Zhou Mao pushed her away, and sat back with the desk by himself. He shook his hands and wanted to hold the teacup, but because his hands were shaking too much, he couldn't hold it up.
Seeing this, Wen rushed forward to help him, but in a hurry, she accidentally knocked over the pen holder, and swept down the neatly placed books on the desk, and the desk suddenly became a mess.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, it's all my fault, it's all my fault..." While apologizing, Wen bent down to pick up the books on the floor, and as he picked them up, a tear fell on the book, Immediately, more and more tears, soon wet the writing.
"I'm really useless, I can't even pack things well, I'm really useless..." She cried with self-blame, another book fell from her arms, and her tears became more and more numerous.
The cry pierced Zhou Mao's heart like a needle, his eyes were red, and unconsciously, there were tears in his eyes.
With trembling hands, he went to pull his wife who was squatting on the ground. Wen Shi took advantage of the situation to hold his hand, buried his face in his palm, and tears fell wantonly.
"I'm sorry, I'm useless. I failed to raise our daughter well. I didn't teach her the responsibility of being a child and a wife. It's all my fault..."
Zhou Mao said with a trembling voice: "How can you be the only one who is wrong, we are all wrong, we are all wrong..."
Wen couldn't bear it any longer and threw himself into his arms, crying bitterly.
It wasn't until it was time to light the lamp that Zhou Chang came back exhausted.
He didn't understand what happened to his father. After so long planning and planning, things went so smoothly. It seemed that it would not take long to sow up the relationship between the Crown Princess and the British government, and Wei Chenglin was about to enter their office. What a trap, at such a critical juncture, my father actually wanted to give up!
He sighed and rubbed his forehead with a headache, feeling that everything he had done recently was in vain.
Zhou Mao had also been waiting for him, and when he saw him come back, he asked him what he had ordered.
Zhou Chang replied: "It's all put on hold. Without my father's intention, no one dares to move anymore."
"It's not to put you on hold, but to terminate it completely."
Zhou Mao emphasized.
"But, father, why? Isn't it a pity that we gave up after spending so much energy?" Zhou Chang was not reconciled.
Zhou Mao smiled bitterly, and for a moment, suppressing the sadness in his heart, he told him exactly what he had heard from the water pavilion in Prince Ping's mansion.
At the end, he added: "If it is said that Murong Tao was wrong by six points in this matter, but your sister is also wrong by four points, how can we have the face to push all the mistakes on Murong Tao."
"Now that the big mistake has been made, I have already paid this blood debt for my father... Wei Chenglin, let it be!"
Zhou Chang's feelings were also quite complicated. He never dreamed that his always docile sister would do such a bold thing.
He was speechless for a long time, what else could he say? If the younger sister did it on purpose, then the incident of being taken captive is nothing more than a fiction, probably because the younger sister asked Murong Tao to take her to find Wei Chenglin, that's why she acted out.
The father and son were relatively speechless and remained silent for a long time.
After a while, Zhou Chang said in a low voice: "Father, my son just learned that the medicine for the Crown Princess has already been replaced by an anti-fetal medicine, and our people have not succeeded in changing it."
Zhou Mao's complexion changed, and then he murmured, "Have you changed it? It doesn't matter if you change it, or you change it..."
"Father, what do you think is going on? It stands to reason that if the Crown Princess got that prescription, she shouldn't..."
Zhou Mao forced a smile that was uglier than crying: "What does this mean? It means that our plan fell through early in the morning."
Zhou Chang's face also changed, and he heard his father sigh again: "The only thing to be thankful for is that we didn't intend to touch the child in the princess' belly, otherwise..."
Otherwise, even if my father didn't say anything, he knew the consequences.
Murdering the emperor's heir is a capital crime, and no one can save it.
However, Wei Junhang also soon realized that something was different, and sat at the head with frowns, listening to his subordinates' reports.
"My subordinates have checked carefully. There was indeed someone who wanted to secretly exchange the medicine for the princess, but somehow he gave up. The subordinates followed him secretly, got the medicine residue from the other party and asked the imperial physician to examine it, and found that it was just The common birth control medicine prescribed by the imperial physician in the palace is not something sinister."
"Perhaps the subordinate was wrong. That person gave up changing the medicine halfway. Could it be that he found that what the crown princess was taking was just the anti-pregnancy medicine prescribed by the imperial physician?"
Wei Junhang frowned even tighter, and also felt that it was very strange, and he actually felt that the subordinate's guess was reasonable.
But who is making such a big circle, and what is the purpose
He couldn't figure it out, but suddenly another subordinate came in, leaned close to him and said a few words in a low voice, his face changed drastically, and he asked anxiously, "Is there something wrong with your son?"
"It's also strange. I don't know why that person didn't make a move at the most critical moment. Could it be because he has repented?"
Wei Junhang Fangjue heaved a sigh of relief.
But the next moment, his face became serious.
The two equally weird things made him feel uneasy no matter how he thought about them, and he always felt that there were some things that he had overlooked.
He boldly hypothesized, assuming that the two things developed along their original trajectory, what would be the consequences.
First of all, the most obvious one is the eldest son. He will suffer a "serious accident" during the drill with General Xia, ranging from falling off a horse and being injured, to serious death.
The second is the anti-fetal medicine for the princess. If the person really changed the medicine and the Crown Princess took the anti-fetal medicine prescribed by the imperial physician, it would not seem to have any adverse effects on her fetus. Does that mean that it is not the Crown Princess who the other party wants to deal with? And the child in her womb
For some reason, the words that Shen Xinyan analyzed the "secret recipe for childbearing" for him that day echoed in his mind again, and he was so excited that he suddenly had an idea.
Like a ghost, he thought of Murong Tao who suffered an "accident" and lost his legs, then thought about the accident that the eldest son would have happened but didn't, and finally had a guess.
If everything he guessed comes true... Before he knew it, an unconcealable anger gathered on his face.
It just doesn't make sense!
He slapped the desk hard, until the fine pen on the pen holder made a soft knocking sound.
The next day, Zhou Mao had just left Honglu Temple and was about to board a sedan chair to go home when he suddenly heard someone calling him from behind.
"Master Zhou!"
He turned around and saw that it was the British Duke Wei Junhang, his eyes flickered, but he quickly covered it up.
"My lord!"
"I have a few words I want to say to you, why don't you find a quiet place?" Wei Junhang explained why he came here, and his tone sounded like he was asking for his opinion, but the expression on his face clearly said, "If you don't go, you won't go." Goin' few words.
Zhou Mao didn't know if he knew something, but he would not be timid, and replied lightly after hearing the words: "In that case, let's go, I remember that there is a restaurant with a very good environment not far in front, the Duke If you don't dislike it, then let's get together there!"
"Master Zhou will arrange it." Wei Junhang knew that he just wanted to take the initiative, and he didn't want to argue with him about it, so he nodded in agreement.
The two got into the sedan chairs, and soon arrived at the restaurant Zhou Mao pointed out.
They found a rather quiet box on the second floor, and the two of them sat facing each other, and each other's attendants retreated outside the door to guard, so as not to be disturbed by people who don't have good eyesight.
"It doesn't matter if the Duke has something to say." Zhou Mao took a deep breath and poured himself a glass of wine, pretending to be calm and authentic.
Wei Junhang was also unwilling to go around in circles with him, and cut straight to the point: "The dog almost suffered an accident earlier, and never thought of a critical moment, but he narrowly saved his life."
Zhou Mao's eyelids twitched: "My son is blessed and blessed, congratulations."
"It's not the dog's luck, it's Master Zhou who is merciful! Come, let me offer you a toast, thank you for your magnanimity, and forgive the dog's life!" Wei Junhang refilled the wine for him and poured another glass for himself. Picking up the wine glass, he made a gesture of clinking glasses towards him, and drank it with his head raised.
Zhou Mao kept a straight face, unable to see any expression, as if what he said had nothing to do with him.
Wei Junhang didn't care, and said with a sneer: "With Master Zhou's defense, he broke both of Little General Murong's legs so mercilessly that day, but now he would let go of the 'culprit', Quanzi, which is really surprising! "
The more he spoke, the more annoyed he became, and he gritted his teeth and said: "It's just, Mr. Zhou, are you going too far?! The entanglements between Ling Qianjin, Quanzi and Little General Murong are all due to Quanzi and General Murong. Little General Murong? Ling Qianjin is really pure and innocent without any fault?!"
"Even if Little General Murong is wrong, he can be regarded as grown up under the watchful eye of adults. He has taken care of Ling Qianjin since he was a child. Even if his behavior is wrong, he is still sincere to Ling Qianjin. Why did he have to fall to this point? The fate of ruining the future!"
"That time, does your lord want to break Gouzi's legs as well, or destroy his hands? Or just take his life?!"
Zhou Mao's face turned pale from his repeated words, and he could no longer maintain his composure, his lips trembled, as if he wanted to say something to refute, but Wei Junhang didn't give him this chance at all.
"But at a critical juncture, why did your lord stop? Let me take a guess. It seems that your lord found that the reasons for his resentment were totally untenable, and his conscience began to unravel."
Zhou Mao was poked at the center of the matter by him, his face became a little ugly, and a trace of regret flashed in his eyes.
"Are you regretting? What are you regretting? A big mistake has been made. How can you compensate Little General Murong, whose life was ruined by you?"
"Because of your beloved daughter, you ruined the most beloved child of other people's family! What are you regretting?! How dare you go to the Zhenbei Hou Mansion to apologize in person?! Admit that you designed and destroyed little general Murong's leg! "
"No, you don't dare, you are afraid of facing the anger and crazy revenge of the Zhenbei Hou Mansion. Your regret now is not because you regretted how cruel you were to Little General Murong, but because you can't face your daughter who you think is pure and innocent. It's not innocent!"
"What you dare not face is your own incompetence! You are so incompetent that you can't even tell the most basic right from wrong. It's not wrong to protect your shortcomings, but you can blindly blame others for your shortcomings, but never think about your own faults. It was a big mistake!"
"Zhou Mao, you, father, failed even more than me! But you don't even dare to admit your failure, but you cover it up with ridiculous regret!"