Chapter 479 Mother gave birth to a little brother
Scholar Wei cried out in pain, "No one sent me! Let me go! If you don't, someone will die!"
The scarred man remained indifferent and did not let go of him. Instead, he stomped harder and harder, and the sound of bones breaking could be heard.
The scholar, in excruciating pain, spoke in a trembling voice, "It was...it was...the merchant! The merchant sent me!"
The scarred man increased the pressure and asked, "What did they send you here for?"
Scholar Wei coughed up blood, his voice hoarse from the pain, and replied, "They... want me to be a spy for the Zhou family, to get close to Manager Du... to sow discord between the Zhou and Liu families..."
"While I'm at it, I'll steal the Liu family's dyeing recipe."
Du Wanchun listened quietly from the side, and guessed about 80-90% of what she was thinking.
Seeing that the matter was settled, the scarred man released Wei Xiucai and turned to Du Wanchun, asking, "Manager Du, what should we do with him?"
Du Wanchun sized up Wei Xiucai and instructed the servant at the door, "Put it in a sack and take it to the merchant."
"Yes, Manager Du," the servants replied in unison.
Before long, they carried the blood-covered scholar Wei outside the courtyard.
As soon as they left, Du Wanchun arranged rooms for the two gentlemen in the academy.
It used to be where Miss Ruan lived. Although it was only one room, it was just right for two men.
After settling them in.
Later that night, Zhou Ruiyuan and the Third Prince summoned the scarred man to their residence alone.
The scarred man paused slightly when he looked at Zhou Ruiyuan, his red eyes glistening with tears.
He immediately knelt down before Zhou Ruiyuan and said, "Your Highness, you are still alive."
Zhou Ruiyuan helped him up, saying, "Get up quickly, you've worked hard all these years."
The scarred man had now stood his hair up, making his original appearance clear. Although the scar was particularly glaring, it didn't prevent Zhou Ruiyuan and the Third Prince from recognizing him.
Looking at the once spirited second young master of the Hai family transformed into his current state, Zhou Ruiyuan couldn't help but feel a pang of emotion.
The eldest son of the Hai family grew up with him and could be considered a close friend.
The Hai family also fell into ruin because of him, and they felt somewhat guilty towards this second young master who had escaped death.
"Where have you been all these years?" Zhou Ruiyuan asked him.
The second young master of the Hai family slowly stood up and replied, "I have been on the run all these years, changing one identity after another. I never expected to meet Your Highness and the Prince here."
Zhou Ruiyuan patted him on the shoulder, "From now on, you will stay in our Zhou family."
The second young master of the Hai family looked puzzled and asked all the questions he had just had.
Zhou Ruiyuan gave a brief explanation of the current relationship between the Zhou family and the Third Prince.
The second young master of the Hai family suddenly realized.
He never expected that the Empress, who had escaped death, would marry someone else here.
But so what? When the emperor wanted to kill the empress, their marital bond had already been severed.
Why is it that this damned emperor can bring another concubine into the palace, but the empress can't marry another?
The second young master of the Hai family suddenly felt exceptionally cheerful.
The dog emperor deserves what he has today.
After Zhou Ruiyuan and the Third Prince settled the Second Young Master of the Hai family in, they even gave him a pseudonym, Qingyang.
Later, he became a teacher at the Zhou Family Academy as a scholar.
Qingyang is not only academically gifted, but also highly skilled in martial arts.
Du Wanchun also asked him to teach the children martial arts so they could use them for self-defense in the future.
Little Mianmian and her two older brothers are all very intelligent.
They learned in two months what would take an average person a year to learn.
Qingyang and Yuan Shusheng often praised the three children highly.
On the surface, the Zhou family's life remained as peaceful as ever, but behind the scenes, earth-shattering changes were taking place.
Zhou Zhao won several great victories at the border and rose through the ranks.
He had long since become a general of even greater status than General Mo. Not only that, he secretly used his family's silver and General Mo's money to recruit soldiers and horses, and before he knew it, he had an army of fifty to sixty thousand men.
General Han helped conceal all of this, and the emperor in the capital believed that his army was growing stronger.
Several ministers in the court who had previously clashed with the Lu family have inexplicably fallen from power.
Later, rumors began to circulate in the capital that Grand Tutor Lu had been wronged.
Those ministers who fell from grace were said to be haunted by vengeful spirits, which is why they suffered a series of misfortunes.
These words quickly reached the emperor's ears.
The emperor had some doubts at first, but the newly arrived beauty was so alluring that he was completely captivated and lost all interest in the affairs of the court.
He had no desire to seek out the empress he longed for.
The so-called regret seems to be just a passing fancy, coming and going quickly.
Several months later, Du Wanchun gave birth to a big, healthy baby boy weighing over eight pounds at home.
When Xiao Mianmian and Yi'er and Yu'er were born, they only weighed four pounds each. This little brother is actually as heavy as both of them.
Little Mianmian rested her chin on her hand, looked at the chubby baby on the bed, and exclaimed, "Mommy~ he's so chubby..."
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