Following the baggage team and a group of juniors, it was already late summer when Guard Chief Ying and his party arrived in the imperial capital.
At this time, Taifu's Mansion had been rebuilt on the original site. The Wei family immediately helped collect the materials needed to build the mansion after the fall of the imperial capital that year, and it had been several years since Xiao was born. The scale of this newly built mansion is not as good as before, and the carvings and carvings in many places are even better.
This is because Shen Zangfeng had previously been granted the title of King Ding from the Duke of Dingguo. This was after all the soldiers and horses in the Central Plains decided to expel the Beirong together. Since no one has yet been able to replace the Wei family and proclaim the emperor, the Wei family has continued to be retained. .
The parties that promised to form an alliance, even those who had been kings themselves, also completed the formalities with the court.
Using the guise of Emperor Wei, the alliance was reluctantly concluded.
"Actually, how can the Rong people be so scary?" The green outside the window at the end of summer was thick, as if lust could drip at any time. Shen Shuyan closed the book, turned her head, and disapprovingly twirled her fingers to count how many soldiers and horses there would be after the alliance was formed. Cousin Shen Shuxie, who was shocked by Beirong's fighting power, said, "It's just that our people are not united and are trying to contain each other, which makes them appear to be powerful. If those people hadn't been plotting behind the scenes, our Xiliang army would have been defeated." Enough to drive them back!"
Shen Shuxie said in surprise: "Isn't it said outside that all the Beirong people are more than eight feet tall, have green faces and fangs, like to eat the brains of babies... and they can also use magic?"
"Do you believe the rumors in the market?" Shen Shuyan twitched the corner of her mouth, hit him lightly with a book, and lectured, "These are all made up by the people who are afraid of the soldiers! You used to meet me at Diecui Pass Have you ever been to the Di people? The Rong people and the Di people are both different races, but they are not the same as humans. Have you ever seen someone from Wei who is eight feet tall and has a green face and fangs? Is that a human or a monster? … Beirong is so powerful, why haven’t we in the Central Plains taken over it long ago?”
Just as Shen Shuxie was about to speak, Shen Shuyan's expression suddenly changed and she said, "No! Where did you hear such rumors in the market? Did you run out secretly? Who did you ask to accompany you? You didn't think about it, didn't you?! Third Aunt has repeatedly given orders to you not to go out—"
"I went with Aunt Gu!" It was rare for Shen Shuxie to have his whereabouts revealed but he didn't feel guilty. He puffed up his chest and said as if he had found a backer, "Aunt Gu said she was amazing. She is such a fierce and terrifying soldier. One person can fight eight! There will be no problem if she takes me out!”
Shen Shuyan said speechlessly: "Aunt Gu... Well, I remembered it. It was Gu Rouzhang, the former eldest daughter of the Gu family in the imperial capital. She married a child of the Pei family in Youzhou... You didn't know that Aunt Gu wanted to be the third aunt back then. Are you a teacher? Do you think she can protect you? If you don’t tell the third aunt next time, do you believe that Aunt Gu will be called over and punished? "
"Mother is so powerful?" Shen Shuxie said in astonishment, "But yesterday she didn't want her father to hold her, but his father picked her up easily..."
"Shut up!" Seeing that the servants waiting in the room either blushed or turned away quickly, Shen Shuyan, who was also blushing, quickly stopped him, "What nonsense are you talking about?!"
Shen Shuxie was very aggrieved: "It's true, I was catching grasshoppers under the window and I could see them clearly... Later, Aunt Cao called me away!"
"Have you finished your homework?!" Shen Shuyan couldn't stand this kid anymore and was furious, "Where are the words you should learn today? Where are the horse steps you should do? You haven't done anything! How dare you chat here? , Why don’t you go and do your homework quickly? If you don’t go, let’s see how I deal with you!”
Sure enough, when it came to homework, Shen Shuxie wilted. He no longer had the intention to argue about the scene of his parents being intimate that he saw, and said with a sad face: "Yesterday, Aunt Gu took me to the street to play... How can I have time to do it?"
"If you don't turn in your homework before dark, you know the consequences yourself!" Shen Shuyan was filled with murderous rage, slapping the table and shouting, "Uncle San gave you to me to discipline you, but you can be beaten or scolded by me! Don't do that!" You think I'm the third aunt and can't do that! I tell you, I was famous in the imperial capital when I was three years old, and you are my direct cousin, so you dare to embarrass me!"
The girl's fingertips, as slender and tender as spring bamboo shoots, pinched the soft flesh of Shen Shuxie's ribs without any gentleness at all, and twisted hard! The pain was so painful that Shen Shuxie screamed and cried bitterly: "I'm going to tell my mother!"
"Uncle Three and Aunt Three have said that from now on, you will be under my control!" Although Shen Shuxie said that he had been practicing martial arts since last year, he had always tried his best to skip classes, so it was as if he had not learned anything. Coupled with his young age, how could he escape from his cousin who was several years older than him
He cried and struggled for a while, but Shen Shuyan pinched him a few more times ruthlessly, patting his face and telling him: "Get out of here and do your homework! If you don't do it, I'll pinch you until you do it!"
In the hands of this strong and cruel cousin, Shen Shuxie's coquettish and playful ways that had stumped her parents in the past were all useless. She cried so much that she choked, but in the end she was obedient and did her homework.
... Half an hour later, the incident was reported to Wei Changying. She listened calmly and said with a smile: "Sure enough, Yan'er looked at Xie'er very well. Xie'er is such a naughty child. After all, Yan'er There is a way to make him obey."
Naturally, Shen Zangfeng would not let go of this opportunity to show off his merits: "How about it? My husband said, if Sun Wenwen is not brought back, there will be someone in our family who can control that kid, right?"
"Isn't that right?" Guard Chief Ying glanced at him, his eyes as gentle as water and his smile as bright as flowers. But as soon as the servant was sent away, she turned into a dominatrix in an instant!
"I told you a long time ago not to hug me before it gets dark! You just didn't listen! Look, you've been embarrassed in front of your son and niece! Fortunately, Yan'er was sensible enough to stop that kid! Otherwise, the two of us would have gone there Can you still go out?" Wei Changying grabbed her husband's ear with one hand and slapped the table with the other, and shouted angrily, "You are so impatient at your age!"
Shen Zangfeng swallowed his tears silently: "When you said lightly that you didn't want me to hug you, you still said it while snuggling into my arms and wrapping your fingers around my skirt! Then you followed me into the inner room. If I didn't follow If you go in, that’s stupid, right?”
But his ten years of experience as a couple told him that if he dared to contradict his wife now, he would be courting death!
So he could only apologize humbly...
"In short, it's all your fault!" Wei Changying listened to her husband's criticism with a heavy face, and hummed, "You don't look like a father at all!"
When Shen Zangfeng heard her summary, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that the matter would be over with a few words of coaxing. As a result, Wei Changying suddenly put on a thoughtful expression: "You weren't so immodest before, why are you like this now?"
"It seems a little bad?" Shen Zangfeng just felt the crisis, and the crisis had already broken out—
Wei Changying angrily slapped the long case and asked: "Is it because you raised a baby somewhere else, so you feel like a different person after not seeing each other for so many years?! Tell me clearly! Do you have a private aunt outside? ?”
"..." Shen Zangfeng looked at her speechlessly and said quietly, "Go out and ask people if I am so brave!"
Without waiting for Wei Changying to reply, Shen Zangfeng suddenly turned his face, stretched out his hand to caress her cheek, and shouted, "Also, what did Yinger say that my husband was not so immodest in the past? Of course I am a husband in front of others. It’s dignified, but when we’re alone together! When have you ever been so dignified? It’s so unreasonable!”
Wei Changying still wanted to have a fit, but he couldn't help but laugh out loud as he listened, and pushed him angrily: "You are not dignified, are you still justified?"
"If husband and wife are respectful when getting along in private, what kind of boudoir happiness is that?!" Shen Zangfeng said proudly, "Dignity is just for outsiders to see - it seems that this boy Xie'er is too disobedient and runs around! What a shame! We still have a niece who can control him! I will praise Yan'er tomorrow!"
Wei Changying smiled and punched him: "Hey! Your niece pinched your son so hard that he burst into tears in front of the servants!"
"It's just a few pinches, it's just a pain in the flesh. Besides, Yan'er has a sense of control. It will only make him suffer, but it won't really hurt him." Shen Zangfeng reminded, "Don't feel sorry for Xie'er. ! Otherwise, this kid is useless! We only have two sons now, and you don’t like it. If Guang’er doesn’t have a brother to help him, it will take several years for Da’er and He’er to grow up!”
Hearing him mention Shen Shuming, Wei Changying's smile froze, and he thought for a moment before saying, "There is something I never told you when I wrote to you."
Shen Zangfeng guessed the clue as soon as he heard it: "Shu Ming?"
"According to the fifth younger brother and sister, he became very decadent after he arrived at the mine. He drank alcohol every day and didn't care about anything." Wei Changying said, "The fifth younger brother and sister summoned him to teach him in the other courtyard at the foot of Mengshan Mountain. However, the previous few times He was still willing to go. The next few times, he was drunk or addicted to sex, and no one could shout. After I found out, I sent someone away, but he didn't pay much attention... "
Shen Zangfeng frowned, and after a moment, he said calmly: "I think after the second brother returns, the fifth brother and sister will tell him. Let the second brother handle this matter."
Seeing that the atmosphere between the two suddenly turned cold, Wei Changying felt a little uncomfortable and couldn't help but said: "I didn't say anything to him!"
"I know." Shen Zangfeng sighed and touched her temples, "Don't worry too much... I don't doubt what you said or did to him to cause him to be so depressed now. But I feel sorry for my eldest brother. Shu Ming is a legitimate son. You have seen how he doted on Shu Ming in the past. My eldest brother once told me that he did not hope that Shu Ming would achieve much in the future. It was okay to be a playboy relying on the Shen family, as long as he did not cause big trouble for the family. Just fine.”
Wei Changying bit his lip and thought: "Brother, because he was the appointed young leader of the Shen family, he could not stay with Xin Yi. Even if he eloped, he was caught. In the end, Xin Yi and his sister-in-law were not able to survive. To a good end. If he hadn't been the young clan leader, a son like the fifth and sixth brothers who didn't expect him to inherit the family business, maybe my father-in-law would have turned a blind eye and let him take that Xin Yi as his concubine... He was afraid of Xin Yi The worst he can do is not marry. For this reason, the eldest brother doesn’t expect his only legitimate son to be too capable. But now it’s no longer a question of whether Shu Ming is capable or not... This person will be destroyed!"
"It's just that Shu Ming is the only male heir of eldest brother. Second brother and I don't expect him to be outstanding. Let's forget about the trouble he caused this time. At least we can live a stable life and don't let down eldest brother's love for his son. " Shen Zangfeng sighed, "This kid... is really... "
He shook his head and did not continue to express his disappointment with his nephew. Instead, he patted his wife on the shoulder and reminded her: "It's almost time. Let's clean up. The children will come to pay their respects later." (To be continued)