Reborn as the Savior of a Short-lived Father and Son

Luo Feng's height had reached Gu Qinghe's waist. He looked up at her with his eyes blinking. "Grandma Wang's food is delicious. Sister Gu, come with me to try it today."

This expectant tone made it difficult for people to even say no. Gu Qinghe held his forehead with his hand and looked at Shao Wei helplessly.

However, this person seemed to know that she would look at him, and he looked away early, completely ignoring her request for help.

Luo Feng's eyes in his arms turned from expectation to dim, and he pursed his lips, "Sister Gu can't go?"

How could anyone refuse this? Gu Qinghe quickly said, "Yes."

"Great!" Luo Feng let go of his hand and turned around twice, then ran to Gao Cun, pulled him aside and gave him a few words of advice, then returned to Gu Qinghe, "I'll ask Grandma Wang to make some more delicious food tonight."

He couldn't wait to have Gu Qinghe go back to the general's mansion with him, and wanted to share with her everything he thought was good in the mansion.

The Duke's Mansion also prepared dinner. Shao Wei didn't come back often, so the Duke's wife naturally asked him to stay and have dinner at her mansion before leaving.

Shao Wei did not refuse directly, but threw the question to Luo Feng.

Luo Feng was thinking about taking Gu Qinghe to the General's Mansion to taste Grandma Wang's cooking, so naturally he didn't want to stay in the Duke's Mansion.

But the little guy was very sweet-talker. He held the old lady's arm and said a few sweet words to her, promising to come and see her again tomorrow, which immediately made the old lady smile.

Shao Wei took Gu Qinghe's medicine box, and Luo Feng held Gu Qinghe's hand, and they walked out of the old lady's yard one after the other.

The Duke's wife stared at the three people's backs in a trance, and after a while she sighed, "What a good girl, but this face..."

As she spoke, she looked at the old lady, trying to discern something from her expression, but the old lady only said indifferently, "It's a pity."

The tone was totally incomprehensible, and the Duke's wife fell silent.

At this time, the second house was also not idle.

Mrs. Hu had been waiting in front of Shao Jinsheng's yard early in the morning. As soon as Shao Jinsheng entered the door, she immediately dragged him to the study.

"Come here!"

Hu's tone was totally different from the gentle one she had in front of Gu Qinghe and Shao Wei today. The look she gave Shao Jinsheng was filled with rage.

He was already filled with anger, and when he saw Shao Jinsheng's reckless look, he became even more furious. He could no longer control himself and raised his hand to hit Shao Jinsheng.

The slap was not light. Shao Jinsheng tilted his head, as if he was used to such scenes. He chuckled and looked at Hu, "Mother is so angry, what happened? Did your son offend you again today?"

When he saw Shao Wei today, he knew that this was destined to happen. After so many years of playing out this drama, even if she wasn't tired, Shao Jinsheng would be tired.

Mrs. Hu was so angry that her face turned red. "The old lady has always been partial to Shao Wei, and now the people he invited have saved the old lady. Now you are completely no match for him in front of the old lady!"

Shao Jinsheng just found it funny. "These years, mother has been comparing me with Shao Wei all the time. I don't understand why mother treats him as a thorn in her side, as he is just a bastard."

"It's true that he is a bastard, but you, the legitimate son, can't even compare to a bastard. How can I put my face down?" Mrs. Hu became more and more angry. "Your father is useless, and you are also a loser. What kind of person is Shao Wei? He was born by a mother but not raised by her. You can't even compare to him. How dare you!"

"Why are you embarrassed?" Shao Jinsheng was fed up with these words. He had no ambition and no future, so who did he offend? "I told you a long time ago, if you expect me to compete with Shao Wei, it's impossible. You should have another child with dad as soon as possible and pass on your ambitions to him. Maybe there will be some hope."

He didn't care at all how angry Mrs. Hu was after he said this.

Hu covered her chest and relaxed for a long time, thinking that she didn't know what sin she had committed to marry Shao Kunping, a loser, and give birth to Shao Jinsheng, such a troublesome person.

But knowing what kind of person Shao Jinsheng was, Hu still felt very disappointed with him.

Knowing that if she continued talking Shao Jinsheng would probably just leave, Hu took a deep breath and forced herself to calm down.

He walked to the chair and sat down, holding his forehead and sighing, "Do you know that His Majesty is now intending to marry Li Qiulian to Shao Wei?"

Shao Jinsheng's eyes paused, but only for a moment. He seemed to not care at all. "What does it have to do with me?"

"You and Qiu Lian were childhood sweethearts, and it was originally agreed that this marriage should be yours. Do you think this is just His Majesty's idea? If the Li family didn't have this intention, why would His Majesty have this idea?"

Hu and Prime Minister Li's wife were good friends, and they had mentioned the engagement between Shao Jinsheng and Li Qiulian long ago.

In the past two years, Mrs. Hu has mentioned this marriage openly and secretly, but the Li family began to refuse, claiming that children's affairs should be decided by the children themselves, and that since their daughter is still young, they will talk about it later.

Hu knew that this was related to Shao Jinsheng's reputation outside, so she scolded him many times. She also promised Madam Li, both explicitly and implicitly, that if Li Qiulian married into the family, she would never let her suffer any grievances. However, Madam Li always dealt with it vaguely.

It turned out that the Li family had already made plans in mind and didn't even care about Shao Wei's status as a illegitimate child.

How could Hu not be angry?

If the Li family had not set their sights on Shao Wei, she might have been able to endure it.

Shao Jinsheng said slowly: "Since His Majesty has already decided to grant me a marriage, what can you do?"

Li Qiulian was extremely boring, and Shao Jinsheng had no feelings for her at all. Her unwillingness to marry him was actually a happy thing for him.

"I don't care what you do outside, but our Duke's Mansion is not open to everyone."

Shao Jinsheng snorted and laughed, thinking that she still didn't understand her own reputation well enough.

In the entire capital, every girl from a respectable family would shy away from the name Shao Jinsheng.

"In a few days, the princess will hold a banquet and invite the noble ladies and young men in the capital to gather together. It is said to be a private banquet, but in fact, the queen intends to use this private banquet to find a prince consort for the princess. Since you have no interest in officialdom, wouldn't it be nice to be a prince consort?"

Shao Jinsheng was dumbfounded, almost laughing out of anger, "The eldest princess has such an arrogant and domineering personality, mother, don't you think this Duke's Mansion can accommodate her?"

"Whether you can be accommodated naturally depends on your ability," Mrs. Hu stood up, "You should stay in the mansion for the next few days and you are not allowed to go anywhere!"

"Why?" Shao Jinsheng was not convinced. A girl who was very much his favorite had just come to Yuexin Tower two days ago. Shao Jinsheng had just enjoyed the novelty for two days and was not yet satisfied. Yesterday, when the passion was high, he promised the girl that he would go over again today. Now, Hu wanted to ban his visit, how could he agree to that?

Mrs. Hu pretended not to hear and walked out. When she reached the door, she called two servants to guard the door of Shao Jinsheng's courtyard.