Cheng Chi smiled contemptuously and said, "That's why I don't bother thinking about these things."
Let them fight each other.
Zhou Shaojin thought of what the Fourth Prince had done to the Cheng family in his previous life, and said, "It would be great if someone found out that this matter was related to the Fourth Prince!"
Cheng Chi smiled and kissed her face: "If I can find out, others can definitely find out too. No one in this world is a fool. It just depends on when it is discovered and when the person who discovered it will expose it. Just like the actress favored by the third prince, didn't she wait until she was pregnant for ten months and the child was born before she spread the news?"
Zhou Shaojin nodded and said, "I'm afraid that the actor will not survive. I don't know what will happen to the child in the end."
What other outcome could there be
After the palace coup, the princesses living in the cold palace were kept like pigs, let alone a child like this.
As for himself, he was fanning the flames everywhere, wasn't he just trying to make the Fourth Prince feel uneasy and expose his true colors early
Now it seems that the Third Prince is at a disadvantage. In fact, after the Crown Prince and several other princes got into trouble, the Second Uncle told him that the Emperor had already felt that something was wrong, but he just hadn't found any evidence. However, the supervision of several princes and grandchildren became stricter. He made some moves, believing that even if the Emperor's people could not find the mastermind behind it, all doubts would point to the Fourth Prince.
As long as this seed of doubt is planted, the Fourth Prince will never have the chance to sit on the throne in the Golden Palace.
Unless he can stage a palace coup!
Thinking of this, Cheng Chi couldn't help but touch his chin.
A palace coup
As far as he knew, the emperor was not such a confused person!
If it was really him who was behind the murder of the Crown Prince, the Crown Prince's grandson and several princes in his previous life, then perhaps he really did come to power through a palace coup.
This explains a lot of things.
Then let him see whether his guess is correct!
Cheng Chi smiled slightly, not wanting Zhou Shaojin to think too much, so he changed the subject: "After the incident with the Third Prince, the atmosphere in the capital is a little tense. When you go to Hongluo Temple, remember to tell me two days in advance and bring a few more guards with you. If you plan to spend the night there, I will pick you up after I get off the yamen." As he spoke, he kissed her cheek again.
Zhou Shaojin felt as if he had eaten honey in his heart, and said tenderly: "Ah Sheng said that we should go another day... Anyway, it will be the first day of October in a few days, and we have to worship our ancestors, so we can get together then."
Cheng Chi looked at her eyes, which seemed to contain a pool of water, and he could not help but hold her in his arms. The couple stayed in the study for the whole afternoon. When it was time to light the lamps and go to Old Madam Guo's house for dinner, Zhou Shaojin's legs were still soft and without strength.
Mrs. Guo was very happy. She showed Zhou Shaojin a pair of red gold hairpins inlaid with jasper and said, "Min sent them from Mianzhu County just now to celebrate my birthday. Maybe they didn't calculate the time correctly, so the hairpins arrived a little late, but the thought was not too late."
Zhou Shaojin smiled and poured tea for Mrs. Guo.
Madam Guo showed Cheng Chi the letter from Cheng Xu and said, "From his tone, it seems that he has settled down in Mianzhu and is getting along well with his superiors and subordinates. During the Yulan Festival in July, he even participated in the incense ceremony at the largest Zen temple in Mianzhu County... This child grew up in a honey jar, and I was worried that he didn't know the human relationship. Now it seems that I was worrying too much."
Cheng Chi took the letter and read it quickly, then said with a smile, "If we don't let the child go out for a walk, who knows if he will get lost? Fortunately, it's not too late."
Mrs. Guo smiled and nodded, drank a few sips of tea, and asked someone to bring Yun'er out.
Cheng Chi felt that Yun'er was old enough, so he weaned him a few days ago.
He has been feeling unwell these days.
She turned her face away when she saw Cheng Chi, but her eyes were filled with tears when she saw Zhou Shaojin.
Zhou Shaojin saw that the child had lost a lot of weight in just a few days. He felt heartbroken. He held the child in his arms and called him "good boy" and doted on him for a long time. Only then did Yun Ge'er feel better. He looked at Cheng Chi and said to Zhou Shaojin with tears in his eyes: "Mom, I want to follow you."
One month after his first birthday, he could suddenly speak four or six words at a time, and sometimes even utter whole sentences unclearly.
Zhou Shaojin looked towards Old Madam Guo.
She heard from experienced mothers at home that weaning varies from child to child. Some can be weaned in three or two days, while others cannot be weaned in four or five days.
Yun'er has been resting in Madam Guo's room these days. We have to ask Madam Guo whether we can take him back.
Yun Ge'er is very smart. At such a young age, he just heard people around him say that Cheng Chi didn't let him continue to breastfeed, and he was sure that Cheng Chi was not good. This child is now the apple of her eye. She didn't want Yun Ge'er to be sure of her, so she shook her head at Zhou Shaojin and said, "You haven't recovered from your cold yet? Take him back when you are better."
After hearing this, Yun Ge'er's eyes became more tearful. He touched Zhou Shaojin's face with his little hand and said, "Mom, eat candy. It won't hurt to eat candy."
When he was weaned, he cried a lot, and Mrs. Guo coaxed him by saying that Zhou Shaojin was not feeling well, and he finally calmed down. These few days, when he wanted to drink milk, he just ate goat milk soup with his little mouth.
Zhou Shaojin felt extremely guilty. If Cheng Chi hadn't been around, he would have wanted to let him do whatever he wanted - other children can continue to drink milk until they are seven or eight years old.
Thinking of this, she felt a little regretful that she shouldn't have fed him herself.
If it was a wet nurse, Cheng Chi might have let Yunger continue to breastfeed.
Cheng Chi seemed to understand her thoughts. He looked up at her and said, "He is a boy. He can't always act like a spoiled child in a woman's arms."
Zhou Shaojin knew that what Cheng Chi said made sense, but he still felt pain in his heart, so he played Nine Rings with Yun Ge'er while Mrs. Guo and Cheng Chi were talking.
Yun Ge'er was already very good at playing the Nine Links, and Zhou Shaojin gradually felt tired and could not keep up. Yun Ge'er took the red string and played flipping with her.
Zhou Shaojin asked the waiter beside him in surprise: "Who told him this?"
She remembered that she was still playing cat's tether when she was seven or eight years old, and Yun'er was not even two years old yet!
Chen Xiang smiled and said, "Grandpa saw us sisters playing, so we played with him a few times."
No wonder everyone praises Yun'er for his intelligence.
Zhou Shaojin touched Yunger's head with a smile.
Yun'er looked up and smiled sweetly at his mother, but his hands loosened and the red rope became a tangled ball.
He was so angry that he pulled the red rope.
Zhou Shaojin hurriedly comforted him, let him sit on his lap and helped him untie the rope bit by bit. Only then did he become happy.
Cheng Chi glanced at Yun Ge'er, then went back and said to Zhou Shaojin, "You can't just let him do what he wants."
"Of course." Zhou Shaojin answered, feeling a little guilty.
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The affair of the third prince continued to rage until mid-October, when a heavy snowfall occurred. The third prince was demoted to a prince and fined one year’s salary, and the case was closed.
The Third Prince's Mansion was busy renovating the main gate and main hall. Zhou Shaojin was busy with the sacrificial ceremony and was about to start preparing for the New Year. The Cheng family had also bought some farms intermittently in the past few years, but there were more farms in Xinglin Hutong and Cheng Wei's side. There were no farms in Chaoyangmen, only a few shops. After deciding the shop price for the next year, writing the deed, and collecting the silver, they could start buying New Year's goods.
Qiu sent Cheng Rang to deliver some New Year's goods, including rice, flour, and pork, from the farm. Cheng Rang also brought two golden pheasants: "… I saw them in the woods when I went to the farm last time. I knew that the farm still raised these creatures, so I asked them to help raise several of them. I specially selected the two largest ones to send over. I also gave two to Abao and Aren."
At the end of September, Chang took Abao and Aren to Shuangyu Hutong.
Zhou Shaojin hurriedly asked the maid to bring Yun'er out to express his gratitude.
The little guy bowed politely to Cheng Rang. Cheng Rang remembered that Xie was pregnant with their first child, and his eyes became red. After Yun Ge'er finished bowing, he immediately hugged him in his arms, greeted Zhou Shaojin, and took him to see the two golden pheasants he brought.
Zhou Shaojin prepared two identical New Year gifts, one for Xinglin Hutong and one for Qiu's family, but Qiu's family gave him two more packages of bird's nests, specifically for Xie's family.
Xie made two winter hats for Yun'er as a return gift.
The New Year gifts in Xinglin Hutong finally arrived.
It happened that Zhou Zhen sent people to deliver New Year's goods to his daughter, son-in-law, and granddaughter that day.
Everything in Xinglin Hutong was proceeding as usual, but in Zhouzhen, two whole carts were piled with large and small packages, including more than a dozen skins specifically given to Yunger to make winter clothes.
Servants from both families were carrying things in a cart at the second gate, which made the people in Xinglin Hutong blush.
Mrs. Fan Liu was a loyal and honest person. When she saw them, she smiled and said, "My old relative lives far away, so if we gather all the gifts together, there will naturally be more." Then she took out the reward money she had just received from the Spring Festival Gala and distributed it to everyone.
The maid who followed from Xinglin Hutong blushed and explained to Fan Liushi, "Mom, to be honest, my wife has been feeling unwell these days. Since the old lady lives here, we didn't dare to tell her about it for fear of disturbing her. The lady didn't have the energy to take care of the New Year gifts this year, so we drafted them according to last year's list without changing a single word. If you don't believe me, just check last year's gift list and you'll know."
Mrs. Fan Liu was very surprised and asked, "What's wrong? Is Madam Yuan sick?"
"It's not a disease." The maids looked around awkwardly. Seeing that everyone was busy, they pulled Fan Liu aside and whispered, "It's because of our grandmother who got angry with her."
"Didn't the eldest grandmother go to Mianzhu?" Mrs. Fan Liu asked puzzledly.
The old woman's voice became even lower, and she said, "Madam sent a close old woman to go with us. She used to serve the master. It hasn't been a few days since she was sent back by the great lady, saying that she had a quarrel... I heard from the old woman that the great lady is surrounded by people from her family now, and the master is now ordered by the great lady to do whatever she wants..."
Mrs. Fan Liu was surprised and asked, "Is it just because of this? But what's so good about this? What mother-in-law would interfere with her daughter-in-law's room? When her son and daughter-in-law get married, it's normal for the daughter-in-law to be in charge of the household affairs and like to use her own people. Besides, isn't it a good thing for the daughter-in-law to be able to stand on her own feet?"
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※(To be continued)