Chapter 777 Who is Smart and Who is Stupid

Zhou Shuren estimated the time and said, "My Lord, I should go back to the Ministry of Revenue. There are many things waiting for me in the Ministry of Revenue."

Lord Ning said, "Okay."

Zhou Shuren left the teahouse and coughed several times. It was too hard to hold back his laughter. However, Rongchuan's matter was finally settled, and he had one less thing on his mind. He felt a lot more relieved.

Back at the Ministry of Revenue, Zhou Shuren looked at Lord Qiu, who seemed to be hesitant to speak, and asked, "Does Lord Qiu have anything to say?"

Qiu Yan's heart was very tangled. Zhou Shuren might be on the side of the crown prince. The crown prince was now under house arrest. The emperor was close to the second prince. No one could guess what the emperor was thinking. He did not want to participate in the fight for the throne. The Qiu family could not afford it. "Is Lord Zhou familiar with Lord Ning?"

After Lord Ning returned to the capital, many people tried to curry favor with him. Today, they came to see Zhou Shuren all day long, which showed that they had known each other for a long time.

Zhou Shuren understood Qiu Yan's entanglement. It was inevitable that the Zhou family and the Ning family would have a deeper relationship in the future. Qiu Yan suspected that he was a member of the prince's party, and other people would think so in the future. Stroking his beard, he could not avoid it. "My third son and future son-in-law once helped the Duke of Ning, so they are more familiar with the Marquis of Ning."

Qiu Yan vaguely remembered that this was indeed the case, but he had not paid much attention to it before. "So that's how it is."

"Um."

Changli had been in Lijia Village for a while and had drunk a lot of tea before his father-in-law, mother-in-law and their family came back.

Chang Li hurriedly stood up and greeted, "I have met my father-in-law and mother-in-law."

Li Cong stopped walking. His son-in-law was becoming more and more polite. He was really not used to it. He rubbed his hands and dared not help. His hands were covered with dirt. He said dryly, "Hurry up and get up."

Mrs. Li Xu was very excited to see her son-in-law. "I heard the news yesterday and guessed you would come. You didn't come this morning, so I thought you were busy and wouldn't come today, so I didn't wait for you at home."

Chang Li explained, "I was supposed to come this morning, but was delayed because of Mr. Dong."

Li Xu didn't like the Dong family. They were also relatives of the Zhou family, but the Dong family looked down on the Li family because of Chang Lian's relationship. She didn't want to talk about the Dong family. She smiled and said, "Chang Zhi is back. Auntie, I haven't seen you for a few years. You have changed a lot. You are taller and more handsome."

Changzhi smiled and said, "You feel this way because you haven't seen me for a long time. My mother even said that I'm getting out of shape and she's given up on me."

Li Xu smiled and said, "Your mother was just joking with you. In my aunt's eyes, you are the best looking."

Changli asked his father-in-law, "Is everything going well at home recently?"

Li Cong rubbed his hands to suppress his excitement, "Good, very good, you can see that this year we built a new house and added a lot of land. In the past two years, with the protection and blessings of my in-laws, our family has been getting better and better."

Li Xu also said, "We have benefited greatly from your father-in-law's success as an official in Beijing. The whole area is very polite to the Li family and no one dares to bully us. You don't have to worry about it."

Li Cong nodded repeatedly. Whenever he went out, the county lords would call him "Old Master Li". He was confused at the time. As a country bumpkin his whole life, he stumbled and didn't know what to say.

Chang Li was relieved and took out the letter from his arms, "This is a letter my wife wrote to you two elders. This box contains gifts from my wife and I to you two elders."

My wife prepared jewelry for my mother-in-law and clothes for my father-in-law, and he prepared medicinal herbs such as ginseng and deer antlers for nourishing the body.

Li Xu's eyes narrowed into slits when she smiled. The daughter-in-law kept giving gifts during festivals, and every time her son-in-law came back, the daughter-in-law would bring back gifts. This daughter-in-law was so worth raising, and her mother-in-law had good vision. She could tell at a glance that the daughter-in-law was very blessed. How many people envied her now.

As a result, her granddaughters all married well, proving that the girls of the Li family are blessed.

In the afternoon in the capital, at the gate of Hanlin Academy, Chang Lian and Rong Chuan came out together, and Lord Ning waited for a while.

Rong Chuan walked over naturally, "Master Hou."

Ning Xu nodded, and then said to Rong Chuan: "I have something to talk to Rong Chuan about, you go back first."

Chang Lian was stunned for a moment. He was not going to take him with him today. "Okay."

Rongchuan followed him onto the carriage, and soon the carriage drove away. Only then did Changlian walk towards his own carriage.

Shen Yang took two quick steps, "Lord Ning doesn't seem to be worried about the Crown Prince being under house arrest. After all, the Crown Prince is Lord Ning's nephew."

Chang Lian stopped and asked, "What do you want to say?"

Shen Yang, "I don't mean anything else."

Chang Liancai didn't believe it and looked at Shen Yang deeply. In recent days, Shen Yang and the fifth prince have been very close. Shen Yang is angry again.

When Shen Yang saw the Zhou family's carriage leaving, he wondered which prince was most likely to be the one if the Crown Prince fell. The Zhou family was not far from the Ning Mansion and was so close to it. He thought Zhou Changlian was so smart, but he was a fool.

Shen Yang thought of the Fifth Prince and played with the jade pendant around his waist, which was given to him by the Fifth Prince. He didn't know if the Fifth Prince had any chance. You know, some time ago, the Fifth Prince was highly valued by the Emperor.

At Zhou's residence, Zhou Shuren came back first. Zhulan knew what happened at noon and suppressed her laughter, "It seems that your acting skills are better than that of Lord Hou."

Zhou Shuren was changing his clothes, "Because I know everything in my heart, I feel calm."

"It seems that the Ningguo Mansion sent the invitation because they want to recognize Rongchuan."

Zhou Shuren changed his clothes and felt much more comfortable, "Yeah."

Zhu Lan said quietly, "After recognizing each other as relatives, the next step is to get married. Lord Ning has mentioned this to you. I think he hopes Rong Chuan will get married soon."

Zhou Shuren gritted his teeth and lowered his voice, "Rong Chuanxian's courtesy is too obvious. Look at him. Today he gave me a hairpin, and tomorrow he gave me a painting. There are people related to the emperor in his family. How can the emperor not know?"

Whoever has a son will love him. Rongchuan's sincerity is so obvious that everyone knows that Rongchuan wants to get married.

Zhu Lan chuckled, "Rong Chuan was thinking about buying a house every day some time ago, but he hasn't mentioned it in recent days. He must have had some guesses, but unfortunately they were misleading."

Zhou Shuren hummed, "Our daughter's dowry is not ready yet. If you want to get married, add some dowry."

Zhu Lan said quietly, "Do you think the Ning family wouldn't?"

Zhou Shuren was silent. The Ning family would indeed do that. Not only the Ning family would do that, but the emperor would do that too.

Chang Lian came back and said that Rongchuan and Lord Ning had left. Zhou Shuren and his wife looked at each other, indicating that they understood, and then said nothing more.

Chang Lian felt that his parents were not surprised at all that Rong Chuan went with Lord Ning. "Dad, do you know why Lord Ning wanted to see Rong Chuan?"

Zhou Shuren had nothing to hide, and Chang Lian also had some guesses. Lord Ning took Rongchuan away to trick Rongchuan, but he couldn't say, "Lord Ning is Rongchuan's biological father, and he took Rongchuan away to tell Rongchuan the truth."

Chang Lian thought Rong Chuan was indeed the Marquis's son, but his father said it so generously, "Dad, did Marquis Ning tell you that?"

Zhou Shuren, "At noon, Lord Ning came to me first. You should know it first and don't tell anyone else. It depends on the arrangements of the Ning family."

Chang Lian took a sip of tea to suppress his excitement. This meant that he wanted to recognize Rongchuan. Lord Ning was Rongchuan's father. Lord Ning only had Rongchuan as his son. Rongchuan was the future Lord Ning. Then he worried, "Then, what about my sister's marriage with Rongchuan?"

"No effect."

"That's good. That's good."