On the other side, Zhao Han also heard the news that was spreading outside.
He was shocked and asked, "Xiao Mingyu came back alive? Didn't he die outside? Was he rescued and brought back by his mother? Did you hear the news outside correctly?"
"Young Master, people outside are saying so. Young Master, is Madam really not coming back?" The servants did not expect Fan to go to this extent. However, when they heard that the young master could not be found and died of illness in Ningcheng, Jiangnan, the servants around Zhao Han were secretly happy. In this way, his master would not have to go his separate ways with the young master.
Zhao Han didn't care whether Fan returned to the mansion or not. What he cared about was that Fan saved Xiao Mingyu. This was too different from his memory. He waved his hand and said, "You go down first. Report to me in time if there is any situation outside."
"Yes, sir." The servant didn't dare to say anything more and retreated carefully.
Zhao Han frowned and stood up and walked around the room a few times. It was not good news for him that Fan was involved with the Prince Duan's Mansion. There was no such thing as the Prince Duan's Mansion in his previous life. Prince Duan died of illness a few years later. The throne naturally fell on the head of the illegitimate son who was held in the arms of the imperial concubine's cousin. The new Prince Duan was in cahoots with the imperial concubine, and when the new emperor ascended the throne, of course, they were all liquidated, and the Prince Duan's Mansion became history.
But in this life, the legitimate son of Prince Duan actually came back, and it was Fan who brought him back from Ningcheng, Jiangnan. Thinking that Fan went to Ningcheng, Jiangnan earlier because of him in this life, could it be that Xiao Mingyu was saved because of this? If he still followed the trajectory of his previous life, would he still die?
Zhao Han quickly attributed the reason why Xiao Mingyu was able to come back alive to himself, and his previous worries were put to rest. These changes were caused by him, and Xiao Mingrui would be adopted by His Majesty as in the previous life. As long as he waited patiently, Xiao Mingrui would become the emperor as in the previous life, and he would become a noble concubine or even the empress dowager.
Zhao Han felt more relaxed when he thought about it this way. Luo Yuanjing was already dead, so why should he worry about him coming out to snatch his identity? Even if he came out to snatch it, it would be useless. The prince loved him instead of Luo Yuanjing in this life. Even if Fan had saved Xiao Mingyu's life, so what? Anyway, the Marquis and Zhao Qi were on his side, so what could Fan do to him?
As for the fact that Fan lived outside and refused to return to the mansion, in his opinion, Fan was just playing tricks, relying on her life-saving grace to Xiao Mingyu to make the Marquis and the Marquis's mansion bow to her first. Tsk, so what if they bowed? Can it change the fact that he married the Prince of Cheng?
On the other side, a plaque with the words "Fan's House" was hung on Fan's house. There were more servants serving Mingyu than the masters, so Fan gave them a separate courtyard to be taken care of by the people from Prince Duan's Mansion, and she also had to redecorate the house for Yuan Jing.
Thinking that her dowry was still in the Huaiyuan Marquis' Mansion, Fan decided to borrow a few people from Mingyu to go to the Marquis' Mansion one day to move all her dowry there. The things here were not good enough, and she wanted to give Yuan Jing the best of everything.
While he was directing his servants to do their work, Fan's brother and sister-in-law came over together. The two sides met and had another talk. Brother Fan and sister-in-law had never expected that their sister was really planning to divorce Marquis Huaiyuan.
"Sister, are you ignoring your nephew Zhao Qi?"
Mrs. Fan felt a little sad when she thought of her son. She said, "He is of the same mind as his father and is the heir to the Marquisate. What difference does it make whether I am his mother or not? Brother, sister-in-law, I have caused you trouble."
Mrs. Fan and her aunt had always had a good relationship, but this matter was difficult for her. What Zhao Dechang did was really heartbreaking. Even if he had never raised the child for a day, it was his and hers. Because of his delay, the child had not been found until now, and most likely would never come back. How could her aunt not be sad? Even so, Zhao Dechang did not think he had done anything wrong.
If her husband were such a person, she would not be able to face him all day.
"What kind of sin is this? How could a good child... How could there be such a heartless father in this world?" Even if Luo Yonghai was an adoptive father, that was only later. The father gave his own son to a eunuch as a concubine.
Her nephew had such a miserable life. He was obviously the daughter of the Marquis's Mansion when he was just born, but he was taken away to a merchant's house by mistake. Then he met such unscrupulous relatives. As soon as his identity as the wrong one was discovered, he didn't even have the chance to return to the Marquis' Mansion... Mrs. Fan couldn't help but shed tears for her nephew. Thinking of Zhao Han who was indifferent in the Marquis' Mansion, Mrs. Fan also became angry.
Fan couldn't bear to see her elder brother and sister-in-law sad with her, so she looked at Yuan Jing and asked him if he should reveal his identity. Yuan Jing didn't care, as long as he didn't have to go back to the Marquis' Mansion. Seeing Yuan Jing agreed, Fan was relieved.
Mrs. Fan noticed the eye contact between her aunt and her adopted son, and looked at him curiously. Naturally, she found that he looked a bit like her aunt, and she was stunned: "Sister, this..."
"All of you go down." Fan asked the servants to leave first. She wanted to talk to her brother and sister-in-law alone. After they left, she took Yuan Jing to her side and said to him, "Brother, sister-in-law, don't get angry. I deceived the Marquis and the Marquis' Mansion. Even Lin'er didn't know about this. I actually found my child. The so-called adopted son was to deceive the Marquis. He is my biological child. Now his name is Yuan Jing. Because I don't want to go back to the Marquis' Mansion to recognize my biological father, I came back with me dressed like this."
Brother Fan and Sister-in-law Fan were both stunned. So the adopted son was not an adopted son, but a biological son?
Yuan Jing paid respect to the two elders as a junior, but he also followed male etiquette: "Yuan Jing meets uncle and aunt. Yuan Jing made uncle and aunt worried."
Brother Fan looked at her again and again. She didn't look like Shuang'er at all. She was clearly a man. Could it be that his sister was too sad and had transferred her feelings? "Sister, is this true?"
Mrs. Fan accepted it the fastest: "Of course it's true. Master, don't you see that this child and my sister have similar facial features? They are obviously mother and son. Tsk tsk, this is more like our Fan family, not like that fake one. Child, you have suffered all these years."
Brother Fan smiled bitterly: "Sister, are you going to let this child do what he wants? What will happen in the future? Can she dress like a man all her life and never get married?"
Although Fan was also worried about this problem, she was more concerned about the child's thoughts, so she said: "As long as I am here, I can always protect my child. Brother, you know what kind of person Zhao Dechang is. If Jing'er really returns to the Marquis' Mansion, with his current appearance, what do you think Zhao Dechang will do?"
Brother Fan was silent. He didn't think much of it before, but through this incident, he saw Zhao Dechang's true face. For the power of the Marquis's Mansion, what wouldn't he do? So he would definitely let Shuang'er, who had returned to the mansion, play her best role. With his current status, he couldn't compete with Zhao Dechang. Besides, how could an uncle, who was a nephew, surpass his biological father?
Brother Fan still felt that his brain was a little confused: "Let me think about it again, I need to think about it again."
I always feel that it is not a good idea to disown my biological father and dress as a man. Is there no other choice?
At this time, Ming Yu came in from outside. The people outside could stop other people, but they couldn't stop this little prince. Before the servants reported, Ming Yu shouted: "There are people outside the palace again. This time it's Huaiyuan Hou and Zhao Qi together."
The palace sent special guards to help guard the gate. This time, Prince Duan valued the safety of his legitimate son more than anything else and would never let him get lost again. Therefore, Mingyu knew about who was outside before the Fan family's people.
As soon as he finished shouting, the doorman came to report that Marquis Huaiyuan and the Crown Prince had arrived. Without Fan's permission, they dared not let the Marquis and the Crown Prince into the mansion together. It would have been fine if only the Crown Prince came.
Brother Fan was stunned: "He is here to pick up your sister?"
Ming Yu wrinkled his nose. How could Yuan Jing's uncle be so stupid? He raised his chin and said proudly, "Of course it's because I'm here that the Huaiyuan Marquis came here so eagerly. If he really wanted to pick you up, he should have shown up before you guys came."
That makes sense. Brother Fan and Sister-in-law Fan looked at each other. If that was true, then Zhao Dechang was even more hateful. Would their sister really be able to live a comfortable life if they went back to the Marquis' Mansion with him?
Mingyu then said to Yuan Jing and Fan: "Madam, do you want to see them? If not, I will have them driven away."
After returning to the capital, he was no longer the poor little guy from Jiangnan, but a bully in the capital, a little bully.
Fan smiled. It was indeed comfortable to have the support of Prince Duan's Mansion. She said, "Okay, I don't want to see him. Thank you for your help, Master Mingyu. Did you hear me? Tell the Marquis and the Prince to go back. I don't want to see them. Oh, and tell them to tell me that I will have someone go to the Marquis' Mansion to move my dowry some other day."
"Yes, ma'am."
"Mom, Mingyu and I will go over and take a look."
"Okay, be careful."
Yuan Jing took Ming Yu away. Brother Fan and Sister-in-law Fan didn't know whether to laugh or cry. They found that they didn't need their family members. The younger sister could handle Zhao Dechang by herself. "It seems that I, your brother, am no longer needed."
Mrs. Fan smiled and said, "Brother and sister-in-law are different from Prince Duan's mansion. Besides, without Prince Duan, I don't think Zhao Dechang would come here in person. Even if we can't get a divorce now, I don't want to go back. Zhao Dechang values Zhao Han now. If my son goes back, Zhao Dechang will suppress my son and make him inferior to Zhao Han. Moreover, Zhao Han's mind is more vicious than I thought."
"What did he do?" Mrs. Fan asked in surprise.
Fan said coldly, "It was he who sent people to Luo Mansion in Ningcheng, waiting for an opportunity to remind Luo Yonghai of Liu Fu's existence, which made Luo Yonghai set his sights on my son. Because he already knew my true background, he didn't want to return to Luo Mansion, nor did he want my son to return to the Marquis Mansion and hinder his future."
"How did he know? How could he be so bold? Did this mansion raise an ungrateful person?"
Mrs. Fan sneered: "He is just an ungrateful person. Even my mother is just a stumbling block in his eyes."
Yuan Jing wanted to find the person Zhao Han sent to Ningcheng, but he couldn't find him. He thought he had already returned to Beijing. He told Fan about this, to prevent her from looking down on Zhao Han and being easily cheated by him. So he told Fan who were the people who went to Ningcheng and asked Fan to take action.
This is all thanks to the help of the plot, otherwise he would not have been able to predict the identities of these people.
Brother Fan took two steps and said, "No wonder you don't want to go back to the Marquis' Mansion. With such an ungrateful person and Zhao Dechang who only cares about the interests of the Marquis' Mansion, this Marquis' Mansion is no different from a wolf's den."
This time, Brother Fan stood on his sister's side and supported her and his nephew's actions. Once Yuan Jing revealed his true identity, not returning to the Marquis' Mansion would be a big mistake in the eyes of the world. How could a person not recognize his biological father? Moreover, Zhao Dechang had not done anything wrong yet, so it would be a great rebellion.
Fan said, "You don't have to worry about Yuan Jing. Although he suffered a great crime, he also met a good person. In his early years, he worshipped a master in Ningcheng and learned a lot of kung fu and medical skills. You see that Master Mingyu is so close to Yuan Jing, that's because Yuan Jing personally rescued this child. I dare to say that if Jing'er is really a man, there are few boys in the capital who can compare to my Jing'er."
Brother Fan said happily: "This is a blessing in disguise. It's good that even if it's Shuang'er, my nephew can still make a living with his own abilities."
"Sister, please ask brother and sister-in-law to keep this a secret."
"Don't worry, sister. We will never let this reach anyone else's ears." Brother Fan and his wife promised. As for their son Fan Lin, let him continue to remain ignorant. On the way back to the capital from Ningcheng, their son did not recognize Yuan Jing's identity. Either their son was too stupid or Yuan Jing was too good at pretending to be a man.
At the gate of the mansion, Zhao Dechang was furious when he heard the servants report that Fan refused to let them in. He had come in person, how dare Fan? What else did he want him to do? Did he want a great marquis to kowtow to a woman and admit his fault?
"Let me get in. I want to ask her in person what Fan wants to do!"
The servants who came with Zhao Dechang from the Marquis' Mansion were about to break into the mansion upon receiving the order.
"Let's see who dares to break in!" A guard leader came out with one hand on the sword at his waist, followed by two rows of guards dressed in the same way. "The young master of Prince Duan's Mansion has ordered that no one is allowed to break in without permission. Is Marquis Huaiyuan going to go against Prince Duan's Mansion?"
Zhao Dechang's face changed drastically. Prince Duan actually sent the guards from the palace over? What did he want to do? Or did Fan ask him to come?
No matter what the reason was, he could no longer maintain his arrogant attitude and had to restrain his expression and say politely: "This is my wife's house, can't even I enter?"
The head of the guards didn't take the Marquis Huaiyuan seriously and ignored him, saying, "This guard only obeys the master's orders. I will do whatever the master says." Hearing the movement behind him, he turned around and saluted respectfully, "Young master, why did you come out?"
Ming Yu held Yuan Jing's hand and walked to the door surrounded by guards. When he saw the scene outside, he sneered, "Marquis Huaiyuan is so arrogant. What's wrong? Keep going. I want to see how Marquis Huaiyuan goes."
Being treated so rudely by a little kid, Marquis Huaiyuan's face turned green with anger, but he had no choice, this was Prince Duan's legitimate son, and would soon be the young master of Prince Duan's mansion. With him around, he really couldn't enter the mansion.
Marquis Huaiyuan said stiffly, "I didn't expect the young prince to live in my wife's mansion. If I had known earlier, I would not have disturbed the young prince."
Ming Yu sneered again. If this cowardly wimp had continued to charge forward, he would have admired him for a while, but he immediately became a coward.
If Marquis Huaiyuan knew what Mingyu was thinking, he would ask in shame and anger, what if he didn't give in? Could he confront Prince Duan? Besides, the people he brought were no match for the guards of Prince Duan's mansion, and forcing his way in would only bring humiliation upon himself and make a fool of himself.
Marquis Huaiyuan continued, "I will not bother you any more. I will take my leave now. I have something to say to my wife. I am also very sad about what happened in Ningcheng. The Marquis's Mansion cannot do without my wife. I hope she can come back soon. Qi'er, let's go."
Zhao Qi was not as patient as his father and almost exploded, but he also knew that Prince Duan was very difficult to deal with and that if they went against his Mansion, they would not end up well, so he could only endure it. He did not expect that he and his father would have to bow down to an eight-year-old child. If the Mansion became powerful, what would happen even if they went against the Prince of Duan?
So the father was right, and at the same time he blamed the mother. If the mother had not forbidden them to enter the house, how could they have been humiliated by a child?
Yuan Jing didn't say a word from beginning to end, just stood there and watched coldly. His aunt recognized his appearance as similar to Fan's at a glance, but Zhao Dechang and his son ignored them from beginning to end, especially Zhao Qi, who came all the way back from Ningcheng and didn't notice anything unusual about his sworn brother.
Because it didn't enter my heart, I didn't notice it.
Ming Yu looked up at Yuan Jing's face and found that he really wasn't sad at all. Shuang'er was really cold-hearted. But she was worthy of being the one he liked, and this was how it should be.
Yuan Jing also lowered his head, smiled, and touched his head: "Mingyu is really impressive today. From now on, my mother and I will rely on you, Mingyu, to protect us."
Mingyu blushed, but held his chin high like a little bully: "With me here, no one will bully you."
The guards at Prince Duan's Mansion couldn't help laughing. Such a young master was so adorable.
Knowing that their sister and her son were reunited, and that they had the support of Prince Duan's Mansion, Brother Fan and his wife could finally go back with peace of mind. They agreed to wait until Mrs. Fan sent someone to the Marquis' Mansion to move the dowry before going together. As the bride's family, they of course had to show up to support Mrs. Fan.
People in the capital were always watching the jokes of the Huaiyuan Marquis' Mansion, and of course they were also paying attention to the movements of the Prince of Duan's Mansion. The imperial edict requesting the title had already come down, Mingyu became the little prince of the Prince of Duan's Mansion, and Concubine Yu of the Prince of Duan's Mansion had also disappeared. Anyone with a discerning eye could see that it was this concubine who was behind the disappearance of the little prince.
Prince Duan acted so quickly that before the imperial concubine in the palace could do anything, he handled the matter swiftly and decisively.
Marquis Huaiyuan and his wife really had a quarrel. Marquis Huaiyuan went to pick up his wife in person but was stopped outside. Two days later, Madam Fan's confidant, Madam Qian, led the guards of Prince Duan's Mansion and Fan's family to Marquis Huaiyuan's Mansion to move the dowry. Such a big commotion finally alarmed the old lady who was recuperating in the mansion. Then even the old lady was unable to stop the actions of the guards of Prince Duan's Mansion. She watched helplessly as the dowry was carried out one by one and all carried into the Fan residence where Fan lived.
There were rumors in the capital that Fan's biological daughter Shuang'er had died of illness, or that she had disappeared in the mountains. However, Fan had never held a funeral for Shuang'er because she had said that she wanted to see her alive or dead. As long as she hadn't found her, she would believe that she was still alive. How could she hold a funeral for a living person?
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