A Time-Traveling Mishap: I Became an Ancient Nobleman

Chapter 12 Who are you going to fight?

Every day she would come to Madam Zhou's place to have breakfast with her parents, and only after that would she return to her room to study.

Although the original owner held the title of a minor prince, his father was a good-for-nothing who had no idea how he had acquired the title. He could only study hard to be worthy of the title.

poor child.

She arrived at Madam Zhou's place, first paying her respects, and then wondering why her father, who was always with her mother, was nowhere to be seen.

I looked around, but still couldn't find it.

Seeing her looking around, Madam Zhou knew what she wanted to say. "It'll just be the two of us having breakfast today."

No sooner had she finished speaking than Mr. Zhou walked in with a grin, "Madam, why are you here so early today?"

Mrs. Zhou: ...

"I thought you weren't going to use it anymore."

"How could that be? Even when I'm busy every day, I make sure to have breakfast with my wife."

Mr. Zhou sat down with a smile, looking at Zhou Hanzhang, "My son is here, come sit down and eat."

When Zhou's father mentioned his child, Madam Zhou's expression softened slightly. "Yes, don't worry about your father. Hurry up and have breakfast. You have to go to Tianan Academy to register today."

Father Zhou: !!!

What did I hear?

Tianan Academy?

"Son...son is going to study at Tianan Academy?" Mr. Zhou asked Mrs. Zhou with an incredulous look on his face.

Madam Zhou casually served Zhou Hanzhang a bowl of porridge. "Didn't I tell you this the other day? Why do you seem to be unaware?"

Mr. Zhou stood up abruptly. “I…I thought you were joking with me. If I had known it was true, I could have stood up in front of those people. I would have turned things around.”

Mrs. Zhou resisted the urge to roll her eyes. The baby was still there; she couldn't roll her eyes.

She ignored Zhou's father's startled reaction, but he immediately sat down and said, "I need to use it quickly too. I'll take it to you later."

Mrs. Zhou: !!!

Zhou Hanzhang: !!

“Father, I’m all grown up now. It’s not convenient for my parents to take me. Otherwise, people will laugh at me for no reason,” Zhou Hanzhang said tactfully.

“Who would laugh at you? If anyone laughs at you, I’ll go and fight their parents.” Mr. Zhou completely failed to understand the hidden meaning in his words.

Madam Zhou smiled gently, "Who do you want to fight?"

"Heh...hehe, no, I was just joking, why did you take it seriously, Madam?"

Mr. Zhou quickly picked up a dumpling and put it into Mrs. Zhou's bowl. "Madam, please try this dumpling. It tastes a little different from usual; it seems even better."

Mrs. Zhou looked at the dumplings that her husband had picked up and placed in her bowl, and put down her chopsticks with disdain, saying, "I'm full."

“…Madam.” Mr. Zhou looked at Madam Zhou with a pitiful expression.

Seeing that Zhou Hanzhang had almost finished eating, Madam Zhou ignored her husband and said to her, "Bowen arrived a long time ago and is waiting in the front hall now. He said he wants to go with you."

Zhou Hanzhang was delighted to hear that Bowen had arrived.

Bowen is the son of the Jiang family whom Madam Zhou said she was going to marry off her daughter to.

Jiang Mingzhi, the Minister of Rites, disliked Zhou's father the most.

Even though Zhou's father was demoted, Jiang Mingzhi impeached him countless times in court.

But surprisingly, Mrs. Zhou and Mrs. Jiang got along very well.

Minister Jiang knew that Zhou's father was unreliable and often did outrageous things to smear the imperial family, so he always treated him with disdain.

But he greatly admired Madam Zhou. He thought it was truly admirable that there was such a woman in the world who could tolerate a man like Zhou's father and support him for decades without divorce. She was a woman of noble character and lofty ideals.

How could someone of such high moral character be worthy of that worthless woman?

Minister Jiang once said this bluntly to Zhou's father during an argument.

Of course, Zhou's father said even more shamelessly, which I won't go into detail about.

When Mr. Zhou heard that the youngest son of the Jiang family dared to come to his door, he was furious. "The old and the young are all bad. How dare they come to my Zhou family? I'll beat them out of here!"

As he spoke, he raised his hand and prepared to run to the front hall.

"So I have no say in this place anymore?" Mrs. Zhou said quietly to Mr. Zhou's back.

Zhou's father suddenly stopped and stiffly turned his head. "How could that be? I was just worried that Zhang'er would suffer. Only the women in their family are normal. Jiang Mingzhi and his youngest son are both wicked."

The old man, as the Minister of Rites, seemed to have nothing better to do all day long. He kept an eye on him and wanted to impeach him every day!

He's just a commoner now, he doesn't even attend court anymore, what's there to criticize! Yet he still has to criticize every single day! It's gotten to the point where his elder brother has to call him in for a lecture every few days, it's enough already!

That youngest son is even worse. He often comes to the Zhou family, always bothering Zhang'er or Zhen'er. You can tell he's up to no good!

"If you have nothing else to do, you may leave. I understand Zhang'er's situation," Madam Zhou said to him.

Mr. Zhou was still unwilling to give up, "Then... Madam, please remember to take good care of her..."

“I told you, I know what I’m doing,” Madam Zhou added.

"Okay, okay, I'm leaving now." Zhou's father dared not say another word and quickly retreated.

Madam Zhou led Zhou Hanzhang to the front hall and was very pleased with Jiang Bowen, who was sitting obediently on a stool waiting.

She wouldn't listen to Zhou's father. At such a young age, she was able to enter Tianan Academy, so she couldn't possibly be a bad student.

Besides, their two families have a deep relationship, so there's nothing wrong with them interacting more often.

She would also add a large dowry when the Jiang family married off their daughter.

As for the things that Minister Jiang usually criticized Zhou's father for, they were all true. It's not wrong for people to speak the truth when they disapprove of his behavior.

Most importantly, Mrs. Chiang understood her. She would often come to the Zhou family to keep her company and relieve her boredom.

Most importantly, she could get timely information from Madame Chiang about what kind of trouble her husband had caused, so that she could respond promptly.

Minister Jiang, using some unknown method, always had many channels that others didn't know about, enabling him to uncover many of the bad things others had done.

Every family has its share of unspeakable secrets, but he just couldn't stand Zhou's father and kept a close eye on him every day.

Whenever anything happened, there was no need to wait for the people Madam Zhou had arranged to keep an eye on her father to report back; she would already receive news from Minister Jiang, which saved Madam Zhou a lot of trouble.

Upon seeing Bowen, she stepped forward and said, "Bowen, have you been waiting long?"

When Jiang Bowen saw Madam Zhou leading Zhou Hanzhang over, his eyes lit up and he immediately stood up to greet her, "Hello, Auntie, hello, Brother Hanzhang."

He was handsome with delicate features, fair skin like porcelain, and bright, intelligent eyes.

His eyebrows resembled two crescent moons, and his jet-black hair was neatly tied up, revealing his smooth forehead, making him look energetic.

His smile is warm and innocent, and just looking at it makes you feel happy.

Zhou Hanzhang looked at Jiang Bowen with delight and went over to pat him on the head.

When Jiang Bowen saw his brother Hanzhang touching his head like that, he pouted, "Brother is touching my head again. I specially made this hair ornament today because I have to see my teacher. I can't let brother mess it up."

Oh dear, Zhou Hanzhang likes it even more.