Syndicate Growth Manual

The Fan family gave birth prematurely and her child died. This incident did not cause waves in Jiangcheng Shangfang, but was drowned in the news that the army might march to the northwest.The child was not yet ten years old, died young and could not enter the ancestral grave, and his parents were not holding funerals, so the child was quietly buried in a small coffin next to the Zhao family's ancestral grave in a snowy day.

After the winter solstice, the Zhongjun mansion fell into a dead atmosphere. Although no mourning was held, everyone knew that there was no young master, so they did not dare to wear red and green, and the red lanterns in the garden were also taken down.Fan's confinement was going to be confinement, but the Tangli courtyard was full of bleak wind and rain, and there were two white lanterns hung at the gate of the courtyard, and no one dared to criticize anything. Doctor Qin went to check Fan's pulse every few days. Then he went to Muxiyuan to report to Zhao Chen.

"So, she's in good health?"

Doctor Qin thought for a while, and said euphemistically: "The body just needs to be taken care of, but I'm afraid there are still some hindrances in my heart." He looked at Fan's complexion, young and still young, but his face was more sad than his heart died, and his eyes were full of sadness Numb to the extreme.In the past, he had treated quite a few patients like this. Some of them gradually improved on their own, some were healthy but declined day by day, and some simply sought relief.

It's just that it's not easy to say more to the Patriarch.

Zhao Chen was silent for a while, then slowly said: "My wife needs to work more to serve the doctor."

Doctor Qin bowed and withdrew.

Liqiu knelt and sat on one side. Seeing Doctor Qin go out, he leaned over to pick up a chopstick dish for Zhao Chen, and said softly: "Mr. Lang, the porridge is getting cold, you can eat some."

Zhao Chen glanced at the pork with black beans and black beans on the plate, and stretched out his hand to push the dish away with a calm expression.He looked at Li Qiu who was waiting by his side, the woman was just beautiful and young, and her every move was elegant after years of immersion, not much better than Fan's.She saw Zhao Chen pushing away the dish, but her expression remained unmoved, she just silently put the only plate of bean sprouts fried in vegetable oil in front of Zhao Chen.

He looked away, picked up a chopstick of bean sprouts himself: "When I eat alone in three months, I won't do this kind of big meat."

Li Qiu didn't speak for a long time, and Zhao Chen knew her silent rebuttal.Since Li Qiu came to his side, she rarely spoke to him, if she felt dissatisfied, she would just bow her head and say nothing like this moment.

"No matter how much the Fan family is wrong, the son she gave birth to is also a descendant of my Zhao family." Zhao Chen suddenly lost his appetite and put down his chopsticks. , but I couldn’t swallow it.”

Li Qiu raised his head and looked straight at him, his tone could be called harsh: "Fan is not worthy to be the mother of Mr. Lang's heirs, even if she gave birth to a child, I will never admit it! Mr. Lang's son is only Da Lang. That's all!"

Zhao Chen's face darkened: "Liqiu!"

With tears in his eyes, Li Qiu said in a mournful voice: "...it is said that marrying a wife and marrying a virtuous man, passing on the incense to the successor's family and stewardship without envy or resentment, what did Fan do? Don't talk about Chuncao, let's talk about it this time, she knows The Fan family had bad intentions and took Da Lang there. The young man died early, how could he know that it was not her fault? Now the Fan family is forcing us to recognize that relative, and let people know what happened to Da Lang. Hold your head up and be a man..."

She has always been polite, and although Zhao Chen called her sister when she was young, she never calls herself that.Saying these words now, it is reasonable to have surpassed the duty of being a slave, but Zhao Chen couldn't ignore her worry about putting herself in Dalang's place.

Zhao Chen's face softened, and he thought of the secret order in his heart. How could he tell her about all these things?

He then said softly: "Li Qiu, I know it well, but Fan has always fulfilled her duty in the five years since she married me. Because I was so wary of her and failed to fulfill my husband's responsibilities, I have already failed her. The current situation is also the same. It's not what she wants, even if I pursue it with her, it will be useless, why bother?"

With his behavior and handling of affairs, it is rare to be able to say such a thing. Li Qiu knew that he should stop here, but he couldn't help feeling wronged for Zhao Chen.Her family's master is not really cold-hearted, just by looking at his posture of doting on Zhao Yuan, you can get a glimpse of it, but it is difficult to even treat each other as a guest with Fan, which shows that Fan has never been in Lang You put your heart into it.

Li Qiu couldn't guess that Fan's family had drunk the potion for conceiving a child, but felt that it was because she didn't please the husband that she couldn't have a child.If it is a pleasing one, Mr. Lang will not be running around in the daytime, and he will not have a place to relax when he comes back.Zhao Chen seldom went to Fan's place, and Fan never took the initiative to come to him. From Li Qiu's point of view, it was already a kind of dereliction of duty. He was unwilling to fulfill his duties as a wife and mistress, so why would he occupy that place for nothing? seat?

"Lang Jun, you might as well marry another man," she couldn't help but said, "Even if you don't marry another man, you can take a few concubines." Thinking of Chuncao again, if it wasn't for the Fan family who married Chuncao, she would be a good candidate. Although I'm a little more careful, but after the previous experience, I must be honest...Single wheel looks like, it's easy to find a better color than the spring grass in the mansion...

Zhao Chen shook his head, signaling that she didn't need to say any more.He started to eat again, the porridge was already cold, he didn't care, Li Qiu sat on his knees in a daze, and couldn't think of calling the kitchen to heat it up again.

Zhao Chen was thinking about what Yi Tuo told him yesterday.Compared with what Li Qiu learned from him, he heard more.For example, why the Yu family insisted on marrying him in the Zhongjun Mansion, and what happened to Fan's parents back then.

At that time, Fan Yang's father, Fan Yang, was quite capable in managing the general affairs of the descendants, and he didn't want to go out to check the accounts after a year of heavy snow. Because the Yu family invested money in the caravan, they urged Fan Yang. As a result, Fan Yang and the caravan suffered an avalanche in Nanwang Mountain Pass. , no one came back alive.Fan Yang's wife, Lu Shi, came across the bad news, and submitted a proposal the next day.

Fan Yang and his eldest son, Fan Lin, are brothers from the same mother. The Yu family is indeed innocent, because Fan Yang's death is not good for her, but because of her instigation to go out, it is indisputable.It is conceivable that if Fan Yu knew about it, he would have to hate her, not to mention it was the Yu family who persuaded Fan Lin to send her into the palace.I'm afraid Yu's heart is also guilty, keeping Fan Yu at home is tantamount to reminding her why the second wife has no inheritance.

In this way, even if Fan Shi married into the Zhongjun Mansion and got a good marriage, it would not mean much to Yu Shi, so she only wanted to fortify a Fan family daughter who could really be with her.

More importantly, Zhao Chen smiled sarcastically at the news that he might go to the northwest this year, probably making Yu feel that if he didn't come back, Anu might have more status in the mansion than Fan.

'Sangong intends to speak to the monarch on the second day after the La Festival and recommend you to lead the army. '

Zhao Chen recalled the facsimile of the letter brought back by Yi Tuo, and every word and sentence on it was clearly visible.As the commander-in-chief of the three armies, he is now only a name. Although the 10 troops in the suburban camp sounds like a lot, it is not as good as the combined strength of the North Camp and the Northwest Camp with 10,000+ troops.Originally, the soldier talisman in his hand could dispatch the soldiers and horses of the upper, middle and lower armies. Now the soldier talisman is in the hands of the monarch. If he goes to the northwest, he may take this opportunity to expand his trilogy, build momentum in the army, and grasp real power...

"Lang Jun..." Li Qiu's voice sounded in his ears, which surprised him.

Zhao Chen looked down and saw that the porridge in the bowl was gone, and he didn't notice it.He put down the chopsticks, but his heart was shocked.I have abided by my duty for many years, but now I have the idea of ​​​​garrisoning private soldiers?

"Lang Jun, what are you thinking?" Li Qiu asked worriedly when he saw that he lost his composure.

Zhao Chen waved his hand. Compared with this thought, what surprised him even more was that he didn't feel guilty or shaken at all.

Perhaps since this year, the monarch's various impatient actions have made him worry about Anu day by day, and always feel precarious... To the monarch, Anu seems to be more than just Lutuo's son He is a mere child, but it represents a smoldering flame of the Lu family's death and recovery, and it is the afterimage of a high wall that controls his supreme monarchy. Even if the wall is knocked down, even a remaining brick cannot be tolerated.

"Fan's side, no matter how you think about it, remember that she is still your mistress, it's up to you, don't neglect." He got up and walked towards the inner room without looking at Li Qiu's forbearing expression.

Although there is no heated kang in Muxiyuan, the inner room is still very warm.Thick tapestries hung on the wall, a layer of felt and wool lichen covered the floor, and thick curtains hung around the bed to keep out the cool air. Kicked the corners.

Zhao Chen hung up the bed curtain, sat on the side of the couch and touched his son's belly.During this period of time, he was injured and sick again, and even his chubby belly was deflated a lot, which made him feel very distressed.Especially in the past two days, ever since he found out that his brother, whom he had no chance to meet, was buried, Anu's mood has been depressed, he didn't eat much, and he didn't sleep well at night, and he often fell asleep in the morning.

This is also one of the reasons why Li Qiu resented Fan Shi. She felt that Fan Shi had committed a crime, and she was afraid that the baby's resentment would rush to Anu, and insisted on having someone pretend to be Fang Xiangshi to drive out the little ghosts, but Li Chun insisted on dissuading her.

"Anu?" Zhao Chen called out.

Zhao Yuan woke up in a daze, and it can be seen that he didn't sleep as well as he saw.He stared at Zhao Chen for a while, then called out softly, "Father... thirsty..."

Zhao Chen hummed, hugged him up, wrapped him in a blanket and poured water for him to drink.The water was always hot on the smoker. He was afraid that he would be thirsty at night because of the heat in the room, and he would not sleep well at night. He would drink water once he woke up, but in the end he wet the mattress the night before.Zhao Chen felt that his son was cute and pitiful, but Zhao Yuan was so ashamed and indignant that he decided not to drink water after dinner.

Zhao Yuan woke up, and the first thing he did was to struggle to get off the ground, and then to grope under the quilt.

Zhao Chen said with a hidden smile, "I touched it, and I didn't wet the bed."

"Father, stop talking!" Zhao Yuan was so angry that he died.That night he drank too much water, and dreamed that he went to the toilet at home, but he actually wet the bed, a lifetime of black history!His father kept mentioning this matter!

"Okay, I won't mention it for my father, you go and wash up quickly." Zhao Chen didn't tease him, urging him to put on warm clothes, "I'm afraid Yuan Jue Zhencheng has already arrived in the study."

Zhao Yuan squinted at him suspiciously, muttered to himself, put on his clothes, washed up and had breakfast.

I don't know if he answered the phrase "winter in March who can't wake up", he is now like the hibernating bear, no matter how much he sleeps every day, he can't get enough sleep, and he has to get up early in the morning to go to school.In the past, students still had weekends and holidays, but now there are holidays, but weekends are gone, day and month, except for my birthday, I can be exempted from going to school, usually want to be lazy?Unless Doctor Qin issues a certificate!