Chapter 7 The number one scholar’s father is a charlatan who always wins every time he gambles!
Si Yuan lifted up his robe and sat down next to Yu Yan, smiling happily, "We just separated and were busy, so we didn't have time to check her pulse. Yan'er was diagnosed with pregnancy right after she came to mother's place, which shows that mother cares about her and treats her daughter-in-law as her own daughter." He turned to Yu Yan and said, "Madam, why don't you thank mother quickly? Mother is so good to you, you must be filial to her."
Yu Yan also stood up and bowed: "Thank you for your concern, mother. This is my first time to be pregnant and I have no experience. I still need your guidance."
Mother Li was in a good mood because of being praised by Si Yuan and Yu Yan. Naturally, she looked even kinder. She said generously, "Now that you are all separated, I can't always take care of Yan'er. How about this, I will let Nanny Cui Ting take care of you until the delivery. Nanny Cui Ting took care of me when I gave birth to your eldest brother, Si Yuan and Yuan'er. She is quite experienced in taking care of pregnant women. I feel relieved to have her by Yan'er's side."
Si Yuan also stood up and thanked Li's mother with Yu Yan: "Thank you, mother!"
At this time, Li's mother had long forgotten that she was supposed to educate Yu Yan and Si Yuan. Her heart was filled with joy that she would soon hold her grandson again.
Li's mother wanted the two to stay at the Jingyuan Marquis's house for a few days, but Si Yuan took the initiative to decline because he knew very well that no daughter-in-law would be willing to continue to stay under the supervision of her mother-in-law after moving out to be the master of her own house.
Yu Yan is pregnant now, carrying the target of his mission - the cannon fodder Li Changqing in her belly. Of course, he has to consider all aspects for Yu Yan.
After the two of them left the Jingyuan Marquis's Mansion, Yu Yan no longer suppressed the joy on her face. She used her hands to protect her abdomen and her whole body seemed to be glowing. After all, this was the child she had been looking forward to for almost three years.
Before, she had to maintain her gentle and virtuous image in front of Li's mother, smiling without showing her teeth, and trying her best to restrain herself from showing too much ecstasy, but also not being able to restrain herself from showing any joy at all. This was a test of her acting skills.
Now that there were only her and Si Yuan in the carriage, she naturally relaxed and was completely immersed in the joy of becoming a mother.
After returning to the Li Mansion in the east of the city, Si Yuan began to prepare for prenatal education for the unborn child. He went to deceive Yu Yan: "Madam, I probably don't have the talent for studying in this life. I only passed the examination for the title of scholar, and I didn't even pass the examination for the title of juren. We can only hope that this child will be smart and promising after he is born. So in order to prevent the child from losing at the starting line, we should give him prenatal education before he is born."
Yu Yan asked doubtfully, "Prenatal education?"
Si Yuan explained: "When the child was still in the mother's womb, we read to him and played the piano to cultivate his sentiments. After he was born, he would get used to and love the sound of reading. After he was a few years older and started to learn, he would be smarter and more bookish than ordinary children."
Si Yuan's words immediately convinced Yu Yan. No matter whether this statement was true or not, there would be no harm in giving it a try. At most, she could ask a literate maid to read to her while she was pregnant.
However... Yu Yan silently erased the idea in her mind about letting a maid read to the fetus in her belly as prenatal education, and replaced it with letting her husband read to the fetus in her belly as prenatal education.
Yu Yan smiled gently at Si Yuan and said, "Then I'll trouble you, husband, to take care of the baby's prenatal education in the next few months."
Si Yuan: “…Wait!” I asked you to do the prenatal education yourself, not to ask you to let me do it.
He is just a adopted father who traveled through time, not the boy's biological father. It is really inappropriate for him to be so close to the original owner's wife and do prenatal education for the baby in her belly.
Yu Yan's eyebrows curved: "I believe in my husband."
The system gloated: [This was proposed by you, the host! 】
Si Yuan thought for a moment and said, "Okay, I'll do prenatal education for the child. But I'm not very good at studying. What if I pass on my bad study habits to the child?"
Yu Yan originally wanted to let her husband do prenatal education for the child to promote communication between father and son and make her husband have a deeper affection for the child, but when she heard Si Yuan's words, she immediately gave up the idea.
Forget it. If there really is a one in ten thousand chance that the child will follow in her husband's footsteps, it would be better for her to do prenatal education for the child herself.
Next, even if Si Yuan wanted to give the child prenatal education, Yu Yan would not agree because she was afraid that he would lead the child astray.
However, Si Yuan was not idle either. He found a few craftsmen and directed them to make various educational toys for him. He also cleared a small garden in the mansion and turned it into a small playground. There were all kinds of toys such as slides, swings, and seesaws. It was simply the favorite place for children. Now he was just waiting for the child to be born to experience it for himself.
Because Si Yuan cares about Yu Yan and her son, and no longer goes out to gamble, he just stays at home doing nothing every day. But they are very rich now, and even if he does nothing, the family has no shortage of income, so Yu Yan is very happy that Si Yuan can stay at home doing nothing and accompany her and the children.
Yu Yan was in a good mood, so her pregnancy looked good naturally. Not only was the pregnancy not uncomfortable, but she also looked radiant.
While Si Yuan and Yu Yan were happily staying at home to take care of their pregnancies, the Jingyuan Marquis' Mansion had already discovered the entire process of how Qinghe Casino set up a trap for Li Si Yuan, and also learned that the boss behind the Qinghe Casino was the eldest prince's man.
At the same time, we also learned how Si Yuan always won in gambling, and how he won so much that the Qinghe Casino no longer dared to let him gamble. Other casinos in the capital were also afraid to open to him because of Si Yuan's mistakes.
Inside the Jingyuan Marquis's mansion, the old Jingyuan Marquis looked at the contents of the investigation, his heart filled with anger: "This is too much!"
Although the eldest prince's people are behind Qinghe Casino, it is estimated that the eldest prince does not know who Li Siyuan is. It should be that the owner behind Qinghe Casino has set his eyes on Li Siyuan's property in order to make money for the eldest prince. Before the plan succeeds, the owner of Qinghe Casino will not tell the eldest prince about this little thing.
If the plan to seize Li Siyuan's property succeeds, the owner behind the Qinghe Casino should give the bulk of the wealth to the eldest prince, so that the eldest prince will have the money and energy to compete for the throne.
The two most intense competitors for the throne in the court right now are the eldest prince and the second prince. The eldest prince is the eldest son of the emperor, and his mother is Concubine Shu, the daughter of the Minister of Personnel. The second prince is the adopted son of the empress, and can be considered a half-legitimate son. There are also forces behind him that support the legitimate prince as the legitimate heir, as well as the Cheng'en Mansion cheering for him, making a huge impact.
Although the third prince is also the son of a concubine, his mother had passed away long ago, his mother's family was in decline, and he himself kept a low profile and was a nobody.
The fourth and fifth princes were still young and were studying in the study. They had not left the palace to set up their own households, nor had they joined the fight for the throne.
Old Earl Jingyuan did not know the original plot like Si Yuan. He was clear that the one who would finally ascend the throne was the low-key and non-competitive third prince. In his opinion, the final winner would only be decided between the eldest prince and the second prince.
Now one of the eldest prince's money bags has set its sights on the Li family's property. Although the eldest prince may not be aware of this, he has been indirectly offended by the Li family.
Then the Li family can only choose the second prince...but does the Li family really want to take a stand?
Old Earl Jingyuan was very hesitant. The fight for the throne was always dangerous. The fight for the throne before the current emperor ascended the throne twenty years ago had caused a major reshuffle of the high-ranking officials in the capital. Many nobles with deeper background and more power than the Earl of Jingyuan had their property confiscated and exiled.
Although Old Uncle Jingyuan was still young at the time, he witnessed the collapse of those families with his own eyes and is still frightened.
So after much hesitation, he finally gave up his position in the fight for succession. The merit of following the dragon is not so easy to obtain. If he is not careful, his whole family will be convicted and exiled.
However, Qinghe Casino couldn't just let it go. Old Jingyuanbo had an idea in mind...
Si Yuan was in the study making literacy cards for his future child's early childhood education when he suddenly heard someone knocking on the door. He said without even looking up, "Come in!"
A simple-looking servant came in and said to Si Yuan respectfully, "Master, the Qinghe Casino and the Gold and Silver Casino have already started fighting..."
Si Yuan raised his head, put down the brush in his hand, and looked at a small literacy card he had made, on which was written the word "win".
He curled his lips and smiled, saying, "Got it, Mo Yan, you don't need to do anything next, just continue to pay attention to the situation of the fight between the two casinos and report to me."
The servant named Mo Yan quickly responded, "Yes, sir."
He quietly looked at Si Yuan with eyes full of admiration and awe. As a tool who followed orders, although Mo Yan was not clear about Si Yuan's overall plan, he was responsible for implementing some of the actions and guessed that the fight between Qinghe Casino and Jinyin Casino was the work of his master.
I just don’t know how these two casinos offended the master.
Mo Yan didn't dare to think too much, and quickly left the study and continued to follow the actions of the two casinos.
When Si Yuan was the only one left in the study, the system couldn't help but ask him, "What on earth did you do?" The person behind the gold and silver casino should be the third prince, right? Are you planning to take revenge on the Third Prince in advance? 】
Si Yuan blew away the ink that had not yet dried on the paper, and said with a smile: [Nonsense, how could I be the kind of person who would take revenge on others for something they haven't done yet? I just think that these two casinos have repeatedly tried to rob other people's property and used means to destroy families. They are really despicable and shameless. Everyone has the right to punish them. I am doing this for the sake of justice! 】
System: [Is it really like this? I'm sorry, host. I misunderstood you. 】I didn’t expect the host to be such a good person.
Si Yuan: [……] The naive system is so easy to fool.
However, Si Yuan also guessed that the fight between the two casinos must have been caused by the help of old Lord Jingyuan.
Si Yuan had anticipated this. After all, he had just arrived and his skills had not yet recovered. The original owner was a spendthrift playboy, so how could he have any trustworthy men? He only recruited Mo Yan, who was relatively loyal, to help him with his work.
If one really wants to pit the Qinghe Casino, which is backed by the eldest prince, against the Jinyin Casino, which is backed by the third prince, one has to use the manpower of the Jingyuan Earl's Mansion.
The naive system could never have guessed that Si Yuan's seemingly nonsensical actions actually dragged the eldest prince, the third prince and the Jingyuan Earl's Mansion into his calculations.
However, Si Yuan only borrowed some manpower from the Jingyuan Marquis' Mansion and did not drag them into the battle. The only ones who suffered heavy losses in this conspiracy were the Qinghe Casino and the Gold and Silver Casino. It was unlikely that the eldest prince and the third prince behind them would personally take part in the battle.
After all, these princes who want to compete for the throne need a lot of money. Even if they value the casino that makes money quickly, it is impossible for them to condescend to fight in person for a casino.
Moreover, there are so many casinos. Even if these two are gone, at most they will lose the source of casino funds for a period of time, and then they can turn to another casino to provide themselves with funds.
As for the fact that casinos, in order to make more money, have forced many families to be broken up and separated from their wives and children? What does this have to do with these two princes who are so high and mighty and out of touch with the world?
In the end, the final result of the fight between Qinghe Casino and Jinyin Casino was that Qinghe Casino won a great victory and Jinyin Casino was forced to close.
After all, the Qinghe Casino has the support of the eldest prince, and the eldest prince has no intention of giving up this money bag for the time being, so he made a little effort in secret.
The Third Prince behind the Gold and Silver Casino wanted to maintain his low-key image. He did not have the capital to confront the powerful First Prince head-on, so he gave up the Gold and Silver Casino. How could the Gold and Silver Casino without the support of the Third Prince possibly compete with the Qinghe Casino backed by the First Prince? Eventually, the Gold and Silver Casino disappeared from the capital.
After learning the final outcome of the struggle, Si Yuan felt deeply that it was not worth it for the owner of the Gold and Silver Casino. It was so pitiful. He worked so hard every year to raise so much money to provide to the Third Prince, causing so many families to be broken up. But when he really needed the Third Prince's protection, he actually failed to deliver. He had no backing spirit at all!
So Si Yuan, who was eager to do good and stand up for the weak, secretly helped the owner of the Gold and Silver Casino to spread a message in the underground world of the capital: the backer behind the Gold and Silver Casino was actually the Third Prince, who collected a large amount of offerings every year. However, in order not to offend the First Prince, the Third Prince abandoned the Gold and Silver Casino, which had received offerings every year, bringing bad luck to the Gold and Silver Casino. The reason why the Gold and Silver Casino offended the Qinghe Casino was because the Third Prince offended the First Prince. The First Prince wanted to teach the Third Prince a lesson, so he took action against the Gold and Silver Casino...
This news is both true and false, but who cares whether it is true or false after it spreads? The onlookers not only eat the melon, but also help spread the rumors by adding fuel to the fire.
In the end, the third prince completely turned into a rogue prince in the underground world of the capital, who only wanted money but did not do anything, and not only dragged down his subordinates and pushed them to take the blame.
After the collapse of the Gold and Silver Casino, the Third Prince lost a large source of funding. He secretly planned to seize the throne and win over the hearts of the people. He wanted to find another money bag, but was shocked to find that none of the casinos in the capital were willing to join him.
Even if there was no prince behind the casino, when the third prince's people came to express their intentions, the casino quickly turned to the eldest prince and resolutely refused to accept the third prince's invitation.
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