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Chapter 66 The Tragic Young Master of Daihou Mansion

Song Ji Yang pushed open the secret door between the two rooms and took a look at Wang Yue who was sleeping soundly. She was sleeping very soundly with a rosy little face.

Song Ji Yang felt that what he did was wrong and wanted to go back, but he was reluctant to do so. If he stayed in Wang Yue's room, it would go against his own conscience. He had originally planned to just take a look and leave, so what was he doing now?
Song Ji Yang despised himself. This was disrespectful to Wang Yue, even if she didn't know it!

Song Ji Yang took a quick look at the sleeping Wang Yue, then hurried back to his room, turned on the treadmill to the maximum, exhausted himself, and took a cold shower before falling asleep.

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Tang Qiao returned to the Ming Dynasty early this morning with Emperor Yonghui and the Empress Dowager.

The reason why he came back in such a hurry was that he had something urgent to attend to. He wanted to see how the eldest son of Dai Hou Mansion was doing.

When talking about Dai Hou Mansion yesterday, Tang Qiao suddenly remembered that he hadn't heard from him for half a month.

Dai Shuwei, the eldest son of the Dai Hou Mansion, is like a think tank in Tang Qiao's eyes. Whenever Tang Qiao can't make up his mind about something, he will talk to Dai Shuwei. After all, one person can only make limited plans!

The two of them passed the message half a month ago. This had never happened before. Usually, Tang Qiao would send a letter and the other side would get the message shortly after, at the latest the next day.

This time, I sent several letters but none of them came into response. I don’t know what happened. Is the situation not good?
It has to be said that Shu Wei was also a tragic character. The wife of the Marquis had not been pregnant for three years after marriage. Unable to withstand the pressure, she married her maid and made her her concubine. The maid also worked hard and gave birth to a big fat boy the next year.

But the maid herself was not so lucky. When she was in labor, her mistress just said "save the child" and she lost her life without even getting out of the delivery bed.

The child was Dai Shuwei, who was raised like a treasure by Lady Dai Hou. Since they were born in the same year and their homes lived two alleys apart from each other, it was natural for Tang Qiao and Dai Shuwei to become good friends.

But the good times didn't last long. The wife of Dai Hou died of a cold when Dai Shuwei was five years old. Dai Hou had no reason to keep her company, so he married a concubine the next year. At the end of the year, she gave birth to a legitimate son for Dai Hou, but he was not comparable to Dai Shuwei's legitimate son.

As a result, Dai Shuwei went from being the only heir to the Dai Hou Mansion to being an awkward illegitimate son. The Dai Hou had a legitimate son, so he didn't care much about Dai Shuwei and left him to be raised by a wet nurse.

At that time, most of the friends around Dai Shuwei also ran away. They were different in status! How could a legitimate son be mixed with a bastard's son?

In fact, the children are only a few years old, what do they know? These represent the attitudes of their parents.

Tang Qiao was the only one left. Tang Qiao thought that they were friends before, so how could Dai Shuwei no longer be friends now that he had a younger brother? Dai Shuwei looked very well-behaved and quiet, so Tang Qiao still liked him very much.

What's more, Prince Fu doesn't care about these things. Anyway, none of you have a high royal status, so what does it matter whether you are a bastard's son or a legitimate son?

The Dai Hou treats the Dai Shu indifferently and does not take him seriously. It is good enough that he does not torture you as a concubine or a second wife. The attitude of the head of the family is the same as that of the servants in the mansion. A young man who is not valued by the head of the family can certainly be neglected by the servants at will.

Fortunately, Dai Shuwei met a very good wet nurse, otherwise he might not even be able to eat hot meals.

It was hard to even eat, let alone study. Dai Hou had never thought about it, and Madam Xu would not be so kind as to bring it up.

Dai Shuwei was taught by his wet nurse, who was a daughter of an official family and became a slave because her family was convicted of a crime. So the wet nurse taught him to read and write herself. As for the Four Books and Five Classics, the wet nurse did not dare to teach him randomly, so she let him recite them until he knew them by heart.

When Dai Shuwei was ten years old, Dai Hou wanted to hire a teacher to teach his four-year-old son, only then did he suddenly remember that his eldest son had not yet started school!
Dai Shuwei cherished the opportunity to enroll in school and worked very hard in school. Coupled with his extremely high IQ, it took him seven years from the time he first enrolled to the time he was able to take part in the imperial examination. This is not something that ordinary people can do, as both IQ and hard work are indispensable.

After several years of study, Dai Hou saw hope in Dai Shuwei. Dai Shuwei's status in the mansion improved, but if he really wanted to turn things around, he had to rely on the imperial examination.

The poor clerk Wei was full of hope to change his fate, but ended up collapsing on the eve of the imperial examination.

Tang Qiao and Dai Shuwei have known each other for many years. Dai Shuwei used to visit Prince Fu's Mansion every now and then, but Tang Qiao had never been to Prince Dai's Mansion.

The main reason was Dai Shuwei's awkward status in the mansion. Later, when his status was improved, Dai Shuwei was still unwilling to invite Tang Qiao to his mansion, not wanting the powerful faces in the mansion to appear in front of Tang Qiao. This might be Dai Shuwei's last pride!
Tang Qiao's sudden visit was actually a bit rude. The normal practice is to send a visiting card in advance, get the host's permission, and then arrange a time to visit.

Instead of doing what Tang Qiao did, she gave a note to the concierge saying that she was Tang Qiao and would be at his house in a moment, without asking for his permission or whether his host had time? She didn't do any of these.

Anyway, Dai Hou and his wife were very surprised and warmly welcomed Tang Qiao's arrival. After the two sides exchanged greetings, Tang Qiao didn't want to waste time chatting with Dai Hou, so he went straight to the point.

"I came here today to visit your eldest son. Is he here?"

"Eldest son?" This was something Dai Hou had not expected. Ever since his son fell ill, Dai Hou had rarely seen him. Anyway, the disease could not be cured, so he just fed him and nursed him back to health, and then completely ignored him.

"It's the eldest son of your family, Dai Shuwei!" It seems that Marquis Dai doesn't even know that Dai Shuwei is dating him. How much does he not care about this son?

Although the two did not publicize their friendship, they did not hide it either! The father did not even know who his son's best friend was, and they lived in the same house every day!

Tang Qiao looked down upon Dai Hou more and more.

"Young Master, Shuwei is sick! If his disease is not treated properly, it will be passed on to others." What he means is that you should not go to see him.

"So I came to visit the patient! Please lead the way, Dai Hou!"

"Young Master, his illness is really serious." Even he, as his father, doesn't dare to see him casually!

"If Dai Hou is busy, you can go and do your own thing! Just show me the way." It's rare to see a father act like this!
Dai Hou really didn't dare to let Tang Qiao go to see Dai Shuwei by himself, so he gritted his teeth and took Tang Qiao to Dai Shuwei's yard.

The yard is predictably remote, with only three rooms, but fortunately it is kept tidy.

Tang Qiao took out two disposable masks, one for himself and one for his servant Shunzi. He was too lazy to care about the others.

I put on a mask before entering the yard and saw Dai Shuwei in the inner room. Fortunately, he was sitting on the bed with a quilt covering his legs, reading a book.

Dai Shuwei was surprised to find that it was Tang Qiao: "My Lord, why are you here?"