mtl008 Chapter 109 Why Should I Punish Him Instead of Me?
Chapter 109 Why Should I Punish Him Instead of Me?
As soon as Zhao Youxuan came out of the study, he met Zhao Youtang who had returned. He couldn't help but raise his eyebrows and act like an elder brother.
"Youtang, you are not young anymore. Don't go out and cause trouble all the time. You should at least be considerate of your father. He is worried about you."
Zhao Youtang was stunned and thought to himself, what does this have to do with anything? Today at the Criminal Investigation Bureau, we worked together very well.
However, he soon realized that his jealous elder brother was probably complaining to their father again.
If it were in the past, Zhao Youtang would definitely have retorted, but now he was too lazy to argue. After all, he would only be angry if someone hit the nail on the head, and Zhao Youxuan's words had no lethality at all.
When Zhao Youxuan saw that his usually irritable brother didn't react today and even seemed to be indifferent, he became furious.
"I'm talking to you now, don't you even know the etiquette now? When your father lectures you later, will you have the same attitude?"
Zhao Youtang glanced at his eldest brother and sneered disdainfully: "Zhao Youxuan, as a eldest brother, you should act like an eldest brother. You don't respect me, so why should I respect you? Go wherever you want."
"you……"
After being interrupted by Zhao Youtang, Zhao Youxuan was speechless for a moment and could only watch him walk into his father's study without looking back.
In the study, Zhao Zecheng was rubbing his brows in worry. When he saw Zhao Youtang coming in, his brows immediately relaxed.
"Youtang, tell me in detail what happened today."
Zhao Youtang walked forward, picked up the teacup on his father's table and took a sip. Just as he was about to speak, Zhao Youxuan's voice sounded behind him.
"You Tang, you are too unreasonable. Your father was giving you a lecture, but not only did you not respond politely, you actually... you are too rude."
Zhao Youtang was confused, and Zhao Zecheng was also confused.
Zhao Youtang put the cup down and looked at his elder brother with a frown: "Brother, you barged in without even knocking. Who is breaking the rules?"
Zhao Youxuan was speechless for a moment, but he immediately argued, "Now let's talk about you. You got into trouble outside, and you dared to be so disrespectful to your father when you came back. You are disobedient."
Zhao Youtang looked at his father with a smile on his face: "Father, I just drank a cup of your tea, it can't be considered disobedience."
Before Zhao Zecheng could say anything, Zhao Youxuan spoke first, "Don't be so playful. You've caused trouble before, and today you've even offended the Judicial Bureau. Don't you know that the Judicial Bureau is the former East Factory? If we offend them, it will bring disaster to our family."
Zhao Youtang chuckled and said, "Brother, if you want to accuse me, at least you should understand the matter clearly first. I was wrongly accused today."
"Why don't they wrongly accuse others, but you? If you don't cause trouble in normal times, would they arrest you for no reason?"
Zhao Youtang opened his mouth, not knowing how to refute for a moment, but after spending a long time with Ling Chuan, he quickly reacted: "Brother, I heard that you have a fangirl outside and you meet with her every day. If my sister-in-law knows about this..."
"You're talking nonsense." Zhao Youxuan was furious: "When did I raise a fangirl outside?"
"Brother, you have a precedent. Didn't you raise one before you got married?"
Zhao Youxuan did not argue with him and turned to Zhao Zecheng: "Father, I can swear to heaven that this is not true. Youtang is wrongly accusing me."
Zhao Youtang immediately took over the conversation: "Why should I not wrongly accuse others, but you? If you hadn't done this before, would I have said such things for no reason?"
"..."
A boomerang hit Zhao Youxuan's forehead steadily.
"That's enough." Zhao Zecheng slammed the table and said, "You two are brothers, born of the same mother."
He stood up and walked around the desk to Zhao Youxuan. "Your own brother has been wronged, but instead of comforting him, you are adding insult to injury. Go to the ancestral pavilion and kneel down in front of the ancestral tablets to reflect on your sins. You are not allowed to get up until I tell you to."
"Father, this..."
"roll!"
Zhao Youxuan's face was full of resentment. He couldn't understand why his father punished him. What he couldn't understand even more was why his father didn't punish his younger brother.
Seeing Zhao Youxuan leaving the study room in grief and anger, Zhao Youtang quickly poured his father a cup of tea: "Father, calm down."
Zhao Zecheng rolled his eyes: "You are quite eloquent now."
Zhao Youtang's hand holding the teacup trembled a little: "This is business, it's something you learn through practice."
Zhao Zecheng snorted and took the cup of tea: "Tell me, what happened today?"
Zhao Youtang quickly explained what happened today and finally took out the certificate of exoneration.
Zhao Zecheng took it and looked at it carefully. "That's it? They arrested my son for no reason, and just wrote a document like this and that's it?"
Zhao Youtang said quickly: "Father, I think Wu Kun is Ning Wang's man after all, and there is no need for us to offend Ning Wang for such a small matter, so I think, let him pay some silver."
Zhao Zecheng had already sat back behind his desk. Hearing this, he couldn't help but look his son up and down. "You can see clearly that Prince Ning is not easy to offend. Although he is usually quiet, he was very arrogant when he was still a prince."
"Father, do you agree to pay the money?"
Zhao Zecheng sighed: "Son, it's not that your father doesn't want justice for you, it's really..."
Zhao Youtang interrupted his father: "Father, I know the interests involved. Besides, I haven't suffered any injustice. I will be very happy if he can compensate me. I just don't know how much is appropriate."
Zhao Zecheng nodded slowly: "My son has grown up and become sensible. As a father, I am very pleased. As for how much silver you want, my son, Zhao Zecheng, should at least pay 20,000 to 30,000 taels of silver."
Zhao Youtang hissed. He had originally thought of paying a few thousand taels of silver, but he didn't expect his father to be so cruel.
"Father, how can he, a mere sixth-rank official, afford so much money?"
"If he can't produce it, are you still worried that Prince Ning can't produce it?" Zhao Zecheng snorted coldly: "If he refuses, I will report it to the emperor. Do you really think that my Yongning Earl's Mansion is easy to bully?"
Zhao Youtang gave his father a thumbs up: "Father is awesome!"
Zhao Zecheng waved his hand: "Go ahead, go ahead. When the time comes, be tough and don't embarrass our Zhao family."
Zhao Youtang chuckled: "Don't worry, I will definitely not bring shame to our family."
Coming out of the study and on the way back to his own courtyard, Zhao Youtang passed by the ancestral pavilion. Through the window, he saw Zhao Youxuan kneeling upright there. Thinking of the time when he was the one kneeling in that position because of his elder brother's complaints, he couldn't help but feel happy.
"Brother, you are the same, why did you make father angry? Look at you now, hey...brother, I will ask father for mercy on your behalf, if you bow your head and admit your fault, this matter will be over."
Zhao Youxuan's veins were exposed, and his eyes were fierce: "Get lost!"
"Why don't you appreciate your brother's kindness?"
Zhao Youtang threw his head back and laughed out loud as he left. These lines were exactly what his elder brother had said to him in the past. It was so refreshing to hear them repeated to him today.