The Prince of Pingnan's Mansion is three streets away from the Grand Tutor's Mansion. Turning a corner in the middle and then turning right is Huo Jincheng's mansion. When Jian Ning came, she rode in the same carriage with Old Madam Huo. She thought she still had to pick up Ah Man, Erniu and Sanniu, so she walked with Old Madam Huo to the Grand Tutor's carriage.

Unexpectedly, the old lady grabbed her.

"I think you are tired too. Go and rest with your husband. I will ask Cheng'er to take the baby back. Don't worry."

The old lady said with a smile.

Well, Jian Ning happened to have something to discuss with Ding Youtian, so she and Ding Youtian got on a carriage, while Huo Jincheng and the old lady took another.

On the way back, Mrs. Huo kept her eyes on Huo Jincheng. He was just as good-looking as Ding Youtian, each with their own merits. She secretly felt that although her son wasn't handsome, he was handsome and manly, and a better match for Jian Ning.

"Mother, why do you always stare at your son?" Huo Jincheng couldn't help but ask.

"Look at you!" The old lady rolled her eyes at him. "You don't want a good daughter-in-law, and now you regret it?"

"Why bring up such trivial matters?"

"I have my reasons. Let me ask you, is Ning'er pleasing to you now?"

Huo Jincheng was stunned for a moment, but he didn't say whether she could enter or not. He just raised his brow and said, "She's different now."

"No matter how different she is, she's still Ning'er, the legitimate daughter of the Prince of Pingnan's mansion! You didn't see how calm she was when she was giving her mother acupuncture. She's just a little girl, and it's fitting that she's like this as the mistress of the house. You always like those pointy-chinned vixens who look like losers."

"She also has a pointed chin, but it's not as noticeable."

"What nonsense! She has an oval face like her mother, a face that brings good fortune to her husband. What do you know? Your mother and I are the same, otherwise how could your father become a tutor?"

Huo Jincheng looked at his mother. She clearly had a long face, which was not even close to an oval face.

But he didn't dare say that in front of his mother, because if he did, her ears would be in trouble all the way.

"You haven't told me yet, what do you think of Ning'er now?"

"She already has four children."

Huo Jincheng meant that since she was already a wife and a mother, what was the point in saying this? But Mrs. Huo misunderstood, thinking that he was disgusted with Jane Ning because she was no longer a girl, and she immediately spat at him.

"Bah! Haven't you been married and had a child yourself? How dare you look down on her for not being a virgin? In my opinion, you two elder brothers should stop looking down on the younger brother, they are a perfect match!"

"Has mother forgotten that she has a husband? It's not like she hasn't seen her husband before."

Madam Huo stretched her shoulders and said disapprovingly, "That's nothing. You're already engaged to her. As long as you agree, and spare my and your father's reputation, I'll go to your house with your father to mediate on your behalf when the prince returns to the capital."

"Even if her husband agrees, she may not agree. Mother, please stop worrying about your son."

"How could she disobey her parents' orders? Her husband is a handsome man. If he can gain an academic degree this time, won't he have to worry about not finding a wife in the future? Even if he doesn't pass the imperial examination, your mother will personally find one for him, and you can also give him a house in the capital. At least he won't suffer any loss."

"A house in the capital? Mother knows how much money it costs to buy a two-story house in the capital these days. It's not something you can just talk about."

"So what? Don't tell me you have no money. Over the years, you've helped the prince open pawnshops everywhere, and money has flowed into his pocket like water. Don't think I don't know these things. The prince will never let you suffer any loss. Even if you have mountains of gold and silver, your mother won't want them. Why are you hiding it? You're just like your father, always stingy!"

Huo Jincheng didn't want to tell his mother about this, so he lowered his eyes and said nothing. Since he didn't say anything, Mrs. Huo took it as his consent, and she knew that her son would definitely be happy.

The reconciliation of a marriage that had been broken for many years was a beautiful story in the capital.

The more Mrs. Huo thought about it, the happier she became. When she returned to the house, she put aside her pride and asked someone to invite the Grand Tutor over. After the maids and servants served tea, she personally picked up the teapot and poured tea for the Grand Tutor.

"Madam, why are you so happy?" The Taifu was a little flattered. After being married for many years, Madam Huo always liked to put on airs like a daughter of an official family to put pressure on him, and she always complained that he could not change the lifestyle of a country farmer and scholar.

This was the second time in the Taifu's memory that someone had taken the initiative to pour tea for him.

The first time was when he was appointed as the Grand Tutor by the Emperor more than ten years ago.

"There's a happy event." After Old Madam Huo told him, she added happily, "If it really comes to fruition, it will also be helpful to the Crown Prince. Although Prince Pingnan supports the orthodox, if Prince Yong really marries that bitch's daughter, it will be hard to say who Prince Pingnan will support in the future."

She thought she had thought everything through and was fully expecting the Grand Tutor to praise her, but she didn't expect the Grand Tutor to put the teacup he had picked up down down again, "Women's opinions!"

The Imperial Tutor angrily declared, "If you follow your plan, you'll not only harm Cheng'er, but also ruin the Crown Prince! Everyone in the court, whether civil or military, knows that my father and I are tied to the Crown Prince. Prosperity and adversity are shared by all! The Emperor is aging, and times have changed. If Cheng'er truly marries the legitimate daughter of the Prince of Pingnan, and the Prince doesn't voluntarily relinquish his military power, the Crown Prince will be deposed!"

"Luckily you told me all this, otherwise you would have killed the whole mansion!"

Mrs. Huo's expression changed again and again, from anger to shock, and finally her eyes widened and she was speechless.

The Grand Tutor squinted at her and said, "How can a woman like you from the harem understand the seriousness of this? Why do you think the Emperor rejected Prince Yong's proposal to establish a concubine as his second wife?"

Madam Huo hesitated and said, "No, isn't it that Prince Pingnan has no intention of establishing a concubine?"

"Hmph, that's just your womanly view! Even ordinary parents would be like this, and the Emperor is no exception. He doesn't want Prince Yong to dominate the Crown Prince, nor does he want to see the Crown Prince dominate. He treats both the prince and the ministers in this way. Madam, have you not forgotten the Southern Prime Minister back then?"

"At that time, all the civil and military officials in the court acted according to the will of the Southern Prime Minister. Even the envoys from neighboring countries would first pay a visit to the Southern Prime Minister. There was only one voice in the court that was the root cause of the Southern Prime Minister's troubles. It was not simply because he offended the emperor by advocating for the empress, but because the emperor did not want to see a single flower blooming. Spring is the spring of a garden full of flowers. Do you understand?"

Mrs. Huo was speechless and could not utter a word.

After a while, he regained consciousness and continued, "So, Cheng'er and Ning'er are hopeless in this life, right?"

The Grand Tutor frowned, pacing back and forth for a few steps with his hands behind his back. Then he looked at her and said, "Madam, please don't underestimate Ding Youtian. I don't know why, he comes from an ordinary farming family, but the way he talks always gives me a sense of déjà vu. I've always wondered where this feeling comes from."

"Have you figured it out now?"