Chapter 49 Return to Jing'an

Ever since Yun Fu demonstrated her unique skill in catching fish that day, Old Man Zhu sent invitations every day, asking Wei Rong to bring the cat to his house.

Wei Rong politely refused at first, but later, seeing that Mr. Zhu's eyes were looking at his own Ah Fu more and more passionately, he directly rejected the Zhu family's post.

Old Master Zhu agreed to let the little emperor return to Beijing, and he has been preparing for it these days.

Zhu Qingming looked at the cartloads of jewelry prepared at home. He knew that these things were prepared by his father for the daughter of his deceased sister.

They even planned to take away the Zhu family's doctor and the nanny who was taking care of their health.

Fang Qingxiang, the mistress of the Zhu family, felt a little uncomfortable when she saw that the old man was about to empty the Zhu family, but she didn't say anything.

Why argue with a dead person? Fortunately, her sister-in-law did not send the child to the Zhu family. Otherwise, the old man would love her sister-in-law so much and would pamper her daughter even more.

I wish every family will be prosperous and have a great business, and will never lack food.

The problem is that many of the things the Zhu family's children own have already been distributed. Having another child is equivalent to having to integrate and divide everything they own evenly.

Although it won't be missing anymore, Fang Qingxiang will still feel uncomfortable.

I have already severed ties with the Zhu family. Now that the person is dead, they still add a burden to the family.

If this child really came to the Zhu family, she would have to maintain the title of a virtuous mistress and arrange everything for the child. The thought of it made her feel uncomfortable.

Now the old man is highly regarded by the new emperor, who personally wrote a letter to invite him. This is such a great favor and honor. The status of the Zhu family will only rise, not fall.

When the second wife was ordered to go to the capital to take up the post, she was just a small fifth-rank official. Fang Qingxiang felt that it was just an empty position with no real title.

The second wife agreed without hesitation and even moved her entire family to Jing'an City.

At that time, Fang Qingxiang felt that the second branch of the family was confused and was eager to get a nominal position, but she was secretly happy in her heart. Without the second branch, everything in Nanling belonged to their first branch.

I didn’t expect that the old man is now valued and will soon go to Beijing.

After that, the old man and the second wife were both in Jing'an, and both were in officialdom. They supported each other, and it was only a matter of time before the second wife was promoted.

Even if a minor official has a new helper like the old man, he cannot be underestimated.

Therefore, when preparing things, Fang Qingxiang specially prepared two extra boxes, filled with a lot of gold-woven silk, gems and pearls sent by her mother's family.

Zhu Qingming also noticed the two boxes and was a little confused.

Fang Qingxiang smiled gently, "This is prepared for Xi and Yunfu. Jing'an is full of noble people. As the saying goes, respect the clothes first and then the people. Naturally, our Zhu family's children cannot be outdone by those daughters of high-ranking officials and nobles."

Yuxi is the daughter of Zhu Qingze, the second branch of the Zhu family.

The things prepared were in duplicate, so as to win over the second wife while not forgetting to please the old man.

Zhu Qingming knew that his wife looked down on his second brother in her heart, so he gave these things away for the old man's sake, and he had to pretend to be harmonious on the surface.

Looking at these two boxes of fine silk and huge Oriental pearls and gems, it was enough to see that his wife had invested a lot of money.

Finally, he sighed softly, "Madam is thoughtful."

Wei Rong rejected Mr. Zhu's invitation. He couldn't guarantee that he would let Ah Fu and the old man stay together, and he really wanted to snatch Ah Fu away.

He didn't dare to bet whether Ah Fu would go with him.

Especially since Mr. Zhu was talking about his granddaughter in various ways, he didn't know what gift to give to the child.

He wanted to snatch Ah Fu away and give him his granddaughter, both openly and secretly.

Wei Rong didn't dare to try, as some things were incomparable, so after receiving the emperor's secret letter, he immediately set off back to Jing'an.

Zhu Moshan watched Wei Xiaozi reject his invitations again and again, and was on guard against him as if he were a thief.

I felt resentful in my heart, is he the kind of person who would steal a cat?

Isn't it just a cat that looks a little better, has a little more intelligence, and can catch fish? What's so great about it?

He turned around and instructed Zhu Wen, "Go and see how the luggage is packed. By the way, write a letter to ask the second brother how my dear grandson's illness is. Forget it, let's ask how the luggage is packed first."

Zhu Wen's face was filled with a helpless smile. "Just wait patiently. Didn't Master Song tell you not to rush to Jing'an? The situation in Jing'an may be changing during this period. You can go there after everything is settled."

Zhu Moshan snorted, but he was still thinking about his granddaughter who was far away in Jing'an.

The journey from Nanling to Jing'an is long and takes more than a month.

During this period, Emperor Ji Chenghe, who was far away in Jing'an, was assassinated one after another.

Moreover, the assassins became more and more skilled, and poisonings and assassinations followed one after another.

Ji Chenghe had anticipated this and had borrowed his cousin's secret guard, Chenshi, who had the second highest martial arts skills among the twelve hours.

The most powerful martial artist was Zishi, but Zishi had more important things to do, so he finally begged and asked Chenshi to come.

Another thrilling assassination, a sharp cold light flashed before Ji Chenghe's eyes, and a long silver hairpin suddenly appeared in front of him, blocking the poison dart.

Then a slender figure appeared like a ghost, wrapped tightly in black from head to toe, and fought with the killer disguised as a eunuch.

When Ji Chenghe was sent to the State of Chen as a hostage, his health was ruined and he could not learn martial arts. He was truly powerless.

When faced with an assassination attempt, he has now become adept at finding a place to hide and waiting for the secret guards to deal with the assassin.

The successive assassinations showed that some people could no longer sit still and just wanted to get rid of him, the emperor, as soon as possible.

This is also what Ji Chenghe wants to see the most. He is afraid that they can sit still and he can't find any handle.

Now we can close the net.

After dealing with these messes, there are still a lot of reforms to be implemented.

Ji Chenghe wanted to achieve results very much, but he couldn't be too hasty in each step and could only take it step by step.

A stream of hot blood sprayed onto the bright yellow quilt in front of Ji Chenghe. Ji Chenghe's face turned pale, and then he sighed softly, "Chen Shi, I've told you so many times not to splash blood on the bed. Kill from a distance."

Upon hearing this, the secret guard with his face covered in black cloth said, "Your Majesty, please forgive me. I will be more careful next time."

A hoarse voice that was indistinguishable between male and female sounded, leaving Ji Chenghe helpless. "You said the same thing last time, the time before that."

Chen Shi stopped talking and prepared to clean up the assassin's body with corpse-dissolving powder.

Just as he was about to fall, he saw the little emperor sitting on the dragon bed wrapped in a quilt. He paused, picked up the assassin's body with one hand, and disappeared into the bedroom.

Deal with it farther away, otherwise the little emperor will keep nagging.

Ji Chenghe looked at the secret guard who disappeared in the hall, and his eyes couldn't help but look at the direction she disappeared. Then he took out a pill from under the quilt and swallowed it, then pulled the bell hanging on the dragon bed.

Soon, the chubby chief eunuch rushed in, looked at the emperor with purple lips lying on the dragon bed, and shouted in a shrill voice, "Hurry up! Call the imperial physician! His Majesty has been poisoned!"

Ji Chenghe raised his hand and rubbed his eardrum which was about to be pierced by the sound, and couldn't help but frowned.

Shen Shi received the letter sent by Hai Dongqing and immediately presented it to the people in the carriage.

Wei Rong was stroking the cat in his arms.

Afu's fur is thick, fluffy and soft. It feels like touching a ball of soft cotton, making people love it.

But because the weather was too hot these days, Wei Rong combed its hair more often and used his internal energy to cool it down from time to time, for fear that it would get heatstroke.

Yun Fu lay lazily in the man's arms, her head resting on his arm, looking at the letter handed to her from outside. Someone didn't hesitate and opened it directly.

Yun Fu watched someone using her body as a cushion and let him do as he pleased.

But when the man was about to use her as a cushion to write his reply, Yun Fu's evil intentions came out. She showed her claws and slashed the letter paper with a "swish".

Wei Rong looked at the three scratches on the letter paper, avoided them and continued writing.

After writing it, he threw it to Shen Shi and asked him to deliver it.

Shen Shi looked at the tattered letter paper and was speechless for a moment.