"It turns out to be Brother Yue! Brother Yue, you were not in the capital before, right? How come you are so good at rowing? Do you have a particularly high talent?" Zhu Xinyang could not forget the graceful look of Yue Shichu's boat flying through the lotus bushes. , asked with bright eyes.
Yue Shichu: "Probably because I am a martial arts practitioner. Martial arts practitioners are strong and flexible, and can naturally control the boat well. You can try to practice your skills first."
Yue Shichu did not lie to him, but when Zhu Xinyang heard that he wanted to practice martial arts, he immediately frowned: "I still have to practice martial arts. This is too tiring. Is there any other easier way?"
"There is a method that is convenient, quick and easy for you." Yue Shichu nodded and said.
Zhu Xinyang suddenly asked in surprise: "What method? Tell me quickly!"
"Then let experienced hands row it. You just need to sit back and enjoy it, just like you are sitting on this big boat now." Yue Shichu answered him sincerely.
When Zhu Xinyang heard what he said, his face suddenly fell: "What's the point of letting others paddle?"
Yue Shichu looked at him expressionlessly. This man neither wanted to suffer to practice martial arts, nor did he want others to row a boat for him to enjoy. So what did he want?
"It's getting late. I have to go back home. Goodbye!" After Yue Shichu said that, he ignored him and rowed the boat back to the shore with Zhichun. Zhu Xinyang looked at her speeding boat with envy. , the flexible boat, sighed: "Brother Yue, this skill is really amazing, I don't know when I will be able to practice this skill..."
The young man standing aside said in his heart: Master, you are so pampered. If you want to develop skills like Master Yue, it may not be possible in this life.
Yue Shichu spent most of the day playing in Shili Lotus Pond. Overall, he was very happy and thought that he could bring his eldest brother Yue Zhonglou with him next time.
Zhai Wanting took Zhai Changle back to his house. Zhai Changle was tired after playing for a day and was so sleepy that she couldn't open her eyes. After Zhai Wanting let her sleep, he began to deal with the servants who took care of Xiao Changle today.
He was originally going to Shili Lianchi to handle a case that day. Changle saw him going out and insisted on making a fuss and followed him. Seeing that the case was not very important, he agreed to take Changle with him and several servants. I want to take care of Changle exclusively when he is busy.
But he didn't expect that these servants didn't take care of Chang Le at all. They arrived at Shili Lotus Pond one by one. I don't know if they were tempted by the beautiful scenery and lively scene, or they had other shady purposes. In short, he couldn't care about it in his busy schedule. When Changle was away, the three servants each had their own excuses, leaving Changle alone in a small pavilion.
Although the servant who left last told Changle not to leave, Changle waited in the pavilion for a long time and no one came back. She was just an ignorant child, so she quickly forgot the adults' instructions and left there by herself. Wandering around east and west, she somehow managed to run out of the garden gate and happened to meet Yue Shichu who was visiting. If she hadn't met Yue Shichu, she might have been lost.
Therefore, Zhai Wanting was very angry. He did not expect that his carelessness would almost lose his niece. If his niece was really lost, he would never be able to forgive himself for the rest of his life.
Zhai Wanting intuitively felt that this matter was not simply a matter of servants neglecting their duties, so he used prison methods to interrogate these servants. As expected, several of them confessed under torture.
After hearing that it was his family's hand, his face was extremely ugly, his thin lips were pursed tightly, and the hatred in his eyes almost overflowed from inside: "Sure enough, are you still too kind to them? They actually still have the courage. Dare to take action against Changle..."
Zhai Wanting is a branch of the aristocratic Zhai family. The main branch of the Zhai family was originally flourishing and prosperous. During the reign of the late emperor, there were several important ministers in the court and they were very prominent. However, their family was on the wrong side in the recent overlapping of imperial power. The position became a thorn in the side of the new emperor and a thorn in the flesh. So when the new emperor came to power, the officials supported by the head of the Zhai family were either dismissed from office and exiled, or were suspended and refused to be hired. Even the next generation's descendants were suppressed and unable to get ahead.
Although the Zhai Wanting branch also has the surname Zhai, it has been related to the master for five generations. It is considered a very distant bloodline. In addition to having a surname and a slight blood relationship, the rest are almost like strangers, not at all. How to come and go.
But seven or eight years ago, in order to win over an official and want to marry him, the main branch chose Zhai Wanting's sister after many rounds of selections. Originally, Zhai Wanting's family did not agree, but the main branch was still very powerful at that time, so he insisted on it. Zhai Wanting's sister was forced to get married.
My sister was really unhappy after she got married. Her husband didn't like her at all. Moreover, she didn't get pregnant for several years after getting married, which made her life even more difficult. When she finally got pregnant and gave birth to Changle, she was blamed by her husband's family for not giving birth to a son. Due to this, and the fact that she had a difficult childbirth and injured her body when she was growing up, Sister Zhai died of depression when Changle was more than one year old.
Zhai Wanting had a very good relationship with his sister. When he learned of her death, he went to his brother-in-law's house to express condolences and worship his sister. However, he found that Changle was in a very bad situation. His relatives were indifferent and his servants mistreated him. However, his brother-in-law had no regard for Changle at all. They planned to renew their relationship as soon as possible, but Zhai Wanting had a falling out with her brother-in-law, so she brought Chang Le back to the capital, changed her surname and raised her herself.
Although Zhai Wanting was also named Zhai, he had been working under the new emperor for a long time. In the past few years, he gradually became the new emperor's confidant. He became the Shaoqing of Dali Temple and became the person with the highest status in the Zhai family. However, this made him aloof and superior. , how can the head branch of the Zhai family, who has a high self-esteem, endure having a side branch weighing on his head? Where does this put their faces?
Therefore, they secretly made many stumbling blocks, trying to pull Zhai Wanting down, but Zhai Wanting resolved them one by one, and even fought back several times. However, they did not expect that this time they were so crazy that they attacked Changle. .
Zhai Wanting is already twenty-three or four years old and is still unmarried. His parents have passed away a few years ago, and no one is taking care of his marriage. It seems that he doesn't want to get married, so he only has Changle as a relative.
The head of the Zhai family had the idea of giving him an adopted heir. They had mentioned this to Zhai Wanting before, but Zhai Wanting resented that it was too late for them, so how could they agree? Therefore, he refused harshly, and even if he had no heirs in his life, let Changle marry into his wife and directly inherit the incense for him.
Perhaps his words made the people in the main branch remember it, so they used all means to deal with the young Changle.
