What are you doing?
Zhao Cheng glared at Zhao Hu and said, "Don't scare Boss Miao with knives and guns in the middle of the night."
Miao Shaohua burst into tears and cried at Zhao Cheng's feet.
Zhao Cheng bent down to help Miao Shaohua up and said in a gentle tone, "Mr. Miao, there is something I don't understand. Please tell me."
"General, please ask. I will answer all your questions without reservation."
"Your brother, Miao Donglin, left the Miao family early on. After Qi Bainian died, you kept Miao Rusong by your side. How did the two of them get together?"
Miao Shaohua wiped away her tears and said, "To be honest, Ru Song... left home behind my back a year ago... When I asked someone to find him, I found out that he had already gone to Miao Donglin's side. Miao Donglin told me that Ru Song would be more successful with him. I thought that Miao Donglin was Ru Song's uncle after all, and since the child didn't want to stay at home, it wouldn't be bad for him to stay with his uncle."
“When I spared Miao Rusong, the Eldest Princess objected,” Zhao Cheng suddenly said.
Miao Shaohua shivered.
Miao Shaohua naturally understood what kind of person Yuan Yun was, since she was able to bring down the Empress Dowager's faction and powerful ministers and support Yuan Xiu's rise to power.
For Zhao Cheng at the time, keeping Miao Rusong would indeed be a disaster, and given Yuan Yun's personality, she would not allow such a thing to happen.
But Zhao Cheng still gave Miao Rusong a chance.
This shows that Zhao Cheng had won over Yuan Yun.
Thinking of this, Miao Shaohua knelt down before Zhao Cheng and said loudly, "This humble woman is grateful for the General's kindness! It was this humble woman who failed to take good care of the child. If the General wishes to punish someone, then punish me!"
Zhao Cheng suddenly asked, "Are you aware of Miao Rusong's apprenticeship?"
Miao Shaohua said, "I know absolutely nothing about this matter!"
"Okay, I've asked all the questions I needed to ask."
Zhao Cheng stood up, put his hands behind his back, and looked out the window.
"General, what about Ru Song...?" Miao Shaohua asked weakly.
“Take him home.”
"ah?"
"master!"
Miao Shaohua and Zhao Hu were both surprised to see Zhao Cheng so readily agree.
Zhao Cheng said, "What, isn't this what you wanted?"
Miao Shaohua bowed again and said, "This humble woman thanks the Great General!"
After leaving Miao Shaohua's room, Zhao Hu said anxiously, "Master, Miao Rusong has never let go of his hatred. Letting him go like this will only make him a source of trouble!"
As Zhao Cheng walked, he said, "Aren't there enough people who harbor hatred towards me?"
Zhao Hu said, "That's true, but we should eliminate them one by one."
Zhao Cheng shook his head and said, "Who is Miao Rusong? He's just a greenhorn. Do you really think he can set up such a big scheme? Fourth Brother is very smart; Miao Rusong can't even get Fourth Brother into a trap."
Zhao Hu fell silent and began to ponder.
Based on his understanding of Zhao Cheng, Zhao Cheng never did anything meaningless, nor was he a soft-hearted person.
Could it be that Master has other plans?
"Don't even think about it, you're not smart enough to figure it out."
Zhao Cheng smiled slightly and said, "Just wait and see the show."
The next day.
Zhao Cheng declined Xu An and the others' invitation for lunch and instead brought a pot of wine to Zhao Zhan's courtyard.
"Big brother!"
As soon as he entered the courtyard, Wang Yucen came to greet him.
Looking at Wang Yucen, who had become his sister-in-law, Zhao Cheng's eyes were full of affection as he softly asked, "Are you comfortable living in this courtyard?"
Wang Yucen nodded and said, "I like it very much. I've been busy buying things lately!"
Zhao Cheng said, "If you need anything, just go to Chunqin. If you're not comfortable staying here, just ask Chunqin to change your courtyard."
Wang Yucen said, "Big brother, I am really satisfied! My courtyard and A-Zhan's are bigger than those of my second and third brothers. I am already very content."
"Um……"
Zhao Cheng looked around and asked, "Is the fourth brother home?"
"He went to pay his respects to his mother."
“Go tell him I’ll be waiting for him in the pavilion ahead.”
Zhao Cheng shook the wine pot and said, "Let's have a drink with him."
The Zhao family's current residence in Changsui is several times larger than the Right Prime Minister's residence in Yanchuan City. Although this is inconsistent with the frugal and low-key style of Zhao Huan and his wife, Zhao Huan said that now that the children are all married and there are several grandchildren, the house naturally needs to be bigger as there are more people.
Zhao Cheng put it more directly: "The house wasn't bestowed by the imperial court; I bought it with my own money."
I can have it exactly how I want it, is there a problem?
Before Zhao Changxin was born, Yuan Yun had already moved out of Yu Yun Zhai. As the mansion with the most wives and concubines, Zhao Cheng naturally occupied the largest area of the Zhao family mansion.
Next is Zhao Zhan.
This was Zhao Cheng's decision, not because he wanted to take care of his youngest brother, but purely to make amends to Wang Yucen.
This poor girl, whose father and elder brother's deaths were both related to Zhao Cheng, yet she harbored no hatred whatsoever.
He is completely different from Miao Rusong.
Zhao Cheng sat in the pavilion by the lake, enjoying the cool breeze of October.
A moment later, Zhao Zhan arrived in a hurry.
"Brother, I thought you would go to accompany Xu An and the others, why did you come here?"
Zhao Cheng tapped the wine pot lightly and said, "Speaking of which, the two of us brothers have hardly ever drunk alone."
"You wouldn't let me drink it when I was little!"
Zhao Zhan rubbed his hands together, picked up the wine pot, and said, "I'll fill your cup. Since you're interested, I'll drink with you."
"Just this one pot."
Zhao Cheng said seriously, "We can't both get drunk. Mother and A-Yun will take care of things at home, but we can't neglect matters of state."
Seeing Zhao Cheng's expression, Zhao Zhan knew that Zhao Cheng's visit to him was not just for drinking. He followed Zhao Cheng's words and said, "I will listen to my elder brother."
Zhao Cheng asked, "Are you really listening or just pretending?"
"Brother, I know I was wrong about what happened before!" Zhao Zhan was the first to finish his glass of wine.
Zhao Cheng also drank a cup and said slowly, "That matter has been settled, there's no need to mention it again. Today, we brothers are just having a casual chat."
Zhao Cheng put down his wine cup, looked at the lake, and said, "Fourth brother, you have always been the smartest among us brothers. Although you are still young, you are already married and have become the youngest Grand Secretary in the history of Dajing."
Now that you hold power, do you ever feel that you're unlucky and wonder why you're not the boss?
Zhao Zhan exclaimed in surprise, "Brother, I didn't mean that!"
Zhao Cheng poured wine for Zhao Zhan and smiled, "Don't be nervous. I said it was just casual conversation between brothers. What's wrong with you thinking that way? If I were you, I would think the same way."
Zhao Zhan rubbed his hands, unsure how to respond to Zhao Cheng's words.
Zhao Cheng continued, "I'm the eldest, and you're the youngest. Back in Yanchuan City, everyone called me Young Prime Minister, but you were called Young Master."
“At that time, you had no desires. Hiding behind your father and protected by your brothers, you felt very safe.”
"But now that you're all grown up, a person with desires and ambitions, how could you not want to be the eldest brother?"
"Don't you think so, Fourth Brother?"
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