On the night of the third day before New Year's Eve, Zirui returned to the capital from Xiaozhou. The child, who had not been seen for several months, had grown a few inches taller, causing Feng Yuheng to sigh repeatedly: "If you continue to grow like this, you will be taller than your sister."
Feng Zirui heard this and raised Gao Jian again, saying loudly, "I am a boy. The teacher said that I will soon be taller than my sister. When that happens, Zirui will shoulder the responsibility of protecting my sister and will never let her be bullied again."
Feng Yuheng smiled and hugged him: "Sister has never been bullied, Zirui is worrying for nothing."
"Of course not!" The child got angry when he heard this, and immediately pushed Feng Yuheng away, crossed his arms in front of him, grabbed her little brow and said to her loudly: "Feng Yuheng, don't think I don't know. Although I am in Xiaozhou, I still know a thing or two about the situation in the capital. You know whether you have been wronged or not, and I know it too! Just tell me, is there anyone in this world who is closer to you than the two of us?" He shouted this sentence loudly, but after saying it, he felt that there was a flaw, so he quickly changed his words: "I mean blood relatives, the kind of relatives with blood ties, brother-in-law doesn't count."
With just one sentence, Wang Chuan Huang Quan was amused. Feng Yu Heng couldn't help laughing, but then he heard the child say, "Be serious, I'm asking about serious matters."
So Feng Yuheng had to answer him seriously: "No! In the whole world, only our Zirui is closest to me. Among all the people, you are the closest to me."
Zirui nodded with satisfaction, and then said, "That's right! I am your brother, we are the closest, so what else do you have to hide from me? If you are wronged, just say it, and if you are unhappy, say it. Sister sent Zirui to school, is it just to let Zirui learn to read and write? Then you can find a teacher in the capital to teach you! The reason why Zirui became a disciple at Xiaozhou Yunlu Academy is that he wants to learn more principles besides reading and writing. Sister, although Zirui is far away in Xiaozhou, he can still hear about what is happening in the capital. Zirui knows that she ran away, and that Fu Ya also ran away with Feng Jinyuan. They gathered a family of three together, but only left sister in the capital. Zirui was thinking about how much grievances sister must have suffered before he had a day off, and he was very worried, so he looked forward to returning to Beijing as soon as possible to stay by your side. But you still pretend with me! You still smile at me! You also told me that no one can bully you! Sister, do you treat me as your brother?"
Feng Yuheng was stunned by these words. The child's voice echoed in her mind over and over again, and every word went into her heart, including the little face that looked even more aggrieved than hers, and the tears that she had to hold back with gritted teeth.
Suddenly, her nose felt sore, and she suddenly hugged the child in front of her, and started to cry, regardless of whether it was at the gate of the mansion facing the street. When she cried, Zirui also cried, and even Wangchuan Huangquan began to wipe his tears, and the imperial guards guarding the gate had red eyes.
Zirui cried and said, "You still dare to say that no one dares to bully you. You've cried like this, who knows how much you've suffered. Sister, Zirui has grown up and can share your burden. Even if I can't protect you completely, at least you can tell me when you encounter something difficult. Don't just think about my own good, don't let me know anything, and send me back to Xiaozhou when something happens. Xiaozhou is not the paradise you said. I don't want to hide there and ignore what's happening outside. I want to know if my sister is doing well every day, what big and small things have happened in the capital, and whether my sister has been implicated. Sister, please don't push me away again, okay?"
The child cried and said, his two little arms tightly wrapped around Feng Yuheng. He is taller now, and his two arms can wrap around Feng Yuheng's waist. Feng Yuheng thought that in two years, this child will be taller than her and can easily pick her up, just like a little adult who can protect her behind him. Then in a few years, Zirui will be older and a big boy. When she gets into trouble, he will stand in front of her and say: Let's see who dares to bully my sister! That must be very impressive.
As she was thinking about it, she burst out laughing. Tears were still on her face, but she was really laughing.
Zi Rui was puzzled by her laughter and asked in confusion: "You are crying and laughing at the same time, are you stupid?"
Feng Yuheng didn't answer. She took his hand and strode into the mansion until she returned to Zirui's yard and entered the main house. She waited for the servant to pass Zirui warm tea. Seeing Zirui drink a bowl, she said, "Silly boy, I didn't cry because I was wronged. I cried because I was happy, because my Zirui has grown up and is no longer the child who could only follow me. My Zirui can also protect me from the wind and rain like an adult, so I am happy."
Zi Rui frowned: "You're crying for this? What's there to cry about? I've grown up a long time ago, but you always think I'm a child. Don't you think about it? I can walk from the capital to the East Realm. Which child can have such ability as me?"
Feng Yuheng nodded, "How dare you talk about your dark history? If it weren't for the protection of the palace's secret guards, do you think you could have really reached the East Realm safely?" She waved her hand, "Forget it, let's not talk about this. Let me ask you, Yao...how did you hear about her?" She wanted to talk about Yao, but then she thought that she was Yu Zirui's biological mother after all, and it would not be good to talk about it in a too distant way.
But it was obvious that Feng Yuheng had thought too much, because as soon as Zirui opened his mouth, he called out that name directly - "Is it about the Yao family? Of course, it was the master who told me. The master not only told me that the Yao family left the capital, but also told me that Feng Jinyuan left with them, including Fu Ya who looks very similar to my sister. Although they didn't leave together, they were also one step behind."
"Sir?" Feng Yuheng was stunned. "Sir is telling you this?"
"Of course!" Zi Rui straightened up and said seriously, "Sir not only said all this, he also analyzed the matter with me. Those three people must have left the capital and went south, letting Fu Ya go to help the Eighth Prince with a face exactly like yours, creating an illusion in the South that Princess Ji'an has come and Princess Ji'an is following the Eighth Prince. This will create a more advantageous momentum for the Eighth Prince, win the hearts of the people, and get more help from external resources. Sister, is that so?"
Feng Yuheng was completely convinced this time. Xiaozhou's master even told such a thing to a child? But she was only stunned for a moment, and soon understood. Yes, children in ancient times matured early. Girls could get married at the age of fifteen, and the same was true for boys. All their things were earlier than those in later generations, and people's maturity was naturally earlier. In her opinion, Zirui was still a child, but in fact, in the official family, this age was already treated like a little adult. Many fathers even began to talk about court affairs in front of their children, and began to discuss state affairs and family affairs with their children.
Soon, Zirui also gave her an explanation. He said, "The teacher said that Yunlu Academy can't just teach us to read and write. We should learn more about the principles of being a human being and how to deal with people in the academy. Moreover, the young people who can enter Yunlu Academy are extremely outstanding, whether in the civilians or in official families. In the future, they will either go to the battlefield to make achievements or seek fame in the imperial examinations. Therefore, the teachers in the academy will not deliberately avoid the affairs of the capital and the government, but will explain them to us in detail. Last time, we talked about an official in another province who was demoted, and the son of the official was in the academy. The teacher also talked about it in front of him and asked him to analyze it. Sister, what we learn is not at all what you think."
Feng Yuheng was surprised and couldn't help but sigh at the teaching method of Yunlu Academy. It was clearly developing towards the education model of later generations. No wonder everyone said that Yunlu Academy was the best in the world. Hearing it today, it was indeed true.
She nodded at Zirui and said sincerely: "Your husband is right. This is how children should be taught. Only in this way can they become true pillars of the country." She also straightened her body and said: "Since you already know, I will no longer hide it from you. Regarding the Yao family..."
For the first time, Feng Yuheng treated Zirui as an adult and told him everything about the Yao family and Feng Jinyuan, as well as everything that had happened in the capital and the princess's mansion in the past few months. The child listened very seriously and also made his own comments on these things. It must be said that the comments were objective and accurate, and even Feng Yuheng had to admire them.
Until the end, Feng Zirui said to her: "People rely on fate to support each other. We are destined to be siblings, and we are also destined to be mother and daughter with Yao. But our fate is longer, and the one with Yao is very shallow. Sister, don't take it too seriously. The fate ends here. There is nothing to regret. As long as you and I have a clear conscience, even if we go to the King of Hell one day in the future and face the judge, we will not owe her the slightest." As he spoke, he left his seat, walked to Feng Yuheng, took her hand and said: "I don't know if sister still remembers that when we were first sent to the mountain village in the northwest, she didn't know how to wash clothes, light fires, cook, and didn't have the ability to work for money. It was because sister took me into the mountains to pick mushrooms and wild vegetables every day that we could barely survive. Sometimes when we didn’t pick much, my sister would lie and say that she had eaten in the mountains, and the remaining mushrooms were given to her and Zirui. But she didn’t know how to make a fire or cook, and she burned down the thatched house that was the only shelter from the rain. We slept on the land without a house for three nights, and it was only after my sister went into the mountains to pick mushrooms for the villagers that kind-hearted people helped us build another hut. But that time, my sister picked mushrooms for them for three whole months. Sister, Zirui said something very unfilial. It was mother who should have taken care of the children, but in our family it was the other way around, and it was the little children who took care of mother. Whether it’s you or me, we have done our best for her. Now she has a better choice, and Zirui wishes her a better life from now on. But if she comes back one day, Zirui will never recognize that mother again...”
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