"All right." Chu Youning nodded, then obediently said to Chu Wenzong, "Thank you, Imperial Brother."
As Chu Wenzong lowered his head to sip his tea, his smile turned positively sly.
He really was up to no good.
It was only one extravagant splurge, wounding the enemy a thousand while taking eight hundred in losses himself.
Besides, the funds for those eight hundred had come from his sister's clever idea anyway. With the revenue from her fief replenishing them later, he could afford it!!!
"Then... Mother, thank you for personally overseeing Imperial Sister's lessons in the investiture ceremony's etiquette and procedures."
In high spirits, Chu Wenzong chatted a little longer before slowly leaving, still supporting his aching lower back.
Watching him go, Chu Youning could not help shaking her head, a complicated look in her eyes.
That old geezer only has my imperial sister-in-law in his harem, and his back is already giving out?
Don't scrimp where you shouldn't. Hurry up and eat more of the ginseng and velvet antler in your little private treasury to build yourself up. A bad back at your age just won't do.
Come to think of it, I seem to have some similar medicine. How about a hundred taels a pill? Swindle a little more money out of him?
"Chu Youning!"
Chu Wenzong instantly dropped the hand at his lower back and turned around, his face flushed red.
"Huh? Is there something else, Imperial Brother?"
An obedient smile instantly appeared on Chu Youning's face.
Chu Wenzong took a deep breath before finally smiling. "Nothing... I merely wanted to remind you to study diligently. Don't disgrace our imperial family in front of all the civil and military officials when the time comes."
"Rest assured, Imperial Brother."
Chu Youning nodded lightly.
*Tch, does he think I've never