Yaoguang and Yuheng didn't understand much, but they always listened to Yu Zizhen's words. They learned from Yu Zizhen and worked hard quietly, not wavering in their original intentions because of outside comments.
With them taking the lead in the internal competition, Yu Zizhen's servants and female guards followed suit unknowingly.
Even Madam Zhang was taught by Yuheng to write and do accounting.
Yu Zizhen was very satisfied with the strong learning atmosphere in her family. In order to commend their hard work, she paid out of her own pocket and added two cents of monthly allowance to each of them.
In addition, Yu Zizhen will reward the servants and female guards who rank in the top three in the class in terms of reading, martial arts, and skills every month with practical but slightly expensive items as an encouragement.
In addition, she would pay for special treatment for these children from time to time out of her own pocket. Those servants who had previously despised her for being poor, stingy, and unruly, after hearing about the various treatments these children received, could not help but secretly regret having avoided Yu Zizhen as much as possible.
As for the six maids assigned to the third courtyard to guard the gate and do rough work, although they did not do anything worthy of Yu Zizhen's extra reward, Yu Zizhen did not treat them unfairly.
Every time Madam Zhang prepared a special meal for the children, Madam Zhang would also give a moderate amount of food to the six maids who were also Yu Zizhen's subordinates so that they could satisfy their cravings.
In fact, Madam Zhang hoped that they could be like her and learn more from the children while doing their work. However, those maids were either content with the status quo and did not want to make progress, or had to take care of the old and young at home in addition to their work, and they simply could not spare more time to learn other things.
Madam Zhang couldn't lead them, so she could only provide them with a little financial support within the harmless range allowed by Yu Zizhen.
About seventeen or eighteen days passed like this. On her way to Zheng's restaurant for the fourth time, Yu Zizhen ran into Mrs. Liang who was standing at the door of the incense shop to see off guests.
Of course, Mrs. Liang could not recognize Yu Zizhen, who looked like a child. She looked haggard, and her expression was filled with visible fatigue. It was obvious that she had not had an easy time recently.
But Yu Zizhen was not worried about Mrs. Liang at all, because after hearing Mrs. Liang's voice, Yu Zizhen deliberately exchanged glances with Mrs. Liang through the car window. Seeing her calm, resolute but fighting-spirited eyes, Yu Zizhen immediately realized that this was a person who would never be easily defeated by the enemy.
Moreover, according to the system, Mrs. Liang had verified the information she provided during this period and knew that what she said was indeed true.
With the evidence, this shrewd and capable woman quickly and vigorously launched effective prevention and counterattacks against those evil spirits.
The reason why she looked so tired was that she had been worrying too much and working too hard recently.
But her hard work was not in vain. Her arrangements have achieved very gratifying and significant results in the past two days.
If those people had been doing bad things behind the scenes with intentional intent before, now it was Mrs. Liang's turn to take her husband and daughter and fight back.
Things change. The Ji family, who were originally treated like meat on the chopping board and could be manipulated at will, launched a fierce counterattack before the enemy could realize what was happening.
Since they were so motivated, Yu Zizhen naturally didn't have to worry about everything anymore. So, apart from still letting the system monitor the development of the situation, Yu Zizhen no longer worried about the Ji family's affairs.
It is worth mentioning that in the past half month, the prince of Weiguo, Fang Huaiying, and the eldest grandson of Jingguo, Chen Hushan, also arrived one after another.
Duke Weiguo and Duke Jingguo, one guarding the western border and the other guarding the southern border, were both military commanders guarding the borders, commanding large armies like the King of Zhenbei. However, unlike the King of Zhenbei, both were already in their forties.
According to the original book plot and task content given by the system, Yu Zizhen learned that Chen Hushan, the eldest grandson of Duke Jingguo, was eleven years old this year. He was the only lucky one among the three hostages who was truly loved and cared for by his family.
He has thick eyebrows, big eyes, a righteous face, and loves to laugh. When he laughs, two cute little fangs are exposed.
He has a pleasant appearance and an easygoing personality, so he can easily get along with anyone.
But Yu Zizhen, who had been spoiled in advance, knew very well that this child's innocence, honesty, mischief and playfulness were just a deliberate performance for the people around him. In fact, he and his grandfather and father were bold and careful, deep-minded, and very good at understanding people's hearts and making plans.
As for Fang Huaiying, the prince of the Duke of Wei, he is twelve years old this year and is the oldest among all his study companions, but at the same time he is also the least confident among all his study companions.
The reason is very simple. First, he is not the biological son of Duke Weiguo, but a nephew adopted by Duke Weiguo. Second, Duke Weiguo has been tortured by pain for many years, and it is hard to say how long he can live.
If the Duke of Weiguo passed away, given that he had brothers and nephews, there was a high probability that he would not even be able to keep his title as the crown prince, let alone dream of inheriting the military power from the Duke of Weiguo.
Unlike Duke Jingguo, who had a wife, concubines, and many children, Duke Weiguo was a man who loved his first wife very much and was grateful for her kindness.
Although he originally came from a family of military generals, without the support of his father-in-law's family, even if he tried his best to scheme, he would never be able to climb to the high position of Duke and command 200,000 soldiers in his lifetime.
It can be said that his achievements today are closely related to the fact that all the adult male members of his father-in-law's family died while guarding the border, leaving only his wife as the direct descendant who had grown up.
Although he did not inherit the military merits and titles of his father-in-law and uncle, he inherited the elite soldiers, connections and prestige they left behind.
Duke Weiguo was a grateful man, so even though his first wife died early, he never thought of remarrying or taking a concubine. He just devoted himself to pampering the only daughter left by his first wife.
As for the adoption that his mother and brothers had been clamoring for for many years, if possible, he would like to adopt his nephew to be his and his first wife's brood. However, his eldest uncle's posthumous son was the only heir left in his family of marriage. Not to mention letting him be adopted by another family, his mother and grandmother were even reluctant to let him continue to practice martial arts and become a military general, for fear that he would go to the battlefield one day and follow in the footsteps of his grandfather, father, and uncles.
Duke Weiguo had no choice but to hire famous teachers for his nephew and personally inquire about his studies and life from time to time to prevent the child from growing up astray due to excessive pampering by the women in the family.
After this dragged on for several years, the Duke of Wei suddenly adopted the poor little Fang Huaiying, whose parents had died early and whose family's meager property had been seized by his close relatives and uncles.
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