Shen Xuan's heart moved, but she said calmly: "Reporting to mother, there is indeed a person. This person's name is Xu He, and he is Xiao Shigong's nephew!"
Mrs. Shen glanced at her youngest son, patted his hand and said, "I heard that Xu He just passed the first Xiao Sanyuan exam in Nanzhili?"
Shen Xuan nodded.
Mrs. Shen rarely smiled and said to her second son: "I also heard that you have a good relationship with him? Is that so? Your eldest sister Shen Lang has reached the age of leaving the court. I want your eldest sister to see each other tonight. If If you have good character and good looks, I will ask your father to write a letter to Mr. Xiao Shi and ask him to facilitate this marriage!"
After hearing this, Shen Xuan thought about it and asked, "Mother, I heard that Mr. Xiao Shi came to Beijing this time because he was recruited by His Majesty to join the cabinet to manage politics. Have you discussed this matter with your father?"
Mrs. Shen said coldly: "Can't I make the decision on this kind of children's matter?"
Shen Xuan smiled bitterly in her heart.
My mother was in the backyard and didn't know many things happening in the court today.
Not even her father would say anything important to her.
She must not know that her father also had high expectations for joining the cabinet this time.
To this end, they also wrote letters everywhere and asked their disciples to build momentum for them.
However, fate was not as good as fate, and in the end the emperor chose Xu Song to join the cabinet, which made both his grandfather and father look ugly these days.
Even the Mid-Autumn Festival birthday banquet was almost cancelled.
In the end, I still took care of my face and held the event as usual.
Just imagine, my father probably has no good impression of the Xu family now, so how could he marry his eldest sister to Xu He.
But their father and son never said these words to people in the backyard.
Seeing Shen Xuan's silence, Mrs. Shen added, "Also, I heard that a "Shi Jia Zhai Collected Works" was recently released on the market?"
Hearing this, Shen Xuan suddenly turned to look at his younger brother Shen Wan and said, "Shi Xuan..."
Unexpectedly, before he finished speaking, Mrs. Shen scolded: "I'm asking you a question, but you don't answer, why do you go to find your brother?"
Shen Xuan suppressed the displeasure in her heart and could only reply: "Back to mother, there is one by Hailing Xu He!"
Shen Shi smiled and said: "It seems that this Xu He is indeed a learned man. What I mean by saying so much is actually very simple. I just want your brother to get closer to this Shen He! In addition, what happened to your sister , you find an opportunity tonight to lure him to Baoyuxuan, firstly so that your eldest sister can meet him secretly, and secondly so that your younger brother can have contact with others, do you hear me?"
Shen Xuan's face was bruised and purple, and she was very upset. But as her mother said, even her father would not be able to refuse easily, and she couldn't resist, so she had no choice but to nod.
At this time, Shen Wan smiled and said: "Second brother, I heard that Xu He's literary name is very popular in Nanzhi. My younger brother just wants to have more contact with him, so don't think too much about it!"
Shen Xuan sneered in his heart, he knew very well what his brother was made of.
Ever since he was a child, he has liked to grab things from him. Last time, he just praised Xu He in front of his father, Shen Han, and his own brother rushed to grab him.
Haha, but who is Xu He? How could the woman in the backyard and Shen Wan, who was raised by the woman, know?
Do they still think that relying on the name of the Shen family can get others to make friends?
It is true that the ignorant are fearless.
This is fine, Shen Xuan sneered in her heart, just to let these people see that the Shen family of today is no longer the Shen family of the past.
I, my grandfather, and my father worked hard, but in the end they could only manage to survive. Now, it's time for these people to wake up from their dreams.
Shen Xuan didn't want to stay in the hall for a moment longer, so he left after speaking.
After he left, Shen Wan sneered and watched her eldest brother go away. She turned to Mrs. Shen and said, "Mother, although Xu Liangsheng is just a scholar, this little Sanyuan's reputation is not something ordinary people can get. The eldest sister married He is not wronged!"
However, Mrs. Shen hesitated after her second son left: "No matter how powerful the man named Xu He is, he is just the eldest son of the Xu family in Hailing. The eldest sister is your father's direct daughter. After marrying her, mother still feels aggrieved. !”
Shen Wan quickly shook his head and said, "Mother, you don't know. Although Xu He is the younger eldest son, I have asked someone to find out. He is the younger brother Shi Gong's favorite, and he is even more popular than his legitimate son Xu Feng." Take it seriously, how can you suffer a loss if your eldest sister marries you?"
"Also..." Shen Wan said with a smile, "My child is eighteen this year. My eldest brother and my second brother were already students when they were eighteen. I still fail the exams many times. I see, my child is not a student. material!"
Shen became angry when he heard this, pointed at his forehead and reprimanded: "You also know that you are not living up to expectations. Your grandfather, your father, your eldest brother, and your second brother, none of them were already good before they were eighteen years old. It’s time to give birth, but it’s you, and you’ve wasted another year, and now you’re still just a child!”
Shen Wan was not afraid of his mother either. He smiled shamelessly and said, "Mom, please help me intercede with my father and let him find a way for me to go to Yingtian Mansion and be imprisoned!"
"Bah! You're not even a student, so you're in prison? What kind of prison are you in?" Mrs. Shen laughed angrily at her son.
However, Shen Wan disapproved and whispered in her ear: "Mom, I have found someone to take the exam for next year's government exam. He will definitely pass it by then. It is the year of the provincial exam. By the way, I can get a quota for supervisors, and I can participate in the exam the year after that. We’ve tried it, but if it doesn’t work, let’s spend some money and donate a job, it’s still better than just studying in the study!”
Mrs. Xie knew that her youngest son was not good at studying. When he heard this, he frowned and said, "Is the exam reliable?"
Shen Wan said disapprovingly: "Qin Que is also the old master of the pavilion. He can find gunmen even in the examination. Why should I be so aggrieved? Don't worry, I have arranged everything!"
Unexpectedly, Ms. Xie still shook her head and said, "That's not possible. Your grandfather and your father have already said that the family cannot afford to lose that person and does not allow his descendants to live in prison!"
Shen Wan smiled: "This is why the child wants to associate with Xu He!"
Mrs. Xie was startled when she heard this, then smiled and nodded her youngest son's head and said, "You have set your sights on Little Shigong. You want to follow his path and help you get a position as a supervisor. When the time comes, It’s hard for your father to say anything, right?”
Shen Wan Xiaoyi slapped her mother on the back and said with a smile, "Mom still understands me!"
"Bah, you have the nerve to say that you are the only one in the family who is not making progress, which makes me lose face by following you!" Mrs. Shen was thinking about this matter in her mind while scolding her son.
This Xu He was able to win some small three yuan at a young age, and published a collection of essays that was said to have a great response among scholars. Unfortunately, he was only a junior eldest son, and his large fortune had nothing to do with him. The eldest sister married...
But then I thought about it, with the help of Xiao Shigong, among other things, it solved the quota of the youngest son's supervising birth, so it is worth marrying this eldest sister!
Thinking of this, she already had an idea in her mind, but she didn't show it on her face: "Let's see the people tonight before we talk!"
Shen Wan was very familiar with his mother's behavior, and he already knew the result in his heart. He quickly smiled and said, "It's all thanks to my mother!"
"Go, go, your hands are so heavy, call the girl!"
"Yes Yes Yes……"
