The new house is for Zhongsheng late stay. It is much smaller than Zhou Zhai, it is the second entrance to the courtyard, and the location is not as good as Zhou Zhai, but there are mostly scholars nearby, the environment is good, and it is not far from Zhou Zhai.
When Zhou Buyan arrived, things were still being packed inside. When Zhong Shengwan saw Zhou Buyan, he called out to General, and Zhou Buyan asked Xiao En to go down.
"Did you say something to His Majesty?"
Zhong Shengwan's heart skipped a beat, but his face remained calm, "What? Why do you ask so suddenly?"
"She suddenly asked if it was my child, which is not normal. Did you tell His Majesty something nonsense?"
Zhong Shengwan blinked, "Of course not. I am your biological sister. Others don't know it, but I know it myself. What can I say."
She straightened her sleeves and said, "I'm pregnant even though I'm not married. She will definitely doubt you. Didn't you tell her that it's not yours?"
After those days of raising pigs, Zhong Shengwan's attitude toward Zhou Buyan changed a lot.
Zhou Buyan's attitude toward Zhong Shengwan was the same, "You really didn't say anything?"
"No." Zhong Sheng said late, "You can't rely on me for everything."
"That's best." Zhou Buyan said with a stern face, "If you do something wrong again, I will personally come and kill you. You know my skills."
At the sound of the bell, his face turned green and white, but Zhou Buyan turned around and left as if he hadn't seen it.
Zhou Buyan came out of the house, took a deep breath, and just waited until he found out.
In just a few short months, the sound of bells has changed a lot.
Thinking of this, Zhou Buyan turned back and asked someone to call Xiao En.
"From now on, you have to supervise her to study the Tao Te Ching and other books every day. She must be able to memorize them after studying them. She also needs to copy the Buddhist scriptures several times. If she is lazy and refuses to study, you will beat her with a ruler."
Xiao En's face was full of embarrassment, "General, she is the master, and she is pregnant..."
"Only let her read and write when she is pregnant." Otherwise, let her continue to raise pigs.
Zhou Buyan said directly, "When I get back, I will have someone bring the ruler over. This is a task given to you. Don't be afraid of breaking it. It's just a slap on the palm of your hand, it won't affect your stomach. If she dares to resist and refuses to obey, just give it to you."
Tell me and I'll fight it myself."
His eyes were stern, "This matter is very important, as important as the child in her belly."
Her plan to make herself self-reliant was interrupted. She could not use physical labor to correct her thoughts, but could only use reading.
Books such as the Tao Te Ching and Buddhist scriptures were all carefully selected by him after asking people to correct his mind.
This matter is imminent, and if the evil intentions come to pass, the child born will be ruined.
Your Majesty said that if a father is bad, a mother will be bad, and the mother has a great influence on the child. Even for the sake of the child, she cannot be let go.
After Xiao En returned, Zhong Shengwan was so angry that he almost collapsed, but Zhou Buyan did not change his words at all.
If he had met His Majesty before, he would definitely not care about this sister.
It was His Majesty who taught him friendship, family affection, and love. By chance, he reunited with this sister again, so he left without looking back.
He saw that Your Majesty was so kind to his younger brother, and remembered the words she once taught him, so he left her alone.
Unexpectedly, I encountered a problem. This sister is completely different from His Majesty's brother.
The little prince is obedient and smart. This sister is old and shouldn't have to worry so much, but it turns out she isn't.
But if the tree grows crooked, it needs to be straightened by pruning or other methods.
He had a resolute attitude. Even though he was pregnant at the end of the bell, he fell into dire straits again and began to be tortured both physically and mentally. He had to read, write and copy Buddhist scriptures every day, and was beaten with a ruler from time to time, which was extremely painful.
On the other side, Zhou Buyan went to find Zhong Shengwan, and Chu Xingchen would find out when he returned to the palace.
She called people's attention to the late bell because she originally wanted to know where she lived and to see if she could find out the father of the child in her belly, but Zhou Buyan turned around and left.
Because they were afraid that Zhou Buyan would notice, Shadow didn't dare to get close. They didn't hear what Zhong Shengwan said to him. However, they saw it really before Zhou Buyan left after they talked alone.
When Chu Xingchen heard the news, he was a little unhappy. When he returned to Liangyi Palace, he was blocked by the Supreme Emperor.
"I have heard what the court officials reported to me. They are right. You should really consider having children."
"I will consider this matter myself." Chu Xingchen raised his voice, "Come here and send the Emperor back to Huaqing Palace. The Emperor has been feeling unwell recently and needs to rest for three days."
This is a disguised form of grounding, and the Emperor will naturally not be happy with it.
"An unfilial daughter knows this trick. You stopped me and refused to let me out. Do you want to consummate your marriage with Zhou Buyan and give birth to a heir apparent?"
"I'm telling you, if you are so willful, you will regret it some time in the future."
Chu Xingchen didn't want to talk about Zhou Buyan right now, "You'd better not mention Zhou Buyan today."
Her answer made the Supreme Emperor even more anxious, "Have you not given up on letting him be the emperor's wife?"
"Xingchen, please stop being willful. They won't agree if you let Shen Cangzhu, Xiao Wanglingzhou and the others live in the shadow of a brothel-born man."
"Not only them, but also the Shen family, the Xiao family and the Ling family will not agree. They all know the details of Zhou Buyan. Before he was named one of the four monarchs, they had quite a few complaints. It was just that he had made meritorious deeds at that time, so no one said anything about it."
"But if you dare to let him become the emperor's husband, do you believe that those ministers will immediately oppose it, and everyone in the world will laugh at you."
"It is unprecedented to let a shadow from a brothel become the emperor's husband. He will become the laughing stock of the world. Do you want the Dachu royal family to be ridiculed all the time? Do you want your child to be criticized by the world, saying that he has low blood?
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The Supreme Emperor kept talking without giving Chu Xingchen a chance to interrupt. When he said this, his tone was full of sternness, "In this world, I am not the only one who values bloodline, but everyone in the world does the same."
"Don't tell Zhou Buyan that he has become a fourth-grade military attache now. Even if he reaches the third-grade and second-grade military attachés, he will not be able to change his bloodline and origin, and he will still be criticized."
"You can't be willful and only care about yourself. Xingchen, I also think about you. If he is not born in a brothel, even if he is just a merchant or farmer, I will not say anything, but he is not..."
"You also have to think about your children. Do you want them to be accused of being of low status and ridiculed as bastards?"
Chu Xingchen was impatient to listen, so he turned around and left. When he heard the word bastard, he suddenly stopped and darkened his face.
"That's enough, I don't want to hear the word bastard."
"But he just..."
"He's not." Chu Xingchen remembered what Zhou Buyan had said, that he was tracing his identity and had some thoughts. He would just wait for confirmation and speak directly to the Supreme Emperor.
"You are slandering him like this because his father's background is unknown. If his father had a great background and was born into a noble family, would you still dare to say these two words to him?"