The Shen family entertained Sun Zhenzhu warmly for several days. They not only gave her a large mansion in the suburbs of Beijing, but also dozens of acres of fertile land, and gold, silver and jewelry were carried in boxes.
These were all rewards given by Emperor Hui to appease them. Bai Mingzhu found them annoying and packed them all to Sun Zhenzhu, leaving nothing behind. Although the Bai family has been outshined by the upstarts such as the Fu family in recent years, the industry left by their ancestors is enough to support several generations.
At that time, Emperor Hui chose to suppress the matter and forbade them to send people to search for it, but this angered many noble families, Bai Mingzhu was the first to bear the brunt, and almost blew off the roof of the prime minister's residence. The reason was simple, Shen Yu'an chose to stand on the emperor's side, suppress the matter, and deal with it.
At that time, Bai Mingzhu, who had a hot temper, almost kicked the prime minister out of the court, and the two had a cold war for several years. She was old, and she felt sorry for the Shen family's lack of descendants, so she stuffed a concubine into Shen Yu'an's room every day.
Chen Yu'an was also a stubborn person. No matter how pretty his concubines were, he would send them back to their original places overnight. In the end, even the maids in the mansion were replaced with servants.
At that time, the two of them had caused such a mess in the entire Shen Mansion that they were almost the laughing stock of the capital. Slowly, after a few years, the people who were sent out to look for her found nothing, so they suppressed the matter in their hearts and never talked about it again.
Shen Yu'an picked a good day and held a family recognition banquet in his mansion, inviting several friends from the court to show off his grandson to them. Although the emperor was not present, he also sent people to deliver gifts to congratulate Shen Xiang for finding his grandson.
Although he did not invite anyone from the Censorate, he wrote a letter to the Chief Censor Yu Yansong, showing off to him how outstanding his grandson was who had been lost and found again, and how he had passed the imperial examination and won the first place as a gift, and asked him to take good care of him in the future.
What the hell? The new number one scholar is his long-lost grandson! What kind of good luck is this? Is it too late for him to throw his grandson out now? Lord Yu was so jealous that he heard that he had invited many officials to attend, so he immediately wrote a memorial.
At the morning court on the second day, he was impeached for holding a grand banquet at such a critical moment as a prime minister, showing a very extravagant lifestyle, and not caring at all about the disasters suffered in various places this year. He drank and had fun with several other officials in the mansion.
Upon hearing this, Emperor Hui tried hard to hold back his laughter. After a long while, he lowered his voice and said, "Prime Minister Chen, is it really as Lord Yu said?"
Chen Yu'an looked at Yu Yansong helplessly, then stood up and said, "Your Majesty! That's true, but Lord Yu didn't mention the point. The banquet yesterday was for my grandson Chen Li to recognize his ancestry. The dishes on the table were simple, so we didn't dare to be extravagant."
"Hmm, this sounds familiar to me? Chen Li?"
Eunuch Cao at the side quickly replied: "Your Majesty, this is the new number one scholar this year!"
"Oh? Is that so, Prime Minister Chen?" Emperor Hui asked, pretending to be clueless.
"Your Majesty! That's right! At the Qionglin Banquet, I discovered that he looked very similar to my daughter-in-law, so I made inquiries privately and finally confirmed that he was my long-lost grandson, so I held a banquet to celebrate him."
After saying this, he straightened his back, looking extremely proud.
"Hahahaha! He really is like your Shen family! Your grandson is amazing! We should really celebrate! Lord Yu, don't you agree?"
What else could Yu Yansong say? The emperor had spoken, so he could only nod and agree!
He then realized that he had been set up by this old man! He had deliberately written a letter to provoke him to impeach him in the morning court! He really didn't want to save his old face in order to let his grandson show his face in front of all the officials!
After the morning court session, Yu Yansong walked to Shen Yu'an with a dark face and said sarcastically, "Prime Minister Shen is eloquent and eloquent, and his face is thick. I am not even a fraction of that!"
"Is Hongyi Ling all right? Who has deceived you and made you so confused?"
Shen Yu'an was in a good mood. It was rare for him to have a verbal fight with him. In the past, he had often been mocked by him for having no descendants in the Shen family and had suffered a lot of bullying. Now he could fight back with confidence. Isn't it great!
"Humph! What can I do to you if you have no face?"
"Tsk, Lord Yu seems to have a head disease. If it is not treated, it will be serious. I heard that Doctor Lu of Xuanyitang has miraculous healing skills. Why don't you ask him to take a look?"
After saying that, he walked away leisurely with his hands behind his back, leaving Yu Yansong, who was laughing and covering his face, jumping for joy in anger.
"You old bastard! You are the one with brain disease! All of you in the prefecture have brain disease!" He was so angry that he kept cursing. I thought he didn't know! Doctor Lu specializes in treating all kinds of brain diseases, so he was just scolding him for having a brain disease!
This incident spread throughout the court and became a topic of conversation. Some people even compiled their conversations into a book and passed it on privately. Chen Li also found it funny after hearing it. He didn't expect that his grandfather, who seemed to be a gentleman, could be so fierce when it came to scolding people!
Since knowing that Shen Li is the grandson of the prime minister, many people have started to try to please him, especially the prince's party and the fifth prince's party, who want to win him over to their side. However, the current emperor is in his prime, and Shen Li is superficially friendly with them, but he never contacts anyone related to them in private. He does not want to get involved in the factional disputes in the court yet.
Shen Yu'an was very satisfied with this. He called him into the study, told him about the situation in the court, and asked him to proceed step by step and accumulate experience in the Hanlin Academy first.
Sun Zhenzhu was very proud. She returned to Linjia Village to pack her things and prepared to live in the capital. She did not tell Shen Mo and anyone else what had happened. She only said that Chen Li had bought a house and farm in the capital and took her to live there.
She rented out the land, left some money for Shen Mo, and then rushed back to the capital to become a wealthy lady.
Meanwhile, Lin Wanwan's second crop was growing well, and it looked like the yield per acre was even higher than last year, which made her happy. A large amount of food was harvested in the space again. With the food, she finally felt confident and stopped being stingy. She distributed a large amount of food to the people in the farm and workshop, enough for them to eat every day.
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