Chapter 259: Nanny 203_2
Chen Ji smiled and said, "What I mean is, I could send someone to escort your mother to Luocheng City."
"Ah?" Wang Gui was lost in thought for a moment.
Chen Ji pointed to Chen Mansion, "After we head to the Imperial Capital, this place will become vacant. I’ll cover the expenses for the carriage and horses to bring your mother here. In due time, you can settle her in my Mingquan Garden, wouldn’t that be wonderful? The mountains and waters of Luocheng City are clear and beautiful, a perfect place for her to enjoy her old age."
"This..." Wang Gui hesitated, his eyeballs subtly shifting as he quickly caught on, "Third Young Master, my mother is advanced in years, frail and weak. I’m afraid she may not withstand the fatigue of traveling several hundred miles by carriage and horse."
Chen Ji calculated the time, "If a fast boat is taken on the Grand Canal, from south to north, it should take about ten days to arrive."
Wang Gui persisted uneasily, "My mother gets seasick."
Chen Ji sighed, "Then there’s nothing that can be done. I wanted to fulfill your filial piety, but no solution seems to work. Go back quickly, or if you keep kneeling like this, you’ll soon die of hypothermia."
Wang Gui once again prostrated himself and refused to rise, "If you don’t forgive me, I shall kneel here until I die."
Chen Ji fell silent.
The maids of Qunfang Garden held their breaths, their heads stacked one over another outside the doorframe, secretly watching.
Li Qiu reflected, "This Wang Gui is truly ruthless. Is he betting on Third Young Master’s soft heart, daring not to let someone die for real?"