Mingzhu and Wen Hui began to invest in the construction of the hospital without a few days of rest, and the matter of Jishitang opening a branch in Qingyang City came. At this time, Chen Wenlin had already gone to the capital. Chen Yuanheng still has some disaster relief matters to deal with, and he is very busy when he catches up with the autumn harvest. The Bai family was busy settling down the family and settling the industry. In the past, the fields bought in Heyang Prefecture, Huzhou, and Suzhou had to be taken care of by the store.

Mingzhu and Wen Hui first chose a place with the help of Wu Dashan and bought the land, which originally had some houses, so Wen Hui renovated it, so as to save a little money, the key is the internal facilities of the hospital. In addition to these, Mingzhu also took out some money from the pharmaceutical workshop and opened a pharmaceutical workshop in Qingyang City. A group of people was recruited.

The two of them are very busy every day. Mingzhu also took time to take a look at his father Xu Zhijie in the middle. Xu Zhijie is very comfortable in prison now, because Mingzhu gave him a little up and down in prison, and those jailers had already treated Xu Zhijie preferentially, and now that Chen Yuanheng is the assassin, Mingzhu has become the goddaughter of the new assassin, this time to visit Xu Zhijie, Mingzhu specially invited Wu Dashan to follow. Wu Dashan is now the head of Huzhou, and these prison officials are also under his control, and as soon as he saw him personally accompanied, he immediately treated Xu Zhijie better.

Xu Zhijie recalled the hardships he had experienced before, and couldn't help but feel angry and ashamed. Angry, when he was first imprisoned before, the concubine of Thorn Shi at that time was his two precious daughters, Pearl and Baozhu. I heard that at that time, his only son Xu Jizu and his wife Sun settled in Qingyang to eat this, but these two daughters, a son, and a wife didn't even come to see him. Not to mention sending him something and improving the environment. At that time, he almost died in prison, but fortunately, his youngest daughter and his separated ex-wife came to visit him, and he also asked a doctor to treat him and improve his environment.

Now his political rival Chen Yuanheng has been promoted to assassination, and he is still a prisoner. This made him sigh and at the same time began to reflect on the first half of his life. Anyway, now he has nothing to do in prison, and no one abuses him. In addition to reading, he spends all his time reflecting on himself.

This introspection found that he and Hu Shi had the happiest life in the first few years of marriage. The wife is quiet and gentle, knowledgeable, and the two often read books and write poems and paintings together. Originally, his family background was very ordinary, in order to provide him with education, his mother had done her best, he was very smart, but he never found a famous teacher, and he relied on self-study. barely won the lift. Then I was fortunate to vote for my father-in-law Hu Zhili.

With the help of Hu Zhili. He began to embark on a career in official business, and it was also very smooth. And after getting married, his father-in-law and wife gave him a lot of help in his studies. And that's not to mention. The biggest change was that his wife brought a huge dowry, and he suddenly changed from an ordinary person to a rich nobleman. He brought his mother to enjoy the blessings and help manage the housework. He held poetry meetings with those literati, and the literary meetings were squandering money like dirt and being dashing.

But this happy life made him start to be dissatisfied and began to want a more exciting life. The first thing he thought about was to have a son, but his wife had not been pregnant for many years, and his mother began to slander Hu in front of him. Slowly, he began to hate this wife who couldn't have children. But the two of them still have feelings, plus they are still young, thinking that maybe in a few years, the Hu family will have a child. At that time, where would he have thought that it would be his biological mother who did something to the Hu family. She can't get pregnant.

At another poetry meeting, he unexpectedly met a Xiucai's daughter, Sun. Sun is young and beautiful, different from his wife's dignified and virtuous lady, her beauty is enchanting, full of temptation, and can even be said to be lewd. But it was this beauty, which was completely different from that of his wife, that attracted him. He took her into the outer chamber. also made an excuse for himself, who made Hu infertile.

Later, Sun soon became pregnant and gave birth to his only son. As a new father, he was ecstatic and eager to give his son the best things in the world. But he could only secretly visit his son and Sun, because he was afraid that Hu's maiden family would know that he had an outer room. It was this kind of sneakiness that made him hate the Hu family and pity the Sun family even more. Poor Hu didn't know any of this at all.

Later, Hu's father was demoted, he felt that the opportunity had come, so he brought Sun and his son back, Hu was immersed in the grief of the great changes in his mother's family, and suddenly received this blow, almost unable to hold on, but years of obedience made her generously accept Sun and Xu Jizu.

But Hu's generosity made Xu Zhijie hate Hu even more. Isn't this a reflection of his and Sun's badness? So he began to connive at Sun's torture of Hu. Sometimes he also went to torture Hu. Later, Sun gave birth to two more beautiful daughters one after another. He doted on his two daughters. Later, Hu became pregnant and gave birth to a daughter.

He didn't pay any attention to the daughter born by the Hu family, although he didn't care about housework, but he also knew a little bit about it over the years, knowing that the Hu family's dowry was snatched away by his mother and the Sun family, and the monthly cases of the Hu family and Mingzhu were deducted by the Sun family, and Mingzhu was not as good as a maid in the house. Although he knew this, he didn't care, subconsciously, he hoped that Hu and Hu's daughter would disappear.

For the Sun family, he gave her favor, a concubine, but let her manage the housework, let her go in and out of the gatherings of high society, let her be named a second lady, and even later he helped the Sun family upright. For Sun's family, he took care of it and gave money to Sun's poor and talented father, so that Sun's father could run rampant outside under his name. For the children born to Sun, he loved them wholeheartedly. At least he loves his son wholeheartedly, eats well, dresses well, takes care of his son like a real son-in-law, and personally teaches him to read, hoping that his son will be able to support him in the future. For his two daughters, he was very generous, asking them the best teachers to teach them dance, piano skills, dressing them in the best clothes, eating the best things, and using the best fat powder. Of course, he had the intention of marrying his daughter to the powerful in exchange for a rich future, but this did not affect the enjoyment of his daughters.

Such a huge contrast treats his two women, and these two women also treat him in a huge contrast. When Sun was in power, he was charming and obedient, and as soon as he entered the prison, Sun immediately ran away with the money. This is really angry, he wants to vomit blood. As for the Hu family, he betrayed her, tortured her, and even reconciled with her, but after the Hu family reconciled, the better it became, and he even got the gift of the seventh grade of the imperial court, and he was still the eighth grade at that time. Later, he was imprisoned, and Hu had nothing to do with him for a long time, but Hu still went to visit him, which really made him embarrassed.

What about his children, the three children he paid the most to and the prison where he was in the same city, but never saw him. Mingzhu, who he doesn't care about, doesn't hesitate to visit him every month and take out the money to improve the environment for him. He really can't live with the pearl.

Now Mingzhu came to visit him again, and happily told him that they would also move to Qingyang City in the future, so that she could visit him more. Seeing his daughter's happy appearance, he was not happy at all, and said, "Mingzhu, when you come to Qingyang City in the future, I hope you don't come to see me." ”

Mingzhu was originally happy, but when she heard her father's words, she was stunned for a moment and said, "Why? But my father is angry that I haven't come to see you in the past two months. I'm busy with disaster relief, and I've traveled to three states, so I haven't been here for a long time, so don't be angry, okay? ”

Xu Zhijie looked at his daughter's anxious appearance, and said distressedly: "Where can I be angry with my good daughter, you are doing a good job, it's too late for me to be happy." I didn't stop you from coming to see me every month before, because you lived in Deqing at that time, and you came to Qingyang City, and others didn't know what you were doing? No one will know that you have a sinner father like me. Now that you are going to live in Qingyang City, if you come to see me again, you will be known, I don't want others to know that you have a sinner father like me. ”

When Mingzhu heard her father's words, her tears suddenly fell uncontrollably, and a strong father's love that she had never felt before surrounded her. She always thought that she loved her father wishfully, but she didn't expect her father to love her too.

Xu Zhijie saw that his daughter fell into tears, panicked, and hurriedly said, "Don't cry, I'm doing this for your good." You don't know when you're young, a girl's reputation is the most important thing. Originally, my divorce from your mother will have an impact on your future in-laws, and even after you get married, you will be angry in your in-laws' family because of this. But fortunately, your mother is very competitive, she is now a seven-rank lady gifted by the imperial court, and no one dares to look down on her because of her and her departure. And her mother's family is now developed again, and you will definitely be able to find a good mother-in-law in the future by relying on your grandfather's family. But if you let the family know that your biological father is a sinner, it will be troublesome, and I don't want to drag you down. ”

Although Mingzhu shed tears, she smiled and said, "Father, don't worry, my daughter has found someone she likes." He said that he didn't mind his daughter's background, his father, and my parents. ”

This news hit Xu Zhijie like a thunderbolt. He didn't know what to say for a while. Xu Zhijie slowly asked what the situation was with Mingzhu. Mingzhu shyly told what happened. How did she meet Liu Jingyuan for the first time, how did she go to disaster relief together, and how did Liu Jingyuan confess to her before leaving, and how did she answer. Mingzhu said very slowly, and Xu Zhijie thought while listening. After Mingzhu finished speaking, Xu Zhijie said, "I don't agree with you and this Liu Gongzi." ”

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