After Laishun left the house, the lively and active Xiaoba fell silent a lot.
After staying in his yard for more than half a month, Xiaoba came to see Shi Jiang. The two chatted in the study for a long time. After coming out, Xiaoba went into the place where Cao Jian trained secret guards.
After hearing the news, Fang Lei couldn't hold back and said a word for Xiaoba.
"The young master is only five years old. Is the master too demanding on him?"
When Cao Jian heard what Fang Lei said, he rolled his eyes at him.
"A strict teacher produces great disciples, but a loving mother often loses her sons. Only when you know how to restrain yourself and return to etiquette can you achieve great things in the future. If you let the young master go on like before, you will be harming him. Think about the prince, don't you understand?"
Hearing Cao Jian pouting like this, thinking about how the previous prince was so bearish but so useless, Fang Lei chewed his back molars and felt a bit of toothache.
However, this was just what the two of them said in private, and they did not dare to say such things in front of Shi Jiang.
After all, the eldest lady is doing this for the young master's benefit, and they still know it.
In fact, for Shi Jiang, it was just fulfilling his promise.
She promised Marquis Xuanping to educate her daughter and daughter well, and what she got was the right to be the master of her own affairs, so she would naturally not go back on her word.
Moreover, this time, if Xiaoba didn't figure it out herself, just like she promised Marquis Xuanping, she would just let Xiaoba become a rich man in the future, and she wouldn't put any effort into cultivating Xiaoba.
Still, the end result looks good.
What happened this time was just a trivial matter in Shunan City, and Master Feng's disappearance did not cause much reaction.
Arriving at a manor in the suburbs, someone was kneeling on the ground, reporting to a man in his twenties who was carving with a piece of wood and a carving knife what happened in Shunan City.
When it was mentioned that Mr. Feng, a well-known gangster in Shunan City, was missing, the man paused with the carving knife in his hand.
"Have you offended the young master of the Shi family? But what about the Shi family who just moved here a few years ago?"
The people kneeling on the ground didn't dare to look up, so they whispered.
The man thought for a while, put the carving knife and the rough outline of the wood on the table, and then coughed.
"Young Master!?"
Guan Yan, who was waiting next to him, changed his expression and quickly offered the hot tea in his hand, asking the young master to drink some water first before talking.
After the eldest young master finished drinking the water, Guan Yan wanted to step forward and help the eldest young master smooth his back, but he blocked him with his hand.
"I'm fine, my throat is just itchy!"
After Zhou Tianci drank the water, he covered his mouth with a handkerchief and kept coughing.
The concern for Guanyin only made him feel irritable.
However, he also knew that it was his own body that failed to live up to his expectations, so no wonder it happened to someone else.
After waving his hand to Guanyin, he took a long time to catch his breath.
"The princess is in the palace, are you okay?"
Zhou Tianci quietly held the handkerchief in his hand and asked with a calm face.
"Back to the young master, the princess has been in the courtyard and has never come out. However, the prince has taken in a few more beautiful concubines. Because the princess doesn't care about things, those concubines are very restless."
The visitor did not dare to hide anything and replied to the eldest young master.
"Where's the young lady? She never cared about these things?"
After hearing what the visitor said, Zhou Tianci frowned slightly.
His wife, Mrs. Liu, was carefully chosen for him by his father.
As soon as she entered the house, the concubine handed the Zhongfu into her hands.
It stands to reason that if someone provokes the mother-in-law, Mrs. Liu cannot possibly not know about it.
As the daughter-in-law, she is naturally obliged to push down these floating things.
When the visitor heard the eldest young master's question, he couldn't help but shrink his shoulders and made a sound like a mosquito.
"Young Madam... Young Madam returned to her parents' home and said... that she wanted to make peace with the eldest young master."
When Guanyan heard this, his eyes suddenly popped out.
"What nonsense are you talking about? How can the young lady reconcile with the eldest young master?"
Zhou Tianci was somewhat aware that the Liu family was the legitimate daughter of the magistrate of southern Shu. When his father brought his family to southern Shu, the Liu family bet on him.
It's a pity that after ten years of marriage, due to his health, he has never had a son or a half.
Coupled with the fact that his father has become more and more ridiculous over the years, it is only natural for Liu to have thoughts of leaving the family.
It is better to be divorced and remarry than to be a widow for a few years.
"Young Master, he must be talking nonsense. Young Madam will not leave you alone."
Seeing the look on the eldest young master's face, Guan Yan couldn't help but persuade him. However, after persuading him, he felt that he didn't even believe what he said, let alone the eldest young master who was smart when he peeed.
Guan Yan couldn't help but want to wipe his tears when he thought of the eldest young master's body that often coughed up blood.
If the prince hadn't been too ridiculous back then, how could he have implicated the eldest young master?
After waving the visitor to get out, Zhou Tianci leaned on the chair and looked out the window in a daze.
In the early years, when his father, his mother and his concubine came to southern Sichuan with him, they actually had great ambitions.
But after all these years, what my father did initially was to confuse the emperor, but now it turned out to be true.
His father, who originally cared about his eldest son, had never even asked the doctor about his health a few times in the past few years.
After all, the most indispensable thing in Prince An's palace is his father's son.
In addition to his legitimate son, there are already eight concubines, big and small.
All of them were well-behaved and sweet-tongued in front of King An. King An could still remember this legitimate son at first, but later he had long forgotten it.
Even the matter of inviting him to be crowned prince was suppressed.
On the surface, he was afraid that the emperor would be wary of Prince An's Mansion. In fact, Zhou Tianci knew about it because he might not live long.
A son who does not live long enough will not be able to take over Prince An's Mansion even if he is granted the title of Crown Prince.
Moreover, in King An's heart, he did not want to bow to the emperor at all.
It was just a thought that led to the current situation.
King An regretted it countless times, but the matter was a foregone conclusion, and it was useless to regret it again.
Coupled with the emperor's overt and covert suppression of Prince An's palace, Prince An had long lost his ambition to fight for supremacy.
Now that he is drinking and drinking every day, he naturally doesn't have to think about the gap between him and the emperor when he is drunk.
The same is true for Zhou Tianci. As long as his body can hold on, he will naturally not give up what he has in mind.
But now, it is still unknown whether my body can last until the end of the year. What's the use of thinking about other things?
Thinking of this, he clenched the hand holding the veil tightly.
"Guanyan, send this letter to the young lady. I will grant her what she wants."
After a long while, Zhou Tianci moved his body, then took a pen and dipped it in ink, wrote a letter of resignation, and asked Guanyin to send it to Liu Mansion.
There is no hope for me anymore, so why bother dragging others with me?
After saying that, Zhou Tianci closed his eyes with a hint of exhaustion, and placed his pale and slender fingers on the table. The sunlight shone in, and the fingers seemed to be transparent.