How could he, a little child, who grew up in the prime minister's residence, where everyone he interacted with were elegant people, know such dirty words
There is only one possibility - he learned it from his mother. Qin Mei is not a gentleman. She was born in the countryside. When she was a child, she heard countless village shrews swearing in the streets, so she was naturally influenced by it.
Xu Shichu had never provoked her over the years and treated her as a transparent person, let alone harming her interests. She didn't understand why she had such great malice towards Xu Shichu and was so resentful that she cursed him in front of her son.
Xu Shichu didn't know that some people's hatred didn't necessarily come from loss of interests, but could also come from jealousy.
Qin Mei was indeed jealous of Xu Shichu. Even though Xu Shichu was a prime minister's wife in name only, she had her own property and a thriving business. She could enjoy herself as she pleased without needing anyone's consent. She was also respected and admired outside. The ladies complimented and praised her. She had status, money, and beauty! She lived a carefree life. How could Qin Mei not be jealous
Especially when she was living such a comfortable life, Qin Mei's own life became more and more frustrating: although she had a son, his nature was dull and difficult to discipline, and he was not liked by his father-in-law and husband; and her husband was drifting further and further away from her, and he even took a concubine.
She wanted to focus on managing household affairs, but she didn't have the talent for it. She was fooled by the servants and made the prime minister's residence a mess. She even almost ruined the mansion's property. As a result, her housekeeping power was taken away, and naturally she could no longer spend money as she pleased.
She has no money or power, her son is not ambitious, and she is not loved by her husband. Such a life, with Xu Shichu, who has everything going for him, standing by her side, makes her look even more miserable.
Outsiders would always compare her with Xu Shichu, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law. This comparison was all about praising Xu Shichu and belittling her. Qin Mei did not blame herself for her incompetence, but instead hated Xu Shichu for being better than her. This resentment was inevitably expressed in front of her son. She did not dare to scold Xu Shichu in front of other people, but she dared to do so in front of her son.
But she didn't know that the words she used to curse Xu Shichu were remembered by her son, and he cursed her out in public in the prime minister's residence, which exposed her completely.
Xu Shichu was not a person with a fragile heart. She would not feel sad if she was scolded by a five-year-old child, but she was not a person who would repay evil with kindness. She opened the door and asked Luo Yan in person who taught him these words.
Luo Yan was still a child after all, and thought that Xu Shichu was scared of being scolded, so he proudly said that it was his mother who taught him.
With the confession, Xu Shichu did not bother with the child. She took people directly to find Luo Changqing and Luo Rui, and asked them to recite the words that Luo Yan had used to scold her vividly, and then advised them to teach the child well, otherwise the Luo family would have no successors.
As for how Luo Yan's grandfather and father were surprised, furious, and how they taught him a lesson, Xu Shichu had no idea, but she did hear Luo Yan's loud crying that shook the prime minister's residence that night.
Du Zhao learned about this after he came back from the academy. He sat silently in the garden for a long time, and then told Xu Shichu that he planned to take the examination for the scholar early.
When Xu Shichu saw that he mentioned that Luo Yan and Qin Mei had always wanted to drive them out of the Prime Minister's Mansion, he knew that he was still thinking about Luo Yan's scolding her that day and wanted to leave the Prime Minister's Mansion as soon as possible.
"Luo Yan and Qin Mei can't make the decision. It will take more than ten years for Luo Yan to grow up and make the decision. There is no rush for you to take your time. We are not the kind of people who can't survive without the Prime Minister's Mansion." Xu Shichu said without much concern.
In fact, up to now, Xu Shichu's role as a shield and tool as the "Lady of the Prime Minister" has been exhausted. After all, Luo Yaqing and Luo Rui have already married and had children, and the struggle for hegemony of the new generation of imperial power has also ended. Luo Changqing is no longer at risk of being calculated by the princes, so it doesn't matter whether the Lady of the Prime Minister exists or not.
A few years ago, after the new emperor ascended the throne, Xu Shichu asked Luo Changqing whether he wanted to divorce him. For some reason, Luo Changqing did not agree.
Xu Shichu didn't care about the title of Prime Minister's wife, but it would be more beneficial to her to have this title. So since Luo Changqing didn't want to divorce her, she didn't mention it again.
On the other hand, after knowing that Xu Shichu took Du Zhao to see their new home again, Luo Changqing stayed in the study and did not come out for a long time.
Luo Changqing had always known that there was no place for him as the nominal husband in Xu Shichu's new home, but every time he thought of this, his heart felt as if it were being pierced by fine and dense needles, and he felt a dull pain.
It's not that he didn't regret his indifference and neglect towards Xu Shichu when he married her, but regret was useless. Xu Shichu was not a person who would indulge in love, not to mention that there was no affection and love between them, only transactions of interests and polite distance.
He also once mentioned to Xu Shichu whether she wanted to be his real wife.
Luo Changqing could still remember the shocked expression on Xu Shichu's face when he heard what he said, and the sentence he blurted out: "Do you think I'm a dog that can come when you call and go when you wave?"
In fact, he had a premonition in his heart that Xu Shichu would not agree to him, because he had never seen any shyness or unnatural reaction on her face towards him, which meant that she had no feelings for him.
But he was unwilling to give up, so he wanted to ask her directly, but the result disappointed him.
He had warned Xu Shichu to stay within the law and not to overstep the line. Xu Shichu did so, but he himself failed to control his own heart.
Who could not be attracted to Xu Shichu? Even he, who had been scheming in the officialdom for most of his life and had experienced many things, would be fascinated by Xu Shichu's beauty, intelligence and free and easy style, and fall in love with her.
Unfortunately, he didn't take her seriously at the beginning, so he lost her forever.
At this point, Luo Changqing no longer expected to be a real couple with Xu Shichu. He only hoped to be a friend who occasionally interacted with her, so that at least he would have the chance to see her.
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As expected, Du Zhao passed the imperial examination at the age of twelve and became the top scholar at the age of seventeen, with a promising future. However, he did not enter the officialdom, but traveled around the world with his aunt.
He wrote many poems and articles during his journey, including the local customs and landscapes along the way, the water conservancy and farming knowledge he learned from the people in various places, and the philosophical thinking of astronomy and geography...
With a wide range of interests and extensive knowledge, he gradually became a learned man with a great reputation.
When he was in his thirties, he returned to Beijing with Xu Shichu, his wife and children, built a college, and began teaching and educating people.
Thousands of years later, the Luo family had long since disappeared in the tide of history, but Xu Shichu became well-known to later generations because of the "Fuhao Hall" which she did not care about at first and the magnificent Xu Garden.
Of course, this was also due to her nephew Du Zhao, who was an educator, writer, and philosopher who wrote many articles and created nightmares for many future students.
In history books, Xu Shichu, who adopted Du Zhao and raised him to be a talented person, was a remarkable woman who was as wise as Mencius' mother in the story "Mencius' Mother Moved Three Times". Her life story was recorded by Du Zhao and became a role model for countless parents.
—Although Xu Shichu actually did not discipline Du Zhao very strictly.
But history always has some decorated places.