The most important New Year Festival for the people is when the twelfth lunar month enters. Whether it is a large gentry or a family, they often start to prepare New Year’s goods happily and prepare for the New Year.

In the Songjiang Shen clan's house, there was a bleak cloud of sorrow.

Not only because of the loss of the clan leader in June, but also because people came to the capital, what they brought was not the favors and gifts before the Spring Festival, but a bad news that Chen Jue, who had succeeded to the second house, was in vain.

Master Zongfang, the current leader of the Shen clan, Chen Hai, immediately vomited blood when he heard the news. The leader's wife was also sad when she got the news. Both of them were ill in bed, and Zongzi was still in a state of despair. The sad young brother died early, and he couldn't help but feel anxious again.

If my parents had something to do... it would be another three years...

In the officialdom, there are ever-changing changes.

For Shen Ji, who is quite motivated, leaving Beijing for a year makes him worried, let alone another three years. When he was worried about his parents, Shen Ji's complaints about the second wife became even deeper.

However, because he did not become an official, he was not thinking about future and interests, which was a bit more humane than Shen Machinery. While serving the sick, he remembered what happened in the summer and regretted it. It was not that he didn't love his younger brother, but he was just before Being blinded by jealousy, I have now awakened.

"Why did Brother Jue leave..." Chen regretted and was still suspicious and said to his second grandma: "What's going on in the second room? Brother Jue is not a child, so there must be a reason for this, otherwise it's fine. How could a cold wind pass by?

The second grandma said in surprise: "Second Master is thinking too much? The heir who has only adopted him for a weak bloodline has been three years now. Brother Jue is about to become a child. He is at the age of getting married and having children. If he only cares about him, how can he have a love? other?"

Chen knew what his wife said made sense, but he couldn't let it go, so he got up and went to the living yard.

Li Shi, the butler of the Shangshu Mansion who came from the capital to report the demise, was placed in the living yard.

It is said that although Chen Cang is not the prime minister, the two generations of Shen family father and son were officials of the capital, and the Shen family's housekeeper was not ordinary.

However, it not only represents the grand master and his wife going south, but also apologizes, butler Li is naturally humble.

Others don’t know the identity of Butler Li, and have been in Beijing for many years, but they know that they are politely placed in the living courtyard.

I came over and asked Mr. Li about the truth.

It has been three days since Butler Li arrived in Songjiang. Although he was a clan house and was very entertained, but Butler Li was a few years older than Chen Cang. He was tired from the journey and was not withstand the wet and cold weather in the south of the Yangtze River, so he felt a little unhappy.

When the servant beside him said, "The Second Young Master is here", Butler Li cheered up.

The words in his stomach had already been prepared, and he was half said three days ago. Because the master and the eldest wife of the sect fell down, the sect was busy, but no one remembered to continue asking about this.

Shen was waiting in the small hall. When he saw Butler Li come out, he forced himself to press his anger and said a few polite words.

Li Shi was used to socializing with Chen Cang in the capital, and could not see any deep emotions. He sighed and said, "Since the third master left, my third master has been sick. My master is an official again, so he can easily pull himself out. No, I sent my old servant over..."

Hearing this, thinking that the Shangshu Mansion in Beijing was indeed a small population, Chen Jue looked a little slow and said, "Where is Brother Rui?"

Li Shi said: "I will tell you that the old master is now the old man in Shangshu Mansion, and the young man is sick, and only the second master is better..."

Thinking of going to the capital with the two, Shen Rui is now fine, but Chen Jue's soul is broken, and Chen's face looks ugly: "Isn't he the best with Brother Jue? Why can't he even come here to report a letter?"

Li Shi sighed and said, "Young Master, don't blame the second master. The second master is in a bad mood because the third master has left. Our wife dare not let him come out..."

Shen Rui is just a clan brother, and Chen has only seen him a few times, so what kind of love can he have? After hearing the words of caring for his elders, he became even more angry.

He snorted coldly: "Shen Rui has nothing to do, and he can still get the care of his elders. Brother Jue is sick, why did he let him go? Although he is far away, Brother Jue is successful again in his reputation, but It's also the flesh and blood of the clan, so I won't let anyone bully him."

Before Li Shi went south, Chen Cang and his wife had an explanation. There is no need to hide the reason for Chen Jue's sorrow.

But Li Shi, as the butler, has always been smooth, so he naturally knows what kind of rhetoric can reduce the anger of the clan: "The third young master is preparing for the children's examination this year, and he has been busy with food and sleep... For this, our wife and the second young master have been in charge of it, so there is Restraint... I didn't expect that things would go wrong, so the third young master stopped taking the hospital examination and was in a bad mood. Then he caught up with the happy event of the great master of the noble family... When he just returned to Beijing in October, he was depressed and fell seriously ill... …”

It is not a secret that Qiao's disciplined Chen Jue last year was in the capital.

Butler Li did not hide it from it and said, "There is another thing that Master Ji knew when he was in Beijing... Last year, the third master suffered from cold and had a sick time. He had been ill for more than half a month before he recovered..."

Chen Ben came to ask for guilt, but after listening to it, he became confused.

The funeral is the most afflicting thing. When Chen Jue comes back in July, he starts to mourn in front of the great master. When the great master is in funeral, Chen Jue cannot say that he is skinny and bone-bone, and it is also weak. As for why "mood is depressed", others don't know , but I can't say that I don't know.

Chen Jue did not continue to ask and left the guest room in a daze.

He stood at the gate of the second bedroom and did not go in for a long time, so he turned around and went to the main courtyard.

Because the master and the wife were both sick, the medicine was boiled in the kitchen, and the yard was filled with a strong smell of herbs.

"Second uncle."

"father."

Brother Xiaodong and Brother Xiaotong happened to come out of the upper room. When they saw Chen, they both came forward.

Chen waved his hand and said, "Thank you for your hard work, go down and rest."

The two teenagers obeyed the orders.

Chen stood at the door for a long time before he picked up the curtain and entered the room.

Because the eldest master was recuperating in the east bedroom, the eldest wife was placed in the west room.

The couple are over fifty years old and have lived in separate rooms.

Chen hesitated for a moment and went to the west room first.

The eldest lady had closed her eyes and opened it when she heard the movement.

Seeing that the sinking was coming, the eldest wife immediately burst into tears.

"Mom..." Chen stood by the kang, feeling sad.

The eldest lady stretched out her arm, grabbed the heavy hand and choked, "My mother's retribution is here...

"Mom, don't think too much... Don't let Brother Jue leave uneasy..." Chen said, his eyes red as he also turned red.

The eldest wife couldn't stop crying: "It's my mother who treats Brother Jue, so Brother Jue has gone without worries... Now not only does she lose her status as a mother and son, but she doesn't even have a thought at home... ”

I remembered the boxes left by the clan leader, and I felt that I was free to dominate the situation.

He lowered his head, regretting his intestines cleared. Although Chen Jue was suffering from the funeral, the culprit of the "depressed mood" was his brother...

Chen Neng thought of this, so the master of the Zongfang could naturally think of it too.

Just as the eldest wife cried and her son, the eldest master of the Zongfang was also awake in the east room.

Thinking of the once soft little son and the past ten years of bad treatment, the master of the Zongfang was also red.

He also regretted it too much. While the master of the Zongfang complained about the second house, he hated himself more.

When the youngest son is at home, he seems to be in pain, but isn’t it a kind of harm to indulge his wife’s indifference?

Other people's children are cared for by their parents, but Chen Jue can only raise them by his grandfather since he was a child. If he could have taken responsibility, he would have taught his wife a lesson long ago, how could he make his youngest son feel wronged for more than ten years?

If I had already untied my wife's knot and the family would have had a happy life, there would be nothing to do later.

But although I am wrong, what about my wife?

That was her biological flesh and blood born from ten months of pregnancy, so how could she bear to ignore it?

It was a lie to say that when the eldest wife of Zongfang was seriously ill after giving birth, the eldest wife of Zongfang did not have the intention to rekindle her. After all, at that time, the eldest wife of Zongfang was just in her forty years, and she was considered a prime minister and the identity of the son of Zong. Many affairs in the country also need to be managed by the clan wife.

Compared with his wife who is over 100 years old, the eldest son of the clan is really moved by the young daughter of the He clan.

But that was the second wife chosen by the eldest wife of the Zongfang. Even though the eldest wife nodded due to the affection between his wife and the Yue family, they received courtesy to each other while meeting each other, and there was no way beyond the rules.

When his wife recovered from illness, she became jealous about this matter. The master of Zongfang was impatient and felt somewhat guilty. After all, the eldest wife of Zongfang was also the first wife. She had been married for more than 20 years, and was to give birth to her. It was only after having children that they encountered birth control, but their love for the He daughter was indeed suspected of being distracted by lust.

For this reason, the eldest wife of the Zongfang family said nothing, no matter whether she was married to a clan girl or didn’t like her youngest son.

He thought that time would change, but he forgot that there are four words in this world: "It is hard to complete the mirror". The eldest wife of Zongfang changed her temperament from then on. She was still generous and generous in front of others. When the couple got along, she was suspicious and slanderous. .If the master of Zongfang looks at any woman more, the eldest wife of Zongfang can think of "unfaithfulness"

Thinking about the past ten years, Master Zongfang felt that he regretted it less than a little.

He looked at the west room and his face was cold. His good brothers were so sad that their elder brothers were disgusted with their youngest son because of their wives' aches for their eldest son and their indifference to their young son.

No matter how deep the relationship between husband and wife is, he can't resist the trouble, and he even feels a little malice. If his wife left fifteen years ago, wouldn't she have reached the clan's house today...

Just as I was thinking about it, I heard someone say, "Dad..."

Sinking over.

The master of the Zongfang slowly sat up and stared at his son blankly.

Chen's heart trembled and he knelt down suddenly.

With a "bang", the master of the Zongfang family waved his arm and threw it down fiercely.

Chen just felt a "buzzing" sound in his head, but he was still kneeling there and dared not move.

For Chen Jue, the master of Zongfang is a kind father; but for Chen, he was taught by a stick when he was young.
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