Chapter 174
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Shen Yuntang hurriedly opened the letter, Cheng Yeran also nervously leaned over to read it, Cheng Zhao also tilted his head, tiptoed, frowned, as if he was worried.
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But he couldn't recognize what was written inside and could only worry anxiously.
The content of the letter was that Dad had a good friend of many years, and his friend's brother-in-law was going to Beijing to take the imperial examination, so he asked Cheng Yeran to help take care of him.
They also knew about this good friend. Before, the third brother was engaged to the friend's brother, but later the third brother changed his mind, and the father almost had a falling out with the friend.
The reason was that when the third brother was in the village, he felt that he had no choice but to listen to his parents, agreed to the marriage, and planned to live a stable life with the other party. But later, when he had the chance to go to Beijing with Shen Yuntang, he ruined the marriage. He said that he didn't like boys and liked girls more. If he forced himself to be with that person, it would delay her life. For this, he was severely beaten by his father.
When Shen Yuntang and Cheng Yeran heard that he wanted to break off the engagement, they thought that he was not being kind. They thought that he could just take his son to Beijing after the marriage and there was no need to break off the engagement. But after hearing his reasons, they thought of Zhao Yanlin and Lin Yu. It was better for the third brother to break off the engagement before the marriage than after the marriage. They also helped the third brother to compensate the boy some money, and the boy also found another family.
Later I heard that he had found a scholar and the family was quite happy. Fortunately, my third brother broke off the engagement, otherwise they would not have had a good marriage later. It is better to marry a scholar than a carpenter.
Shen Yuntang folded the letter and said, "In the final analysis, we are in the wrong in this matter. Please help him find a place to live, and you can also tell him what to pay attention to in the exam."
"It's a simple matter, no trouble. If he does well in the exam, we can be colleagues in the future." Cheng Yeran asked him to read the next letter.
Shen Yuntang read the letter written by Lu Wei. Lu Wei said that everything was fine, the factory was doing well, and she was pregnant with her second child. When she heard that Shen Yuntang's parents had written to him, she also wrote a letter.
"It's good that nothing serious happened." Shen Yuntang said, and when he saw Cheng Zhao stretching his head to look worried, he burst into laughter. He picked up Cheng Zhao and said, "You are like a little adult. Can you understand what we are saying?"
Cheng Zhao nodded vigorously, "I understand."
"Don't underestimate him. He can already write ten characters and recite two poems. Isn't that amazing?" Cheng Yeran turned up his nose and looked at Shen Yuntang with an expression that said, "I'm an amazing teacher, right? Come on and praise me."
Shen Yuntang tapped him on the head and said, "You should learn from Xingxing and be more mature."
Cheng Zhao nodded vigorously, "Father is right, Dad, you really need to be more mature."
Normally, Shen Yuntang would say that to him, which was just a sweet complaint, but when this little brat said that to him, it was no good. He threatened Cheng Zhao, "I won't buy you candy tomorrow."
Cheng Zhao's face was full of conflict. Although he thought he was very mature, he still had to eat the candy.
"Eating too much sugar is bad for his teeth. Don't buy candy for him every day." Shen Yuntang has been watching a TV series about dentists recently. Medicine nowadays is not as developed as it will be in the future. If teeth are damaged, there is no way to fill them or implant them. He doesn't want Xingxing's teeth to be damaged.
They also prepared children's toothbrushes and toothpaste for Xingxing. Cheng Yeran planned to make some ancient version of toothbrushes and toothpaste for sale, but the ones they used for Xingxing were bought from the future. He told Xingxing that this was a family secret and not to tell outsiders what kind of toothbrush and toothpaste he used.
The three of them will live together forever, and when the child grows up, Cheng Yeran plans to tell the child the secret of time travel. He also plans to give the child a mobile phone so that he can shop online.
The two of them have spent such a long time and still haven't spent all the 9.9 billion. With a child to help spend, maybe they can spend it all.
When Cheng Zhao heard his father say that he couldn't eat candy, he immediately nodded and said, "Dad is good. He doesn't let me eat candy every day to protect my teeth. Dad is bad. He gives me candy every day and makes my teeth hurt."
Cheng Yeran: "??? You have learned double standards at such a young age. Although your father is indeed a good person, I am not a bad person either."
Cheng Zhao hugged Shen Yuntang's neck and yawned: "Dad, I'm sleepy."
"Let's go home now." Shen Yuntang picked up the child and asked Cheng Yeran to help carry the things, and the family of three went home.
After Cheng Zhao was three years old, he no longer lived in the same room with them and had his own little room.
Cheng Yeran said that he wanted to cultivate his independence, and Cheng Zhao also said that he was a big boy and wanted to live on his own.
When Shen Yuntang heard a three-year-old child say that he was a big kid, he couldn't help but laugh and shake his head, thinking that only children would talk about their maturity.
However, he gave the child face and did not say it directly. He also helped Cheng Zhao decorate the room.
Although he always says that he is mature, he is still a child after all. He likes ponies. They made a small wooden horse for Cheng Zhao and placed it in the middle of the room so that he can play with it on weekdays. They also put some plush toys bought from the future on the bed.
The servants who served Cheng Zhao had never seen these toys before, but they thought that children from wealthy families all had such toys. They just thought they were very exquisite and did not suspect anything.
Cheng Zhao never took the toys out, and he listened to his fathers and was not allowed to tell anyone else, keeping it as his own secret.
Shen Yuntang put the sleepy Cheng Zhao on his crib and put a teddy bear in his arms.
Cheng Zhao held the teddy bear and listened to Shen Yuntang telling him a bedtime story.
Cheng Yeran lay on the side, "Father Yuntang, I want to hear a bedtime story too."
Shen Yuntang rolled up the book and hit Cheng Yeran on the head, which made Cheng Zhao laugh. After laughing for a while, he felt that he was too immature and covered his mouth again.
Cheng Yeran rubbed Cheng Zhao's head and said, "There's no need to pretend to be an adult every day. It's too tiring. Even if you are childish, no one will say anything bad about you."
"I don't want to be as childish as my father." Cheng Zhao is stubborn in his own way.
"Tsk." Cheng Yeran shook his head, "From now on, you will be the father and I will be the child."
Shen Yuntang said at the side: "You wish, you probably want Xingxing to take care of you."
Cheng Yeran: "You guessed it."
Shen Yuntang: “…”
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Recently, Cheng Yeran entered the palace to teach the prince to read, and heard some gossip in the palace. It was heard that the emperor was planning to make the fourth prince the crown prince, but this was just everyone's speculation and the emperor did not say it explicitly.
Cheng Yeran found it unlikely. The Second Prince was so outstanding, and the Fourth Prince was still a child. Even if a Crown Prince was to be appointed, it would be the Second Prince, or he could wait until the Fourth Prince grew up before being appointed as the Crown Prince. Why would a three-year-old child be appointed as the Crown Prince?
But I heard that the Queen couldn't sit still because of this rumor, so she designed to frame the Fourth Prince's mother. The Fourth Prince's mother was not a pushover either, and the two of them engaged in several rounds of palace fighting.
Cheng Yeran didn't know the specific details of the palace fight. In the end, the Queen was defeated. The Emperor handed over the Queen's right to manage the harem to the Fourth Prince's mother. However, the Queen was still the Queen, and the Fourth Prince's mother was promoted to Imperial Noble Consort.
The imperial concubine's father was originally an inconspicuous minor official, but he has recently been promoted, and the imperial concubine's brother has also been promoted.
The queen had just given birth to a little princess and was already weak. She was also full of resentment and fell ill.
The changes in the harem are also related to the previous dynasty. Cheng Yeran always feels that the emperor wants to depose the queen and make the imperial concubine the queen. Could it be that the emperor can't stand the prime minister?
Everyone was saying that the Queen had fallen out of favor, and the Second Prince was also going to be disliked by the Emperor. Many people who had previously stood on the Second Prince's side also remained neutral and began to wait and see.
Many people envied Cheng Yeran, saying that he was the teacher of the Fourth Prince, and that the Fourth Prince would become the Crown Prince in the future. It was easy to imagine what position Cheng Yeran would be able to achieve in the future.
Some people also said that the emperor wanted to make the fourth prince the crown prince because Cheng Yeran was fanning the flames behind the scenes, and the prime minister also hated Cheng Yeran because of this.
The Second Prince was a sensible man. He did not change his attitude towards Cheng Yeran because of the rumors. They still got along like friends.
At this time, news came from the border that the neighboring country had joined forces with two other small countries and launched a war against them.
It turned out that the neighboring country was just pretending to be weak, but was actually trying to make some small moves behind the scenes. They used the death of the ninth prince as an excuse to start a war against them.
The emperor of the neighboring country didn't care about the life or death of the Ninth Prince at all. He even thought that it was a good thing that the Ninth Prince died. His death became a good excuse.
The emperor did not take these three small countries seriously at all, and he was even quite happy about it. He liked the princess sent by the neighboring country very much. He heard that there were many beauties in the neighboring country. The previous princess was locked up by the queen mother, and he had never seen her again. If he could conquer the neighboring country this time and snatch all the beauties from them and put them into the harem, that would be perfect.
The emperor gave the order, and the general who protects the country should still take the second prince and Shao Hui to the border.
The last time, it was Cheng Yeran who went with him. This time, Cheng Yeran had to teach the prince to read, so he escaped the disaster.
But the emperor asked him to pick a candidate. Before that, the brother-in-law of Shen Yuntang's father's good friend came to Beijing and passed the imperial examination.
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When he arrived at Cheng Yeran's place, he took the initiative to ask Cheng Yeran to send him over. He told Cheng Yeran that he wanted to have more achievements and be promoted quickly.
In fact, it was a tough job. It looked glamorous, but you would be there for one or two years. After all, it was a battlefield and very dangerous. Many people in the News Department were unwilling to go, and many planned to pretend to be sick to avoid it, but he was still eager to go.
Cheng Yeran sent another experienced old man and asked the two of them to go together.
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