Chapter 240 My Daddy Wakes Up

After returning to Lingyang Palace, Lu Zheng handed the things in her hand to Hua Sui and asked her to deliver them to Wang Zhi.

A child of only a few years old has to get up before dawn to study every day. It is even harder than those who study medicine in Wuhui Valley. It is really pitiful.

Fortunately, Song Siwen will take part in the Spring Examination next year, and Mr. Li will not be watching Wang Zhi all day long. Wang Zhi will feel much more relaxed when he is with Tao Jun.

When Lu Zheng entered the house, two figures appeared at the corner of the small courtyard and walked towards the front yard. They were Xiao Fuzi and Xiao Qi. Xiao Fuzi looked at Xiao Qi's expression before saying:

"Lord Sui has gradually deployed the garrison troops to various places in the city. Not even a bee can fly into the vicinity of our palace. After a few more days, the master and the girl will be able to leave the palace at will..."

Xiao Qi was not thinking about this. He knew that Lu Ming would follow Lu Zheng when she left the house. He had also seen Lu Zheng practicing swordsmanship under the moonlight. Her skills should be no less than Chang Ping's.

All the past events flashed through Xiao Qi's mind. He recalled the scene that Chang Ping saw in the palace before he found Lu Zheng in Guanping Village. If he guessed correctly, the assassins who died in the palace should be the work of Lu Zheng and Lu Ming.

He had superb medical skills and unparalleled martial arts skills, but he was just a prince of Lingyang. Just like when he was a child and was laughed at by other children for being dumb, Xiao Qi once again felt a little inferior...

The days passed one by one as the New Year approached. After Lu Zheng wrote several letters for help and changed the prescription and acupuncture treatment several times, Wang Zheng woke up in the evening of the Little New Year.

During the days he was lying down, Wang Zhi often came to talk to him. The previous Wang Zhi didn't know what to say to Wang Zheng, but now Wang Zhi was full of grievances.

"Azhi wants to sleep, but the teacher won't let him. He can only sleep during grandpa's class..."

"Daddy, please get up quickly. Ah Zhi wants to learn how to ride a horse..."

Mr. Li was very strict. He couldn’t understand a lot of what he said. He didn’t understand why a kid like him had to listen to lectures with two older brothers?
He could only understand what his grandfather said, and the history books Mr. Li talked about always made him feel sleepy.

"Daddy, please get up quickly..."

Wang Zhi lay beside Wang Zheng's couch and talked for a while. When he heard the cry of an eagle, he ran out. After Wang Zhi left, Wang Zheng on the couch moved his hand.

It was the day of the Little New Year, and the Lingyang Palace was already filled with the atmosphere of the New Year. Wang Zhi was still lying beside Wang Zheng's couch and talking as usual.

"My sister is crying again. She is so noisy. Mother... Mother took her away..."

"Dad, do you think she's noisy?"

It has to be said that Qingfeng Li is quite good at educating children. It is precisely because of his strictness that Wang Zhi clearly understands what etiquette, laws, and filial piety are.

Neither Lu Zheng Lianxin nor Tao Jun had ever asked Wang Zhi to call Madam Wang "mother". But after Li Qingfeng taught him for only a few days, Wang Zhi was willing to call Madam Wang "mother" when he saw her, although he still did not get close to her.

Mrs. Wang immediately lost her composure and hugged Wang Zhi, shedding tears of joy.

Hua Sui's voice came from outside. Wang Zhi turned his head to look outside, then stepped forward and pulled Wang Zheng's hand, "Sister Hua Sui is hanging lanterns. Daddy, do you want to see it?"

"Daddy, can you please get up soon? Brother Qi said that his dad made a lot of lanterns for him when he was a child. Now Brother Qi can make lanterns too, but I heard that he made them all for his sister..."

"Azhi wants it too, Daddy... Daddy, please get up and make a lantern for me. Daddy's will definitely be more beautiful than Brother Qi's..."

After saying that, Wang Zhi let out a breath and stood up with some disappointment. His father didn't respond to him today, so he could only come again tomorrow. Sister Zheng said that if he could wake up his father, she would take him out to play.

"Ah... stop..." A weak and hoarse voice came from behind.

Wang Zhi paused, turned around and saw Wang Zheng on the couch looking at him with a faint smile in his eyes.

A look of surprise flashed across Wang Zhi's eyes, and when Wang Zheng stretched out his hand, he ran out of the house excitedly. The child's surprised voice echoed over the courtyard.

"Daddy, wake up! Daddy, wake up!"

"My daddy is awake..." At this moment, Wang Zheng, who was lying in the room, heard Wang Zhi's call and for a moment he thought he was in a dream. It was not until he heard the sound of chaotic footsteps that a tear fell from the corner of Wang Zheng's eyes.

Wang Zheng's awakening brought a festive atmosphere to the small courtyard. However, on New Year's Eve, a guest came to Lingyang Palace looking for Wang Zheng.

Wang Zheng was still recovering. When the man lifted his cloak and revealed his face, Wang Zheng fell into a trance again. The person he thought he would never see again appeared before him at the end of the 18th year of Chongning.

"Commander Guan? You are not..."

The visitor smiled bitterly, "I should have followed my master, but I have been lingering in the enemy country for so many years, and I can't let go of my child and my young master..."

Amid the sound of firecrackers and laughter outside, the visitor spoke slowly and in a low voice, "That year, not long after I returned to the capital with the prince, my child fell ill for no apparent reason. The famous doctor the prince found for me said that he was poisoned by a Gu. I knew then that there was a spy following us secretly. He had poisoned my child in an attempt to make me rebel..."

"Later, the spy really showed up, and I discussed with the prince and pretended to pass on information for him for the sake of the child. Later, I followed him to South Vietnam and secretly passed on a message to the prince. But not long after arriving in South Vietnam, there was a civil strife in South Vietnam, and I was also imprisoned..."

"..."

Wang Zheng then realized that he had been in South Vietnam for many years and fled back to Da Zhou when the situation in South Vietnam was unstable.

Guan Shan smiled and looked at him, "The person the prince entrusted is indeed correct. I saw the young master in the courtyard just now."

Wang Zheng's expression changed slightly, and the look he gave him was no longer one of surprise, but instead a hint of wariness.

"I know you have a lot of doubts. I came here just for the young master."

"There is no such thing as your little master here. The one outside is my son. If you want to talk about him again, you are not welcome here..."

Guan Shan was not angry, he just stated the facts: "Do you really think you can protect him? If it weren't for Ji Jiang and the others, the grass on your grave would have grown by now."

"His identity means that he will never live an ordinary life. Can the palace let him go? Compared to the current situation in the court, I'm afraid the most urgent thing for the palace is to get rid of him!"

Wang Zheng clenched the quilt tightly in his hands, "I will find a place to hide him and let him live a peaceful life."

Guan Shan chuckled, "I'm afraid you don't know yet. I heard that the young master has already been enlightened. Besides Mr. Tao, do you know who the other one is?"

"It's in the front yard of Lingyang Palace. In addition to teaching the Lingyang Prince, I also teach the young master every day."

Wang Zheng really didn't know. He seldom left the house since he woke up, and Li Qingfeng taught in the front yard. Mrs. Wang only knew that Li Qingfeng was a great scholar from Jiangnan, but didn't know Li Qingfeng's background. Tao Jun knew about it, but he didn't mention it in front of Wang Zheng.

"That's Li Qingfeng, the imperial tutor who taught the late emperor..."

Emperor Hongzhi, who reigned for only one year, was a more capable emperor than his father. Many court officials still miss the time when Emperor Hongzhi was on the throne.

In addition to the old tutor Guo Tai, the great scholar Li Qingfeng from Jiangnan also taught Emperor Hongzhi at that time. However, Li Qingfeng was too upright and honest and was never favored by the empress dowager.

At a palace banquet, Li Qingfeng offended the empress dowager because of a few words he said to Prince Jingnan. The empress dowager dismissed him from his post and put him in prison. Prince Lingyang Xiao Chu'nan intervened on his behalf and sent someone to send him back to Jiangnan.

After that, Li Qingfeng taught at Xuancheng Wenhua Academy.

Wang Zheng was stunned, panic flashing in his eyes, "Li Qingfeng! Why is he here to teach Ah Zhi? Who is he? Who came up with the idea?"

Guan Shan approached him and stared into his eyes. "Wang Zheng, you have to admit that as long as the Queen Mother and her followers are here, we can't protect him! Wake up!"

"We have exchanged all the things that Master Yuancheng left for the prince with King Lingyang to help the young master see the light of day again and live a truly peaceful life."

Then, he gave Wang Zheng another heavy blow, "Maybe... the young master can get back what the prince missed!"


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