Perhaps the contrast between the two was too strong. Seeing his son's nonchalant look, Emperor Jingwen felt disappointed.

"You heartless bastard, that's your own grandfather!!"

Ye Shuo: “…”

Wow, my stepfather is really awesome. He even remembered that the Duke of Zhenguo is his grandfather at this time?

But think about it, the ancients attached great importance to filial piety. How my stepfather treats the Duke of Zhenguo is one thing, but if he does the same, that's another matter.

In short, I can do it, but you can't.

It seems that something really big happened today, otherwise his stepfather's mood swings wouldn't be so drastic. Ye Shuo always felt that he was vaguely speaking for his grandfather today, but he didn't know if it was an illusion.

Emperor Jingwen's sudden outburst caught Ye Shuo off guard.

But who is Ye Shuo? His reaction speed is extraordinary.

"Isn't it difficult?" From a child's perspective, Ye Shuo showed just the right amount of confusion.

"Dad, why are you so angry? Did your son say something wrong?"

"But, but... Master and the others have always said this..."

Ye Shuo really wasn't lying about this. The Taifu and the others were all the leaders of the civil officials. The civil officials always looked down on the military generals who only had a bit of strength. Even if they were very restrained, they could not help but reveal a bit of contempt in their words unintentionally.

Of course, the Grand Tutor and the others were only talking about those ordinary military generals, and they did not mention any specific names of the Duke of Zhenguo.

But in the eyes of a child, grandfather = military commander = vulgar, is there anything wrong with this formula? There is absolutely no problem, right?

"I heard that military commanders are quick to fight with others and don't like to be clean. My son... my son still wants to deal with more polite people..." Who can stand a man who comes up shirtless and smells of sweat?

After hearing Ye Shuo's words, Emperor Jingwen felt like he had been hit by a wake-up call.

Yes, how could he forget that no matter what attitude the superiors have towards the Duke of Zhenguo, the people below will naturally follow suit.

Especially since this is not an ordinary matter. It concerns military power, and all the ministers are very secretive about it. In addition, given the relationship between civil officials and military generals, it would be strange for the Taifu and others to say anything good.

And now Xiaojiu is taught by the Taifu and others every day, and naturally thinks that the Duke of Zhenguo is not a good person because of what he sees and hears.

Xiaojiu's current reaction is the result of everyone's joint efforts, including myself, who is actually a driving force behind it.

Emperor Jingwen wanted to distance his son from the family of the Duke of Zhenguo, but he definitely did not intend to make him become ruthless.

When it comes to the relationship with the Duke of Zhenguo's family, Xiaojiu was well educated, but his blank indifference and the way he treated the Duke of Zhenguo as if he were an insignificant stranger still made Emperor Jingwen's heart tremble.

Blood ties are always a very important bond at any time, so Ye Shuo's behavior is very abnormal.

No, we can’t go on like this. If we continue like this, there will definitely be big problems!

Soon, Emperor Jingwen made up his mind.

"No, you have to go whether you want to or not!" Originally, Emperor Jingwen just tried it a little, but now he really has this idea in mind.

Ye Shuo was not in a hurry to respond, and he perfectly portrayed the image of a child who was unwilling to go to his grandfather's house.

Ye Shuo had never eaten pork, but he had at least seen pigs run. When he was a child, one of his friends acted like this when he heard that he would be sent to his hometown in the countryside during the summer vacation.

"No, no, I don't want to learn martial arts when it's so hot!"

Emperor Jingwen almost forgot that this child was also suffering from summer pain.

But the more he acted like this, the more determined Emperor Jingwen became to send him away.

But we can't send him away for too long, at most ten days, and then we can bring him back.

Just like that, amidst Ye Shuo's "crying", Emperor Jingwen remained unmoved and turned away very coldly.

Ye Shuo: “…………”

Ye Shuo couldn't help but laugh out loud after his adoptive father completely left Qiuwu Palace.

Let me tell you, it doesn’t matter if my cheap dad says it’s easy to fool or not, as long as you master the skills, then isn’t it easy?

Just like that, three days later, Madam Wei came into the palace. Before Ye Shuo could even see his grandmother, Emperor Jingwen hurriedly packed her up and sent her to the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion for labor reform.

Just do the whole thing. There are still ten days left, so there is no need to rush.

So Ye Shuo found a way to jump out of the car midway.

Although he knew that his son could not be so honest, when he heard the news, Emperor Jingwen's face turned green uncontrollably, and he did not hesitate to extend Ye Shuo's stay at the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion by two more days.

Emperor Jingwen even issued a death order, requiring the accompanying guards to find him before lunch at all costs, and to tie him up and take him to the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion.

Ye Shuo doesn’t know yet, if he knew he would be so happy that he would go crazy.

At the same time, everyone in the Zhenguo Mansion received news that the Ninth Prince would be staying at the Zhenguo Mansion.

After hearing the eunuch's report, the Duke of Zhenguo became alert at a speed visible to the naked eye.

At first, he was still depressed because Madam Wei was able to enter the palace to visit her daughter, but he could not. Now, the Ninth Prince is coming, and the Duke of Zhenguo feels comforted all of a sudden.

Although he felt a little sad that he couldn't see his daughter, the Duke of Zhenguo, he felt comforted to see his grandson, the Duke of Zhenguo.

Unexpectedly, this time the emperor was so understanding. Not only did he allow Madam Wei to enter the palace to meet the imperial concubine, he also sent the ninth prince to visit.

One or two of the sisters-in-law always felt that something was strange, but they did not think too much about it and quickly asked the servants to clean up the best courtyard in the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion and prepare it for the Ninth Prince.

The entire Zhenguogong clan was suddenly busy.

After finally calming down, the Duke of Zhenguo quickly called out, "Ping'er, look where your brothers are, call them back to me!"

It is unknown how long it will be before they meet next time, so the Duke of Zhenguo plans to use this opportunity to let his grandchildren recognize each other, so that they don't have to figure out who is who among cousins.

Upon hearing this, the man named Wei Ping couldn't help but said weakly: "Grandfather, I am your grandson..." Isn't this calling someone of a lower generation than old man?

"Just go when I tell you to go. Why are you talking so much nonsense?" As a result, the old Duke Zhenguo glared at him, and the dark-faced young man named Wei Ping shuddered, then ran away with his tail between his legs.

"Grandfather, don't be angry. I'll go call for help right away!"

Well, this is really difficult to handle.

Wei Ping scratched his head and searched the entire Duke Zhenguo Mansion, but only found five or six brothers. The rest seemed to have gone out and were not in the mansion.

There was no other way, Wei Ping could only call on these five brothers to go out of the mansion with him to look for someone.

Seeing that one of the cousins was still dozing off, Wei Ping couldn't help but slap him on the forehead, waking the cousin up with a yell: "What are you standing there for? Hurry up!"

"Let me tell you, Grandfather pays special attention to this little cousin whom he has never met. If it's too late, you just have to wait!"

Wei Guang covered his head with his hands grimacing. He was about to fight back, but when he heard the other party mention his grandfather, he immediately became withdrawn.

Forget it, this beating from my cousin is nothing. It’s just that my grandfather’s beating was too harsh, I really couldn’t stand it.

So the five men had to take their servants and split into five groups to look for people.

The youngest among them, Wei Ying, is only ten years old now. In other families, family members would rarely open the door to their grandchildren, for fear that they might get bumped into anything outside. But in the Wei family, there are no such concerns. All the grandchildren have been fighting and playing since they were young, and many of them are playing outside when they are six or seven years old.

The Duke of Zhenguo's mansion has many children and they are raised roughly, so no one thinks it's a big deal.

Before leaving, Wei Guang suddenly thought of something, so he said casually: "By the way, Seventh Brother, Big Brother is also at home now, why don't you go call him?"

However, Wei Ping is just naive, not stupid.

No one in the family dares to set foot in the eldest brother's yard.

Wei Ping then shook his head like a rattle and backed away again and again: "You go if you want to go, I won't go."

Wei Guang pondered for a moment, and suddenly thought of his elder brother's smiling face. He shuddered suddenly and immediately gave up the idea.

Forget it, although the eldest brother is useful, he is very fierce.

It’s better not to disturb him easily.

Soon, the six Wei Ping brothers came out one after another.

However, not long after, Wei Wen, the eldest brother in the eyes of Wei Ping and others, the eldest grandson of the eldest house, still felt in his own yard that the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion was different today than usual.

Looking from the window, there were obviously a lot more maids and servants coming and going outside than usual.

Wei Wen was stunned for a moment, then he called the servant beside him over.

Perhaps because he had been helping to clean up others' butts too often, Wei Wen almost subconsciously asked, "But who at home has gotten into trouble again?"

It’s so lively, there must be guests at home.

Given the current situation of the Zhenguo Mansion, almost no one would take the initiative to come to the door, except for one situation -

There was some disobedient kid in the family who beat someone else's child, and then the child's parents came to the door, so the Duke of Zhenguo had no choice but to invite the child to have a meal. During the meal, the child from whichever room caused the trouble had to apologize to the child's parents.

My younger brothers beat people up, and they come to our house. My parents, uncles, and aunts invite them to dinner and apologize. Then, after a while, my younger brothers beat people up again, and they come to our house. Then, the Duke of Zhenguo apologizes...

This cycle has been going on for who knows how many years, and Wei Wen has become numb.

This kind of thing happens every other day. Just for apology, the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion has to spend a large sum of money every year.

Fortunately, when the late emperor was alive, his grandfather had a relatively rich fortune from years of wars, and his mother and aunts were quite knowledgeable about business, otherwise the entire Zhenguo Mansion would probably not be enough to pay the compensation.

Most of the children in the mansion are lively and energetic. If this situation happened in the past, the worst that could happen was for their father or uncles to take them to the border, and they would become well-behaved after staying there for a while.

But now, not only his father, but also several uncles are gradually restricted and are not allowed to go out to lead troops. Those little bastards at home have no place to vent their energy, so they have to slowly waste it.

But soon, the servant's answer surprised Wei Wen.

It turns out that no one has caused trouble again.

Instead, the Ninth Prince was going to stay at the Duke Zhenguo's Mansion, and according to the eunuch who delivered the imperial edict, he would stay there for a while.

The servant thought that the eldest master would be very happy to hear the news, but to his surprise, there didn't seem to be much joy on his face.

The servant had been with the eldest young master since he was a child, so he didn't have many reservations when speaking. He asked immediately, "Young master, the Ninth Prince is coming. Aren't you happy?"

Wei Wen: "..."

Happy? What is there for him to be happy about?

It's not like he hasn't heard of the reputation of his little cousin. He heard that he was very naughty and even the current emperor couldn't control him.

It's just one more troublemaker. Does God think that the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion is not lively enough?

I have seventeen younger brothers, and now a cousin, so all eighteen brothers are like this. I'm afraid no one would be able to laugh if they were in this situation.

There are also his father, five uncles, and even his beautiful aunt who came to Beijing, they are all exactly the same.

Wei Wen is now 24 years old, and no one knows how he has survived all these years.

And among so many people, not even one person could see that although this majestic Duke's Mansion looked flourishing with flowers and luxuriant branches and leaves, it was actually a building about to collapse.

In just a short moment, all the past events came to his mind, and for a moment, Wei Wen's eyes revealed a hint of despair.