Chapter 1122 Serving Tea and Sending Guests Away
Chen Fulin fell silent. This threat was very effective.
Zhuang Xun cares about the reputation of Bai Shan and others, while Chen Fulin cares more about his own reputation. If this matter gets out, whether it is true or not, it will have a great impact on him. If Zhuang Xun really has the two things he said, it will be a fatal blow to him.
This is also the most important reason why he absolutely does not allow Zhuang Xun to stay in the capital.
But now, Zhuang Xun was no longer someone he could expel at will.
Chen Fulin took a deep breath, stood up and was about to leave.
"Wait a minute," Mr. Zhuang looked up at him, his lips curled up as he said, "Brother Chen and I have forgotten one thing. Your nephew is only a few years younger than my eldest son. He must have entered the government by now, right?"
Chen Fulin's face turned pale when he heard this. He quickly turned around and glared at Mr. Zhuang, "What do you want to do?"
Mr. Zhuang raised the teacup in his hand and gestured to him.
Chen Fulin's face flushed instantly, and he served tea to see the guest off!
That year, when Zhuang Xun came to him and asked him what he wanted, he raised his glass to him and said that in the two years since he came to Beijing, he had already regarded the capital as his home.
He served tea to the guest. Although he did not say it explicitly, his meaning was clear: he wanted Zhuang Xun to leave the capital, and now Zhuang Xun returned the cup of tea to him.
Chen Fulin left Changqing Lane with a pale face.
Mr. Zhuang put down the tea in his hand with an expressionless face, seeming to be in a bad mood. He pushed the teacup onto the table with some force and stood up.
When he turned around, he saw three little heads quickly shrink back, and Bai Erlang's window vibrated for a long time before stopping.
Mr. Zhuang snorted and went back to the house with his hands behind his back.
The door to Bai Erlang's room was quietly opened. Manbao's little head popped out to take a look. Seeing that there was no one in the yard, he straightened up, breathed a sigh of relief, and waved his hand, "Let's go to the kitchen to see if there's anything delicious."
The three of them slipped out in an orderly manner and ran towards the kitchen at the back.
After they ran a long way, they felt that the master would not catch them again, so they stopped. Manbao sighed: "The master is worthy of being a master. Do you think Chen Fulin is threatened by the master?"
Bai Shan: "After eating, he definitely wouldn't dare to tell anyone about what happened back then. But what did the gentleman mean by serving tea at the end? Why did he look so grim?"
Bai Erlang: "I was just serving tea to see the guests off. I felt humiliated, so I was unhappy."
Manbao felt something was wrong. "That's not right. He was about to leave anyway. It doesn't matter whether the gentleman brings tea or not, right?"
They both thought of Chen Fulin's son that the gentleman had mentioned. Although they still didn't understand what serving tea meant, they felt it must be related to Chen Fulin's son.
Of course, noticing that Mr. Zhuang was not in a good mood, the three of them did not dare to ask him.
They pretended to go to the kitchen and took a look around. Seeing that Aunt Rong and two kitchen helpers had already prepared most of their meals, they simply lent a hand and each took a plate of food back.
Mr. Zhuang also calmed down a little, washed his hands, and came out to have dinner with them.
Mr. Zhuang sat in the first seat and ate his meal with a calm expression, while the three disciples below were exchanging glances with each other, showing no sign of restraint.
He couldn't help but coughed lightly, put down his bowl and chopsticks and looked at them.
Bai Erlang kicked Manbao, and Bai Shan also hit her foot with his shoe. Manbao was attacked from both sides and could only look up and ask, "Sir, what do you mean by serving tea?"
Mr. Zhuang glanced down at them and said, "Nothing special, just seeing you off."
Manbao looked puzzled, "Send it out of our house?"
Mr. Zhuang raised the corner of his mouth slightly and smiled, "Of course not, it was sent out of the capital."
The three disciples opened their mouths in surprise, and then couldn't help but give the teacher a thumbs up, "Sir, you are amazing!"
Bai Erlang sighed, "Has the capital become our home?"
Manbao retracted his hand and slapped him on the head. Bai Shan glared at him angrily, "Why does that sound like a mockery of us?"
Mr. Zhuang laughed heartily and said, "If this is meant as sarcasm, it's not wrong. How could we be so bold as to regard the entire capital as our home?"
He paused and said, "It's just that he drove me out of the capital that year, and now I'm just returning it to him."
The smiles on Bai Shan and the others' faces gradually faded, and Bai Shan asked, "Sir, are you still angry about what happened back then?"
Mr. Zhuang thought for a moment, then shook his head and said with a smile, "It's been over twenty years. If I'd been angry for twenty more, I would have died of anger long ago. Sometimes I think it might not have been such a bad thing not to have entered the civil service. If I had, I would never have had you three disciples in this lifetime."
"Especially Manbao," he looked at her and smiled faintly, "Even if there's one less Zhuang Xun like me, there are still hundreds of Wang Xuns and Zhang Xuns. But if there's one less literate Zhou Man, there really won't be another Zhou Man."
Without him, Bai Shanzi could have studied under someone else. He was smart and could still go to school and take the imperial examination. The same went for Bai Erlang. Without him, he could have studied with someone else. Even if he didn't take the imperial examination, it would still be nice to be a rich man in his hometown.
But Manbao is different.
Without him, she would probably be illiterate, unable to count, and never have studied medicine. Considering Manbao's current intelligence and talents, that would be such a pity, such a pity.
Mr. Zhuang glanced at Manbao's head and thought, it would be a shame not to use such a good brain.
The Emperor thought so too, and he told the Empress the same thing, "I think Zhou Man's brain is really useful. Xiao Yuanzheng said that when she was with them, she was like a buffalo that could steal water, constantly stealing knowledge from them. If she hadn't always been able to come up with some rare prescriptions for illnesses and apply them to other cases, the doctors in the Imperial Hospital would have wanted to ban her from the hospital."
The Queen laughed and said, "That's their fault. Manbao even told me that she doesn't mind sharing her medical skills with everyone, but people in this world are very secretive about their skills. That's why she doesn't take the initiative to teach others. She wants to use them to gain more knowledge that she is interested in but doesn't have."
The emperor said, "She is indeed clever, but I have heard that her junior fellow apprentice is even cleverer than her."
The Queen laughed and said, "Your Majesty, have you seen them already? Who are you listening to?"
The emperor coughed uncomfortably and said, "At the time, I only thought Zhou Man was clever, but I didn't pay much attention to Bai Qi's son. He's more shy and not as outgoing as she is. But judging from the news sent by the people below recently, he's just as clever as Zhou Man."
He smiled and said, "Don't feel bad about these two smart kids."
"So your majesty wants to?"
"The day after tomorrow will be the empress dowager's birthday. What do you think about having their brothers and sisters come to the palace to celebrate her birthday?"
The queen looked up at the emperor.
The emperor smiled ingratiatingly at the queen.
The Queen laughed and nodded, "Okay, I understand."
The emperor held her hand and said happily, "You are the one who understands me."
The queen pushed him in anger, turned her back and said with a smile, "You only bully me."
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(End of this chapter)
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