How did such immense wealth fall into my family?

"call out!"

Gou Sheng whistled again. "What? You want to volunteer?"

"Ah."

Gou Sheng: "..." Were all young men in ancient times this bold? "Ahem! Uh... I was just kidding."

Tang Xiaoliu pouted. "I'm serious. I've already told my father and my stepmother. My stepmother said she'll only feel comfortable going to your house to propose marriage if I pass the imperial examination and become a scholar."

"You don't want to take the imperial examination to become a scholar, so you've come to ask me?"

Tang Xiaoliu nodded. "I'll be a good boy, so please take me in."

Gou Sheng: "..." It's not impossible. "Well, my husband can't take concubines, can't have mistresses, can't drink at brothels, and can't go to see male prostitutes. Can you do that?"

"Yes!" His aunt said that if he wanted to be a kept man, he had to follow the rules. Otherwise, he would choke to death.

"You're still young. If you still think like this when you're eighteen, then come find me."

Eighteen? "You want me to be your gigolo? My father would kill me."

"I plan to get married at twenty-one."

Tang Xiaoliu was relieved. He patted his chest. "You scared me to death. Let me tell you, if I were someone's gigolo, my father would really beat me to death."

"I don't have that hobby either. Alright, go do whatever you need to do."

"Alright! I don't need to take the imperial examination to become a scholar, right?"

"No need. You just need to keep yourself clean and virtuous."

"Okay! I'm going to get busy now. You can't look at anyone else."

"Okay. Go ahead."

"okay!"

"Wait, if you regret it, just tell me, I won't be angry."

"I won't regret it."

Tang Xiaoliu walked away happily.

Gou Sheng smiled. Having such a handsome husband isn't bad, but he wondered if Gou Sheng would change his mind when Gou Sheng grew up.

Gou Sheng walked back, lost in thought. Suddenly, something occurred to him: This kid probably heard those rumors too. He must have thought she was a princess, which is why he agreed so readily. What if he found out she wasn't a princess? Would he cry?

Gou Sheng laughed as he thought about it.

Little Yuanyuan saw her aunt smiling like a flower from afar. She let go of the Duke of Jin's hand and ran over, tilting her little head to look at Gousheng and asking in her childish voice, "Auntie, did you steal some candy?"

"Yes." Gousheng picked up Xiaoyuanyuan. "Your mother went to your maternal grandmother's house to help again?"

"Hmm. Auntie, doesn't your mother let you eat candy either?"

"Ah."

"Sigh!" Little Yuanyuan sighed deeply. "Auntie, you're just as pitiful as Yuanyuan."

"Yes. Can you give your aunt a kiss? Your aunt is just as pitiful as you are."

"Okay." Little Yuanyuan hugged Gousheng's neck and kissed him. "Auntie, give Yuanyuan a kiss too."

"Okay." Gou Sheng kissed his niece and asked mischievously, "Do you want some candy? Auntie has one left."

Little Yuanyuan wanted to eat some candy. But her mother said that if she ate any more, she would become a toothless old lady. She didn't want to become a toothless old lady. "No, I want to be beautiful."

This little girl has quite a bit of self-control. "Alright. Then Auntie will eat it herself."

Little Yuanyuan raised her hand to cover her mouth. "Auntie, you eat it yourself, Yuanyuan doesn't want to eat it."

"Hahahaha..." Gou Sheng was amused by his niece's adorable appearance. "Come on, Auntie will take you to play."

"Okay." Little Yuanyuan waved to Duke Jin. "Grandfather, you go ahead and do your work."

"Alright." Duke Jin gave Yuanyuan a few instructions and then left.

On the other side, Madam Jiang, the mother of the Duke of Jin, glared at the Duchess of Jin when she learned that the Duke of Jin had sent his great-granddaughter to Gou Sheng's place again. "It's not like there's no one to take care of her in the mansion."

Lady Jin also wanted her granddaughter to stay in the mansion. However, "the Duke wanted Yuanyuan to experience her aunt's cleverness."

Grandma Jiang pursed her lips. "Yuanyuan is quite clever."

The Duchess of Jin poured a cup of ginseng tea for Old Madam Jiang. "I'll have Yuanyuan rest in your room tonight." Old Madam Jiang was satisfied. "Alright. Now that you have both a legitimate son and daughter, shouldn't Madam Qian give Heng'er a few more help?"

The Duchess of Jin also felt it was time to add more. "I'll ask the Duke when he returns."

Madam Jiang took a sip of ginseng tea. "Why ask him? Would a father-in-law really go to Madam Qian to ask her to give Heng'er another child?"

"That's definitely not possible. I'm just letting him know."

"alright."

In the evening, the Duke of Jin went to the academy to pick up his granddaughter before returning home. As for his grandson? He was a boy; what was the point of picking up a boy?

The Duchess of Jin glared at him when she saw that he had only brought his granddaughter back. "Yuanyuan, your great-grandmother has been talking about you several times. Why don't you go and keep her company?"

"it is good."

After Yuanyuan left with the old woman serving the Duchess of Jin, the Duchess of Jin relayed Old Madam Jiang's thoughts. "When do you think it would be appropriate for me to speak with Madam Qian?"

"No time is right."

"What do you mean? You don't mean you want Heng'er to stay with only Qian Shi, do you?"

The Duke of Jin glanced at his wife. "Don't you know what kind of person your eldest son is? He's only interested in making a name for himself. Besides, do you think Lady Qian can control her concubines?"

"Uh……"

"If Madam Qian is bullied by a concubine, would Gou Sheng stand by and do nothing?"

No. Gou Sheng was willing to go against the rebel king for the sake of the Qian family.

"If Gousheng were to interfere, he wouldn't just say a few words and let it go. If you think you don't have enough grandsons, then let Qian Shi go find Heng'er after her sister gets married."

“This… she is the Crown Prince’s wife.”

"She's not good at socializing."

"This……"

"Okay, it's settled."

"Are Nineteen and Yuanyuan going?"

"Of course I'm not going." Nineteen has to work for the Ninth Prince. Yuanyuan has to stay with her aunt.

"Alright. Mother, you go and talk to her."

"Alright." After resting for a while, the Duke of Jin went to find his mother.

When Madam Jiang saw him arrive, she glared at him.

The Duke of Jin touched his nose. "Well? Heng'er sent a letter."

Old Madam Jiang had no desire to argue with her eldest son. "What did Heng'er say?"

"Heng'er asked Madam Qian to take care of him."

Just as Madam Jiang was about to object to the Duke of Jin, she continued, "Heng'er said that Madam Qian is the apprentice of Physician Chang, and that Madam Qian can help him improve his health."

"...There are military doctors in the army."

"Military doctors are not good at treating injuries; their focus is on how to treat external wounds."

Madam Jiang was speechless. "Yuanyuan can't go."

"Yuanyuan isn't going."

Old Madam Jiang's mood improved a bit. "If I didn't know better, I would have thought that Yuanyuan's mother was your real daughter."

“If we treat Yuanyuan’s mother well, then Yuanyuan’s mother will treat Heng’er well in return.”

Madam Jiang glanced at her eldest son. "You're just afraid that Yuanyuan's aunt will beat you up. Don't think I don't know."

Duke of Jin: "..." Mother, some things are better left unsaid. "No. I just want to treat you with sincerity. Well, you guys have fun, I'm leaving."

After saying that, the Duke of Jin quickly slipped away.

Grandma Jiang patted her great-granddaughter's chubby face. "Your grandfather is such a coward."

Yuanyuan thought about what her great-grandmother and grandfather had just said. "My aunt can hit people?"

(End of this chapter)