I'm a humble concubine. My acting skills are off the charts. You can check my performance.

Zhao Fangyu stretched out his chubby little hands and wanted to pinch Zhao Minshan's cheeks. Zhao Minshan didn't understand why, but he did not disappoint Zhao Fangyu in the end.

Zhao Fangyu gently squeezed Zhao Minshan's hand and asked coquettishly, "Dad, does it hurt?"

Zhao Minshan's mouth curled up, and even the wrinkles on his face showed a smile: "Why are you asking this?"

Zhao Fangyu said in a worried tone, "If it doesn't hurt, then I'm dreaming."

"Only the daddy in my dreams would let me pinch him and not get angry."

Zhao Fangyu lay back, feeling relieved, but his hand was still tightly holding a corner of Zhao Minshan's clothes, unwilling to let go, as if he was afraid that Zhao Minshan would sneak away!

"Why are you sighing? Yu'er, do you think daddy gets angry easily?" Zhao Minshan didn't understand why this little girl was so worried all day long. With her temper, she could make such a loud noise when she cried. Who in the mansion dared to bully her?

Zhao Fangyu was so bold that he wanted to touch Zhao Minshan's cheek. Zhao Minshan felt that although Zhao Fangyu was bullied today, he could not indulge him indefinitely. If he dared to pinch his face today, he would dare to steal his official seal tomorrow.

This is a bit far-fetched, but judging from the way Zhao Fangyu cried yesterday, it seems that she is capable of doing something like this if things get pushed to the limit.

The next second, Zhao Fangyu confirmed Zhao Minshan's idea.

"That's about right. Dad must be angry often."

Zhao Minshan said, "Why, what did you do in private? Do you think I get angry often?"

"Is it possible that you often get into trouble? Or was it really you who did this?"

Zhao Minshan's tone dropped slightly. Zhao Fangyu leaned over and thought for a moment, then hugged Zhao Minshan's entire arm like a baby.

"No, I wouldn't dare do that. Just look at the deep wrinkles between Dad's eyebrows!"

"Standing next to my mother, he doesn't look quite right. Last time I heard Qiaohui say that when my father and mother stood together, they looked like they were of different generations."

Qiaohui's original words meant to satirize the fact that the eldest lady was old and ugly, and not as favored as their concubine Zhang, but Zhao Fangyu did not add any exaggeration, but just cleverly picked out a sentence from a passage.

Even if Zhao Minshan sent people to investigate, they would be able to find out the truth. This was said by Qiaohui, who was beside Zhao Fanglan.

"Dad is very tired every day. He has to take care of the studies of my elder brother, my second brother, and Yuan'er, and arrange my elder brother's marriage. After my elder brother gets married, there will be my second brother, and after my second brother, there will be my elder sister..."

"There are so many people in the backyard. My mother lives in Qingping Courtyard, Aunt Zhang lives in Yuelanxuan, Aunt Song lives in Pingbo Courtyard, and there is also the aunt in Caiyue Courtyard. My mother said that the backyard is a place to enjoy family happiness, but our family happiness seems to be different from what Mr. said."

"There are so many things to do at home. Daddy also has official business. Mother said that Daddy's official business requires him to count a lot of money, which goes in and out, back and forth. It's so much... so much that I dare not even think about it."

"We don't dare to worry about Dad, but we want to help him. But why do we feel that... the more we help, the more trouble we make?"

Zhao Minshan felt Zhao Fangyu rubbing his arm in confusion, and his young face was full of bewilderment.

The little kid thought that all this was a dream, so he unscrupulously confided his troubles to the "father" in the dream.

A seven-year-old child may say that he understands nothing, but in fact he understands a little bit of everything and has a vague understanding.

Zhao Minshan was pleasantly surprised by his daughter's precocity, but also felt sorry for her frail health and sentimentality.

Mr. Huang resigned and took Zhao Fangyu's pulse before leaving. He said that Zhao Fangyu was born weak, and her physical condition worsened after falling into the water. She was three points weaker than an ordinary woman. She did not suffer from serious illnesses, but had minor illnesses all the time, with coughs in autumn, fever in spring, heat in summer, and coolness in winter, and she needed to be carefully nurtured.

There is probably always some pity in men's hearts. Seeing that Zhao Fanglan and Aunt Zhang were pitiful, Zhao Minshan agreed to Zhao Fanglan's request and let Aunt Zhang practice seclusion in the mansion. At this time, seeing the poor and lovely Zhao Fangyu, he felt sorry for the unexpected disaster that Zhao Fangyu had suffered.

The eldest lady took action and investigated the whole cause and effect clearly, even knowing exactly how Aunt Zhang scolded Zhao Fangyu and Aunt Qian.

Zhao Fangyu was a good girl with a clean conscience and who loved her parents from beginning to end, except that she didn't look very graceful when she cried. But after all, she was young and had great potential, so it was easy for her to turn things around.

Zhao Minshan's heart turned, and the words he said had a different meaning: "Dad will give you a gift. When you wake up tomorrow, don't be angry with me, okay?"

Zhao Fangyu looked at Zhao Minshan with his dark eyes: "What did Dad do to make Yu'er angry?"

The next second, without waiting for Zhao Minshan to lie, he took the initiative to offer a way out: "Forget it, no matter what Dad does, Yu'er will not be angry with Dad."

Zhao Minshan paused for a moment, and the smile on his face became more genuine.

"Then go to sleep, Yu'er. When you wake up, you can receive the gifts."

Zhao Fangyu was coaxed to sleep by Zhao Minshan. Zhao Fangyu closed his eyes and snuggled in the quilt obediently. He was incredibly well-behaved, but it was a pity that his lips were not the healthy red like the dolls in New Year pictures, but a light pink.

Only after Zhao Minshan left did Zhao Fangyu fall into a deep sleep.

She slept well into the night and when she woke up, Xiangyao was by her side.

After drinking the water, Zhao Fangyu asked Xiangyao in a low voice what happened after she fell into a coma.

Xiangyao walked around the window alertly and said calmly, "After the young lady fell into a coma, the first lady and the first master were terrified. The third young lady also fell ill and fainted, but she woke up earlier and her condition was milder than the young lady."

"The eldest lady asked someone to send a heat-clearing lily and lotus seed soup to the people at Yuelan Pavilion. Later in the middle of the night, Aunt Zhang threatened to commit suicide. The eldest master and the eldest lady went there again, but the gatekeeper said that Aunt Zhang had not gone to the manor."

Zhao Fangyu nodded, indicating that he wanted to continue. Xiangyao handed Zhao Fangyu some snacks and fed him, who had slept all day, while continuing, "Mr. Huang has quit. It is said that before he left, he recommended his fellow apprentice to the Madam, but I don't know if the one who came later is Mr. Huang's apprentice."

"But before the master left, he said that the young lady will have a happy event tomorrow, and asked me to keep an eye on her so that she wouldn't faint again when she was so happy."

Zhao Fangyu nodded. This sudden reward was probably because the eldest lady had changed her mind about sending Aunt Zhang away, otherwise the reward would not have fallen on Zhao Fangyu.

After sleeping twice during the day, Zhao Fangyu couldn't fall asleep in the middle of the night. He kept replaying what had happened during the day in his mind.

Although Zhao Fanglan set many traps and Zhao Minshan had doubts about her flattering words, the result was good after all.

Zhao Minshan should still have a good impression of her at present, but not too much. But if she wants to gain a foothold in the mansion, she must win Zhao Minshan's favor, neither surpassing Zhao Fangjin nor suppressing Zhao Fanglan.

When she thought of the first lady's protective look, Zhao Fangyu felt a headache again. She was afraid that under the influence of ancient patriarchy, her stepfather would imagine some filial piety scene like lying on the ice to catch a carp. Once he showed any signs of doing good to her, her life would not be peaceful.

Zhao Fangyu had a lot of random thoughts that night, and a dark spot appeared under his eyes.

The next moment, Chunshao's voice of knocking on the wooden board came from outside the bed: "Girl, Mother Cui is here."