Now that the Li family is losing power, the Shen family is profiting from it.
Since ancient times, the civil and military affairs have been indifferent to each other. Seeing the Shen family becoming more and more prosperous, it makes Li Chun, the left prime minister, unable to swallow his breath.
Just as Empress Li was in trouble with Concubine Shen in the harem all day long, Left Prime Minister Li Chun always regarded Jianwei General Shen Congyan as a thorn in his side during the previous dynasty.
Although the Shen family was a family of generals, in the eyes of Li Chun, a civil servant, they were simply vulgar generals with no dignity at all.
But it is this kind of family that can attract two generations of Lin family's legitimate daughters to marry.
You know, the Lin family is not an ordinary family.
The history of the Lin family in Jiangnan is even longer than the founding of Donghua.
Over the years, there have been countless amazing and talented people in the clan.
Looking through the history books, we can see that many virtuous ministers and ministers in the past dynasties came from the Lin family in Jiangnan.
Because of this, for many years, countless families have hoped to have contact with the Lin family, so that their families can take a step forward.
Among them, marriage is naturally the best way.
If the family can be tied to the Lin family through the wedding ceremony, then it will definitely be beneficial to their own family without any harm.
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And when he thought of this, Li Chun gritted his teeth with hatred, thinking that he Li Chun could now be regarded as the left prime minister at the head of hundreds of officials. Although he was not the right prime minister, who said that he would not be able to go further in the future.
If one day, the second prince can be honored as a great treasure, then their Li family will naturally reach a higher level and become the first family of the Great Jin Dynasty.
Li Chun didn't believe that the Lin family could not understand this truth clearly.
But even so, when Li Chun revealed that he wanted to marry a daughter of the Lin family to the third prince as his concubine, the current head of the Lin family, Mr. Lin, the eldest brother of the Queen Mother Lin and Mrs. Shen in the palace, immediately refused without thinking. .
Li Chun thought that the Lin family might have cared about Mrs. Shen and the Shen family, so they rejected him.
After all, Mrs. Shen's biological daughter, who is now Concubine Shen, is also of Lin family blood.
So after that, Li Chun retreated and settled for the next best thing.
Some time ago, he wrote to Mrs. Lin again, expressing his willingness to marry Lin's daughter as the eldest grandson of the Li family.
You know, Li Chun's eldest son has mediocre talents and weak character.
Li Chun never intended to hand over the Li family to his hands.
Therefore, as soon as his eldest grandson became sensible, he took him with him and taught him personally.
Fortunately, his grandson is really talented and has been a good student since he was a child.
Now the fourth son of the Li family is not as good as a weak crown, but he is already a Jinshi at a young age.
Although he is not as good as the second son of the Shen family, he can still be regarded as a famous young talent in Beijing.
After all, the fifteen-year-old young champion, Quan Donghua...or perhaps the only one in the world, is Shen Qiaoqi.
It can be said that Li Chun devoted all his efforts to him, and naturally he had high expectations.
Everyone knows that if nothing unexpected happens, this fourth son of the Li family will be the future head of the Li family.
Li Chun was very proud that his grandson was so outstanding. In his heart, his fourth grandson was probably no worse than the young master of the Lin family.
Therefore, Li Chun felt in his heart that he wanted to marry Lin's daughter for him, which was a great deal of sincerity. I think the Lin family would be very satisfied with their grandson.
After all, Shen Congyan, a martial artist, could marry Lin's direct daughter.
As for my grandson, he is survived by his grandfather who was the left prime minister, and he himself is indeed talented.
Presumably, he will be able to catch the eyes of the Lin family.
But unexpectedly, the Lin family simply refused.
This time, even Mrs. Lin did not reply in person, but directly sent the letter to Queen Mother Lin in the harem.
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At the moment, Li Chun didn't know anything about all this, and was still waiting for the Lin family's reply with some complacency.
Originally, Li Chun was still very confident about this.
But after tonight...
Thinking about how he ordered someone to hold Shen Qiaochen hostage tonight, Li Chun couldn't help but feel a little more resentful towards the Bai family and their daughter.
Just because of their bad idea this time, he was so embarrassed in front of Xiao Jue's son.
If he didn't know that he had no one to use in the Shen Mansion, he would never let the mother and daughter go.
Moreover, as we all know, in the past few decades, two generations of Lin's legitimate daughters have married into the Shen family one after another.
Married to two generations of heads of the Shen family respectively.
These two Lin's daughters are now Mrs. Shen and her eldest daughter-in-law, Shen Congyan's wife Mrs. Lin.
Shen Qiaochen is the only legitimate daughter of the Shen family, and it is said that she has been favored since she was a child.
Given the relationship between the Shen family and the Lin family, if they knew what he had done, it would be impossible to get married.
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Of course, if Shen Qiaochen were present at this time, he would only laugh at Li Chun's naivety.
Even if nothing happened tonight, it would have been impossible for the Lin family to choose a family like the Li family for marriage.
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Of course Li Chun didn't know what Shen Qiaochen was thinking.
Right now, he was feeling regretful about his mistake tonight.
Thinking of myself yesterday, I was simply carried away by His Majesty's sudden decree.
In order to test the Shen family's thoughts, they came up with the idea of hurting the enemy by eight hundred and damaging themselves by a thousand.
Besides, what exactly did the Shen family lose?
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Li Chun didn't know whether the Shen family suffered any losses.
But in the current situation, the only ones who have suffered greater losses are the Li family.
After thinking about tonight's events several times, Li Chun finally sighed and ordered:
"Wenzhu, let everyone come back, be careful, don't leave a tail."
Wen Zhu whispered yes, and just as he was about to turn around, he heard Li Chun add from behind:
"Over at the Shen Mansion, remember to take care of things. Tell them that this matter is over. I don't want to hear any more rumors about today's incident."
Li Chun's tone was indifferent, as if he just said it casually.
But Wen Zhu knew that what Li Chun meant was that if the mother and daughter of the Bai family knew that what happened tonight had failed, they would definitely find another opportunity in the future and try their best to spread the word.
According to their hatred for the Shen family, especially Shen Qiaochen, how could they be willing to accept her disrepute if they didn't see her with their own eyes?
But the Prime Minister obviously doesn't want to let this matter continue to ferment, if the Bai family and her daughter continue to act like monsters.
Xiao Jue and the Shen family will definitely get to the bottom of it. Once they are found on their mother and daughter, the first one to be confessed will probably be the Prime Minister Zuo's Mansion.
By that time, even if Xiao Jue had promised not to pursue the matter further, the Shen family behind Shen Qiaochen would never give up.
What's more, there are the Queen Mother and Concubine Shen in the palace...
Therefore, for Li Chun right now, the most important thing is to marry the Lin family.
Other than that, everything can be put on hold for now.
After all, if she could really get on the big ship of the Lin family, then she would be able to disintegrate the relationship between Queen Mother Lin and the Shen family to a certain extent.
After all, the Queen Mother's surname is still Lin, not Shen.
