Chapter 66

Zhao Han went to Bowentang with great worries, and it was almost too late.

Zhao Qing was looking down at something, and when he heard Zhao Han's footsteps, he raised his head and smiled slightly at him.

Zhao Han pulled out a reluctant smile and sat in his seat.

The two brothers were five years apart, so they naturally learned different things, because Zhao Qing was going to take the college entrance examination in April. The teacher gave Zhao Han some recitation and memorization lessons, so he devoted his main energy to Zhao Qing and asked him to write questions.

In the study next door, Zhao Yunting had a rare free time and took a look at the customs and folk customs of Jiangnan.

The sun gradually rose. After the morning class, the teacher packed up his things and went to his small courtyard in the Hou Mansion. The Zhao Qing and his brothers took the books to the small study here to find their father.

The child Zhao Yunting valued most is of course the eldest son. When he was a child, he was the most satisfactory time in his life. He had a prosperous career and was young and promising. He would achieve great things in his life. When he returned home, his wife loved his son. Even if his wife was cold to him, he was very satisfied. He took his son to ride a horse and shoot arrows in his spare time and taught him various skills step by step.

As for Zhao Qing and Zhao Han, Zhao Yunting felt that he was more like a gentleman to them. The blood relationship made him unable to ignore them, and the two concubines made it impossible for him to like him from the bottom of his heart as he did with his eldest son. Therefore, he could only fulfill the part of the responsibility of a father to raise them, arrange a stable servant to take good care of their diet and daily life, check the courses of the two children when they have time, teach them some principles of beinghaved in a life, and no matter how close he is, he will be gone.

Half an hour before lunch, Zhao Yunting took a question for Zhao Qing first. Zhao Qing talked happily and answered it smoothly. Zhao Yunting nodded, turned his head to get Zhao Han's book, and casually said: "Chengwen, go to your grandmother's side first."

Zhao Qing was stunned.

In the past, he was waiting for his father to take the younger brother test, and then the father and son went there together.

Is it because my third brother went to Weifang Garden in the morning?

Zhao Qing looked at his third brother who was also surprised beside him, without asking any more questions, and then left after saluting.

The footsteps disappeared, and there was only the sound of flipping through books in the room, and sweat gradually broke out in Zhao Han's palms. He knew that his father must have asked him what he did in Weifangyuan, right? Even he suspected that his mother wanted to pretend to be sick and deceived him over and continue the last conversation, let alone his father?

Zhao Yunting did ask. After checking Zhao Han's homework, he looked at the book with a faint expression, "What did the doctor say?" He did not name the name, and did not even mention Qin's family, let alone show a little concern.

Zhao Han couldn't hide his bitterness in his heart. He lowered his eyes and repeated the doctor's words, and finally said: "Father, my mother is seriously ill. I want to go see her after school breaks out in the evening." No matter how unhappy his father was, he was the mother who gave birth to him, and he couldn't remain indifferent.

Zhao Yunting put down the book and looked at his ten-year-old son. He thought that he was actually much more sensible than a child of his age. He agreed, "Go, but I believe you know her character. No matter what she says to you, you should think about it yourself. Cheng'an, you are the flesh and blood of the Zhao family. If you consider anything, you must put the entire Zhao family in the front. Don't let me down in the face of you."

"Abide by my father's teachings." Zhao Han solemnly promised.

Yes, his surname is Zhao. No matter how bad his father doesn't like his mother, he raised him. He did not recognize him because of the part of the Qin family's bloodline in his body.

After March, the wind oncoming was obviously warmer, and Aju finally had symptoms of morning sickness.

Fortunately, it's not particularly serious, but just a dish that can't be too greasy.

Perhaps because of the mild symptoms, Aji not only didn’t feel uncomfortable, but was quite happy. Before, she only knew that she was pregnant, but she didn’t feel anything strange in her body. Now she has morning sickness, and she suddenly feels that reality, as if this is the unique way for the child to talk to her, and her child is telling her what he doesn’t like.

Aji told Madam Jiang this and was laughed at by Madam Jiang with kindness.

On this day, when the sun was high and the weather was warm, Aju was accompanied by Madam Jiang for a walk in Wangzhuxuan.

Wangzhuxuan is quite big, with the rockery and wooden bridge in the back garden, the pool and the pool are full of wooden bridges. The weeping willows beside the pond, and the small peach forest in the northwest corner is in full bloom. Aji likes to come here very much. After walking for a while, the master and servant rest on the bench beside the pond, talking leisurely.

Suddenly, footsteps came from afar. Aji looked over curiously, and saw Cuiyu walking over happily and saying clearly when she got closer: "Grandma, the uncle has sent a letter. One letter to his wife, and one letter to Chen Shou has sent it over. Humph, I asked him not to give it to him, saying that it was the uncle's instructions and it must be handed over to you in person!"

Aji stood up happily and couldn't help but want to go forward. Madam Jiang smiled and held her back on the chair and said, "Just let Chen Shou come here to reply, why are you anxious?" She looked almost the same as everyone else's girls, but when something happened, she was still not used to using her subordinates.

Aji also felt that Chen Shou might come here faster, after all, she didn't dare to leave quickly now.

Cuiyu had already gone to pick up people cleverly. When she arrived at the gate of the courtyard in front, she saw Chen Shou standing there in a gray spring shirt with tall and straight back. Cuiyu took a look at it more, then walked over and said loudly: "Manager Chen, Madam asked you to send me the letter, you can just go back."

Chen Shou turned around and looked at her calmly with slender eyes.

He didn't say a word, Cuiyu felt inexplicably relieved, glared at the wooden man, turned around and led the way, "I just made fun of you, let me go with you now, don't let my wife wait for a long time." Chen Ping could speak well and joke, isn't this person his brother? Why doesn't he look like a little bit like his temperament?

The two of them soon arrived at the edge of the pond. Cuiyu quickly walked to Aji and stood on the side. Chen Shou saluted respectfully and handed over the envelope hidden in his arms. Cuiyu stepped forward to take it for Aji and then handed it over to Aji.

Resisting the urge to read the letter immediately, Aji said to Chen Shou first, and then asked Madam Jiang to go back with Chen Shou so that she could hand over the reply letter she had written long ago to Chen Shou to send it out. Madam Jiang knew where her letter was placed, so she immediately led Chen Shou away. Aji watched them go away, and hurriedly lowered her head and tear open the envelope. She was about to take out the letter paper, but suddenly thought of something and pointed at Chi Zi and said to Cui Yu: "You go over there and see the fish. The red carp inside is quite beautiful."

Cuiyu looked at the big grandmother with a peach blossom face and laughed, "Okay, I'll go there to see the fish, don't disturb grandma reading the letter!" After that, she walked briskly to the edge of the pond and looked down at the fish.

Among the four maids, Cuiyu is the most lively and dares to joke with Aji the most. Aji also likes to have such a maid around her. After looking at Cuiyu's back for a while, Aji finally took out the letter paper, which was three pages in total, which was not a small amount.

The familiar handwriting is read by Aju.

The letter said that Zhao Chen and his friends had arrived at Mulan Eiduary and had just completed their residence, he wrote to her.

One page is the experience on the road, the other page is the various advices to her, the last page is all missing her, and there are some shameful words that dream about him "leading troops to fight" every night. But no matter how shameful he is, Aji still blushed and read it several times. In the end, Madam Jiang went back. Aji quickly put the letter away and prepared to reminisce when she stayed alone at night.

At noon, Ning came here, and the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law had dinner together. After dinner, they sat on the kang and talked about Zhao Chen's letter. As they were talking, Aji was sleepy. Ning watched her fall asleep before leaving.

I was happy that Aji slept very well this afternoon, and she didn't feel uncomfortable when she woke up like before.

After reading the letter again, Zhao Yi came over.

Aji hid the letter quickly and asked Zhao Yi to sit on the kang with a smile. The ten-year-old girl was as beautiful as a flower bud, with her smile and charming eyes. Since she learned that Aji was pregnant, Zhao Yi began to draw and send Aji, flowers, birds, cats and dogs every day, all of which were loved by the children, saying that she was left to her future nephew.

She painted it in Wangzhuxuan, and all she used were paper and pens prepared by Madam Jiang.

In private, Madam Jiang said to Aji: "The Marquis is really considerate to the three little masters. If you don't say it, just talk about the fourth girl's wet nurse Fang. Look, grandma is pregnant now, and the fourth girl doesn't say it can't be said. Giving things, food and food can easily cause trouble. Now, when you come here to draw, you can not only spend time with grandma, but also save grandma's suspicion. The fourth girl can't imagine this kind of approach to getting close to her now."

Aji didn't think so much at first. After hearing what Madam Jiang said, she couldn't help but sigh at the various twists and turns in the mansion, and she also understood why Zhao Yi was so sensible at such a young age. Fang was meticulous. If Zhao Yi did something wrong or something wrong with her, Fang would definitely remind her that if Zhao Yi had learned it after many times, she would learn it? Unlike her, she was still playing with her younger brother when she was ten years old, and of course she was just playing at home.

"What are my sister going to draw today?"

Aji sat down beside Zhao Yi with a smile, looking at the rice paper laid on the table, and asked. The younger sister at home likes to appreciate paintings, and Aji also has some insights into paintings. Zhao Yi's current paintings can only be regarded as a casual work for children. It is better because of its spirituality. She likes it all after reading it, let alone a simple child.

Zhao Yi smiled mysteriously: "Sister-in-law, guess it yourself, you can guess it to the extent that I draw it." After that, he laid out the paper again, pressed it with paperweight, and focused on drawing it.

The plants and trees she drew first, followed by a few strokes, outlined the body lines of a small beast.

Aji smiled, "Is this Yoyo?" Zhao Yi also likes Yoyo very much. Cuiyu said that Zhao Yi often leads his maid to the yard to see the two deer.

"Sister-in-law is so smart." Zhao Yi praised without raising his head, and his mind was still on the drawing.

Aji didn't bother her, and watched her painting quietly. After reading it for a while, she asked Madam Jiang to put away the painting with the ones that Zhao Yi had painted before. In the future, the child could teach him to recognize things when he was born.

The afternoon passed in a dull manner. Zhao Yi was going to Rongshoutang, and Aji followed him. Although he didn't have to settle down every morning and evening, there were still several months before the child was born, she couldn't stay in Wangzhuxuan and was out of sight. Now Qin is bedridden, so she went to Rongshoutang for a walk, not afraid of any accidents.

She was so sensible that the lady was quite satisfied. She asked Aji's body with concern, but she didn't leave her to eat in Rongshoutang. She still asked her to look back at Zhuxuan and eat in the kitchen, so that everyone could feel at ease.

On the sixth day of the lunar month, Zhao Yi and Zhao Han went to Weifang Garden to pay tribute to Qin after dinner.

Qin's illness has never been cured.

Zhao Han has lost a lot of weight. Zhao Yi has a good relationship with his two brothers, and he has not ignored Zhao Han because he is close to his elder brother. So on the way, she whispered: "Third brother, my mother has been sick for so long and her condition has not improved at all. Why don't the third brother talk to her mother and change her doctor?"

Zhao Han was embarrassed: "Dr. Li has been helping his mother to take care of her health. She has never made any mistakes before. This time she changed it rashly, but it was not good to him. But my sister is kind-hearted. I will mention it to my mother. I hope my mother can listen to it." In fact, he also mentioned it, but his mother trusted Li too much and refused to change anything. Besides, Zhao Han also felt that her mother was still mainly in her heart. If she thought about it, she would be cured by most of the illness.

As they spoke softly, the brother and sister arrived at the gate of Weifangyuan.

He heard a cheerful and cheerful play from afar. Zhao Han frowned and quickly stepped forward. Unexpectedly, before he could enter, three little maids suddenly ran out of the room, one chased and two hiding, rushed out in a daze and almost hit Zhao Han. He was so panicked that he was knocked to Zhao Han, but he happened to hit Zhao Yi. Zhao Yi was so old that he was knocked down by the maid without seeing the person clearly. Fortunately, the maid was quite agile. When he fell to the ground, he turned Zhao Yi to himself and avoided touching the ground. The other two maids surrounded him in panic and helped him up in a hurry.

"Did your sister fall?" Zhao Han quickly pushed away the two maids and held Zhao Yi's shoulder to check her.

Zhao Yi did nothing, but his face was a little pale and calm.

She was not injured, Zhao Han breathed a sigh of relief, but his anger was not at all. A pair of cold phoenix eyes that the men of the Zhao family swept towards the three maids, "Madam is seriously ill, who is allowed to make you noisy in the yard? Now you are rushing to the fourth girl again, and the crime is unforgivable." As he said that, he looked at the two gatekeepers, "Go and prepare things, the three of them beat twenty boards each."

The three maids quickly knelt down and admitted their mistakes. The gatekeeper looked at each other, wondering if they should listen to the third master...

Ziying rushed over and said to Zhao Han in a hurry, and asked in confusion: "What did they do to make the Third Master angry?"

She is the eldest maid next to Qin. Zhao Han gave her affection and let the maids say it coldly.

The maid who hit the person hurriedly asked Ziying for help: "Sister Ziying, it was you who said that the wife was lying on the kang and wanted to hear the lively yard and that I would make my wife happy. But when I was just playing, I didn't expect that the third master and the fourth girl came over and accidentally hit the fourth girl. I didn't care about it on purpose. I beg Sister Ziying to beg for us to plead with the third master. I will never dare to do it again!"

Zhao Han looked at Ziying.

Ziying smiled and apologized: "Third Master, it was indeed the wife's instructions for their play, otherwise how could they dare to make noise in the yard? As for the fourth girl..." He said this and stopped and looked at Zhao Yi meaningfully.

Zhao Yi had calmed down and stretched out his hand to pull Zhao Han's sleeve: "Stern brother, since they did not do it on purpose, don't blame them. Let's go to the house to pay tribute to my mother, don't let my mother worry." Wei Fangyuan has never liked her. How could he punish the maid in the courtyard for her? The third brother is willing to make decisions for her. She is very content. If she doesn't treat her carefully, she will not be sad and wronged for the other party's arrogance.

Zhao Han knew her sister's difficulties. The noise was too big and it made her mother unhappy, which would only make her disgusted with her sister even more, so she asked the three maids to slap themselves in the mouth, each of whom fifteen times, so she asked the close servants around her to count.

It was true that the maids collided with Zhao Yi, and Ziying was not easy to persuade him, so he only let Zhao Han and the other two enter the house first.

Zhao Han won't leave. He left, who knows if Ziying will continue to punish him?

Seeing this, the three maids had to slap themselves. At the beginning, the movement was a little light and quite tentative. Shunzi didn't say a word. After a while, seeing Zhao Han frowned while the maids were still not tactful, he leaned forward and slapped one of them, making half of their faces swollen: "Just fight as hard as possible, move quickly, don't wait for the third master to send you to Manager Zhao."

The three maids were so scared that they went away and quickly started fighting hard. Shunzi was the one who the Marquis personally chose for the Third Master. He was so ignorant of Weifangyuan. If they got to the great manager next to the Marquis, would they still have their lives?

Zhao Han was satisfied and asked Shunzi to stay here to watch. He led Zhao Yi into the house.

Someone had already informed Qin Shi about the movement at the door. As soon as Zhao Yi entered the room, Qin Shi sneered: "Fourth Girl, go back quickly. I can't bear to treat you to you. If I accidentally say the wrong thing and hit you, your third brother will not dare to punish me. I am afraid that the Marquis will come here to teach me a lesson in person."

Zhao Han was both ashamed and embarrassed: "Mother..." Before he could make excuses for Zhao Yi, he was interrupted by Qin's eyes.

Zhao Yi's face turned pale, and after bowing, he lowered his head and said, "Mother is at ease to recuperate, and her daughter is leaving first."

Qin hummed, and only glanced at the red satin embroidered orchid purse on her waist when Zhao Yi was about to go out.

"Mother, my sister was wronged in this matter. If you are dissatisfied with your son's proposition to punish those three maids, just scold me. Can you stop making trouble for my sister?" Zhao Han spoke almost pleaded. My mother has always been bad to her. On the way, my sister was still caring about her mother's health, but how did her mother treat her?

"Isn't it just hit her? She was not injured. You just told Ziying to punish them afterwards. Why do you have to do it yourself? In your eyes, is it even a illegitimate sister more important than a mother's face?" After being frowned early in the morning, Qin Shi was angry and aggrieved, turned around and cried, "Your father doesn't want to see me, and you don't like me anymore. What's the point of living?"

Zhao Han originally wanted to reason, but when he heard the next sentence, his heart felt as if he was stabbed by a knife, which was indescribable. Seeing his mother who was angry when she was sick, Zhao Han hesitated for a moment and leaned over to coax someone to apologize: "Mom, don't say that, I know I'm wrong, I will never do this again." But he secretly made up his mind that when he came with Zhao Yi in the future, he would definitely protect his sister to avoid the same thing.

Qin was not really angry either. She also hoped that her son would help. The matter over there was slow effect and it would take about two or three months to succeed. On her side, she was going to do it completely this month. Today, the mother and son had a bad time. After two days, her son forgot about this unhappiness, she spoke again.

Wiping away the tears that were not there, Qin turned around and told Zhao Han about other things, all of which were reminders, as if they were dying.

Zhao Han couldn't bear to listen and left after sitting for a while.

Zhao Yi led his maid Xiaozheng back to his yard.
To be continued...