Chapter 71 I Want to Be a Widow Again
"Go to sleep! You can dream of anything. I'm even giving you a few thousand taels of silver. Do you know how much your salary is? If you have any self-awareness, you wouldn't say such a thing."
Zhao Lingmeng felt that Sun Tu was a bit of a jerk. He'd just ask for a few thousand taels. How shameless must one be to say something like that? He was taking advantage of himself! It was another day when she wanted to be a widow.
"Madam, how did you become like this now!" Sun Tu not only did not reflect on himself, but also looked at Zhao Lingmeng with disappointment.
Zhao Lingmeng felt that this man was genuine, constantly challenging her perception of him. She wondered if she could become a member of the emperor's wing, would she be able to kill someone openly? She also thought that such a thing would be best kept secret from everyone. And as someone who grew up under the red flag, she felt a little hesitant to take action right now. She decided to wait a little longer.
"Don't look at me like that. You're so noble, how dare you spend my wife's dowry? And you say it's good for me, but what good is it? Wait for you to ask for a title? I'm already a princess. Do you know what rank a princess is? First rank. Relying on you?"
After Zhao Lingmeng finished speaking, she looked Sun Tu up and down, and her disdain for him was obvious.
Sun Tu was really out of tricks at this point, so he could only glare at Zhao Lingmeng angrily and roared: "Zhao Lingmeng..."
"I'm here! It's not like I can't hear you! Whether you're busy or not, go ahead!" Zhao Lingmeng was becoming increasingly tired of dealing with this person. It was as if he couldn't understand what she was saying. An official who didn't know how to achieve his political achievements, constantly thinking of all sorts of crooked ways, always thinking of taking shortcuts, and refusing to follow the right path, truly wasted all his time studying.
"I won't leave. You ask my father to say hello to my boss. This is the least I can ask." Sun Tu had no choice. He had taken so much leave recently and had not participated in any important work.
He used to think that whether he participated in the assessment or not would be a good choice, but later he wanted to participate but no one was willing to accept him. That's why he wanted to ask Zhao Lingmeng to find a way to help him get in through the back door.
"Whether you want to go or not, the Wu'an Marquis Mansion is right there. You can go and tell your father-in-law yourself. I'm not going there anyway. I say, Sun Tu, you can't just do something down-to-earth, right? If you don't have the ability, just resign from your official position and go home to serve your troublesome mother." Zhao Lingmeng really didn't want to pay attention to this stupid guy.
"Zhao Lingmeng, stop saying those sarcastic things. Do you think I dare not go?"
"Goodbye, I won't see you off!" Zhao Lingmeng almost said she was going to get out.
Sun Tu felt that his personality had been greatly insulted, and in anger he wanted to attack Zhao Lingmeng.
Zhao Lingmeng looked at Sun Tu's raised hand. She was not panicked at all. She pointed at the maid standing next to her and said, "This is Dong Chen, from the Dong generation."
Sun Tu had no choice but to put down his hand, angrily swung his sleeves and walked away. When he reached the door, he kicked it out of frustration.
"Coward!" Zhao Lingmeng cursed in a low voice.
Not long after Sun Tu angrily walked out of the main hall, Sun Qijing and Sun Qiming also came over. Sun Qijing called out "Dad", but Sun Tu didn't respond. He just glanced at the two brothers and left angrily.
"Second brother, what happened to Dad?" Sun Qijing tugged at Sun Qiming's sleeve, wanting to discuss something with him.
"Hasn't he always been like this?" Sun Qiming saw that Sun Tu was unhappy, but he didn't feel left out. Instead, he was cheerful.
"Second brother, he is our father, how can you have such an attitude!" Sun Qijing said this. He just felt that according to his logic, it was not right to treat elders like this.
"Come on! Your good father didn't even pay attention to you just now?" Sun Qiming said and ran inside. His father was so angry, he must have quarreled with his mother again. He wanted to go in to see if his mother was okay. He was in no mood to quarrel with his two confused brothers.
When Sun Qijing saw Sun Qiming running away, he sighed like a little adult and followed Sun Qiming inside.
"Mom, mom." Zhao Lingmeng heard the voice of the little guy Sun Qiming before she saw anyone.
"I'm here! You two run slower." Zhao Lingmeng was leaning on the chaise longue, eating snacks and looking at the two children who ran in.
Sun Qiming was the first to run to Zhao Lingmeng. He looked at his mother first, and seeing that she looked fine, he took off his shoes and climbed onto the chaise longue to sit next to Zhao Lingmeng.
Sun Qijing, who came later, also took off his shoes, followed his brother and climbed onto the chaise longue, then found a place to sit down.
Zhao Lingmeng put down the snacks, adjusted their sitting positions, and then asked, "Why are you two in such a hurry to come to see your mother?" Zhao Lingmeng was also curious. Normally, at this time, the two of them should have taken people to feed the fish.
"My brother and I saw that the fish had grown big, so we wanted to ask Mom if it was edible."
Zhao Lingmeng never imagined that the two little cubs she raised now wanted to eat everything they saw. For a moment, she didn't know whether it was good for them to do this.
"Mom, can't I eat it?" Sun Qiming saw that his mother didn't say anything, and thought that he couldn't eat it, and he felt a little disappointed.
"Sure. Tomorrow I'll have someone fish it out and cook it for you two. You can eat as much as you want, okay?" Zhao Lingmeng felt that this was no big deal.
Sun Qijing and Sun Qiming nodded happily, and then the three of them sat on the chaise longue and ate snacks. For a moment, the atmosphere was very warm. If Sun Qijing hadn't spoken, "Mom, my brother and I just met Dad outside the door. We called him but he didn't respond. What happened?"
Sun Qijing looked at Zhao Lingmeng with anticipation, and although Sun Qiming didn't look at Zhao Lingmeng, he also pricked up his ears to listen.
"It's your father's extramarital affair. You are still young and can't care about these things." Zhao Lingmeng touched Sun Qijing's head. This child is like a modern child whose parents are divorced. He always expects his parents to be as loving as before, and his personality is also a bit sensitive.
"Mom can't do anything about it?" Sun Qijing was a little puzzled. In his mind, his mother had been very powerful recently.
Zhao Lingmeng had no intention of lying to the child, and instead said seriously, "Mom can't help you either. Being an official requires political achievements. You can only be promoted if you have political achievements, and you can't get it without working for it. If Mom helps your father, someone's position will be taken away. Just like what you did, Mom said it was your brother who did it. Are you also very sad?"
Sun Qijing thought about it and realized that if his mother said his brother did what he did, he would be unhappy. So he nodded and said, "Then let Dad do it himself!"
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