Chapter 3 - Family History and Origins
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
“Mother! What happened here?!”
Although he was quite knowledgeable and knew certain secrets, Wang Yuan was still very respectful toward Madam Sun.
He was a filial son, and he would do anything in his power to protect Madam Sun.
“Er Lang, something happened to the Rui beasts in Hengyu Garden. Does it have anything to do with you?”
She had commanded everyone around them, except for her two stewards to leave them alone. Madam Sun took a good look at Wang Yuan who stood in front of her. As she sized up her son, a surprised look appeared on her face, as if she had figured out something.
Wang Yuan’s eyebrows twitched. There seemed to be a lot of hidden meaning in Madam Sun’s words. Madam Sun looked very mysterious, and Wang Yuan knew what she was up to. He knew his mother’s tactics better than anyone else.
Although Madam Sun thought she did a good job of concealing her tactics, Wang Yuan was a smart guy. He knew no one would deliberately be on guard when facing a newborn child.
However, Wang Yuan suspected his mother did not know the full extent of his secrets, she probably only discovered a small part of his secret, such as noticing that he had begun cultivating.
After all, Madam Sun was once there herself…
Wang Yuan’s eyes swept over the dead white dragon fish in the lotus pool, and paused on the auspicious Rui beasts that had died from shock for a few seconds. Then, he turned to Madam Sun and said seriously, “Mother, I’ve always been honest and well-behaved. I’ve been studying hard in the study these days to prepare for the imperial examinations. How could I have harmed the spiritual Rui beasts in the garden?”
Madam Sun snorted.
The little monkey claims to be honest and well-behaved?
‘You are the naughtiest one in the magistrate residence!
‘You’ve been creating trouble for me since young!’
However, looking at her little son who pretended to be all-innocent in front of her, love filled Madam Sun’s eyes as she said sternly, “It better not be you!”
Then, she continued with concern, “In the days to come, you have to restrain yourself and don’t waste your time running around. Half a year later, the imperial examinations will begin. Our family is a scholarly family. Many of your uncles have managed to enter the fourth rounds of the Imperial Examinations at your age. Ever since you were young, you’ve been a bright kid, and you’re already famous in Langya county despite your young age. However, don’t be too ambitious. You should focus on the exams and make sure you get through it without regrets!”
When she spoke of the entrance exam of the imperial examinations, Madam Sun’s expression hardened, and the doting in her eyes became particularly serious.
Born in a rich family, they attached great importance to the imperial examination!
After passing the imperial examination, one would need to have the dignity to stand firm and face the world even if one didn’t want to be an official!
Wang Yuan took in his mother’s stern gaze, looking indifferent. He didn’t resist the subject matter. It was good practice to serve the public sector especially in this particular dynasty.
The Great Song Dynasty was somewhat plausible. At least in his impression, the Great Song did not establish Langya County.
Besides, there were more mountains in Lingshan than he had expected, no less than the mountains in Seymour.
“Then, what about the Rui beasts in the courtyard?”
“Er Lang, I remember that you’ve got some useful subordinates. Let them handle it. I believe they can settle the matter!”
“Yes, mother!”
Wang Yuan touched his nose and cupped his hands.
Madam Sun glanced at Wang Yuan leisurely, snorted, turned around and left. She wasn’t worried that he wouldn’t be able to complete the task—despite the fact that these Rui beasts were indeed rare to find!
The other two women looked at Wang Yuan with concern, and the round-faced woman stepped forward and said, “Second Young Master, please don’t blame the madam. She has always been like this. Although she speaks harshly, she actually cares about you very much!”
“Mama Liu, I know that!”
“It’s good that you two know it!” After a short pause, Steward Liu continued, “Second Young Master, although the madam has enjoyed great glory in the past few years, she has lived conscientiously. The master’s subordinates and colleagues are all idle, rich pigs. They may send a little tramp to seduce the master at any time. Because of your two brothers and three sisters, the madam’s hair has turned grey over the years. You must work hard to make your mother proud, bring her glory, so that the other households may bite back their tongue and be silent once and for all!”
The other oval-faced beautiful woman was the Third Steward. She quipped, “All the other household’s minxes are gossiping about the madam. In fact, they are jealous of her! They aren’t capable of handling their own affairs. Hence, instead of taking care of what’s important, they gossip about petty matters…”
Wang Yuan said, “Mama Yu, you’re referring to…”
‘As if I would believe you!
‘Master Wang is the one who has to thread on thin ice every day!’ Wang Yuan complained in his heart.
Although Master Wang appeared to be a powerful man outside of the magistrate residence, he could not run away from Madam Sun’s strict rules when he came home. It wasn’t that the other officials didn’t dare to introduce concubines to him, but he simply wouldn’t be able to find them when he got home.
Madam Su was serious about protecting her children’s future.
Once, the Old Madam who always meditated in the Buddhist prayer room had succeeded in sneaking in a concubine into the Buddhist prayer room for Master Wang in the western wing. However, none of them had succeeded in gaining a firm foothold. In the face of Madam Sun’s rules, all of them were like quails. Even the Old Madam had finally left them alone. She stayed in the nunnery hall since then—out of sight, out of mind!
However, the shocking death of the Rui beasts in Hengyu Garden was indeed Wang Yuan’s fault!
When he was dealing with the Qi of the golden flood dragon, a trace of dragon power unintentionally leaked out which caused the fake Rui beasts to reveal their original forms. They ended up being scared to death, which was not part of his plan.
The Qi of the golden flood dragon was more powerful than he had imagined.
While he was deep in thought, Wang Yuan walked toward the lotus pool. A little white tortoise was listlessly holding its short legs. Wang Yuan subconsciously pulled out the hairpin on his head and poked it.
‘Poor little thing, it doesn’t have any strength at all now.’ The little beast looked at him pitifully with its beady eyes.
“Second Young Master!”
Wang Yuan turned around and saw two young men in short clothes—children of the servants—rushing over, bowed and waited for his commands.
“Okay…”
“Master!”
Wang Yuan remained expressionless as he said, “Can we settle this in three days?”
Three days later, the Imperial Commissioner would hand over these auspicious Rui to the Emperor.
“Master, three days is enough!” The two figures cupped their hands and replied without any hesitation. In fact, it was due to their contribution that Master Wang was able to find so many Rui beasts in such a short time.
With Master Wang’s capabilities, how could he be so lucky to gather so many Rui beasts? How could so many Rui beasts mysteriously and coincidentally appear before him!
Naturally, there were still some stocks stored away!
Wang Yuan nodded slightly. Their reply satisfied him.
He had built up his own force and influence, and it had nothing to do with the local magistrate’s influence. He hadn’t wasted any time idling around. Ever since he had the ability to protect himself, he had bought a lot of property and built up his assets.
For example, he opened hundreds of inns which were not only responsible for making money, but also trained a lot of useful confidants who’d consciously remember some of the conversations with customers!
Wang Yuan didn’t have any specific intention in mind initially. He had intended to accumulate a lot of information to give his inns an advantage over the competitors. However, he would find out later that it was quite useful to collect all sorts of information.
The information about that black fish demon was also provided by them!
He also found out about the secret magic book in the Wang family’s Langya Library from the insider information collected!
After hesitating for a while, one of the two figures who stood in front of him took a deep breath, gritted his teeth and said, “Master, there’s one more thing. Our people found the Lanruo temple you mentioned previously, it is in Jinhua. We sent several groups of people in there to investigate, but not a single person who went in came out…”
The Immortality Talisman in Wang Yuan’s hand flashed and disappeared in an instant, turning into an imperceptible white light that stuck to his palm and then surged into the little white tortoise’s body—Its expression changed!
“Mother! What happened here?!”
Although he was quite knowledgeable and knew certain secrets, Wang Yuan was still very respectful toward Madam Sun.
He was a filial son, and he would do anything in his power to protect Madam Sun.
“Er Lang, something happened to the Rui beasts in Hengyu Garden. Does it have anything to do with you?”
She had commanded everyone around them, except for her two stewards to leave them alone. Madam Sun took a good look at Wang Yuan who stood in front of her. As she sized up her son, a surprised look appeared on her face, as if she had figured out something.
Wang Yuan’s eyebrows twitched. There seemed to be a lot of hidden meaning in Madam Sun’s words. Madam Sun looked very mysterious, and Wang Yuan knew what she was up to. He knew his mother’s tactics better than anyone else.
Although Madam Sun thought she did a good job of concealing her tactics, Wang Yuan was a smart guy. He knew no one would deliberately be on guard when facing a newborn child.
However, Wang Yuan suspected his mother did not know the full extent of his secrets, she probably only discovered a small part of his secret, such as noticing that he had begun cultivating.
After all, Madam Sun was once there herself…
Wang Yuan’s eyes swept over the dead white dragon fish in the lotus pool, and paused on the auspicious Rui beasts that had died from shock for a few seconds. Then, he turned to Madam Sun and said seriously, “Mother, I’ve always been honest and well-behaved. I’ve been studying hard in the study these days to prepare for the imperial examinations. How could I have harmed the spiritual Rui beasts in the garden?”
Madam Sun snorted.
The little monkey claims to be honest and well-behaved?
‘You are the naughtiest one in the magistrate residence!
‘You’ve been creating trouble for me since young!’
However, looking at her little son who pretended to be all-innocent in front of her, love filled Madam Sun’s eyes as she said sternly, “It better not be you!”
Then, she continued with concern, “In the days to come, you have to restrain yourself and don’t waste your time running around. Half a year later, the imperial examinations will begin. Our family is a scholarly family. Many of your uncles have managed to enter the fourth rounds of the Imperial Examinations at your age. Ever since you were young, you’ve been a bright kid, and you’re already famous in Langya county despite your young age. However, don’t be too ambitious. You should focus on the exams and make sure you get through it without regrets!”
When she spoke of the entrance exam of the imperial examinations, Madam Sun’s expression hardened, and the doting in her eyes became particularly serious.
Born in a rich family, they attached great importance to the imperial examination!
After passing the imperial examination, one would need to have the dignity to stand firm and face the world even if one didn’t want to be an official!
Wang Yuan took in his mother’s stern gaze, looking indifferent. He didn’t resist the subject matter. It was good practice to serve the public sector especially in this particular dynasty.
The Great Song Dynasty was somewhat plausible. At least in his impression, the Great Song did not establish Langya County.
Besides, there were more mountains in Lingshan than he had expected, no less than the mountains in Seymour.
“Then, what about the Rui beasts in the courtyard?”
“Er Lang, I remember that you’ve got some useful subordinates. Let them handle it. I believe they can settle the matter!”
“Yes, mother!”
Wang Yuan touched his nose and cupped his hands.
Madam Sun glanced at Wang Yuan leisurely, snorted, turned around and left. She wasn’t worried that he wouldn’t be able to complete the task—despite the fact that these Rui beasts were indeed rare to find!
The other two women looked at Wang Yuan with concern, and the round-faced woman stepped forward and said, “Second Young Master, please don’t blame the madam. She has always been like this. Although she speaks harshly, she actually cares about you very much!”
“Mama Liu, I know that!”
“It’s good that you two know it!” After a short pause, Steward Liu continued, “Second Young Master, although the madam has enjoyed great glory in the past few years, she has lived conscientiously. The master’s subordinates and colleagues are all idle, rich pigs. They may send a little tramp to seduce the master at any time. Because of your two brothers and three sisters, the madam’s hair has turned grey over the years. You must work hard to make your mother proud, bring her glory, so that the other households may bite back their tongue and be silent once and for all!”
The other oval-faced beautiful woman was the Third Steward. She quipped, “All the other household’s minxes are gossiping about the madam. In fact, they are jealous of her! They aren’t capable of handling their own affairs. Hence, instead of taking care of what’s important, they gossip about petty matters…”
Wang Yuan said, “Mama Yu, you’re referring to…”
‘As if I would believe you!
‘Master Wang is the one who has to thread on thin ice every day!’ Wang Yuan complained in his heart.
Although Master Wang appeared to be a powerful man outside of the magistrate residence, he could not run away from Madam Sun’s strict rules when he came home. It wasn’t that the other officials didn’t dare to introduce concubines to him, but he simply wouldn’t be able to find them when he got home.
Madam Su was serious about protecting her children’s future.
Once, the Old Madam who always meditated in the Buddhist prayer room had succeeded in sneaking in a concubine into the Buddhist prayer room for Master Wang in the western wing. However, none of them had succeeded in gaining a firm foothold. In the face of Madam Sun’s rules, all of them were like quails. Even the Old Madam had finally left them alone. She stayed in the nunnery hall since then—out of sight, out of mind!
However, the shocking death of the Rui beasts in Hengyu Garden was indeed Wang Yuan’s fault!
When he was dealing with the Qi of the golden flood dragon, a trace of dragon power unintentionally leaked out which caused the fake Rui beasts to reveal their original forms. They ended up being scared to death, which was not part of his plan.
The Qi of the golden flood dragon was more powerful than he had imagined.
While he was deep in thought, Wang Yuan walked toward the lotus pool. A little white tortoise was listlessly holding its short legs. Wang Yuan subconsciously pulled out the hairpin on his head and poked it.
‘Poor little thing, it doesn’t have any strength at all now.’ The little beast looked at him pitifully with its beady eyes.
“Second Young Master!”
Wang Yuan turned around and saw two young men in short clothes—children of the servants—rushing over, bowed and waited for his commands.
“Okay…”
“Master!”
Wang Yuan remained expressionless as he said, “Can we settle this in three days?”
Three days later, the Imperial Commissioner would hand over these auspicious Rui to the Emperor.
“Master, three days is enough!” The two figures cupped their hands and replied without any hesitation. In fact, it was due to their contribution that Master Wang was able to find so many Rui beasts in such a short time.
With Master Wang’s capabilities, how could he be so lucky to gather so many Rui beasts? How could so many Rui beasts mysteriously and coincidentally appear before him!
Naturally, there were still some stocks stored away!
Wang Yuan nodded slightly. Their reply satisfied him.
He had built up his own force and influence, and it had nothing to do with the local magistrate’s influence. He hadn’t wasted any time idling around. Ever since he had the ability to protect himself, he had bought a lot of property and built up his assets.
For example, he opened hundreds of inns which were not only responsible for making money, but also trained a lot of useful confidants who’d consciously remember some of the conversations with customers!
Wang Yuan didn’t have any specific intention in mind initially. He had intended to accumulate a lot of information to give his inns an advantage over the competitors. However, he would find out later that it was quite useful to collect all sorts of information.
The information about that black fish demon was also provided by them!
He also found out about the secret magic book in the Wang family’s Langya Library from the insider information collected!
After hesitating for a while, one of the two figures who stood in front of him took a deep breath, gritted his teeth and said, “Master, there’s one more thing. Our people found the Lanruo temple you mentioned previously, it is in Jinhua. We sent several groups of people in there to investigate, but not a single person who went in came out…”
The Immortality Talisman in Wang Yuan’s hand flashed and disappeared in an instant, turning into an imperceptible white light that stuck to his palm and then surged into the little white tortoise’s body—Its expression changed!
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