The young cabinet minister left Wenyuan Pavilion empty-handed.

When acting, of course you have to do it well.

You have to pack up all your things like your father did and tell the three grand secretaries that they can't invite you back easily.

Of course, there must also be a young cabinet minister like this, who did not take anything and clearly told the three grand secretaries that he would come back!

The combined meaning of the father and son is the complete meaning.

As soon as Lord Xu left Xihua Gate, Xu Fan left Wumen Gate and came to the duty room of the six departments outside Chengtian Gate.

After personally instructing his Paw Patrol and getting their assurance that they would make great contributions for him, the young minister prepared to go home.

Unexpectedly, I ran into someone from the Ministry of Public Administration at Qianbu Gallery and got some disgusting news - they had just received an urgent report from Hangzhou that a solar eclipse occurred in Hangzhou on the first day of April...

This made the young minister's mood, which had just improved, become worse again.

"Go back home!" Xu Fan suddenly lowered the curtain of the sedan chair and ignored the You Tongzheng.

"That kid actually guessed it!"

The young cabinet minister sat in the sedan chair with a gloomy face, gritting his teeth.

Thinking of the beast's smug laughter, Xu Fan became furious!

He punched the wall of the carriage hard, startling the sedan bearer.

"Hiss, it hurts quite a bit. As expected, Yuanchun is more handy when fighting..." Thinking of this, the young elder couldn't wait to see his son.

~~

By the time Xu Fan returned to the Prime Minister's residence on West Chang'an Street, it was already dark.

Xu Yuanchun welcomed his father home in the courtyard.

Seeing his son's face covered with bruises and his pitiful appearance of limping as he walked, Xu Fan softened his heart again.

Forget it, after all, he is my own child, how can I beat him after he is broken...

Besides, aren't there earthquakes? Just one solar eclipse doesn't mean you lose.

He suppressed the urge to slap him and asked, "Is your grandfather okay?"

"Grandpa is fine. He has been hanging out with the opera troupe since he came back. He said that he finally has time to work with them on the play." Xu Yuanchun could only see the scene of the old man dressing up as a Hua Dan on stage to the sound of the cloud board. It was too much to look at...

He quickly retracted his wings of imagination and reported: "But mother's matter is serious. She just scolded me for a long time and is still sulking in her room."

"Why is she crazy?" Xu Fan frowned.

"It seems to be for Xishan Mining, but I don't know the details."

Xu Yuanchun was relieved to see that he had successfully diverted his father's attention to his mother.

When he saw his father's livid face just now, he was really worried that he would get a slap in the face.

~~

Xu Fan entered the bedroom, and the maid quickly took off his official clothes and changed him into home clothes.

The young minister stretched out his hands and asked Ji, who was sulking on the couch, "What happened?"

Ji said nothing.

"Did Yuanchun make you unhappy again? I'll beat him up later to let you vent your anger." Xu Fan thought to himself, I can also deal with my personal emotions at the same time.

"You should just hit yourself!" Hearing that he was going to hit the child again, Ji was furious: "You're the one who thinks this is not right and that is not right all the time, and you're the one who's wrong the most!"

"What are you talking about?!" Xu Fan heard this and immediately lost all his thoughts of coaxing his wife. He thought, Zhang Juzheng criticized me, my father scolded me, and the man surnamed Zhao laughed at me, and now even you want to criticize me?

Do you really think I'm a spittoon that anyone can spit on? !

"What are you yelling about? You made me pay one hundred thousand taels of silver and you still think you're right!" Ji was the eldest daughter of a wealthy family in Zhejiang, so naturally she would not tolerate his anger.

"One hundred thousand taels? How can you come up with this?" The young cabinet minister's expression froze and he waved his hand to dismiss the maid.

"Xishan Coal Industry's shares! You forced me to withdraw them." Ji was furious and scolded Xu Fan, "Do you know how much 800 shares are worth now?"

"How much can it be worth? It can't be 100,000 taels, right?" Xu Fan said with a dark face.

"At least 120,000 taels!" Ji was so distressed that she shed tears. Although the Xu family had a lot of money, it was all from the public. The eldest son's private money was not even tens of thousands of taels of silver.

Seeing that her brothers-in-law were making a lot of money in their hometown, while her husband was pretending to be a big shot in Beijing all day long, collecting some money and thinking it was public money, Ji was extremely anxious.

As a result, he had already obtained a huge fortune, but he pushed it away...

Not only would he offend the eldest princess, but he would also become a huge laughing stock among the ladies' circle.

In fact, she was originally at the Duke Dingguo's residence today, gathering with a few ladies she was on good terms with.

As they were chatting happily, the steward from the Duke's Mansion ran in and told the lady the good news he brought back from Xishan.

The ladies were in disbelief at first, then the few who bought the original shares were overjoyed.

Those who didn’t buy it naturally envied it and lamented that they were not destined to become rich…

The wife of Duke Dingguo smiled from ear to ear and said, "If we talk about the family with the best fortune, it belongs to the young cabinet minister. Madam Ji buys the most!"

All the ladies flattered Ji Shi one after another, but they almost embarrassed him to death.

She didn't even dare to say that she had already withdrawn all her shares...

~~

After listening to his wife's story, Xu Fan felt as if someone had cut a piece of flesh out of his heart.

I can also hear the sound of blood dripping...

"They are dreaming!" The young minister's self-esteem made him force himself to say fiercely: "If there is no earthquake in Shaanxi in the next few days, I will immediately seal off the entire Xishan Mountain!"

"If you seal off the country for half a year, the people will revolt." Ji snorted disapprovingly. In fact, she heard this from the other ladies. "They have more than 3,000 coal mines there. They won't run away. It doesn't matter if they don't start working for a year or two!"

"You, I..." The young elder roared in frustration, "Don't worry, I will find a way to make them lose all their money!"

"Then you'll offend everyone! There are too many people in the capital who want to buy stocks now!" Ji was more clear-headed than him. She lay on the couch and cried, "What does it have to do with me? Woohoo, my more than 100,000 taels of silver. How can I face people..."

"Xu Yuanchun, where have you been?!" Xu Fan was speechless and exploded on the spot. He pulled out a feather duster, turned around and kicked open his son's door.

But the window was open and Xu Yuanchun was nowhere to be seen...

Beneath the back wall, Xu Yuanchun, with a bruised face and nose, was trembling.

Listening to the faint and sobbing sound of Kunqu Opera coming from not far away, he felt as if he was naked in the snow, curled up in a ball with his arms tightly hugged, so miserable...

Young Master Xu burst into tears and quickly covered his mouth.

"Aha, you are here..." But my father still heard it.

A feather duster fell from the sky and hit him on the forehead.

"I taught you not to study hard, and I taught you not to pursue Li Mingyue! If you become the eldest princess's son-in-law, what will happen to that boy?!"

The feather duster fell on his head. Xu Yuanchun tried to hide at first, but after hearing the last two sentences, he was stunned...

"Why don't you just hide? What's the point of me whipping you if you don't move?!"

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