After sending Zhao Junrong away, Mingyu hurried in to comb Shen Tianshu's hair and change his clothes.
He is now fifteen, and according to the Shen family's long-standing rules, the whole family must eat together.
When we were in the old house, there were about a hundred people in the family. They usually had their own meals, and they only had dinner together on two days a month.
After Shen Zhonglei took his family to Yongzhou Mansion and took office, although the family size became smaller, he still continued the rules of the old house.
When Shen Tianshu brought Mingyu to the main room, he saw Shen Zhonglei and Heping Niang, whom he had not seen when he came to say hello in the morning.
However, the atmosphere in the room was a bit awkward. Shen Zhonglei was minding his own business and asked about Shen Yuanlin's studies.
Ping Niang stood pitifully in the corner, trying to reduce her presence as much as possible.
Shen Yunhui, who had always been Shen Yunyao's follower, stood beside Ping Niang with his head downcast today, not daring to get close to the angry Shen Yunyao.
Although Mrs. Xu usually pretends to be generous in front of Shen Zhonglei, everyone in the family knows that she is jealous.
After she got married, she first got rid of the two wives chosen by her original wife for Shen Zhonglei, and then only promoted Ping Niang.
Although Ping Niang is Xu's dowry and is now quite old, Xu is also very wary of her.
Unless she is having her period, Mrs. Xu is not willing to let Shen Zhonglei go to Ping Niang's room.
This time the two had a quarrel and a cold war. Shen Zhonglei slept in Ping Niang's room for several nights. Even when he was drunk, he refused to go back to the main room. He made a fuss in front of the servants to go to the concubine's room, which really made Xu This mistress has no face.
Xu's mood was naturally not much better. When she saw Shen Tianshu entering the room, she said, "Now that everyone is here, let's start dinner!"
Shen Zhonglei asked without raising his head: "Why don't you ask Yi Hao to come over and eat together?"
It had been some time since he had been back. Although he couldn't say that he knew everything that happened at home during his absence, there were rumors inside and outside the house about Xu Yihao, and it was hard for him not to know.
Mrs. Xu was poked in a painful spot, and her face suddenly became a little confused.
Fortunately, Shen Zhonglei didn't want to quarrel in front of the children. He just said this to remind Mrs. Xu that she would know better and not hold on to trivial matters.
Mrs. Xu took a deep breath, finally gave in and said, "Knowing that Master likes to eat venison, I asked someone to buy one back. Tonight there is a pot of deer heart stew, as well as deer breast and antler specially made by the chef. For the soup, venison is the best way to replenish your health in winter. Master, please eat more."
Shen Zhonglei nodded with satisfaction and did not reveal the fact that Mrs. Xu had eaten a meal of roast venison yesterday.
All he asked of his wife was to run the house well, take good care of the children, and not cause trouble for him. Xu had always done a good job, but after giving birth to Shen Yuanlin, she became a little bit more temperamental from time to time.
Shen Zhonglei never tolerated her shortcomings, but he was also not stingy about saving her some face in the subtle ways.
After all, she is the matron of the house and the mother of her children, so she should still make room for herself when it is time to do so.
During the meal, Shen Yunyao rolled her eyes a few times, and suddenly smiled and said to Shen Zhonglei: "Father, you said before that we sisters should spend more time with Miss Zhao when we have time. I plan to go find Miss Zhao when I go down today." As we were talking, I didn’t expect that Miss Zhao was not in Dongkuoyuan, but went to my sister’s room. I didn’t expect that Miss Zhao’s relationship with her sister was so good.”
Shen Tianshu raised his head and glanced at Shen Yunyao, knowing that if she suddenly mentioned this, she must have a back-up plan waiting for him.
"Miss Zhao has nothing to do in the afternoon, so she just came to sit in my room. Since my sister knows, why don't you come over and talk together?"
"How did sister know that I didn't go?" Shen Yunyao's eyes flashed with evil, "I just never expected that after I went, I heard my sister chatting with Miss Zhao in the room through the window, saying what she said Whose family did the beautiful flower belong to? Shen Lang or Deng Xiucai. Oh, I was so embarrassed just listening to this. I didn't have the nerve to enter the house, so I had to go back to the room quickly. "
Shen Tianshu frowned slightly when he heard this. Even though several maids were here today, Shen Yunyao sneaked in and eavesdropped without being discovered. These few people under his command were still too careless and they had to be trained as soon as possible. .
With these words, Shen Zhonglei and Xu Shi's attention shifted to Shen Tianshu.
Shen Yunyao couldn't help but feel secretly happy and thought to herself, let's see if Shen Tianshu can find any way to defend himself this time.
Mrs. Xu already had a serious face and asked: "Tian Shu, what's going on? You are also a big girl. As the eldest sister in the family, you should set an example. How can you secretly watch such things? See for yourself You haven’t said anything yet, but you want to take Miss Zhao to watch it with you? If this good girl is led astray by you, how will we explain to the Zhao family?"
These words actually directly convicted Shen Tianshu, and even charged her with leading other girls into corruption.
Shen Zhonglei also knew something about the storybooks circulating in the market. Two years ago, there was a lady who loved to read the storybooks. Later, she imitated the words in the storybooks and eloped with a poor scholar.
At that time, this incident was very big and had a very bad impact on the city. For this reason, the government even renovated the bookshop.
Therefore, in Shen Zhonglei's impression, those love stories are not serious things.
He put down his chopsticks, frowned and asked, "Shu'er, what's going on?"
Although it was Zhao Junrong who brought the story, Shen Tianshu didn't want to blame it on her.
The story was originally kept privately by Zhao Junrong. If Mrs. Zhao found out, she would definitely be punished.
"If the eldest sister doesn't say anything, I'm afraid she will acquiesce, right?" Shen Yunyao couldn't help but feel proud.
You know, since Shen Zhonglei came back this time, she has never taken advantage of Shen Tianshu.
Now that Shen Tianshu was finally rendered speechless, she couldn't be happier.
Seeing Shen Tianshu not speaking, Shen Zhonglei shook his head in disappointment and said: "Shu'er, dad always thought you were a sensible child. In the past few days, you have been confined in your room and have to copy the female commandments ten times before you can do it again. Go out. "
When Shen Tianshu heard this, he didn't say anything and bowed down to accept the punishment.
After dinner, she returned to her room. While Mingyu helped Shen Tianshu find the female admonition, she couldn't help but complain for her: "Girl, all she reads are medical books on weekdays. Who knows what the story is about? It's obviously Zhao." Girl…”
"Okay, stop talking." Shen Tianshu stopped Mingyu and said, "Junrong is younger than me and is a guest. How can I blame the matter on her? It's just a female commandment. I just need to write it a few more times. It’s time to practice calligraphy.”
"But if the second girl said this deliberately, wouldn't it damage the girl's image in the eyes of the master?"
Shen Tianshu picked a writing brush, brought it close to his eyes, gently removed the loose hair with his fingertips, and calmly said, "What's the rush? What's fake can't be true, and what's true can't be fake."
