Chapter 794: Admiration

In the Zhou Mansion Garden, Yu had just sat down when she almost knocked over the water cup in her hand. Song was stunned for a moment, "What happened?"

Seeing that everyone was looking at her, Yu forced a stiff smile and said, "Ah, I was distracted just now and didn't pay attention."

Song had been with Yu for many years, and she knew that Yu was not telling the truth. However, it had nothing to do with her. If Yu was not her brother's wife, she would not have asked a single question. "Then you should be careful."

Yu nodded, but was thinking in her heart, why did Zhou Xuehan look familiar to her? Then she remembered that she had snatched cloth from Zhou Xuehan in the cloth shop before, and she used her status to bully others at that time. She was worried that Zhou Xuehan would complain, and she thought that Zhou Xuehan might not recognize her.

Yu felt very uncomfortable, as she would be a commoner in the future, while Zhou Xuehan would be the Crown Prince's wife, and both of them would have to bow their heads and behave themselves.

In fact, Xue Han recognized Yu and remembered that she was not easy to get along with. Even if she married into the Ning family in the future, she would not have much contact with her.

Song looked at the daughters-in-law of the Zhou family. Except for the county lord, the other three daughters-in-law were of low birth. But she did not look down on them at all. She saw that their sitting posture was perfect. At the same time, she was envious. The Zhou family had no concubines. Although the children of the Ningguo Mansion were all born of legitimate wives, her husband also had one or two concubines.

Yu was lucky because her brother-in-law was in poor health and she was the only one left.

Mingyun brought several young masters of the Ningguo Mansion to the main courtyard. The young masters of the Ningguo Mansion were all young, the oldest was only eight years old and the youngest was six years old.

The eldest grandson of the Ning family, the two sons of Ning Zhiqi, the eldest son, Ning Zhao, eight years old, the second son, Ning Yang, six years old, and Ning Zhixiang has only one son, Ning Ming, seven years old.

The Ning family's children are treasures and rarely see outsiders, so they were very happy to see so many boys when they came to the Zhou family.

Mingyun is the oldest. Looking at Ning Zhao, the eldest grandson of the Ning Mansion, his eyes are full of smiles. Ning Zhao also wants to go somewhere else to play with Mingteng and the others, but he still remembers that he is the eldest grandson.

Mingyun understood the temperaments of the young guests with just a few words. Even though Ningzhao was younger than him, he was also very careful with his words.

Ningyang is the youngest and more lively. Ningming is a little arrogant, with his chin always raised. It is obvious that he was brought up as a spoiled child at home.

Mingyun looked at Mingteng and Mingrui. His own family was the most cunning one. They had already gotten a lot of information out of them in such a short time. If Ning Zhao hadn't coughed from time to time, they would have gotten even more information.

As for Yu Shuang and Yu Lu, both young ladies of the Ning family are born to the eldest son of the Crown Prince, Ning Zhiqi. The older one is ten years old, Ning Ting, and the younger one is six years old, Ning Jiao, and she and Ning Yang are twins.

Ning Ting heard that Yu Lu was engaged and asked, "Who is Yu Lu engaged to?"

Yu Lu was not naive enough to think that Ning Ting was curious and was trying to get information. She smiled and said, "Wang family."

Ning Ting blinked her eyes, "From the capital?"

Yu Lu nodded, "Yeah."

There was someone with the surname Wang at the banquet that Ning Ting attended. As far as she could remember, there were quite a few people with the surname Wang, some of them of the highest rank. She wanted to ask more questions, but when she met Yu Lu's eyes, the words got stuck in her throat and her face turned red. Her thoughts must have been seen through.

In the main courtyard, Zhou Shuren had already gone to the study with Duke Ning and others. The Zhou family's study was not only a place for work and reading, there were really a lot of books in the study.

Duke Ning looked at the four or five bookshelves in the study, then fell silent when he thought of the lone bookshelf in his own study that was not yet full.

Ningxu and the others walked around the bookshelf for a few times. The books on the bookshelf were arranged in categories. What attracted Ningxu even more was that there was a special area on the bookshelf, where books marked with age were placed. "Master Zhou, what is this?"

Zhou Shuren explained: "The book contains articles written and test questions answered by children at different ages. These are the growth of the children. When they get married and look back, they will not only have more experience to teach their children, but also gain new insights. So we compiled them into a book."

Ning Xu then saw her name on the booklet and found Rongchuan's. There were several books of Rongchuan's, as well as a booklet for practicing calligraphy. She wrote one character every year and there was obvious progress.

Duke Ning also took it and looked through it, and then passed it to his grandsons Ning Zhiqi and Ning Zhixiang.

Duke Ning sighed, "I admire Lord Zhou's dedication to children."

Ning Xu continued, "No wonder Rongchuan and Changlian are so outstanding at such a young age. Lord Zhou knows how to educate children."

Zhou Shuren thought to himself that he really knew how to educate children. The prince would come to ask him questions from time to time in the Ministry of Revenue. If he was not really busy, the prince would be like attending a class in the Ministry of Revenue. The questions he asked were getting more and more tricky these days. He always had to think about how to answer so that the prince would not keep asking him.

Unfortunately, even though he wanted to hide it, he couldn't handle the trap set by the prince, and he was exhausted.

Ning Zhixiang read more carefully. There were annotations on each article. The annotations were very sharp. They must have been written by Lord Zhou. Ning Zhixiang thought, it would be great if his child could be handed over to Lord Zhou for guidance. Unfortunately, it was just a thought.

He wouldn't even dream of asking Zhou Shuren to teach his son. Zhou Shuren was highly regarded by the emperor and was also the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue. A commoner like him couldn't afford such a high position, and his grandfather wouldn't ask Lord Zhou for Ning Ming's help.

Ning Zhiqi was thinking of sending his son to academy so that he could have more contact with the Zhou family's grandchildren and learn some learning methods.

Zhulan knew that all the prefectures in the capital would inquire about the matter, so she asked Mrs. Song to tell the gatekeeper that there was no need to keep it a secret if someone was inquiring. The Zhou family did not hesitate to inquire, and all the prefectures in the capital knew the reason.

At the Yaohou Mansion, Yao Wenqi heard the news and asked again, "So that's how it is, it's Ning Xu's son."

The butler continued, "According to what I have learned, Zhang Rongchuan looks very similar to the deceased Master Ning."

Yao Wenqi had also met Zhang Rongchuan, but unfortunately he had never met the eldest son of the Ning family. The Yao family was the one the emperor sought refuge with after he had fought his way to the capital, and the eldest son of the Ning family had already died at that time.

Yao Wenqi would not think that the Ning family had identified the wrong person. The more top-level the family is, the more importance they place on bloodlines. However, he still had to wait for the person who investigated the news to come back.

Third Prince, Zhang Jingshi waved his hand to let him go. He didn't care about Zhang Rongchuan's background. He only cared about whether Lord Zhou would favor the prince and stand behind him because of this relationship.

This time, his father rewarded Zhou Shuren with a manor. He realized that Zhou Shuren held a more important position in his father's heart than he thought. If he really stood behind the prince, he would be a considerable force.

The other princes' palaces received the news and sent people out of the capital at high speed.

When Lord Wang got the news, he pulled his beard several times. Zhou Shuren's shortcomings were made up, and the Wang family was no longer the most important among the Zhou family's relatives. Lord Wang sighed, and he couldn't help but sigh that Zhou Shuren was really lucky.

Lord Wang took out a piece of paper and wrote a letter to his eldest son.

The prince was also a little absent-minded in the Ministry of Revenue. In the future, I will call my uncle "father". He took out the box, which contained the deed of the house, and called the guard, "Go and deliver it to the Ninghou Mansion."

"yes."

There is one more chapter, five o'clock

(End of this chapter)