Splendid Book

Chapter 46 Entrance Exam
Probably because Shen Changle showed his power and restrained Shen Lan on the first day, and even Shen Jin smiled at her, completely gone from the tit-for-tat appearance before.Only Shen Changle couldn't help sighing, although she knew that Shen Jin was childish, she never thought that she could look like a child.

I don't know if these two were enemies in the previous life or what, anyway, no matter how Shen Jin thinks of Shen Lan, she doesn't like it.Shen Changle thought about it carefully. In the previous life, Shen Jin seemed to really look down on Shen Lan, but at that time the Lin family was in charge of the family, and even if Shen Lan was favored by her second uncle, she would not dare to do anything to Shen Jin.

In this life, although Shen Jin is still a prostitute, Lin has been under house arrest for several years. Anyone can see that she is the unfavorable daughter of the eldest son of the Shen family.So in this life, even Shen Lan dared to mock her openly and secretly.

Shen Changle will not pity Lin, but now he can't bear to criticize Shen Jin harshly.

Therefore, both Shen Jin and Shen Lan would sneer at every word they said in the school.Shen Jin insisted that she was the daughter of the eldest son, how could she allow a daughter of a concubine who gave birth to a second uncle to be arrogant in front of her.During the period when the second room was released, Shen Lan was loved so much that even Shen Hui, who was born on the aunt, could not compare to her. look.So when he returned to the capital all of a sudden, how could he endure being the most humble existence in the mansion.

"Auntie, just talk to daddy, I'm going to class with them all day long, and I'm so aggrieved that I'm almost dying of aggrieved," Shen Lan said relentlessly, holding Auntie Han's arm.

Aunt Han was half leaning on the kang, holding a volume of books in her hand. She was wearing a honey-colored embroidered brocade gown with white orchid ground patterns, and a red gold hairpin inlaid with tourmaline stones on her head. Her slender waist was more prominent The ground is not enough to grasp.She was born good-looking, even after giving birth to three children, but her figure is still as slender as ever, not like her wife, her waist is like a bucket.

Shen Lan watched her talk for a long time, but Aunt Han just didn't speak, so she couldn't help becoming more anxious.What she said was indeed the truth, among the five girls in the school, not to mention the three who were born as concubines, she was not comparable, even the concubine who was born in the big house, she was not comparable in terms of status.After all, Shen Yue is still the Duke's daughter, she is just the concubine daughter of a fourth-rank official in the capital.So even if she insisted on face, in the past few days, she has already felt aggrieved in her heart.

Aunt Han glanced at her, couldn't help but sneered, and said angrily: "Useless things, you used to show off your power at home, why are you so useless when you go out? Even if she is a daughter-in-law, you are still a sister , if she dares to disrespect you, you can teach her a lesson."

Shen Lan pursed her lips, and secretly complained in her heart that her aunt's words were nice. If she really dared to teach Shen Jin a lesson, Shen Changle might not let her go first.

She is not stupid either, as she has seen in the past few days, Shen Jin is impatient and has no discernment, that is to say, she is the most capable.The silent Shen Changle is the one who can make her vomit blood just by opening her mouth.What's more, during the past few days in the mansion, she also found out that Shen Jin's mother has been recuperating in the yard because of her poor health, and now the third wife is taking care of the housework in the mansion.But because Shen Changle is especially favored by the old lady and the Duke, she can also talk about family affairs.

At this time the curtain was lifted, and the servant girl brought in this tonic.After taking it, she took a sip, nodded, and said, "It's better to eat this. Fortunately, mother, you bought more from Fujian. Otherwise, I don't think you can eat such good things in the capital."

This kind of tonic is unique to Fujian. It is said that women who take it can beautify their skin and make their complexions more rosy and shiny.

After hearing her words, Aunt Han raised her eyebrows and snorted softly: "Your girl's words made me think of an idea."

Although she was favored by Shen Lingchang, it was because she knew how to advance and retreat, and she never let his wife take advantage of her.In addition, she is Shen Lingchang's mother-in-law's niece, and she helped the Han family get out of slavery when Aunt Han was still there.It's just that her natal brother doesn't have much promise, so even if she remarries, she will at most marry a small steward, but even so, she is still high-ranking.

Since she was a child, she often followed her mother into the mansion to visit her aunt, so seeing the exquisite decoration in her aunt's house, she was even more envious from the bottom of her heart.So when it was time for her to marry, she had a friendship with Shen Lingchang.

But I don't know what kind of madness happened to the old lady, so she was not allowed to enter the mansion.Aunt Han sneered, even if she refused, she still came into the mansion in the end.There are only four children in the second room, and she alone has two sons and one daughter, which shows the abundance of grace.

Seeing that she was silent again, Shen Lan immediately asked coquettishly, what was the idea, and asked her to speak quickly.

Aunt Han snorted, but she still said softly: "Then you have to cooperate with me well, or else this matter really won't work."

In the evening, when Shen Lingchang came back from the office, he hadn't sat in the study for a quarter of an hour before Aunt Han sent someone to invite him.After he came, he saw Aunt Han holding up her sleeves and setting the table by herself, he immediately said: "Why do you need to do it yourself, let the servant girl do it."

"How can it be done? I have always served the master myself. I don't feel relieved to leave it to others," Aunt Han said softly. Intention, it got into Shen Lingchang's heart even more.

He couldn't help holding her hand, and said softly: "It's hard for you, you still treat me the same after all these years."

To say that this man naturally has a heart, Aunt Han served Shen Lingchang herself, and never borrowed the hands of others.The preciousness in this is naturally moving.As for the wife of the main house, Mrs. Chen, although it is appropriate to serve him, in Shen Lingchang's heart, she is just talking about it and letting the servant girl serve him.Naturally, it can't compare to Aunt Han's true feelings, and Shen Lingchang believes that he and Aunt Han have true feelings. It is only because of Aunt Han's humble background that she will be wronged and become a small child, let alone wronged her.

That's why the second wife became like this, not a concubine, not a concubine.

After the two of them sat down, Aunt Han brought some food for him, and said softly, "I fried it with my own hands, sir, try it."

After Shen Lingchang ate it, he nodded in praise. Although it was just a simple dish of fried pork, the simpler the dish, the more exquisite the cooking skills.Aunt Han said softly again: "My aunt is the best at making fried pork. Every time my aunt makes it, the master can eat the whole plate."

Hearing her mention of her biological mother, Shen Lingchang's face became more gentle.

Aunt Han had laid the groundwork so much, seeing that Shen Lingchang's expression became softer, she weighed it in her heart, and then sighed faintly, bringing out indescribable sadness.

Seeing her sighing, Shen Lingchang asked, "It's all right, what are you doing sighing for?"

"Isn't that girl Lan'er who didn't make a fortune? When I went to the school earlier, I told her to be careful with the girl in the big room. In the end, this girl is still..." Aunt Han glanced at him carefully, and her voice gradually faded. lower down.

When Shen Lingchang heard that it was Shen Lan's business, he immediately frowned and asked, "But did she quarrel with the girl from the eldest room?"

Seeing that his tone was not friendly, Aunt Han immediately waved her hands and said: "It's not a quarrel," she said, her voice becoming distressed, with a faint cry, "It's all because of my humble background, which dragged down Lan'er. The whole room is full of descendants Miss, she was not born by the wife. In the past, the girls were all the same in the mansion, but now that they come back, they have changed suddenly, and the girls are not used to it either. Don't worry, master, I will try to persuade her."

Shen Lingchang pondered for a moment, feeling a dull pain in his heart.He is a concubine himself, so he naturally understands the difficulties of being a concubine. They are obviously brothers, but the eldest brother and the third younger brother are valued everywhere, and he is neither favored nor status in the middle. He really has suffered all his life. can't forget.

He couldn't help but feel distressed when he thought of his daughter having to suffer such a crime again.

"Don't worry, I will definitely not let Lan'er be wronged," Shen Lingchang thought to himself, maybe he should talk to his eldest brother and tell the girl in the big house not to go too far, after all, Lan'er is still a sister.

When Aunt Han heard it, she was naturally happy in her heart, knowing that Shen Lingchang must be willing to make decisions for their wives.So she said vigorously: "My lord, don't bother the Duke because of Lan'er's affairs. You will divide the feelings between brothers."

Shen Lingchang looked at her moved, and felt that Aunt Han was really affectionate and righteous to him, and always thought of him, even if her daughter was wronged, she would not complain in front of him.

Thinking of this, he felt that he should treat them twice as well.

"Actually, Lan'er is going to take the women's school exam in a few days. I think it's not good for her to take classes with other girls. It's better to let my husband teach her alone," Aunt Han said softly while looking at Shen Lingchang.

Shen Lingchang thought about it, but the teacher in this family was originally invited by the elder brother, if he was invited to attend the class alone, I am afraid that he would still trouble the elder brother.He was frowning tightly, when Aunt Han said again: "I see that the third girl is the same age as our Lan'er, and she must be taking the women's school exam this year. Why don't you let the husband teach the two of them alone? Good preparation for the exam."

Mentioning Shen Changle, Shen Lingchang squinted his eyes, thinking that this is indeed a good proposal.

"Let me and my second sister go to class together?" Shen Changle was a little dazed when he heard this, obviously he didn't expect that his father would suddenly mention such a matter to him, originally she just wanted to come here to find a book to read.

Shen Lingcheng was sitting on the chair behind the desk, watching her tiptoe to get the books on the shelf, couldn't help laughing, got up and went to help her.

After Shen Changle took the book in his hand, he turned his head and said, "Why do you suddenly have such an idea, I think it's good to have class with everyone."

"You're going to take the women's school exam next month, and it just so happens that your second sister is also taking the exam, so your second uncle suggested it." Shen Lingcheng only thought it was a trivial matter, but since Shen Lingcheng personally approached him, he naturally had to take it seriously.

Shen Changle pouted, with a displeased expression on his face.

Shen Lingcheng understood her temperament best, knowing that she would not easily turn against others, and he also knew that Shen Jin and her had a bad relationship, but she always gave way to her younger sister.It was the first time seeing her frowning like this, so he asked with a light smile, "Why, don't you want to?"

"I don't want to," Shen Changle confessed.

Shen Lingcheng didn't expect her to be so sincere, shook his head, but said: "But you don't want to take the women's school exam?"

"My daughter is working hard on weekdays, so there's no need to cram," Shen Changle said proudly.

Shen Lingcheng was relieved to see her so confident, but he teased on purpose: "Aren't you afraid that you won't pass the exam in the end?"

"I have worked so hard. If I really fail the exam in the end, it can only be said to be God's will. If I force it, I will just make it difficult for myself," Shen Changle said softly.

In this life, she has seen a lot. When you escape, you realize that there is not only one way to go about many things.In her previous life, because Ye Lanting passed away on the eve of her marriage, she was regarded as a man of Kefu, so she began to feel sorry for herself, and finally she simply gave up on herself and married a person who was suffering from a long illness.

If she could not care about other people's eyes and open her mind more, then those aggrieved days would never happen again.

Shen Lingcheng stared at her for a while, he probably didn't expect this girl to think so, and he was very pleased.

In fact, the reason why women's studies are so important is because it is related to women's talents and reputation.Women are not like men, who can show their faces all day long, and compete with others for poetry and articles.Even if the girl's family holds a poetry meeting, it is for the sake of learning from each other.

But it's different with women's school. There are exams in the academy, so it's natural to be able to distinguish the winner from the winner.This meeting is based on each person's ability, not which family's daughter you are.Therefore, those who are admitted to women's school can look down on those who are not, and those who are admitted will secretly compete with each other.

Although Shen Changle refused to attend the class alone, Shen Lingcheng still asked the teacher to arrange a separate class for Shen Lan.For this reason, Shen Jin gritted his silver teeth, but wanted to get angry, but thought that this was his father's order, so he didn't dare to get angry.

Shen Changle looked at her aggrieved face, and also thought it was funny and amusing.

On the day of the women's school exam, they all had breakfast at the old lady's place, and the old lady gave them two girls some words of encouragement, anyway, it's a good thing to pass the exam, don't be discouraged if you don't pass the exam.

When they dispersed, Shen Jin followed her, stopped her, looked at her for a long time, then bit her lips and said firmly: "Sister San, don't lose to her."

"Who did you lose to?" Shen Changle asked knowingly.

Shen Jin's eyes were round and round, and she snorted: "Who else is there, it's that annoying ghost."

Seeing that she really cared, Shen Changle smiled.For some reason, she suddenly stretched out her hand, touched Shen Jin's head, and said with a smile, "Got it, little girl."

She rubbed it deliberately, and Shen Jin screamed in shock, and immediately asked the maid next to her to see if her hair was messed up.

The so-called gentleman has six arts, which refers to rites, music, archery, imperialism, calligraphy, and mathematics.In the women's examination, there are seven subjects, one more than the six arts.The implication of this is self-evident, the founder of the women's school hopes that women will not despise themselves, and let them all understand that they can be more powerful than men.

However, because archery and imperial examination are somewhat dangerous, they naturally gave up in the entrance examination, so the women's school examination is to test piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, etiquette, mathematics, and policy theory.

The Shen family's carriage was already waiting at the door, and the two girls got into the carriage and went to the exam together.

No one spoke along the way, but Shen Lan endured and endured, and finally couldn't help asking: "Sanmei, are you nervous?"

"Nature is nervous," Shen Changle said truthfully.

Shen Lan looked at her suspiciously, Shen Changle smiled peacefully, and there was no trace of anxiety on her face, yet she was also nervous.

Fortunately, the women's school is not far away, and the carriage only takes two quarters of an hour to arrive.When Shen Changle helped Chunliu's hand to get down, he saw a steady stream of carriages at the door.Because carriages cannot be parked at the gate, they all have to get out of the carriage before they can enter.

There is already a receptionist waiting at the door.

Shen Changle and Shen Jin were led forward, and when she entered the yard and saw the little girl who was already waiting, she had a real feeling in her heart.

(End of this chapter)