Chapter 63 Father's Love is Like a Mountain
"This is going to go on forever. My daughter will bring it over in a couple of days, and I can take my time to look at it! We don't have enough time today." After Zhao Lingmeng made up her mind, she sat more casually. She felt like she had just gone through something big.
Seeing his daughter like this, Marquis Wu An knew that she would not be able to see this fine weapon today. "Alright! How do you want to give it to the Emperor?"
"I'm not giving it to you, father. After you've read it, just pass it to the Emperor privately. I just want to curry favor with him privately, but I don't want everyone to know." Zhao Lingmeng looked at the Marquis of Wu'an with trust. Actually, Zhao Lingmeng had no other choice but to do it this way. Since that was the case, she might as well do it well. She could afford the risk.
"Aren't you afraid that your father will take away all your credit?"
Marquis Wu'an looked at his daughter with amusement. It was impossible for him not to be moved. But he was also proud and had a bottom line. He would never touch the credit of others, let alone his daughter. But even if he reported the truth and the things passed through his hands, the Marquis' Mansion would definitely not be without benefits.
"Haha, I'm not afraid. I know where my father's private treasury is. When the time comes, I will smash my father's private treasury, especially the swords in his collection. I will then remake them. What do you think, father?" No matter what Zhao Lingmeng thought in his heart, he did not give in at all.
"Alright, as a father, I don't think much of your contribution, you clever little rascal. But don't tell your two brothers that profit can move people's hearts! People's hearts can't stand the test."
Wu Anhou was truly worried about his daughter. If her two brothers found out, trouble would come. Even if her brothers could resist the temptation, what about her sister-in-law? The family would then be plagued by endless lawsuits.
"Daughter knows, I'm not that stupid." Zhao Lingmeng felt that Marquis Wu'an still underestimated her, but it was okay this way, because being a father means worrying.
Wu An Hou just smiled at Zhao Lingmeng and said nothing more. Instead, he stood up, opened the secret compartment behind him, took out a box the size of two palms, and handed it to Zhao Lingmeng with one hand.
Zhao Lingmeng didn't pick it up right away, but instead asked, "What is it?"
Wu Anhou looked at Zhao Lingmeng with encouragement, "Open it and take a look. This is given to you by your father."
Zhao Lingmeng looked at her father's expectant expression and took it with some doubt. She weighed it in her hand and found it light and fluffy. She placed it on the desk and opened it with both hands.
There was a box full of banknotes, some with a value of 10 taels, some with a value of 100 taels, and some with a value of 1,000 taels, but they were all neatly put together.
Zhao Lingmeng's eyes instantly welled up. This was clearly her father's private savings, the kind he'd secretly saved. She wondered how long it had taken him to amass this much. "Dad, what are you doing? Your daughter has money." She closed the box and pushed it to the Marquis of Wu'an. Although Zhao Lingmeng claimed to be a dependent, she was truly embarrassed to ask for the old man's private money.
If Wu Anhou knew that he was already an old man in his daughter's eyes, he would definitely take the silver back immediately. Unfortunately, he could not hear Zhao Lingmeng's voice.
So Wu An Hou didn't take it, "You take it! You must have spent a lot of dowry in the past few years. Now that you are a princess, you should spend it where you can. I still have to give you the pomp and ceremony that my daughter should have."
"My daughter is really rich. When I got married, the shop my mother gave me as a dowry was very profitable. The money she earned in the past few years was enough for me to spend.
"If my daughter takes this money from you, you probably won't even have enough money to eat breakfast on the street. You won't even have money to go out and party with your colleagues. How embarrassing!" Zhao Lingmeng tried to persuade Wu'an Hou to take it back.
But the Marquis of Wu'an understood his daughter, so he took out a 100-liang silver note from his pocket and said, "I saved this for you! If there's something important that requires using the public treasury, there's still plenty of money in the public treasury of the Marquis's mansion. The money here is all my personal savings. You can spend it. If it's not enough, I'll find a way for you."
"Dad, you're so kind!" Zhao Lingmeng hugged the box tightly. She had successfully chewed it until it was old, but she didn't feel happy at all. She actually wanted to cry. Perhaps she was a little sad to see her father worrying about her, and her heart was very complicated.
Marquis Wu'an looked at his daughter's red eyes and reached out to touch her head. "Silly child, no matter how old you are, you are still my daughter! Take it back! That brat Sun Qiyang is all alone in the Princess's Mansion, and I don't know if he can find you."
"Then take care of yourself, Dad! I'll take my leave now!" Zhao Lingmeng held the box and looked at Wu'an Hou reluctantly. At this moment, Zhao Lingmeng felt that Wu'an Hou was just like her father in her previous life, and was so kind to her.
"Alright, get out of here! You're still like a kid, even though you're so grown up. You usually call me 'Dad' seriously, but when you're anxious or acting like a spoiled brat, you call me daddy. And you switch back and forth without any sense of disobedience."
Marquis Wu'an was really tired at this moment. He had been busy all day. If his daughter had not been here, he would have lay down.
Zhao Lingmeng also noticed the fatigue in his father's eyes, so he bowed and obediently carried the box away. He thought to himself that if he had any good things in the future, he should think more about his old father.
As for the people in the mansion, they saw Zhao Lingmeng carrying a box back. They didn't find out what it was, but they all guessed it was something good.
But there was no point in being jealous. Wu Anhou was partial and did not use public property. As for his personal belongings, they were divided among his children after his death. As for who he gave them to while he was alive, no one could decide.
Zhao Lingyun was also saying to her maid Ruhuan, "You see! My eldest sister holds a different place in father's heart. He only feels a little responsibility for us, but he loves the three legitimate children."
"Second Miss, I won't do anything wrong in the future." Ruhuan now really knew that she was wrong and that she was too self-righteous.
When Zhao Lingmeng returned with the box, the two children were already up and playing. Sun Tu was also up, sitting in the inner room drinking tea to sober up.
As soon as Sun Qijing and Sun Qiming saw their mother coming in with someone, they immediately ran over and hugged Zhao Lingmeng's legs, shouting with all their might, "Mom."
"Mom is back. Are you two being good here?" Zhao Lingmeng touched their heads respectively and asked in a low voice.
"What's 'guai'? Can I eat it?" Sun Qiming had never heard of this term before, so he asked Zhao Lingmeng in a baby voice.
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