Chapter 203 Unfilial Son
Gu Mingda touched her little head and said, "You don't have to go out to study. Daddy will teach you personally."
If an ordinary child heard this, he would probably feel sad because of the different treatment.
But Niuniu was different. She said excitedly, "Yes, yes. I can stay at home with my parents."
Zhang Yuniang looked at her husband in confusion.
Gu Mingda was relieved to see Niu Niu happy. There was indeed a girls' school in the capital, but he only took a look and ran away in a hurry. The girls' school in the capital did not train female students, but virtuous daughters-in-law.
That girls' school was not only extremely strict, but also very expensive, in order to raise the status of their daughters so that they could marry as highly as possible when they could tell others about it in the future.
Gu Mingda thought about it and decided that it would be difficult for him to teach three children at once, but if it was just Niu Niu, it wouldn't be a big problem.
In the evening, when Gu Mingda heard Zhang Yunniang talking about the white sugar, he immediately said, "Let's buy some brown sugar first to verify whether what this girl said is true."
"Does our family really want to start a white sugar business?" Zhang Yuniang asked worriedly.
Gu Mingda said: "Of course I won't do it, but since we know about this, we can treat it as a trump card in our hands. Who knows, maybe we can protect our family someday."
Zhang Yuniang nodded in agreement, then began to worry about tomorrow's events.
"Although the Duke's Mansion has sent a visiting card, I don't know if they are sincerely apologizing. The Duke's wife seems to be difficult to get along with. I don't know how to deal with it tomorrow."
Several days later, an imperial censor heard the news and reported to the emperor that a playboy from Duke Xian's mansion had beaten an imperial official in the street. Duke Xian then learned what his second son had done and hurriedly sent visiting cards to both the Sun and Gu families.
"Don't worry too much. The person who will come to our house tomorrow will most likely be one of the young masters of the Duke Xian's Mansion. The Duke and his wife are very proud and will at most go to the Sun family to apologize, but they probably won't come to our house. You should watch carefully at that time. If they sincerely apologize, then you can forget about accepting the gift." Gu Mingda said.
Things had come to this point, and Duke Xian was reprimanded by the Emperor and lost all face.
The Gu family was weak and no one was actually injured, so it was unlikely that they would swing the whip back.
"What if it's not sincere?" Zhang Yunniang asked.
Gu Mingda lowered his eyebrows, clenched his fists, and said, "Then we can only wait until tomorrow."
Gu Mingda knew in his heart that, in the final analysis, it was because he was too weak that his family was humiliated at the city gate that day.
In the upper room of Duke Xianguo's mansion, Duke Xianguo was getting angry at his wife.
"What happened at the city gate happened so many days ago, and you didn't tell me, but now that it's time for the second brother to go out and apologize, you still want to stop him? I didn't know that the second brother was so precious. If you really want to do this, why don't I, the Duke, do it for him!"
When Lady Xian Guogong heard this, she also felt very aggrieved and said, "They are just a bunch of poor people from other places. Is it worth saying anything?"
Duke Xian threw the teacup in his hand to the ground on the spot.
"What do you think the Hanlin Academy is? What do you think the new second place is? The second place in the first class! Even ordinary Jinshi have complicated connections behind them, including teachers, classmates, and fellow townsmen. Who knows which real Buddha they will offend! Do you really think they are ordinary people?"
The wife of Duke Xian was almost splashed by the broken porcelain pieces. She took two steps back in fear and murmured, "My father is a cabinet minister..."
Hearing this, Duke Xian became even more angry and said, "Don't bring up Old Taishan every day! He is a cabinet minister, can he stop His Majesty from reprimanding me? I was scolded for what you did, and even Old Taishan turned around and accused me of not educating my son well!"
Duke Xian was both angry and aggrieved. He and his mother had raised their eldest son, and anyone who saw him would say that he was a gentleman.
The second son was raised by his wife since he was young. She spoiled him so much that he was neither good at literature nor martial arts, and he was always getting into trouble outside. He couldn't understand why he couldn't handle such a small matter when his wife was clearly present at the city gate that day.
Lady Xian lowered her head guiltily, but still couldn't help but defend her second son: "Duke, I'm not shirking responsibility, but for some reason, the second son has had an extremely itchy rash all over his body these days. The doctor prescribed medicine but it didn't work, so he really can't go out."
When Duke Xian heard this, he couldn't help showing disdain on his face, and then he scolded his wife fiercely: "It's all because of you who indulged him! He is so young, but he has learned the dandy skills of sleeping with prostitutes, and he has brought back a lot of serious diseases!"
The wife of Duke Xian loved her son dearly and had never thought about his syphilis. When she heard Duke Xian say this, she felt like she was struck by lightning.
"No...that's impossible. The waiter has always been well-behaved..." Lady Xian Guogong murmured.
Duke Xian sneered and said, "If you were really obedient, you wouldn't have caused such a big mess. Which doctor did you hire? Did you give him detailed instructions? If the news leaked out, our Duke's Mansion would be embarrassed by this person!"
Lady Xian Guogong whispered, "It's Doctor Liu. He's always tight-lipped and probably won't say anything outside."
Duke Xianguo breathed a sigh of relief. Doctor Liu was considered a half-official doctor in the mansion. For the sake of his job, he would not talk nonsense outside.
But the wife of Duke Xian said without showing any concern, "The rash on Xiaoer's body has not subsided. I was thinking of asking the imperial physician to come to the house to take a look."
Duke Xian couldn't help getting angry again and said, "Why invite an imperial physician? Is he qualified? It would be embarrassing enough for me if the imperial hospital kept the pulse records. I would rather he just die of itching!"
Lady Xian Guogong was reluctant to see her son suffer, so she said, "Duke, although Xiaoer is a little naughty, he is still your own son..."
Duke Xian said directly: "I wish I didn't have such a son."
The wife of Duke Xian looked unhappy.
Duke Xian said again: "Let him overcome it tomorrow. At worst, we can wrap him up more tightly."
"Xiaoer doesn't want to go out. He's already in a bad mood. Why make things difficult for him?"
Duke Xian was getting angry again: "He is in a bad mood, am I in a good mood? A loving mother often spoils her son. He caused the trouble himself, but instead of apologizing, he wants others to clean up the mess for him!"
Lady Xian Guogong was still reluctant to force her second son.
Duke Xian immediately sent someone to inform Qin Er about this matter.
But the person sent out soon returned and reported to the Duke and his wife tremblingly: "Duke, Madam, the second young master said... the second young master said... if you force him to apologize again, he will hang himself."
When Duke Xian heard this, he wanted to smash the cup again, but when he looked down, he saw that his cup was gone. He could only slam the table hard and cursed, "This rebellious son, let him just hang himself!"
Lady Xian couldn't help crying and said to her husband, "My Lord, look at what you have done to Xiao Er. He really can't leave."
Duke Xian had a gloomy face and said, "If he doesn't go, his elder brother will have to go. Are you going to bother Jing'er for such a trivial matter?"
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