Ming Dynasty: I risked my life to teach the prince, the emperor begged me not to die

Chapter 213 Cousin, I kowtow to you

Chen Boxin didn't dare to return to Hangzhou, and he even tried to kidnap Chen Ce by using family ties.

But he never understood Chen Ce. People like Chen Ce who have seen through life have no emotions to speak of, and he doesn't care about so-called family affection.

Chen Ce did not give Chen Boxin any chance. The choice was in Chen Boxin's hands and he had to make a decision within three days.

Today is the third day. He has been begging outside Chen Ce's yard for three days, but Chen Ce has ignored him.

Today he returned to his residence in a daze. At first he managed to keep calm. Having run the business for so many years, Chen Boxin thought he could handle it.

But when the time came and he found himself being uprooted, he was still afraid.

"Dad, are you okay?"

Chen Zhengye felt a little nervous when he saw his father's pale face. He was a scholar and filial piety was ingrained in his bones. This was the only quality he could bring out.

Seeing that Chen Boxin looked like he was hollowed out, with his eyes empty and lifeless, he couldn't help but feel worried.

Chen Boxuan is responsible for all the affairs of the Chen family. Chen Boxuan is the pillar of the family. No matter what problems the Chen family encountered in the past, even if their business suffered a Waterloo and their business plummeted, his father never had such a dejected expression.

Chen Boqin slowly closed his eyes, turbid tears falling from the corners of his eyes, and said in despair: "He wants to force me to death."

"He's taking revenge, in the same way."

Chen Zhengye hurriedly shook Chen Boxin's body and said, "Dad! You have to cheer up, you have to cheer up!"

"It's no big deal, it's just the loss of the family business. I can start over again, it's okay!"

Chen Boqin smiled bitterly: "How can I face your mother and my neighbors when I return to Hangzhou this time?"

Seeing that Chen Boxin's condition was getting worse and worse, Chen Zhengye was really afraid that something might happen to Chen Boxin, and tears kept falling from Chen Zhengye's eyes.

"Dad, you and I, we will not despise you, this has nothing to do with you, you are the pillar of our Chen family, you are the sky of our family! You can't fall down!"

"Someone, watch over my dad and don't let him do anything stupid."

After Chen Zhengye finished speaking, he took advantage of the night and ran madly towards Huaihua Hutong on Zhengyang Street.

There was a constant banging on the door.

"Chen Ce! I was wrong! My father was wrong!"

"I'm sorry! I kowtow to you, I kowtow to you!"

Bang bang bang.

Chen Zhengye knelt outside the courtyard.

"Don't kill my father. He's not in the right state right now. His heart is broken. I'm afraid he'll do something stupid."

"Chen Ce, cousin, as your brother, I kneel down to you. What we did before was not decent, and we did extremely bad things, but I beg you to leave us a way out, just a gap, so that my father can see the hope of survival."

"Cousin, come out, I know you are in there, don't ignore your brother!"

"Our Chen family has done all kinds of bad things. We coveted your family's property at the time. We swallowed up your family's property and drove you out. We were wrong."

"No matter how wrong I am, it's all my fault as a son. You can beat me or scold me, but please leave a way for my father to live. Please."

Chen Zhengye burst into tears and sincerely repented. He clearly felt that his father's mental state was not right tonight. It was a mentality that had lost all hope of survival.

He was really afraid that his father couldn't withstand such a blow.

Even though he was in a very bad state now, he couldn't just stand by and watch his father get into trouble.

"I, I won't fight anymore. I don't dare to fight for Miss Ning. She is yours."

"I don't dare to look down on you anymore. I know you are amazing. I am convinced. I am completely convinced."

"Chen Ce, please open the door and meet me. We are a family. I am your brother, the one we played in the mud with when we were little!"

Chen Zhengye cried and howled at Chen Ce's door, alarming the neighbors. They looked at him one after another, which constantly crushed his self-esteem, but he was not afraid. He continued to kneel outside Chen Ce's courtyard and kowtowed. The light in the study was on, and the shadow had been sitting in front of the desk in the study. Under the light, the shadow had not moved.

It wasn't until Chen Zhengye mentioned that they played in the mud together when they were children that it seemed to evoke memories deep in Chen Ce's mind.

He walked out with his hands behind his back, opened the door, and looked down at Chen Zhengye, but his expression was still cold: "I was the one who lost everything back then."

“But I survived.”

"You are better than me. At least you are a scholar, right?"

"Go back. I have not taken away what belongs to you, and you should not take what does not belong to you."

"You think I'm cruel? If so, I can still deprive you of your status as a scholar."

"But I didn't do that."

"Go back to Hangzhou tomorrow morning to settle the property, otherwise you will really be left with nothing."

"As for whether my uncle lives or dies, I don't care, but as a son, this is the test you should go through."

Chen Ce squatted down gently, peeled off Chen Zhengye's hand that was around his calf, and then closed the door of the courtyard again indifferently.

Chen Zhengye took a deep breath. He knew that Chen Ce had already given the answer and it would be useless no matter how much he begged him.

Tears were flying, the reflections of the street buildings were receding, Chen Zhengye ran quickly on Zhengyang Street, pushed open the door of the residence, and found Chen Boxin standing on a stool with his feet.

"Father! Father!"

"Don't do anything stupid."

Chen Zhengye struggled to carry Chen Boqin down, "Dad! My son is still here. He is still alive."

"Don't worry, my son will be successful one day. Even though we are from a poor family, we can still have a son who is a nobleman!"

"Dad, I will work hard. I will earn back everything we lost today. But if you are gone, what is the point of my hard work?"

Chen Boqin looked at his eldest son, his heart ached, and he said with regret: "Zhengye, Dad was wrong."

"Dad has committed a sin. Dad is so sorry to your second uncle. Dad is a beast!"

He hugged Chen Zhengye in his arms, cried loudly, and recounted what happened that year.

"Dad is also sorry for Chen Ce, sorry for him."

"Let's go back. Let's go back to Hangzhou tomorrow morning and return everything that belongs to them."

"Let's live a clean life from now on."

Chen Zhengye nodded heavily and said, "Okay! Dad, I will work hard!"

The next morning, Chen Boxin and Chen Zhengye packed their bags and left Peking dejectedly.

Accompanying them were several accountants from Shuntian Express arranged by Tang Yin to take over the Chen family's business.

When they return to Hangzhou this time, the Chen family will be left with nothing.

……

Chen Ce was neither sad nor happy, he was just doing something that he thought he would have to do sooner or later. Even though it was very inhumane, he didn't take it to heart.

He had no time to feel sentimental, because Zhu Houzhao found Chen Ce early in the morning and told him that the royal family and princes had begun to force the emperor to abdicate.

This was within Chen Ce's expectations.

Unexpectedly, Zhu Houzhao said excitedly: "Brother Ce, if this matter can be resolved, I will ask for a marquisate for you!"

(End of this chapter)