xiuyi about Ju Xiang, when he raised his eyes, he saw a sneer flashing across his lips, and his heart froze.Did she say something wrong?
When he looked again, Sheng Xiuyi regained his calm expression, it seemed that the sneer just now was just Dong Yuan's illusion.

If it wasn't for Dong Yuan's good luck to raise his eyes just now, otherwise he wouldn't have seen that fleeting expression change at all.

This man is very good at controlling his emotions.

Dong Yuan couldn't be sure for a moment whether he liked her or not.

Husband, father-in-law, mother-in-law, it seems that only mother-in-law is more kind, showing joy and anger; the joy and dislike of husband and father-in-law cannot be judged from their expressions.

Before she married, her grandmother thought that she was a girl in her boudoir, and the Sheng family didn't mention many secrets to her.Regarding Sheng Xiuyi, his grandmother's evaluation of him is: He is a mediocre person who has accomplished nothing!

How can such a man who is good at hiding his emotions accomplish nothing?
"...You haven't seen catching fish and stepping on lotus roots, have you?" Sheng Xiuyi asked her when she saw that she was speaking with great interest, but swallowed it with half-knowledge.

Dong Yuan nodded and said with a smile: "Have you seen it?"

"Well, we also stepped on lotus root when we were young." Sheng Xiuyi said.

"Go to Zhuangzi to play, and follow the steward?" Dong Yuan was curious.She couldn't imagine that Sheng Xiuyi was also naughty when he was a child.Looking at his calmness and introversion now, he thought he was mature since he was a child, just like Dong Yuan's third cousin.

Sheng Xiuyi raised his eyebrows: "No, in my hometown. There is a lotus pond not far from the old house. The long-term workers in the family often fish and pick lotus. My second and third uncles take me and often go to the river to play."

home?

Dong Yuan thought he grew up in Shengjing.

Wasn't the Sheng family in Kyoto before?Why did grandma never mention these past events of the Sheng family?
"Are there many rivers there?" Dong Yuan asked tentatively.She wanted to know where the Sheng family's old house was, but she was afraid of being taboo, so she didn't dare to ask directly.

Sheng Xiuyi glanced at her with deep eyes, and said, "Many rivers, Huizhou is a land of fish and rice."

Huizhou in Anhui?The Sheng family turned out to be from Huizhou?

Sheng Xiuyi is willing to say, then the past of the Sheng family should not be hidden.When he mentioned Huizhou, there was some unconcealable lightness in his tone.It should be his glory there, and he should have been given a very good childhood, so he is willing to mention that he is from Huizhou, with a very proud tone.

Dong Yuan took advantage of the situation and asked, "Your Majesty grew up in Huizhou?"

Sheng Xiuyi nodded: "I only came to Kyoto when I was eight years old."

Dong Yuan smiled: "I know Huizhou."

Sheng Xiuyi couldn't help being moved when he saw her speaking loudly, with a slight smile in his eyes, he asked her: "You know?"

Dong Yuan nodded affirmatively: "I know Huizhou merchants!"

Sheng Xiuyi couldn't help laughing, but heard her soft voice, and continued: "Huizhou merchants are resolute, and they have traveled thousands of miles to bring prosperity to the economy. But I think Huizhou women are the most respectable."

Sheng Xiuyi suppressed his smile.

"Men do business, women guard their homes alone. Taking care of the family business, educating their children, and being filial to their parents-in-law, they bear many responsibilities that a man should shoulder. My son, is your mother a Huizhou woman?" She looked at him with clear eyes.

To hear these words on weekdays, they are just ordinary words of praise, nothing new.

But her last sentence, whether mother is a Huizhou woman or not, made Sheng Xiuyi's heart move.He thought of the years when his father went out to fight, and the days when his mother guarded the old house.

Looking at his mother now being gentle and honest, he didn't know that when she first married into the Sheng family, she was timid and timid.But there is no husband in charge of the family, and her parents-in-law are old and faint. A woman who dare not speak loudly forces herself to quarrel with the evil slaves and quarrel with the neighbors, just to protect the Sheng family from being bullied.

Only the eldest son, Sheng Xiuyi, knew all these hardships.

"Mother is a woman from Huizhou!" Sheng Xiuyi said resolutely.

Dong Yuan laughed: "My mother is also from Anhui. My maternal ancestral homeland is in Anqing Prefecture. Isn't it very close to your Huizhou Prefecture?"

Sheng Xiuyi nodded again: "I have an aunt who married into Anqing Mansion. Not far from Huizhou."

Dong Yuan pestered him about Huizhou and Huizhou merchants.Much of her understanding of Huizhou merchants comes from later generations of film and television and books, which is beyond the current cognition and has profound insights.When Sheng Xiuyi talked about Huizhou merchants and Huizhou, she could always pick up a sentence or two, and what she said was very incisive and profound, which made Sheng Xiuyi both sigh and pleasantly surprised.

Huizhou is Sheng Xiuyi's hometown, and he has very fond memories of it.He was very willing to talk about this topic, and Dong Yuan was able to pick up the conversation again, allowing the topic to interact. The two talked more and more vigorously, and before they knew it, it was lunch time.

Sheng Xiuyi stayed here for lunch.

After dinner, Sheng Xiuyi got up and went to the small study in Jingsheyuan.

There are four main rooms in Jingsheyuan, eight side rooms on the left and right, and four Baosha.Sheng Xiuyi's study is in the first main room on the west side, next to the inner room.

Dong Yuan felt a little sleepy, and she didn't dare to walk back and forth in the room to digest food and sleepiness like at home.Qiangwei and Mother Luo, who happened to go to learn the rules, came back.

Knowing that Sheng Xiuyi was in the study, several people spoke softly.

Dong Yuan asked Qiangwei and Luo's mother, "Have you eaten yet?"

Both Qiangwei and Luo's mother said they had eaten.

"Grandma, we have a small kitchen in our yard." Qiangwei said to Dong Yuan, "It's similar to Mrs. Shizi's small kitchen. There are two mothers, two maids, and a cook."

Dong Yuan smiled, she knew it without guessing.Although the Sheng family is not as deep-rooted in the capital as the Xue family, it is a family of powerful ministers, and there are many rules for these expenses.

But this small kitchen, Dong Yuan probably won't use it.

Mrs. Rong, the eldest wife of Xue's mansion, also has a small kitchen. In addition to hot water, she can set aside some ingredients and cook a small stove separately, which is the same customization as the old lady of Xue's mansion.But Shizi's wife, Mrs. Rong, has been in charge of the family for more than ten years, and she always eats in the public place, and has never used the small kitchen to cook and eat.

If you haven't become the highest authority in the inner house, don't do things that make your subordinates jealous or your superiors jealous.

Seeing Qiangwei was a little happy, Dong Yuan was about to pour cold water on her, when she heard Qiangwei continue: "Mother Cui, who is in charge of the small kitchen, her natal family is not from the Sheng Mansion. Her niece from her natal family married Qin Qin who is in charge of the garden in the backyard of our Xue Mansion." Mother's nephew..."

Not only Dong Yuan, but even Luo's mother couldn't help laughing.

"You can find out the relationship between corners and corners like this!" Dong Yuan couldn't help laughing, but he didn't dare to speak loudly for fear of being heard by Sheng Xiuyi.

Qiangwei blushed a little from their smiles: "Mother Cui is talkative, and she used the monthly records in your house, so I took the opportunity to get close to her. Unexpectedly, I made a relationship, and I really got close!"

That is to say, Qiangwei wanted to inquire about the Sheng Mansion.Because Cui's mother is in Dongyuan's house, naturally she dare not tell Qiangwei about the situation to her, so Qiangwei can feel at ease to make connections and make clichés.

Dong Yuan smiled slightly: "What did Mama Cui tell you?"

Qiangwei glanced in the direction of the study, lowered her eyes and did not speak.

About Sheng Xiuyi?

Dong Yuan's heart skipped a beat, and he didn't ask any more questions, thinking to wait for Sheng Xiuyi to leave before he could elaborate.

The servant girl outside came in and said, "Grandma, the aunts and young masters greet Grandma."

(End of this chapter)