Hui Niang mentioned that she wanted to marry her daughter to Chen Xi a long time ago, but after Shen Xi married Xie Yun'er, Hui Niang had not talked about it for a long time.

At this moment, Hui Niang suddenly mentioned that Chen Xi felt that she and Hui Niang seemed too distant, and many things were different from those when she was young. The same people and things were the only one who grew up from a young man to a man who was upright and became an official. After becoming the top scholar, he had a significant gap in social status with Hui Niang, and things changed tremendously.

Chen Xi originally wanted to talk about the Chamber of Commerce to Hui Niang, but heard Zhou's cursing voice coming from the yard: "I didn't tell me this kind of thing earlier, why did you have to ask me to explain it before you can explain it?"

Lin Dai pouted, carried the small lantern in grievance, and followed Zhou into the yard amid the shouts of scolding. Zhou, who was ahead of him, walked directly into the main house and came to the east bedroom to knock on the door.

"Is sister inside?" Zhou's voice softened again.

Hui Niang hurried over to open the door for Zhou, fearing that it would make Zhou suspicious if it opened late. The door opened. Zhou looked inside and saw Chen Xi, whose eyes were still red, complaining: "This little brat just didn't listen to the advice. He said that it was inconvenient for Aunt Sun to come here, so he came here without him."

"Mom, is there anything wrong?"

Chen Xi took the childhood student Qionglin written by himself in his hand and walked to the door.

Hui Niang lowered her head with guilt as if she had done something wrong.

"Go home quickly, have you forgotten to set off firecrackers when the new and old years change? But you will be prosperous next year and have a prosperous official career. What do you think if you don't show up?"

Zhou wanted to blame his son, but he was unwilling to say too much in front of Hui Niang, so he had to use firecrackers as an excuse.

Chen Xi looked at the sky and said, "It's still far away when the ions are ion now."

"It's not far away. Your father has something to ask you. You are unfilial son, and you don't talk much to your father when you return to the capital."

Anyway, Zhou wanted to prevent Chen Xi and Hui Niang from getting too close to each other, and neither wanted to affect his son's official reputation nor destroyed Hui Niang's reputation. From an objective and fair standpoint, Zhou was "responsible" to Chen Xi and Hui Niang, but to the parties involved, it was tantamount to torture.

Since Zhou brought his father out, Chen Xi had to surrender, but before leaving, he reminded him: "Aunt Sun, you should not interfere in the business in the capital. Try to leave it to Brother Six. He can do it properly."

"My lord reminds me." Hui Niang looked humbly and sent Chen Xi away with various etiquettes, but because she was a widow, she could not send Chen Xi out. Lu Xier next to her looked at Zhou and her mother timidly, with aggrieved face on her face.

Zhou did not stay to comfort Hui Niang and her daughter, but accompanied Chen Xi back home. As soon as he entered the yard, he scolded Chen Xi.

"Your Aunt Sun wants to wait until she is fifty years old to establish a chastity arch. You can't ruin her reputation."

Chen Xidao: "I just went over and took a look, but I didn't think about what."

Zhou continued to scold: "Boy, what else do you want? That's your Aunt Sun! You are such a big person, and you know that you should avoid it, so that you can tell that you are going to the widow's door. What will others look at you with? How can you deal with yourself in front of your colleagues in the future??"

Chen Xi knew that the influence on his official voice was the thing that Zhou was most concerned about, and as for Hui Niang's reputation, it was not valued by Zhou.

But what is exposed is all unspoken rules. If you don’t care about it, it’s just a matter of turning a blind eye to the yamen. If you really want to be serious, these gifts can be considered "bribery". If you become an official and eat the imperial grain, in addition to the salary and rewards given to you by the emperor, others will give you "ill-righteous wealth". Although you are upright and don’t worry about the shadow slanting, the problem is that everyone is not upright now, it depends on who the censor will catch today.

Chen Xi was in the limelight in the past two years, and many people were staring at him.

The gift was opened and then returned, and the gifts were given, which made Xie Yuner busy all day and had to go to the new home to clean up in the afternoon.

Chen Xi hid in the leisure time, sat on the chair of the Taishi in the study, and read the book borrowed by Xie Duo.

Zhu Shanmang came in a rashly and said, "Young Master, someone from Xie Mansion will give you a gift. The old lady asked you to go out and have a look."

"Xie Mansion?"

Chen Xi thought to himself that Xie Duo was so polite that he actually thought of returning the gift to him! By the way, what he sent to Xie Duo before the New Year were all worthless local specialties, most of which were bought by Zhou from Fujian and on his way to Beijing.

Chen Xi, accompanied by Zhu Shan, arrived at the door and saw two big boxes placed in front of the steps. A servant from Xie's family stepped forward and said, "Mr. Shen, do you remember the villain?"

Chen Xi really remembers that this servant is not from Xie Duo’s house, but from the Grand Secretary Xie’s mansion.

"Master Xie asked you to give gifts?" Chen Xi asked in surprise.

"Yes, my master said that Lord Shen has worked for the court in the past two years and has made great contributions. I asked us to send you a gift to see." As he said that, the servant respectfully handed the gift list to Chen Xi with both hands.

Chen Xi took it and saw that Xie Qian was very "unreliable". It was not that Xie Qian gave him light gifts, but that they were too heavy. In addition to customizing two new official uniforms for him, including court uniforms, sacrificial uniforms, public uniforms, regular uniforms, and swallow uniforms, as well as Yao Nan Xianming, Simen pickled vegetables, straw weaving, bamboo weaving, dried bamboo shoots, bamboo fungus, dried mushrooms and other local specialties, as well as other silk silk and satin that other officials respected.

"I can't accept such an expensive gift, I'll go back and tell you."

Before Chen Xi finished speaking, the servant quickly defended: "My master said that if Lord Shen felt that the gift was too heavy and he didn't want to collect it, he put it in front of the door of Shen Mansion. Lord Shen went to the mansion in person and said to him."

"Hey!"

Chen Xi suddenly felt anger in his heart. Xie Laoer clearly set up a trap for him to drill.

Chen Xi fell silent for a moment. Zhou looked at the big box, then looked at Chen Xi, and quickly asked Xie Yuner beside him: "Which Xie family is this Xie family?"

"Mom, I am the hometown of Xie Ge. He is the Grand Secretary of the Cabinet, the emperor's left and right hand, and the leader of all officials in the world." Xie Yuner reminded in a low voice.

Zhou was shocked: "Oh, that's what Hanwa's boss, we haven't given gifts to Grand Secretary Xie's house yet, why did we send us a generous gift first?"

Although Zhou was dull, his words made sense. What is Xie Qian's identity? Every year, sitting at home, just receiving gifts can support the family Xie Qian never had the habit of giving gifts to others. Today, Xie Qian gave gifts to Chen Xi, his subordinate, which was unreasonable.

"Go back and tell your master that I have accepted the gift. Thank you for this officer." Chen Xi waved his hand and signaled someone to carry the gift home.

Xie Yuner quickly said, "Don't you go to Xie's Mansion?"

"I have done so many things for Mr. Xie, so it's okay to receive some gifts. After the New Year, he will definitely have something to arrange for me to do, so I'll give some gifts to comfort me. This is my worthy reward!" Chen Xi deliberately said loudly, with the purpose of letting the servants of the Xie family hear it and going back to tell Xie Qian.

Xie Yuner was anxious: "But, this is not in line with the rules!"

"What are the rules that are not regular? He didn't tell the rules everywhere when he used me. After using them, he shook his hands. It seemed that I was just waving it and wiping it out."

Chen Xi spoke in a very bad tone.

The servants of the Xie family pretended not to hear anything, but were secretly surprised if they took these words back and told Xie Qian, wouldn't Xie Qian be furious?

Sure enough, after the servant hurried back and told Xie Qian about these words, Xie Qian immediately stood up from the chair he was sitting, and threw the tea bowl in his hand to the ground in anger: "This kid is getting more and more unruly."

Ma Wensheng, who was sitting on the chair next to him, laughed: "It seems that the bet today was that Brother Yu Qiao lost, and Chen Xi would not visit him." It will not be continued.
Chapter completed!