Steward Ding handed over the visiting card, "This is a card that was just sent from the Ran Mansion."
Zhu Lan took it and flipped through it, smiling, "Ran Wan has arrived in the capital."
When Gao heard the surname Ran, she took a while to realize who it was. She was the future eldest grandson's wife of the Zhou family. She smiled and said, "This is a visiting card."
Zhulan put down the post and said, "Yeah."
Seeing that it was getting late, Gao said, "I will go back today. Please choose a date and let me know."
Zhulan stood up and said, "Thank you so much today."
"I will have trouble for you someday."
Zhulan, "As long as you ask, I will definitely do it."
In the Ministry of Revenue, Zhang Yang kept sneezing. His mind was a little fuzzy and he couldn't concentrate. He lay powerlessly on the table. It was no use being careful because he still caught a cold.
He didn't want to come today, but he was feeling upset, so he gritted his teeth and came.
He has low emotional intelligence, but he is not stupid. When he found out that Rongchuan went to Zhou's house, he knew why he was suffering. He sneered and said that those who were raised since childhood are different.
Zhou Shuren naturally knew that Zhang Yang was ill, and the doctors were quite worried, but Zhou Shuren's calmness was so contagious that the doctors calmed down.
But when they heard the news that the fifth prince had entered the palace, several doctors brought it up again, and Doctor Zhao was pushed out, "Sir, the fifth prince has entered the palace."
Zhou Shuren looked at the completed form without raising his head and said, "Oh."
Doctor Zhao repeated, "Sir, the fifth prince is ill and has gone to the palace."
My lord, you set a trap for the Fifth Prince, we all saw it clearly. Now the Fifth Prince has gone to the palace to complain. Please give me some reaction!
Zhou Shuren waved his hand, "I heard you. Go do what you need to do. Fill out the tax forms for each province according to what I just said. Go quickly. I need the money urgently."
Doctor Zhao carefully distinguished the adult's tone. The adult really didn't care. Several people looked at each other and said, "Yes."
Zhou Shuren thought to himself that Zhang Yang must not have been able to see the emperor at all when he entered the palace, and he went to complain when he was sick. If this was his biological son, the emperor would definitely go to see him, but unfortunately he was not his biological son, and the emperor was afraid of being infected!
Especially now that the emperor is old, he takes better care of his health than ever before.
Inside the palace, Zhang Yang felt even more anxious. He must look extremely pitiful right now, and his father would vent his anger for him.
The wish was good, but unfortunately he didn't even get into the door of the Zheng Palace, and he didn't even see Eunuch Liu, but only saw a little eunuch.
The young eunuch was also far away, "Your Highness, the Emperor has not been feeling well these days and cannot see Your Highness. The Master is ill, and the Emperor asked Your Highness to return home to rest. The Imperial Physician is already on his way to the Prince's residence."
The heat in Zhang Yang's heart froze instantly, and his mind was no longer hot, only cold. "Does the prince have anything to say?"
The young eunuch was a little stunned and shook his head, "No."
The young eunuch lowered his head and said, "The Emperor has another message for Your Highness. Tell Your Highness not to be too handsy and to always remember the face of the royal family."
Zhang Yang's body instantly went cold. His father knew his every move. He also knew that Zhou Shuren had tricked him. This was also a lesson from his father. This was the royal family, the most ruthless place.
Zhang Yang turned around staggeringly and left the palace step by step. Halfway there, snowflakes began to fall from the sky. There was no one in front of him in the long alley, making the palace seem even colder.
Zhang Yang quickened his pace, walking as if there was a ferocious beast behind him and running away.
Inside the government hall, the crown prince looked up at his father several times, seeming to want to say something but stopping himself.
The emperor sensed it and said, "If you have something to say, just say it."
The prince said, "Father, do you think Zhou Shuren has sensed something? He has a very good sense of proportion."
The emperor raised his head, "Do you feel the same way?"
The prince nodded, "Yes, everyone is concerned about whether the prince is real or fake, but Zhou Shuren has never asked about it. I think Lord Zhou is too cautious, but since Zhang Yang entered the Ministry of Revenue, Zhou Shuren has been very accurate in his judgment."
It is not easy to strike the right balance between not ruining the plan and not angering Zhang Yang.
The emperor was silent for a while, and cursed in a low voice, "This is a real old fox, who kept himself out of the way and guessed a few things."
The prince lowered his eyes, "Father, how much do you think Zhou Shuren knows?"
The emperor dropped the memorial in his hand and said, "I should be able to guess a little, but I don't think it's much. His smartest thing is to pretend to be ignorant when he knows the truth."
The prince smiled and said, "I think so too."
Zhou Shuren learned in the afternoon that Zhang Yang had returned to the Prince's Mansion and that the Emperor had not met him. News in the capital spread quickly.
The next day, Ran Wan's mother Liu brought Ran Wan to Zhou's house.
Liu brought Ran Wan to greet them, and Liu said, "These are the pear pastes that mother-in-law brought for you."
Zhulan liked pear paste when she was in Jinzhou. This was made by Ran Qi herself. "I was thinking that I won't be able to eat it this year if I'm not in Jinzhou. Your mother-in-law is so thoughtful."
Liu smiled and said, "Mother-in-law said you must have been thinking about it, so she made a little more this year and asked me to bring most of it."
Zhu Lan smiled and asked Mrs. Song to take it down, and waved to Ran Wan, "I received the invitation yesterday, and I thought about Miss Wan. It has been a while since I last saw her, and she has become more and more beautiful."
Seeing that Yang Shuren didn't look perfunctory, Liu smiled even more, "She hasn't changed as much as you say. You just haven't seen her for a long time."
Zhu Lan hugged Ran Wan and said, "As a mother, you see her every day, so you won't notice it. I won't lie at my age."
Liu was happy. The more the Zhou family's mistress liked her daughter, the smoother it would be for her daughter to marry into the family in the future. "When you live in the capital in the future, I will let Wan'er come to accompany you more often."
Zhu Lan responded, "That's great, but you must not let me go when the time comes."
"We must release him."
At this time, Mrs. Song came in with a box. Zhulan took the box. Inside the box was a set of headwear prepared yesterday. She opened the box and handed it to Ran Wan, "This set of headwear is newly made. The gems on it were awarded by the palace. I give it to you today."
Liu's eyes wrinkled from laughing. This headdress was better than the one her sister-in-law gave her. The gemstones on the jewelry were indeed awarded by the palace. She was very satisfied with the Zhou family's attention to their daughter, but she still had to be modest. "Aunt, this headdress is too expensive."
Ran Wan also hurriedly put down the box, "Wan'er can't take it, Shu Ren, it's too expensive."
Zhu Lan pulled Ran Wan, "If you don't accept it, do you not want to accompany me, an old lady?"
Ran Wan blinked, then picked up the box, "Wan'er accepted it. When Wan'er comes uninvited, you can't chase Wan'er away."
"Oh, look at what you said. I wish I could let you stay with me, an old lady, right now. It's a pity that Wan'er is still too young. You have to wait a few more years."
Ran Wan's originally calm face suddenly turned red and she lowered her head in shame.