Chapter 238 Someone Wants to Arrange a Marriage for Aunt Zhou
Because he hadn't seen Aunt Zhou for a long time, the Fifth Prince blurted out all his grievances, "It's Father Emperor and Consort Duan who want to make me the Crown Prince, but I didn't want to be the Crown Prince, so I ran away."
"The Crown Prince?!" Both Aunt Zhou and Du Wanchun showed surprise on their faces.
The fact that the Emperor and Consort Duan wanted to make the Fifth Prince the Crown Prince is clearly an attempt to make him a puppet.
The Fifth Prince wiped away his tears and said aggrievedly, "How could Consort Duan be so kind as to want me to be the Crown Prince? She just saw my courage and wanted to make me a puppet. I'd rather escape and be an ordinary citizen than be a puppet."
The fifth prince may seem timid and even a little dim-witted, but he is actually very perceptive.
"But, Mother, what are you doing here?" he asked Aunt Zhou in confusion.
To prevent the boy from revealing the truth, Aunt Zhou told him roughly how she had been murdered and how she had escaped and lived in seclusion here.
Since she was already here, she had to find a way to keep him here; otherwise, who knew what might happen if she sent him back.
The Fifth Prince listened with great resentment, "I never imagined that Father Emperor could be so ruthless. It turns out he was the one who did it all!"
When Granny Zhou was banished to the Cold Palace, the usually timid Fifth Prince actually knelt in front of the Emperor's palace for three days and three nights.
Later, he was forcibly dragged back by the eunuch beside him.
Aunt Zhou didn't know any of this. If she did, she would probably be very touched.
Aunt Zhou comforted him and asked, "What do you plan to do next?"
The Fifth Prince looked at Granny Zhou solemnly and said, “Mother, I’m not leaving. I’ll stay here and take care of you. My own mother died early, and I couldn’t take care of her in her old age. You’ve raised me for so many years, so you’re my own mother. I will take care of you in your old age and see you off in your old age.”
Aunt Zhou was quite pleased to hear this and said with a smile, "But life in the countryside is not as easy as it is in the palace where you are waited on hand and foot."
The Fifth Prince stood up, patted his chest, and said, "It's alright, I can do it."
He's now terrified that Aunt Zhou will kick him out; he's willing to do anything as long as she doesn't.
Seeing that they had reached an agreement, Du Wanchun smiled and said, "Since Fifth Brother is willing to stay, we may need to change how we address him from now on."
"Change the way you address me?" The Fifth Prince asked, scratching his head in confusion.
Du Wanchun continued with a smile, "You can't call her 'Empress Dowager' anymore, you have to call her 'Mother'!"
Mother was always closer to me than the Empress Dowager.
Upon hearing this, the Fifth Prince's face was full of smiles, and he immediately knelt down before Granny Zhou, saying, "Mother!"
The sound of "Mother" made Aunt Zhou beam with joy.
She was a little worried about the child when she left the palace, but now that the child can be raised by her side, she can be considered to have been blessed by God.
Zhou Feng is currently in the capital, while Zhou Zhao is outside the Great Wall.
Zhou Ruiyuan was often away from home, and the Zhou family was indeed lacking a man to hold things together.
After the mother and son chatted for a long time, Aunt Zhou and Du Wanchun got up and tidied up a room for him.
The fifth prince also very thoughtfully helped chop firewood in the backyard.
These firewood were previously chopped by Zhou Ruiyuan, but now Wei Xun is chopping them.
Now the Fifth Prince has taken over. At first, he wasn't very good at it, but he became more skilled under Wei Xun's guidance.
When they arrived, Aunt Zhou calculated the time and said to Du Wanchun, "The results of Ruiyuan's imperial examination have been released, but I don't know how they turned out."
Du Wanchun held Xiao Mianmian and comforted her, "Mother, don't worry, my husband didn't write in advance, he probably wanted to give us a surprise."
That's all Aunt Zhou could think, "I wonder if the Emperor recognized him."
Du Wanchun softened her voice to comfort her, saying, "Mother, if you really recognize us, I'm afraid we won't be able to stay here safely."
After hearing this, Aunt Zhou suddenly realized, "That makes sense."
After nightfall, the Fifth Prince began working alongside Wei Xun early the next morning.
Although they were both newcomers, they were exceptionally skilled at farm work.
Around noon, Aunt Zhou personally delivered vegetables to them. On her way back, she was stopped by a matchmaker from Jiangliu Village.
"Sister Zhou, why hasn't your husband been home lately?"
The matchmaker's surname was Chu. Before Du Wanchun married into the family, she had always wanted to find a match for Aunt Zhou.
They said that she was a widow with so many children, and she needed a fake man to support them.
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