Transmigration: The Evil Mother-In-Law Is Actually Innocent!

Chapter 1235: Chapter 1235: It’s Hard to Stay Low-Key

Zhulan was more focused on the psychological growth of children. When the two little girls were sent back, Chang Lian and his wife did it for the sake of their daughter’s wellbeing, but Yu Yi might not necessarily see it that way. Children’s thoughts can sometimes be easy to guess, and sometimes difficult.

Zhulan, ”From now on, you two will live in the main courtyard, in the room your little aunt used to live in. Grandma wants to tell you, Grandma is learning too. Is it okay for Grandma and Yu Yi to study together in the future?”

Yu Yi nodded obediently, ”Okay.”

Zhulan hugged Yu Yi. The more well-behaved the girl was, the less secure she felt. Chang Lian and his wife were still too young. Chang Lian was busy with official duties, and Lady Dong needed to socialize and manage the household. With limited energy, it was inevitable that they would neglect their child.

Zhao Shi and Su Xuan exchanged a glance and then stood up to leave.

The room had already been tidied up. Zhulan didn’t dismiss Yu Yi’s former nanny but assigned two second-class maids from the main courtyard to Yu Yi and Yu Jiao, one for each.

That evening, when Zhou Shuren came back and saw his granddaughters, he was happy. Zhulan was worried the two children wouldn’t sleep well after their return, so she stayed with them until they fell asleep before going back.

Zhou Shuren put down his book, ”Have they gone to sleep?”

Zhulan nodded, ”Yes, they’re asleep.”

Zhou Shuren’s heart was that of a man’s, not so detailed, ”Yu Yi has really grown up. She can answer any question I ask.”

Zhulan didn’t expect Zhou Shuren to notice. This was the difference between men and women. She shared her observations, ”Yu Jiao is doing better because she’s younger. Yu Yi is too well-behaved; she lacks a sense of security.”

Zhou Shuren frowned, ”It would have been better if we hadn’t let the child go with them in the first place.”

”Indeed, but we also thought that children are better cared for by their parents at a young age to avoid estrangement from being separated for a long time in the future.”

Zhou Shuren sighed, ”Raising children is too difficult.”

Zhulan thought of her youngest son and smiled more, ”It’s not difficult, our son is becoming more and more obedient.”

Zhou Shuren, ”Does he still cling to you, asking you to teach him math?”

”Yes, the child is quite talented.”

Zhou Shuren was delighted, ”Then we must not waste that. Technical skills will still be needed for future development.”

Zhulan smiled, ”I will teach Chang Yi and Chang Zhong everything I know, hoping they can bring about more change and drive technical development in the future.”

Zhou Shuren, ”Certainly.”

After a few days, Yu Yi and her sisters, due to their blood relationship, began to lose their initial sense of unfamiliarity and started playing together. Of course, it would have been better if they could ignore Yu Wen’s utterly disheartened expression.

The most well-rounded girl in the house was definitely Yu Wen. She didn’t care at all about being called plump; she just refused to move. She greatly failed to understand the active girl Yu Die.

In Yu Wen’s mind, on hot days, isn’t it better to sleep with the fan blowing than to run back and forth under the sun?

Whenever Zhulan saw Yu Wen, she couldn’t help but laugh out loud. The dragon has nine offspring, each different, and so were the temperaments of the granddaughters in the house.

Today was the day the foreign delegation was arriving at the capital. The princes and other members of the delegation had finally arrived.

Welcoming them at the city gate were Prince Chu and Rongchuan. Prince Chu had keen eyesight; from a long distance, he could see the delegation of foreigners. Drawing close to Rongchuan, he said, ”There’s quite a number of them.”

Rongchuan, ”The countries where the foreigners are from have almost all come.”

Indeed, no matter how many countries, all he saw were foreigners in his eyes.

Prince Chu, ”Do you think they are aware of the happenings in the capital after arriving at Pinggang?”

Rongchuan affirmed, ”They must know, otherwise they wouldn’t have rushed to enter the capital without rest.”

Prince Chu clicked his tongue twice, ”The Crown Prince seems to be planning to bite off a good chunk of flesh!”

Rongchuan, ”My brother the Crown Prince has a good idea.”

Prince Chu stroked the sword in his hand, clicked his tongue twice, truly, as blood brothers, their thoughts on many issues were remarkably consistent, envy-worthy. If he had blood brothers, but no, let’s not dream.

At the Ministry of Rites’ embassy, compared to when the foreigners weren’t causing trouble, the official now seemed much less enthusiastic. If it weren’t for the fact that the business dealings had already ended, they would have felt like changing everything in the embassy.

Chang Yi was the best at foreign languages and came as an interpreter.

Wong Ju pulled on Chang Yi’s sleeve, ”We should be arriving soon, right?”

Chang Yi, ”Soon.”

Wong Ju was getting tired of standing, patted his belly which had grown even fatter, and looked up at the sky, thinking how hot it was today.

After another hour, the delegation’s carriages finally appeared at the embassy entrance, a long line of carriages coming to a halt.

Prince Chu dismounted, this time he was the one in charge of receiving the foreigners.

This visiting delegation had over a hundred members, and that was just the masters, not to mention the maids and others, amounting to a team of thousands.

Prince Chu’s face didn’t look very good, all because of one thing: they brought a large military force, all of whom were specially trained.

Rongchuan had already gone to the palace to report, and Prince Chu, with a forced smile, invited these princes and ministers who had come from afar into the embassy to rest.

Several princes from the delegation were not as calm as they appeared; the powerful host country had not been affected by rebellion and remained strong, so strong that their plans had all failed.

In the following days, the Emperor did not meet with the delegation. The delegations from various countries were shown around the capital by officials from the Ministry of Rites, visiting national temples and royal estates, and they did not miss out on seeing the scenery.

Zhou Shuren and the Emperor, in casual clothes, were in a particularly good spot that allowed them to watch the foreign delegations on the street.

The Emperor asked, ”Shuren, what do you see?”

Zhou Shuren noticed some of the men’s high-heeled shoes and absentmindedly began to speak. After speaking, he realized and chuckled awkwardly, ”This servant was distracted, I heard quite a bit about the foreigners’ countries.”

The Emperor clearly understood and suddenly found the snacks in his hand less appetizing. He glared at Zhou Shuren, ”What do you see now?”

Zhou Shuren, ”This servant sees greed.”

The tidy streets and prosperous shops all attracted the foreigners, hence their greed, their desire to possess.

The Emperor, ”I see it too. However, they really can keep their composure. They haven’t mentioned a word about the captured foreigners or the detained merchant ships.”

Zhou Shuren curled his lip, ”In order to exchange for what they want from you, they can’t acknowledge it, abandoning some people is not surprising.”

As long as one is clear-headed, they wouldn’t truly go to war over a few individuals, mainly because it’s too far and they have also seen the strength of the Imperial court.

The Emperor quite regretted, ”But that’s good, abandoning them, just in time to establish authority.”

The Emperor lost interest in watching and left first. Zhou Shuren, still in his official attire, sat a while longer before departing. His timing was perfect as he happened to run into the foreign delegation.

Seeing Zhou Shuren, several officials from the Ministry of Rites hurried to greet him, ”This subordinate pays his respects to Minister Zhou.”

At that time, the foreigners also had interpreters who translated everything.

Zhou Shuren felt the foreigners’ gazes were a bit off, lifted his eyes to look over, then coolly nodded and boarded the carriage from the Ministry of Revenue to return to the ministry.

Zhou Shuren touched his beard as he got into the carriage, thinking how difficult it was for him to be low-profile when the circumstances did not permit it, tsk tsk!