... Although Shen Shuyan went into a big fight and provoked all her cousins to complain to their elders, the banquet she organized was really lively -
On Shen Zangzhu's birthday, everyone in Mingpei Hall found reasons to come over to watch the excitement:
During the day, thousands of colorful flowers decorate the jade tree branches in the courtyard;
At night, the decorations are replaced by ice lanterns. The crystal light makes the originally ordinary snow scene look like a fairyland.
This is just for the outdoors. The various furnishings inside are even more unique. Many of them were created by Shen Shuyan this time. It can be said that no one has seen them before. Even the dishes at the banquet made Shen Shuyan read through the classics and think hard before making a few changes.
Although she had never cooked before, she was very clever. Although the dishes she cooked according to her instructions were not wonderful, everyone felt they were fresh. Shen Zangzhu and Wei Changying were born in this family. Humanoids have enjoyed all the wealth and wealth in the world since they were young. For them, no matter how luxurious it is, it is nothing unusual, so "freshness" and "intention" can attract their attention.
Finally, all the younger members of the Shen family, including the guests Wen Zhiqi and Wen Yulan, regardless of gender, gave Shen Zangzhu the best knot they had made in the past few days as a souvenir. The second best ones were given to Wei Changying and other elders.
All in all, not to mention anything else at this banquet, at least the words "original" and "well-intentioned" are recognized by everyone.
In particular, Shen Shuyan had never hosted a congratulatory banquet before, and there were not many days between the time she took over and the date of the congratulatory banquet. For a time, all the elders praised her for being smart and capable.
Wei Changying told Huo Qingling with emotion in private: "I used to think that Yan'er was very smart in poetry and books. I just thought that if a girl who loves reading so much gets old enough, she will be able to do anything with needlework. He didn't learn, just like I did in my parents' family - it would be weird if I didn't get talked about by my elders endlessly! As a result, when I got to the age of learning female celebrities, this child still drew inferences from one example to another, and his embroidery skills made me dare not admit that Guang'er was the same in those years. I did the embroidery on Xie'er's clothes with my own hands. Now she is so neat and capable in housekeeping..."
"Yan'er's temperament is still a bit stubborn." Huo Qingling also praised her niece's intelligence, but she was still a little worried, "Sister-in-law, do you think how many people have come to complain to you this time? Xi'er and Xie'er and the others have come to report it again and again. Although the servants don't dare to say it openly, they do not agree with it in roundabout ways. I am not saying that Yan'er is not doing well, but now in my own family, you have your support in everything. , Xie'er and Xi'er are both direct cousins, and they are young, so even if they are unhappy, it will be over in the blink of an eye. But if they continue to be so arbitrary after leaving the palace, they may not get along with their husband's family! "
"Teach her slowly. Wasn't this child awkward before? Now that she thinks about it, let's give it a try - as you can see, she is very smart! It's just that she was not willing to use this smartness before." Ying is not worried about this niece anymore. People with talent in this world are destined to have a much easier time than those without talent, even if they don't pay attention. What's more, Shen Shuyan's talent can be said to be the best that Wei Changying has ever seen. One of the best smellers.
If I think about it this way, I really feel sorry for Duanmu Yanyu that such an outstanding person is a daughter.
If Shen Shuyan was a son, Wei Changying felt that Shen Shuguang's status would definitely be unstable - she knew very well what Shen Zangfeng was like, and he could distinguish between public and private matters. No matter how much he favors Shen Shuguang and Shen Shuxie, if any of his nephews is more suitable to run Mingpeitang than his son, Shen Zangfeng will definitely cultivate and teach his nephew personally. I will never suppress a nephew who is better than his son just because he is his biological son.
Thinking of her husband, Wei Changying sighed inwardly. Shen Zangfeng went off to war again just a short time after his filial piety.
This time there was no luck like when the two separated for the first time, and the daughter she longed for was still missing.
"I don't know when the days of being together less and more apart will come to an end..." Wei Changying kept talking to Huo Qingling about family affairs, and asked about Shen Shuyao's situation from time to time, but his mind jumped to thousands of mountains and rivers. outside…
The imperial capital is covered with snow.
In the hastily built Prince Ding's Mansion, Shen Zangfeng was wearing a crimson round-neck robe, a jade belt around his waist, and a golden crown on his head. Through the glazed window, against the snowy light, his face looked like flawless jade. Although he had lost a lot of money due to busy military affairs, he was in good spirits, and his majesty was not revealed in his gaze.
After years of hard work, the sharp edge between the eyebrows when we first got married has quietly disappeared, and only appears when needed, shocking the soul!
At this moment, he looked like a weak scribe who was not familiar with martial arts. He stood with his hands behind his back and frowned slightly, even looking a bit bookish.
He was looking at Zhang Luoning, who was looking down at him with a lifeless face, and his calm tone revealed confusion and regret: "Pingxu, why are you so lonely and depressed?"
He has been in the imperial capital for some time.
... Previously, Shen Lianshi led the front army to the vicinity of Yanzhou City and happened to save a group of Wei people. It's just that the common people hated the Xiliang army because of the Rong's invasion of the Central Plains under the banner of avenging Shen Shumo. However, Shen Lianshi, who had a guilty conscience, made a mistake in his decision. He thought that it was not appropriate to provoke another dispute under such circumstances, so he ordered his subordinates to suppress it. The Xiliang army resisted, and after being beaten and scolded by the people, they took the baggage they gave them and walked away!
As expected, Wei Xinyong later made a big fuss about this matter, claiming that the Shen family knew they were in the wrong, so they took the initiative to restrain the Xiliang army. Which of the three frontier armies is not extremely arrogant? In the previous disputes between the Xiliang Army and the Qingzhou Army, it was revealed that from Shen Zangfeng to an ordinary soldier, he moved forward without giving in regardless of reason.
In the secret prostitution dispute a few years ago, Su Yuwu took the initiative to settle the matter. This was regarded as ironclad evidence that the Xiliang Army was so arrogant in nature that even the Qingzhou Army, who were two generations of in-laws and also a frontier army, gave in. !
How could such an army tolerate the offense of a few common people? !
So if the original suspicion of the Shen family was five points, because of this incident, it suddenly became seven points!
At this time, Shen Lianshi was tricked by Su Yuwu again - after discovering the mistake in his response, he decided to attack Yanzhou and massacre the Rong people to alleviate this betrayal of the people.
So he continued to be caught by Su Yuwu - the Xiliang army went on an expedition, but was demoralized by the people when they first arrived. Yanzhou was notoriously easy to defend and difficult to attack throughout the Wei Dynasty. Even though the Rong people were not good at defending the city, they did not arrive in a hurry. Only the Xiliang army from the front army could easily capture it.
If Shen Zangfeng hadn't sent someone to respond in time after receiving the news, the Xiliang front army that launched into the Central Plains this time would have been almost completely dispersed!
Even so, Shen Zangfeng spent a lot of effort to reunite the former troops.
This time Shen Zangfeng did not give Shen Lianzhen face, and directly dismissed him as commander-in-chief of the former army and ordered Lu Shengnian to take over.
Then Shen Zangfeng ordered someone to draft a petition against the Rong. He clearly denied that Mo Ye was the blood of the Shen family. Instead, he pointed out in a firm tone that this was a plan to alienate the Rong people. The three major frontier armies of the Wei Dynasty and the Qingzhou Army had already been in Suzhou. Xiu Ming and Su Xiuwei were seriously injured by Huo Zhaoyu's successful calculation. Even though some of the remnants of the army returned to Qingzhou, they were robbed along the way, and the losses can be imagined!
As for the Donghu Army, they have been fighting against the Rong people one after another in the past few years, and they have already shown their weakness. This time the Rong people went south, and most of Donghu fell. The places that were still struggling to hold on survived only because the Rong people were eager to enter the fertile and rich Central Plains to plunder - so the Donghu army only had one breath left.
Only the Xiliang army has been recuperating for many years and can be said to be strong.
So why is this so-called "Shen Shumo" introduced by the Rong people? He is not a child of the Liu family, not a child of the Su family, not a child of the Song family, the Wei family, the Duanmu family... among the six clans in the country, such as the Lin clan, but he is a child of the Shen family? !
Moreover, in recent years, the Rong people have invaded the Central Plains not once or twice. Why did the Rong people invade again after the fall of the imperial capital and come up with such a reason
In addition to the fact that the Rong people were afraid of the Xiliang Army's great military power and tried to use the Wei people to eradicate or weaken the Xiliang Army, they took advantage of the hasty fall of the imperial capital and the inability to destroy or take away many personal belongings in the Taifu's Mansion to forge a The children of the Shen family who were owed by the Shen family came to seek revenge - what else could it be? !
- If they really want to avenge Shen Shumo, shouldn't the Rong people continue to attack Xiliang instead of quietly returning to Ma Donghu after a false shot in Xiliang? !
Shen Zangfeng also made people say: Such an obvious calculation, many people in the Wei Dynasty can't see it, and they are adding fuel to the flames. One can imagine the intentions of these people!
This explanation is reasonable and reasonable. In addition, Shen Zangfeng insists that Shen Shuming fell into the hands of the Rong people because he was deceived by the reason that Shen Zangli was still alive. It was not because he wanted to reunite with his brothers... so it fell down for a while. He also put an end to all the rumors.
At least that's the case on the surface... The main reason is that the Xiliang Army is really at its peak at this moment.
Even though Wen Yaozi, who has been prosperous in the past few years and thinks that his strength is growing day by day, his expression changed on the spot after witnessing the Xiliang Army's orders and prohibitions!
They needed the help of the Xiliang army to drive away the Rong people, and they were also afraid that Shen Zangfeng would fight them to the death regardless of what the world said... So at least in name, they all assisted the Shen family in starting to refute the rumors...
After reversing the situation that was originally extremely unfavorable for the Shen family, Shen Zangfeng had time to talk to his former close friends besides handling official matters.
The first person he dated was Zhang Luoning - if there were no accidents, Zhang Luoning would be the master of his eldest son Shen Shuguang, and the relationship between the two would become closer. Among the people that Shen Zangfeng was able to make his eldest son apprentice as, Zhang Luoning was not the only one who was talented enough to take on this responsibility, which shows the extent of their personal relationship.
After not seeing each other for several years, seeing this friend who used to be "riding a horse leaning on a leaning bridge, with red sleeves all over the building" looking so haggard, even if Shen Zangfeng had heard about his thoughts these days, he couldn't help but be surprised! (To be continued)