Traveling through ancient times, the empress insisted on having a child with me

"You still know how to come back?"

It was a familiar opening. Zhao Youtang said nothing, lowered his head, and knelt on the ground with a thud: "Father, I know I was wrong."

Zhao Zecheng raised his arms and was about to curse, but his son, who had always been rebellious, actually admitted his mistake on his own initiative?

Or kneel down and admit your mistake?

If it were in the past, she would definitely stick her neck out and talk back to him, and she wouldn't be done until she was so angry that she lost her mind, so today he even prepared the family rules.

But he was not so easy to calm down, so he said: "Then tell me, where did you go wrong?"

"My fault was that I behaved erratically and did not work hard. I caused my father to worry and brought shame to the family. I disobeyed my father many times. Looking back now, I feel ashamed to be his son."

Zhao Zecheng was stunned and looked at Zhao Youtang carefully again. Is this still his son?

How could he know that every word was taught to Zhao Youtang by Ling Chuan. For Ling Chuan who was used to writing self-criticisms, this was a piece of cake. According to his experience, this self-criticism was definitely profound enough.

When Zhao Youtang heard Ling Chuan say this, he almost got angry, but Ling Chuan told him: "This is called doing the opposite. The more you say bad things about yourself, the more the Lord will feel that it's not that bad. In this way, the Lord's anger will be reduced by three points."

"Son, the fact that you can have such an idea is worthy of your father's teachings in the past. But I am not that bad." Zhao Zecheng stood up and helped his son up.

"Since you have admitted your mistake, I am very pleased. Today, I will not punish you."

Zhao Youtang almost laughed out loud. Just two sentences like that could save him from punishment? How stupid was he to go against his father in the past? Not only was he beaten, but he was also grounded. Most importantly, his eldest brother would come and mock him from time to time. It was simply worse than death.

However, Earl Yongning was not so easily fooled, and he continued, "Since you have come to your senses and turned back, what are your plans?"

Zhao Youtang couldn't help but admire Ling Chuan even more, because he expected this, so he replied according to what Ling Chuan said: "I've thought about it. Our family's status was won by our ancestors. Now we have father and elder brother to support us. We have face, but we also need substance. For a family as big as ours, the expenses inside and outside are not small, so I plan to do business to reduce some of the burden on my father and elder brother."

Zhao Zecheng was shocked. He was already surprised that his son could turn back from his wrong path, but he didn't expect that his son could see things so clearly and even take the initiative to assume responsibilities at home. This made him ecstatic.

"It's good that my son has the intention, but the business matters can be left to the servants in the mansion. You just need to study hard at home. Even if your father loses face, he will find a job for your son."

"Father has been worrying about me for so many years. I feel guilty. How can I bear to see you begging me in such a low voice? Don't worry, doing business is not something shameful. Besides, who dares to look down on our Yongning Marquis' Mansion?"

"Hahahaha, good, very good, my son has finally grown up."

Zhao Zecheng laughed out loud, feeling very relieved. He patted Zhao Youtang on the shoulder and said, "In that case, go ahead and do it. Your father will support you in everything you do."

Zhao Youtang bowed and said, "Thank you, father. I will not disturb you any more. I will take my leave now."

Coming out of Zhao Zecheng's study, Zhao Youtang almost jumped up with excitement, but then he saw his elder brother.

"How many days will you be grounded this time?" Zhao Youxuan's face was full of smiles. As long as Zhao Youtang was punished, he would be happy from the bottom of his heart.

If it were according to Zhao Youtang's previous temper, he would definitely jump up and curse, and then be scolded by his father, and his house arrest would be extended for a few more days.

But today was different. Ling Chuan's method could fool even his father, so it should be no problem to fool his elder brother. So he humbly cupped his hands and said, "Father didn't punish me. Thank you for your concern, brother."

Want to provoke me? Want to see me laugh? No way, I've learned my lesson and won't be fooled by you anymore.

Zhao Youxuan looked at Zhao Youtang who was walking away in surprise, then looked in the direction of the study, and it took him a long time to recover.

Is this still my simple-minded and impulsive brother?

……

The news of Yunfuji’s farce today quickly spread throughout the capital, and Prince Ning also learned of the news.

In Prince Ning's mansion, Liu Quan was standing by, and it was he who passed the news to Prince Ning.

"The second son of the Zhao family smashed Yunfuji, but in the end, nothing happened?"

King Ning raised his lip corners, and the beard on his lips also raised: "How can this old fox Zhao Zecheng suffer such a loss? He must have discovered something. If he had not withdrawn early, his Zhao family would not have been demoted from Yongning Marquis to Yongning Earl. By the way, how are your sugar sales?"

"Your Highness, the sugar is selling very well. We received 300 kilograms a few days ago, and we have sold more than 200 kilograms in the past few days. 100 kilograms of it was sold to Xu Heng at the original price."

"Oh?" Prince Ning said with a hint of surprise, "It seems that the Xu family is really going to fight to the death with Yunfu Ji. So, lower the price of the sugar and sell it out as soon as possible to use up Yunfu Ji's stock as soon as possible. I want to see if they are secretly communicating with foreign countries and smuggling sugar from foreign countries."

"The villain understands."

……

At the same time, at Xu Heng's house, He Dongzheng and Xu Heng were drinking.

"It's a pity that I wasn't there today to see with my own eyes how cowardly that kid surnamed Ling was. He dared to offend the second young master Zhao. This can be considered his retribution."

He Dong asked puzzledly: "But this matter is a little strange, why didn't Mr. Zhao arrest him and bring him to the government office?"

Xu Heng sipped his wine, twisted his beard and said, "You don't understand this. Ever since Yongning Earl was demoted to a lower rank three years ago, he has been very low-key. Today's incident made such a big fuss, Yongning Earl's Mansion naturally wants to keep things quiet. If it were the temper of Second Young Master Zhao three years ago, this kid would have died or suffered a lot."

He Dong asked again: "Speaking of which, Yunfuji was smashed. I guess it will be closed for a few days. Our shop..."

Speaking of this, Xu Heng became excited: "Open it as soon as possible. We can use Xu's shop, change the signboard, and hire a few new faces to open the shop first. We can also hire employees to sell along the street. When everyone knows that our dim sum is not worse than Yunfuji, we can join the franchise."

He Dong hesitated for a moment and said, "But the cost of using white sugar is too high. If we sell it at the original price, we will suffer a huge loss."

Xu Heng waved his hand and said, "What are you afraid of? If Yunfuji can afford it, why can't I? Don't worry, I'll pay for the shop. As long as I can bring Yunfuji down, why worry about not making money back in the future? Manager He, you own 40% of the shares of this shop."

"Master Xu is indeed very generous. If that's the case, I'll just go for it."