From family affairs to state affairs, from government affairs to the military, Zhu Ping'an and Linhuai Hou Li Tingzhu chatted in the study for a long time, until noon. Linhuai Hou invited Zhu Ping'an to have lunch in the mansion, and Zhu Ping'an declined but had to accept.
The dining table was filled with a wide variety of delicacies from land and sea, including shark fin, bird's nest, abalone and sea cucumber. It was a luxurious feast that was a hundred times more sumptuous than the welcoming banquet organized by the Jiangsu and Zhejiang Provincial Criminal Investigation Department.
However, to be honest, Zhu Ping'an felt that the food was not as delicious as the one he had at the welcoming banquet yesterday.
There were only three people sitting at the huge table, Linhuai Marquis Li Tingzhu, Zhu Ping'an, and the naughty kid.
The naughty kid had just been taught a lesson by Marquis Linhuai, and his hands were wrapped in bandages. He had a maidservant who served him meals.
"Fifth brother-in-law, you came at an unfortunate time. If you had come a few days earlier, you could have attended the banquet my father held to marry my aunt." At the dinner table, the naughty child gnawed on a chicken leg with the help of a maid, and said to Zhu Ping'an with an innocent look on his face.
Crash!
When the naughty kid opened his mouth, Linhuai Hou Li Tingzhu was holding a wine glass and urging Zhu Pingan to drink. As soon as the naughty kid finished speaking, Linhuai Hou's hand holding the wine glass trembled, and the wine in the glass fell to the ground.
Of course, Marquis Linhuai was nervous. Marrying local women as wives or concubines while serving in a foreign post was strictly prohibited. If it was discovered and verified to be true, it would be a serious crime that would result in beating and dismissal from official position.
"Evil boy! What nonsense are you talking about!" Linhuai Hou glared at the naughty child Rui Ge'er, then turned his head nervously to explain to Zhu Ping'an, "Ahem, the child is ignorant. Nephew, don't listen to this evil boy's nonsense. It's not marrying a concubine, it's just hiring a wet nurse for Rui Ge'er."
A wet nurse hired for Rui Ge'er?! Zhu Ping'an couldn't help but twitch his lips when he heard this. Rui Ge'er is so old, he has been weaned for a long time. You said you hired a wet nurse for him. Your explanation is too far-fetched. Sure enough, no matter how good the policy is, there will always be various loopholes in its implementation.
"Is the wet nurse hired for me or for dad? Why does she sleep in dad's room at night..."
The naughty kid Rui Ge'er raised his chubby face, squinted his eyes, looked at Linhuai Hou with an innocent look and asked.
Linhuai Hou's face flushed, and he looked at the naughty child with a kind face, and his voice came out from between his teeth, "Of course it's the wet nurse I hired for you..."
"Then..." The naughty kid wanted to say something else, but was interrupted by Linhuai Hou after he said just one word.
"Don't talk while eating and don't talk while sleeping! What did I teach you?" Linhuai Hou glared at the naughty child, slapped the table with his bear-paw-like hand, and put on the face of an iron-faced and impartial old man.
"Ahem, nephew, let's drink. Don't listen to this wicked boy's nonsense. He is just a wet nurse, not a concubine."
After teaching the naughty kid a lesson, Linhuai Hou picked up the wine glass with an embarrassed look on his face and emphasized to Zhu Pingan again.
"You don't let me speak, but you still say, huh, the officials are allowed to set fires, but the people are not allowed to light lamps..."
Seeing this, the naughty kid puffed up his fat face and muttered in a low voice with deep resentment. Although the naughty kid's voice was soft, they were close, so Zhu Ping'an and Linhuai Hou could hear it clearly.
"Oh, you used the idiom well. I can't help but check your homework again tonight!"
Linhuai Hou looked at the naughty kid with a forced smile and said with gritted teeth.
"Just check it, I'm not afraid." When the naughty kid heard that his homework would be checked, his fat face trembled, but he didn't show any fear.
If you say the most cruel words, you will be beaten the hardest. If you were in the Three Kingdoms, you would be Xing Daorong, the general of Lingling.
Looking at the naughty kid with his fat face raised, Zhu Ping'an couldn't help but think of General Xing Daorong in the Three Kingdoms.
Of course, through this incident at the dinner table, Zhu Ping'an also understood. In the morning, when Linhuai Hou Li Tingzhu was examining the child's "six months after I was born, my loving father passed away", the child translated "six months after I was born, my loving father was castrated". Most likely, no, he deliberately wrote "世" as "势".
Zhu Ping'an had suspected it in the morning and now it is finally confirmed.
The naughty kid was resentful of the Marquis of Linhuai marrying a concubine, and he stood up for the Marquis of Linhuai's wife and his biological mother.
I guess Linhuai Hou also understood this in his heart, so he felt so involved and beat the enemy so seriously.
"Brother-in-law, come here, I have something to tell you." After lunch, the naughty kid said to Zhu Pingan mysteriously.
"Oh, do you have something to tell me?" Zhu Ping'an curiously followed the naughty kid into the room.
"Brother-in-law, you have to thank me very much." The naughty child stretched out his bandaged paw and asked for credit.
Thank u
Zhu Pingan couldn't help but smile when he heard this, and asked softly, "Why should I thank you so much?"
"Because before my father and I came here from the capital, Fifth Sister asked me to see if you were doing well in the south. I wrote back to Fifth Sister the day before yesterday, saying that you were doing well and that Fifth Sister didn't need to worry."
The naughty kid said with his fat face raised, with an expression that said "I'm great, come and praise me."
Oh, there is this.
Zhu Ping'an couldn't help but smile when he heard that. If that was the case, he really should thank the naughty kid.
"How did you reply to the letter?" Zhu Ping'an asked the naughty kid Rui Ge'er with a smile, "Tell me about it."
"Brother-in-law, you eat well, sleep well, and you have two concubines..." the naughty child said innocently.
Oh shit!
What!? I married an aunt?! Or two?!
Zhu Pingan's face changed drastically when he heard this, "When did I marry a concubine?! And two?!"
"The night my father married an aunt, I dreamed of you. In the dream, you married two aunts."
The naughty kid said seriously.
Oh shit!
You are fucking dreaming!
Zhu Pingan almost vomited blood when he heard this, "Brother Rui, you were dreaming, not reality, why did you tell your fifth sister this?"
"Because a fortune teller came the next day and said that my dream could come true. Dreams come true means that the dreams you make can come true, so I wrote a letter to my fifth sister." The naughty child said as if it was a matter of course, and then asked for credit, "Fifth brother-in-law, don't you want to thank me?"
"Well, I do want to thank you!"
Zhu Ping'an gritted his teeth and pulled the naughty kid onto his lap, then slapped him on the butt.
"Oh, brother-in-law, you are repaying kindness with enmity." The naughty child yelled.
"No, I'm just repaying a favor. Haven't you heard of 'a drop of water should be repaid with a fist'?"
Zhu Ping'an smiled slightly and waved his fist in front of the naughty child.
"A drop of water should be repaid with a fist... I think I've heard it before... But, you just used a slap."
The naughty kid scratched his forehead with his fat paws, and his big fat face was wrinkled like a bull terrier.
"Oh, you are right. Then I will use my fist." Zhu Ping'an followed suit and met the naughty child's request.
"Oh... Brother-in-law, that's 'Yongquan' instead of 'use fist', right?" The naughty kid learned his lesson after being punched and finally realized what was happening.
"Oh, really?" Zhu Ping'an looked like he just knew something, and then he said to the naughty kid gently, "Then brother-in-law will repay you in another way. Isn't your uncle going to test you on your homework tonight? I will tutor you now and make sure you pass your uncle's test smoothly."
"Can you help me with my studies?" The naughty kid looked up at Zhu Ping'an.
"I am the top scholar, believe me, it's right." Zhu Ping'an nodded, his smile sincere and reliable.
"Okay then." The naughty kid nodded.