Step-Mother has Given Up

Seeing Lin Qi not speaking, Ye Shaofu grabbed his shoulder and shook: "Why don't you speak, dumb, and said, Whom did that steady woman deliver the baby?"

Lynch showed sympathy and paused and said, "It's Hou Mansion."

Ye Shaofu raised his eyebrows: "Hou Mansion, which Hou Mansion?" There are not seven or eight but three or four of the Hou Mansions in Kyoto: "Who is it?"

"Wuchang Marquis Mansion." Lynch replied.

Ye Shaofu thought he had heard it wrong, so he asked again, but Lynch's answer remained the same. Ye Shaofu fell into a chair and said, "Are you sure you made a mistake?"

"Master, I can't be wrong, and my subordinates are also afraid that they are wrong. They made a special trip to Wuchang Hou Mansion and found the woman next to the old lady. He threatened her with her life and asked her how many children the old lady had given birth. She must have been two. She didn’t dare to deceive. She also said that the latter was born with a deficiency, and the old lady said that she could not support her, so the old lady asked her to send the child away.” Lynch shook the sword in the handshake and heard it at the time. With these words, he wanted to rush to the next door and smash the old lady.

Ye Shaofu waved his hand weakly to let Lynch out. Lin Qi looked at Ye Shaofu worriedly: "Master, you still have your wife, you have children, and we are with you. If you want to cry, please cry." He was abandoned by his mother at birth, his adoptive father didn't hurt him, and his adoptive mother abused him. Lord is really the poorest person in the world.

"Get out." Ye Shaofu shouted two words and pointed to the door.

Lynch quit, closed the door, and guarded the door.

Ye Shaofu closed his eyes, and two lines of clear tears flowed down his cheeks. He wiped his face, took a deep breath, suppressing the rage all over his body, his eyes were red, and he gritted his teeth and said: " Teach, good, good, you are all very well."

In the early morning of the next day, Lynch opened the door and came in. Seeing Ye Shaofu sitting in his original position, even his posture did not change, he knew that he had been sitting all night and hadn’t slept all night. For more than ten years, you have not known your life experience, and you have not survived the same way. What is going on now? You will live better without them."

Ye Shaofu's eyes were slightly sunken, and his voice was hoarse: "You are right, I will still be me after today."

When the words came, the old prince broke in, yelling in his mouth: "Smelly boy, what kind of wine did you drink for me? After ten glasses, I will pour it. When I was young, I said that a thousand glasses are not drunk. Do you want the old face?"

Lin Qi knew that Ye Shaofu had something to say to the old prince, and wisely exited, walked to the door and closed the door, hiding far away, so that the old prince would not anger him.

Master Wang came in and saw Ye Shaofu staring straight at him. His gaze gave him nowhere to hide, and he felt like he wanted to escape: "What's the matter with you, your eyes are red. I drank too much alcohol and didn't sleep well last night. , Your kid is good, better than your father." Thumbs up, and smiled: "You didn't rest well, just take a good rest. I'll go around and move my muscles and bones."

"Twenty-six years ago, you brought back a child." Ye Shaofu got up and walked to the old prince, his voice hoarse.

When the old prince heard this, he staggered and almost fell to the ground.

Ye Shaofu stretched out his hand to support his arm, and said in a hurry, "This child is me. Should I call your father or uncle?"

Master Wang turned his head and looked at Ye Shaofu incredulously: "You deliberately got me drunk, just to investigate this?"

Ye Shaofu didn't answer, and coughed slightly: "She felt that I was inadequate and couldn't support me, so I was thrown away. Isn't that true?"

The old prince nodded, knowing that he couldn't keep things from happening, and nodded: "Don't blame her, her mother-in-law is not easy to deal with, and hates her. If the child is born, her mother-in-law will only bore her even more and call her ominous. , There is even more reason to be a concubine for the old man. What's more, you didn't have a voice at the time, you couldn't even cry, and no one expected you to be alive."

After a few years, he asked his sister on the sidelines, and it was indeed the case.

"I don't blame her, she's just an outsider." Ye Shaofu said coldly, and he figured it out all night, and that person didn't want him anymore, so naturally he would not take the initiative to confess.

The old prince couldn't figure out what Ye Shaofu meant, and said suspiciously, "What do you mean?"

Ye Shaofu walked out: "I am not your biological son. I don't need to occupy the position of the prince. Whoever wants to sit in this position." Once had to carry the burden on his shoulders, he felt that he had never It's been easy.

Even if he is not the prince, he can break out of the world and give his wife and children a place to live.

The old prince stopped Ye Shaofu's path: "Wait, everyone knows that you are my son. Once you resign from the position of prince, you will not be able to hide your identity. You don't want to go back to the Hou Mansion."

Ye Shaofu sneered and said, "Uncle, who can stop me if I don't want to go back?"

"Even the father is not willing to shout?" The old prince stared at Ye Shaofu's pale face, disappointed and sad that he could not tell. Although the father and son of more than 20 years were nephews, he also raised Ye Shaofu as his own son. High hopes, otherwise the palace will not be handed over to him.

"You and I are not father and son." Ye Shaofu said coldly.

"How about the love of nurturing for more than 20 years?" the old prince said.

"Yes, you took me back, but have you raised me? The endless scolding and abuse are printed on me, do I still want to thank you? Don't worry, I will do it at the end of the old age. Who is willing to be the prince? Sit." Ye Shaofu walked past the old prince sideways.

When I walked to the door, I heard the old prince say: "What if I let you marry the Shen's daughter? Once you leave the palace, with your aunt's temperament, you are bound to return to the Hou's mansion. She will never allow you to marry the Shen's daughter? "

Ye Shaofu turned his head and said, "No one can stop me, including you, unless you want me to die alone." He put down these words and left without giving the old prince a chance to refute.

Lin Qi was outside the courtyard when he saw Ye Shaofu coming out and hurriedly greeted him: "Master, are you okay, did the old prince bully you?"

Ye Shaofu shook his head and said over Lin Qi: "You can prepare the things I asked you to prepare a few days ago, and take them to the palace."

After he left, the old prince came out and called the butler. The housekeeper was anxious and wanted to confess what happened yesterday to the old prince. Who knows that the old prince first said: "Go and check, where did the stinky boy go yesterday?"

"The prince had a drink with you yesterday." The butler said, everyone in the house knows this.

The old prince took a deep breath and glared at him: "Where did he go after I was drunk?"

The butler looked down and thought for a while and said calmly: "After you were drunk, the prince found an old slave."

The old prince was shocked: "It turned out to be you, so I said, how did he suddenly know his life experience?"

The monk of the housekeeper's husband was puzzled: "You said the prince yourself, and it has nothing to do with the old slave."

So I recounted what happened yesterday. The old prince was so angry that he looked at the butler and said: "No wonder he took out such a good drink. His goal was never me, but you. I was guarding him yesterday, what I didn't say anything. The bastard, I haven't seen him for many years, and he has more eyes on him."

Only then did the housekeeper know that he had been fooled.

Ye Shaofu carried a jar of plum stuffed and went directly into the emperor's imperial study room. The emperor was reviewing the memorial at this moment, and heard the eunuch's report saying that Ye Shaofu was coming, so let him in directly.

Ye Shaofu gave the wine jar to an eunuch: "The plum wine brewed many years ago, please try the emperor."

The emperor walked down from the imperial case and sniffed it close: "Yes, the wine is mellow and fragrant, and your craftsmanship is getting better."

Ye Shaofu handed over: "It's not that the minister's craftsmanship is good, it's that it has been stored for a long time, and the alcohol is naturally strong."

The emperor pointed to the chessboard and motioned to Ye Shaofu to play two games. The two sat opposite each other, Ye Shaofu Zhibaiqi: "Can the emperor hear a story recently?"

"Story?" The emperor found it strange: "Let's talk about it?"

"Twenty-six years ago, a prince was holding his son to seek a doctor. The child died before he found an imperial doctor. On the way back, he met Mrs. Wen and threw the child. This child had a relationship with the prince. He made his wife sad, and adopted the child, and was afraid of throwing the child away, the family was looking for it, so he found the wife, asked her the identity of the child, and learned that the child was actually one of the twin sons of the younger sister."

"The prince was also struggling, so he took the child as his own. The wife lived for a few more years, but a few years later the wife discovered that the child had been replaced. The child was still somewhat similar to the husband, so he felt that the husband I changed my mind. The child was an outside room and abused the child in all possible ways. A few years later, his wife died and the child was released. The prince wandered away in sadness and despair because of his wife's death. Unknowingly the child has grown up, he suddenly knew his own Life experience, the emperor, what do you think of this child?" Ye Shaofu asked slowly after dropping a white child.

The emperor stared at Ye Shaofu and did not dare to believe: "This child is you, and the old lady of the Hou Mansion is your mother. She abandoned you because you were born sick?" Ye Shaofu would not tell such a story for no reason. Deeply, thinking about what happened to him, you know that this child is him.

"The emperor is wise, and he hits it with a guess." Ye Shaofu smiled, "The minister is not a child of the King's Mansion. He can't be the prince, and it's hard to serve the emperor."

"This is not proper. I don't worry about your affairs. What I like is you, not your identity. You should know." Less suffering and grievance, not a person who has gritted his teeth and survived, why do you care, Yunlang, you lost."

Sure enough, on the chessboard, the black ones outperformed the white ones.

Ye Shaofu took out an account book from his arms: "Since the emperor values ​​Yunlang, Yunlang will give the emperor a great gift." He handed it to the emperor for a look.

The emperor took the frown and said, "What is this?" Turning his eyes around, "This is the money that the Kyoto officials borrowed from the treasury? How much?"

He looked more and more angry, threw the account book to the ground, and stood up and said sharply: "I said how can the treasury have no money. It turns out that it is all these moths. I am afraid to go out, borrowing money is unambiguous. The imperial concubine’s family borrowed a full 500,000 taels, my uncle borrowed 300,000 taels, and the queen’s family also has more than 100,000 taels. Million two. Their appetite is really big. There are other people who borrow my money. Even if I have a golden mountain and silver mountain, it is not enough."

In recent years, there have been no major disasters and sufficient taxation. How could there be no money in the treasury? It turned out that these moths borrowed a sum this year, but did not repay the debt, and borrowed a sum again. He is really taken a fool.

Ye Shaofu picked up the account book and flicked the non-existent dust.

The emperor sat on the couch with his forehead and took a moment to relax, and said, "Yun Lang, I really want to thank you. If you hadn't told me, I would be kept in the dark."

Sooner or later, he will clean up these individuals. It has only been a few decades since the founding of the country, and these ministers have begun to take care of themselves. Today, I can build the Moon Tower, Mingxiu Snow Platform, Warm Pavilion, and Garden.

"Yun Lang knows that the emperor is short of money, otherwise how could he let a woman do business." Ye Shaofu said with a smile.

When the emperor heard this, he felt a little relieved, and smiled and said, "You are helping the Shen family. I'm afraid that she won't be able to do business. Will I blame her?"

"Yun Lang didn't dare to share worries for the emperor is the responsibility of a courtier." Ye Shaofu said.

"In that case, you can give me another idea. How do you think I can get my money back?"

"Yun Lang recommends someone to the emperor."

"Who." The emperor asked.

"Gu Shaoyi, Marquis of Wuchang." Ye Shaofu said. This is the purpose of his entering the palace today.

"He, a general, can help me get my money back?" The emperor couldn't guess what Ye Shaofu meant.

"The emperor has to see who is standing behind him?" Ye Shaofu put the account book on the table. "Behind him is the minister, and the minister is the emperor. Wuchanghou is naturally the emperor. Let Wuchanghou go, which shows the emperor's attitude."

"Quick." The emperor waved his hand and immediately declared that Marquis Wuchang had entered the palace.

Ye Shaofu went out of the palace and got in the carriage. Lynch drove the carriage with his whip. Thinking of what Ye Shaofu had said to the emperor, he couldn't help but turn around and asked: "Master, you are calculating Master Hou like this. If Master Hou knows if he will carry it The sword is chasing you."

"If you don't tell me, the emperor won't even say it." Ye Shaofu closed his eyes and calmly said: "If you don't find something for him to do, the master will be in trouble. Don't worry, Wuchang Houfu also owes money. Hundred thousand taels is not a small amount. The Hou Mansion has no money. He asks his father to pay for him. You can wait and see." Wuchang Hou Mansion owes him money, and Mrs. Gu does not dare to act rashly. That is his real purpose. If Mrs. Gu makes trouble again, he will let Wuchang Houfu pay back the money.

Lin Qi sighed: "Fortunately, his subordinates never offended you, otherwise there will be no bones left."

Ye Shaofu opened his eyes and curled his lips with a chuckle: "You don't say a few big truths, I promise you will live to marry a wife."

Lin Qi's face was red: "Master, what are you talking about? My subordinates never thought about marrying a wife."

"Who is staring at Furong when he sends his wife to leave that day? Is it Lin Feng?" Ye Shaofu chuckled.

Lin Qi's face turned even more red: "Master, you, you, you must have read it wrong. The subordinate's face hurts, so I just looked at him blindly."

"Then I will marry Furong to someone else." Ye Shaofu said.

When Lin Qi heard this, he had to admit that he liked Furong, and he liked it when he was training in Xuanwutang, but Furong had no intention of that aspect at all, so he didn't dare to speak.

Early the next day, the emperor talked about the emptiness of the treasury, and asked the ministers to find a way to fill the treasury. The civil and military officials look at me and I look at you, with big eyes staring at small eyes, none of them can tell why.

The emperor was furious, took out the account book, and asked the **** to read the list of debts on the spot. Anyone on the list was allowed to pay off all debts within two months. At the same time, an imperial decree was issued to Wuchanghou, letting him be solely responsible for this matter. If the arrears cannot be recovered, he shall be dismissed from office and be removed from office and go home and eat his own money. The ministers who are in debt are panicked, and the ministers who are not in debt are triumphant.

After Gu Shaoyi went to the Palace of Kings, he went to discuss the matter with Ye Shaofu. Most of the ministers who owed debts were relatives of the emperor, and he could not afford to offend a small Wuchang Houfu.

Also, he still owes money to the treasury from Wuchang Hou's Mansion. There is not much silver in the mansion, so he wants to find Ye Shaofu for a turnaround.

Gu Shaoyi was taken to Ye Shaofu's study.

Holding a book in his hand, Ye Shaofu never raised his eyes and said, "What brought you here, and my aunt invited me to the Hou Mansion? Last night, I had a long conversation with my father, and no one could change my decision."

Gu Shaoyi sat next to Ye Shaofu: "The Minister of Korea and China owes a lot of money to the treasury, and the emperor appointed me to collect the money. This errand is not easy to do. Please help me figure out a solution." He is a military general. elder brother.

Ye Shaofu didn't say a word, put down the book and glanced at him: "As far as I know, the Wuchang Marquis also owes the treasury money, how do you plan to pay it back?"

Gu Shaoyi blushed and hesitated for a long time: "The mansion doesn't have that much money. Please also ask my cousin to lend me more than 100,000 taels."

Ye Shaofu snorted coldly: "Now that I know I am a cousin, and I want to marry the Shen family, why don't you speak for me?"

Gu Shaoyi wanted to find a place to sew in: "You don't know the temper of your mother. If you say it's bad, I can't stand it anymore. I know it's wrong. Please help me with my cousin."

Ye Shaofu asked Lynch to go to the counter to get 200,000 taels of silver notes, and then said: "Who makes us brothers? I don't help you who will help you, but I have a condition."

"You said." Gu Shaoyi always felt that Ye Shaofu was holding back, but he had to agree to it.

"Shen's wife, I will marry, and your aunt will speak for me. Father has returned to Kyoto. You have errands and I have errands, so I don’t have time to take care of him. If you have time, you can help me take care of one or two." Ye Shaofu got up and fell down. A cup of tea was handed to Gu Shaoyi.

Gu Shaoyi took the tea: "You like her so much, do you want to marry her regardless of family opposition?"

"I can't talk about liking it much, it's just some good feelings, it's more of a responsibility." Ye Shaofu took a sip of the tea, and Lynch's speed was very fast.

Ye Shaofu gave the bank note to Gu Shaoyi: "If you want to recover the arrears, you have to be a big fan. Those who owe money are high-ranking officials, relatives, relatives, and relatives. They want face. You beat the gongs and drums to ask for debts. If you don’t do it once, then twice or three times. , The more times, they will always pay back the money."

The whole of Kyoto also has money in King King's Mansion, which has a small population. Ye Shaofu has been in camp these years and saved a lot of money.

Gu Shaoyi had that kind of scene in his mind, and he didn't agree with him: "Is it really okay to do this?" It didn't offend all the officials.

Ye Shaofu naturally saw his worries: "If you offend them or offend the emperor, you can figure it out by yourself."

Gu Shaoyi took the money out of the King's Mansion and did not return to the Hou Mansion. Instead, he went straight to the Household Department to pay the debts of the Hou Mansion. He arranged for someone to buy a few gongs and drums before returning to the Hou Mansion.

Only then did Wen Wan know that the Hou Mansion owed the household money. She thought that Gu Shaoyi had borrowed it secretly. After asking Old Lady Gu, she knew that the hundred thousand taels of silver had been owed a few years ago, and it was borrowed by Lord Hou.

Gu Shaoyi returned the silver, borrowed from King Jing's Mansion. Wen Wan regretted that she had known that King Jing's Mansion was rich, she would not dislike Ye Shaofu as a sick child.

Why did she try her best to marry into the Hou Mansion? It was not because of the wealth of the Hou Mansion that she owed hundreds of thousands taels of silver. Now it is too late to say anything.

The wealth of King Jing's mansion has no relationship with her. It is really cheap for Shen Yanmo, and an orphan girl's life is also good. First, he married into the Hou Mansion, and did not dislike her when he left, and still wanted to marry her.

Wen Wan was not upset in her heart, and provoked a few words in the ear of Mrs. Gu.

Mrs. Gu also knows that her natal nephew is powerful and powerful, and the warehouse is full. She wants to marry the girl she valued so much that she will be able to talk in the future. However, the nephew was unwilling, and she had to marry the lost star. If not, she would not invite her brother to come back, and she did not know whether her brother could move the nephew.

The gentle instigation was just what she wanted, and she was about to send someone to the King's Mansion to find out. Gu Shaoyi came back and said, Ye Shaofu insisted on marrying the Shen family's wife, and his uncle couldn't stop it.

Old Mrs. Gu didn't believe it, so she asked someone to prepare a car and went to the King's Mansion to ask her understanding. She went to the Palace of King Jing and didn't know what to talk about with Lao Wang. When she came out, she was crying and she wanted to talk, her expression was very sad and painful.

The old prince sent away Mrs. Gu and came to Ye Shaofu's study: "I have already taken care of it here. You can be your prince with peace of mind."

Ye Shaofu played with the golden lock in his hand and looked up at the old prince: "The emperor sent me to check the salt tax on Lianghuai. I will leave Kyoto soon. I have asked my cousin to take care of you. Your age It’s already high, so stay in Kyoto and don’t wander around."

The old prince came back this time and didn’t plan to leave. Originally, he didn’t have much time. He was drunk and injured his body in his early years. The imperial doctor told him to give up drinking. He took the imperial doctor’s words as a breeze and drank three times a day. He hollowed out badly. Ye Shaofu was about to leave Kyoto, and he was a little bit reluctant: "Can't you stay?" He couldn't say something.

"As a courtier, you should know that since ancient times, loyalty and filial piety are difficult to achieve." Ye Shaofu put away the golden lock, and the child will be born in some time. He must watch them be born, otherwise he is worried.

In the early morning of the next day, Ye Shaofu boarded the passenger ship heading south and stood at the bow. He remembered the scene of sending Shen Yanmo that day, and immediately understood why she looked relaxed, and finally left Kyoto. The surrounding air was fresh and permeated. The smell of fishy soil makes people feel good.

Ahead, Shen Yanmo's boat was floating on the water, and a group of people had nothing to do. Apart from watching the scenery along the way, they were sitting in the cabin and chatting.

Shen Yanmo felt bored, so he asked Qiuyue to find out the abacus and learn to plan, and a month passed without knowing it.

In March in Yangchun, the weather picked up, and due to the southward journey, several people put on thin shirts.

Shen Yanmo was still sitting in the cabin and fiddled with the abacus. After a month, she was used to it. Instead of touching the abacus a day, she felt uncomfortable. Even the children in her belly liked her fiddle with the abacus beads. The children here were much quieter, and the Golden Lady was amazed and praised the children for being smart.

On this day, as soon as Qiuyue took out the abacus, she heard Lin Feng’s voice: "Madam, let’s have a situation, don’t come out in the cabin first." The speaker has walked over and stood at the door:" Madam, don’t worry, there are subordinates, so Madam and the little master will be safe and sound."

Shen Yanmo's heart was pounding, before he could analyze his words, she nodded in agreement.

At this time, I heard a voice coming from a distance: "The passenger ship in the distance listens, trying to save his life and keep the money."

Lin Feng stood at the bow of the ship and smiled and shouted into the distance: "Okay, we are relocating as a family. There are a lot of gold, silver and jade on the ship. I'm afraid you can't move it. Why don't you come over and how much can you move? How much is it, leave us some entanglements, and you can do the rest, and don’t hurt our lives."

The author has something to say: It is said that the writing in the crematorium chasing wives is not easy to write, the male lead is too scumbag, I think my male lead is not very scumbag, he has hurt the female lead, for the sake of the female lead, but he is also protecting The heroine and the heroine don't know who is helping her. Such protection will last for a long time. The hero lacks love when he is young, and he wants to give his children a complete home when he grows up. Such a person is still responsible and can be saved. Of course, the male protagonist has a lot of minor problems, his eyes are above the top, he is defiant and self-righteous. I will get retribution later, and I will pay it back sooner or later.

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Ye Shaofu: Happy to see my wife soon.

Shen Yanmo: Come, come, who is your wife, make it clear.

Ye Shaofu: The child's mother... This is even more exciting.