Chapter 1483 Entering the Palace

At Zhou's house, Zhulan heard about Yuanzi's situation and went to see Mingling in person. Halfway through the walk, the siblings also walked towards the main courtyard. When they got closer, Zhulan raised her hand and touched her grandson's head, "Well, there's no swelling. Does it still hurt?"

Ming Ling felt a little embarrassed, "I'm sorry that grandson made grandma worry, but I'm fine."

That means it doesn't hurt anymore. Zhulan felt relieved and reached out to hold her grandson's cloak. "Let's go. Let's have dinner with grandma in the main courtyard today."

Ming Ling narrowed his eyes and said, "Yeah."

Yuyi signaled the maid to call Yujiao. Their parents were not around, so they were the one who had the most meals with their grandparents.

Back in the main courtyard, Ming Ling took off his cloak and imitated Master Yu, "Grandma, I even felt the dimple."

The boy was very proud, for he was the first one in the family to touch it.

Zhulan listened to her grandson with a smile on her face. She did not ask her granddaughter about the result. The granddaughter came in and said nothing but had already made her attitude clear. "Mingling likes Master Yu very much?"

"You are so easy to bully. My sister is so powerful. Mr. Yu will not dare to make her angry in the future."

Zhu Lan asked, "Your sister can marry the eldest son and become the wife of the clan leader."

Ming Ling was stunned. He was young but knew a lot. Being born in a marquis's mansion meant that he was destined to be not simple. He pursed his lips and said, "Too tiring."

His mother was tired enough. In Qizhou, she seldom accompanied him. If his sister became a clan member, everyone would be staring at her. That would be bad. He always felt that Sister Yu Lu was very tired.

Zhulan touched her grandson's hair and said, "Grandma is very happy."

What is important to Sun Zixin is family, not sacrificing anyone for the sake of profit.

Ming Ling's ears turned a little red. All the children in the family longed to be praised by their grandparents. When he just returned to the capital, his grandmother would praise him and he would be happy for several days.

In Tujia Village, Changli brought his son to Dong's house. The little girl was the child he was looking for. The little girl also had a brother.

The Dong family had built several new rooms that were very conspicuous. They were leading their people into the woodshed. Changli was tall and strong, and he was well dressed. People in the village did not dare to approach him. Changli and his son walked in smoothly.

When Chang Li saw the situation inside, he became furious. The ten-year-old boy was lying on the firewood, his face was frighteningly pale, and he was already twitching.

Someone was being asked to call for a doctor, and Changli said, "I have a doctor here."

As he said this, he made way. He was afraid that he would encounter such a situation during the investigation, so he brought a doctor and a lot of medicine.

Li Zheng's expression was frozen, but it was still a joke for outsiders. The child couldn't be delayed, so he politely said, "Sorry for the trouble."

The doctor had already checked the child's pulse, taken out a needle, and fed the child a pill. Finally, he untied his cloak and wrapped it around the child before standing up. "We are so lucky today. If it had been a little later, the child would not have been saved."

Changli knew the doctor was not exaggerating. He saw the relief in the doctor's eyes and said coldly, "How vicious is the mind to be so cruel to a child?"

Minghui sneered, "For the sake of compensation, the whole family sucked the blood of the dead, not enough, they also want to occupy it openly. This child is really an eyesore. Look at this new house. Tsk tsk, I heard that the child's mother hanged herself the night she received the news. Why do I find it suspicious?"

The Dong family was afraid of Li Zheng because this was a Tujia village and they were outsiders who had fled here to settle down. They were afraid that if they really annoyed Li Zheng, he would chase them away.

The eldest son of the Dong family didn't want to say anything, but he just said it anyway. After Li Zheng left, he could do whatever he wanted with the child. Anyway, the news had spread throughout the village, so he didn't need to care about his face.

But this rich young man was too sharp-tongued. He felt that everyone was looking at him in a wrong way, and he shouted, "Nonsense, we adopted them out of good intentions."

Minghui raised his hand, "Stop, I don't want to hear you talk, it will pollute my ears. In fact, the louder you yell, the more guilty you are. I am more suspicious now. It is said that a mother is strong. No matter how weak a woman is, she cannot abandon her two children and hang herself. I seriously suspect that you hanged her to death for the relief money. Tsk tsk, this involves murder and we should report it to the police."

Chang Li had already winked at the servant, asking the officer to come over, and then he said, "It's a murder case, we must see the officer, yes, and two children were almost killed, three lives, today I have learned a lot, it is said that poor villages produce bad people, I think Tujia Village is also a famous village, how can there be such a vicious person?"

Li Zheng's hands trembled. Today, the whole Tujia Village had lost face. If there was a murderer in Tujia Village, Li Zheng would be furious. How would people in the surrounding area look at Tujia Village? Tujia Village had a good name, and the Wang family had a good reputation!

Minghui took a quick look and thought, he had not intended to make a big fuss. He had a good impression of the Wang family, but what his father needed was time. What happened today showed that the situation was very common. Of course, there were people with conscience, but when there were so many children, the children were really worthless, especially when the whole family was short of food and needed to survive. Grandpa said that human nature was most untested when facing disasters.

Today's incident has become a big deal and will spread throughout the neighborhood. Those who have no conscience and want to abuse the child will at least be able to keep quiet for a few days, buying time for the father and son.

In the evening, Zhou Shuren came back and saw the table full of seafood. He was silent for a few seconds, "We ate a lot of seafood this winter."

"Yes, we have eaten a lot of seafood this year."

The more fish are caught, the more seafood there is on the market.

Zhou Shuren sat down and motioned for his grandchildren to eat. "Today, the Emperor told me that the division of Rongchuan was not going smoothly."

"We had expected this a long time ago. The grassland is huge, and many tribes have had fixed places of residence for generations. Not only do they have to move suddenly, but their ancestral lands are also being divided. Naturally, they can't stand it."

Zhou Shuren gave Sun Zi a meatball and replied, "There are still some slaves. Many of them died as cannon fodder on the battlefield. There are still many left, plus the captives. Everything needs to be dealt with."

Zhulan asked, "Ming Teng hasn't written back yet. Are they adapting well to the grassland?"

Zhou Shuren, "It snowed heavily on the grassland. It's good that they can come back this winter."

Zhu Lan asked, "Has the court selected the ministers to be sent there?"

Zhou Shuren signaled his grandson to eat more vegetables. The child has liked eating meat since he was young and doesn't like to eat any vegetables at all. He is a serious picky eater.

Zhulan also picked up a piece of vegetables for her grandson with her chopsticks. Seeing Mingling eating the vegetables with a bitter face, she was happy.

Zhou Shuren, "It was quite noisy."

Since they didn't want to produce anyone anyway, in the eyes of the aristocratic families, what was the point of rebuilding in the wild land? Everything is difficult at the beginning, and they would rather pick peaches than plant peach trees.

The emperor has a candidate in mind, but he deliberately hasn't decided on one just to make sure things are getting lively!

After dinner, Yuyi left with her brother and sister. Zhulan commented on Yuyi's attitude, "Yuyi is a child with big ideas. She is satisfied with Yueyang."

Zhou Shuren felt bad. Yuyi had been with them since she was little. Without her parents around, they paid more attention to her. They liked this granddaughter very much. "Hmph, Yu family got a bargain."

"You or I?"

Zhou Shuren stroked his beard and said, "The Yu family is really not good enough. Look at how positive the Liu family is."

Zhulan laughed, "It's really not positive."

Zhou Shuren said, "I will have a chat with Lord Yu some other day after the court session."

"Um."

In the county town, Changli is no longer in Tujia Village. He is in the county government office. The county lord invited us to dinner and promised that the case will be investigated strictly.

The next day, Changli sent everyone around him out and went to inquire in person. The county magistrate thought it was just an isolated case encountered by the prince of the marquis's mansion and did not dare to inquire.

Chang Li acted very quickly this time. He did not dare to delay for a moment and found out everything about the children around him within a day. With a heavy heart, he wrote a letter to his parents.

When Zhulan received the call, it was already a few days later and Changli had already gone to another state.

Zhulan read her son's letter carefully. The first thing she saw was that the handwriting was still not good. The eldest son was just like his eldest daughter-in-law. No matter how hard they practiced, they made little progress. Well, the eldest son wrote all of it himself. He didn't let Minghui write for him. This showed how much his son was touched.

The eldest son wrote a lot, five pages of letters, but he seemed to have not finished writing, as if there was still a lot that he had not written down. Zhulan touched the letter papers, put them away carefully, and took out the prepared plan. Her son was not good at rhetoric and wrote in a simple way. She didn't need to make any changes, as true feelings were the most touching.

The next day, Zhulan submitted a letter and entered the palace. The Queen Mother was surprised that Zhulan never took the initiative to enter the palace, so she replied and set a time for her to enter the palace the next day.