Shen Qinghe slept very soundly and had to be woken up by the servant to eat.
When he passed the archway with hanging flowers, he heard voices coming from the inner room. It was Shen and Shen Yuanzheng, a couple.
"What should I do? If people think I'm gay, won't I be laughed at?" Shen was a little worried.
"What can I do? It's all your fault. You believed everything the Song family said! I told you that woman was vicious and cruel, but you insisted on marrying her!"
Shen also had a sad face. "How would I know? She said her niece was good. I thought we were all family. I, I really regret it."
"Don't mention this in front of your son. He must be feeling bad." If something like this happened right after he entered high school, he might not even be able to keep his academic success.
Shen Qinghe, who was listening outside, shook his head. His parents still had feelings for the Song family and the Shen family.
Shen Qinghe pushed the door open and saw that the Shen couple had already wiped away their tears.
After Shen asked her son to finish the meal and asked about his health, she served him a bowl of nourishing soup and said, "I made everything you like today, eat quickly."
After Shen Qinghe took the soup handed over by his mother and drank it in big gulps, Shen Yuanzheng kept picking up dishes for him, and the two of them coaxed him like a baby. Shen Qinghe's eyebrows and eyes gradually became clear and moist.
"Dad, Mom, you guys eat too."
The couple nodded only after seeing that there was no abnormality on their son's face.
"Eat quickly. Dad just got a new treasure today. Do you want to go to the shop with dad later?" Shen Zhengyuan said as he picked up some food for his son.
The Shen family had few descendants. Although Shen Zhengyuan was a legitimate son, he was really incompetent. Not only did the illegitimate son Shen Bin inherit the family business, but he also became a businessman despite being from a noble family. Shen Bin was an official. It is said that a higher official position can crush a higher position. As a legitimate son, he was overwhelmed by the illegitimate son in every aspect.
At least Shen Yuanzheng has the ability to make money, and he has lived a pretty good life these years.
"Tsk!" Shen kicked her husband from below.
Shen Yuan was just reacting, "Dad was just talking nonsense, look——"
"Go, after you finish eating, ask the doorman to harness the horses. I'll go with you." Shen Qinghe said, picking up some food for the couple.
Shen Yuanzheng stared at his son with eyes wide open in disbelief, "Are you really going?" His son is a scholar, but he can't stand businessmen the most.
Shen Qinghe still ate slowly, "Why? Of course I have to go and see our business, otherwise how can I take over in the future and let you have some free time." Song was so anxious to deal with him, not only because she was afraid that he would pass the imperial examination, but also because of his family's money? Now that he was here, of course he had to go and see.
After dinner, the father and son went out together. The doorman harnessed the carriage and helped Shen Yuanzheng onto the horse first. When Shen Qinghe was about to get on, he heard the sound of horse hooves behind him, and he turned his head to look.
"Third brother, why are you in the mood to go out today?" It was Shen Qingxu, the eldest son of the Song family. He only saw Shen Qinghe and thought that he was going out to relax.
He had been at odds with her before, so Shen Qinghe said calmly, "Go check out my father's shop."
Shen Qingxu sneered and moved his horse's hooves slightly. "Third brother, although the rumors outside are not nice, you are a man after all, not a woman who is subservient to others. If you give up on yourself because of what happened a few days ago and do that lowly abacus bead business, it will be a joke."
Shen Yuanzheng's face in the carriage was extremely ugly. He asked his son why he hated his business so much. Why did these people make fun of his son when he couldn't see?
Shen Qinghe's eyes were full of smiles, making people feel like they were in the spring breeze. "Abacus beads are cheap, and merchants are full of the smell of money. Don't you think so, brother?"
"certainly."
Shen Yuan was looking at his son with hurt eyes. He looked at him and just shook his head slightly. This father was not bad, but he was a little too honest.
He patted his palm with his folding fan, "I feel the same way. The antiques and paintings that filled the room were all bought with dirty money. Big brother, you know I always hate him for this. This time he came back and gave me a lot of them. There was no place to put them in the room. Big brother, how did you deal with those things?"
Shen Qingxu opened his mouth and said, "Bring it and burn it!"
"really?"
"Of course it's true!" Shen Qingxu said, "My Shen family's eldest son lacks these things, I just can't stand my second uncle——"
"Fuck your grandma's legs!" A pair of boots was thrown out of the carriage. Shen Zhengyuan looked at his nephew angrily, "You little ungrateful bastard, are you disgusted by my uncle? Are you disgusted by my money? Look at your cowardly look. If it weren't for the money I donated, you wouldn't have the title of scholar--"
"Second, second uncle!" Shen Qingxu was completely stunned.
Shen Qinghe stopped his father, "Okay, Dad, we are a family, why should we argue? Since big brother doesn't like our things, just come back and ask Cuixi to clean up his room." He then ordered the driver, "Drive!"
Shen Qingxu was still standing there in a daze, looking at the shoe sole thrown on the ground by his second uncle.
His father is just a small official, but the real rich man has to be a businessman. Without the share from his second uncle's family, how could he live as comfortably as he does now... His second uncle wouldn't be in that situation, right? We are all family, right?
"Young Master, are you still leaving?"
Shen Qingxu pulled the horse as if to vent his anger and said, "Let's go!" He still had important things to do today.
As for Second Uncle, he would try to find a way to teach Shen Qinghe a lesson, but he would always be able to turn things around.
In the carriage, Shen Qinghe gently waved his folding fan, but Shen Zhengyuan was still very angry, and kept cursing at him. It was true that he had left such a large share of the family business to his son, but he had given so much to the Duke's Mansion over the years, so how could he raise such a bastard!
"A little kindness is a debt of gratitude, a big debt is a debt of vengeance, Dad," Shen Qinghe said, "Even brothers have to settle accounts clearly, not to mention that they are not born from the same mother."
Shen Zhengyuan said: "I know, Dad is very smart, they can't get the real good stuff, that's left for my son."
Shen Qinghe curled his lips.
Soon they arrived at an antique shop owned by Shen Zhengyuan on Main Street. The father and son got off the horses one after another. Before entering the shop, Shen Zhengyuan excitedly pulled his son to see it, "Dad, I tell you, this is really a good thing. I have seen so many antiques but have never seen such exquisite jade. It is like a painting on water, so crystal clear. Not long ago, I asked someone to polish it into several jade bracelets and hairpins. The jade bracelets are for your mother. Let's go and see the hairpin today to see if you like it."
But he ran into Shen Qingxu as soon as he reached the door, "Second Uncle?"
"What are you doing here?" Shen Yuanzheng frowned, and then looked at the crowd of people inside, "What's going on?" He wanted to go in to see, but Shen Qingxu hurriedly said, "Second uncle, don't go in. The county magistrate's son is in there, and Song Ruo--" Xue Zier had not gone out yet, and Shen Yuanzheng had already brought his son in.
"Girl, this is really not for sale. Our boss wants to keep it for himself. You can't sell it even if you say so!"
"If you're in business, you have to sell it. Just name a price and I can afford it."
The young servant had a helpless look on his face. If it was an ordinary person, he would have beaten him out long ago. But the person standing next to the girl was the legitimate son of Prince Jin, who was in any case the eldest son of a frontier prince.
Shen Qinghe looked at Song Ruoxue's face and didn't expect that they would meet again so soon.
He walked over and picked up his hairpin in front of Song Ruoxue, "I'm sorry, this hairpin is mine."
Song Ruoxue looked at Shen Qinghe with disgust, and then saw that the servant did not stop him, and slammed the table angrily, "Didn't you say that your boss doesn't sell this thing? If you dare to do such a thing, I will spare you, and the young master next to me will not let you go either!"
What is she doing saying that others are bullying people with rising power? The servant said bitterly: "This is our boss!"
Everyone knew that the second master of the Shen family had a big business, but no one expected that he was also involved in the porcelain business that made a fortune.
The Prince of Jin also looked at the father and son and called out to Shen Zhengyuan, "Why, you don't want to give it up?" He was clearly making the decision for Song Ruoxue and looking at Shen Qinghe with a slightly unfriendly look.
Shen Zhengyuan smiled and said, "It's not that I don't want to give it up, it's just that it has already been given away." He believed in his son, and seeing that this man was really with Song Ruoxue, he felt that the two of them had already cheated on his son.
"This shop is mine. This thing is definitely not for sale. It's a gift for my son as a coming-of-age gift."
Shen Qingxu was the first to get anxious, "Second Uncle, isn't it just a hairpin?"
Shen Yuanzheng didn't even look at him.
The Prince of Jin also felt that he had lost face, so he looked at Shen Qinghe, "Mr. Shen, can you give it up? After all, you have been ashamed of Miss Song.
"No." Shen Qinghe said with a smile.
This damn Shen Yuanzheng has always been in a bad mood, and so is Shen Qinghe today! Shen Qingxu is so angry that he is about to die!
Song Ruoxue sneered and said, "Sir, why are you talking to such a weirdo? It's just a piece of jade. If this shop doesn't have it, other shops will have it." She looked at Shen Qinghe and said, "A good man is determined to make great achievements in the world, while a weird man is always haggling with a woman and refusing to give in." After saying that, she rushed out of the door.
The Prince of Jin smiled and shook his head, then quickly followed him out.
Shen Qingxu had finally managed to squeeze into the social circle of the Prince of Jin, and was afraid that this would be ruined. He angrily pointed at Shen Qinghe's nose and cursed, "You are really a loser. It's fine that you don't have the ability to keep people, but even if Miss Song and the Prince of Jin are in love, what does it have to do with you, a loser? You can't even pass the imperial examination!"
He cursed loudly on purpose, specifically for the Prince of Jin and others to hear. He and the father and son did not get along at all.
One of the shoes that Shen Yuan had just asked the servant to buy on the road flew towards his nephew's face in an instant.
"Qinghe, don't take it seriously. What that little bastard said is bullshit." He hurriedly comforted his son.
Shen Qinghe didn't care about anything. He put the hairpin on his head and thought, "The Prince of Jin is nothing... Since his sister Qingqiu is here, the most powerful person in the world must be here too."
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