Ning Guogong and Shen Erye left the Jingxin Residence, and the father and son walked along the corridor.
There are a row of tall and straight sycamore trees on both sides of the corridor. Although they are not as green and lush as in summer, they still cover the sky and block out the sun, giving people a very shady feeling.
"Tang'er's trip to Beijing, I guess the prince's family will definitely attack him. The emperor's grandson is not a person who can accommodate others, and with the previous incident, let Shen Jian keep a close eye on him. If it is really impossible, Just find something for them to do. This time, I always have a feeling that the mountain is about to come."
Ning Guogong fought on the battlefield for many years, and survived several times because of his keen sense of smell. As soon as he said that, Second Master Shen would naturally not turn a deaf ear to it.
"The son will order someone to watch."
Ning Guogong nodded, his thick gray eyebrows were tightly frowned, and he said again: "You tell your wife and the eldest daughter-in-law, if she is still so ignorant and ignorant, and always makes you feel like a mother, I will send her away." Go back to the king's house."
"Father..." Second Master Shen was a little surprised.
Mrs. Shen has not been like this for a day or two, maybe when she goes crazy, no one will lose face and talk nonsense. The reason for such a situation is naturally the Shen family's habit.
Ning Guogong is sympathetic to the fact that Uncle Shen is gone, leaving behind a family of orphans and widows, who usually turn a blind eye. And Second Master Shen is more concerned about the face of his eldest brother. Uncle Shen is nearly ten years older than him, and he is both a brother and a father to him.
Especially in his heart, everything in the Shen family should belong to the eldest brother. When the eldest brother is gone, it will be his turn. He once swore in his heart that he must treat his sister-in-law well and treat the children of the eldest family as if they were his own, so he ordered his wife to be tolerant in everything. There are good things in the house, the parents are always close first, then the first wife, and finally the second bedroom.
The children of the second room did not say that the children of the first room gave them bad looks. He always trained his own children first, but now the first room is getting more and more excessive, and the eldest sister-in-law is getting worse and worse.
It has to be said that Second Master Shen was relieved when Ning Guogong said this. Because he didn't know how long he could endure if this trouble continued.
"Tai Ge'er's child is getting more and more shameless. Let him go to my yard from tomorrow. I watch him practice martial arts every day. I told the concierge that he is not allowed to leave the house anymore! You are not allowed to replace him anymore. Keep it a secret!"
"Father, I..."
"I know what you think, but His Majesty gave you the throne at the beginning, so you should accept it. If, if Brother Tai becomes like this, your father and I may feel worthless for your eldest brother in my heart. The key is that he is not that Block material. In the early years, in order to stabilize the Sacred Heart, your elder brother asked your sister-in-law to stay in Beijing with a few children, but look at how she taught those two children?! Small as a mouse, I can't even speak smoothly... Our Shen family can't stand the wind and rain, only these few seedlings are left..."
Seeing his father sighing, thinking that he was already in his sixtieth year and still worried about his family, Second Master Shen felt that he was worthless. If you can't do it, you can't do it, and you can't afford anything. In the past, there was a big brother, but now the big brother is not there, and his father has to worry about it every day.
"You are a sensible person, and you are also a good person. Father believes that you can continue to lead the Shen family until..." Ning Guogong didn't say any more.
Second Master Shen remained silent, lowering his head, wondering what he was thinking.
At noon, there was a banquet at Jingxinju, Mrs. Shen left in anger, Ning Guogong personally ordered her not to be called, so no one dared to call her.
Mrs. Shen lost her temper in the courtyard of the big house. After scolding cats and birds, she scolded the servants again before entering the house angrily.
"Now they are paying less and less attention to us!"
Hearing this, Miss Shen San who was sitting on the big kang under the window raised her head helplessly and glanced at her.
Dafang has five children in total, three daughters and two sons. The eldest girl and the second girl have already been married, and now the children are all grown up. The third child is an elder brother and the eldest son of the Shen family. He is seventeen now and his name is Shen Tai. In fact, there was another brother in front of Shen Tai, who died in just a few months.
Below Shen Tai is Shen San, who is fourteen years old now, and there is a youngest son at the bottom, who is born in a concubine of Uncle Shen, who is twelve this year.
Miss Shen San was born fair and clean, like a budding white magnolia, she did not look like Mrs. Shen, but followed the good looks of the Shen family.
"Mother, don't think about it too much, no one in the family thinks of us." Miss Shen San didn't want to talk at first, but it can be seen that her mother is so angry that she can't do without persuading her.
Mrs. Shen was about to say something, when Shen Tai, who was sitting in the armchair next to her, said, "They didn't take us seriously, and it wasn't a day or two."
These words made Miss Shen frowned: "Brother, don't add fuel to the flames, I don't think anyone doesn't want to see us. Grandfather, grandmother, second uncle and aunt treated us very well, even the younger brothers in the second room My sister also treats us with great respect, you don’t feel guilty and panic when you say this, you must be happy if you want to make trouble for the whole family?!”
Shen Tai raised his brows, poohed on the ground and said, "Dancing with your brother, right? You've been confused by lard, right? This should belong to our family, it should be my place, but now it's my place. His Majesty gave it to him, so he should accept it? If he is sensible, he should let it out. But do you think he let it out? He didn’t accept it brazenly. Grandfather is old and confused, but I am not. Don't think about buying me with three melons and two dates!"
Miss Shen San watched her elder brother spit on the ground with some disgust, and a burst of sadness came to her heart.
Her father is also considered a hero, but he raised such a son, but who is to blame? Blame her mother? She was raised by her mother's side since she was a child, and she watched how difficult it was for Mrs. Shen to bring a few children by herself in Beijing.
In fact, I don't blame my grandfather for not being close to the big house, the key is that the big brother is too unbelievable, and Tong'er was raised and abandoned by her mother.
"Okay, okay, why are you arguing! You don't usually leave the house, and you quarrel with your sister as soon as you get home. Hurry up, don't get in your mother's eyes here!" Mrs. Shen suddenly scolded.
"When I want to quarrel with her?!" Shen Tai muttered, then licked his face and laughed again, "Mom, I don't have any money to spend, so give me some."
The son was stuck in her yard for the first time today, Mrs. Shen knew that nothing good happened, as expected.
"Where did you spend all the money in your hands all day long? Every day you ask your mother for money, and treat your mother as a mountain of gold and silver!" Cursing so much, Mrs. Shen still asked the girl to go to the room to get the money. . Seeing this, Third Miss Shen hurriedly said: "Mother, don't give him money, brother is gambling outside every day!"
Mrs. Shen frowned and looked at her son: "Are you gambling outside?"
Shen Tai glared at his younger sister, and then said: "Mother, don't listen to this girl's nonsense, I'm just socializing with friends. Every time I go out, it's not a problem that people always spend money, I have to ask back twice, so I don't fall behind." I have taken the name of Ningguo Gongfu."
"Your grandfather didn't want his family to show off."
Shen Tai said impatiently: "Others are confused, so are you? If I don't make some friends, how can I do business outside in the future? Your Majesty, he pretended to be stupid and didn't give errands to our family, so our family has been stuck like this? Living with this empty hat, the Duke of Ning’s title is only so much a year’s salary, which is not enough for the family, I haven’t seen that the mansion is reducing expenses recently... "
Seeing that the girl came out with the silver, he snatched it and put it into his bosom, and muttered a few words that he disliked that the silver was too little, only two hundred taels, and before Mrs. Shen could say anything, he ran away.
The third girl Shen looked at his back angrily, and then went to look at Mrs. Shen: "Mother, you just spoil him!"
"Okay, what your brother said is right, you are just a little girl, don't meddle in adults' business." His son knew it himself. Of course Mrs. Shen knew what her son was doing outside, so she wanted to walk away and take this Ningguo The crown prince's hat was put on Da Fang's head.
Upon hearing this, Third Miss Shen also became angry, threw away the book in her hand, and left.
Now the moon is getting older and her body is getting heavier and heavier, but Yaoniang dare not learn to be lazy like before, but began to increase the amount of activity.
Every day after meals, she would take a walk, firstly to digest food, and secondly to strengthen her body.
After the banquet at Jingxin Residence, Mrs. Ning Guogong went to take a lunch break. Concubine Jin and Yaoniang will stay until after dinner, so Mrs. Shen Er prepared a room for them to rest.
Yaoniang still remembered that there was not enough activity today, so she brought Yuchan to the back garden.
The Ningguo Mansion seems to be cold and cold, but the garden is well maintained. It is the time when the spring is warm and the flowers are blooming. The garden is also lush and the flowers that fit the solar terms are blooming. From time to time, there are butterflies dancing on the stamens to gather honey. .
Yao Niang walked in the garden in the shade, with a gust of breeze blowing, her nose was full of fragrance.
She couldn't help taking a deep breath and exhaling again, suddenly feeling as light as a swallow. She and Yuchan were walking along the path, talking in a low voice from time to time, when a young man walked towards them.
This young man came here, holding the things in his hands, muttering words in his mouth, with a carefree demeanor, quite a bit of a libertine.
Yaoniang looked up subconsciously, and was about to step aside when the man suddenly stopped and walked around in front of Yaoniang.
"Yo, I didn't realize that there is such a beautiful girl in this mansion." This person's appearance is not bad, but unfortunately his expression is annoying and his eyes are disgusting.
Yuchan reprimanded: "Bold, where are you from?"
The man answered irrelevantly: "This little white face, let me feel it, young master, whether it is slippery or not, whether it is tender or not..." While his mouth was not clean, he began to move his hands and feet.
Yaoniang subconsciously wanted to hide, but the other party realized that Yaoniang had a big belly and was about to say something, but was knocked unconscious by Yuchan with a knife from the side.
Yaoniang was taken aback, and she lowered her voice and said, "Yuchan, why did you knock him out? What should we do? He must be the owner of some courtyard in the mansion."
This man is well-dressed, and he is not a servant at first glance.
"Ma'am, don't be afraid, it's fine. The servant threw him into the grass, and he won't make a sound when he wakes up."
"But will this cause trouble for His Highness?" Yaoniang still remembered that King Jin said before that the Shen family was more important to him.
"No." Yuchan said, pulling the man up on the ground and dragging him into the grass.
It was the first time Yaoniang discovered that Yuchan had such great strength.
After putting this person away, the master and servant left in a hurry. Yao Niang went back to the room, and even planned that if things got into trouble later, she would just bite to death and rest in the room without going out.
Fortunately, this person did not show up until they left.
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Shen Tai slept in the grass for nearly two quarters of an hour before waking up faintly.
After waking up, he found that his neck was extremely painful. He shook his head and naturally remembered what happened before.
Of course he is not a fool, if he guessed correctly, that woman would be King Jin's concubine. I never thought that King Jin would be so lucky to have such a beauty by his side.
Naturally, Shen Tai would not say anything about such things, he just cursed bad luck and left.
Sure enough, it was also unlucky, and he went to the gambling house afterwards, and he lost all his money without even making a bubble. Just as he was about to leave, a person squeezed beside him.
"Brother, I see that you are unlucky, but do you need to borrow some money?"
It was not the first time for Shen Tai to come to the gambling house, so he naturally knew that there were loan sharks in the gambling house. Duke Ning's mansion is not short of food and drink for him, and he can't spend much money on weekdays. It was only after he got involved in gambling that he realized that money was in short supply, but he never thought of borrowing usury.
He is not stupid, he knows how harmful this usury is.
But knowing it all, his heart was ready to move. It was because he spent the money he planned to invite people to have a drink, and it was also a gamble to make money.
"You know who I am, so you dare to lend me loan sharks?"
"The famous Mr. Ningguo, I don't know who you are, even the younger ones can't find you!"
Shen Tai liked people's praise of him the most, snorted, and raised the corners of his eyes: "You have something in your eyes, I won't borrow too much, and I'll bet two to turn over the books first."
This person didn't say much, and immediately drew five hundred taels of silver notes from his pocket and gave it to him.
The problem is that Shen Tai has been unlucky tonight, but it's actually not bad, and he got better for a while, but unfortunately he was greedy, thinking of the money he lost here before, he wanted to make a fortune. Unexpectedly, all the winning silver was poured out, and the man borrowed five thousand taels of silver.
This amount has completely exceeded the amount that Shen Tai can use, even if Mrs. Shen dotes on him again, she will not give him five thousand taels all at once.
Shen Tai's face was ashen, but the matter had come to an end, and he only had to wait for him to raise money before repaying it.
He cursed and walked outside, but was grabbed by the man.
"Master Shen, my master has something to talk to you about, now the five thousand taels will not only not have to be paid back, but you can also have an explanation for the matter that you have been thinking about for a long time."
For some reason, Shen Tai remembered the matter of the eldest son of Duke Ning's mansion.