Chapter 1625 Curiosity (January Monthly Ticket Plus 3)
As soon as Manbao arrived at the Eastern Palace, he couldn't help but share this exciting event with the Crown Princess and Mingda Changyu, who was staying beside the Crown Princess. He said with a look of regret, "It's a pity that we can't see it."
The Crown Princess glanced at her unhappily and warned her, "Don't watch too much of the excitement in the aristocratic families, or you might get hurt at any time."
Although Manbao was very disappointed, he still nodded in agreement.
The main thing is, she has no other channels to watch it, right?
She has no channels, but the emperor and the prince do.
Obviously, both father and son were very interested in the excitement at the Wang family's house. One of them sent someone to wait outside the Wang family's house to inquire about the news, while the other sent Gu Zhong directly. "When you see Prince Ji coming out, please invite him into the palace. I haven't seen him for a long time, so it's a good opportunity to play a game of chess with him."
Gu Zhong agreed with a smile, then handed the task of serving the emperor to his apprentice, and he went to wait outside Wang's house himself.
The wait lasted until the afternoon. The Wang family's meeting lasted from morning to afternoon, a total of more than three hours.
Wang Ji's face wasn't very good, but he still respectfully escorted Patriarch Wang out the door. Gu Zhong watched Wang Ji go in, then smiled and got out of the carriage. He greeted Patriarch Wang with a smile and bowed, saying, "Mr. Wang, His Majesty heard that you came to the capital and missed your chess skills very much, so he asked us to invite you to the palace to play chess."
Patriarch Wang glanced at the carriage behind him, responded with a smile, and then got on the carriage.
Patriarch Wang entered the palace without any change of expression, but he knew in his heart that the Wang family had become a laughing stock.
The emperor did not hide his intention to laugh at the joke at all. He finished his state affairs long ago and then sat in the yard, fiddling with the chessboard and waiting.
The prince was also serving on the side.
As soon as Patriarch Wang entered, both father and son looked up at him. The emperor then waved and said with a smile, "Ziji is here? Come and see this new box of chess pieces I've acquired."
Patriarch Wang stepped forward with a smile, bowed, and sat down, praising, "This chess piece feels cool and moist to the touch, quite good."
The emperor set up a chessboard with him and started playing. Halfway through the game, he asked with a smile, "I heard from the Crown Prince that the injury of one of your nephews from the third house has worsened. Did you ask the imperial physician Zhou to treat him? I wonder how he is doing?"
Patriarch Wang complained in his heart, the imperial physician is yours, don’t you know his condition better than me?
But he could only smile and say, "The imperial physician said that as long as you rest and recuperate, you'll be fine."
He covered it up, saying, "Wang Ji meant well, but his servants were cunning, so Wang Rong suffered."
The emperor raised an eyebrow and turned to the crown prince, saying, "I remember Wang Rong is not young anymore. Do you have a suitable position for him?"
He smiled and said, "I have read the impeachment memorial from the Censorate. He was young and frivolous. Everyone makes mistakes when they are young. They are not serious mistakes. The child can correct his mistakes. His father passed away early, and no one considered his career. It is rare that the Crown Prince gets along with him, so he should find something to do in the Eastern Palace."
Before the Wang clan leader could say anything, the crown prince had already agreed and said, "Wang Rong has a half-brother, Wang Da, who is also quite good. I heard that he is currently studying at the Four Schools Academy."
Wang Da was admitted through examination, and the head of the Wang clan only found out about this today. Originally, their family also had a quota for imperial favor, but Wang Rong was an average student, so they kept the quota for his father and wanted to give it to his half-brother.
As a result, when his half-brother reached the age, Wang Ji's two sons also happened to reach the age. Wang Ji had one quota, which was obviously not enough, so he took them all.
The Wang Rong brothers had no choice but to go to another academy to study. It was not until the following year that Wang Da was admitted to the Four-Exam Academy.
But after all, I am one year behind my two cousins, so I am a little behind.
He also knew that Wang Da had asked the prince for help, and he was a little angry at first. It was too embarrassing for these clan affairs to be brought to the king.
He is in the capital. If Mrs. Wang is interested, she can look for him.
But after today's family division drama, Patriarch Wang has more to think about.
A tree has big branches, and each leaf faces a different direction, let alone people?
As the patriarch, he can only control the general direction of the family's development. As for the smaller aspects, everyone has their own fate, so let them be.
After some consideration, Patriarch Wang smiled and raised his head, saying, "Today, Wang Rong and his family said they wanted to return to Taiyuan with me, but they might stay for their official careers. Your Highness can ask them directly."
The prince asked with a smile, "Why do they suddenly want to go back to Taiyuan? I remember their old lady is still alive. What will she do if she misses her children and grandchildren?"
Patriarch Wang smiled and said, "They've separated. The old lady lives with her eldest grandson. The capital is still too hot. It's okay to come and see the peonies in the spring, but Taiyuan is better the rest of the time."
Patriarch Wang turned and said to the emperor, "Your Majesty, perhaps you haven't been back to Taiyuan for many years?"
The emperor stopped there and didn't ask any more questions. He said sadly, "Yes, I haven't been back to Taiyuan for many years."
Although Patriarch Wang did not want to spread these embarrassing trivial matters in the clan, such a big event as the division of the family was obviously impossible to keep secret.
Even if their family members would not tell anyone, they could roughly guess the amount by asking about the property that Wang Rong's family got.
Even though Mrs. Wang had restrained her family and servants from spreading the news in order to keep the family disgrace from becoming public, the servants still knew a lot from the joy they could see on their faces when Manbao and the others went to see the doctor, and from the boxes they quietly packed.
On this day, the wound on Wang Rong's back began to scab over and the fever subsided. After giving him another injection, Manbao said that the next step was to harmonize the internal organs and wait for the external injuries to improve.
She said to Wang Rong, who was still lying on his stomach, "Your internal injuries haven't fully healed yet, so you have to continue drinking this decoction. I left you the recipe. Drink it for another half a month. The wounds on your body are scabbing over. Don't move around too much for now, or you might open them again. Your skin will feel a little tight and itchy, but just bear with it."
Wang Rong's butt was basically looked at by Zhou Man once a day. Although he was still embarrassed at this moment, he felt much better. He buried his head and nodded softly, and only raised his head when he heard the person leave.
Manbao has gone out and told Mrs. Wang that she will not come from tomorrow.
Mrs. Wang had learned from Dr. Ning that her son's condition had stabilized and he was out of danger, so she specially gave Manbao a big red envelope.
Thanks to Manbao, Dr. Ning, who also said goodbye and returned to the clinic, also received a big red envelope and said that he would come on time tomorrow to change Wang Rong's medicine.
Then the two of them went out of the Wang family's side door together, and Manbao followed Doctor Ning into his carriage.
Doctor Ning looked at her silently, Manbao looked back at him silently, and then they both laughed.
Doctor Ning coughed lightly and said, "It's not good for us to talk about the patient's family. It goes against professional ethics."
"It's all spread throughout the palace. We can just quietly tell everyone what happened. It won't spread outside."
Doctor Ning was curious, "Has it spread throughout the palace?"
Manbao nodded, "His Majesty even personally summoned the head of the royal family to ask about it."
Doctor Ning finally let go of his reservations and lowered his voice, "I heard from the Wang family's servants that Madam Wang and her family took nearly 70% of the property. Even the clan land went to Wang Rong."
Good night
(End of this chapter)
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