The Fugitive White Moonlight of a Powerful Minister

  Chapter 3

  In the main hall of Wen Mansion, Wen Tingchun and Shen Gaolan are sitting in the main seat, one on the left and the other on the right. They are drinking tea while discussing this spring.

  Although the results have not yet been released, it is said that several articles are erudite and informative, and their talents are amazing, which made Zhang Bozhong, a scholar of the Hanlin Academy, applaud.

   "I heard that Shengsheng also participated in the examination this time?" Wen Tingchun took a sip of tea and brought the conversation to the point, "Shensheng really lived up to our expectations back then. He is good at martial arts and literary, and his future is limitless."

  Shen Jin, the word is promoted. Although he is the second son of the Shen family, he is highly expected, as can be seen from his name.

  When Wen Tingchun and Shen Gaolan were ordered to return to Beijing together, Shen Jin happened to be in Liang's belly. While drinking high-spirited wine, the two named him this name, which means "stepping up".

   "He's spoiled!" Speaking of Shen Gaolan, he raised his voice three points, "This time he insists on taking part in the scientific examination, as long as he can really earn some fame, that's all. If..."

  Shen Gaolan sighed: "How many people in the whole capital are waiting to see his jokes!"

   "Brother Shen was a second-class Jinshi back then, the tiger father had no dogs, and Hao'er entered the Imperial Academy, how could he be promoted?"

  Shen Hao is the eldest son of the Shen family and the elder brother of Shen Jin.

   "Hao'er really surprised me this time, I thought..."

   "Cough..."

  Mr. Liang listened to the two chatting in the next seat, and finally led the conversation to Shen Jin. Seeing that he was about to stray again, he coughed intentionally.

  Come here today not just to chat, don’t return without success like the previous two times.

  Shen Gaolan's words came to an abrupt end.

  Of course he knew what the cough meant. Before leaving the house, Mrs. Liang reminded Wan Wan that she must clarify the marriage between the Wen and Shen families today.

  When Shen Jin was five years old, Wen Ning was still in the womb. Whenever the two families met, Shen Jin would hang around Mrs. Wen, full of interest in the fetus in the womb. He and Wen Tingchun joked about this, if there was a daughter in his womb, then let Shen Jin marry him back home.

   It was indeed as Liang said, it was just a joke after drinking, no official documents were issued, and no tokens were exchanged.

  But he and Wen Tingchun not only served as officials in the same dynasty, but also had friendship with each other for more than 30 years. After so many years, this marriage has been preached in Beijing, how can he say "clarification"?

  Wen Tingchun silently picked up the teacup.

  In fact, he also understood a little bit.

  Since Wen Ning and Yan, Shen's family has been here twice, and each time they hesitate to speak, and they miss the point.

   But he knew it in his heart. Both of them were born in scientific research, and they didn't have much foundation in the imperial court. When they were joking, they were both being reused by the new emperor, ready to go, evenly matched. However, more than ten years later, Shen Gaolan is still deeply favored by the emperor, and he is the second-rank minister of the Ministry of Rites, but he is just a minister of the Honglu Temple without much real power, and even the two sons in the family are not as promising as the two of the Shen family.

  The Shen family probably had other ideas.

   It's just that he looked at Wen Ning as if he was interested in Shen Jin, and many people in Beijing knew about this marriage. If he divorced the engagement without knowing why, what would Ah Ning do?

  So he kept pretending to be confused. If Shen Gaolan didn't want to admit to this marriage, he opened his mouth and gave a perfect idea. If he agreed, it would be considered that the Shen family owed the Wen family a favor.

  Liang kept winking at Shen Gaolan, Shen Gaolan lowered his head to drink tea, pretending he didn't see it.

  Wen Tingchun also drank tea, but he didn't see what happened in front of him.

  Liang's shortness of breath.

  A man's mouth, a deceiving ghost. Clearly agreed at home, today's trip must clarify the unclear marriage contract, otherwise how will Jin'er marry a wife in the future?

  Liang's heart was broken, and he smiled and said: "Brother Wen, my husband and I came here this time, in fact, we want to clarify a misunderstanding that happened many years ago."

   Back then, it was just a casual joke. If the two sons of the Wen family hadn't been so generous and kept saying that joke all day long, why would it have spread to the whole city?

   "Brother Wen, Ah Ning is a good girl, beautiful, dignified and virtuous..."

   Liang's words were sincere. She once regarded Wen Ning as her daughter-in-law.

   But this marriage has to be well established, right? What is the lintel of her Shen family now?

The Wen family still lives in the old house more than ten years ago, and wrote "Wen's Mansion", but his Shen family moved into the new house given by the imperial court as early as three years ago. On the gate is the "Shangshu Mansion" written by the imperial pen. ".

  Her husband is the Minister of Rites who is the second rank of the imperial court. Her eldest son has already entered the Imperial Academy, and her youngest son has made military exploits before he was twenty. He is the youngest general in the current dynasty, and his future is limitless.

   Then her family's daughter-in-law, how can Wen Ning's family background be worthy of her?

  Wen Ning was already behind the screen in the main hall, and she knew what Liang's next sentence was.

  In the next sentence, she would say that she talked and laughed after drinking, Shen Jin was still young, and Wen Ning was not even born, so the marriage was naturally not serious. Now that the children are grown up, they must clarify to the public as soon as possible, so as not to delay their respective marriages.

  In the previous life, I heard this sentence from the mouth of the maid who delivered the message. After hearing it, she covered her face and cried.

   This time, Wen Ning didn't wait for Mrs. Liang to say those words, but she put on an innocent smile on her face, and went out from behind the screen: "Father, I heard that Uncle Shen, Aunt Shen is here?"

   Linglan was half a step behind her and failed to stop her. She stomped her feet in frustration before hurriedly following her out.

  The three people in the main hall were very surprised by Wen Ning's arrival, and they all looked at her in unison.

  Wen Ning saluted gracefully: "I met Uncle Shen, I met Aunt Shen, I met Daddy."

   "There's no need to be polite with Daddy, why are you here?" Wen Tingchun said this to Wen Ning, but he was looking at Linglan who was following him.

  Linglan was already ashamed of not being able to control Wen Ning, so she squatted down and didn't get up, and now she couldn't even lift her head up.

   "A Ning heard that Uncle Shen and Aunt Shen were coming, and thought that it was rare for the three elders to be here, and it would be a good time to clarify the misunderstanding, so she rushed here."

   Another misunderstanding?

  The three of them looked at each other in unison.

Wen Ning once again blessed her body, her docile eyebrows drooped, and she said softly: "Dad and Uncle Shen were talking and laughing after drinking, the Second Young Master Shen was only five years old, and Ah Ning was not even born, so the marriage should not be taken seriously. Now that Second Young Master Shen and I have grown up, it is best to ask the three elders to clarify this matter in time, so as not to delay their respective marriages."

  (end of this chapter)