Rebirth, guarding the mute at the tip of my heart

Jiang Xin knew what he said was right when he saw Manager Li's expression. However, he probably already knew his position in his father's heart, so he was not disappointed at all. He just pursed his lips and said coldly: "I'm busy these days. No, I won't go back."

Manager Li panicked when he heard this, and immediately cried and groaned on Jiang Xin's thighs, "Master, you can't ignore me! I accompanied you to find the young lady's dowry, and then the matter became more and more serious, and the master and the mistress blamed me.

If I can't even do this now, the master will not forgive me, and I will have no choice but to die!"

Manager Li cried more and more miserably. Seeing that Jiang Xin was still unmoved, he gritted his teeth and said, "I'm going to die anyway. If you don't agree to my request today, I will hit my head against the door of this shop and die!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Manager Li rushed towards the stone pillar at the entrance of the shop angrily.

The two servants guarding the shop rushed over when they saw this, grabbed the man with grim looks and tried to drag him away.

You must be kidding. The shop has only been open for a few days. It would be too unlucky if this person really saw blood at the door.

After being held, Manager Li did not intend to commit suicide. He just rolled around and yelled, "Master, why are you so heartless? Even if you don't care about me, I am your father after all.

You haven't been home for so long, and the master just wants you to go back and see him, but you won't even agree to such a small thing?"

"Shut up!" Seeing that Manager Li was about to make a big fuss, Ah Gui wanted to have the old man dragged away, but Jiang Xin stopped him and said sternly, "You, go back and report, and say, I'll be back at noon."

Manager Li stopped making a fuss immediately, broke free from the two servants holding him, and said in a flattering manner with a smile, "Hey! I'll report this to the master right away. Thank you for your understanding and not making things difficult for me."

After saying this, he left quickly without waiting for anyone to reply.

"Young Master!" Agui was anxious and looked at Jiang Xin worriedly: "The prince is still under house arrest. If you go back alone to deal with the master and his wife, I'm afraid you will suffer."

Jiang Xin is the son of Jiang Zhengchu, and he is under the pressure of filial piety. However, no matter how bad the two elders are, he cannot resist too much, otherwise if it gets out, he will be considered unfilial.

Unlike their prince, his prince is not a member of the Jiang family and has the status of a prince to control him, so it doesn't matter if he acts a little unreasonable.

"Manager Li, it's not good to make trouble here. It's not good for business." Jiang Xin shook his head and then comforted Agui: "It's okay, I just go back and tell Dad that the Liuli business is all under the control of His Highness, and tell him not to make any plans."

If we allow Manager Li to talk nonsense here, he will just ignore the fact that he doesn't want to go home. What if he ends up dragging His Highness into it and saying that His Highness is detaining him and not letting him go home?

His Highness had already been punished for his own affairs. If he couldn't even handle such a small matter and made His Highness, who was under house arrest, worry about it, then he would be useless and would have let His Highness down in vain.

Thinking of this, Jiang Xin said to the shop assistants: "You guys, go ahead and open the shop, it won't be a problem."

The first few days after opening are the best time to expand the market. People from the Wei Mansion are eyeing us closely, so we must not make any mistakes.

"Yes."

Afterwards, Jiang Xin went to take a look at another shop. Cen Huacai was watching over it. It had opened early and there were already quite a few people standing at the door.

Although there are not as many people as in the previous two days, the popularity of the glazed windows has not yet passed. Many people come every day to watch the fun. They always feel that taking a look at the windows made of glazed glass is like seeing the world, and then go back happily to talk about it.

Seeing that both sides were progressing smoothly, Jiang Xin felt relieved and walked towards the Jiang Mansion.

Agui was still a little worried. After thinking about it, he secretly sent someone back to the palace to report, and then quickly caught up with his master.

*

Jiang Xin has walked this road many times, in the morning when going to school and in the evening when going home from school. He has passed this road for many years.

After passing the small noodle stall and another intersection, you will be home.

Jiang Xin stared at the plaque of the Jiang Mansion in a daze. He had just left not long ago, but he felt that everything here had become unfamiliar.

"Master, Master is back!" Steward Li had been waiting at the door for a long time. When he saw Jiang Xin, he immediately opened the door and welcomed him in with a big smile on his face. "It's still early for lunch, and the master is in the study. How about Master, take a rest in the room first?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Manager Li said flatteringly, "I clean your room every day. I guarantee there won't be a speck of dust."

"No, no need. I'll go see my father." Jiang Xin shook his head. He knew why his father was looking for him and didn't want to waste time.

Manager Li naturally agreed and nodded repeatedly: "Then I will follow you."

"No, I'll go by myself."

"Yes." Manager Li hadn't even taken a step when he saw that Jiang Xin was really indifferent to his flattery, so he stopped awkwardly.

He admitted that he was not a good person. In the past, in order to please his wife and the second young master, he had used many tricks on the eldest young master. Now that the eldest young master was in power, he turned a blind eye to his flattery, and he could not blame anyone.

*

Jiang Zhengchu was not surprised by his son's arrival, but he was still unhappy about being rejected yesterday. Even if he needed help from his son, as a father, there was no need for him to be humble to his son.

Otherwise, he would have no dignity as a father, and this rebellious son would only take control of him, thinking he could bully him!

Therefore, when Jiang Xin came in and saluted, Jiang Zhengchu didn't say anything. He just bent over and slowly finished writing the big characters in his hand before stopping and looking at Jiang Xin calmly: "You're back."

"Yeah." Jiang Xin nodded and said calmly, "Is everything okay with father?"

"..." How could I be okay with what you did?! Jiang Zhengchu glared at him unhappily, but he rarely showed any temper on his face. He just spoke in a cold voice, forcing himself to say:

"Fortunately, I don't have to go to court these days, so I don't have so many things to worry about at home, and my mentality is much better than before."

Jiang Xin nodded: "Okay then."

Jiang Zhengchu was a little annoyed when he saw Jiang Xin's indifferent look. After a while, he couldn't help but ask, "I heard that you are very busy recently. You are so busy that you don't even have time to come back for dinner?"

"Your Highness, I am confined to the mansion, alone. Your Highness needs me." Jiang Xin pursed his lips, raised his head and looked directly at Jiang Zhengchu: "Dad has many family members, but Your Highness only has me."

"..." He just treats you as a cash cow. Do you really think that lunatic treats you as a family member? Jiang Zhengchu sneered in his heart, and was too lazy to waste time teaching his disobedient son to recognize the lunatic's intentions. He just continued the previous topic:

"The prince was confined by His Majesty because of you, so you should really spend some time with him.

It's just that I heard that the two glass shops that the prince asked you to be in charge of seem to be doing very well. You have to run so many places every day, I'm afraid you are exhausted these days, right?"

"Not bad." Jiang Xin said lightly, obviously not wanting to talk more about this matter with the other party.

But Jiang Zhengchu asked him to go home just for this matter, so how could he let him get away with it? Seeing this, he frowned and said unhappily: "Even if you can handle it, what about your studies?

Our Jiang family is not from an aristocratic family, so if we want to achieve fame and fortune, we have to take the exam ourselves.

Since you are no longer dumb, you should learn from your brother and focus more on studying, strive to pass the imperial examination as soon as possible, or even pass the imperial examination and become an official in the court, instead of wasting too much energy on doing business. "

Jiang Xin lowered his head slightly and retorted in a low voice: "My second brother also didn't pass the exam."

"..." Jiang Zhengchu was so angry at this stubborn and rebellious son that he said unhappily, "He didn't pass the imperial examination, but at least he tried hard! How could he help you?! If you weren't lucky enough to get into the Imperial College, you wouldn't even be able to pass the exam to become a scholar!!"

He was lucky enough to meet His Highness, which gave him the opportunity to enter the Imperial College and even the chance to speak, so he should repay His Highness even more!

When Jiang Zhengchu saw Jiang Xin opening his mouth and looking like he was about to talk back, he immediately interrupted him with a harsh voice: "Shut up! Did you learn to speak now just to talk back to me?"

Jiang Zhengchu regrets his decision so much now. If he had known that this rebellious son would only talk back to him all day after his muteness recovered, he would have been better off letting him be mute for the rest of his life!

Jiang Xin lowered his eyes and stopped talking.

Jiang Zhengchu was finally satisfied, and continued to follow his original idea and said earnestly: "Your glass business cannot be managed by one person, and the wise king has given you full authority, and you can't manage it.

Now the Fourth Prince has approached me and wants our Jiang family to be the middleman to work with the Virtuous King on the business of making and selling colored glaze, and I have agreed."

Jiang Xin was a little surprised when he heard this. He thought that the Wei Mansion would set up a new organization to compete with the Xian Wang Mansion, but he didn't expect that they were actually planning to cooperate with His Highness.

But it is also true that now everyone in the capital knows that the glass was made by His Highness. If the Wei Mansion were to release it again at this time, wouldn’t it be obvious that it is a fake?

The Fourth Prince is very ambitious. He created something as rare as colored glaze not just to make money, he must have other intentions.

When Jiang Zhengchu saw Jiang Xin's expression, he thought there was hope, so he smiled and continued, "This is a win-win situation for all three sides, whether it's for the Fourth Prince, the King of Xian, or our Jiang family. If you agree, I'll go find the Fourth Prince's people today and we'll discuss it together."

However, Jiang Xin was not moved by the benefits described. He just shook his head and refused: "Liuli is your highness's property. I can't make the decision for your highness."

Furthermore, if His Highness really wanted to join hands with the Fourth Prince to do the glass business, then His Highness would be a descendant of the Fourth Prince.

Jiang Xin heard from his Highness that the reason why His Majesty doted on him so much was because he had no vested interests in anyone else and was a royalist who only relied on His Majesty.

Once he got close to the Fourth Prince, the situation became different.

What His Highness did before didn't seem like an attempt to join the Fourth Prince.

Thinking of this, Jiang Xin took the initiative to refuse on behalf of Xie Ze: "Your Highness once said that in the production and sale of colored glaze, no cooperation will be made with others."

"How can the Fourth Prince be someone else?" Jiang Zhengchu said anxiously, "The Xian Wang is the Fourth Prince's cousin, they are originally a family, and hasn't the Xian Wang already handed over all the matters to you to handle?

He is in the mansion and cannot come out now, so you should agree to cooperate first. When the business of both companies is on the right track, when the prince comes out and sees that we are cooperating well, he will naturally not punish you. "

"No." No matter what Jiang Zhengchu said, Jiang Xin remained unmoved and refused without hesitation.

“You——!” Jiang Zhengchu was infuriated by the rebellious attitude of this rebellious son, pointing at Jiang Xin and angrily said: “I lost my official position because of you, and finally the Fourth Prince needs me. Now this is my only chance.

Do you really want to watch your father being dismissed from office and the Jiang family declining?"

Jiang Xin was also angry, staring at Jiang Zhengchu. He wanted to say that it was not him who caused his father to lose his job. He wanted to say that as long as his father did not make any mistakes, he would still be able to return to the court. He wanted to say that he could not cause the rise and fall of the Jiang family...

But in the end, he just clenched his fists, as if he had made some important decision, raised his head, and looked at his father calmly: "Your Highness's matter is the most important."

Jiang Zhengchu: “…”

Jiang Zhengchu covered his chest with his hands, and was so angry at his rebellious son that he couldn't breathe and almost fainted.

Fu Xuerong, who had been hiding behind the screen for some unknown period of time, hurried forward and patted Jiang Zhengchu's back considerately to calm him down. At the same time, she looked at Jiang Xin with some complaints: "You kid, look at how mad you have made your father."

Seeing Jiang Xin pursed his lips and said nothing, Fu Xuerong shook his head helplessly and said, "Your father is doing this for your own good. Now that you are doing well, he will help your family. Your family will also be your support in the future.

As the saying goes, one must not disobey one's father's orders.

You are so arbitrary and dictatorial, ignoring your father's situation. Are you going to rely on the wise king forever and ignore your father and this family?"

Jiang Xin kept his head down and remained silent.

After being reminded by Fu Xuerong, Jiang Zhengchu seemed to have thought of something, and raised his shaking finger to point at Jiang Xin: "You rebellious son, you have to agree to this cooperation today, whether you agree or not. As long as I am still your father, you must listen..."

"Then, please, Dad, kick me out of the house." Jiang Xin knelt down and looked at Jiang Zhengchu with a calm and relieved expression.

Jiang Zhengchu's face changed, and he asked in disbelief: "What did you say?"

"Young Master..." Agui was also shocked by Jiang Xin's words, and for a moment he didn't know whether he should speak up to persuade him.

Jiang Xin kowtowed three times to Jiang Zhengchu, thanking him for his kindness: "I will never betray Your Highness. Please, father, kick me out of the house."

As he spoke, Jiang Xin looked up at Jiang Zhengchu and Fu Xuerong: "Dad, mother, you must have wanted to do this for a long time, right?"

Jiang Zhengchu & Fu Xuerong: "..."