As the saying goes, it is better to know a son than a mother. When she saw Zhuo Zhonghai like this, the old lady knew what her son was thinking, and immediately hummed: "Put away your womanly kindness, think about your own future, and think about our Zhuo Mansion." In the future, if Qinlan or Qinyue do not have the foundation of the harem, how long can you, the prime minister, be able to serve? How long can our Zhuo Mansion prosper?"
Zhuo Zhonghai knew in his heart that his mother's words were not alarmist in the slightest. In recent years, the emperor had broken his trust and always ignored him. His status in the court was also not as good as before. Although he was the prime minister, he was treated coldly. He might not be able to keep his position as prime minister that day, and he might not know what Zhuo Mansion will look like by then.
In the face of family interests and personal future, he once again chose to obey his mother's wishes and sacrifice his daughter in exchange for the prosperity of Zhuo Mansion.
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Xia Yuanqiu gave the newly made elixir to a servant of the Liu family who had been waiting in Miaoshou Hall, along with instructions for taking it, and then sent the servant away from Miaoshou Hall.
The Liu Family Medicine Hall has such a complete range of medicinal materials, so why not go shopping another day and prepare some of the medicinal materials needed for your own alchemy so that you can start work as soon as possible.
At noon, the palace's servants brought a table of delicacies, all of which were signature dishes packed away from the Tianxiang Restaurant.
Xia Yuanqiu was eating when the sound of carriage wheels came from outside. She curiously poked her head to see, who was coming to see a doctor at this noon
I saw a middle-aged man getting out of the carriage. He had a solemn face and a small beard on his chin. He looked like a scholar.
This man was Zhuo Zhonghai. She had met him at the palace banquet and knew that he was her biological father.
She knew to some extent that Xia Yuanqiu's disappearance that year was probably closely related to the seemingly gentle scribe in front of her.
She continued to eat with her head down, but she couldn't let some disgusting people ruin her appetite.
Zhuo Zhonghai stepped in and coughed softly when he saw Xia Yuanqiu sitting at the small round table on the side of the front hall eating.
Xia Yuanqiu seemed to have heard nothing, and still lowered his head to eat, not in a hurry, with a calm face, as if he only had eyes for the dishes on the table and nothing else.
He looked embarrassed and coughed again at a louder volume. Unexpectedly, they ignored him and didn't even raise their eyelids.
Helpless, he could only step forward and stand in front of her: "Qinya, my father is here to see you!"
Xia Yuanqiu stopped what he was doing, slowly swallowed the food in his mouth, and took the handkerchief on the side to wipe the corners of his mouth. Then he raised his eyes to look at Zhuo Zhonghai, looked at him for a few seconds, and then said word by word: " Did Lord Zhuo admit the wrong person? My name is Xia Yuanqiu, not Zhuo Qinya."
Zhuo Zhonghai had a stern look on his face and said with a dry smile: "Qinya, dad knows that you blame dad, but what happened back then can't be blamed on dad. The thief who stole you was caught by dad, but he didn't say anything to his death about leaving you behind." Where did it go, I was angry for a moment and executed the punishment. I didn't expect that the thief would not be able to withstand the beating. He died in the middle of the punishment, and I have completely lost news about you since then."
"Over the years, dad has never given up looking for you, but the mountains and rivers are vast and dad's abilities are limited. Only then—"
Yuan Qiu sneered, put down the long chopsticks in his hand, and said with a smile: "What kind of powerful thief dares to go to the prime minister's house to steal children? Are you too brave?" She looked at Zhuo Zhonghai His expression suddenly changed, and he added: "Such a powerful thief can be so resistant to beatings. I don't know what kind of skills he used to enter the Prime Minister's Mansion and steal the children. I don't know why I was only three years old. Attraction, attracting a thief so risky.”