As Mrs. Zhang finished speaking, Li Shichen, who was still sleeping, suddenly sat up and shouted: "You can't report to the official! You can't report to the official!"

Seeing that Li Shichen had woken up, Mrs. Chen quickly shouted: "What are you doing standing still! Why don't you call the doctor quickly!"

As Chen finished speaking, Mrs. Zhang immediately went out to call the doctor.

After a while, the doctor who lived next door ran over with a medicine box.

He checked Li Shichen's body, then asked some questions, then looked at Mrs. Zhang: "Old madam, don't worry, the prince is fine."

"It's nothing serious?" Chen's voice suddenly rose: "How can it be nothing serious! He's already like this, and you told me he's fine!"

"It's really nothing." The doctor sighed and said, "It's just some skin trauma, nothing serious. If you are really worried, I will just prescribe him some medicine."

"Since we can prescribe medicine, why not?" asked Chen.

The doctor had no choice but to write a prescription for Chen and give it to the other party.

After doing this, the doctor stood up and left.

After the doctor left, Mrs. Chen sat beside Li Shichen's bed, looked at the person sitting on the bed, and asked with a worried look: "Brother Chen, how are you? How is your health? Do you feel any discomfort? If so, should I ask someone to call the doctor back?"

When Li Shichen heard this, he immediately shook his head: "Don't worry, mother, my son is fine."

"It's okay? How could it be okay!" Ms. Chen looked at Brother Chen, whose face was full of injuries, and said seriously: "You are already injured like this, and you still say you are okay. Tell your mother, who harmed you?" If you are like this, I will avenge you for my mother's sake!"

"Mother, I'm really fine." Li Shichen smiled and reached out to hold Chen's hand: "Mother, your son has caused you to worry about him. Now that your son is fine, I won't bother you."

After saying that, Li Shichen was about to leave.

When Mrs. Chen saw this, she immediately stopped him: "What's wrong? You've been beaten like this and you still say it's okay!"

"Mother, what are you talking about? When did my son get beaten?" Li Shichen took out his hand and said seriously: "Didn't I tell you when I came back yesterday? He fell while walking."

"Falled?" Mrs. Chen frowned: "You're just lying to others. I'm your mother. How can I not know you? Besides, I'm not so stupid that I can't tell the difference between being beaten and falling. .”

"Mother, you..." Li Shichen sighed and said helplessly: "You really don't have to worry."

"Okay, since you said you don't need to worry about me, I'll report it to the officials now! Let the officials investigate by themselves. I don't believe they can't find it out." After Mrs. Chen finished speaking, she turned to look at Mrs. Zhang and warned: "Go quickly. Report to the official!"

"Wait a minute! Don't go!" Li Shichen shouted.

Mrs. Zhang, who was standing at the door, was in a dilemma for a moment. She glanced at Mrs. Chen, then at Li Shichen, and asked, "Your Majesty, Madam, should I go or not?"

"Of course not!" After Li Shichen finished speaking, he looked at Chen: "Mother, you can't report it to the official! You absolutely can't report this matter to the official!"

"Why?" Mrs. Chen looked at Li Shichen in astonishment: "Why do you have such a big reaction when talking about the newspaper official?"

"Mother, this... this matter..."

Seeing Li Shichen hesitating, Mrs. Zhang couldn't help but remind her: "Your Majesty, please stop hiding it. What happened?" Li Shichen bit his lower lip and looked extremely nervous.

Mrs. Chen saw this and stretched out her hand to take Li Shichen's hand and gently comforted him: "Brother Chen, what happened? Tell me, a mother-in-law, that we can solve it together. Even if we can't solve it, why don't you pay me back?" Do you have your father? Although our Duke's mansion has not been as good as before in the past two years, a skinny camel is bigger than a horse! It can always be solved."

Li Shichen took a deep breath and looked at Chen: "Mother, son... my son went to gamble."

With just one sentence, Chen was stunned on the spot.

"You...what did you say you did?" Chen asked stammering.

"Gambling money." Li Shichen took a deep breath and continued: "My mother's dowry was all used by my son to pay off his gambling debts."

"You...you are really my good son!" Mrs. Chen said, reaching out and punching Li Shichen hard several times, and then left feeling pain in her heart.

Upon seeing this, Mrs. Zhang immediately stepped forward to support Mrs. Chen and said in a panicked tone: "Madam, what's wrong with you?"

"Mother!" Li Shichen was so frightened that he knelt on the ground. While kowtowing to Mrs. Chen, he begged for mercy: "Mother! Mother, I was wrong! My son will never dare to do it again!"

"How much do you owe?" asked Chen.

"Including interest, the total is 4000 taels." Li Shichen whispered.

"4000 taels! Since it's 4000 taels! Then why did you take all those things away! Do you know that those are your mother's and my last assets!" Mrs. Chen pointed at her son, wanting to cry without tears. : "Even if you pay off your gambling debt, you can't take that much!"

"Mother, my son doesn't know. He thought those things were not worth much money. Who knew they were worth so much money? My son wanted to argue with them yesterday, but they didn't listen to what his son said and just asked them to take them away. The son was beaten, and the mother can rest assured that her son will go back today! The son will definitely come back with those extra things!" Li Shichen said, kowtowing desperately to Mrs. Chen.

Mrs. Chen also felt sorry for her son. Seeing this, she sighed helplessly: "Do you think you can really get those things back if they are in the hands of those people?"

"But that is the mother's dowry, and the son must get it back for his mother!"

Looking at Li Shichen's overly determined eyes, Mrs. Chen sighed: "You...if you have this heart, you will die for your mother without any regrets. As for those things, don't ask for them. This time they are still under your control." Be merciful, if there is another time, I’m afraid I won’t give you a chance like this.”

"No mother, as long as my son goes there a few more times, he will..."

"The Duke is here!"

Before Li Shichen could finish speaking, someone announced that the Duke of Guo had arrived.

Seeing this, Mrs. Chen pulled Li Shichen up from the ground and pushed him down on the bed: "Remember, if your father asks about it later, just say that you were injured in a fight with someone else. Don't talk about gambling debts." Mention, do you know?”

The Li family's family motto prohibits gambling. If the Duke of Guo knew that Li Shichen went gambling, he would definitely be expelled from the Duke's mansion.

As soon as she finished explaining to Li Shichen, the Duke of Guo walked in from the outside.

As soon as he entered the door, the Duke of Guo shouted to Mrs. Chen: "Look at how well you have raised your son!"


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