in2ebook Chapter 115 Leaving Zhao Mansion
Chapter 115 Leaving Zhao Mansion
Since he had decided to move out, Zhao Liangchen didn't waste a single day and went out to look for a house.
He first sold the house in the east of the city that was very close to Zhao, and then went to look for a house near Zeng's hometown.
Since the people living in the east of the city were all high-ranking officials and nobles, the price of houses was much more expensive than those in the west of the city. In the east of the city, one could only buy a house with one courtyard. In the west of the city, Zhao Liangchen added the five hundred taels given to him by Zhao Jian and the five hundred taels he got from Zhao Liangsi and directly bought a house with three courtyards.
This courtyard is next to Mr. Zeng's, but it is not in the same alley.
Zeng Lao's alley is at the innermost part, and there is a narrow alley to the west. Next to the narrow alley is Zhao Liangchen's newly purchased courtyard. The two courtyards are separated by two walls and an alley. However, if you go out from Zeng Lao's gate and enter Zhao Liangchen's gate, you need to go around most of the West City, which seems very far.
Originally, this yard was occupied by someone, and they had no intention of selling it, but Zhao Liangchen offered a lot, so they sold it directly.
When Zhao Liangchen bought the house, Zhao Liangsi was still arguing with Madam Zhao: "Mother, we can't let Zhao Liangchen move out. If he leaves home, we won't be able to control him anymore. I'm sure it was Zhao Liangchen who sent me to the charity cemetery. He can send me there without anyone knowing now, so he can kill me without anyone knowing later. Mother, we can't keep him here. We have to act first and poison him before he leaves. If he dies outside after moving out, it will have nothing to do with us."
Mrs. Zhao was annoyed by his noise and said in a deep voice, "Shut up."
Zhao Liangsi opened his eyes wide and looked at Madam Zhao. "Mother, why are you like this too? Are you so indifferent to your son's suffering? Do you know how terrifying it would be to wake up in a coffin? I will never give up and will make sure Zhao Liangchen dies."
Mrs. Zhao was exhausted. She really didn't want to waste too much energy on Zhao Liangchen. She had more important things to deal with. If this matter failed, she and her family would be doomed without Zhao Liangchen's help. She frowned, rubbed her temples, and persuaded, "Your father is right. You have no evidence. We can't do anything to Zhao Liangchen. If you make trouble again, your father will be even more dissatisfied with you.
"Si'er, don't provoke Zhao Liangchen for now. I've said before that he's definitely not a stumbling block to you. As long as you hold a high position and have power, he's nothing to be afraid of."
Zhao Liangsi knew from Mrs. Zhao's impatient look that she would not seek justice for him. He used to think that he was the most important person in this family, but now he understood that the most important person in this family was King Liang.
If King Liang wants to use Zhao Liangchen, his parents will not do anything to Zhao Liangchen, and will even support him wholeheartedly.
Zhao Liangsi secretly clenched his fists. He must find a way to prevent King Liang from succeeding. If King Liang succeeded, Zhao Liangchen would have the merit of following the king, and then he would have even less status in the family.
Whenever he thought of Zhao Liangchen stepping on his head and showing off his power, he felt worse than death.
He replied softly to Madam Zhao, "Yes, son, I understand. I'll go back to the Imperial College first."
Mrs. Zhao was upset and didn't notice that Zhao Liangsi was in a bad mood.
Nodding and saying: "Okay."
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Zhao Liangchen was very quick and got the house deed done on the first day. He also gave the family extra money so that they could move faster. That same day, the family started looking for a new yard to move into.
As long as you are not picky about the location, it is easy to find a cheap three-courtyard house in Xicheng.
The next day, Zhao Liangchen came to say goodbye to Zhao Jian and Madam Zhao. Zhao Jian said some words of encouragement and reluctance, and Madam Zhao became more generous and gave Zhao Liangchen the indentures of the servants in his yard.
Zhao Liangchen knew that Mrs. Zhao was trying to show goodwill and promised not to interfere with Zhao Liangchen in the future, nor would she place anyone to monitor him.
He accepted the offer, thanked Mrs. Zhao, and went to say goodbye to his other brothers and sisters.
He gave Zhao Qingning a white jade hairpin: "Second sister, thank you for speaking for me that day."
Zhao Qingning said calmly, "I'm not speaking for you. I just find Second Brother annoying."
But having said that, he took the hairpin and said thank you.
Zhao Liangchen was not familiar with his second sister. His impression of her since childhood was that she was not talkative. She would not pester him for this and that like Zhao Gupan, but she would not insult or hit him like Zhao Liangsi.
So he has never liked or hated this sister. What she said to Zhao Liangsi that day might be due to her personality and she really found Zhao Liangsi annoying. But in Zhao Liangchen's eyes, it was precisely because of her words that Zhao Jian did not continue to interrogate her, so he accepted the favor and bought Zhao Qingning a hairpin of good quality.
When he went to Zhao Gupan's place, he didn't buy anything. After all, he had spent all his money on the house.
He pawned all the jewelry that Zhao Gupan had hidden with him. Originally, he had not intended to give it back to Zhao Gupan, but after thinking about it, he realized that he might still need her in the future, so he gave it back to her: "You said before that all your jewelry, gold and silver were stolen by Xing'er and the others, so you can't wear those jewelry anymore. I'll pawn them for you in exchange for some silver, and you can find a chance to buy some new ones later."
Zhao Gupan was very sad to lose those jewelry, but what Zhao Liangchen said was right. Even if he got them back to her, she couldn't wear them.
She was most sad about Zhao Liangchen leaving the mansion, not because she was worried or reluctant to leave him, but because after Zhao Liangchen left, there would be no one in the mansion who could protect her, and no one would buy her anything she wanted in the future.
She looked at Zhao Liangchen with tears in her eyes: "Brother, can't you just not leave?"
Zhao Liangchen gave her a wry smile and said, "I have to leave. You can see that your second brother really can't tolerate me. If I stay any longer, I don't know what kind of trouble will happen. It's better for me to leave so that everyone can have some peace and quiet."
Zhao Gupan: "But if you leave, what will I do? There will be no one to make decisions for me from now on."
Zhao Liangchen comforted him, "I'm leaving, but I'm not going to come back. I'm still living in Shangjing City. If you have any problems, you can send someone to find me. Besides, I reminded you last time that the real decision-maker in this family is your father. As long as you find a way to please him and let him see your value, he will make the decision for you."
What could Zhao Gupan say? He could only bite his lip and nod.
There were two illegitimate sons and two illegitimate daughters in this mansion, all of them were young. Zhao Liangchen had no interaction with them at all, so he just gave them some random things and sent them away.
After saying goodbye to everyone, he left the Zhao Mansion with his servants. In order to prevent people outside from knowing, he left through the back door. He simply packed some of his clothes and did not take anything that Madam Zhao had sent to his yard.
The owner of the house had vacated the yard today, and they moved in directly.
The family was probably afraid of being at a disadvantage, so they moved out everything in the house except for some large stone tables and stone benches that were difficult to move. So the whole yard was very empty and there was nothing in it.
If they want to sleep and eat here at night, they have to buy something first.
Lai Fu and Lai Xi were responsible for buying large items such as furniture, the two old women were responsible for buying bedding, pots and pans and other daily necessities, and the man went to buy firewood, charcoal, hatchets and other cleaning tools.
Zhao Liangchen took Fuqi and Fuman to buy two horses and a carriage.
When Zhao Liangchen was in the Zhao family, he never had his own carriage, nor did he buy a horse, because even if he bought one, there would be no one to help him feed it.
Now that he had his own yard and his own horse, it was convenient for him to go out of the city to the Forbidden Army camp. He planned to give the carriage to Su Qin and Zeng Lao. He couldn't let them always hire a carriage on the street when they went out in the future.