th a stern face she's beautiful."Since you have all signed the contract and accepted my employment, I am your employer. There must be rules and order. From now on, when I speak, no one is allowed to i...After returning home, Zong Taiwu became increasingly angry and went on a rampage, smashing everything in sight.

Isn't she just a somewhat attractive, pathetic widow who seduces men with her beauty and dares to scheme against him!

After returning, Zong Taiwu seemed to have tasted something, and also felt that he had been tricked, so he was furious.

The commoners were so frightened that they trembled and dared not go inside. Seeing this, Madam Wang hurriedly reported the matter to her mistress.

Yuan Xiangli, also known as Zong Pingchuan's current wife, is the only beloved pearl of Prime Minister Yuan.

"Madam, you should go take a look at the second young master right away. If the old master comes back and sees this, he'll surely have another argument with you."

Yuan Xiangli pressed her face with her hand, feeling a bit of a headache.

Especially thinking about how in recent years her husband had argued with her many times because of their two sons' future.

The relationship between the two had long since lost the sweetness it once held when they first got married.

Since Zong Pingchuan became the Ministry of Household's Assistant Minister, she felt he was somewhat different.

He hasn't become too bad, he's just not as attentive and caring as he was when he was younger.

As soon as she thought of this, Yuan Xiangli sighed again.

"Wang Ma, what have I done to deserve this"

"What's got Tai Wu in a bad mood again"

Mother Wang hesitated, feeling that telling the mistress might make her even angrier and give her a headache.

"It's okay, you can say whatever."

These years, I've already been annoyed by this kid enough, so I don't care about this one more.

Sometimes Yuan Xiangli even wondered if the two sons in her family were really hers. The eldest son was good at studying and reading, and both his grandfather and father-in-law wanted to cultivate him for a career in the government.

Alas, despite being taught by numerous renowned masters from a young age and even studying in the Imperial Academy alongside the princes under the tutelage of grand masters for several years, he remained woefully unlearned.

He's simply hopeless.

This time, in the autumn imperial examination, let alone getting a second place (榜眼) or third place (探花), I couldn't even get into the top fifty jinshi.

Even though her father was the current prime minister, no one in the court dared to mock her son. Yuan Xiangli herself didn't have the face to go out and socialize.

Those official wives would surely laugh at her behind her back.

Although her father and husband were both incredibly talented, why was their son like this, so... so...

It left her speechless.

As for the youngest son, he's even worse. The older son, though not particularly gifted academically, at least tries to read and can sit down at his desk.

The youngest son fell asleep as soon as he saw the book, with no chance of reading at all.

Their husband and wife had also considered having their youngest son take a different path. If he couldn't become an official, then he could learn martial arts.

They invited eighteen martial arts instructors back to teach, but each one quit after only three days.

Watching my youngest son grow up like a spoiled brat, running wild in the capital and causing trouble every day. Most of the memorials criticizing my father at court are because of these two scoundrels.

Yuan Xiangli just wanted to find something for her second son to do, so he wouldn't spend his days idle and causing trouble in the capital with that group of friends.

She looked down on the business world, but she couldn't help but let her second son get involved. If he could learn to run a business, life under his older brother's protection wouldn't be too bad in the future.

Although Zong Taiwen didn't place in this year's imperial examination, his father and husband found a way to get him a seventh-rank minor official position in the court.

Gradually promoting someone can help cultivate their potential.

As soon as Yuan Xiangli thought of her two sons, she felt distressed.

When Mother Wang saw that Mrs. was mentally prepared, she told her everything she had heard from the Second Young Master's guards.

The Second Young Master, he had taken a liking to a recently arrived widow in the capital and wanted her to follow him. As a result, he ended up being cheated out of one thousand taels of silver by her.

Yuan Xiangli was closing her eyes and rubbing her forehead the previous second, her elbow propped up on the soft bed, looking languid as if she were resting her eyes.

At this, their eyes snapped open and their face turned cold.

"What"

"How dare a widow treat my son like this!"

When her two sons failed to achieve anything, Yuan Xiangli was filled with disappointment. After all, they were her own flesh and blood, the ones she had nurtured and cared for since childhood. Her reputation as a fierce protector of her children was well-known throughout the capital.

She straightened up and got off the soft couch.

"Madam, please don't get so angry. Otherwise, I shall find some men to teach that ignorant widow a lesson and let her suffer a bit"

Yuan Xiangli coldly snorted.

"She was definitely taught a lesson."

"However, recently Master has been very busy because of His Majesty's birthday banquet. Even finding someone to teach a lesson needs to be done discreetly. Let's wait until after the banquet, lest something goes wrong in between and Master starts arguing with me again."

Mother Wang nodded.

"Come on, let's go see what that little rascal is up to."house was quite good. Changhe directed his men to move things in, so basically just bring your luggage and you can move in.Yulian held the jade pendant as she stepped out of the carriage. Fang Jinshu...