Chapter 882: Filled with idle anger

"Father, please teach me the Art of Dragon Control!"

When Chen Mengxun walked into the study and said the above sentence, Chen Guanfu thought he had misheard, his face full of astonishment.

"Do you know what you are saying?"

"Daughter knows, is clear, and understands. Father insists on letting daughter enter the palace for the selection, and daughter is destined to marry into the imperial family. My marriage is no longer an ordinary marriage, and my husband is no longer an ordinary man. Then, Father, please teach me life-saving tricks, teach me the Art of Dragon Control! I do not want to die young, I do not want to become a stepping stone for others, and I especially do not want to spend my whole life striving only to fulfill others. If I am to fulfill someone, it can only be myself."

Chen Mengxun used her greatest courage to say the most daring words.

Chen Guanfu looked at his own daughter, clearly in a state of disbelief. He narrowed his eyes slightly. "Who did you see? Who told you these words?"

Chen Mengxun was slightly coy, paused, and then said: "It... it was Uncle Lou!" Her tone was slightly guilty, having a sense of guilt for betraying and selling out a partner.

Chen Guanfu laughed in anger. "I knew it. In the entire Hou Fu, in the entire family, the only person who could say such rebellious words is Chen Guanlou alone."

"Father, don't blame Uncle Lou. Daughter just chatted with Uncle Lou casually for a few sentences."

"Chatted casually for a few sentences and chatted so deeply. If I gave you the opportunity to chat specifically, wouldn't you be rebelling?"

Chen Mengxun fidgeted and did not deny it.

She also felt that Uncle Lou seemed normal, but inside he was full of rebellious spirit. It seemed like he could raise a flag and rebel at any time, overturning everything at present. She didn't know if this was an illusion!

Chen Guanfu was first furious, then laughed in extreme anger. "What else did he say?"

Chen Mengxun did not hide it and whispered: "He asked Father to prepare a detailed file on all the imperial princes for me, from character, talent, maternal family strength, to the strategists around them, down to the smallest detail. He told me to look at the data and make a choice.

He also said that the mortality rate of female relatives within the imperial family is far higher than that of noble families, saying that Father would certainly be able to obtain detailed data. People can lie, but data cannot lie.

If I am to marry into the imperial family, I must arm myself and must never be trapped in the backyard as a virtuous wife and mother serving a husband and raising children. He said that being a virtuous wife and mother in the imperial family would lead to a miserable and quick death! Daughter does not want to die, and even less wants to die miserably. Please, Father, fulfill this!"

"I didn't see it, but he even knows how to teach a girl." Chen Guanfu muttered, not knowing if it was approval or sarcasm. "Alright, you go down first."

"Then daughter's request?"

"Father will arrange it for you later."

"Is it arranged according to what Uncle Lou said?"

"Noisy!" Chen Guanfu was very impatient. "Go down first, I will discuss with your mother whether it is necessary to change a governess for you."

Upon hearing this, Chen Mengxun beamed with joy. "Thank you, Father!"

She left the study happily.

After she left, the Chief Steward and the strategist walked out from behind the screen.

The Chief Steward spoke first: "The words Chen Guanlou said indeed have some truth. Since it cannot be avoided and Miss Xun is destined to marry into the imperial family, the previous way of upbringing is no longer suitable. We must change the teacher in time."

"Then, I will trouble the Steward to take care of the matter of changing the teacher."

"It is my duty!"

"Chen Guanlou is quite sharp. As soon as he heard the Third Young Lady was to marry into the imperial family, he thought of so much in such a short time. And he was able to persuade the Third Young Lady with his silver tongue. This persuasiveness, this student admires!" the strategist said.

Chen Guanfu laughed. "Besides his profound cultivation, Chen Guanlou's most commendable skill is his mouth. Unfortunately, success is also due to the mouth, and failure is also due to the mouth. If only he could control his mouth and not always say inappropriate things, why would I be so distressed and keep allowing him to be at ease in the Heavenly Prison?"

Speaking of this, he was filled with anger.

A talent like Chen Guanlou, placed in any family or sect, would be heavily used and promoted to a high position. However, sigh, it's hard to explain in a few words!

For Chen Guanlou's mouth, if it doesn't invite disaster, one should thank the heavens and the earth.

Think about it, if he were truly promoted to a high position, early in the morning at the morning court, he would directly mock and ridicule the Emperor to his face, spewing fragrance—that scene is simply unimaginable in how explosive it would be.

If placed in a local area, within half a year, he would offend everyone in the three-class yamen. It would be over! And the reputation of the Hou Fu would be harmed along with it.

What can be done?

Can only fulfill his wish and let him stay in the Heavenly Prison to be carefree. Anyway, in that place of the Heavenly Prison, even if he spews fragrance, no one will hold him accountable.

Offending officials also want face, especially those who can be re-employed; they will try their best to avoid talking about the experience in the Heavenly Prison. Even if they were bullied, ridiculed, or had their personality humiliated, they would throw it to the back of their minds afterwards.

Otherwise, that experience would be dug up and shouted until the whole world knew.

Ask yourself, which official can bear to have their most miserable encounter shouted until the whole world knows? They can't afford to lose that face!

"Simply add some burden to him. On holidays, let him give lectures to the girls and boys in the mansion."

"Inappropriate, inappropriate. That person Chen Guanlou is rebellious; his lectures will certainly not follow traditional rules. If the children are influenced by him, I fear that in the future, none of them will be controllable."

"Seeing him so carefree makes people jealous! I always want to arrange something for him to do so he won't be idle."

"Arrange a few more women for him and have a few more children; I guess he won't be able to be idle."

"He doesn't buy this at all. He would rather spend money to play in the brothel than touch the women we arrange. His defensiveness is terrifyingly strong."

"This kid, has he made up his mind not to marry or have children? Does he really want to be a bachelor for a lifetime? Is he not afraid of having no descendants?"

"His eldest sister has given up, and we have even less of a way."

"This is simply unreasonable!"

Several people discussed for a long time and were filled with idle anger.

Chen Guanlou did not know that he had become the focus of discussion, nor did he know that because of his words, Chen Mengxun and her sisters had all changed teachers, changed governesses, and even changed their way of upbringing.

The girls of the Hou Fu cannot be taught to be too weak.

The sons of the Hou Fu must also keep up; civil and martial arts, not one can be missing.

The old lady of the Hou Fu also muttered a few words, complaining that the Crown Prince's wife was overcorrecting and making a fuss all day. The Crown Prince's wife, Lady Lu, did not show up, and the Crown Prince, Chen Guanfu, directly closed the door to talk to the old lady. After talking for about an hour, from then on, the old lady never asked about the education of her grandchildren again.

When the Su family invited guests for the New Year, Chen Guanlou also went and sent a generous gift.

It was originally decided to separate the family after the first lunar month.

However, this first lunar month was spent very unhappily, with too much filth.

Su Dacheng made the final decision to officially separate the family after the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.

Chen Xiaolan muttered to Chen Guanlou, "Your brother-in-law doesn't know what kind of illness he has caught; he keeps holding onto the pots and pans and those cured meats, insisting on dividing them. He only became honest after being beaten by his father-in-law."

"Did you ask your brother-in-law?"

"I asked! He just said that he has been accustomed to being obedient since he was a child, and now that the family is separating, he is about to become the master of the house, so he must fight for it no matter what!"

"Forget it, don't worry about your brother-in-law; he probably has been holding back for too many years and is deliberately making a scene at the time of family separation. On the day of moving, do you want me to arrange a few prison guards to come and help?"

"Sure! There are too many trunks, it really needs a few people to help." ===== CHAPTER 883 =====