Father Cui picked up the divorce agreement that was under the paperweight on the table. His face turned pale and blue, and he felt angry and helpless.
After a long while, he finally managed to squeeze out a sentence: "You have arranged everything properly."
Cui Mubai coughed a few times, his face becoming paler. He smiled bitterly and said, "You and mother have always been in good health. We have our eldest brother to support us. My third and fourth sisters are already married. My youngest sister is sensible and lively. I have nothing to worry about. It's just Yaozhen. I owe her a lot."
Father Cui said with a sullen face: "Can you rest assured? Have you ever thought about me and your mother? If you were to leave, how sad we would be?"
Cui Mubai said with a smile: "Didn't father just threaten to beat me to death for being an unfilial son? I am indeed an unfilial son. You and mother should not worry about me, otherwise I will not be able to rest in peace in the underworld."
Father Cui was speechless for a moment. He just stared at Cui Mubai for a long time and said, "You thought about everything before you died so thoroughly and arranged everything well. Did you think that you would have nothing to worry about after you died? But do you know that children are the flesh cut out of their parents? If you die, your mother and I will lose a son in middle age. How can we easily get rid of the pain of losing a son?"
Cui Mubai looked away, not meeting Cui's father's gaze, nor did he respond to his father's words.
He really thought so. He wanted to settle all matters before leaving. His parents had many children, including older brothers and younger sisters. He thought that they would not be sad for too long after losing such a useless son like him.
Let Yaozhen hate him and be annoyed with him, so that after the divorce, she can quickly forget him and live her own life.
Father Cui sighed heavily and said nothing more. He just put away the paper and the divorce letter and said, "Take good care of yourself. If you feel uncomfortable, let the servants tell us. Don't hide everything."
After leaving the yard, Cui's father looked up at the sky. It was cloudless and the sun was shining brightly, but he felt very heavy in his heart. He reflected on himself and wondered if he had been too strict with his second son since he was young, which led to him keeping everything to himself and not saying anything. Even though his health was so poor, he had kept it a secret from his family.
Rubbing his red eyes, Father Cui went to the front hall, called the housekeeper, and ordered, "Go to the account office to withdraw money, and send people to Jiangnan and Jiangbei to find famous doctors. No matter if you beg or spend money, invite them back to treat the second young master."
The butler hesitated for a moment, but still did not tell anyone about Cui Mubai's secret consumption of the Wu Shi San. As the butler of the Cui Mansion, he had to keep a close eye on all matters in the courtyards. He had seen the Second Young Master behaving strangely several times. At first, he did not know that the Second Young Master was taking the medicine, but thought that the Second Young Master was sick. He hurriedly wanted to call a doctor for the Second Young Master, but the Second Young Master stopped him and ordered him not to tell anyone and just pretend that he did not see anything.
Later, he asked around and found out that the second young master's frantic stripping behavior was actually a symptom of taking the medicine.
Having worked as a housekeeper for more than ten years, he naturally knew that sometimes he had to pretend to be ignorant so as to avoid trouble.
After all, the housekeeper had taken care of Cui Mubai as he grew up, so he still hoped that the servants in the mansion could find a famous doctor to cure the second young master.
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"What? Yu Qizhe was promoted to Dali Temple Junior Official?" Yang Jiyan was originally lying on the chaise longue. Upon hearing this, she sat up abruptly and looked at Chen Rou, anxiously saying, "How long has it been since he became the top scholar? How could he be promoted so quickly? Dali Temple Junior Official is a fourth-rank official. Even if he is the new top scholar, there is no reason for him to jump three levels."
Chen Rou also sighed a little, and rolled up the handkerchief in her hand and said uncomfortably: "Who said it wasn't true! I didn't expect that he was so lucky. He first won the first place in the imperial examination, and now he has become a fourth-rank official. I heard from my brother that he is also a big shot in front of the emperor. His methods are quite powerful. The former Shaoqing of the Dali Temple, Yang Xu and his son, were tortured into confessing in the prison of the Ministry of Justice by him."
Yang Jiyan's face turned pale, and the image of Yu Qizhe in her previous life appeared before her eyes. He was wearing a crimson official robe and slashing off Zhou Yun's head with a sword with a cold look on his face.
Those memories seemed like yesterday. Yu Qizhe had become the Shaoqing of the Dali Temple so quickly. Was the Zhou family close to being confiscated? Yang Jiyan was panicked, and her hands and feet were cold.
Chen Rou did not notice anything unusual about her. Her brother was able to stay in the capital city only because he tried his best to please Xiao Yantai. He worked as a lowly sixth-rank official in the Guanglu Temple, being ordered around all day long. On the other hand, Yu Qizhe, who was originally from the same village, is now a high-ranking official of the fourth rank.
Chen Rou was truly regretful. She was so blind that day that she mistook a pearl for a fish eye. She should not have listened to her family and broken off the engagement with Yu Qizhe. Otherwise, she would have been an official's wife now, with an imperial decree bestowed upon her, and lived a glorious life.
There is no need to accompany my brother to the banquet and serve and smile in front of those men.
"Sister Yang has good taste. She chose Yu Qizhe. If you two had really gotten married, everyone would envy you now." Chen Rou did not forget to please Yang Jiyan with words. Although the two met through Liang Wushuang, they were both from Qingzhou and were involved with Yu Qizhe, so they got along very well. After several chats, Chen Rou also learned a lot about the entanglements between Yang Jiyan, Yu Qizhe and Yu Jiao.
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