Chang Zhi missed his wife more and more. It was better to be at home. He didn't have to worry about anything and his life was leisurely and comfortable. He looked up at Ding Jue and curled his lips. If he got sick at home, his wife would feed him porridge herself and add sugar to the porridge instead of just drinking it plain!
Ding Jue realized that he was being despised, and when he saw the adult drinking porridge with his head down, he felt that he was wrong. He thought, he didn't know how much the golden doll was worth, but he knew that everything the adult wore was good stuff!
Changzhi finished his porridge and sighed, "It's tasteless."
The more Ding Jue interacted with the adults, the more he realized that the adults were spoiled when they grew up, and sometimes they were really willful, "My Lord, can't you send these girls away?"
"I will send it back after I send it away. Just don't keep it in front of me."
Ding Jue cleaned up the porridge bowl and gave it to the servant at the door. The master's personal servant did not follow the master into Chuanzhou City. He was now acting as the master's servant, and the gatekeeper was brought up from the guards.
Chang Zhi closed his eyes and thought, drawing a map of Sichuan Province in his mind. He felt a little excited. He was really looking forward to it!
Zhoujia Village, Changzhong did not continue to do questions as the autumn examination was approaching, but instead summarized all the questions and planned to go over them carefully.
Cheng Xiang sat on another desk, looking at the thick papers with admiration, "This is too much."
Chang Zhong didn't even raise his head. "Not much. There's still some work that hasn't been completed."
Cheng Xiang, "..."
He gained a lot of knowledge this time, but at the same time he felt envious, because these questions are so hard to come by.
Changzhong rubbed his neck after finishing his homework. "I need to look at it for a while. You are not taking part in the autumn exam this year, so you don't have to study with me."
Cheng Xiang flipped through the book in his hand. "No, you study yours and I study mine. Anyway, your Zhou family has a lot of books, and there are many rare handwritten books. My father is very proud of his study. I really should let him come and have a look."
Chang Zhong, "Do you think that anyone can read a rare handwritten copy?"
The clan does have an open study room, but some books are not allowed to be read by clan members.
Cheng Xiang, "So being thick-skinned will bring you benefits."
Changzhong thought this prefect's son was interesting. "You don't have to waste time with me. You should know that it's useless to befriend me."
His father will not accept Prefect Cheng's surrender, and Marquis Zhou's Mansion does not need surrender, as it will do more harm than good.
Cheng Xiang also knew, "My father has given up."
When his father saw that there was no hope, he allowed him to befriend Master Zhou, at least to give him some face.
Changzhong sat down to look at the questions. His father and others brought the questions to him, and he casually placed them in the study. Cheng Xiang never came over, which made him very satisfied.
Cheng Xiang continued flipping through the book, but his mind was not on it. He was a very versatile person and was very popular in Heisei Castle. His interactions with Master Zhou were somewhat frustrating, but he did feel more sincere about their friendship. He felt in his heart that Master Zhou was a very principled person!
A few days later, the Women's College accepted Zoya's donation. In order to make it more formal, Zhulan specially made a donation certificate, which had the date, the amount of donated money, etc., and was finally stamped with the college's official seal.
The donation ceremony was very formal. The King of Qin was present in person, Rong Enqing also came as his deputy, and the Third Prince also came after hearing the news.
Zoya took the certificate with some excitement. It was a guarantee for her future life. Even if the Duke's Mansion was ransacked, she would be able to protect herself.
There were tears in Zoya's eyes, but she tried hard to hold them back: "Thank you, I will continue to donate in the future."
She made up her mind to donate half of her dowry every year.
Zhulan, "I thank you on behalf of the academy. This money will be kept in a separate account. You are welcome to check it at any time."
Zoya shook her head. "Madam, you are a person of high character. I trust you. I will trouble you in the future."
Zhulan felt emotional, everyone grows up, but some people just go with the flow while others need to pay a price.
The Third Prince in the audience glanced at Miss Zhuo with amusement in his eyes. He thought that the Yong'an Duke's Mansion must not know about it.
The female officer took Zoya to visit the academy. Zhulan stayed to talk to Rongchuan, "Do you really want to be in the newspaper?"
Rong Chuan nodded, "My Royal Brother meant it."
Zhulan thought that the emperor really didn't miss any free money, "Who will write the manuscript?"
Rong Enqing replied, "I'll write it."
Zhulan breathed a sigh of relief. Just don't let her do anything. "I'll leave it to you."
Rongchuan's eyes were smiling, and his mother's tone was relaxed, "Mother, the stewards and accountants in charge of managing the silver, I think the number of men and women should be half and half."
"How many people do you plan to order?"
Rong Chuan had already made a plan in mind, "Four managers, two chiefs and two deputy chiefs, and ten accountants."
When Zhulan heard that the woman needed six people, she said, "I will choose the right people."
"Well, you've been working hard lately."
Zhulan didn't feel tired at all, but was full of energy. "You are eating well and sleeping well now, you and Xuehan don't have to worry."
The Third Prince listened quietly without interrupting, glancing at Madam Zhou out of the corner of his eye. It wasn't that he had nothing to do and came to the academy every day, he just wanted to observe Madam Zhou up close. It turned out that women were just as capable as men in doing their jobs.
The third prince was originally confused about his future wife, but now he has ideas and expectations about her.
In the palace, in Zhou Shuren's eyes, the emperor was holding his eldest grandson. Even if the eldest grandson pulled his beard, the emperor was still happy, as if having his grandson was everything.
The emperor asked, "Do you want to hug him?"
Zhou Shuren didn’t want to think about it. What if one of them started crying because he didn’t hold the child well
The emperor smiled and said, "I won't let you hug me even if you want to."
Zhou Shuren, "!!"
The prince raised his head and continued to correct memorials, thinking to himself, if his son could not leave the Crown Princess, his father would want to keep his son in the palace!
Zhou Shuren asked, "Is your Majesty in a good mood recently?"
The emperor touched the tip of his grandson's nose. Seeing his grandson wrinkling his nose, he felt better. "Well, the autumn examination is almost here."
Then he added, "I heard that the Gongbu An family is rich."
Zhou Shuren understood, "Changzhi brought back the message?"
"Well, he estimated a sum of money for me."
Zhou Shuren, "..."
So Changzhi calculated in advance how much silver he could seize during the search
The emperor laughed and said, "This is only a small part of my happiness. I am happy that I have discovered a new iron ore."
Zhou Shuren was excited, "Really?"
"Of course it's true."
Zhou Shuren was going around in circles. What about the new iron mine? He thought that the emperor had kept it a secret. Of course, such a big thing had to be kept secret.
The prince was very calm because he had already been happy.
The emperor added: "But I don't plan to mine. I still plan to exchange resources with other countries. As you said, some resources are renewable and some are gone once they are used."
Zhou Shuren laughed so hard that his eyes almost disappeared. "Your Majesty is wise."
The emperor held up his grandson and almost put his face close to Zhou Shuren's. "Grandson, this is your master. Don't let me down."
Zhou Shuren's eyes widened, and then the little baby burst into tears and turned his head away in disgust.
Zhou Shuren, "..."
No, he is not an old man, he was also handsome in modern times!