Wen Ranran twitched the corner of her mouth, "You are really too smart sometimes!"
Xia Youlin chuckled and said nothing.
Wen Ranran took a deep breath and looked at Xia Youlin, "Really... don't want to get married? You are sixteen now, right? How about finding something else for you to do? Look at Ye Junmeng and Du Chisheng next door.
Both children are already in love!"
Xia Youlin shook his head firmly.
"Mother! I love learning! Learning makes me happy!"
Wen Ranran: "..."
If it weren't for the other party's tone being too firm, Wen Ranran would have wanted to pry open her half-grown son's brain to see if there was anything wrong inside.
"I'm confused... You're still young now!" Wen Ranran sighed, "Originally I was thinking... This time, you see, everyone is aggressively asking your father to take concubines, but your father
I'm not happy, and I'm not happy either. After all, among the royal family, you are the only one who has grown up... so let's see if you like it!"
Xia Youlin thought of Qin Rou's eyes just now and couldn't help but trembled in excitement.
"Queen Mother! If you want to betroth Qin Rou or that Caizi from the Great Japanese Kingdom to my son, I will just... bump him to death in front of this door! Women are too scary!"
Wen Ranran: "..."
Also, this child is very well-behaved on weekdays. Although I and Xia Lishuang don't have much time to see him, several close confidants in the court are very good to this child.
Every month, as long as the shop has good materials, Wen Yuwan will always ask someone to tailor the clothes and send them over.
Jiang Shu and Jiang He, Wen Ranran's biological siblings, also regarded this child as their own.
Jiang He taught Xia Youlin literature, history and philosophy, and Jiang Shu sent him soup, warmth and books every day.
It is precisely because of everyone's mutual love and care, consciously or unconsciously, that this child has grown up to be so lovely now.
"Okay, okay, I won't tease you anymore!" Wen Ranran smiled, "I heard that your father couldn't get away, so he sent you to investigate the so-called Shao Tong. How did the investigation go?
"
Xia Youlin had grown up, so Xia Lishuang also began to subconsciously cultivate some of his abilities. Therefore, now that Shao Tong's whereabouts and actions were closely related, he asked Xia Youlin to follow Cheng Fenglou to investigate.
"Shao Tong seems to be living in the so-called opium den now. I went to see the embroiderer named Han Xiuxiu, and then went to Yihong Building. It is said that he was kicked out of Yihong Building that day... and he has been living there ever since.
In the opium den, it seems that he was picked up by the Shao family later. It is said that the Shao family made a lot of money at this time! Now, he is the richest man in Hangzhou, and Shao Tong was taken back to inherit the family property.
Got it!"
Wen Ranran nodded.
"Mother, what's so strange about this person? He's just a failure! You..."
After all, Xia Youlin is still a half-grown child and does not understand the profound meaning of this, but he is already very keen on some things.
"But... it has something to do with the gift from the Japanese country?"
Wen Ranran looked at each other in surprise...
"How can you tell?"
Xia Youlin smiled slightly, "Needless to say, when the envoy presented the so-called *** that day, neither the emperor nor the empress were very happy!"
Wen Ranran thought about it and realized that this was really the case. This child had really grown up.
Wen Ranran smiled and said, "At first, I really thought you were still young, but what I didn't expect is that you have changed so much in two years!"
Xia Youlin thought about it seriously and said with a smile, "I just hope to be like Uncle Cheng or Fourth Uncle, a good official who prays for the people! Nothing else!"
Wen Ranran was slightly stunned.
Behind him, there was the sound of Xia Lishuang finally finishing the discussion in the imperial study room.