Chapter 254: Lord Cheng'en's Loss
Fushou nodded vigorously and stared at Shui Zhuoyong, as if asking why you haven't gone yet.
Shui Zhuoyong could only rub his head awkwardly, then dejectedly returned to sit near Fushou. He finally understood that his grandfather and uncle had angered His Highness, and His Highness probably disliked him too. He better behave himself!
"Why don't you go?" Fushou was just looking for trouble.
"Your Highness, I dare not." Shui Zhuoyong didn't dare to provoke Fushou at this moment, so he could only pretend to be pitiful.
For a moment, the room was completely silent. Fushou didn't want to talk, and Shui Zhuoyong didn't dare to.
But after waiting for a long time, Shui Zhuoyong asked in a low voice: "Cousin, how did grandpa and uncle offend you?"
"Don't try to get close to me. Who is your cousin?" Although Fushou said this, she still handed over the three letters. One of them was so excited that she not only crumpled it but also tore it into two pieces.
Shui Zhuoyong could sense his cousin's anger before he even read the contents. He still took it and read it carefully.
He was deeply moved after reading this. If it weren't for the good relationship between His Highness and Princess Funing, his grandfather's actions would have made them enemies. Anyone with a bit of blood in their veins couldn't stand this kind of forced buying and selling.
"Grandpa is old." Shui Zhuoyong took a long time to come up with this sigh.
Fushou kicked Shui Zhuoyong and said, "Go grind the ink."
Shui Zhuoyong first helped Fushou sit next to the desk before he began to grind the ink. He was quite curious about what his cousin was going to write.
As a result, when he saw the beginning, he found that it was for the fourth generation of Duke Cheng'en's Mansion, and His Highness scolded them all.
"Grandfather would probably die of rage if he saw this letter. It's full of indirect criticism."
"I actually want to write more. I'm old and should just retire! Stop messing around. If he wasn't my elder, I really want to call him an old fool."
Fushou was so angry just thinking about it. What was going on?
Fushou thought for a while and came up with a good way to annoy people: "Let's adopt an orphan here in the next few years! We can put it in the family tree when we go back."
"Why are you talking about this again? Didn't you say before that there was no rush?" Shui Zhuoyong didn't disagree, he was just a little surprised.
"I know my health isn't good, but your family has been eyeing my title for a long time now! I've been hesitant because I wanted to give you face, but now that face is gone. I'm going to make these guys lose everything."
Shui Zhuoyong saw that his cousin had even come out, and he knew that she was really angry, so he quickly comforted her: "Okay, okay, I'll listen to you, cousin. Don't be angry, anger is harmful to your health."
"Hmph" was the only word Shui Zhuoyong received in response.
Not to mention the people in Duke Cheng'en's mansion, Duke Cheng'en first received a letter that was full of innuendos and insults, which made him so angry that he stayed in bed for half a month. After he finally recovered and got up, he heard the emperor's decree that Princess Fushou was pregnant with a son, an orphan left on the battlefield.
All his family members had died, and he was already five years old, old enough to be a governor. He was listed in the royal family tree.
Duke Cheng'en and his wife were both so angry that they fell ill. They directly scolded Fushou for being stupid. After taking medicine for several days, his wife struggled to get up and handed over a sign, demanding to see the Empress.
The Queen hadn't seen it either, and she also agreed with what Fushou did. Raising a child whose parents and relatives are all gone is better than raising a child whose parents are still there. Maybe the child will be more reliable.
She sent word that the wife of Duke Cheng'en should take good care of herself, and that Fushou's actions were very much to her liking. Then, the wife of Duke Cheng'en became angry and fell ill again. Her illness didn't improve, and the Empress herself sent the imperial physician to see her. And, wow, it turned out she was faking it.
The Queen no longer cared. Duke Cheng'en and his wife knew that the Queen was also angry, and within a few days they announced that the Queen had recovered from her illness.
The Queen's thoughts after hearing this were
In the past few months, Zhao Lingmeng had been eating two more bowls of rice after listening to the news about Duke Cheng'en's mansion. In the end, even Zhao Lingmeng felt that Duke Cheng'en was too troublesome.
It was fun to watch other people's plays, but it was really frustrating to watch my own plays. Someone who went to inquire about Sun Tu's situation reported back that he was now a county magistrate. Although there was a county magistrate above him, he was still second only to the county magistrate. Furthermore, he had many wives and concubines, and a multitude of sons and daughters.
Although the place was remote and the people were poor, with little to gain, prices were low. While life might be difficult ahead, with the support of his eldest son, who lived far away in the princess's mansion, they were living a good life.
Although Zhao Lingmeng wanted to see her eldest son having fun, she couldn't help but feel a little upset when she saw such news.
Zhao Houjing felt his life was getting even harder. Ever since he'd sent that man two hundred taels of silver, he'd been writing to him frequently, either about being sick and needing medicine or about having fallen. The list of details was endless. He'd basically sent all of his monthly 20 taels of silver to him.
This led to him living in extreme poverty. At first, his second and third brothers would consciously look after him, but after discovering where his money went, they tacitly stopped caring for him. As a result, he now dared not go out for walks, attend dinners with students, or attend poetry readings. He was afraid to participate in any activities that required him to pay.
Over time, people stopped calling him. Actually, he sometimes actually enjoyed these activities. He gradually came to understand the importance of money.
Zhao Houjing persisted in this way for over two years, and even Zhao Lingmeng, who was watching the fun, was somewhat impressed by her son. However, she still felt that it was not a good idea for someone to continue like this. Over time, he would develop a stingy personality. So Zhao Lingmeng decided to eradicate this habit of Zhao Houjing once and for all.
She had raised them all, she couldn't just be someone else's cash cow! She decided to send her two sons out to experience hardship.
So she sent someone to ask the academy teacher for a year's leave. She also asked the emperor for four secret guards, planned the study tour route for the two of them, and waited for the right time to release the child.
That day, Zhao Lingmeng specially called Zhao Houjing and Zhao Houming over.
As soon as Zhao Houjing and Zhao Houming came in, they bowed to Zhao Lingmeng and said, "Greetings to mother."
"Get up and sit down!" Zhao Lingmeng smiled happily. The child was finally going on a long journey alone.
"Mom, what's the matter with you calling us here?" Zhao Houming looked at his mother, who seemed to be in a good mood, and was very puzzled. It seemed that nothing good had happened recently!
Although Zhao Houjing and Zhao Houming knew that their mother had asked for leave, they thought she was going to live at the manor again. Over the years, whenever she went to the manor, she would bring the three of them with her, along with her apprentice, Yang Chengchen. They were used to it.
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