"Home?" Zeng Zuimo smiled mockingly, "Thirteen years ago, I no longer had a home."
"Do you still remember what happened thirteen years ago?"
"Don't dare to forget..."
Zeng Zuimo shook his head. When he raised his head and looked at the middle-aged man again, his expression had returned to calmness and he said, "I wonder what you are doing when Minister Zeng is here today?"
Feeling the alienation in her words, the middle-aged man sighed and said: "Back then, I was just a small official in the Ministry of Revenue. I couldn't change the overall situation. I could only watch my brother suffer. Later, I also went there
The Jiaofang Secretary looked for you, and only then did he learn that you had been ransomed for a large sum of money. Over the years, he has never given up looking for you."
The middle-aged man looked at her and said slowly: "Zijian said the other day that the person he saw in Zuiyue Tower seemed to be you. Only then did I know that you had come to Kyoto. These days, I have been afraid to see you because I am worried about you.
I still can’t forget what happened back then.”
"Is there anything else you need to do, Sir?"
The middle-aged man looked at her and said seriously: "Come back, the Zeng family is no longer the Zeng family of thirteen years ago. I promise that from now on, no one will bully you again. You will still be the eldest daughter of the Zeng family...
…, I want to make up for all the debt I have owed you over the years."
"The Zeng family is indeed no longer the Zeng family it was thirteen years ago, and I am no longer the eldest daughter of the Zeng family thirteen years ago." Zeng Zuimo looked calm and shook his head and said, "If you have nothing to do, Minister Zeng, please come back."
"Drunk Mo..."
The middle-aged man showed a trace of pain on his face and said, "Until now, you still refuse to call me uncle?"
"Xiao Cui, see you off!"
Zeng Zuimo stood up and walked towards the inner courtyard.
The moment she turned around, two lines of tears silently fell from her pretty face.
"I will come again." The middle-aged man sighed, looked up at her and said, "There is something I need to remind you, my second uncle. Stay away from that Chang'an County uncle. The further away the better."
Zeng Zuimo's footsteps paused, then sped up a bit and disappeared behind the Moon Gate.
"Please come back."
Xiaocui stood behind him, glanced at the middle-aged man, and said politely.
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"Dad, how are you?"
The young man was waiting at the door. When he saw the middle-aged man coming out, he immediately stepped forward and asked.
"Go back and talk." The middle-aged man looked up and saw that several people were already walking towards the teahouse opposite. He looked away and walked towards the entrance of the alley.
Not long after, a voice of embarrassment came from inside the carriage.
"What, she actually refused, she thought she was..."
"Snapped!"
The middle-aged man slapped the young man in the face and said coldly: "Shut up!"
"If your uncle hadn't protected us back then and shouldered all the blame alone, do you think you would still be qualified to sit in the carriage like this today?" The middle-aged man glanced at him and said, "We owe her too much, drunk.
Mo is the only flesh and blood of my eldest brother. Fortunately, I found her. Otherwise, I will have a bad conscience for the rest of my life..."
"No matter what grudges you had before, after today, they will be wiped out!"
"I understand, father..."
The young man covered one side of his face and nodded.
Only when he accidentally turned his head, his eyes showed deep disdain and resentment.
What kind of debts, what kind of flesh and blood, one made him suffer for several months, and the other ruined his future and became the laughing stock of Kyoto. From then on, he could only eat at home and wait to die for the rest of his life. Even if the King of Shu comes to power in the future, he will
There will be endless stains on my body. The hatred is as deep as the sea. How can I write it off in one stroke?
The carriage stopped in front of the mansion. When the middle-aged man got out of the car, the concierge of the family came up and said: "Sir, several adults have been waiting at the mansion for a long time. It seems that someone from the palace has also been sent here."
The middle-aged man was stunned for a moment, then quickly stepped into the door of the house.
"Sir Zeng, you are finally back, let us have a good time waiting for you!"
As soon as he entered the hall, several people stood up from their chairs and came forward to greet him.
"Sorry, sorry, I just went out to deal with some things, and a few of you suddenly came by. I wonder what happened?"
Several people did not speak, but turned their heads and looked at a eunuch sitting on the main seat.
"But what are your orders from the Imperial Concubine?" Zeng Shichun's heart moved and he immediately stepped forward and asked.
The eunuch's voice was soft and harsh, "My Majesty asked me to ask you, what kind of climate do you plan to see Li Yi create in the court?"
When several people heard this, their expressions changed.
"You guys, take care of yourself."
The eunuch only said a few words and then walked away, leaving several people in the room looking at each other.
One person sighed and said: "It seems that after the incident in Chongyuan Hall last time, the empress is still dissatisfied."
Another person nodded and said: "Your Majesty's worry is not unreasonable. Who would have thought that the little person who could be easily crushed to death would actually grow to such a point. Now, he is no longer just relying on His Majesty's protection.
.”
"But it's not that easy to touch him now. Not only do you have to face His Majesty, but also half of the court." Someone said worriedly.
Today's Chang'an County Bo Li Yi is no longer the fledgling little man he was a year ago. Taking a closer look, directly or indirectly, how many things has he done in the past year, and how much support has he received from courtiers?
He is not considered a member of the officialdom. A year ago, they were powerless against such a person. What can they do a year later?
If we really want to have a head-on confrontation, I'm afraid some of them will be crushed.
"This matter cannot be rushed. We need to consider it in the long term." Zeng Shichun thought for a while and said, "I think everyone else has also received instructions from the empress. Let's act according to the situation."
Everyone nodded after hearing this. This time, the empress must have become serious. The next days for County Uncle Li are probably going to be extremely difficult.
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"Bah, bah, bah!"
Li Yi waved his sleeves and waved away the dust stirred up on the road. He looked at Lao Xu and said dissatisfied, "Why are you so anxious? Could it be that your mother-in-law gave birth?"
"No!" Lao Xu jumped off the horse and said excitedly: "Uncle, it's the eldest lady. The eldest lady is pregnant!"
"What!" Li Yi's body shook, his eyes widened, he grabbed his arm and asked, "What did you say?"
"The eldest lady is pregnant!" Lao Xu gasped and said: "Just now, an imperial doctor named Liu went to the house. After taking the pulse, he said that the eldest lady was pregnant. A monk also sent a baby
The recipe, uncle, please go back quickly!"
"Stop talking, my uncle has left."
Lao Fang patted his shoulder and pointed to the horse that was running away in front of him.
"Hurry up and follow!" He waved the reins and the carriage started slowly.
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"Hey, uncle, this time, we must hold a three-day banquet. Wait until uncle..., wait until the young master is born, and wait for him for another month!"
Lao Fang got off the carriage and ran into the house, stepped into the yard, laughed twice and said.
The Fang family's sister-in-law walked out of the room, waited for him, and said: "Keep your voice down, don't disturb the eldest lady with your whistling."
Then he asked dissatisfiedly: "Where is my uncle? Why didn't I come back with you? What is more important than this..."
Lao Fang was stunned for a moment and said, "Didn't my uncle come back on horseback long ago?"
"No!"
Sister-in-law of the Fang family looked puzzled.
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The Taoist nun wearing a wide robe led the horse and walked on the path in the forest.
Li Yi sat on the horse, looked at the Taoist nun and asked, "Senior, where are you taking me?"
[PS: Lao Fang and Xiao Hong’s nearly 3,000-word extra story has been released, which is roughly the same as my setting. Thanks to the brother who provided the extra story, it saved a lot of things at once...]