Zhutian: Since I was a child, I have been happy to be a father

On July 8th, nothing happened.

In the book, Liang Han and Sheng Molan were going to get married officially today, but because of Chen Tao's intrusion, the wedding was postponed.

Sheng Molan stayed at home in her Shanyue Residence, happily waiting to get married, and lived a happy life every day.

The fact that her biological mother Aunt Lin was sent to a country village to reflect on her actions no longer bothered her.

This is a necessary price.

After she enters the Liang Mansion and takes control of her husband Liang Han, she will naturally be able to bring her biological mother back in style and enjoy life.

As for the maid named Yunzai who covered for her but was beaten half to death? She didn't care, after all, there were many maids.

She just wants to be happy.

And the happier she is, the more unhappy her sixth sister Sheng Minglan will be.

What should I do? How can I avoid becoming a concubine? Sheng Minglan thought a lot and had an idea, but she felt it was difficult to do.

First of all, she herself doesn’t have much ability, and often relies on plug-ins to solve problems when she encounters them.

Secondly, it is not easy to cause trouble.

For example, she planned to make the Sheng family's reputation even worse, so that perhaps Mrs. Liang would cancel the engagement.

In this way, although her reputation will be ruined and it will be difficult to find a good partner, it is definitely better than being a concubine.

But how?
What can she do while waiting to be married?
Was she having an affair with He Hongwen, a medical practitioner from the He family, with whom she had feelings for, and ruining her own reputation?

He Hongwen likes her very much, so this is a good idea, but the problem is that she can't afford the consequences!
If she does this, the Liang family will no longer want her, but what good will happen to her?
Rather than taking such a risk, it would be better to just lie down and go to the Liang family’s ancestral temple to chant Buddhist scriptures after getting married.

She is a vegetarian, a Buddhist and a non-interfering person. Sheng Molan won't target her, right?

Molan would definitely not be so stupid. Instead, she would pretend to be a good sister.

Of course, pretending doesn't mean she won't be bullied.

Even if Molan doesn't bully her, won't others like her cousin Chun Ge and those concubines fight with her?
Oh shit!

As the days passed, Sheng Minglan felt more and more irritated as she got closer to her coming of age and the winter moon.

If she had some magical powers, she would definitely make a voodoo doll and curse Molan and Liang Han.

And her bootlickers, such as Yuan Ruogiegie Qi Heng from the Duke of Qi's Mansion, and giegie Hongwen, the genius doctor who is pestered by her cousin, all have a lot of opinions about Liang Han.

But no way.

The rumor that Sheng Minglan and Sheng Molan were "sisters with deep affection and married the same man" has now been deeply rooted in people's minds. Even if it is inappropriate, it is a foregone conclusion and it is not the turn of outsiders like them to complain.

Even Chen Tao's future boss and brother-in-law Yuan Wenshao, who had learned from his wife Sheng Hualan that Sheng Molan and Sheng Minglan were not sisters with deep affection, but had a very bad relationship, knew that there must be something fishy about this matter and could not say anything.

A good reputation is really important to Sheng Hong, the assistant censor of the Censorate.

It is not good to marry two daughters to the same noble son, but at least there is the pretext of sisterly love, so it can be excusable.

If they do not agree, and the Liang family reveals that the Sheng sisters deliberately plotted against their Liang family in order to snatch a man, then they will lose both face and reputation.

Early August.

The sun is like fire.

Chen Tao lay on a rattan chair and took a nap in the occasional cool breeze.

Don't think he is idle. In fact, he is very idle. He is a nobleman and he can't go to work every day.

Generally, we work two days and rest five days.

In the book, the Liang family will be punished by the emperor who now takes the throne as the Eighth Prince because they were fence-sitters in the previous fight for the throne.

The problem is not big.

Everyone is like this, and as long as you are not deeply involved, there will be no problem.

It was just a one-year salary deduction and the confiscation of two farms, which was nothing to the Liang family.

In fact, nothing will happen to the Liang family.

Otherwise, what should we do with the Sheng family, our in-laws?

In fact, Chen Tao also thought about causing trouble, such as joining the army first, secretly developing an organization like the Yi Xin Hui, and when the time was right, sneaking into the palace to assassinate the emperor, muddying the waters first, and then seeking the highest power.

When the time comes, I will put on the yellow robe that a group of brothers who want to make progress will help me put on, raise a glass of red wine and say to everyone:

joah, ha jojo!
But after thinking about it, I decided to give up. It’s boring.

Unless he traveled through time and space and became an emperor, he would be too lazy to bother with that. Instead of spending that time, he might as well travel around the world and see what the situation was like in ancient Europe, America, and Africa.

Hunting in the wild these days is definitely much more fun than in later generations.

When he has free time in the future, Chen Tao will live in a farm in the countryside for a while and go hunting in the mountains.

At 3:45 p.m., Yuanyuan, the secretary, came with a letter.

Chen Tao opened his eyes and looked at Yuanyuan, who was dressed in maid's clothes but had not been enslaved. He took the letter and asked with a smile:

"Who sent me the letter?"

Yuanyuan urged with a smile: "Who else could it be other than your fiancée? Hurry up and open it and take a look!"

She has been quite happy lately.

After knowing that she was not illiterate, Chen Tao assigned a lot of clerical work to her. This was not a big deal, as she was good at copying and writing, and it was better than knitting or learning to play the piano and sing.

But the problem is that Chen Tao even gave her the work of writing love letters, where he and Sheng Molan exchanged their innermost feelings.

In other words, she has been writing letters in the name of Chen Tao during this period of time, making Sheng Molan obsessed with her!

Could this be any more outrageous?
However, Chen Tao was very confident and asked her if she had heard of the play "Romance of the West Chamber".

The maid Hongniang was originally sent by the lady to monitor the young lady, but she ended up accomplishing good things for the young lady and Zhang Sheng and made great contributions.

So she should also learn from others' experience and help Brother Tao by writing a love letter to Molan Mori.

Yuanyuan was very helpless. On the one hand, she was worried that she might be targeted by the heroine Sheng Minglan in the future because of what she did. On the other hand, she was happily racking her brains to write a love letter.

Yes, it's fun.

Because for her, a sullen and narcissistic beautiful girl who studies all day and has never been in love, doing this kind of thing is really interesting!
Women understand women best, and she showed her full potential!
So, Sheng Molan's letter today was very direct.

Most of the content of the letter is about sharing family matters.

And these are not the point.

The key point is the eight words left at the end of this letter:
It's a good night, I'm waiting for you in the west tower.

Chen Tao chuckled and said, "Yuanyuan, let me test you. Where does this sentence come from?"

Is this important? What's important is that she asked you to go find her! If you don't do it in the temple, then do it at her place, right? You really don't follow the rules of being a wife or husband!
Although Yuanyuan secretly complained, her mind was racing. After about ten seconds, she said with a strange look on her face:
"Li Yi's "Writing Love"! He couldn't wait for his lover, so he didn't have the heart to appreciate the moon. Do you want to go on a date?"

She has been reading a lot of books recently in order to write high-level love letters full of allusions. If she were to participate in a "Poetry Competition" on some TV station, she would probably be able to make it to the finals.

Chen Tao smiled and asked back: "Do you think I should go?"

Yuanyuan blinked her eyes, clasped her hands together and begged:
"Can you take me with you?"

***
The Autumn Examination in August is also called the Autumn Examination or the Provincial Examination.

Fan Jin's road to counterattack began with passing the provincial examination.

The rules and status of the provincial examinations in the Zhou Dynasty were basically the same. The examination was held every three years, and one could become successful after passing it.

But if ordinary candidates want to have higher aspirations in their official career, they have to take part in the imperial examination and strive to become a Jinshi.

Fan Jin was a Jinshi, a role model for test-takers. In order to provide convenience for the younger generation in his hometown during the Shuntian Prefecture provincial examination, Sheng Hong specially arranged a room for them to live in.

Living in the capital is not easy, and it was the same in ancient times.

Of course that's not the point.

Chen Tao did not have to take the imperial examination, but when he sneaked into Sheng's house, he heard some faint sounds of reading and deliberately sighed:

“Exams are so hard!”

When the little follower Yuanyuan heard this, she subconsciously agreed: "It's really hard work, I..."

Chen Tao laughed secretly in his heart, and said calmly: "How are you?"

He had already found out that the girl was not very old and was still a student.

Yuanyuan immediately complained: "I have to serve you, read and write, prepare documents for you, and learn to play the piano and sing opera. It's very hard for me!"

Chen Tao smiled and said, "You said you don't want to be my concubine, so you can't just take the two taels of silver my wife gives you every month, plus the extra two taels of silver I give you, for nothing, right?"

Yuanyuan blushed and said, "Then I only want you to make up for one or two taels, and you don't want me to wash your feet in the future, okay?"

The salary is indeed high.

Wang Xifeng's monthly allowance was only five taels.

If she just works for a few years, she can find an opportunity to run away... No way.

It's very dangerous for a weak woman like her to travel alone.

"sure!"

Chen Tao was easy to talk to: "Since you don't want to wash my feet, you have to warm my quilt in the cold winter."

Yuanyuan admitted defeat and said, "Then, let me wash your feet!"

Putting aside her wishes, if she dared to take on this job, the Sheng sisters and maids such as Chun Ge and Xiu Zhu would most likely unite to deal with her.

Everyone is so jealous!
The two chatted for a while, and after the moon was obscured by clouds, they continued on their way.

Soon, they arrived at a well-tended garden.

Without Chen Tao's reminder, Yuanyuan walked slowly and lightly, holding his arm and moving forward in the dark.

After walking about fifteen steps, the moon emerged from the clouds again, and the two men stopped, leaning against the pile of rocks beside them.

After the moon disappeared again, Yuanyuan was about to leave when Chen Tao hugged her, covered her mouth, and shrank into a stone nest.

Because there was a shadowy figure walking towards them, and then walked to the other side of them very skillfully.

Then there was a slight sound of eating rouge, and twenty seconds later, the girl's coquettish voice was heard: "Respect brother, oh~"

Brother Jing?
Legend of the Condor Heroes?
Huang Rong and Guo Jing had an affair?
There was a look of confusion on the cute little round face, and the fire of gossip in the eyes was burning fiercely, as if she was extremely excited.

She had not read the original novel and had not watched many episodes of the TV series, so of course she did not know that Rulan and Wen Yanjing were having an affair.

And this Wen Yanjing was actually a poor scholar that Aunt Lin and Sheng Molan looked down upon...

There is no poor scholar, but it depends on who he is compared with. Compared with the Sheng family, he is just a poor man.

But Sheng Hong liked him very much, probably because he felt that his experience was quite similar to his own.

He was also good at sweet talk, and after a round of flattery, he managed to win over Rulan and couldn't resist having a secret meeting with her.

But Rulan's mother, Wang, looked down on Wen Yanjing.

Putting aside her poor background, it was hard for Wang to accept the fact that she picked up a man that Molan didn't want.

Otherwise, how could she hold her head up in front of Aunt Lin?
Chen Tao did not leave immediately. Yuanyuan was extremely gossipy and she felt comfortable in his arms, eavesdropping on other people's affairs.

About a quarter of an hour later, Rulan reluctantly said that she had to go back, otherwise it would arouse suspicion, and ended the tryst.

After Wen Yanjing slipped away, Chen Tao sighed in a low voice: "I never thought that the Sheng family, which is known for its poetry and literature, would have such a family tradition. My elder sister deliberately came out to see me, and my younger sister had an affair. This is simply a moral degradation."

Yuanyuan couldn't help but complain: "Then what are you doing? Don't you sneak over here in the middle of the night to steal someone?"

"You are so sharp-tongued that you deserve to be beaten."

"Hate it, stop bullying me, go see your Molan!"

"..."

Chen Tao brought Yuanyuan and walked into Shanyueju smoothly.

Don't ask him why he is so skilled.

The first thing to do when playing the game is to light up the map. There’s nothing much to say.

But Sheng Molan actually didn't expect his arrival.

When he climbed through the window and entered the boudoir carrying Yuanyuan, Molan's delicate jaw almost dropped.

Her maid Lu Zhong was also stunned.

Chen Tao smiled and said, "Mo'er, don't you recognize me?"

The moonlight and stars were bright, and there was a small oil lamp in the house, so even though Chen Tao had changed a little compared to before, Molan still confirmed him as her fiancé.

So she exclaimed and threw herself happily into his arms.

Chen Tao was decisive and followed the example of his brother-in-law Wen Yanjing. He tasted Sheng Molan's rouge as soon as possible, even though the girl had already removed her makeup.

Yuanyuan curled her lips and secretly cursed Brother Tao as a scumbag.

I don't feel shy.

Because she slept in a small bed outside and was not deaf, she could still hear the noise made by Chen Tao, Xiuzhu and others even though she tried to suppress it. She had already gotten used to it.

Besides, she had read the relevant instructions before she traveled through time, so what was the big deal? It was just like that, we were in love!

They are already an engaged couple, and it's normal for them to just have a fight.

After eating for a while, Chen Tao let go of Molan and introduced her with a smile:
"This is my maid Yuanyuan. She insisted on coming here to see how beautiful the future mistress is, so I brought her here."

Molan was surprised. She looked at Yuanyuan for a few times and asked curiously, "Are you Hanlang's concubine?"

How old am I?

Yuanyuan shook her head repeatedly: "I am just the Fourth Master's maid."

I do not believe!

Molan is not a fool. Chen Tao even brought this girl with him to meet his fiancée, which shows that he must value her very much. She is definitely not an ordinary maid.

Of course, now is not the time to worry about this. She quickly asked her maid to prepare tea and receive her husband.

I'm not going back tonight.

Chen Tao and Molan slept together, and Yuanyuan slept in the outer room as usual.

Chen Tao didn't do anything wrong tonight, he just chatted with his fiancée and took advantage of her.

Even so, tonight is the sweetest and most thrilling night in Molan's life!

After hearing Chen Tao talk about how Rulan had a secret meeting with Wen Yanjing, Molan was so shocked that she didn't even care about her clothes. She had already made up her mind.

If there is a house fight in the Liang family, there will naturally be a fight in the Sheng family as well.

If Ranken gives her a chance, she will certainly seize it!

It's still early to get married, so you have to find some fun for yourself. (End of this chapter)