My reborn husband and son are thinking about how to kill me every day.

Ma Er hurriedly knelt down and said, "Second Young Master, I dare not. My loyalty to Madam and you is as clear as day. Please don't misunderstand me. I will go right away and guarantee to complete the mission."

"That's good!" Wei Yuqi said venomously, "I don't need to tell you what will happen to those who betray me, do I?"

"No need, no need! I know perfectly well that anyone who betrays the Second Young Master will suffer a terrible death. Besides, my indenture is in the Second Young Master's hands, how could I dare disobey him?"

Ma Er said ingratiatingly, "I still want to follow the Second Young Master and have a bright future!"

Wei Yuqi said, "What kind of bright future can I, a cripple, offer you?"

Ma Er almost broke out in a cold sweat, but forced himself to praise, "How could that be? Everyone in the manor knows how virile you are now, Second Young Master. How could you possibly be a cripple? The doctor that Madam found before might have been trying to scam money and said those things on purpose."

After hearing that his egg was ruined, Wei Yuqi got into a fight with Wei Yuru, smashing things all over the house.

Afterwards, in order to prove that he was not a useless piece of trash, he began to frantically drag the maids in the mansion into his room and torment them.

These maids were all bought into the household by Madam Dong. Their indentures were held by someone else, so they couldn't leave and could only be tortured by him.

Wei Yuqi wanted to test whether he could still get a woman pregnant, so he was very diligent lately, sometimes even dragging his maid into the room during the day.

Even in broad daylight, sounds that would make one blush and their heart race could often be heard coming from his room.

However, despite having slept with all the young and beautiful maids in the manor, none of them had conceived. Hearing Ma Er's words, he was displeased and said coldly, "Why aren't you getting back to work?"

"Yes, yes, yes, I'll go right away." Ma Er hurriedly scrambled away.

After Ma Er left, Wei Yuqi, thinking about the fact that he would never have a son, became extremely depressed. He ordered someone to send wine to his room and began drinking in broad daylight.

On the other side, Gu Chunzhi and the others visited several brokerage shops but failed to find a satisfactory suitor.

In fact, Gu Chunzhi had her eye on several men at two of the brokerage shops. She felt they were all quite knowledgeable and suitable for her grandchildren's early education.

But Lu Yanqi thought it wasn't good and said he didn't like it, so naturally the person didn't make the purchase in the end.

However, their trip wasn't entirely in vain; Lu Xumu and Lu Zilin bought several suitable people to work as shop assistants.

Gu Chunzhi said with regret: "My little darling, tell me, what kind of teacher do you want?"

"Those two gentlemen were so knowledgeable! Such learned gentlemen at such a reasonable price—it was like a windfall! And yet, you insisted on stopping me from buying."

Lu Yanqi was a top scholar in his previous life, what knowledge didn't he understand? He didn't really care much about his teacher's knowledge.

His key was to find someone with decent character to keep at home. Someone who could teach his two younger uncles and sister, and also provide cover for him.

But the people his grandmother had just looked at, although they were all quite educated, did not look like refugees.

Two of them, in particular, had overly eager eyes, and although they were dressed in rags, their fingernails were clean and neat, making them look nothing like refugees. Rather, they seemed like people who wanted to plant people in his house and had been deliberately arranged for them.

But they are just farmers doing a small business in the city. Who would want to plant someone in their house?

He pondered inwardly, but on the surface he maintained an innocent demeanor and asked, "Grandmother, what does 'a pie falling from the sky' mean? Is it like Father setting a trap when hunting, leaving a piece of meat on the ground and waiting for the prey to come and eat it?"

"That's not what they mean by 'manna from heaven.' Manna from heaven means good luck suddenly falls on us, not some kind of trap..."

As Gu Chunzhi spoke, she inexplicably felt that it might not be such a bad thing that the two people didn't make the purchase.

Where in the world are there so many free lunches? It might all be a trap.

Thinking about it this way, she suddenly felt it wasn't such a pity anymore.

She patted Lu Yanqi's head and said, "My grandson, you're so smart! There's no rush to choose a teacher; let's take it slow."

*

Inside the Prince Rui's residence, Fu Pei was sitting at his desk practicing calligraphy.

This is a method he uses to calm his mind.

As he was writing, his personal guard came in and said, "Master, none of our men have been chosen by the other side."

Fu Pei stopped writing, displeased, and said, "We arranged so many people, and not a single one was chosen? What exactly are you doing?"

The guard said, "The peasant woman had her eye on the two of us and was about to pay, but the little child stopped her from buying us."

Fu Pei frowned: "That child from the Ji family? What happened? The person you arranged was seen through by a four-year-old child?"

The guard hurriedly said, "It's not that the child saw through it, it's just that the child was being naughty, saying he wanted to pick one that he liked. The old lady dotes on her grandson and lets him have his way, so they didn't buy it."

Since the other party was just a four-year-old child, Fu Pei didn't suspect much. He thought for a moment and said, "Change to a different group of people. There's no need to go to the brothel again. Find a suitable opportunity to approach them. If it fails this time, go and receive your punishment first before coming to see me."

"Yes!" The guard bowed and withdrew.

After the guards left, Fu Pei could no longer write. He rubbed his temples, his head aching, and called out to the hidden guards, "Is there any new news from the army?"

The guard said, "It seems that the Qi army's granaries have been burned down, but we don't know who could have done it. Our men haven't found a large number of troops, so we suspect it was done by martial arts masters."

Fu Pei stroked his chin thoughtfully and said, "Could the Ji family be some hidden master from a martial arts sect?"

The reason he sent people to infiltrate the Lu family was actually because of Ji Yunshuang's brilliant victory at Hanfengkou.

Because of that battle, he became interested in Ji Yunshuang.

The guard said, "Her martial arts skills seem to be extremely high. Judging from her skills, she should not be an ordinary country woman."

Fu Pei thought of Ji Yunshuang, who was Xie Liang's newly accepted disciple, and the fact that Ji Yunshuang was able to get to Fu Ci's side entirely because of Xie Liang. He sneered, "He really found a good master, paving the way for him at every turn."

His father already favored him, and now he has a mentor paving the way for him, sending such a capable general to his side.

If he wins this battle, won't his father give him even more power?

Just because he is the legitimate son?

Thinking of the injustices he had suffered in the household since birth, veins bulged on his forehead, and he suddenly squeezed the writing brush and broke it.

The guards kept their heads down and dared not respond.

After a long while, Fu Pei gradually calmed down.

He said, "Have Xiao Qi go to the secret residence and make the arrangements in advance."

The guard hesitated for a moment, thinking that they still hadn't figured out where Huang Jiayu had gone, before advising, "Master, these are extraordinary times... we should be cautious."