usatvline Chapter 19 This... is really hard to refuse!
Chapter 19 This... is really hard to refuse!
Qinglian felt the same way. This box looked familiar to her. When she was packing up the Fifth Young Master's things yesterday, she wondered why it was so heavy. However, she did not open it privately, so she did not know that it was full of banknotes, gold and silver jewelry.
Isn't this too much? More than what the prince sent! Qiao Rongjin looked at his son with a complicated expression.
How does it feel to have a son who is richer than his mother?
"Yes, it's for mom." Qi You nodded again. He didn't need the money anyway, so he could ask his mother for it when he needed it.
This... is really hard to refuse! Qiao Rongjin's face showed a struggling expression, but after a moment she accepted it with peace of mind, saying that this was money saved for her son to marry a wife.
"Son, I will save it for you first, and use it when you get married in the future!" Qiao Rongjin had a kind smile on her face like an old mother.
Unexpectedly, Qi You shook his head and said, "This is for my mother, not for my wife."
In his previous life, he was all alone, he had neither a wife nor children, nor any concubines, even though he was an emperor.
When he was a prince, his father and the queen tried several times to interfere in his marriage, but they were unsuccessful and it ended up in nothing.
After knowing that he had a terminal illness, he simply adopted a son of the royal family that he liked and raised him early. When he died, the people paid him homage and the ministers mourned him. Although he lived a lonely life in his short life, he had no regrets.
In this life, he has not met the person he wants to marry, and he does not plan to get married and have children. After all, he is not a person who is willing to compromise. He only wants to stay with his mother and accompany her to live a good life.
When Qiao Rongjin heard this, his eyes widened. He looked at his four-and-a-half-year-old kid who actually said that he would not marry a wife. Did he know what it meant to marry a wife? Thinking of this, Qiao Rongjin also asked this question, and even the silver in his hand lost its appeal.
"I know. It means we will live together and rely on each other in the future." Qi You looked at his mother seriously and said.
Qiao Rongjin: That’s not wrong.
"Forget it, you're still young. When you grow up and fall in love with other girls, you'll want to get married. But if you don't meet someone you like, it's okay not to get married. Anyway, you have a mother, so you won't be lonely!"
Now it was Qi You's turn to be surprised.
I didn't expect his mother's ideas to be so open-minded!
"Okay, then it's settled. Mom will keep the money for you. Let's eat first. We're all hungry." After saying that, she pulled Qi You and walked towards the dining table.
"Okay." Qi You replied softly.
Qinglian had already eaten, and now she consciously registered all these things, recording clearly which one was given by whom. As for the silver given by the prince, Qinglian automatically put it into her master's small treasury. She also counted the fifth young master's box. If she hadn't counted it, she would have been shocked to find that there were more than 23,000 taels of silver, not counting the jade pendants and jewelry.
I never knew this young master was such an invisible rich man! Qinglian sighed secretly.
"Master, there are a total of 23,250 taels of silver in the Fifth Young Master's box, and I haven't counted the jade pendants, necklaces and other things." This is a huge sum of money for them.
Hearing this, Qiao Rongjin looked at Qi You in surprise, "Son, who gave you this silver?" Although the original owner ignored him, he also gave him silver, but it was less than one-third of this. Then who gave this silver? Could it be King Rui?
Qinglian also had the same doubt, so she pricked up her ears to listen to what the Fifth Young Master said next.
Qi You swallowed the medicinal porridge in his mouth and answered seriously, "My father asked Eunuch Wang to send them here."
After hearing these words, Qiao Rongjin's impression of Prince Rui improved.
Well, they are all your own children. No matter how much you care about the ones born to Chen and the princess, you should also care about the other children.
"Not bad." At least he knows his son is his and will give him money.
In the book, King Rui values his three sons the most.
The first one he valued most was Qi Shao, the legitimate son born to the princess. Prince Rui had high hopes for Qi Shao and trained him as his heir. Moreover, the first thing he did after ascending the throne as emperor was to confer the princess as queen and the crown prince Qi Shao. This shows how much he valued his son Qi Shao.
The second and third were naturally the sons born to Chen, and the limited fatherly love he had was basically given to them.
I thought he didn't care about the lives of his other sons, but it seems that he did care a little bit. However, these things are not mentioned in the book.
Qi You did not comment on what his mother said. It didn't matter anyway.
After dinner, Qiao Rongjin gathered the servants in Haitang Courtyard in the yard, including a group of people that the princess had asked Nanny Zhang to send over this morning.
"Mom is busy right now, honey, if you're bored go play somewhere else by yourself."
Hearing this, Qi You shook his head and sat down on the stool obediently and said softly, "I'll just play here and won't disturb mom."
Hearing this, Qiao Rongjin followed him.
There are only two maids in Haitang Courtyard, Qinglian and Zhuyun. Now there are four more sent by the princess, making a total of six.
There were indeed too many people. Qiao Rongjin still didn't like crowds. However, when she saw the nanny, she suddenly remembered the old nanny who had taken care of her son before, so she turned to ask Qi You, "Son, what do you think of the old nanny who took care of you before?"
If it was good, she planned to ask the princess to get the person here. If it was not good, then forget it. After all, the Nanny Qiu who was sent here was most likely someone the princess had planted in Haitang Courtyard.
As for the other three maids, if nothing unexpected happens, they will be arranged by the princess or by people from other courtyards. The feeling of being monitored is not very good.
Upon hearing this, Qi You lowered his head and recalled.
How about the old lady?
He remembered that she was a lame girl with kind eyes and looked very honest.
But when he was disobedient and cried, she would punish him by not giving him food. If he accidentally wet the bed at night, she would prick his arm with a needle. And if he disobeyed her, he would be punished by not being able to sleep and standing with a basin on his head for at least half an hour. If the water spilled, he would be beaten severely.
But she is very skillful. She can make your wound invisible to others, but it will still hurt you a lot. As for why no one will find out, it is because she knows some simple medical skills and can always heal herself after being injured. What's more, she basically doesn't leave any clues, so no one has discovered these things until now. Thinking of this, Qi You's eyes gradually became violent and murderous intent flashed in his eyes, but he quickly concealed it.
As for why the silver given to his mother was not taken away, it was of course because the nanny thought that these things were all hers and it didn't matter where they were placed. Qi You still remembered that she would count the money under the candlelight every night, for fear that a copper coin would be missing. Even the maids didn't know where the silver was placed. It was not until he fell ill with a high fever and was on the verge of death that the nanny and the maids who served him were arrested and all this ended.
He remembered that in his previous life, he had cut the nanny into pieces, literally cut her into pieces. Even the maids who had gone along with her were eaten alive by wild dogs. This was the gift that the ten-year-old Qi You gave to them for their years of serving him.
After a long while without hearing his son's answer, Qiao Rongjin turned around and saw Qi You smiling softly at him and saying, "Mammy is a very nice person, but I don't know if I can see her again." At this point, Qi You felt a little disappointed, but the strangeness in his eyes was hidden very deeply.
In the last life, he was able to kill Mammy, so how could he let her live in this life? Of course, he had to come back to me and torture her slowly, slowly! But I couldn't let my mother find out, otherwise she would be scared!