Chapter 650 - Chapter 650: Chapter 637: Roll Down (1/2)
Chapter 650: Chapter 637: Roll Down
“Once the Prince of Qi inherits his title, he will truly become a prince, won’t the Lord of Ninghe County then become the Princess?”
“Father, it’s all your fault. If you hadn’t been so timid back then, I would have already become the Lord of Ninghe County, and in the future, I would have become the Prince of Qi’s princess. I could have had untold wealth and glory. If we had that, we could have anything we want.”
“Not to mention sparing you from being dismissed from office, you might even be promoted to an official post in the capital!”
“Exactly.” Zhuang Lianghong by the side chimed in, “Father, you were just too timid, even if you didn’t let sister become the Lord of a County, you could have let me marry her. Given her supernatural influence with the Empress and the Emperor, as her in-laws, we would be treated especially well.”
“A bright future, all ruined by you, father!”
Zhuang Qisheng, “…”
You don’t know anything!
He couldn’t quite understand why Chu Jinnian asked him to emphasize to Mr. Wei how Zhuang Qingning was such a powerful person. But now, with the news of this engagement, Zhuang Qisheng finally understood.
Chu Jinnian and Zhuang Qingning were actually engaged, so Chu Jinnian simply took advantage of Mr. Wei to get a title for his little wife.
If he had listened to those two reckless kids, not only would he have gotten nothing, even his life, might not be here anymore.
They knew nothing and still acted impudently, he really didn’t know how he managed to raise such foolish children!
Seeing Zhuang Qisheng’s silence, Zhuang Qinglan and Zhuang Lianghong became even more energetic, criticizing Zhuang Shisheng for his failure.
But in the end, all they were saying was that Zhuang Qisheng was not assertive enough and did not seize what should have been seized.
“Get out!” After a while, Zhuang Qisheng couldn’t hold back his anger and shouted at the two of them.
“It was indeed father’s mistake, and now he won’t even allow us to comment.” Zhuang Qinglan retorted with a twist of her mouth.
Zhuang Lianghong by the side nodded, “Indeed.”
“Indeed my foot!” Fed up, Zhuang Qisheng stood up on the bullock cart and pushed Zhuang Qinglan and Zhuang Lianghong off the cart.
Though the bullock cart was slow moving, Zhuang Lianghong and Zhuang Qinglan were caught off guard and so they tumbled down off the bullock cart, falling face-first onto the ground.
Both struggling to get back up and ready to shout at Zhuang Qisheng, they saw him riding off into the distance on the bullock cart, obviously not planning on waiting for them.
“Father, wait for me.”
Zhuang Lianghong and Zhuang Qinglan, fearing Zhuang Qisheng would leave them there, hurriedly chased after the bullock cart.
A northwest wind stirred and fine snowflakes began to fall from the gray sky.
This year’s snowfall arrived earlier than previous years and judging by the small snowflakes that gradually turned into big snowflakes, this would be a heavy snowfall.
The households prepare their food and dry firewood, planning to stay inside during the two days of heavy snowfall.
Chu Jinnian and Zhuang Qingning were in the Nuan Pavilion, enjoying the snow, when Jing Zhao stepped in quickly.
“Master, a letter has arrived from the capital. The Emperor has issued an edict making the Fourth Prince the Crown Prince and Concubine Hui the Empress.”
“Understood.” Chu Jinnian gave a light wave of his hand.
Once Jing Zhao left, Zhuang Qingning ate a piece of the sugar roasted chestnut that Chu Jinnian had peeled for her, and laughed, “Such an important matter, but you seem to be not surprised.”
“It’s as expected.” Chu Jinnian responded, placing the peeled chestnut into the small silver bowl in front of Zhuang Qingning.
After Zhuang Qingning swallowed the chestnut in her mouth, she didn’t reach out to pick up another. Instead, she watched Chu Jinnian and nudged her mouth at the chestnut.