Chapter 300 Yang Chengchen's Filial Piety
Princess Chen looked at her son with amusement, "Didn't you just say that your aunt gave you a day and a half off? You must go, right?"
Yang Chengchen hugged Princess Chen's arm and rubbed it, "Mother, you won't be reluctant to part with your son, will you?"
Princess Chen patted her youngest son's head with amusement. "You're just going out to play for a few months. It's not like you won't be back. Mother is waiting for you two brothers at home. Besides, I'm busy all day! Even if you two brothers were here with me, I wouldn't have time to care about you."
What Princess Chenjun didn't mention was that the situation in Yuanjing was so tense. They still hadn't figured out what the Third Prince had done. If her eldest son wasn't stuck studying in the palace, she would have wanted him to hide away as well.
When Yang Chengchen heard his mother say this, he felt a little better. "I just feel that my mother is alone in the house."
Princess Chen knocked Yang Chengchen on the head, thinking that she hadn't noticed that this little guy was quite homesick. "And your elder brother! Besides, I have to deal with account books and other things during the day, so how can I have time to accompany you two brothers?"
Yang Chengchen immediately covered his head with his hands and shouted exaggeratedly: "Mother, please be gentle, what if he gets knocked unconscious!"
"It's okay! Even if you get knocked silly, your mother will still support you."
Yang Chengchen looked at his mother in shock, with an aggrieved look on his face.
Princess Chen patted his head soothingly, "Just play here! I'll look at the account book for a while. When your brother comes back, let's have dinner together!"
Seeing his mother was about to calculate the account book again, Yang Chengchen thought for a moment and said tentatively, "Mom, let me help you calculate it!"
"you?"
Princess Chen didn't want to dampen her son's enthusiasm, but she really didn't trust him!
Yang Chengchen could see what his mother meant, and he was very dissatisfied. Originally, he was just testing the waters, but now he had to say it: "Mother, don't look down on me."
Princess Chen looked at her son's angry expression and could only take a step back, thinking that at worst she could secretly recalculate it again, "Okay, okay, mother will teach you!"
So the Princess of Chen County and her son moved to the table next to them where the account books were placed. The Princess of Chen County took one and taught Yang Chengchen how to calculate. After teaching for a while, Yang Chengchen said he knew it.
Princess Chen nodded doubtfully and let him play. She saw that her son didn't use the abacus most of the time, but just wrote the numbers directly. Only a few times did he need to move the abacus, and Princess Chen's suspicions were further confirmed.
She sighed silently in her heart, "Forget it, just let him play!" After Princess Chen finished preparing herself mentally, she picked up an account book and calculated seriously.
Princess Chen had only calculated about one-fifth of the book when she heard her youngest son boasting, "Look, mother, I've finished."
She could only look up from the account book helplessly and took the account book from her youngest son. She perfunctorily calculated a few numbers, and surprisingly, they were all correct. She couldn't help but open her eyes wide and randomly calculated a few more numbers with the abacus, and they were all correct.
Princess Chen looked at Yang Chengchen in disbelief: "They are all right."
Yang Chengchen raised his head happily, like a victorious peacock, "Your son is not one of those good-for-nothing nobles. I'm quite capable!"
"Our Chen'er is the best! Then can you help me calculate all these?" Princess Chen placed a stack of account books in front of Yang Chengchen while praising him, with a happy smile on her face.
Yang Chengchen was also very happy to share his mother's worries and was very enthusiastic in reading the account books. The Princess of Chen County saw that her son was so good at reading the account books, so she knew that he was very good at mathematics. She also knew that he had learned other subjects very well.
Princess Chen couldn't help but sigh in her heart, "No wonder the prince wanted to send his child to Princess Funing without any shame. The princess really has a way of educating children. She raised Chen'er to be excellent and filial. I really owe her a lot."
During this day and a half, Zhao Lingmeng and the two children packed up their belongings and were waiting to go to the manor. However, in the early morning of the day before departure, Master Fan came to Zhao Lingmeng's house.
When Qiuyue entered the inner room and called Zhao Lingmeng, Zhao Lingmeng was sleeping soundly and still dreaming! In the end, she was woken up by Qiuyue.
Zhao Lingmeng was half asleep and half awake. She glanced out the window and saw that it was still dark. She was puzzled: "What's going on?"
Qiuyue was an old servant of Zhao Lingmeng, and she was not afraid of Zhao Lingmeng's anger. While she was taking clothes and helping Zhao Lingmeng put them on, she reported, "Your Highness, Lord Fan is here. He said he has something urgent and needs to see you! He is already waiting in the study."
Zhao Lingmeng woke up immediately after hearing Qiuyue say this. Lord Fan was a rational man. If he said it was urgent, then it really could be urgent.
"Then put it on quickly."
Qiuyue nodded and silently quickened the pace of putting on her clothes.
After Zhao Lingmeng had dressed Qiuyue for her, she hurriedly took people to the study.
Zhao Lingmeng was still at the door of the study when she spoke directly: "Master Fan, why are you coming to see me at this time? Is there something important?"
When Fan Yong heard the footsteps, he had been staring at the door of the study, waiting for Zhao Lingmeng to come in. As soon as Zhao Lingmeng entered, Chunqing immediately followed. Qiuyue was also very sensible and stood outside the door.
Seeing the door was closed, Fan Yong got straight to the point. "The Emperor has ordered Your Highness to depart for the military camp outside the city today. General Liu will meet you outside the city, the sooner the better."
Zhao Lingmeng quickly said she had received the order, but she still looked at Fan Yong and asked anxiously, "You're so impatient, you have to tell me what happened, right?"
"The Longling Kingdom attacked on the border. We lost the cities of Anding and Anyang, and the people in both cities were massacred. Tao Yun was killed in battle, and General Bai Yi rebelled. The news only reached the palace yesterday at midnight. Tomorrow morning, the emperor will select new generals and rush to the border."
Fan Yong gnashed his teeth in anger when he spoke of this news. He also wanted to rush to the border immediately.
Zhao Lingmeng had been sitting down, but upon hearing the news, she stood up abruptly, knocking over the teacup beside her. "How could this happen? Haven't we and the Longling Kingdom always kept our distance?"
"Longling Country has always been like our country, relying on buying most of its salt from other countries. This time they must want the salt-making recipe, and they want to force us to use the salt-making method to negotiate peace!"
"This is truly a wolfish ambition." Zhao Lingmeng simply couldn't find any words to describe it. Even if he wanted the recipe, he shouldn't have massacred the people of the two cities.
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