The wonderful life of modern women in ancient times

Chapter 215 Some people and some things still require you to look at them carefully!

From then on, Zhu'er and Fangruo stayed away from him even less. Slowly, the three children grew up. It was not until Anyang Hou came to ask for Fangruo's hand in marriage for his son that he suddenly realized that his children had reached the age for marriage.

The marriage proposal from Marquis Anyang was very good. Seeing that Zhu'er and Fangruo had no objection to the marriage, he gladly accepted it.

Just when the two families were about to get engaged, the emperor suddenly issued an edict, ordering Zhu'er to go to the border to fight. Fangruo insisted on waiting for her brother to come back before getting engaged, so the matter was delayed.

Unexpectedly, one day he suddenly received the news that Zhu'er was seriously injured and died. He was really panicked that day and just wanted to find the imperial physician to treat his son as soon as possible. So when Fangruo wanted to go to Sunset Mountain first, he did not consider her safety and agreed without thinking.

When he arrived at Sunset Mountain and found that the general was not Zhu'er, he was immediately relieved. His Zhu'er was fine. It turned out that the soldier had reported the wrong message. He was really scared to death.

He had just breathed a sigh of relief when he saw his youngest daughter Fang Qing running to him in panic and telling him that Fang Ruo had fallen off a cliff and her life or death was unknown!

When he heard the news, it was like a bolt from the blue. He went crazy and took people to search under the cliff for several days, but he didn't even find his daughter's body.

He ran to Yan'er's grave and burst into tears. It was because he failed to protect their daughter and let her die at such a young age. He was sorry for Yan'er.

When he was planning to hold a grand funeral for Fangruo, a senior monk happened to pass by and told him that a grand funeral might be detrimental to Zhu'er on the battlefield. He did not believe these things, but since it was related to his son's life and death, he did not dare to be careless, so he hastily built a cenotaph for his daughter and was done with it.

Over the years, he had never thought much about these things until this moment when his father-in-law asked him, since he married Zhao Ting'er to take care of two children, then how did she take care of Zhu'er and Fangruo?

Ever since Zhao Ting'er came into the family, his son and daughter have no longer been close to him.

Thinking about Zhao Ting'er's words and actions over the years, she seemed to care about Zhu'er and Fangruo very much, and never owed the two children much in terms of food, clothing and other expenses, but she always mentioned the two children's ignorance intentionally or unintentionally.

He was biased and often taught Zhu'er and Fangruo lessons, causing the two children to become increasingly distant from him.

Also, when the Anyang Marquis' Mansion came to propose marriage, Zhao Ting'er always wanted Fang Qing to get engaged to the Anyang Marquis's son, saying how well suited they were. He actually listened to her and even discussed it with the Anyang Marquis' Mansion. If it weren't for the Anyang Marquis' Mansion's insistence, this marriage would never have fallen into Fang Ruo's hands.

And Zhu'er was already at the age to get married, but Zhao Ting'er had never mentioned finding a girlfriend for him, and he didn't even notice this back then.

A few days ago, if Zhu'er hadn't suddenly asked for his mother's dowry, he wouldn't have known that Zhao Ting'er had given half of Yan'er's dowry to Fang Qing as a dowry.

Since Zhu'er went to the battlefield that year, he has never returned except for one time after learning of his sister's death. He doesn't contact his father on weekdays. He still needs to ask his son-in-law Anyang Hou about whether his son is safe, and Zhao Ting'er has never asked about Zhu'er's safety.

Thinking of his son-in-law, Marquis Anyang, his heart suddenly tightened. After proposing marriage at the Marquis Anyang's mansion that year, Zhu'er suddenly received an imperial edict to go to the battlefield. Then after a while, news came back that Zhu'er was seriously injured and died. Then Fangruo fell off a cliff and her body was never found. Then, Fangqing married into the Marquis Anyang's mansion in place of her sister Fangruo!

Now that he thought about it carefully, these things were too coincidental. And how could it be such a coincidence that the monk passed by the general's mansion just when he was preparing to hold his daughter's funeral and came into the mansion to say those words to him!

There have been so many things wrong since Zhao Ting'er came in. Why didn't he notice them all these years?

Zhao Ting'er had never really cared about Zhu'er and Fangruo, nor had she ever felt sorry for the two children from the bottom of her heart.

No wonder Zhu'er always carefully protects Fangruo and doesn't let her have too much contact with Zhao Ting'er.

Children can always sense who is sincere to them and who is fake. I guess Zhu'er had already realized that Zhao Ting'er didn't really love him, so he was so wary of her. The funny thing is that he had scolded him many times for this over the years.

Thinking about the way Zhu'er looked at him over the years, he was increasingly disappointed. Before he left for the war, when he saw him, he was already looking at him as if he were a stranger. I guess he must have been extremely disappointed with his foolish father at that time!

When General Cao thought of his son who was still fighting desperately on the battlefield and his daughter who had long since passed away, his eyes filled with tears and regret!

He felt sorry for his daughter who died at a young age, and for his son who was over 30 and still had no family and was fighting alone on the battlefield.

He looked at his father-in-law who was looking at him quietly, his eyes full of wisdom.

The father-in-law must have discovered long ago that Zhao Ting'er had ill intentions towards Zhu'er and Fangruo, otherwise why would he suddenly send a group of experts to personally teach and protect Zhu'er after Zhao Ting'er got married, and also personally selected a nanny and a personal maid for Fangruo and sent them to the general's mansion.

Seeing the former son-in-law's face full of pain and regret and tears, the old prime minister was very satisfied. This was right. If you did something wrong, you had to endure the inner torment and torture. Otherwise, how could you be worthy of those who had been hurt.

"Some people and some things still require you to look at them carefully!"

The old prime minister stared into General Cao's eyes and spoke slowly.

After that, he pointed to the stool next to him and asked him to sit down, then continued: "Don't call me father-in-law from now on, it's not right. By the way, why did you suddenly bring so many gifts to my house today?"

The old prime minister stroked his beard, pointed at a pile of gift boxes on the table, and asked in a puzzled manner.

"I'm here to apologize to the Prime Minister's Mansion!"

When General Cao heard what the old prime minister said, he stood up and saluted him respectfully again. Because the old prime minister insisted that he not call him father-in-law anymore, and he didn't want to call him uncle, he had to call himself the junior.

"Oh? What are you apologizing for? What have you done to offend my Prime Minister's Mansion?"

Looking at his grandfather's puzzled expression, Zhao Junhuan, who had been sitting silently on the side, curled his lips secretly.

Grandpa is really good at pretending. He obviously knows what is going on, but he still wants General Cao to tell him again what his wife did.

"It's like this. Today, my wife Zhao Ting'er had a stomachache. Thanks to Jun Huan's mother's kindness in helping her go to the toilet, she couldn't tell the difference between good and bad..."

General Cao was very embarrassed to tell what happened between Zhao Ting'er and Leng Linglong today. After that, he took a brocade box and opened it, and said to the old prime minister: "This is the title deed of the hot spring manor. Please give it to Jun Huan's mother."

After seeing the old prime minister nodded, he put the brocade box back on the table, pointed at the other gifts and said sincerely again: "This matter is my wife's fault. These are just a small gift from the younger generation. Please accept them and don't be angry with her!"

"I am a very generous person, and so is my daughter-in-law. She is very straightforward and generous. This matter is over and it is over. We will not take it to heart. Don't worry."

The old prime minister said with a smile, as if he was really not angry about this.

General Cao heaved a sigh of relief upon seeing this. When he saw that the old prime minister and Zhao Junhuan didn't say anything, he knew that they didn't like him, so he tactfully took his leave.