Chapter 686: Taking Care of Daddy

The queen leaned her head on the emperor's shoulder and said gloomily, "I won't go to see my son."

The emperor held the queen's shoulders, feeling sorry for Qing Ran, "I have news for you. Zhou Shuren's wife and daughter will come to the capital in a few days. Don't you want to meet them? You can summon them now."

The Queen's voice rose a few notches, "Really?"

"It's absolutely true. This is the news from Jinzhou."

The queen no longer depended on the emperor, "Then I will choose a day to summon them."

Early the next morning, Chang Lian's family and Rong Chuan went to the capital. At noon, Tao also came from Ran's house and took away Ming Yun's horoscope.

The horoscopes were matched very smoothly. Although it was not a match made in heaven, it could be considered a good marriage. After that, an auspicious day for engagement was chosen and Zhulan prepared to set off for the capital.

The night before he left, Zhulan hugged her son and said, "Mom will leave you at home to accompany Dad. You have to help me take good care of Dad."

Changzhong originally pouted and wanted to cry. He didn't want to leave his mother. But after hearing what his mother said, the grievance in his heart disappeared. "Mom, I will take good care of Dad."

Zhulan kissed her son and said, "My dear son, you are so good."

Changzhong hugged his mother's neck and said, "Mom, you should come back soon. Dad and I are waiting for you at home."

Zhulan didn't want to leave after hearing this. She hugged her son tightly and said, "Mom, I've thought about it and decided to take you with me."

Changzhong was torn. He wanted to go with his mother, but he couldn't bear to leave his father. He turned around and looked at his father, "Mom, I'm staying at home with Dad. Dad must have cried the last time he was alone at home."

Zhou Shuren, "......."

He was just teasing his son, but the boy remembered it very clearly.

The next day, Zhulan and Xuehan got on the carriage. Zhulan didn't dare to open the curtain and look back. This was the first time her son had left her since he was born, and she was afraid that she would be reluctant to let him go.

Zhulan waited for a while, feeling tormented. She was also afraid that her son would cry, so she couldn't help but secretly opened the curtain to take a look. As a result, only Li was left at the gate, and everyone else had returned to the yard.

Xue Han saw her mother's expression freeze and laughed secretly, "Mom, I just secretly looked and saw that I had already gone back with my fourth brother. I didn't cry."

Zhulan finally understood Zhou Shuren's feelings. This kid was reluctant to leave in the morning!

At Zhou's house, Changzhong recited the enlightenment book for a while, then stopped reciting, "I want to go eat fruit. Mother is waiting for me to come back and eat fruit."

Changzhi stopped his younger brother, "You forgot, mother has already gone to the capital this morning."

Changzhong was depressed. He forgot, "Fourth brother, I miss my mother."

Changzhi touched the boy's head and said, "Mom will be back in a few days."

It would have been fine if Changzhi didn't touch his head, but when he did, Changzhong started crying, "I miss mom, mom likes to touch my head, fourth brother, I miss mom."

Changzhi wanted to pull his own hand away, so that he could hold his little brother in his arms, "Okay, stop crying. Fourth brother will take you to the garden to play."

"No, I want my mother."

Changzhi remembered that he was sweating profusely and could only hug him and try to comfort him, but it didn't work. He really had no other choice but to say, "Brother, I'll take you to see your nephews and nieces. Didn't you keep clamoring to see them?"

Changzhong listened and asked with tears in his eyes, "Really?"

"Come on, Fourth Brother will take you to see it now."

Changzhong stopped crying and looked at his fourth brother eagerly. When his mother was at home, she didn't let him go to his fourth brother's yard to see his nephews and nieces. Now his fourth brother took him there personally. Even if his mother knew about it, he would have nothing to say.

Changzhong wiped his tears and said, "I just watched but didn't do anything."

Changzhi smiled and said, "Okay, I'll just watch but not do anything."

In the fourth room, Changzhong saw his little nephew and niece and exclaimed, "They are so small, no wonder mom didn't allow me to come over."

Changzhi smiled and said, "You also grew up this way."

Changzhong didn't believe it, "My mother said I'm a fat boy."

Changzhi weighed his brother and said, "He is indeed a fat boy."

Changzhong stretched his head and looked at the little baby. "Mom said that my nephews and nieces will be big when they are one month old, so she will bring me over to see them. Fourth brother, how long will it take for my nephews and nieces to be one month old?"

Changzhi counted the days, "When Mom comes back, it will be almost a month."

When Changzhong heard his mother's name, he held his mouth and was about to cry again.

Su Xuan glared at her husband and said, "Changzhong is your uncle. Look, your nephews and nieces are not crying. Your uncle is an elder and should be a role model."

Changzhong didn't cry out loud, but tears fell from his eyes. "My mother said the same thing."

Su Xuan, "......."

Changzhi, "......."

At noon, Zhou Shuren returned to the mansion. As soon as he entered the yard, he asked the housekeeper, "Did the young master make any trouble this morning?"

Steward Ding replied, "The young master cried all morning and now he has fallen asleep from crying."

Zhou Shuren paused, "Have you called a doctor?"

The child has been crying all morning, don’t let his throat get damaged.

Steward Ding said hurriedly, "We have asked the doctor to check on the young master. He is fine."

Everyone in the mansion knew how much the master loved the young master, so the fourth master had already called a doctor early on. Now it seemed that the fourth master was very smart. Who could have thought that the master would take time off to come back at noon.

Zhou Shuren asked, "Where does the child sleep?"

Steward Ding said, "In the Fourth Young Master's courtyard."

Zhou Shuren hummed and quickly went to the courtyard of the fourth room. Changzhi was eating lunch. Zhou Shuren asked, "Where is your brother?"

Changzhi stood up and said, "He's sleeping in the study!"

He was afraid that his father would worry about Changzhong's temporary return, and he turned out to be right.

Zhou Shuren entered the study room. His son was sleeping soundly on the small kang, with his mouth pouted and looking unhappy. His eyes were swollen from crying. Zhou Shuren felt so distressed that he walked over carefully, touched his son's face, and gently tucked the quilt in for him.

Chang Zhi felt so sad when he saw this, thinking about the time when he was still the old son. Well, he couldn't think about it, the more he thought about it, the sadder he felt.

Changzhi said, "I cried because I was hungry. I drank a bowl of porridge before I fell asleep."

Zhou Shuren chuckled. He could imagine the little boy drinking his porridge in a wronged manner. "Thank you for your hard work this morning."

Changzhi looked at his father's official uniform and said, "Dad, you haven't eaten yet, eat first."

Zhou Shuren saw the young man frowning, so he motioned for Changzhi to keep his voice down. After leaving the study, he said, "I won't eat anymore. I'll go back first. I'll try to come back early this afternoon. Changzhong is in your hands."

Changzhi, "Dad, I will take good care of my little brother."

This is dad's trust in him!

In the capital, Zhulan finally arrived home. Dong and Rongchuan were there. Zhulan asked, "Where is Changlian?"