“I even suspect that His Highness the King of Yue was behind the fact that the sage chose me.”
Zhou Wencheng gazed in the direction of the main hall of the Prince's Mansion and said quietly.
"Why?"
Madam Su was just an ordinary woman confined to her home, and she didn't know much about court politics or outside affairs.
In her world, everything is black and white, right and wrong are clearly distinguished.
The King of Yue was powerful, and he was the culprit who caused their son to come to Lingnan.
During her two years in Yuezhou, the King of Yue never gave her husband any important positions.
Despite being the chief secretary of the Prince's mansion, he had to work as an assistant to a woman named Xie.
This made Lady Su, who regarded her husband as her heaven, feel very ashamed and indignant—humiliated, because Helian Jue was deliberately humiliating her husband!
Zhou Wencheng was excluded from the power center of the Yue Prince's Mansion, but he was dispensable and had no real power.
Without power and influence, there are no achievements.
When the King of Yue was deceiving the world, he even fooled Zhou Wencheng.
This caused Zhou Wencheng to send out false information, and the emperor began to suspect him!
...After all that trouble, he offended both sides and was caught in the middle.
Zhou Wencheng was unsuccessful, and the Zhou family also lived a very stifling life.
Not to mention that they couldn't compare to Helian Chen's family, even some convicted officials and exiles lived more glamorously than the Zhou family.
For example, Zheng Yurong, who even has a tattoo on her forehead, has become the most dignified young lady in Yuezhou.
Some shallow local tycoons even wanted to arrange marriages for their illegitimate or youngest sons with Zheng Yurong.
Are they crazy?!
Zheng Yurong was an exile, the descendant of a disgraced official!
But her beautiful daughter was the real daughter of an official, a noble lady!
However, due to the suppression of Zhou Wencheng by the King of Yue, he remained unknown.
She's almost fifteen and still doesn't have a suitable husband.
When Madam Su first came to Lingnan, she looked down on the local wealthy families, calling them all bumpkins and nouveau riche.
Despite their name being "an aristocratic family," they were actually just a group of barbarians.
But two years have passed, and their situation has only gotten worse, with no hope in sight.
The children are growing up; the sons need to go to school, and the daughters need to get married...
Sigh, all of these things are troublesome and worrying.
After much hardship, her husband was promoted to the position of Prefect of Yuezhou. Lady Su thought that her suffering was finally over, but before she could be happy for long, her husband poured cold water on her joy.
Mrs. Su was in a state of confusion.
This governorship is a precarious position; it's neither good to be one nor bad to not be one.
But her husband added that the King and Queen of Yue also hoped he would be the governor.
Aren't they "hostile" to each other?
Zhou Wencheng looked at his wife intently, and suddenly realized that she didn't seem very bright.
Leaving aside political acumen, he was also somewhat "naive".
Is there really such a thing as black and white in this world?
Between black and white, there is gray!
Zhou Wencheng and the King of Yue were not mortal enemies.
Even mortal enemies can temporarily cooperate for the sake of mutual benefit.
The King of Yue probably still needed to accumulate strength and continue to develop, so he did not want to provoke the sage too much and thus invite the court's troops to besiege him.
Zhou Wencheng, on the other hand, did not want to be trapped in the Prince's mansion and become an idle person with no future.
He wanted to be a good official who served the country and its people.
The imperial court may be temporarily out of reach, so let us focus on serving the people.
He must achieve something so that the people under his rule can live and work in peace and contentment; only then will his years of studying the classics have not been in vain!
As for the sage, it's estimated that they can't find a better candidate.
However, if no governor is appointed and Helian Jue is allowed to do as he pleases in Yuezhou, the emperor is unwilling to accept this.
Thus, the two sides competed and found a balance of interests—Zhou Wencheng!
As long as Zhou Wencheng does not openly oppose Helian Jue, Helian Jue will not kill him;
As long as Zhou Wencheng does not completely side with Helian Jue and collude with him, the Emperor will not dismiss him.
...He should be able to hold his position as governor securely.
Holding the imperial edict, Zhou Wencheng had already clearly considered and sorted out the cause-and-effect relationships, the advantages and disadvantages, etc.
However, the women should behave themselves and not let themselves become a burden.
Out of the corner of his eye, Zhou Wencheng glanced at his wife, who looked conflicted, and sighed inwardly: It seems I'll have to keep a closer eye on my wife from now on.
Not smart enough and arrogant, they are prone to causing trouble.
Once internal strife erupts, Zhou Wencheng will regret it and won't even have anywhere to buy medicine.
"Fortunately, my daughter is grown up and can manage the household affairs."
Once Zhou Wencheng had a plan in mind, he began to consciously suppress his wife and elevate his daughter.
Zhou Jiao'e: ...
As the eldest daughter in the family, she is intelligent and sensible.
Having grown up with her widowed grandmother, she is more like a strong-willed grandmother at heart.
She didn't want to be confined to the courtyard; she wanted to see more of the world.
Just like when they first arrived in Yuezhou, Princess Xie had no useful people around her, so she wanted to send Zhou Jiao'e to the palace as a lady-in-waiting.
What a great opportunity!
She could not only broaden her horizons by being around a princess from a noble family, but also elevate her own status.
Unfortunately, my mother disagreed.
As for my mother, well, as her children, it's not good to speak ill of our elders.
However, Zhou Jiao'e really disagreed with some of her mother's actions and couldn't understand her thoughts.
My mother has been married to my father for more than ten years, bearing children and managing the household. She has both merits and hardships.
Let alone a junior like her, even a grandmother would give her mother plenty of face out of consideration for her grandchildren.
Fortunately, the father discovered the mother's problem and began to let her take charge of the household chores.
When my father was promoted to governor, the whole family had to move out of the courtyard on the back street of the Prince's Mansion.
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