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Chapter 193 Life hangs by a thread
"Is it a big deal? Young Master Zhou has never talked about his father, and the Zhou family has never been left in vain. It is said that Young Master Zhou has no feelings for his father!"
Hua'er had learned from the Zhou family that Mr. Zhou was very cold to the people in his hometown, and his father's death was not normal, it was a shameful thing, and no one wanted to talk about it, but the princess couldn't help but feel that she had a lot of money.
If you give more money you will always find out the truth. Who is afraid of having too much money, right?
"Did he say when he would be back?"
"It is said that there is none."
"It is said that, how do you get to know the truth? Go ask again, and you will find out that all your salary for this month is gone. No, all your salary for the next two months is gone."
"Ah? Princess, this is unacceptable. I haven't even eaten yet! The food doesn't taste good anymore. I have to go and ask you for the truth even if I'm sleepwalking in the middle of the night."
"Puchi! You should eat first before going! Anyway, he has been gone for several days, so there is no need to rush now. You can ask a few more people to find out about him!"
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临城
It has been five days since Zhou Huaizhi returned.
Since Li Caiju's death, this mansion has become much quieter, and those concubines who were frightened by Li Caiju have not yet recovered.
He still finds it hard to believe that the vicious second wife has died, but his father has not changed his bad ways and has taken in concubines one after another. The new concubines are unaware of what happened before and are very arrogant in front of the old concubines.
In the past two years, the old concubines found that Li Caiju really did not appear again, and they began to get restless and wanted to be promoted to the main wife.
But Mr. Zhou didn't dare to marry again as his lifeblood was in the hands of Zhou Huaizhi. The only legitimate son was no small matter and he was afraid of being killed.
What's more, marrying a wife is more troublesome and there are more problems. Marrying a concubine is the same for everyone and there are much less things to do.
Now this big house is looked after by Zhou Huaizhi's people, and the housekeepers are all Zhou Huaizhi's people, so he knows every move, and no concubine dares to be presumptuous. But they didn't expect that the competition for favor would lead to someone losing his life.
His life was still lost on the bed. Zhou Huaizhi's face turned green with anger. He really didn't want to come back, and he didn't dare to tell Qian'er about the situation. He was too embarrassed to talk about such a shameful thing.
He will go back after the funeral. Anyway, he will go back after the seventh day is over in two days.
When they saw Zhou Huaizhi coming back, a group of concubines were trembling with fear and trying to shirk responsibility.
Zhou Huaizhi beat those concubines who had no children and had fought each other out of jealousy with thirty boards and threw them out.
Those who have children left behind must observe mourning for their children. Old man Zhou left behind more than a dozen illegitimate children, excluding those who were married off. The only legitimate children were two older sisters, who were married off when Zhou Huaizhi was very young and had no feelings for his parents.
Moreover, one of them died and the other was sick, so they did not come back. Li Caiju's previous son and daughter were driven out by Zhou Huaizhi long ago, so it was impossible for them to show up.
Now this group of illegitimate sons and daughters, the oldest of whom were only in their teens, and the youngest of whom were only a few years old, together with the concubines and aunts, were crying together, and the noise gave Zhou Huaizhi a headache for several days.
Although this house is where Zhou Huaizhi grew up, it is the place that bears all his pain. He does not want to stay here. Every corner here makes him disgusted.
The Zhou family's property could not be passed on to a concubine's son, but Zhou Huaizhi did not pay much attention to it. Those who gave birth to daughters would be given a sum of money, a small house and a shop.
Those who gave birth to sons would be given a sum of money, a larger house and two shops, so that they could live in and support their family when they got married and had children.
The favored person already has a lot of good things in his hands, so naturally he has no objection to getting one more.
Those who are not favored can't get anything, and now they get less than others. They are angry but dare not say anything, because although Zhou Huaizhi, the legitimate son, looks gentle on the outside, his methods are very cruel.
Watching the coffin being buried in the ground, Zhou Huaizhi felt mixed emotions. The person he hated so much in the past was now sleeping here forever, and his hatred slowly faded away.
Everything went smoothly, the weather was good, and all the people in the mansion were dismissed. He might never come back to this empty house again. It was too empty and too big, making him feel lonely.
This is his ancestral home, he can't sell it. It's filled with ancestral tablets. He just needs to leave some people to clean and offer sacrifices. He is all alone, and there is no need for him to come back after he dies, as no one will come to offer sacrifices to him in the future.
And Qian'er may not like this place either, because here are the memories left by people who once hurt her.
On the day of the seventh banquet, after having the banquet with the clan members, Zhou's cousins and brothers, we finally parted ways.
Those concubines had packed up their gold, silver and valuables long ago, and most of them had private houses outside and could move in at any time.
It's just for show, I still want it. It's impossible to return the house that was given as a gift. It would be a waste if I don't want it. Besides, the things Zhou Huaizhi gave away were not too bad.
The banquet ended at the end of the Wu time. Zhou Huaizhi, who had never been drunk before, was drunk unconscious tonight. The cousin was very worried and asked Zhou Yang to take good care of Zhou Huaizhi and cook some sobering soup for him tomorrow morning to sober him up.
He kept looking back every few steps, which moved Zhou Yang very much. It seems that there are still good people in the Zhou family, and it was worth it that the young master gave a lot of support to this cousin.
The young master slept very peacefully that night. Seeing that the young master did not vomit and slept soundly, Zhou Yang also slept on the small couch next to him.
It was not until the next day, when it was bright in the sky, that Zhou Yang woke up. Seeing that it was getting late and that the young master was still sleeping soundly, he went to cook some sobering soup.
After the sobering soup was cooked, Zhou Yang found that the young master had not woken up yet, so he wanted to wake him up and let him get up and drink the sobering soup, otherwise if he continued to sleep, lunch would soon be served.
After opening the curtain, Zhou Yang called the young master a few times, but he didn't wake up. Zhou Yang was stunned and reached out to shake the young master, but the young master still didn't respond.
His hands and feet were cold and his face was pale. Zhou Yang was so scared that he almost fell to the ground. He ran out frantically to call the court doctor, but the court doctor was about to leave.
He drank a few more glasses last night. He has been living in Zhou's house for more than ten years. Although Young Master Zhou gave him some money, he was reluctant to leave.
He had just woken up and had breakfast, and was about to pack up and leave, but he didn't expect that Guard Zhou would rush in and grab him and take him away, mumbling incoherently and shouting something strange.
It was not until he saw Young Master Zhou lying on the bed that the court physician was shocked. How come the young master, who was so handsome yesterday, had such a dead look on his face today?
He quickly checked his breathing, felt his pulse, and then looked at his eyes and face. The court doctor sat down in silence, his face gloomy.
Zhou Yang was extremely anxious.
"Doctor, what happened to the young master? He was fine yesterday."
"It looks like it was caused by drinking too much. But if you drink too much, you will vomit and your throat will be blocked by vomit, but he didn't. It seems like poisoning, but I can't find out what the poison is."
"What! Poisoned? Whoever harmed the young master, I will make sure he dies without a complete corpse!"