Chapter 64 Zhou's Mother Fishing
In the Forbidden Palace, bright lights were lit up, like stars in the sky, illuminating the inside and outside.

In the imperial study, His Majesty the Great Xia would practice calligraphy for a while after dinner as usual.

But today, he was upset and his handwriting was completely devoid of style.

Suddenly, the Emperor of Great Xia put down his writing brush heavily, and the jade pen hit the Shoushan inkstone, making a sound of metal and stone.

"Your Majesty, calm down!"

The chief eunuch and the palace servants who served him all knelt on the ground.

"Why should I calm down? I rule the country, I make decisions on my own, and everything goes smoothly. It's just that I'm too soft-hearted. I gave all the ministers what they wanted, but they still don't know how to be grateful!"

The Great Xia Emperor sneered.

After a while, he took a sip of tea and asked,
"Is the man outside the door still kneeling?"

The eunuch who accompanied him to study knew the situation outside the door very well, and quickly replied, "He is still kneeling, but..."

"But what?"

The eunuch who accompanied him to study said truthfully, "The second son of the Zhou family went to deliver a meal, and he ate it."

The sneer on His Majesty Da Xia's face faded slightly, revealing a curious look, "How did he eat? Tell me everything without leaving out a single word."

The eunuch who accompanied him in studying hurriedly repeated it, not missing a single word.

His Majesty the Great Xia had a warm smile on his face, and the entire imperial study was suddenly filled with a spring breeze.

"This whole court is not as useful as an uncrowned teenager. They are really a bunch of trash!"

The Emperor of Daxia easily scolded the three officials as well.

The depressed mood in his heart was relieved a lot. He looked at the table and tore off the words he had just written.

The eunuch accompanying the emperor quickly stood up and helped him to spread the paper again.

The Great Xia Emperor smiled and said to the eunuch who accompanied him to study, "This Zhou family member is also a person who knows how to be grateful. It is worth it that I trapped a Taoist fish dragon for his Zhou family."

This was already one of the most top-secret secrets in the world, and was not much weaker than Mei Qingchen who was kneeling at the door. In fact, it was even better. The eunuch who accompanied him in studying did not dare to answer, but just continued to grind the ink.

Seeing that the ink was ground, Emperor Daxia picked up the jade brush again, let it drink up the ink, and wrote like a startled dragon.

There are no restrictions.

Write down these four words.

The Emperor of Daxia felt relieved and read it twice more. He felt that it was better than what was written in that crappy memorial today.

But after he finished writing, he hesitated again. Should he give this calligraphy as a reward?
At this time, a palace servant came in and reported that the Queen had arrived.

His Majesty the Great Xia nodded.

When the Queen Mother came in and saw the other palace maids still kneeling on the ground, she knew what had happened.

Walking up to His Majesty of Daxia, he saw the four words on the table, retracted his gaze, and said with a smile, "I originally wanted to advise His Majesty not to worry about what happened outside the gate, but now it seems that His Majesty has calmed down, which is a blessing for the world."

His Majesty Daxia put away his pen and sighed, "It would be great if everyone in the world thought like the Queen."

He looked at the words and was speechless for a moment.

The Queen also looked at the calligraphy and said with a smile, "Your Majesty is hesitating whether to give this calligraphy?"

"What does the queen think?"

"Logically speaking, this Zhou family member has made a small contribution today, so it's okay to reward him. However, if Your Majesty finds it difficult to deal with, I do have an idea."

"What's the idea?"

"As the saying goes, a mother's status is determined by her son. Since ancient times, if it is difficult to reward an official, then rewarding his mother is considered to be a demonstration of filial piety and a role model for the world."

"That's a good idea." The Great Xia Emperor said with a smile, "It's up to you to decide how to reward me. I trust you to do the work."

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When Zhou Tieyi returned home, it was already past the hour of Xu.

However, he still couldn't rest at this time and went to Zhou's mother's guardhouse first.

However, when she arrived at Shouyi Courtyard, Zhou's mother did not dress up as usual. Instead, she dressed up as a fisherman's daughter, wearing coarse cloth clothes, with her hair tied up with a thorny hairpin, and holding a bamboo pole, each section of which looked like green jade.

Zhou Tieyi was startled at first, then prepared to leave.

How come I didn’t know that our Zhou family’s godson stick is so long!
"Why are you running?"

Mother Zhou asked.

Zhou Tieyi said with a stiff upper lip, "The saints taught that if you make a small mistake, you should accept it, but if you make a big mistake, you should run away."

Mother Zhou sat on the chair and sighed, "I have been focusing on my own cultivation these years and have neglected your teachings. I feel so ashamed after seeing the "Plea of ​​Sin" today."

Seeing that Zhou's mother's tone softened, Zhou Tieyi hurried forward and wanted to say something, but was blocked by Zhou's mother, "You use your tongue to stir up trouble outside, do you think you can do the same at home?"

"My son doesn't dare."

Zhou Tieyi said with a smile that it didn't hurt when the pole hit his body.

Mother Zhou stood up and said, "Come with me to Liuhu."

Zhou Tieyi was a little puzzled, but followed anyway.

The maid Chunjuan held a lantern, and the mother and son came to the bank of Liu Lake, an artificial lake in the Zhou Mansion, which diverted water from the Luo River and had many fish.

The other maids placed two benches on the ground and took out a series of fishing tools from the side.

Hand these fishing tools to Zhou Tieyi.

Zhou Tieyi was holding a fishing rod and waiting for his tools. "Mom, what are you doing?"

"Night fishing!"

Zhou's mother didn't look at Zhou Tieyi. She sat on the bench. The rod in her hand had no fishing line or bait. She just held one end and threw the other end into the lake.

Zhou Tieyi quickly sat down, tied the fishing line and bait, and threw the fishing rod out.

After waiting for a while, Zhou Tieyi looked at his mother's fishing rod curiously.

When others fish like Jiang Taigong, at least they have a fishing line, but my mother, on the other hand, has only a fishing rod and nothing.

"Mother, how can you catch fish?"

Hearing Zhou Tieyi's question, Chun Juan, the maid who had followed Zhou's mother for more than 20 years, laughed and said, "What are you talking about, Second Young Master? If Madam can't catch fish, then the Emperor is probably the only one who can catch fish in this world."

"so smart?"

At this time, Zhou's mother sighed and said, "I have no talent in my life. The only two talents I can be proud of are fishing and practicing Taoism."

After hearing this, Zhou Tieyi coughed a few times and said, "Mother, there are no outsiders here, you don't have to say this in front of me."

But I have already heard from Senior Sister Miaoyu that you were a genius who surpassed all the Taoists in your generation, and you were given the role of the leading role.

Mother Zhou glared at Zhou Tieyi and said, "Just listen to what I have to say!"

"You say."

"If I had the ability to make decisions, I wouldn't have been struggling with the issue of teaching you for more than ten years. If I had the ability to scheme, I wouldn't have fallen in love with your father. Considering how you have been stirring up trouble outside these past few days, if I had the ability to see the changes in the government and the opposition, I would have confined you to your home long ago. Why would it have come to this!"

Zhou Tieyi changed the subject, "Then your talents in fishing and practicing Taoism must be unprecedented! Otherwise, how could you have given birth to such talented sons like me and my brother?"

"It's not unprecedented, but there are only a handful of people in this world who can compare to me in terms of talent in cultivation and fishing."

(End of this chapter)