Chapter 199 – The Old Madam is from a Scholarly Family (part 13)

In this place, there was no one who had a relationship with the Li family and could find someone like Wet Nurse Yan, except for Prince Kang.

Otherwise, it was too much of a coincidence!

Only at this time, Prince Kang should not know who the Li family was! Unless there was a bug in this world and Prince Kang was reborn, he shouldn’t have paid attention to the situation of the Li family in advance. This Wet Nurse Yan was likely someone he specially prepared for Li Ru.

But why would Prince Kang pay so much attention to Li Ru? Wasn’t his true love that exotic princess? Could it be that he wanted them to serve their husband together and share the blessings of the whole people?

Li Su was a little unhappy. Prince Kang asked Wet Nurse Yan to come. What did he want to teach Li Ru? How to be a good concubine?

For a moment, Li Su wanted to turn around and leave. But after she weighed her options, she endured it. If Prince Kang really had a heart, then if Wet Nurse Yan wasn’t able to go through this road, there would be other paths. She wasn’t even sure whether Prince Kang had eyes and ears among the servants in the family now. The current Li family couldn’t compete with Prince Kang, so they could only endure this.

Li Su was thinking a lot, but she finally calmed down. She then said with a smile, “I will agree to the conditions that Wet Nurse said.”

Wet Nurse Yan had been quietly observing Li Su’s expression. She could see that the other party thought she was suspicious. She had told the eldest prince that it was too obvious and that anyone with a discerning eye would know something was wrong. But the eldest prince said that it was okay, so she just came.

Now it seemed that this old lady was not simple. It was just that Wet Nurse Yan didn’t take it seriously. The Li family was just an ordinary family. The biggest official they had ever seen was probably the seventh-grade county magistrate. Even if she had doubts, she wouldn’t suspect that it was the eldest prince.

She had no bad intentions when she came to Li family’s house. The eldest prince asked her to carefully teach the girls of the Li family. Although she didn’t understand why the eldest prince was so concerned about the little Li family, the eldest prince saved her life. The eldest prince helped her get out of the cage. As long as the eldest prince was alive, she would listen to him.

“That’s good. I’ll go to the house when I’m ready in a few days,” said Wet Nurse Yan.

Li Su showed a smile and then went out.

On the way back, Li Su kept thinking about what exactly Prince Kang wanted to do.

At the same time, in the capital city, thousands of miles away… In Prince Kang’s mansion, Zhao Zongqing had just left the martial arts training ground covered in sweat. He returned to his yard, avoiding the maid, Mingzhu, and went to the bathing room by himself. After washing, he came out in clean clothes.

Mingzhu looked at the eldest prince, aggrieved. The eldest prince had been messing with her for a few days. After suffering from a cold, he was beaten a few times by His Highness and punished by kneeling. It was only after the county princess came back to persuade His Highness that His Highness let the eldest prince rise. That night, the eldest prince had a high fever. When the eldest prince woke up, it was as if he had changed. He never messed with them again. He married a gifted woman and a woman that was intended for him successively. He was bestowed a wife, but she was still too young, so he left her alone.

His Highness and his wife, and the county princess were naturally happy to see the eldest prince’s repentance and hard work. But, Mingzhu still missed the former prince. The eldest prince was very gentle before.

“Get out!” Zhao Zongqing said when he saw Mingzhu’s aggrieved expression. He hid the disgust in his eyes.

Mingzhu’s eyes were popping out of their sockets.

Zhao Zongqing’s gaze fell on Mingzhu’s back. His gaze was slightly cold. In his last life, he was the one who was wrong. He spoiled these girls too much, and their egos were even bigger. Therefore, when he favored Ru’er, they tried every means to target Ru’er.

He moved Ru’er out, but they still didn’t let her go.

Ru’er’s death in his previous life was a mistake due to a strange set of circumstances, but Mingzhu’s and a few other people’s instigation played a large part. If it weren’t for them, how could imperial concubine mother and the eldest sister force Ru’er to die while ignoring their own flesh and blood in her belly?

When Zhao Zongqing thought of this, his eyes darkened. He was only infatuated with Ru’er for a while, and Princess Jinlin was his favorite. It was just that, in his last life, he and Jinlin never had children. Although the husband and wife were in love, there was gossip behind their backs and slander. The two had endured a lot of pressure.

He and Jinlin had seen a lot of doctors, but the doctors said that they were in good shape and had no problems. Under the pressure of his prince father and imperial concubine mother and Jinlin, he was given several concubines and he worked very hard. Unfortunately, there was no news. In his last life right up until he died, he had no heirs except for Ru’er’s child. In the end, he had to adopt the seventeenth prince to inherit the title of Prince Kang’s mansion.

In this regard, Zhao Zongqing still held grudges. So after he came back from his rebirth, Zhao Zongqing thought a lot. In this life, his princess consort would only be Princess Jinlin. It was enough for Ru’er, as the only woman who had ever conceived his child, to be a side concubine.

But the position of concubine of Eldest Prince Kang who had an heir was not an easy position to have. First of all, her family background had to be clean. Therefore, the first thing Zhao Zongqing did when he came back was to order someone to find the whereabouts of Li Ru. He didn’t expect that the Li family in this life was very different from the Li family from his memory. Li Ru had not been sold, and she had two younger brothers. This was a good thing for Zhao Zongqing. Like mother, like daughter. Li Ru’s mother had two sets of twins in a row. It seems that Li Ru was also fertile. No wonder she was the only one who was lucky enough to conceive his child in his last life.

Zhao Zongqing didn’t take the changes of the Li family to heart. After all, he was a person who was reborn once. It was just the Li family, so he wouldn’t bother much with them. Since Li Ru didn’t end up in a brothel, it was for the best. She also had a father who was a scholar. Now he only needed to send a Wet Nurse to teach her mother.

As for Li Yu and Li Yuan, the mistakes of his previous life would not be repeated in this life. As long as they kept themselves safe, Zhao Zongqing was willing to give them a way out for Li Ru’s sake. After all, they were also the grandfather and uncle of his future sons.

What he had to do now was meet Jinlin as soon as possible, so that they could be inseparable, and be deeply in love. Zhao Zongqing thought about how he could justifiably leave the capital and go to Xiluo Country to find Jinlin.

Although Li Su had been very guarded towards Wet Nurse Yan, she had to admit that Wet Nurse Yan was very good. Yingniang had made obvious progress in dealing with people under Wet Nurse Yan’s guidance. She was very convinced of Wet Nurse Yan’s abilities.

Wet Nurse Yan was also well aware of the arrangements of the Li family. She was afraid that the old lady would not believe in her ability, so she did not ask to teach Young Miss Ru directly. But it was fine. There was still a long time to go so she could take her time.

It was Li Su who asked Li Ru privately what she thought of Wet Nurse Yan. She learned that Li Ru did not like Wet Nurse Yan. When Li Su asked Li Ru why, Li Ru couldn’t explain. “I just don’t like what she said to mother.” Be humble first and foremost. Be respectful and obedient. These were great gifts for a woman. Her mother was very convinced of these principles, but she disapproved a bit.

Li Su nodded, “Okay, I understand. I originally invited her to teach you, but since you don’t like her, she can teach your mother. I think your mother is soaking up her guidance. Your mother has made a lot of progress.” Regarding Liu Yingniang, Li Su couldn’t do anything. Li Su would just let her be. Everyone’s path was different and it was hard to force someone.

Li Ru nodded. “I think grandma and older brother taught me very well. I don’t need anyone else to teach me.”

Li Su smiled. She knew very well how Wet Nurse Yan taught Yingniang. If Prince Kang had really been reborn, and Wet Nurse Yan was really sent by him to teach these sorts of things, then it was likely that Prince Kang did not want to marry Ru’er as a princess consort. He probably wanted to take Ru’er as a concubine, so he asked Wet Nurse Yan to teach Ru’er how to be a wife.

Damn, the powerful were really amazing. Well, in this day and age, it was pretty amazing. But she was a dignified transmigrator. If she really allowed her granddaughter to be a concubine, then she would lose face! She would wait and see how it would turn out!

In the blink of an eye, Wet Nurse Yan had been in the Li family for half a year. She once thought that she would just be spending the initial time with Mrs. Li. Then, after the old lady of the Li family saw her methods and abilities, the old lady would let her go teach the young miss. She didn’t expect that even half a year later, the old lady didn’t ask her to teach the young miss.

Mrs. Li mentioned it a few times, but she was distracted by the old lady.

Wet Nurse Yan found that, although Mrs. Li was the mistress of the house, she was not assertive. This Li family followed what the old lady said. Not only did Mrs. Li obey the old lady’s words, but even the children of the Li family did the same. She heard that Scholar Li, who was out on a study tour, was also like this.

There were no rules at all in the Li family. The young miss was studying with her older brother and the two brothers from the neighbor’s house. Even her young serving girl was with them. What they learned was the same. She had a few ears throughout the house. Among the children, young miss Ru had the second best homework next to Li Yuan. Now, she had started to learn the Four Books with Master Li Yuan.

Wet Nurse Yan did not object to the young miss learning how to read. In fact, the young ladies from powerful families in the capital were knowledgeable and outstanding in the literary arts.

It was just that girls, no matter how good their homework was, would not participate in the imperial examinations in the future. It was better for them to learn some poetry and painting, along with cultivating their temperament.

The Li family was accustomed to this. Wet Nurse Yan once tried to talk to Mrs. Li, but Mrs. Li just murmured, “Their homework was all set before Husband Yu left.” Didn’t Wet Nurse Yan say that a woman should be respectful and obedient? How could she object to what Husband Yu had decided?

Wet Nurse Yan found Li Su again, but Li Su said directly to her, “Ru’er is naturally intelligent, and is not inferior to Yuan’er. Although she is not allowed to take the imperial exam, it is good for her to read more books. As for the other side, needlework or something, her mother taught her.”

“But the young miss is getting older every day, so it’s time for her to learn social etiquette,” Wet Nurse Yan said anxiously.

“Learn social etiquette? What kind of social etiquette? What kind of family is our family? Why do we need to learn that? I don’t expect Ru’er to marry into a high-ranking family in the future. Ordinary people would want someone who is honest, kind, and caring. That’s all. There’s no need to learn this kind of social etiquette,” Li Su said directly.

Wet Nurse Yan’s anxious face turned pale, but she couldn’t say anything. She could only swallow her words and go back to the room. Then, she wrote a letter to the eldest prince to complain, asking for countermeasures.