Chapter 488 Zhao Lingmeng’s Disguised Subsidy
On the second day, the masters in the mansion did not get up to eat breakfast. They all slept until they woke up naturally and then prepared to have lunch.
Zhao Houjing and the others came to Menglinyuan together. Zhao Lingmeng was a little surprised when she saw them and asked, "Why are you here again? Didn't we just get together last night?"
As soon as Zhao Lingmeng finished speaking, she saw aggrieved expressions on the faces of several people.
"Mom, can't you be like other mothers who are eager to see their son all the time?" Fan Houyang couldn't help complaining as he found a place to sit down.
"What are you talking about? You are my son, not my husband. Why should I watch you all the time?" Zhao Lingmeng replied casually.
When Fan Houyang heard his mother say that, he was very curious and asked, "Then why don't I see you sticking to my father?"
"Your father and I are both successful people. Why should we stick together all day long?" Zhao Lingmeng still had some thoughts from her previous life to some extent, and she didn't feel embarrassed to talk about these things with her son.
"Oh." Fan Houyang was obviously not very satisfied with this answer, but he didn't say anything else. After all, it was his parents' business.
Zhao Lingmeng had originally thought of discussing it in the evening, but now that everyone was here, she asked Zhao Houming, "Do you want to hold a party?"
Zhao Houming had been sitting there daydreaming. When he heard his mother ask him, he immediately refused, "No, I still have to wait for an official appointment and so on. I don't want to be too high-profile. It's too troublesome."
"Don't worry about me being in trouble. I'll let Qiuyue and the others take care of it. I'm not tired at all." Zhao Lingmeng felt that they should still celebrate. After all, this was an important moment in Zhao Houming's life.
"No, I just think I'm troublesome. I don't want any changes in my engagement with Miss Qin. I'd better keep a low profile!" Zhao Houming said as he lifted his sleeves. His meaning was very clear. He was now Yuanjing's most sought-after son-in-law.
Zhao Lingmeng carefully observed Zhao Houming's expression and saw that he was serious. She did not insist. Although she wanted to show off her son, it was really like Ming'er said, it was better to keep a low profile.
"That's fine, but let's choose an auspicious day to open the ancestral hall and worship our ancestors! This process cannot be omitted."
Zhao Houming had no objection to opening the ancestral hall to worship his ancestors. "I'll listen to my mother."
"Okay, now we enter the happiest moment." After Zhao Lingmeng said this, he immediately signaled Qiuyue to bring the things up.
After Qiuyue brought the things up, both Zhao Houjing and Fan Houyang couldn't help but gasp.
Zhao Houming pinched himself excitedly and looked at Zhao Lingmeng in disbelief, "Mom, are these all for me?"
"Well, your reward for passing the imperial examination is a four-story house and five shops in Yuanjing. And the reward for passing the imperial examination is 100,000 taels of silver, two small manors outside Yuanjing, and one large manor in the south.
This box of jewelry is your reward for passing the imperial examination. After all, you will have to start a family in the future, and you have to consider your wife and children."
Actually, these were prepared by Zhao Lingmeng for the three of them a long time ago. She would give them some when they got married, and Zhao Lingmeng would not care about them anymore.
However, she also wanted to give Zhao Houming more subsidies, but if the other two passed the exam, she would also give them.
It's not her fault that she doesn't have this ability.
Zhao Houming quickly came to his senses, "This is too much, Mom. I can't accept it! What you gave me before was enough. We can't empty your family's savings just to study for our future!"
"If you don't want it yourself, when your older brother and younger brother pass the exam, will they want it? Take it!"
Don't worry! It won't be easy for you to ask for anything from me in the future. I will give you three brothers some betrothal gifts when the time comes, and the rest will be gone."
Zhao Lingmeng was also trying to encourage Zhao Houjing and Fan Houyang. If they didn't study hard, they would only have their current wealth left after they got married.
When Zhao Houjing and Fan Houyang heard their mother's words, they immediately felt that they loved studying and loved to study. Even if it rained knives from the sky, they would still pass the exam, and it would be best if they got a good ranking. After all, this involved whether they would be living off their mother or their wife in the future.
Seeing his mother's sincere advice, Zhao Houming could only accept it respectfully and then bowed deeply to Zhao Lingmeng. He thought to himself that he had to manage these things well and take his mother home to take care of her in her old age.
Zhao Lingmeng saw Zhao Houming answer the phone, so he said with a smile, "Okay, okay, time for lunch."
It was another day of envy and jealousy for Zhao Houjing and Fan Houyang.
Originally, the entire Yuan capital was waiting for Princess Funing to host a grand banquet, and they were ready to bring their children to share in the good cheer and strengthen their relationships. However, everyone waited and waited, only for Princess Funing's mansion to announce that the banquet was cancelled.
Everyone in Yuanjing was really impressed. If they had a top scholar in their family, they would have wanted to hold a banquet that lasted for three days. However, Princess Funing was very calm and acted just like usual, with no intention of showing off at all.
Even the Empress in the palace was stunned. She had prepared a generous gift and was ready to apologize to Funing, but he refused to do so. Now she had no reason to give it.
The queen had no choice but to call her youngest son Yang Chengchen into the palace to discuss the matter.
"Mother, what did you say? You prepared a gift for my second cousin? I really don't need it. I went to visit my aunt's house earlier and gave it all to my second cousin."
Yang Chengchen knew what his mother meant. He wouldn't help anyone with this kind of thing. If he wasn't afraid of his mother calling him unfilial, he would have wanted to help his aunt. Grandmother's hand was long enough. She couldn't tolerate her casually harming others.
"You know what I mean. Don't pretend in front of me." The queen really wanted to give this fool a hammer.
"You go find my brother! I won't go anyway. Mother, is there anything else to do? If not, I'll take my leave." After saying this, Yang Chengchen quickly slipped away, fearing that he would be drafted into the army by the queen.
The queen looked at her youngest son's hurriedly leaving figure and complained to the personal nanny beside her: "What sin have I committed? I am so worried about you all."
The nanny wanted to say something, but finally swallowed it back silently.
At the Funing Princess Mansion, a much-discussed event in Yuanjing, a ceremony was underway to open the ancestral hall. After the ceremony, Zhao Lingmeng took Zhao Houming inside.
As soon as Zhao Houming entered, he noticed there was an extra tablet. It wasn't that Zhao Houming was particularly perceptive, but there used to be only one tablet for Fan Houyang's adoptive father, and now there were two, which was quite abrupt.
When Zhao Houming got closer, he saw that there was no words on the tablet. He couldn't help but ask, "Mom, what is that?"
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