When Wang got the news, she didn't wait much. She immediately called Zhang Fu.
"Have you seen them?"
Zhang Fu was a little surprised, but his mother had always been a capable person, so she was just a little surprised and nodded: "Yes. I saw it."
Mrs. Wang looked at him for a long time and asked him: "What are you going to do?"
"They are my flesh and blood, so naturally I want to take them back?"
"How do you answer it?" The lady's attitude was indifferent.
"Of course I will personally take them back so that their siblings can recognize their ancestors and return to their clan, and make it known to the public."
"Announce it to the public? How to announce it? How do you silence a person who has been dead for ten years and once he comes back to life?"
"Why block it? Just do what you want. They have been living abroad for ten years and have suffered a lot. I can't even deny them what they deserve." Zhang Fu was determined.
"Asshole!"
The madam slapped the table and shouted sternly: "Do you want to tell the world that they were forced to leave and that their mother was killed at home?"
Luck: "Don't you care about the eyes of the people in the world, or how people in this house go out? How can they go out when Jingzhong is pointing fingers? How can your two younger brothers socialize when they go out to socialize?"
"So, mother,"
Zhang Fu looked at her, "Why on earth were you so intolerant of Rou'er in the first place? That caused the two children to live outside? Do you know how they got here all these years?"
Even though Zhang Fu knew the past of the two children, he didn't dare to think about it because it hurt when he thought about it.
"They were adopted by a fisherman's family and didn't even have a place to live. The family lived on a boat and made a living by fishing and selling fish. They didn't even have enough to eat. They are my flesh and blood! Let the world know that I abandoned my two children.
How do I get a foothold?”
Mrs. Wang was unmoved: "So, do you want to abandon our family for the sake of those two children?"
"Mom, it's not that serious."
"How can it not be serious? Don't you know that the world's mouth is full of criticism, and people's words are terrible? Do you think that now that you have been granted the title of Duke, you will be safe? Look at how many honorable ministers Taizu has killed since the establishment of the dynasty. Now
Is there half left?"
"Mother, we are different from those people."
"It's no different. Those families that were destroyed were all in a bad position, the chaos started from within, and the family was unstable, which allowed outsiders to take advantage of it."
Zhang Fu said nothing.
The wife thought he had softened and continued to speak seriously.
"Forget it, Sister Ning is just a girl. After a year or two, she will be married off. But for the younger one, if you take her back, have you ever thought about Jie'er? No one in or outside the house knows that she is
The prince of the country? If you take the younger one back, how do you want him to deal with himself? Will the Wu family and the Wu family fight? The brothers will fight against each other and the family will be unstable. Is this what you want to see?"
Zhang Fu's eyes flashed. He was not a cold-hearted person. Both of them were his flesh and blood. As a father, how could he watch them kill each other?
"Mother, Nian'er is my flesh and blood. I must take him back, and he is the legitimate son of my original wife."
"The legitimate son of the Yuan Wife? If you say he is, then he is. If you say he is not, then he is not."
Mrs. Wang doesn't care about having one or two more grandchildren, but she has to take care of her son's mood.
"If you want to take him back, just take him back as a bastard. Men, it is not uncommon for one or two bastards to live outside. Then you will compensate him well, give him more gold and silver, and marry him.
He's a dear, just help him find a good future."
Zhang Fu looked at her in astonishment, Nian'er was clearly his legitimate son, how could he pretend to be a bastard?
Don't talk about him, Sister Ning won't agree.
"Mom, don't say any more, I don't agree with this."
Seeing the talk from left to right, Zhang Fu just couldn't listen. Wang's patience ran out, so she grabbed a teacup on the table and threw it hard.
There was a crisp sound, and the maid standing outside moved further away.
"You are going to put your whole family at risk for the sake of two scoundrels like Li Xinrou!"
Zhang Fu knew that his mother's attitude was crucial, so he argued with reason: "Mother, I have not neglected the family. I just want to bring my two children back. They have suffered a lot outside. I can no longer let them outside.
Suffer.”
"I said that I have no objection to bringing them back, but not as legitimate sons! Our family is what it is today, and every step we take is not easy. Have you forgotten?"
"I haven't forgotten."
"I think you just forgot!" Wang shouted sharply.
"Back then, your father surrendered to Taizu, but because he had served as magistrate in the Privy Council of the previous dynasty, he was never reused. Until your sister entered Prince Yan's Mansion..."
There was a hint of sadness in Wang's eyes, along with a hint of memory.
"Do you know what the outside world says about your father? They say he sold his daughter for glory! Your father is a man who would rather die standing than live on his knees. Being pointed at by others outside makes his back a little hunched. I think of you at night.
My sister, she still sits up in a daze..."
Mrs. Wang shed tears.
"Your father and I only have one daughter, your sister, who has been held in the palm of our hands since childhood, like a pearl. But we still sent your sister to Prince Yan's Mansion... This way we saved the Zhang and Wang families..."
The Privy Council of the Wu Dynasty was almost all Mongolian, but members of the Wang family had held important positions there for several generations and were one of the few Han Chinese trusted by the Mongols.
In addition to the privy envoys, the Wang family held many positions, such as deputy envoys, magistrates, co-presidents, court judges, counselors, etc.
Zhang Fu's father, Zhang Yu, had served as a magistrate in the Privy Council of the Wu Dynasty, ranking first rank. Zhang Fu's grandfather also served as a judge of the fifth rank in the Privy Council.
Zhang Yu’s maternal surname is Wang, and Zhang Fu’s maternal surname is also Wang. The two families have been related by marriage for several generations.
"Back then, as surrendered generals, the Zhang and Wang family were not taken seriously, and they were subject to revenge from time to time, and were attacked from both sides. The family was about to be destroyed. How difficult was it for your father and I to make such a decision? If it hadn't been for you
Sister, the Zhang and Wang families are gone now."
Even so, the Wang family today has no real differences and only relies on the Zhang family for their livelihood.
"Being born in a family like ours, and enjoying wealth, if the family needs it, you have to sacrifice for the family."
"When our family sacrificed your sister, didn't your father and I feel pain? First she lived a cautious life in the backyard of Prince Yan's Mansion, and now she is living in the inner courtyard of the palace in the dark. It is difficult to even see her parents and brothers. She is helpless.
Don’t you know how difficult it is for my wife’s concubines? They may even be dragged away to pay for their burials in the future!”
Mrs. Wang felt sad when she thought of her daughter who had spent all her time in the deep palace.
Zhang Fu also felt bad.
She comforted her in a soft voice: "Mom, things are different now. You don't have to worry about life anymore. And even if my sister has no children, she will not be buried in the future."
Mrs. Wang wiped her tears and shouted: "Things in the court are changing rapidly. How could you predict it!"