Blissful Days After Widowhood - Chapter 354

Mrs. Chen brought Feng Yu back to Duke Lu’s mansion. Although the mother and son were both emotional, they also knew that this emotion could not be revealed to Mrs. Qin, so they both pretended to be dejected. 

Mrs. Qin was still half lying on the bed. After letting them in, she had a rare smile on her face as she asked Feng Yu, “Tell your grandmother, did you really beat up the child of Duke Ying’s house?” 

Feng Yu lowered his eyes and said apologetically,”This grandson was too impulsive and caused my mother to come to the door, and she brought me back.” 

Mrs. Qin waved her hand indifferently and said, “You did a great job! Your mother went to pick you up and lost a little face, but it’s not worth blaming you. My Feng family’s men are daring. Let’s see if that brat of Duke Ying’s mansion will dare to be presumptuous in front of our family!” 

Feng Yu’s eyes got dark again. Mrs. Qin didn’t notice the difference, and waved her hand to let him go back to his yard to rest. 

When he left, the smile on Mrs. Qin’s face faded. She waved and said to Mrs. Chen, “Go back and rest. Don’t run around without my order.”

In other words, although Mrs. Chen helped to do a shameless errand, Mrs. Qin was still not ready to lift her punishment. 

Mrs. Chen smiled bitterly. But because she thought of her parents who were going to come to Beijing, she was excited, and she didn’t care about that kind of thing anymore. 

Later, she returned to her yard, and Feng Yuan came over later. 

After ten years of being together, Mrs. Chen and Feng Yuan had always had a good relationship. 

Of course, since they entered the mansion, the relationship between the two had become worse. 

Mrs. Chen thought about it and decided that she wouldn’t hide anything from him. 

Just like before she got married, she didn’t choose to hide her life experience, she was going to tell him this time. 

However, before she could speak, Feng Yuan said first, “Mother is not in good health. She has a big temper, and you have been wronged and burdened. The rumors outside are really bad and not good for our family. The source is you, so you should stay at home now. In a few days, when the limelight passes, I will naturally help you to persuade, and it will be alright.” 

Those words were like cold water poured down from the head. 

Mrs. Chen still remembered that before she got married, she made it clear to Feng Yuan. She didn’t want to deceive him, and she was very worried that he would mind the past, so she carefully looked at his reaction. 

But at that time, Feng Yuan vowed, ‘These are all your sufferings, not your fault. I will only pity you more, and will not despise you because of this.’

But from his words at the moment, she could tell that he was ashamed of her origin. 

Mrs. Chen chuckled and shook her head, saying that she was tired and asked him to leave. 

 …… 

Gu Ye entered the palace the next day, and Emperor Zhengyuan was already in Wenhua Hall. 

He hurriedly turned his head to look at the sky outside and muttered, “I’m not late.” 

“You are not late.” Emperor Zhengyuan asked him to come forward and said, “I came here ahead of time. Tell me what happened yesterday, I heard that the Feng family’s child beat you.”

After Gu Ye and Feng Yu discussed a plan the day before, Gu Ye found the guards who followed him and told them not to show up for a while no matter what happened. 

After listening to his words, the guards saw that he was chased by Feng Yu and ran home. The guards didn’t move when they saw that he was not injured, but they definitely had to pass the news back to the palace. 

Emperor Zhengyuan knew it so he asked.

“Oh, this is what happened…” Gu Ye told Emperor Zheng Yuan about the ins and outs, and added again at the end, “Feng Yu and his mother are both very good, he didn’t really want to hit me yesterday. It was my idea. You must not hate him.” 

Emperor Zhengyuan raised his eyebrows and said, “The child is just playing around, don’t say that it was fake, even if it was true, is it possible that I will embarrass a ten-year-old child? Who do you think I am?” 

“Of course you are a generous and reasonable person! But there are always times when people are not calm, and it is not about others, but your most beloved son!”

Unable to hold back his laughter, the Emperor scratched his nose and said, “You are very welcome, but why are you my most beloved son?” 

Gu Ye laughed, “Isn’t it?” 

Emperor Zhengyuan didn’t answer his words, lest if he went on, the more this little brat would boast.

He turned to ask, “The child of the Feng family is Feng Yu you are talking about. The relationship between your families is not good, why do you want to help him like this?” 

“You clearly understand.” Gu Ye glanced at him and said, “My uncle said when he met you back then, you said, ‘The prince is not asking for marriage to look into your background. It’s just friends, do I care about that?’. That’s right, princes and generals don’t care about their backgrounds, let alone making friends.” 

Emperor Zhengyuan touched his nose a little embarrassedly. At that time, he didn’t know how to read. That sentence was one he heard from the master in the village, and then he remembered that in his heart. He used that sentence as an opening remark when recruiting talents when he was young. He didn’t know but it was really useful. 

However, Gu Ye’s temperament did resemble his, and Emperor Zhengyuan looked at him with relief. “Then you don’t care?”

Gu Ye nodded, then thought of something and said, “It’s not that I don’t care at all, there is something I want to ask you.” 

“It’s rare to see you being so polite in private.” Emperor Zhengyuan asked him to speak. 

It had been a while since they met, and Gu Ye had not asked for his grace, so that time, as long as his request was not too excessive, Emperor Zhengyuan would definitely answer his request. 

Unexpectedly, Gu Ye didn’t ask anything for himself, but said, “The grandfather and grandma of the Ge family gave me a hot meal when I was in trouble. It’s a kind of kindness to me. If they come to Beijing and recognize Feng Yu’s mother, I’m afraid that the people will look down on their identity…” 

Emperor Zhengyuan frowned and said, “It is very easy to give money, but with the rank of Duke Lu and the high standards of his old lady, even if the old couple of the Ge family become wealthy, she probably would look down on such in-laws.” 

That made Gu Ye feel the difficulty, so he scratched his head and asked him what he should do.

Emperor Zhengyuan pulled his hand that was used to scratching his head away and said, “This matter can be discussed later. You have already spoken, and I will think of a way for you. You have to wait for them to recognize each other.” 

Gu Ye nodded, “Then it’s all up to you.” 

While the father and son were talking, Eldest Master Wen came. 

Gu Ye saw him and immediately greeted him, “You came just in time. I had a new idea yesterday, and the outline of the story is completely figured out, so I’ll tell you about it.”