Do you know the long song of laughter?

Chapter 108 Everyone gets drunk even if they are not drunk.

Although Sheng Hong was very tactful in his dealings with others, he became a sixth-rank official in the capital in his thirties, so he was somewhat arrogant.

However, during his first morning court visit after coming to Beijing, he encountered hundreds of officials forcing the officials to adopt the clan, and the officials were furious, which almost scared Sheng Hong to the point of peeing.

Since then, the excitement in Sheng Hong's heart disappeared in an instant. Thanks to his smooth personality, he gets along very harmoniously with his colleagues these days.

In the evening of that day, Sheng Hong took a carriage and returned home, all the way to Wei Ruixuan, where he was going to change into his official uniform and go to greet Mrs. Sheng.

In the past in Yangzhou, although Sheng Hong would go to greet Mrs. Sheng every day, he usually went there in the morning and rarely in the evening.

But after arriving in Bianjing, for fear of being caught disrespecting my aunt, I would not wake up or fall asleep even once.

"I didn't expect that Princess Pingning would send Young Master Qi to our private school to study." Mrs. Wang said in surprise.

"Madam, Princess Pingning was raised in the palace by the Queen Mother in her early years. She is as close to the official family as brother and sister. Being able to establish a relationship this time will be of great benefit to our Sheng family." Mother Liu said with a smile.

"No, when the officials come back and know the news, they will definitely be very happy." Madam Wang said with a smile.

“What news would I be happy to hear?”

As soon as Sheng Hong entered the room, he heard Mrs. Wang's words and asked.

"My lord, you are back. If I were not afraid of disturbing your official duties, I would have sent someone to invite you back during the day."

Mrs. Wang stepped forward with a smile on her face, pulled Sheng Hong to sit down and said.

"What news makes you so happy?" Sheng Hong asked doubtfully.

"My lord, Princess Pingning came to our house this morning with a generous gift." Madam Wang said with a smile.

Sheng Hong frowned slightly and asked doubtfully: "Could it be that you are here to visit mother? But I have never heard of any contact between mother, Princess Ning, and the Qi family before."

"Haha, sir, Princess Pingning did visit the old lady, but that was not the purpose of her coming. The reason why she came here was to let her young master Qi come to our private school to study." Mrs. Wang smiled. road.

Sheng Hong asked in confusion: "Then what kind of family is the Qi family? Why don't you go to the Imperial College and come to our private school to study?"

"Uh…"

Mrs. Wang's face froze. As soon as Princess Pingning said she wanted her son to come to the Sheng family to study, she was so happy that she agreed directly. She had never thought about it so much.

Sheng Hong saw Mrs. Wang's expression was wrong and asked, "Have you agreed?"

"Then Princess Pingning came to the door in person with a generous gift, how could I refuse?" Mrs. Wang whispered.

"You don't even discuss this matter with me?" Sheng Hong said with an ugly face: "Then why do you want to come to our house to study if you can't find a famous teacher in the Qi family? You don't know anything, so you dare to agree casually ?”

"I..." Mrs. Wang was speechless and didn't know what to say for a moment.

"My lord, please calm down. Madam has no choice but to agree. After all, our family cannot afford to offend Princess Pingning." Mother Liu said quickly.

"Yeah,"

Mrs. Wang quickly said: "The Qi family is the residence of the Duke of Guo, and Princess Pingning is very close to the official family. Our family cannot afford to offend her."

Sheng Hong's face softened a little after hearing this, but he was still a little unhappy. Even if he couldn't afford to offend, he should find a way to delay it until he came back to discuss it.

But now that things have come to a point, there is no use getting angry.

"Come here, help me change my clothes." Sheng Hong said.

"I'll wait for the officer to change his clothes."

Mrs. Wang personally led people to help Sheng Hong change clothes, and accompanied Sheng Hong to Shou'an Hall.

In Shou'an Hall, Mrs. Sheng was talking to Minglan. A servant came to report that Sheng Hong and Mrs. Wang were here. Minglan quickly stood up and stood beside Mrs. Sheng.

After a while, Sheng Hong and Mrs. Wang walked in.

Minglan and the servants in the room saluted one after another.

"Ah."

Sheng Hong nodded and saluted Mrs. Sheng together with Mrs. Wang.

"sit down."

Mrs. Sheng waved her hand and said, "Hong'er, you have just taken office now. You are sorting out your errands and making friends with your colleagues. You are quite busy. There is no need to come over to say hello in the evening."

"It's a child's duty to greet mother. My mother has been away from Bianjing for many years. I wonder if she's still used to it?" Sheng Hong said with a smile.

"Fortunately, there's nothing I'm not used to." Mrs. Sheng said.

"Then my son will be relieved." Sheng Hong said.

"I think something's wrong with you?" Old Mrs. Sheng asked.

"Mother, my son came back and heard that Princess Pingning wanted Young Master Qi to come to our house to study. He was puzzled. Does mother know what the inside story is?" Sheng Hong said.

"I didn't understand it at first, but after thinking about it carefully, I roughly made an inference. Young Master Qi studied in the Imperial College before, and now the whole of Bianjing is talking about the adoption and establishment of a crown prince. Those students in the Imperial College usually like to discuss things in the court. It's okay for ordinary people to talk about it. If the children of this aristocratic family talk randomly, it will inevitably cause trouble for the family. Princess Pingning is very smart. She should be worried that Young Master Qi will be involved if he stays in the Imperial College, so she wants to let him Come to our house and borrow it to read." Old Mrs. Sheng said.

"When the mother said this, the son felt relieved."

Sheng Hong thought about it carefully and felt that Mrs. Sheng's inference made sense, so he finally put his mind at ease.

"You haven't eaten yet? Go back and eat quickly. I'm a little tired and ready to rest." said Mrs. Sheng.

"Then my son won't bother his mother."

Sheng Hong and Madam Wang stood up, bowed, and left.

As soon as she came out of Shou'an Hall, Xue Niang came up to her and saluted, "I have met my lord, Madam."

"What's going on?" Sheng Hong asked.

"Go back to the master, Aunt Lin has something to ask the master to go to Lin Qi Pavilion." Xue Niang said.

Sheng Hong's eyes flashed slightly. He had been living in the study in Yangzhou since the last incident with Aunt Wei.

After coming to Bianjing, I never went to Lin Xiaoniang's house. I rested in the eldest lady's room every day.

Mrs. Wang was average-looking and didn't know how to please people, so he was a little bored.

Thinking of this, Sheng Hong said: "Madam, you go back first, I will go over and take a look."

After saying that, he followed Xue Niang and left.

"This bitch, please invite the officials over at this time. I don't know what you are planning." Mrs. Wang said with an ugly face.

"Madam, do you think it's Aunt Lin who wants to send the fourth girl to the old lady?" Mother Liu said.

"Ha, that's just right. I think the old lady likes Minglan very much. If she really does this, there will be something good to see." Mrs. Wang sneered.

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"Mother, the master is here."

The maid who was arranged by Lin Xiaoniang to watch at the door hurried into the room and said.

Hearing this, Xiaoniang Lin picked up the mirror, looked at it, and quickly came to the door.

"I've met the master." Lin Xiaoniang saluted.

Lin Xiaoniang specially dressed up carefully, and she also put on a pitiful look, which was not only very touching, but also aroused the man's protective desire.

It made Sheng Hong's eyes widen.

Lin Xiaoniang noticed the heat in Sheng Hong's eyes and felt happy, but said calmly: "I've prepared some food and wine in the kitchen. I guess you haven't eaten it yet? Master, come in and have a taste."

"Yes." Sheng Hong came to his senses and walked in.

All the way to the table, Lin Xiaoniang asked Sheng Hong to sit down, picked up the jug and poured wine for Sheng Hong, and picked up the chopsticks to pick up food for Sheng Hong.

"Master, these are your favorite foods, try them." Lin Xiaoniang said.

Sheng Hong grabbed Lin Xiaoniang's hand, pulled it slightly, pulled Lin Xiaoniang into his arms, sniffed her neck gently, and said, "I see why you have lost so much weight?"

Lin Xiaoniang's eyes turned red and tears flowed down. She said: "Master, I have been blaming myself these days. I was afraid of taking responsibility and did not let outsiders enter the house, which almost killed Aunt Wei. Master, I still live for this." I’m angry, I have no appetite for anything I eat every day.”

At this time, Lin Xiaoniang's pear blossoms were covered with rain, which made me feel pity for her. Sheng Hong immediately softened her heart, and while wiping Lin Xiaoniang's tears, she comforted her softly.

Lin Xiaoniang sobbed softly: "It's okay for the master to dislike me. That's because I made a mistake. But Mo'er is just a child, and she did nothing wrong. Please don't blame her."

"When did I blame her? Isn't this nonsense?" Sheng Hong said.

"Really?" Lin Xiaoniang said in surprise.

"Of course it's true. Mo Lan has always been sensible. Among the daughters, she is my favorite." Sheng Hong said.

"Can Mo'er also study in the private school run by my family? I know that Mo'er has been fond of poetry since she was a child. It was not convenient before. I just asked your husband to teach elementary school, and I taught everything else. I will teach you everything. Her knowledge is limited and she cannot teach her much," Lin Xiaoniang said.

When Lin Xiaoniang learned that Princess Pingning had sent Mr. Qi to study in the Sheng family, she became interested.

If Mo Lan could go to school with Young Master Qi, they would be considered childhood sweethearts.

Moreover, she heard that Princess Pingning doted on Young Master Qi the most. If Young Master Qi could fall in love with Mo Lan, he might be able to marry into the Duke's palace in the future.

Hua Lan only married into an Earl's Palace and was still the legitimate second son, so he was so airy.

If her Mo Lan could marry into the Duke's palace, not even Sheng Hong would dare to show off to her easily.

"This..." Sheng Hong's face stiffened when he heard this, and he said: "It's okay if it's just a brother in the family. This time, not only the second son of the Guhou family, Liu Xuewen's student, but also the young master Qi are coming to our house to study, both male and female. There’s a difference, something’s not right.”

"Sir, Mo Lan is still young, so it doesn't matter. And we can let Rulan and Minglan go together. This is our private school after all. We teach the brothers and sisters in the family, and no one can find fault with it." Miss Lin said.

Sheng Hong thought about it carefully and realized that what Lin Xiaoniang said made sense, so he agreed.

Mrs. Lin agreed with Sheng Hong, smiling like a flower, holding Sheng Hong's neck with one hand, holding up the wine glass with the other, and fed Sheng Hong to drink.

As the saying goes, everyone gets drunk without being drunk. Sheng Hong drank a glass of wine and looked at Lin Xiaoniang with blurred eyes.

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