Chapter 796: Really Tricking Him

The next day, at the morning court session, this was the earliest time Zhou Shuren had left since he attended the morning court session. The emperor had already left. Zhou Shuren was prepared to be congratulated, but he was surrounded after taking a few steps.

But he didn't expect that the first person to speak was Mr. Ding, who was quite far away from him.

Master Ding said in a gloomy tone, "Mr. Zhou is really lucky. Not only will he have the Ning family as his in-laws, but he will also have someone to lean on. Congratulations to Mr. Zhou for having someone to rely on in the future."

Zhou Shuren rolled his eyes in his heart. Ever since the Emperor had asked him to stay for several times, Master Ding had never been friendly to him. Today, he was not congratulating him, but mocking him. "Master Ding, you must have never heard that luck is also a kind of strength. Unlike some people, they have really bad luck. Don't you agree, Master Ding?"

Bachelor Ding gritted his teeth. It was precisely because of his bad luck that he was particularly jealous of Zhou Shuren. He should have been promoted long ago, but he just lacked luck. He gritted his teeth and was about to retort when someone spoke up first.

Li Zhao laughed, "I like what you said, Lord Zhou. Luck is indeed a kind of strength. Let's go and talk while we walk."

Li Zhao was in a good mood because he was lucky. When he led his troops to fight in the past, he was surrounded several times but still managed to survive. This is luck.

The Minister of Personnel smiled and said, "Some people are jealous, so why do they have to be so weird and lose their dignity? It's really embarrassing."

Zhou Shuren didn't think that the Minister of Personnel was protecting him, it was just because the six ministries were in conflict with the Grand Secretary, so the six ministries were together.

The other scholars' faces changed. They allowed Lord Ding to ridicule Zhou Shuren because of their sense of crisis. They had no good solution for the food purchase issue, and Zhou Shuren's method achieved several goals at once. Of course, they disliked Zhou Shuren.

Now that the Minister of Personnel was criticizing Lord Ding, they felt guilty. It seemed as if these words were stabbing them, and their faces looked unhappy.

Minister of Justice Sun glanced at him and said, "It's ugly."

The Minister of Industry coughed and said, "This smell is very sour."

Zhou Shuren looked at the Minister of Rites, the only one who had not spoken. Thinking of the Minister of Rites' surname, Zhou Shuren looked at the Grand Bachelor again and realized that there must be someone among them that the Fourth Prince wanted to pull over.

Zhou Shuren returned to the Ministry of Revenue. The prince was not here today, so he must be waiting in the palace. Lord Ning wanted to bring Rongchuan into the palace today, and he told him so yesterday.

Qiu Yan's heart was filled with mixed feelings. "Congratulations."

He envied Lord Zhou's luck, but also lamented that the Zhou family was now too closely tied to the Ning family, and coupled with their marriage, he originally thought that Lord Zhou supported the crown prince and that he would not be able to have a close relationship with Lord Zhou in the future.

Zhou Shuren, "Thank you."

Qiu Yan smiled and said, "The Minister will be back tomorrow. I heard that he went to the capital yesterday."

Zhou Shuren really didn't know, mainly because he really didn't care whether the Shangshu Lord would come back or not, unlike Qiu Yan, who wished that Lord Xiao would come back sooner and kept watching him all the time, "You can relax now."

Qiu Yan smiled sincerely this time, "Yes."

Although the three princes were out on official business, he was still worried. He didn't know what the crown prince was thinking. He refused to leave after arriving at the Ministry of Revenue!

The hottest topic in the capital today is that the son-in-law of Minister Zhou of the Ministry of Revenue has become the son of Lord Ning.

Zhulan had just finished her breakfast when someone came to congratulate her. Mr. Deng and his wife came early. They came so early because they knew that many people would come to the Zhou residence today. After congratulating her, they left.

Many people did come to the Zhou residence today, even the second Miss Yao, Yao Yao, was here, not to mention Zhu Lan, who still had good relationships after coming to Beijing.

There were also some people I had met a few times, whose official positions were not high, and most of them were wives of officials below the fourth rank.

The Zhou residence did not hold a banquet, but the number of people who came today almost matched the number of people who would have attended a banquet.

Several daughters-in-law of the Zhou family came out to entertain the female members of the family. Li and Zhao came together. Zhao was considerate and could complement what Li said. The two of them cooperated very well.

Dong can do it herself, and entertain some familiar guests, not to mention Su Xuan.

Sitting next to Zhulan was Gao, the wife of a third-rank official from the Ministry of Personnel. No one who came today was higher than Gao.

Gao was jealous in her heart. Who doesn't want her daughter to have a good marriage? Although the daughter of the Zhou family married into a wealthy family, she was saved and raised by the Ning family. As long as the daughter of the Zhou family did not commit suicide, the Ning family would support her.

Gao said, "Today, the news of how you adopted Zhang Rongchuan has spread all over the capital."

Zhulan smiled, "Everyone is well-informed."

Gao curled her lips and said, "This is not a spiritual connection, but it was released by the Ningguo Mansion. I heard that the Ningguo Mansion invited many of the earliest people who followed the emperor today."

Zhu Lan knew in her heart that these people had seen Master Ning, and this was also to prove Rong Chuan's background. "I have seen Master Ning's portrait, and they really look like him."

Gao had never seen it before. "I thought it was just a rumor, but it turns out to be that similar?"

Zhu Lan nodded, "It's very similar. If Rong Chuan puts on armor, he will be Master Ning."

Gao took a deep breath and thought to herself, could this be the reincarnation of Master Ning?

Inside the palace, in the Zheng Palace, the emperor and the crown prince were all there. Ning Wei brought Rongchuan into the palace. Ning Wei made Rongchuan kneel down to pay respect. This was as it should be done. Rongchuan was a son, and it was right for a son to kneel before his father.

The emperor reached out and pulled Rongchuan up, "Okay, okay."

Ning Xu's mouth twitched. He was ignored, and the emperor was jealous of him.

Rongchuan looked at the emperor, wondering why he was not afraid of the emperor and why he had a good impression of the prince. Now everything was explained. "Thank you, Your Majesty."

The emperor was happy. He finally didn't have to hide how good he was to his son. He could put the blame on the deceased Ning Shao. Everyone knew that if it weren't for Ning Shao, he wouldn't be who he is today. "We'll all be a family from now on. Here, this is my gift to you."

Rong Chuan looked at the box in Eunuch Liu's hand, and when he saw his father nod slightly, he reached out to take it, "Thank you, Your Majesty."

The emperor felt sad when he heard the praise, and he raised his foot and stepped on Ningxu's foot. Ningxu felt pain, but she couldn't say a word because she couldn't afford to offend the jealous emperor.

The emperor said expectantly, "Open it and take a look."

Rong Chuan blinked and opened it. There was something floating inside the box. He opened it and saw that it was a deed. There were several pages inside. "What?"

Your Majesty, "Take a look, do you like it?"

Rong Chuan's hands froze. The emperor was too kind to him. In the past, when he was summoned to the palace, he usually took both food and gifts. The emperor spoke. He opened the deed and Rong Chuan was stunned. There were four shops in the capital, all in good locations. The last two were a manor of 120 mu in the south of the capital and a manor of 300 mu in the south of the capital. "These are too expensive. I cannot accept them."

In order to accumulate wealth for himself, he knew all about the houses and farms in the capital.

The Crown Prince was standing close and could see the manor in the south of the capital at a glance. This manor was adjacent to the one awarded to him by his father. At the same time, he was very upset. If his father had told him when he sent the deed, he would not have sent it to Ninghou Mansion privately yesterday.

Now, he was sent to Ninghou Mansion for nothing. His father really cheated him. He didn't believe that his father didn't know about his actions. He was really not the kind of person who would do things secretly without leaving a name!