After her fate was taken away, she was favored by her five brothers.

"Mother, I just told Sister Chuanhong that if you give us mother's wages, I will persuade mother to go to Xie Mansion to take care of the old lady."

"that is it?"

"Yes."

Liu finally breathed a sigh of relief. If this was true, it wouldn't be a big problem. Fu'er had only advised her to take care of the old lady and did not agree to them.

Yun Zhiqian looked at Yun Fu in surprise.

How come his younger sister could lie to their mother without blushing or feeling nervous, while he, the eldest brother, was so shy and looked like he didn't know how to explain to his mother.

My sister is only six years old.

This made Yun Zhiqian admire Yun Fu even more.

At dinner time.

The fourth son of the Yun family told his parents that the academy required a half-year tuition fee, a total of twenty taels of silver for five people.

Originally it should have been twenty-five taels, but the academy gave five taels less because Yun's father and mother had to support the five brothers' studies.

"This is my salary for this month, three taels of silver."

Yun Zhengqing handed the silver to Liu.

The brothers all knew that it was not easy for their father to earn these three taels of salary. It took so much work and ironworking.

Liu took it and calculated. Now, with the three taels of silver given by the Xie family, the total amount was twenty-three taels. Even if she worked overtime by lamplight at night to embroider, it was just enough to cover the cost of her five sons' education.

The remaining three taels of money were used to buy some paper and pens, and their lives were worrying.

Fortunately, we had the three taels of silver given by the Xie family, otherwise we would have no money to buy paper and pens for the children.

Now that she had a daughter, Liu felt guilty. She had spent all her money on her son. Fu'er was also her child.

Yun Zhiqian wanted to take out part of the money he had today, but when he saw his sister shaking her head, he changed his mind and said, "Just pay sixteen taels of silver. I don't need to pay my share of the tuition fee."

Liu said, "No, I will take care of you in a few days, then you can go back to school. I will do more embroidery to support your studies."

As Liu spoke, she began to cry.

She felt guilty and thought she had let her eldest son down. Qian'er had been smart since he was young, but because of Xiaowu's matter, they had to hide from him for several years. Qian'er's enlightenment was late and he was not allowed to go to school until he was twelve years old.

And now, she has delayed Qian'er again.

Yun Zhengqing sighed and said, "Just listen to your mother."

He felt that he was useless and that his wife and children had to suffer with him.

Seeing their parents’ sad faces, the brothers and sisters also started to tear up, which made Yun Zhiqian feel more responsible for the family.

He is the eldest son in the family and should share the burden with his parents.

At night, Liu lay in bed with a lot on her mind.

"What's going on? Are you worried about money?"

Seeing Liu's sad face, Yun Zhengqing couldn't help but ask.

"Brother Qing, you said that if we let the children study and see the world, they won't be at a loss no matter what happens in the future. But can we make this approach work?"

Yun Zhengqing sighed and said, "We are destined to take this path."

This is a road paved with thorns.

However, as long as they keep Xiaowu's identity hidden, their family will be safe.

"Even if it's hard for Fuer, he will suffer with us in the future."

There was another sigh from inside the house.

Xie Mansion Waterside Residence

Qi Junye sat on the couch, Qingnan and Qingbei were kneeling below.

Qingnan said, "Master, we have investigated secretly and found no one with motives. Those little beggars have lived there for several years, and they have never seen strange faces come to the temple in the past two days. It is my incompetence, please punish me."

Qingnan and Qingbei were also in a difficult situation. The life stories of these little beggars were already very pitiful, and they did not have the heart to capture them and torture them severely. Besides, although their master seemed ruthless on the surface, he was actually the softest-hearted towards the weak.

Qingbei said: "Not many people know that we came to Shiqiao Town to look for someone. I think someone from the Xie Mansion must have leaked the secret. Otherwise, who would be able to recognize the master in Shiqiao Town?"

If someone said that he wanted to kill his master, Qingnan would believe it. But if someone said that he wanted to cheat his master out of two hundred taels of silver, Qingnan would never believe it.

Qingnan: "From what I can see, he is not from the Xie family. The Xie family is a wealthy businessman in Shiqiao Town. Why would they risk their lives for two hundred taels of silver?"

Qingbei: "Even if it wasn't them, they were the ones who leaked the secret. Just call Patriarch Xie and ask him and we'll know."

Qi Junye's face showed no expression at this time. He picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea and said, "Send someone to invite Patriarch Xie."

Qingnan and Qingbei did not see the contents of the note, but he was the only one who knew that it was not the Xie family that leaked the information.

The Xie family only knew that he was here to look for someone. Even though they knew he was looking for the Seventh Prince, they did not know that the white jade dragon-shaped pendant was on their nephew.

This made Qi Junye even more suspicious that the child born by the emperor's sister-in-law was in Shiqiao Town.

"Yes, master."

Not long after Qingnan and Qingbei retreated, the head of the Xie family arrived at Shuixieju.

They both knelt down and saluted.

"Greetings, Master."

Prince Chen sat on the couch, playing with his toy in his hands. He looked up and glanced at Patriarch Xie nonchalantly and said, "Patriarch Xie, I believe you also know what happened today, right?"

Patriarch Xie knelt on the ground, feeling a chill from head to toe.

"I deserve to die. I deserve to die. I will investigate right now. If I find out who leaked it, I will cut him into pieces."

Qing Bei kicked the Xie family master and said, "How dare you say that, you idiot? If you ruin the master's good deeds, I will kill you."

Patriarch Xie repeatedly said “yes.”

Qingbei frowned slightly. Currently, only the Xie family knew that the prince was looking for someone. If it wasn't the Xie family, then who leaked it?

Prince Chen thought for a moment, then ordered someone to prepare paper and pen, drew a white jade dragon-shaped pendant, and handed it to Patriarch Xie.

"Master Xie, the person I'm looking for has this token. I hope Master Xie will take care of this matter. All families with nine-year-old boys must be checked. If there are any suspicious people, please bring them to me."

Prince Chen only told Patriarch Xie a general idea and did not mention the birthmark on the Seventh Prince's arm at all.

He didn't trust Patriarch Xie, fearing that someone might take advantage of these information features.

Patriarch Xie took the drawing paper and replied, "Yes, I will check it right away."

After Patriarch Xie left, he went directly to Aunt Lin's courtyard.

As soon as he entered the room, he told Aunt Lin: "Go and call Yan'er."

Aunt Lin asked, "Master, what do you want to talk to Yan'er about?"

Patriarch Xie said impatiently, "Just shout when I tell you to. Why are you talking so much nonsense?"

Aunt Lin felt a little aggrieved at this time. The master always doted on her. When had he ever spoken to her like this?

Did Yan'er do something wrong?

She didn't dare to delay for a moment and hurriedly ordered the maid to call Xie Qiyan.

At this time, Xie Qiyan was fantasizing about marrying Prince Chen. Since Prince Chen came to Xie Mansion, she would go around Shuixieju every day. If she could really meet Prince Chen, with her beauty, she was confident that she could make Prince Chen stop.

At this moment, she looked at her face in the mirror which had just been made up, and stroked it with satisfaction.

"Second sister, you can't win against me."