Red House Shoufu

Chapter 271

"Then don't give him a chance to bite back!"

Wang Huan had a lot of resentment towards Sun Shaozu. He poked the charcoal fire in the furnace again, gritted his teeth and said: "If the idea of ​​beating up the second sister fails, I will prepare the idea of ​​the fourth sister. For my own future, I will use all means to plan to the end. It's really shameless for a ten-year-old girl!"

"Okay, don't talk about these things that dirty people's ears."

Wang Qi interrupted Wang Huan's complaints, and said to the two of them, "It's fine for me and Mr. She to handle this matter. You should not get involved in these dirty things now, the most important thing is to raise your name."

Lin Shu and Wang Huan both want to follow the path of civil servants, and their reputation is extremely important to their future.Wang Qi tried to stand in front of them as much as possible, and basically let his son and son-in-law know the process of such secret calculations, but never let them get involved.

There are too many secret calculations, maybe it will pollute the hearts of the two of them.

Wang Qi changed the subject and asked suddenly: "Will Brother Shu still go to the cabinet before the seal?"

Lin Shu replied: "Yu'er has asked my son-in-law for leave, and Mr. Wei Ge means that it is fine to let my son-in-law go there on the last day. Is there anything you can do, Father-in-law?"

"I'm fine. It's just that there have been rumors in Beijing recently that Elder Ren Ge may be leaving his post and returning to his hometown. I don't know if it's true or not?"

It turns out that this is the case. Every change in the cabinet personnel will cause great waves in the court.

However, Ren Guocheng has not been in poor health for a year or two, and from time to time there are rumors that he is going to retire and return to his hometown.

"Father-in-law, my son-in-law didn't hear that Mr. Ren Ge was planning to become an official. It's just that Mr. Ren Ge was not in good health a few days ago. His Majesty sent an imperial doctor to treat him. This may be the reason that some people have moved their minds. After all The temptation to join the cabinet as a prime minister is too great."

Lin Shu thought for a while, and said to Wang Qi: "My son-in-law thinks that the chances of the cabinet changing in the next two to three years are not very high. The sage will not allow anyone to interrupt his arrangement, not even His Majesty."

Wang Qi nodded in agreement and said, "You have the same opinion as I do. Hexi is unstable, and the grasslands are stalking. The current cabinet has just been adjusted, so how can it be easily changed?"

Although Qi Bohan's temperament is somewhat pedantic, his character is upright.Zhang Li is both civil and military, proficient in martial arts.Ren Guocheng is kind, noble and flexible.Coupled with the fact that Wei Qinghe, who is known as He Xini, actually has great wisdom and vision, it is suitable for the current court situation.

The emperor is a king who became a monk halfway, and the Supreme Emperor still can't completely rest assured about Jiangshan Sheji.Anyone who dares to reach out to the cabinet at this time is poking the lungs of the Supreme Emperor.

So the rumors of Ren Guocheng becoming an official in the past few years are either just casual gossip, or someone is testing the Supreme Emperor and the emperor.

Wang Huan was not very proficient in these things, so he just sat quietly and listened.After Wang Qi and Lin Shu exchanged opinions, they stopped discussing.

Just at this time, Wang Xiaoshi sent a servant girl to invite the three of them to the middle hall for dinner, and Lin Shu realized that it was already noon before he knew it.

……

When Lin Shu and Daiyu left Wang's house, the carriage was full of gifts from Wang Xiaoshi.There are several large boxes of all kinds of snacks made by hand, and new winter clothes and capes for the brothers and sisters, all of which occupy a corner of the carriage.

"Is my brother very disappointed today?" Daiyu blinked and said to Lin Shu.

"Why did Yu'er say that?"

"My brother couldn't have a good talk with sister Yuan, I must be very disappointed!"

Damn!

Daiyu covered her forehead and glared at Lin Shu.

Lin Shu who had just tapped Daiyu's forehead laughed, but saw Daiyu take out a brand new purse with a pair of wild geese embroidered on it vividly.

Daiyu shook the purse in her hand, pouted and said, "The new plum blossom cake from Yupinzhai, the newest toy from Wanhui Pavilion, the new rouge gouache from Baihua Pavilion..."

Lin Shu quickly reached out his hand to stop Daiyu from continuing: "Stop, stop, stop! Buy, buy, buy! Can you give me the purse?"

Daiyu raised the corner of her mouth, said with a crooked smile, "Would you dare to knock on my forehead after seeing my brother? Well, this is what Sister Yuan entrusted me to give to my brother. She said that the purse on my brother's body was a little old last time. It was just embroidered two days ago."

The purse was embroidered very delicately, and no gold or silver thread was used on it, but the color matched well with Lin Shu's usual clothes.

Lin Shu replaced the old purse on his body, and hung it up carefully.Daiyu covered her mouth and smiled, "Brother is just like a child, as soon as he has new clothes, a purse, and a sachet, he puts them on quickly."

Lin Shu patted the purse lightly: "Let's say goodbye to the old and usher in the new. It's the end of the year. Isn't it appropriate to wear a new purse?"

……

At the end of the twelfth lunar month, the atmosphere of Chinese New Year in the capital was very strong. According to the practice of previous years, Shuntian Prefecture opened many new year festivals around the capital.

In particular, there are many businessmen gathered near the major temples and Taoist temples. The people have been busy for a year, and they take their families to play and buy new year's goods while playing.

Lin Shu didn't need to go to the cabinet to be on duty, so he wandered around Nanhufang City with the thick and warm Daiyu. The brothers and sisters each held a candied haws, and the hands of Wang Momo, Xueyan, Fuquan and others who followed behind were also the same. .

"This lantern is really beautiful, but it's a little small."

Daiyu picked up an exquisite lantern, and the carp picture drawn on it caught her attention: "Look, brother, the drawing technique is very similar to that of the fourth sister, so I'll buy a few more and send them to Rongguo Mansion for the fourth sister. "

Lin Shu looked it over and found that his painting skills were indeed extraordinary.He nodded and handed over a piece of broken silver. After Daiyu picked out several lanterns, the guards sent them to Rongguo Mansion immediately.

"My lord is Lin Jieyuan... Oh, Lin Liuyuan?"

Just as Lin Shu and the others were leaving, the young stall owner suddenly asked.

It's been almost a year since Lin Shu was called Lin Jieyuan, and the stall owner's accent was different from the official dialect in the capital, it was an obvious Nanzhili accent.

"You know me?"

"Tang Xiong, a student of the Imperial College, pays a visit to Bachelor Lin!"

This Tang Xiong bowed to Lin Shu, and explained to Lin Shu: "The student is from Jinling, and he just came to Beijing this winter. Three years ago, when the bachelor obtained Zhongjie Yuan, the student had the honor to meet the bachelor."

"Tang Xiong? From Jinling?"

Lin Shu read twice silently, and asked, "Do you know Tang Ying?"

Tang Xiong replied: "It's my brother!"

Lin Shu suddenly realized, no wonder this Tang Xiong said that he met him in Jinling three years ago, isn't this the little doll that Tang Ying brought with him when he attended the party in the same year?

He cheerfully asked: "So it's you, the kid who was drunk in the restaurant and said that he would surpass your brother in the examination room!"

When Tang Xiong heard Lin Shu mentioning his embarrassing incident, he scratched the back of his head shyly, and said shyly, "Scholar, don't mention it, students are going to die of embarrassment!"

Lin Shu laughed and asked, "What about your brother? Has he also come to the capital?"

As soon as Tang Ying was mentioned, bitterness appeared on Tang Xiong's face.He sighed, and said to Lin Shu: "My brother went on a trip half a year ago, and there has been no news for a long time..."

(End of this chapter)