Ch 128: He’s Definitely The Sucker
Seeing Nurse Fang being taken away by the servants, and considering his daughter’s pregnancy and his unwillingness to harm her, Zhong Zhenye breathed a sigh of relief.
Zhong Zhenye walked to his father and knelt down solemnly, saying, “Since Father and Mother both know, Yueyue and I are truly in love, and Yueyue is pregnant with my child. Please grant us your approval!”
Zhong Zhenjia, eavesdropping outside the door: Older Brother, you’re so brave!
If it were me, I definitely wouldn’t dare say that!
Zhong Junnan didn’t know what to say anymore.
It seems he should hire an expert to perform a ritual!
He looked at Zhong Zhenye, his lips trembling. The latter looked like a dead pig unafraid of boiling water.
Yu Shi, seeing her son’s appearance, was also furious. She slapped Zhong Zhenye on the head, “What nonsense are you talking about! You are supposed to marry Miss Yin! The betrothal gifts have almost been exchanged, and now you’re taking this old woman as a concubine. What are we going to do about the marriage with the Yin family?!”
Zhong Junnan shuddered when he mentioned this matter, saying, “This Nurse Fang is the nurse who serves Miss Yin! My son is quite something. Actually, the reason he initially wanted to marry Miss Yin was because of this Nurse Fang!”
Yu Shi clutched her chest, barely managing to hold back her tears.
Good heavens, son, you’ve really outdone yourself!
She finally understood why her son, who had never been close to women for so many years, suddenly proposed to marry Miss Yin. It was because of this!
It was actually because of a nurse…
Zhong Zhenjia outside the door gaped.
He felt that at this moment, he needed a handful of melon seeds to complement the atmosphere!
“Does the Yin family… also know about this?” Yu Shi asked.
“They know, they all know! I just came back from the Yin family, otherwise, how could I bring this old woman back! I bought this old woman from the Yin family for three thousand taels of silver!” Zhong Junnan said.
Yu Shi gasped upon hearing this.
“What? Three thousand taels of silver for an old woman?” He looked at his husband in disbelief!
Zhong Zhenye: What, isn’t his Yueyue worth three thousand taels?!
Zhong Junnan sighed helplessly: “Alas! Who would have thought this old woman would be pregnant! Originally, the Yin family wanted to kill both the old woman and the child in her womb! But it’s our Zhong family’s bloodline! And you know our family’s situation; if this child is gone, we don’t know if we can have another one! So I had no choice but to buy her back at a high price!”
Yu Shi thought about it; indeed, getting pregnant is quite difficult…
However, thinking about spending three thousand taels to buy an old woman, her heart still felt heavy…
“This three thousand taels will be deducted from your monthly allowance!” Zhong Junnan said angrily to Zhong Zhenye, “Don’t you own two shops? From today onwards, all the income from those two shops will belong to the family! Until the three thousand taels are paid off!”
Zhong Zhenye stared at Zhong Junnan, eyes wide.
Father actually cut off his financial resources! What will he do in the future?!
His lips were pale as he looked at his father, and after a long while, he finally spoke: “Father, if you need my money, son, I have no complaints. But since Yueyue is pregnant with my child, please allow me to take her as a concubine! Give her a proper title!”
Zhong Junnan almost rolled his eyes.
At this time, he is still making these impossible requests! Taking a concubine who is older than your father? I would be ashamed, let alone you!
“I tell you today, taking her as a concubine is absolutely impossible! Let alone her age, the Yin family probably hates her to the bone! Paying three thousand taels to buy her back is already a great compromise for the Yin family. If we actually take her as a concubine, the Yin family will completely hold a grudge against us!”
“Since you refuse to repent, then don’t blame me for being ruthless!” Zhong Junnan said.
“Attendant, drag this villain away and give him thirty strokes!”
Immediately, a servant obeyed the order and dragged Zhong Zhenye away.
Zhong Zhenye looked dejected, as if the important thing was not that he was being beaten, but that he could not give Nurse Fang a title.
Zhong Zhenjia was still immersed in the world of eating melon and couldn’t extricate himself, and didn’t notice the door opening.
Zhong Junnan saw him eavesdropping at the door, and his mouth twitched.
“What are you doing here? Do you also want to be beaten?” Zhong Junnan said.
Zhong Junnan sighed inwardly; his two sons were really good at disguising themselves.
Zhong Zhenjia, on the surface a bookish man, secretly eavesdrops, frequents brothels, and sleeps with his second aunt.
Zhong Zhenye, on the surface, is seemingly uninterested in women, but he is fond of older women, and got an older woman pregnant before marriage.
Even storybooks wouldn’t dare write like this!
Thinking of this, Zhong Junnan couldn’t help but feel grief-stricken and wanted to find a place to cry…
“Son… son doesn’t dare!” Zhong Zhenjia hurriedly ran away.
Zhong Zhenye was dragged away and beaten in the courtyard…
However, he didn’t cry or scream, but endured it silently, sweating profusely.
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At noon, Shen Biluo was summoned to the Hall of Mental Cultivation for dinner.
The Empress also went.
Shen Biluo searched the original body’s memories; the original body had not been summoned to the Hall of Mental Cultivation for dinner many times.
Why is she always summoned to the Hall of Mental Cultivation for dinner after she transmigrated?
She couldn’t figure it out.
However, she wasn’t the type to dwell on things; if she couldn’t figure something out, she simply wouldn’t think about it.
After taking her seat, she began to eat.
Today’s dishes included Sea Cucumber and Pork Tendon Stew, Three-Delicacy Duck, Lotus Seed Tofu, and Amber Walnut Stir-fried Kai Lan.
The dessert was Rock Sugar Lily and Snow Pear Soup.
Even during wartime, the Emperor didn’t waste; there were only four dishes.
All the dishes were Shen Biluo’s favorites.
“These are all Your Humble Servant’s favorites, thank you, Father Emperor!” Shen Biluo said with a smile.
The Emperor, seeing Shen Biluo’s satisfied expression, felt happy as well.
Mainly, being with his daughter meant there was gossip to enjoy!
It added so much fun to his monotonous life!
The Emperor steered the conversation towards Zhong Junnan’s family.
“I heard that Minister of Justice Zhong Junnan and Minister of Justice Yin Guodong are going to have a marriage alliance. Yin Miaozhi seems to have a fiery temper; I wonder if Zhong Zhenye can handle her.” The Emperor casually started chatting about family matters.
Shen Biluo picked up a piece of scallion-braised pig’s trotter and put it in her mouth, asking the system: 【System, does this gossip have a sequel?】
【Let me see…Master, you are right, the sequel is here!】 the System said.
Shen Biluo was slightly surprised.
She thought this gossip wouldn’t have a sequel so soon, but it actually did?
【Hurry up and tell me!】 Shen Biluo urged.
【The Yin and Zhong families both discovered the affair between Nurse Fang and Zhong Zhenye, and also discovered that Nurse Fang is pregnant! Then Zhong Junnan, the big fool, spent three thousand taels to buy Nurse Fang away!】
Shen Biluo almost choked on her Snow Pear Silver Ear Soup.
【What, spend three thousand taels to buy a nurse back? He is the biggest fool!】
The Emperor silently felt sorry for Zhong Junnan for five seconds…
Later, the System continued to tell the sequel, and both the Emperor and the Empress had their fill of gossip.
After dinner, Shen Biluo returned to her Qiong Hua Hall.
She picked up some paper and began writing a storybook!
She picked up her writing brush and wrote several large characters on the paper: The Tyrant Young Master Falls for the Menopausal Me.
