Chapter 51
Zheng Fa followed Butler Wu to the small building where his wife lived in seclusion.
In the past, the sound of stringed instruments and wind instruments could often be heard from this two-story building, attracting people to stop and take a look. But today, the building was quiet, as if it was waiting for him deliberately.
Based on what he had seen and heard since entering the mansion, Zheng Fa pieced together an image of his wife in his mind.
She hardly ever left the small building, and even didn't like servants to bother her with trivial matters, but for twenty years she had controlled the entire Zhao Mansion in her hands, to the point that people in the Mansion only knew of her Madam and not of Master Zhao.
She raised a naive and foul-mouthed son, who was obviously not fit to be the head of the family. But not to mention the complicated side branches that had been passed down in the Zhao Mansion for thousands of years, just look at the illegitimate sons that Mr. Zhao raised in the front yard, none of them dared to claim to replace the Seventh Young Master as the future head of the family.
If Zheng Fa were asked to describe his impression of his wife in one sentence, it would be: A good warrior need not have great achievements.
"Madam has been in a bad mood recently." Butler Wu in front said in a low voice.
Zheng Fa raised his head and looked at Butler Wu's back.
Butler Wu seemed to be talking to himself: "I feel a little better these past two days."
Zheng Fa said softly with gratitude: "Thank you, Butler Wu, for your advice."
How could a woman who was obsessed with power and protective of her son feel good when Zheng Fa, who was out of control and dangerous, appeared beside her son? In his mind, there were only a few possible reactions to his wife's training in the Spirit Crane Body: she felt he was a threat and killed him - but she would have to face the possible revenge of the powerful behind him.
Being afraid of the great power behind him, and turning a blind eye - for someone like the lady, this is the most unbearable situation.
Based on Zheng Fa's current knowledge, he felt that the most likely thing the lady would do was to pretend not to see it.
But he gradually separated his son from Zheng Fa and secretly observed Zheng Fa.
No longer provide Zheng Fa with any resources and be wary of Zheng Fa's every move.
Until one day, Zheng Fa exposed the truth that there was no powerful person behind him, and then he was bullied.
If he didn't take out "Junior High School Mathematics", Zheng Fa believed that he would have a period of stability, or even a brief period of glory in the Zhao Mansion, and then he would have no place to bury his body.
"Madam doesn't like men. She talks to us through a curtain and doesn't even want to talk to us." Butler Wu turned his head and warned Zheng Fa seriously, "Don't look around, or you'll anger Madam."
Zheng Fa nodded when he heard this and followed Butler Wu up the stairs.
The second floor was still covered with curtains, and only vague figures could be seen in the inner room.
A maid was standing at the second floor stairs. Seeing the two of them, she said, "Madam wants to see Zheng Fa."
"What about me?" Butler Wu stared blankly at Zheng Fa lifting the curtain and walking inside, and couldn't help but ask.
"You?" The maid glanced at him and asked, "Is Butler Wu free?"
Butler Wu touched his face, and couldn't help but have a disrespectful doubt in his heart:
Is it possible that the standard for whether a lady can see someone is not gender, but face? ...
After passing through several layers of curtains, Zheng Fa finally saw the inner room.
There was a couch occupying the space near the inner wall of the room. In the middle of the room in front of the couch were two low tables. On one of the low tables were two books that Zheng Fa found somewhat familiar - "Junior High School Mathematics" and "Elementary School Mathematics". Next to the two books was a stack of papers covered with words.
Next to a low table, a woman was sitting sideways, with a simple black wooden hairpin on her head. A few strands of naughty hair fell onto her white wide-sleeved robe, outlining her plump and beautiful body as her clothes undulated.
Hearing Zheng Fa's footsteps, the woman didn't even raise her head, pointed to another empty low table and said, "Please sit down and have some tea."
Zheng Fa didn't expect that his wife looked like a young woman in her early twenties. He knelt in front of the low table, picked up the steaming teacup and took a sip.
He was still thinking about the frequent appearance of the word "please" along the way. It didn't seem like they treated him as a member of the Zhao family. Perhaps there was some respect for the powerful person behind him.
"How about it?"
"I can't tell the difference." Zheng Fa said honestly.
"It doesn't matter. I'm just fooling around."
The lady finally looked up at him, expressionless on her face, and pointed to two books beside her and said, "For me?"
"First for the young master, then for the lady."
“Does the order matter?”
“Very important.”
The lady finally smiled and said, "It's a nice thought, but don't give it to me next time."
Zheng Fa looked puzzled.
"It gives me a headache just reading this." The lady pinched her forehead and glanced at the two books with a look of disgust.
"Tell me, why did you give it to my stupid son?" She seemed to be more relaxed and took a sip of the tea in front of her.
Zheng Fa was silent for a moment, and finally said, "I regard the young master as a friend."
The lady's face showed a bit of coldness: "He is the young master, and you are a servant. What makes you dare to say that you consider him a friend? Is it because of the Nascent Soul behind you who dare not show his face?"
So there's a Yuanying behind me? I just found out about this.
Zheng Fa was not frightened by the anger in the lady's tone, but continued: "I am just a book boy, and I also regard the young master as a friend."
"Ha, you didn't hide it from the beginning."
The lady's tone was lightly mocking, but the expression on her face seemed to soften.
Both of them understood what the other meant: Zheng Fa was expressing his goodwill towards the Seventh Young Master. From the very beginning, his attitude towards the Seventh Young Master was to treat him as a friend, and naturally, this would not change just because of the favor of the powerful.
This sentence is said to a mother.
The lady was silent for a while, then suddenly said, "I don't believe it, and even if I did, it wouldn't be enough."
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Zheng Fa understood what his wife meant.
She is not just a mother. As the person high above in the Zhao family, she is destined to dislike people and things that are out of her control. She will not act on emotion and give up her suspicion of a person because of a word.
I would never take risks with my own son.
"I heard that the Zhao Mansion has two places for the Immortal Products Fairy Fairy this time?"
"oh?"
“I wonder if I can get one.”
The lady looked at Zheng Fa, who not only did not show his loyalty but also started to make demands. She straightened up and looked at him seriously for the first time.
"You are very smart, really very smart." The lady clapped her hands and smiled, "I really didn't expect that you, at such a young age, would have such insight."
She understood Zheng Fa's subtext: You feel that I cannot control it and are afraid that I have ulterior motives, so I will tell you that I have a request of you and of the Zhao family.
This is like saying to a householder: You have my weakness.
Madam looked at Zheng Fa with sharp eyes: "Now I really believe that there is an old monster behind you."
Zheng Fa was stunned for a moment. The Seventh Young Master kept saying that his mother was sure that there was a powerful person behind Zheng Fa.
So the lady herself doesn't believe it?
"Don't look at me like that. My silly son believes everything he hears." Madam touched the stack of papers and said with a pout, "There are all kinds of things in the Xuanwei Realm. Who says that to master the Spirit Crane Body, one must have the help of a Yuanying Zhenren?"
"You are not allowed to be born with a Taoist body? You don't even need to practice?"
"Perhaps you have found some immortal treasure, eaten some rare and exotic fruit, or obtained some mysterious inheritance?"
Zheng Fa: “…”
The lady pointed to the paper in front of her that was covered with words and asked, "Do you know what this is?"
Zheng Fa shook his head.
"I asked someone to ask about your life from childhood to adulthood, including the people in your farm, the people in your mansion, your parents' friends, the teacher who taught you for a year, etc. Their impressions and opinions of you."
The lady flipped through the records and said, "Before your father passed away five years ago, you were an ordinary person. You were a little smart in reading, but there was nothing special about you."
"After your father passed away, you became silent and taciturn. Apart from helping with housework, you rarely went out and didn't interact with others."
"Oh, some people say that you are insidious and cunning, and you only know how to flatter the young master. You will definitely lead the young master astray in the future. He also helped you draw up a plan to lead my stupid son astray. It's quite detailed." The lady looked down and said, "This man is quite talented at being a lackey. Oh, Wang Gui."
Zheng Fa: “…”
"How can someone who has never been out of the village and rarely interacts with others understand human nature as well as you do?" The lady threw down the records in her hand and said, "None of your physical condition, magic weapons, and immortal fruits can give you such insights. Either you have innate wisdom or someone is really teaching you."
Zheng Fa was silent.
"But, you want a place in my Zhao Mansion's Immortal Products Conference in one sentence," Madam looked at him and said, "No."
Hearing his wife's refusal, Zheng Fa smiled.
(End of this chapter)