"Why him?" Chen was very confused. "Auntie Wei is like a transparent person in the backyard. She and her son are not favored. She is much easier to deal with than those coquettish and coquettish women who are good at vying for favor. She can't hinder me and my son at all. It's better to adopt the sons of other favored concubines than to adopt her son. I can also severely hit them..."
Madam Zheng used her eloquent tongue to brainwash Chen: "Oh, Madam, it's not that simple. You are retreating to advance. Think about it, you proposed to adopt the third young master, a bastard who poses no threat to you and the two legitimate young masters, instead of the sons of those favored concubines. Doesn't this just show that you are magnanimous and have no intention of deliberately targeting those favored concubines? Knowing that you are so selfless, wouldn't the master value you more
Moreover, Aunt Wei and the Third Young Master are not favored, doesn't this mean that the master doesn't like them both? Think about it, if the master must adopt a son, would he want to adopt a son he likes and loves, or a son he has no feelings for and doesn't like? "
Nanny Zheng was indeed a person who could be valued by Chen after serving her for decades. As expected, when she said this, Chen immediately understood and blurted out, "Of course, she would adopt the son she doesn't like!"
"That's it," said Madam Zheng. "You suggested to the master that we adopt the third young master. Isn't that what the master wants? On the contrary, if you suggested to adopt the other sons that the master likes, wouldn't the master think that you can't tolerate them? So it's best to suggest that we adopt the third young master."
"Thanks to Nanny Zheng for reminding me. Then I will propose to the master to adopt Aunt Wei's son. It's their fault that the mother and son are not ambitious. It's not my fault..." Chen decided to push Zhao Lue out.
Similar conversations took place between Zhao Yiran's other concubines and their trusted servants. In a short period of time, Zhao Lue was unanimously pushed out by Zhao Yiran's wives and concubines to be the unlucky guy who was to be adopted by Old Master Zhao from the side branch.
Originally, when his wife Chen suggested that Zhao Yiran adopt Zhao Lue out, he wanted to give it more thought and was not in a hurry to make a decision. But when he went to the other concubines, they whispered in his ear and hinted to him that Zhao Lue was the most suitable candidate for adoption. Zhao Yiran was unconsciously moved by their suggestion and actually felt that adopting out his least favorite son was a win-win choice for both of us. So he didn't think about looking for other children from other branches to give to Old Master Zhao, and decided to adopt Zhao Lue out.
Now that the decision had been made, Zhao Yiran began to make arrangements.
However, if Zhao Lue was to be adopted, he had to inform his biological mother, Aunt Wei, so Zhao Yiran sent someone to tell Wei Shichu to bring Zhao Lue to the study to see him.
Wei Shichu knew the content of this meeting very well and had been looking forward to it for a long time, so he took Zhao Lue with him and walked briskly towards Zhao Yiran's study.
When the servant sent by Zhao Yiran saw the happy smile on Wei Shichu's face, he couldn't help but feel pity for her, thinking, if Aunt Wei knew that the master was meeting her to tell her that he wanted to adopt her only son to another family, then she would definitely not be so happy, right? How pitiful, she probably thought that the master finally remembered them, but didn't know that he was going to announce a bad news to them...
Wei Shichu had no idea that she and her son had fallen to the point of being pitied by a servant. She was happy that she and her son would soon leave this depressing and dark place.
"Mom, where are we going?" Zhao Lue opened his big eyes with clear black and white, looked around curiously and excitedly, and asked Wei Shichu.
"Go to your father's study." Wei Shichu replied.
"Dad?" Zhao Lue's eyes were slightly confused for a moment, as if he needed to think for a while before he could remember what "Dad" was.
Poor little guy, because neither the mother nor the son is liked by Zhao Yiran, even at the age of two, the number of times he has seen his father Zhao Yiran can be counted on one hand. No wonder he has no impression of his father.
"Oh, it's just a stranger, you don't need to care too much about it." Wei Shichu lowered his voice and said in Zhao Lue's ear.
“Okay…” So Zhao Lue immediately and obediently put his father out of his mind and looked at the surrounding scenery with great interest. It was obvious that he was more interested in the novel sights around him than in his father. He pointed at things he didn’t recognize and asked Wei Shichu from time to time.
They soon arrived at Zhao Yiran's study. The servant led the mother and son into the study and then left.
"Coming?" A deep and cold voice of a middle-aged man came from behind the table.
It was two months after Wei Shichu traveled through time that he saw Zhao Yiran for the first time. He saw that he was a handsome man. Even in middle age, he was still handsome and gentle, and his figure had not changed. Only the faint wrinkles between the corners of his eyes and his eyebrows showed that he was not young anymore.
However, Wei Shichu, who had the original owner's memories, knew that this person only looked gentle and amiable on the outside, but was actually sanctimonious, selfish and hypocritical.
However, Zhao Yiran was quite surprised when he saw Wei Shichu, because in his memory, this concubine Wei always kept her head down, was timid and withdrawn, could not even speak a complete sentence, and would panic when she saw him, not to mention that she was not as gentle and considerate or lively and clever as other concubines to please him. Therefore, he never liked her. He took her in as his concubine because of the circumstances, not because he liked her, so he disliked her even more.
But now, Wei Shichu not only lost her previous timidity, but became full of energy, and even her complexion changed from pale to rosy. It was obvious that she was in much better shape both mentally and physically than before, which made Zhao Yiran, who had not seen her for a long time, feel refreshed.
Wei Shichu immediately felt the change in Zhao Yiran's eyes when he looked at her, and she immediately became alert, thinking that if she aroused the interest of this cheap man again, it would be very disadvantageous for her to leave. Therefore, she immediately acted according to the original owner's temperament, lowered her head, her face turned pale, and hurriedly stammered to Zhao Yiran: "Greetings to the master..."
Sure enough, when Zhao Yiran saw her timid and cowardly look, he frowned and thought that he had seen it wrong. It is said that it is difficult to change one's nature. How could Wei change so much? Isn't her true nature revealed now? She is still as timid and unlovable as before.
So Zhao Yiran's newly-awakened interest in her immediately disappeared, and he turned to Wei Shichu with a stern face and said, "Wei, I came to you and your son this time because I have something important to tell you."
"Master, please speak..." Wei Shichu said hurriedly.