The fool has become a spirit, and she can speak

They have demonstrated their perfidious and unruly behavior to the fullest. Yatuo is no better than Dalang. They are brutal and ruthless. Their greatest hobby is to plunder the treasuries, official households and civilian households in various places during wars. Never let them get the chance, otherwise they will be looted wherever they go.

Wan Lianxing had long ago asserted that Dalang's collusion with Yatuo was like a sheep walking into a tiger's mouth.

However, this battle allowed Fengqi's army to witness how brave and fearless Yatuo's cavalry was. Fortunately, Sha Guanghan and his troops had been waiting for them in the eastern part of Fengqi for many days, while his son Sha Yueteng was guarding Fengqi's northern border.

Dalang and Yatuo mobilized hundreds of thousands of people at the same time, and this battle was unprecedented.

However, Wan Lianxing was not worried at all that their Fengqi army would fail, because they had explosives. Wherever their Fengqi army appeared on the battlefield, there would be deafening noises and smoke everywhere. Such powerful weapons and formations were enough to destroy the surrounding countries.

After knowing many things he shouldn't know, Cheng Youning no longer mentioned Princess Zhuoyang in front of Wan Lianxing. Although that person was his friend, due to the complicated grievances and hatreds, Cheng Youning didn't dare to visit her. The entire palace was his grandfather's people. If he went there, his grandfather would know that the three countries joined forces to fight against their beggars. Although Cheng Youning could not share his grandfather's worries, he didn't want to make things difficult for him.

At lunch that day, Cheng Youning accompanied Wan Lianxing and Zhong Siyu for lunch.

They hadn't eaten at the same small table for a long time. Because Cheng Youning had to go to Prince Pang's Mansion to look after his grandfather and talk to his grandmother, he mostly had lunch and dinner at Prince Pang's Mansion or the Crown Prince's Mansion.

Wan Lianxing was busy with government affairs and had not been to Prince Pang's mansion for many days. However, Zhong Siyu was thoughtful and visited him every other day. People from the Imperial Hospital also went to take Master Wan's pulse every day, so he was generally aware of the situation.

However, during the meal, Wan Lianxing still asked Cheng Youning: "How is your grandfather's health?"

"Grandpa is still the same, getting worse day by day. I heard grandma and my dad discuss preparing birthday clothes for grandpa." Cheng Youning was afraid that Wan Lianxing didn't understand, so he explained: "Preparing birthday clothes in advance means health and longevity. Grandma's suggestion is also for good luck."

No matter how auspicious it is, these shrouds are what people wear when they die. However, elderly people need to prepare these things in advance. Wan Lianxing did not have any objection, "Let the Ministry of Internal Affairs prepare them!"

"Grandma told my parents and aunt to prepare. It seems that they should have started preparing in the next few days. Unfortunately, my mother and my aunt are not good at sewing, and my grandma has scolded us a lot in the past two days."

"Your mother and your aunt are not practicing embroidery at home, are they?"

Wan Lianxing's guess was right. He heard Cheng Youning say slowly, "We hired a tailor, but grandma said that children should get a few stitches anyway, so my mother and my aunt forced us to do it. We have been practicing at home these two days, but we are not doing it well, which made grandma very unhappy. Grandpa is seriously ill and grandma is in a bad mood. Who else can she blame if not them!"

"That thing requires a long process, right? It's too late to learn it now!" Wan Lianxing said it very tactfully, but Cheng Youning and Zhong Siyu who were present could hear the implied meaning of his words. Just look at how clumsy Shang Xi and Wan Baiqian are. Even if Master Wan is buried, they probably won't be able to learn needlework well!

Cheng Youning chuckled, "If they were going to succeed, they would have succeeded long ago. Grandma's requirements are too high. My mother and my aunt are clumsy and don't live up to expectations. It's strange that they didn't get scolded! My aunt wanted to resist, but she also took into account etiquette, so she embroidered in front of my grandmother every day, and when she returned to the Qian Mansion, she threw the embroidery thread aside. But my mother was miserable. She didn't dare to resist. After two days, my mother's hands were pierced. Even so, my grandmother still supervised her. It was as if she wanted to train my mother to be a famous embroiderer in Fengying. But my mother was not cut out to be an embroiderer. After two days, she not only learned nothing, but also became restless and irritable. She secretly complained that she felt dizzy and her hands and neck hurt. To put it bluntly, she was a little discouraged because she hadn't embroidered anything in two days. My father was distressed but couldn't help, mainly because my grandmother was stubborn. I heard that my grandmother was determined to let my mother learn needlework. Although my mother only embroidered for two days, she had to embroider until my grandmother went to bed every day. She was miserable but had to hold on. She looked quite pitiful.

"If you can't learn it, don't let your mother and aunt learn it."

"No one dares to say this in front of grandma, because she would say it's unfilial."

"Just say that it was Grandpa who said that all matters related to birthday clothes should be handed over to the Ministry of Internal Affairs!"

"Hehehe, I dare not say that. If I say it, I will probably be scolded as well. Grandpa's illness has changed grandma's temperament drastically. Now I'm the only good person in the whole family. I won't go to her to get scolded!"

"Not being able to sew doesn't mean you're unfilial. When your father wasn't at home, wasn't it your mother who took care of the whole palace? Then wasn't the job of taking care of the elderly also on your mother's shoulders?"

"It's impossible to reason with my grandma! My aunt is taller than a man when she stands up, and she's just as good at riding and archery as a man. But under the pressure of my grandma, she has to do the work of threading the needle obediently!"

Wan Lianxing said: "That can't drive people crazy. Let them use their filial piety for other purposes, and forget about sewing!"

Cheng Youning chuckled again, "Can you imagine? In the Prince Pang's mansion in Nuoda, my father has to personally boil the medicine."

"When did this happen? There are no more servants available in the mansion!"

"There were many servants, but my grandmother didn't want them. She insisted that the medicine boiled by the servants was ineffective, so she asked my mother to boil the medicine in the morning and at noon. My mother thought she could do this job well, so she agreed. As a result, the first bowl of medicine was not up to standard. Grandma insisted that it was not boiled for a long time. So my mother stayed at the stove and boiled it for a longer time, but the result was still not up to standard. She said that it took too long to boil and the effect of the medicine was gone. In fact, grandpa was too sick and no medicine worked. Seeing my mother being scolded three times a day, my father felt bad, so he took over this job."

Wan Lianxing was getting more and more absurd as he listened, "Your father is a grown man, and he's tormented by the stove?"

"Not only does he boil the medicine, he also pays for it. Isn't that what he should do? But he never gets a rest. He looks pale and thin now. He looks more like a patient."

Wan Lianxing couldn't swallow any more food. He put down his chopsticks and said, "I haven't been to Prince Pang's mansion for just a few days. How come so many things happened?"