How did such immense wealth fall into my family?

Chapter 102 Forget it, it's hopeless, let's just leave it at that.

Zhao compared the two and felt that 20 was thinner than 19. "19, what did you eat this morning?"

"Meat buns."

Zhao touched Twenty's small face. "And you?"

"Meat buns."

Why is one fat and the other thin? "How do you two sleep at night?"

Eighteen: "The three of us sleep in one room. Sister-in-law, why are you asking this?"

Zhao: It's nothing, sister-in-law was just asking casually.

Granny Tian rolled her eyes inwardly. "What do you mean, 'just asking'? You just want to know if Chunhua fed the three children two different meals? And if she secretly gave Eighteen and Nineteen extra food?"

You just think 19 is fatter than 20, right?
Nineteen had been drinking his mother's milk until Twenty arrived, at which point he stopped and started drinking goat's milk with Eighteen and Twenty.

I only drank my wet nurse's milk during those few months at the Tang family's house, and I haven't had it since.

In addition, since Nineteen was born with the care of a divine doctor, isn't it normal for Nineteen to be a little fatter than Twenty?
Zhao wanted to ask if Twenty spent all her time with Eighteen and Nineteen, but Granny Tian pulled Twenty away. "Alright, go do what you're supposed to do. You're always worrying about nothing. Your Highness, what do you want to do later?"

Consort Tao looked at Twenty and said with a smile, "I want to paint a picture of these three rascals playing around and hang it in the house. These three rascals always stay for a while and then leave."

Upon hearing this, Granny Tian immediately said, "Then could you paint one for me? I'd like to see these three rascals every day."

Zhao quickly said, "Me too, me too. Your Highness, could you paint one for me as well? I only need one for twenty, just paint one for twenty."

Granny Tian: "..." Forget it, there's no hope. Let it be.

Consort Tao only intended to draw the twenty characters. "Alright."

Zhao was delighted to hear this. "Thank you. Twenty, come on, let me wash your face."

Nineteen came over. "Sister-in-law, I want to wash my face too."

Just as Zhao was about to say, "You wash it yourself," she saw her mother-in-law glaring at her. Zhao quickly swallowed her words. "Okay, sister-in-law, I'll wash it for you. Eighteen, you come too."

"Oh." Eighteen realized that his sister-in-law only cared about Twenty and only wanted to wash Twenty's face.

After Zhao led Twenty, Eighteen, and Nineteen away, Granny Tian gave an awkward smile. "I'm sorry you had to see this."

Consort Tao took a sip of tea. "It's quite nice to get along with someone like your eldest daughter-in-law; it's not tiring."

"That's true." It's all written on his face.

After Zhao washed the faces of the three mischievous boys, Consort Tao began to paint.

First, Consort Tao painted a picture of a mischievous boy chasing chickens for Granny Tian.

Granny Tian was overjoyed. "Your Highness, you painted it so lifelike!"

Consort Tao drew another map of a child hoeing, and only gave him twenty strokes.

After the painting was finished, Zhao thought that Consort Tao would give it to her, but Consort Tao gave it to Granny Du instead. "This one isn't finished, I'll paint another one for you."

Zhao wanted to say that the painting was very good, but since Consort Tao had already offered to paint another one for her, she didn't say anything. "Thank you for your trouble."

"No trouble."

After a short while, Consort Tao finished the painting. "Here you go."

Mrs. Zhao happily accepted it. "Thank you."

"You're welcome." Consort Tao waved to the three mischievous boys and three pretty girls. "Come on, I'll teach you how to draw."

In the late afternoon, Master Daoyi left with his three young disciples.

They all had bald heads, and everyone within a ten-mile radius knew whose children they were.

In addition, after Consort Tao arrived, the security situation in the entire county improved.

Furthermore, Shiba is both Dong Laoqi's apprentice and Chang Shenyi's apprentice.

In addition, Master Daoyi would always calculate good or bad fortune before taking his three young disciples out.

Therefore, no one was worried that they might get into trouble on the road. After Master Daoyi left with his three young disciples, Consort Tao said she was tired and wanted to go back to her room to rest.

After returning to the room, Consort Tao dismissed everyone else.

Granny Du took out the two paintings that Consort Tao had just drawn.

Consort Tao painted two more portraits based on the figure of a twenty-year-old. However, one portrait included the hairstyle of the Duke of Wei when he was a child, along with the clothes he wore as a child, while the other portrait featured the hairstyle often worn by the wife of the Duke of Wei's heir, along with the clothes she wore.

After the drawing was finished, the master and servant remained silent for a long time.

Consort Tao rubbed her forehead. "Go back and tell him I asked you to go back and tell the Emperor that I'm doing well here and there, so there's nothing to worry about."

"Yes. Should we tell the Emperor?"

"Don't say anything yet. First, this is just our speculation. Second, His Majesty is worried about the war in the north."

Although she had left the capital, she still needed to know what had happened there.

“This old servant understands.” Granny Du looked at the portrait of Twenty again. “You mean? Twenty is truly the eldest grandson of the Duke of Wei?”

"Who knows? Wait a minute!" Consort Tao suddenly remembered something. "Do you remember when we left the capital, I sent you to teach Xiao Gousheng some manners?"

“I remember. Miss Gousheng kept circling around the Duke of Wei. Even after the Duke of Wei gave her a gift, Miss Gousheng still wouldn’t leave.”

Consort Tao looked at Granny Du and said, "Gou Sheng was holding Twenty at the time."

Granny Du's eyes widened in surprise. "You mean, Miss Gousheng knows that Twenty is the eldest grandson of the Duke of Wei?"

"Most likely. You've known the Qian family for quite some time now. Although they aren't wealthy, they are all of good character. Little Dog Sheng shouldn't cling to the Duke of Wei just to get a gift."

"Also, I remember Zhao said that when the Tang family came to propose marriage, only Xiaogou was left and thought it was strange, thinking that it was unreasonable to exchange a basin for an official's son."

Upon hearing what Consort Tao said, Granny Du also remembered. "No wonder Old Master Qian took Miss Gousheng with him when he ran away with his eldest granddaughter's betrothal money. Miss Gousheng must be the smartest among the children of their generation."

"Hmm. I wonder where the puppy Sheng went?"

"How about we wait for Miss Gousheng to come back and ask her? Then we can see if we need to go to the capital?"

"No need. Who knows when Xiao Gou Sheng will be back? Besides, we can't just judge whether Twenty is the eldest grandson of the Duke of Wei based on Xiao Gou Sheng's one-sided story."

Granny Du thought about it and agreed. "Then when shall this old servant depart?"

"Let's hurry. Hopefully, our guess is wrong."

Granny Du also hoped they were wrong.

Five days later, Granny Du set off with the three portraits of Twenty.

On the other side, Jin Guogong was practicing boxing inside the house when Dong Laoqi pushed open the door and walked in.

As the Duke of Jin practiced his boxing, he said, "You've arrived, have a seat."

"No. I want to join the army."

The Duke of Jin was taken aback for a moment, then asked, "Did my youngest son agree?"

Old Master Dong glanced at Duke Jin with disdain. "She's not your son, don't call her that. She agreed." The little girl only had one request for him.

After hearing that Xiaogousheng had agreed, the Duke of Jin asked, "What position do you want? How about a centurion?"

"I want to be a soldier?"

"You want to climb the ladder step by step?"

"That's it."

"You have ambition. Come on, let me teach you how to do things on the battlefield. I also climbed up from the bottom. I have faith in you."

Old Dong smiled.

He didn't want to climb higher.

He just felt that a man should go to the battlefield.

(End of this chapter)