Wu Zhenhai made a quick decision and ordered someone to send Wu Shao away.
Wu Chanjuan learned of this news several days later.
She returned home weeping bitterly, begging Wu Zhenhai to bring her younger brother back.
Wu Zhenhai said calmly, "The person you want to marry, I didn't want you to marry, but you insisted on marrying her; when you got married, I gave you a grand dowry; when you were wronged, I went to your door to protest, but you complained instead. Fine, from now on, you can run your own business and don't need to come back."
Wu Chanjuan stared blankly at her father, and said in disbelief, "Father, what are you saying? Are you going to sever our father-daughter relationship too?"
"Cutting it off might be better for you."
"No!" Wu Chanjuan broke down, "If I weren't your daughter, my husband would definitely kick me out."
Wu Zhenhai felt a deep sense of desolation.
Look, she clearly knows everything, but she's just stubbornly clinging to her delusions.
He finally understood that he was not omnipotent.
He couldn't save his children like that.
"I've given you so much dowry, even if you're kicked out, you'll have enough for the rest of your life."
"But," Wu Chanjuan stammered, "The dowry... the dowry has all been entrusted to my mother-in-law for safekeeping..."
Wu Zhenhai said, "I will forgive and forget everything from the past. Since you say so, I will give you another ten thousand taels. If you can't protect yourself this time, that's your own problem."
Wu Chanjuan inexplicably received ten thousand taels of silver, and she clutched it tightly.
This time, she didn't plan to tell anyone; she felt this was her father's last bit of patience.
If she gets into trouble again in the future, her father probably won't care.
After doing all this, Wu Zhenhai breathed a sigh of relief.
He took out a silver note and handed it to the servant. "Go and buy two sets of jewelry, choose the best ones, and make sure you spend all the money."
The servant trembled as he held the silver notes; so much silver...
The accountant in the manor was trembling with fear. Had his master really gone too far?
With each transaction costing ten thousand taels, the household had practically no silver left!
As the saying goes, "ducks are the first to know when the river warms in spring," and when the household accounts were being adjusted, the accountant was the first to sense that something was amiss.
The servant bought some noodles, but Wu Zhenhai didn't even glance at them. He said, "Send one set to the Prince's residence for the Prince, and the other set to the Zhou Residence for the Ninth Miss."
The servant was puzzled by this action, but he obediently accepted the order and left.
When the jewelry was presented to Tang Zhuyun, Yanran was pouring out her grievances to her.
"Mother, what's wrong with Wu Zhenhai? Does he no longer want his son?"
Wu Yu followed her around like a shadow; if she yelled at him, he would call her "Mom," leaving Yanran speechless.
Yanran tried to scare him with Jiaojiao, but he wasn't afraid at all.
Wu Yu's only fear seemed to be Yanran leaving his sight.
Yanran is going crazy.
Even if he came to complain to his mother this time, he could only do so while Wu Yu was asleep.
Ren Yingying chuckled, "A woman three years older than her husband is like holding a gold brick; well done, Yanran."
Yanran: "If you're so good, you do it! I'll give you ten gold bricks!"
Ren Yingying: "Am I that old? I'm only four or five yuan at most, humph!"
Xiu'er was too attached to Song Jingyang to leave, so she wasn't here right now; otherwise, she would definitely have gotten involved too.
Tang Zhuyun looked at the expensive jewelry sent by the Wu family and said, "What does Wu Zhenhai mean by this? Foster care fees? What, he's not planning to take his son away?"
Although Wu Yu is pitiful but not unlikeable, he is still Wu Zhenhai's son.
"Mother," Yanran pointed to her head, "I suspect there's something wrong with him here."
Tang Zhuyun said that she was not knowledgeable enough to notice it.
Yanran: "..."
Ren Yingying said, "Even small people have their wisdom. I guess he saw through your soft heart and kindness and wants to rely on you."
Yanran rolled her eyes in exasperation.
She suspected that Wu Yu was being mistreated by the servants at home.
Because she had been hurt before, she couldn't bring herself to abandon him.
"Oh well, it's all a tragic fate," Yanran said, shaking her head.
Everyone: "..."
Eighth Master began to sing. "You rascal..."
"Shut up!" Tang Zhuyun cursed.
Ren Yingying: "Yanran, go out and have some fun."
Yanran pouted and said, "I'm going to see if that crybaby has woken up yet. If he wakes up and doesn't see me, he'll cry again."
It's pitiful that she became a mother at such a young age.
Everyone couldn't help but laugh.
After she left, Ren Yingying switched to a different melon.
"Tangbao, I'll tell you a secret!"
"Um?"
"Mingzhu seems to be exchanging glances with Cui Run."
Tang Zhuyun:???
Mingzhu comes to her place every day, how come she didn't notice?
These two are moving a little too fast.
Ren Yingying said, "I guess it was that time she encountered Old Cabbage Stalk that provoked Mingzhu."
Tang Zhuyun asked, "Did Wu Zhenhai find someone else?"
"I haven't heard about that," Ren Yingying said. "I think she might have been a little emotionally conflicted and managed to back off in time. The best solution, of course, is to start a new relationship."
Tang Zhuyun expressed doubt about her words.
When Mingzhu arrived in the afternoon, she asked her directly.
Mingzhu said, "Sister-in-law, no, it's not because of Wu Zhenhai... it's because of myself."
She suddenly realized that she loathed men.
She also understood that her brother and sister-in-law were intentionally trying to match her up with Cui Run.
"... So I want to give it a try."
It was nothing really; when she was handing out candy to the children, she smiled and asked Cui Run if he wanted to try some...
Cui Run blushed so deeply he almost bled, and repeatedly refused.
But when she was about to leave, she found him looking dejected.
"I think he's very interesting." Mingzhu's face showed a hint of shyness. "I want to give him a try."
Tang Zhuyun was shocked.
She hadn't expected Mingzhu to be so decisive and daring.
A girl like that deserves to be incredibly happy!
She also expressed Xiu'er's concerns.
Mingzhu said, "I haven't sensed anything wrong with him yet, nor have I thought about doing anything with him... Let's wait and see."
Cui Run gave her a completely different experience from Wu Zhenhai.
Kind, shy, reserved, gentle... in short, very good.
"Sister-in-law, let me tell you a secret, my mother is also very satisfied with him. But when my mother asked me, I firmly denied that I was also interested in him."
Tang Zhuyun smiled, "You have a strong will, so I'm not worried. Just don't worry about what others think, including what your brother and I think. Everything should be based on your own comfort. After all, only the wearer knows if the shoe fits."
"Yes." Mingzhu nodded solemnly.
A few days later, the Wuji edict bestowing a name and bestowing honors upon Wuji arrived.
After receiving the imperial decree, the household acted as if nothing had happened, and no one mentioned it.
Wuji is still Wuji, Wuxian is still Wuxian.
However, Prince of Jin, Tang Zhuyun, and Linlin wanted to give Wuxian a formal name.
The seal character for "" actually looks similar to the simplified Chinese character.
Tang Zhuyun was furious just looking at it.
What does it mean to stand under the sun, to hold it up?
What name should we give Wuxian to convey a similar meaning?
Tang Zhuyun glanced at Prince of Jin, then at Linlin.