Tian An slept until dawn and only then found out that a thief had broken into his house last night.
He was suddenly frightened. It was obvious that the other party was targeting Zhao Yiming. They chose to attack on the eve of the imperial examination. Their purpose was very clear, which was to prevent him from taking part in the imperial examination.
Tian Mingwu was very angry when he found out. It was a great shame and humiliation that the general's mansion was robbed.
Holding a knife in one hand and a whip in the other, he was about to interrogate the two men in black who had been captured.
Tian An looked at Zhao Yiming with some concern.
They all roughly knew who sent the two thieves, but if Tian Mingwu was allowed to interrogate them, Zhao Yiming's life experience would be revealed.
Tian An winked at Zhao Yiming, asking him to think of a solution quickly.
Zhao Yiming gave Tian An a reassuring look, took a deep breath, and walked towards Tian Mingwu, "Father-in-law, I have something to confess to you."
Tian Mingwu didn't take it seriously and waved his hand, "Whatever it is, wait until I finish interrogating these two little bastards first."
"This matter is extremely important. Please, father-in-law, listen to what I have to say first."
Tian An looked at Zhao Yiming fiercely. Could it be that he was going to confess his life experience to Tian Mingwu?
Seeing Tian An's inquiring gaze, Zhao Yiming nodded calmly, "Father-in-law will know sooner or later, so it's better to tell him as soon as possible."
Even if Tian Mingwu was slow-witted, he knew the two boys were hiding something from him. He didn't rush to interrogate them and turned back to the main seat. "Tell me! What are you hiding from me?"
Tian An waved his hand and asked Xiangtao to take the servants out, leaving only the three of them.
Tian Mingwu felt his heartbeat quicken upon seeing this. Could it be that these two kids were hiding something huge from him?
As it turned out, his hunch was correct.
After listening to Zhao Yiming's words while pretending to be calm, he was so shocked that he couldn't recover for a long time.
"No wonder! No wonder! I thought it was a nugget of gold in our remote mountain area, but it turns out to be a dragon trapped in the shallows."
"No wonder you're so good at studying. You don't look like a kid from the mountains at all."
Suddenly thinking of something, Tian Mingwu looked at Tian An and said, "My daughter, you know all these things, right?"
Tian An nodded without hesitation, "Dad, we didn't mean to hide it from you, it's really a matter of great importance..."
Tian Mingwu really couldn't bear to see Tian An suffer any injustice. Seeing her blaming herself for hiding it from him, he immediately said, "It's okay, my daughter. Daddy is not afraid of you hiding it from Daddy. Daddy is afraid that this guy is hiding it from you and coaxing your feelings. Daddy doesn't care who he deceives or who he deceives, as long as he doesn't deceive you."
"Dad..." Tian An's voice was choked with sobs, and he cried bitterly while hugging Tian Mingwu.
When she started crying, Tian Mingwu became even more panicked. "Don't cry, my daughter! Daddy really doesn't blame you, but you should have told me earlier. You two are just children, how could you bear such a big responsibility? What if you get into danger?"
Hearing Tian Mingwu's selfless and caring words, Tian An cried even harder. Afraid of scaring him, she could only hurriedly wipe the tears from her face and force a smile. Her crying and laughing appearance successfully made Tian Mingwu laugh.
Tian Mingwu wiped the tears from her face and comforted her, "Okay, don't cry, my daughter. Daddy doesn't blame you. Daddy will always stand behind you.
From now on, no matter what you have, you can come and tell Daddy. If you don’t want to tell me, that’s fine too, but the premise is that you won’t put yourself in danger, and you won’t let yourself be wronged.”
After comforting Tian An, Tian Mingwu stood up and walked towards Zhao Yiming, "So you are General Zhao's grandson!"
Tian Mingwu said this and suddenly knelt on one knee.
Zhao Yiming was startled and hurried to help him, "Father-in-law, what are you doing?"
Tian Mingwu, however, was not impressed. "Back then, when I first arrived at the scene, I knew nothing and nearly died on the battlefield. It was General Zhao who saved me and taught me skills, which is why I have such a good life today.
Unfortunately, before I could repay him for saving my life, he died on the battlefield. Now that I have met his grandson, you should accept this gift on his behalf!"
Tian Mingwu saluted solemnly towards Zhao Yiming, then stood up and changed his expression. "Humph! Even if you are General Zhao's grandson, don't even think about bullying my daughter. If I find out that you have wronged An An, I will still break your dog legs."
His expression changes faster than turning the pages of a book.
Zhao Yiming looked helpless and made repeated assurances before he let the matter go.
But Tian Mingwu had no intention of letting him go, "I heard that when you and An An got engaged, you didn't even go through the betrothal ceremony, you just signed a marriage certificate.
"Back then, you were just a brat from Shangba Village, but now you've become the legitimate son of the Duke of Zhao and the nephew of the emperor. Don't you have to pay the marriage ceremony?"
It would have been fine if I wasn't there when my daughter got engaged, but now that this guy is of a high status, I can't let him get away with it.
Tian Mingwu had already made up his mind that no matter how much dowry Zhao Yiming gave, he would add it all to Tian An's dowry when they got married. The more dowry his daughter brought, the more support she would have in the future.
Seeing that Tian Mingwu did not block his marriage to Tian An because of his concealment of his background, Zhao Yiming naturally agreed. Moreover, even if he did not mention it, he had originally planned to make up for the betrothal gift.
It can be seen that Zhao Yiming agreed readily, and Tian Mingwu felt upset again.
Considering Zhao Yiming's status, the betrothal gifts he gave would definitely not be bad.
A large dowry is a good thing, but if the dowry he gives to his daughter is too little, his daughter will be looked down upon by others.
Although he knew that his daughter had run a lot of businesses in the past few years and should not be short of money, but as a father, he couldn't just stand by and watch his daughter get married!
Secretly calculating the private money he had saved during this period, Tian Mingwu sighed helplessly. It really is true that a penny can make a hero fall!
With his few fortunes, he probably couldn't even buy a few pieces of land, let alone a small farm in the suburbs of the capital, let alone a shop or a house.
After thinking for a while, he looked towards the direction of the palace.
The emperor does have some silver, but he doesn't know if he can lend him some.
The emperor, who was busy reviewing documents, suddenly sneezed and felt his ears itchy.
He thought it was his beloved Princess Yaoyao who was talking about him, but he didn't expect that someone was eyeing the treasures in his warehouse.
The emperor at this time did not know that one day he would have to pay both betrothal gifts and betrothal gifts for his nephew's marriage, which almost suffocated him to death.
After Tian Mingwu made up his mind to go to the emperor to cheat the bride price, he immediately felt refreshed and looked at Zhao Yiming with a more intimate look.
However, although he didn't mind his daughter's concealment, he didn't say that he wouldn't care about Zhao Yiming, the brat.
Now that he knew the reason for the incident, he was no longer in a hurry to interrogate the two thieves.
Pulling Zhao Yiming, he went to the martial arts arena and said, "Come on, let's go. It's been a while since we last sparred. The weather is perfect today, perfect for a sparring session."
Zhao Yiming looked at the gloomy sky with drizzling rain, and really couldn't see how the weather was good.
Now that his father-in-law wants to beat him up, he even comes up with such a perfunctory excuse...
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