When the Ye family came out of the embroidery building, he turned back to the East Garden from the courtyard gate of the white marble.

When she entered the master's bedroom, Zhao Liben was sitting on a recliner, soaking his feet in a pine barrel with saffron and ginger, which was said to be good for the kidneys.

Ye asked the maid to step back, rolled up her sleeves by herself, squatted beside the wooden barrel, and helped Zhao Liben pinch her feet.

"Well, your skills are much better than Lan'er." Zhao Liben closed his eyes comfortably and enjoyed it for a while, and then asked faintly, "What did Xue Ying say?" ”

She said...... Everyone is too young, let's talk about it in two years. Ye Shi slightly modified the wording, so as not to cause Zhao Liben to be furious.

Who knew that Zhao Liben was not angry, touched the high hairline and smiled bitterly: "Alas, this still doesn't take a fancy to it." ”

"I've disappointed my lordship." Ye Shi raised his head, looked at Zhao Liben with an apologetic face, and said: "Xue Ying has been assertive since she was a child, and I can't force her if she doesn't nod." ”

"Hey, my kid is actually the same, don't look at him humming with me haha, but in fact, it's the same as a stubborn cow, he doesn't drink water by force." Zhao Liben pulled out a foot from the water.

Ye picked out the nourishing medicinal mud from the small jar, dried Zhao Liben's feet and applied it evenly, and finally wrapped it in a cloth. Then do the same with the other foot.

"My lord, what should we do next?" Ye asked again.

"Let's do it first, if you rush it, it will be bad. I'll talk about it when they're older......" Zhao Liben sighed, he didn't have a very good way to take Zhao Hao. I don't want to force it too tightly and affect the relationship between my grandparents and grandchildren - the old man has learned a profound lesson in the marriage of his younger generation, and he knows that the relationship between grandparents and grandchildren is now the core relationship of the Zhao family, and he can't lose a big one because of a small one.

"The children don't know, we are all for their good......" Then Ye Shi gently leaned on Zhao Liben's leg and said quietly: "Back then, if someone worried about me like this, how good." ”

"Well, don't talk about the past." Zhao Liben reached out and pinched Ye's white earlobe, and said in a low voice: "There will be me in the future." ”

"Hmm." Ye nodded slightly, and closed his eyes drunk.

~~

Because they had to arrive in Beijing before the canal was completely frozen, Zhao Hao and others only stayed in Yangzhou for one night, and then set off for the north.

Early the next morning, Zhao Liben called Zhao Shouzheng to the hall alone.

Zhao Shouzheng stood behind his father, looking up at the portraits of his grandparents enshrined in the hall, and felt a little apprehensive.

In the past, this kind of scene was basically accompanied by scolding and sporadic corporal punishment......

But today, Zhao Liben and Yan Yuese first put a stick of incense on Xianyan for the first exam, and then turned sideways and said: "You can also put incense on your grandparents." ”

"Yes." Zhao Shouzheng hurriedly responded, wiped his hands on the robe, respectfully twisted a stick of incense, lit it and pasted it on his forehead, bowed four times, and then inserted it into the incense burner.

Then he knelt down and bowed four more times.

Zhao Liben didn't let Zhao Shouzheng get up, but with his hands behind his back, he looked up at the two portraits of his parents, and said with emotion: "These two portraits are for your father after the prefect of Changsha completed the examination, your grandfather was presented with the fourth product of Zanzhi Yin, and when your grandmother was presented with Gongren, I asked someone to paint a portrait of the second elder." ”

"Although the second elder was later given the third gift, he is no longer in the world, and he can't paint even if he wants to." Zhao Liben wiped the corners of his eyes, waved his hand and said, "Before your grandfather died, he was most concerned about you. He knows that your eldest brother has an official position, but you can't study or do business, and he is worried about your future outcome. ”

Zhao Shouzheng's eyes turned red, tears fell, and he choked up:

"At that time, his old man took my hand and asked me to be admitted to the exam, this time thanks to the blessing of the ancestors, my son's supervision is strong, and the child can finally comfort his old man."

"Yes, I heard that you were lifted, and I am glad to be a father." Zhao Liben adheres to the rule of 'a gentleman hugs his grandson but not his son', and he has never been pretentious to his two sons, and he often speaks ill of each other. Zhao Shouzheng heard such recognition from his father for the first time.

"Over the years, my father has been worried...... Zhao Shouzheng cried into a tearful man.

"But don't get carried away!" Zhao Liben took a deep breath, turned his head and reprimanded Zhao Shouzheng: "What is a lifter? Can you run rampant in the countryside and take over lawsuits? Or is it more than ten years in the queue, and pick a hard-working and angry officer? ”

"Uh......" Zhao Shouzheng said in his heart, sure enough, he knew his son Mo Ruo's father, and his father knew my life ideals well.

"You don't really think so, do you?" Zhao Liben looked at him and said.

"No, no." Zhao Shouzheng didn't want to be beaten before leaving, so he hurriedly waved his hand and said: "My son wants to come back with a jinshi exam." ”

"It's like a human saying. You can only be tough when you are admitted to the Jinshi examination, and you can be an official in the future. Zhao Liben encouraged his son, and then hesitated and said: "According to the saying, you should wait until you are a jinshi." But I don't know where you'll go next, and it's rare for you and my father and son to meet, so you keep it in mind first. ”

"Father, please." Zhao Shouzheng was busy making a posture of listening to his ears.

"There is a six-character mantra to teach you for my father," he heard Zhao Liben say in a deep voice: "Words should be slow, and hearts should be kind." ”

"Words should be slow, hearts should be kind?" Zhao Shouzheng repeated, busy remembering in his heart.

"This is a code of conduct for the Father, tailored for you." Zhao Liben helped him up from the ground, looked up at his son, who was half a head taller than him, and said: "Don't be an official, you must keep these six words in mind in the future." If you forget, look at your son's guard named Gao Wu, learn from him, and you won't make mistakes. ”

"......" Zhao Shouzheng couldn't figure it out for a while, so he had to respond first.

~~

After Zhao Shouzheng went out, Zhao Liben called Zhao Hao to the room alone, handed him five tickets of 10,000 taels and said:

"Use your seal to Chongwenmen Wuji, and you can directly withdraw the cash."

"Wow, grandpa is so rich." Zhao Hao's eyes lit up, and he counted and counted the five silver tickets, and then put them away beautifully and said, "I'll save the flowers." ”

"Save a fart, spend it all for me!" Zhao Liben waved his hand and said: "Regardless of whether your father is in the middle school or not, before leaving Beijing, give me nothing left!" ”

"Ah, it's all ......" Zhao Haoxin said that this was a bit difficult, he spent more than half a year in Jinling City, and he didn't spend five thousand taels of silver.

Now Zhao Liben asked him to spend 50,000 taels of silver in a few months, thinking about it, it's still distressing.

"Not bad." Zhao Liben nodded undoubtedly and said: "In the hearts of the government and the opposition, we must establish a tall image of the old Zhao family who is really rich." I want people to associate you Zhao Hao with the God of Wealth. ”

Zhao Hao nodded as if he didn't understand, and said in his heart that Zhao Gongming was also surnamed Zhao......

"This will make it much easier for your father to become an official in the future." Zhao Liben patted Zhao Hao's shoulder and said with great expectations: "Grandpa knows that you kid has his own ideas, no matter what you do, a rich reputation will make you prosperous...... Of course, your father's official has to cover you. ”

"Oh." Zhao Hao somewhat understood, isn't this the number of Sicong's previous paths?

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