“Chunqin… she was raised by Mother in her own image…”

Zhao Cheng was almost in tears and asked, "Is there any room for discussion about this?"

Zhao Huan's five words chilled Zhao Cheng to the bone.

"Your mother has made up her mind."

Zhao Cheng struggled and said, "Father..."

Hey, now you know how to call me dad?

Zhao Huan laughed and immediately said, "You should just call me old man!"

"You're my own father!"

"You know I'm your biological father? Then don't ask me for help with this, or you'll get me into trouble!"

Zhao Cheng squatted down by the lake, looked up at the sky and sighed, "Father can't be relied on!!"

Zhao Huan pouted and said, "If I were in charge of this family, do you think you only have three younger brothers now?"

"I can't talk about it anymore, it's all tears." Zhao Cheng shook his head.

Zhao Huan squatted down beside his son, patted his shoulder, and said, "If nothing worse happens, your marriage is settled. Listen to your father, don't think of any other way. Go and talk to Yang Cai'e and Zhou Nuo properly. You're going to do great things in the future, so it won't hurt to marry a few more wives."

"What big thing am I doing?"

Zhao Cheng picked up a pebble and threw it into the middle of the lake, saying, "I'm not going to be emperor in the future, and there's no throne to inherit in my family, so why would I marry so many wives and have so many children?"

Zhao Huan remained silent, patted Zhao Cheng on the shoulder, and then sat down on the ground.

Thump!

At the same time, a heavy object fell into the water, and the splashing water startled Zhao Cheng, who quickly stood up and backed away.

Snap snap snap snap snap...

Immediately following was a series of sounds. Zhao Cheng looked around and saw a group of dark figures moving about. Then He Zhi walked over quickly and clasped his hands in greeting to Zhao Huan.

"Right Prime Minister, everything has been cleaned up."

"Is there any value in interrogating him?" Zhao Huan asked.

"Based on preliminary assessments, both Changsui and Southern Zhou are involved."

Zhao Huan raised his hand and said, "Give it to Tao Zhi, she can get the answers out of her."

"yes!"

Zhao Cheng glanced at He Zhi's back and exclaimed in surprise, "What are you doing?"

"Southern Zhou spies, Changsui spies, so annoying... I finally got home to rest, and I don't want to be woken up by these flies."

"Is this why you came here?!"

Zhao Huan nodded and said, "Since they can't get into the Right Prime Minister's residence, let's just give them a chance to come out and die."

Zhao Cheng glanced at the club behind him and said, "All this fighting and killing is really ruining my feng shui."

"It's alright, I'll have Mr. Lian come here and take a look later."

"This old fox knows about feng shui?"

"He survived because of this skill back then."

"That would ruin so many people..."

...

Things didn't go as Zhao Cheng had planned, which troubled him greatly. He didn't visit Yang Cai'e at the study for three days after returning home.

With Dong Hua present, Yang Cai'e would surely know that Zhao Cheng had returned, but she did not come to the Right Prime Minister's residence to look for Zhao Cheng.

Zhao Huan took some time to meet Deng Fugui at the manor, and also met with Chai Xin and Li Dai. He also frequently appeared in Yanchuan City, shopping, eating, and chatting with the locals who knew him.

When Zhao Cheng was at home, he noticed that Zhao Huan and Zhou Chuan spent a lot of time together, which meant that his father really liked Zhou Chuan.

Zhao Yan and Zhou Chuan also got along well, and the two often sparred in swordsmanship.

Yes, this future brother-in-law has gradually integrated into the Zhao family.

On the sixth day, Zhao Cheng couldn't resist any longer and went to the bookstore after breakfast.

Yang Cai'e kept all the doors and windows closed. Jin Yong said that this was Cao Bichang's creative habit; she liked this way of creating in a dark room.

Zhao Cheng checked on Jin Daxia and the others' work. To be honest, they were just going through the motions since they were already there. The bookstore no longer needed him to operate; Dong Hua could manage it well, not to mention Yang Cai'e was also helping with the management.

After everyone had gone back to work, Zhao Cheng walked to Yang Cai'e's door and reached out to knock.

But his hand remained suspended in mid-air.

What should we say when we meet now?

Let's talk about work?

That's so fake.

Discussing marriage?

Awkward.

Zhao Cheng shook his head, put down his hand, turned and left, deciding to think it over before coming back.

At this moment, he particularly envied those truly scumbag men who, no matter how bad or irresponsible they were to women, felt no remorse.

That's a truly damn good skill for selfishness!

Unfortunately, Zhao Cheng couldn't learn it.

Perhaps it was due to the time travel, or perhaps it was due to the 'family tradition' of the Right Prime Minister's Mansion, but Zhao Cheng always placed women in a high position, or at least on an equal footing.

He couldn't treat them as commodities or accessories.

"Since you're here, why don't you come in?" Just as Zhao Cheng took a step back, Yang Cai'e's voice came from inside the room.

Zhao Cheng stopped and turned around, but the door remained closed.

"Then let's say a few words outside the door," Yang Cai'e continued. "The Right Prime Minister and his wife are back, and you're back too. I know you've brought a girl back with you."

Zhao Cheng responded with a soft "hmm" through the door.

I'm going on a long trip tomorrow.

Where are you going?

"Dong Hua arranged a book signing event, and I went with Mr. Pu, the author of Jin Yong's novels."

"This is great news! Donghua never mentioned it to me!"

"There are many things to do in winter painting, so I'm leading the team this time."

“Cai’e…” Zhao Cheng thought for a while before slowly saying, “Thank you for taking care of the bookstore.”

Yang Cai'e asked, "Is there anything else you want to say to me?"

"Be careful on the road."

That's it?

"How do you two get along, Yan Lan and that girl?"

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