Showing filial devotion

Zhao Zihang let them stare for a while, but finally he could bear it no longer. With a stern face, he said, "Have you looked your fill yet?"

At the ominous sound of his voice, no one dared look at him anymore. They all turned their attention to Fang Huaiyu instead.

Zhao Zihang's mother gazed at the graceful Fang Huaiyu, her eyes full of affection. "Just look at this lovely child. With looks like these, if neither of us said anything, who would know he was a man? I'm truly envious of his skill with makeup."

Hearing this, Fang Huaiyu thought of the trouble he had caused her son and simply taught Countess Cheng'en a few tricks as an apology for the earlier inconvenience.

He held nothing back as he taught Countess Cheng'en. The wives from the other two branches of the household, along with the unmarried young ladies, could not resist gathering around to listen. Even Princess Qingyang was tempted, and in the end she joined them too.

Once Fang Huaiyu's problem was resolved, Jiang Bin wiped nonexistent sweat from his forehead and said, "It's finally settled. Now I can get a good night's sleep."

Then he suddenly remembered something. Turning to the scowling Zhao Zihang, he said, "Young Lord Zhao, I think you owe me an apology. Earlier, I swore on being expelled by my master. It was one thing not to believe me, but you even mocked me.

"I think you really ought to apologize to me for that."

Zhao Zihang did not answer him right away. Instead, he asked the younger cousin beside him, "Zibai, did the Prince of Anle really take a master?"

Zhao Zibai had heard their conversation too. He nodded and told his older cousin, "Yes, the prince became Lord Shen's disciple—the Lord