The Prodigal Son's Happy Life - Chapter 348

[Chapter 348 Preparations for Autumn]

As soon as these words came out, several young eunuchs around him subconsciously cast their gazes.

When King Kang heard this, his face turned blue and white, but he did not bother with him anymore. He just whispered: “Don’t be happy too early!”

Then, he turned around and left the Yangxin Hall with a cold snort.

King Ning watched King Kang leave with a smile on his face, and then walked into Nuan Pavilion.

“My son, please see your father!”

Prince Ning bowed respectfully, raised his eyes and looked at his father.

But

the next second, he was stunned.

Because, he clearly saw that his father actually held a whip in his hand that was only used by the dungeon detectives when interrogating prisoners!

This whip was no stranger to him when he was young. Every time he did something wrong and made his father angry, and his father was in a bad mood, he would be whipped a few times.

This whip has become a shadow of his childhood. Every time he was punished, he had to lie in bed for several days, unable to move. If he moved a little, he would feel severe pain all over his body.

Fortunately, after they grew up, even if they occasionally did something that made their father angry, their father never used this whip again.

“Father,”

Prince Ning looked at the whip with a look of horror on his face and opened his mouth. Want to say something.

But before he could open his mouth, he heard a shout: “Shut up!”

When Prince Ning heard the shout, he didn’t dare to speak out.

Emperor Chu also walked up to him and said angrily: “Do you think I don’t know what you have done?

If your mother and concubine hadn’t begged me to keep you in the capital to save your life, how could I let you continue? Stay in the capital!

It’s better for you not to repent, but you still go around causing trouble and humiliating the royal family. If I don’t teach you a lesson today, you wo

n’t

be the emperor of Chu!”

Any chance Prince Ning had to defend himself, he would raise his hand and give him a sharp whip.

“Ah——!”

The whip hit his body, and instantly his skin was torn open and blood dripped.

Prince Ning had never suffered such pain before. He couldn’t help but cry out.

For a moment, the entire Yangxin Hall was filled with Prince Ning’s pitiful wailing.

The story of King Kang spread very quickly in the capital and disappeared very quickly.

Under the joint efforts of Prince Kang’s Mansion and Kyoto Mansion to ‘refute the rumors’.

In less than two days, few people in the restaurants were heard talking about King Kang’s keeping of dead men in captivity.

All civil and military officials in the court were even more silent on this matter.

It’s just that when people in the market gather together to chat, they will laugh and talk a few words.

Of course, the Baijuan Tower, the initiator of all this, was closed down by the Kyoto Prefectural Government in just one day for violating the laws of Dachu.

The shopkeeper of Baijuanlou also thought he had slandered His Royal Highness Prince Kang and was imprisoned.

I heard that he would be imprisoned for ten years in the dungeon of the Kyoto Prefectural Government Office.

This is considered a severe punishment for ordinary people.

But those who are familiar with the inside story know that this is the result of His Majesty’s mercy.

If one strictly follows the laws of Da Chu and criticizes the prince, although the whole family will not be executed, the shopkeeper of Baijuan Tower may not be able to survive.

Therefore, being able to save a life was an unexpected joy for the shopkeeper of Baijuan Tower.

Different from the hustle and bustle in the capital, these days, Fang Mansion is as calm as usual.

The young master has returned from outside Kyoto.

A eunuch came to the palace to deliver the order.

I heard that because of the great achievements that the young master has made, the emperor wants to make the young master an earl!

If the original general had made the servants of Fang Mansion extremely admired, then the current count made them extremely shocked and delighted.

After all, the master is only a count.

Moreover, the master’s earl was passed down from the great master, while the young master’s earl was won by his own strength.

Although they didn’t understand the difference, they also knew that the two counts were very different from each other, and the young master was obviously more powerful!

At the same time, they understood that their young master had also become an earl, so from now on, there would be two earls in Fang Mansion.

Compared with before, his status has naturally improved a lot.

The servants like them can also take advantage of it.

There have been many little maids teasing Xiu’er in the past two days. From now on, she will be the earl’s personal maid.

Xiu’er always lowered her head shyly, laughing and cursing, but she didn’t care in her heart.

In fact

, in her heart, whether the young master is a general or an earl, it doesn’t matter much.

She has been with the young master since she was a child and has long been accustomed to this kind of life.

No matter what happens, in the days to come, she will do her best as she did before.

In the backyard, Xiu’er was basking in the sun and looking at the young master who was concentrating on reading a book.

He didn’t know why, but he suddenly remembered the content described in the new storybook he bought two days ago, and his pretty face turned red unconsciously.

“What’s wrong?”

Fang Xiu was a little tired from writing. He raised his eyes and wanted Xiu’er to pour some water for him. Then he saw her face was red as if she had put on blush, and asked with concern.

“Ah?”

Xiu’er was startled for a moment, then as if she had come to her senses, she hurriedly stood up and said, “I’m fine, slave.”

When Fang Xiu heard this, he didn’t say much.

I don’t know what happened to Xiu’er these past two days, she always blushed like this inexplicably.

Maybe it’s autumn, the weather is a little cold, and there’s windchill.

Just giving her cold medicine didn’t seem to have any effect.

He shook his head, not thinking about these things, and ordered: “Xiu’er, pour me some water.”

“Yes.”

Xiu’er nodded lightly, stood up and walked into the house.

Fang Xiu read his book again.

Although the imperial examination in Chu State was not like the eight-legged essay in the previous life, there were many examinations of the Four Books and Five Classics.

Of course, unlike the examination format of the eight-legged essay, the content of the scriptures in Chu State is more about understanding.

For example, last time in Qiu Wei, the content of the last question only required explaining my understanding of ‘benevolence’. Compared with the various weird questions in the previous life, there was simply no way to make it simpler.

Even so, you still need to read the most basic content, otherwise you may not know what to write when you go to the examination room.

After Fang Xiu was admitted to graduate school, he never prepared for an exam so seriously.

If it weren’t for Emperor Chu’s order, he would have 100% handed in a blank paper.

But there were

times when Fang Xiu still had to win the first place, and Fang Xiu felt that Emperor Chu did not intend to cultivate him, but deliberately made things difficult for him.

After all, this was the first time for Wu Xun to take part in the imperial examination in the entire Chu State for so many years.

When Fang Xiu thought of this, he felt even more depressed. He felt that the book in front of him was boring, so he pushed it aside and began to close his eyes to rest.

At this time, a voice came from the direction of the courtyard gate.

“Young Master”

(End of Chapter)