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At night, Liu Jing was playing with his son in the back hall. The little guy was almost four months old and was sucking in sleepy, but tonight he was very excited, naughty and lively, and was amused by Liu Jing. At this time, Tao Zhan walked in with a bowl of ginseng tea. Seeing that the man and her husband were having fun, she was also relieved.

However, at this moment, she felt a little worried. Just now, the sister-in-law found her and told her that her brother Tao Zheng was suspended and implicitly begged her to help her plead for love. This surprised Tao Zhan a little. It was not that the brother was suspended, but that the brother was charged with visiting prostitutes and was inappropriate. If this was also considered a crime, then most officials in Jingzhou should be suspended.

But it was just a bit strange that Tao Zhan felt something was wrong. She decided to find an opportunity to ask her husband privately.

Tao Zhan put down the tea bowl, patted his little butt, and picked him up, "It's time for Xiaohu'er to go to bed."

Liu Zhi suddenly cried and made a fuss and wanted to continue playing with his father, but Tao Zhan ignored him and handed him over to the wet nurse. Perhaps he was really tired. Liu Zhi only cried for a few times and fell asleep in the wet nurse's arms. The wet nurse carried him out.

Liu Jing leaned against the couch and played with Er for more than half an hour. He was a little tired. Tao Zhan touched his forehead and said softly: "Dahu'er should sleep too."

Liu Jing held his wife's white and delicate hand and smiled and said, "It's time to go to bed, go to bed with her mother."

Tao Zhan's face turned slightly red, he broke free from his hand, and brought him the ginseng tea, "Drink it first."

Liu Jing drank the ginseng tea and Tao Zhan was happy and took her husband's hand and walked out of the study quickly.

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In the dormitory, the two of them hugged each other. Tao Zhan curled up in her husband's arms like a cat, gasping for a low breath. Liu Jing gently stroked his wife's hair. He also wanted to use this opportunity to tell his wife about the Tao family, but he didn't know how to speak.

"What do you want to say?" Tao Zhan felt that her husband had something to say, and she couldn't help but look up at her husband's gaze.

Liu Jing kissed his wife's bright forehead and smiled and said, "Is anyone in the Tao family looking for you today?"

"That's right, I'll ask you."

Tao Zhan pushed Liu Jing and smiled, and said coquettishly: "Why did you dismiss my brother from office? What does it mean to be unruly to visit prostitutes? Are there few you officials who go to brothels to drink?"

Liu Jing smiled slightly, "It's just a temporary suspension, and it's not dismissed, so mom doesn't have to worry."

"I didn't blow the wind beside me. I just felt a little strange. My father said that Jingzhou has never been dismissed from office because of this problem, why did my brother meet me?"

"My father-in-law is here today"

"No, it was my sister-in-law who came to me. She said that the family was already in chaos and my father was very worried."

"What's his grandfather like?" Liu Jing asked with a smile.

Tao Zhan thought for a while and said, "I guess he doesn't know about this at all."

"If you have time, go back and talk to your grandfather. Now the people in Wuchang have a lot of opinions about the Tao family and want to give others a living."

Tao Zhan didn't expect the problem to be so serious, his eyes were filled with surprise, "Is it because the Tao family has come to the stage of not living for others?"

"I don't know the specific situation. If I don't want to give it to me today, someone has filed a complaint directly."

Liu Jing told Tao Zhan about the complaint from the boat owner. Tao Zhan felt a little heavy. She didn't expect the Tao family to be so short-sighted. She wanted to go to the Tao family to talk to him.

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The next morning, Liu Jing went out early to the military camp outside the city. Tao Zhan cleaned up a little and went out to go back to his parents' home.

The old Tao Mansion is located in Chaisang. Wuchang was originally just a part of its business, but as Chaisang's status gradually became marginalized in recent years, the Tao family's focus gradually moved to Wuchang.

A large mansion covering an area of ​​ten acres was built in the northeast corner of Wuchang County. In addition, there is also a manor covering an area of ​​more than two acres outside the East City of Wuchang. Today, where Tao Zhan is going, it is the manor outside the city.

Half an hour later, dozens of personal guards guarding Tao Zhan's carriage slowly stopped at the door of the manor. Someone had already reported the news in advance. Dozens of female relatives from the Tao family came to greet the door. When the carriage stopped, the maid helped Tao Zhan out of the carriage, followed the wet nurse behind, holding Liu Zhi in her arms.

The female family rushed up together, and Yingying Yanyan surrounded Tao Zhan and asked about her well-being. Tao Zhan's aunt had already carried the child over, and the female family's attention turned to the child again, and they were amused around the child.

At this time, Tao Zheng's wife Yu stepped forward and pulled Tao Zhan aside, whispered: "A sister was unfortunate. My father-in-law went to the city early in the morning, but your elder brother is here, do you want to see him?"

Tao Zhan pondered for a while and said, "I want to go and see my grandfather first, why don't you ask my sister-in-law to ask my brother to come and see my grandfather together."

Yu nodded and hurried back to the manor. Tao Zhan joked with everyone again, and then carried the child into the manor.

In the past two years, Tao Lie's health has been getting worse and worse. He has basically stopped in the Tao family's affairs. He spends most of his time every day in his yard, likes to sit alone, recall his life, and quietly wait for the last moment to come.

Although his body was weak and his eyes were not good, Tao Lie still had clear thoughts and could hear footsteps outside the house. At this time, running footsteps came from outside his room, and a maid panted at the door and reported: "Master, Mrs. Zhou Mu is here."

Tao Lie was stunned at first and immediately laughed. It was his most precious granddaughter Zhan'er who came. He hurriedly said, "Please sit down for a while, I'll come out immediately."

He struggled to stand up, and the maid hurriedly stepped forward to help him up. Then Tao Lie walked slowly towards the outer hall with a crutch.

In the outer hall, Tao Zhan had already met his brother Tao Zheng. Tao Zheng was quite depressed and lowered his head and said nothing. He was really dissatisfied. In this battle of Red Cliff, a large amount of supplies were transported to Red Cliff, and militia requisitions and security maintenance. He was busy from morning to night every day, and even dreamed of doing business at night.

Even if he had no credit, he would have worked hard, but he never expected that he would suspend him from his job with an impeachment letter, and he was also accused of visiting a prostitute and being inappropriate. This made him inexplicably.

Tao Zhan sat opposite him and looked at his brother quietly. She hadn't seen him for almost a year. Seeing that he became dark and thin, it was obvious that his usual hard work was actually the same with his husband. A big battle brought great pressure to everyone.

But she doesn't want her brother to become so depressed. Even if she encounters setbacks, she hopes that her brother can face it.

"This is actually just a small matter, why is my brother full of worries?"

"Small things"

Tao Zheng sneered: "Of course it's a small matter in your opinion, but for me, this is a big matter. In the past few decades, any official in Jingzhou has never been to a brothel to drink, but when he comes to me, I am not convinced."

Tao Zhan sighed, "Brother is almost ten years old, why are he still angry like a child? Is it true that my brother really has no handle, such as using power for his family for personal gain, or not?"

Tao Zheng bowed his head and said nothing. He also understood in his heart, how could it be that there was no one? Could it be... His real charge was to use his power to seek personal gain.

Tao Zhan looked at him and said, "You can't deny it, right? You don't think about it. Why don't you use other crimes? But this is an unrestricted crime. Why don't you directly exempt your official position and just temporarily suspend your office?"

The so-called authorities were confused. Tao Zheng just didn't think about it because he was angry. Now with his sister's reminder, he finally got a little reminiscent.

More importantly, my sister is Mrs. Zhou Mu. Since she said that, she must have had some insider information. When she contacted her sister to come to Tao’s family today, Tao Zheng felt a sudden enlightenment in her heart, and her originally depressed mood gradually began to improve.

Tao Zheng was about to ask again, but at this time, the two little maids helped the master Tao Lie into the inner hall, "Is it my baby granddaughter here?" Tao Lie asked with a smile.

Tao Zhan quickly stood up, took the child from his aunt next to him, and smiled and said, "Not only your granddaughter is here, but your little grandson is here too."

Tao Lie's eyes narrowed into a slit, and he walked up to pinch Liu Zheng's pink little hand, "This is the first time I have seen this little guy, hehe, he still ignores me."

Liu Zhi was lowering his head and concentrating on playing with his little feet, without any thoughts on the oldest elder. Tao Lie touched his head lovingly, and applied a string of bracelets on his wrist to wear them on for the child.

Tao Zhan was startled and hurriedly pushed him away, "Grandfather, no, no, no."

Tao Zheng next to him was also a little stunned. He knew that his grandfather's bracelet was extremely precious. He was once the beloved thing of Emperor Guangwu. He had been hidden in the palace. It was composed of nine diamonds of four colors, like pigeon eggs, called diamond treasure chains, which could eliminate evil and avoid disasters. In the first year of Chuping, the Tao family bought 10,000 taels of gold from Dong Zhuo.

This bracelet can be said to be a family heirloom of the Tao family. It is only for the head of the family to wear, but I didn't expect that my grandfather would give the bracelet to his grandson. Although it was Liu Jingzhi, Tao Zheng still felt an indescribable shock in his heart.

Tao Lie's face sank and he forced him to Tao Zhan, "This is my meeting gift to my grandson, what's wrong?"

Of course, Tao Zhan would not ask for the Tao family's heirloom treasure, but she couldn't refuse, so she had to think to herself that she would return it to her father if she had the chance in the future.

She had to accept it first, "Thank you grandfather."

"That's right"

Tao Lie waved his hand and asked his granddaughter to sit down, but Tao Zheng didn't dare to sit. He stood beside him. Tao Lie smiled and said to Tao Zhan in a gentle tone: "I know you are not here specifically to see me. If you have anything, just talk first while I am still awake now."

Tao Zhan also smiled and said, "Of course my granddaughter is visiting my grandfather. There is indeed a small thing, I want my grandfather to know."

Tao Lie didn't say anything. He listened attentively to his granddaughter. Although he was old, his soul was very clear. He knew that there must be a reason for Tao Zhan to come at this time.

Tao Zhan looked at Tao Zheng again and said, "Brother, let me tell you what happened yesterday."

Tao Lie was stunned. Is this matter related to Zheng'er? Although Tao Zheng was Tao Sheng's second, he died of illness when he was a child. Therefore, Tao Zheng was actually the eldest grandson and the only person in politics in the Tao family now. Tao Lie attaches great importance to him.
Chapter completed!