The daily life of a concubine's daughter

Chapter 191 Brother 8 Climbs the Wall

Zheng's face turned pale and she shouted in a shrill voice, "Does the Fourth Prince still want to take our Zhuzhu as his concubine? Zhuzhu is the only legitimate daughter in our mansion! How dare you humiliate her like this!"

The Madam snorted coldly: "What can I do? Who made her father and brother so unpromising? Who made our mansion notorious now?"

She was also angry at Concubine Ning's attitude. She felt sorry for the precious jewel in her palm whom she had pampered for more than ten years. Her heart ached so much that it bleeds. When she was in the palace, she tried to understand the meaning of Concubine Ning's words, and she almost fainted on the spot.

Zheng fell to the ground crying.

The Duke of Zhenguo reprimanded her, "You are the mistress of a mansion. How can you cry so much? Zhuzhu's affairs are decided by the nobles in the palace and the old master and the old lady!"

Zheng cried and beat her chest, saying sadly: "Zhuzhu is a piece of flesh that fell from my body. I am so heartbroken!"

She didn't dare to resent the old Duke and the Dowager Lady, nor did she dare to resent the Duke of Zhenguo, but she couldn't bear to resent her sons who had ruined her family's reputation. She glanced around and set her eyes on Shi Yao.

"Shi Yao, it's all your fault! All of this is your fault! Ever since you came back to Beijing, there has been one scandal after another in our house, and it's all your fault! It's you who killed my Zhuzhu. If she becomes someone else's concubine, I will strangle you to death!"

She jumped up from the ground and pounced on Shi Yao like a hungry tiger pouncing on a sheep, raising her hand to give Shi Yao a big slap in the face.

Shi Yao thought to herself, Aunt, you have no moral principles. You agreed to strangle me to death, so how could you change your tactics and slap me in the face?

She was very agile, so she rolled and crawled, jumped onto the kang, hid behind the old Duke and the old lady, hugged the old Duke with her left hand, hugged the old lady with her right hand, and burst into tears:

“Grandpa and grandma, please save me! Wuuwuwu, I didn’t do that. I didn’t ask my elder sister to push me into the water, nor did I ask my second brother to hire the thugs. I feel so wronged. Wuuwuwu, it must be Nanny Xin’s ghost that is still haunting our family. She will haunt us even after her death…”

She buried her face in the lady's shoulder and cried loudly, and her cries could be heard outside Ganlu Hall.

Because Shi Yao ran away, Zheng pounced on Qi Wan who was kneeling behind Shi Yao, and slapped her in the face.

Qi Wan covered her face and sobbed, not daring to say a word.

The fifth son, Shi Mingying, hurriedly dragged his wife away and held her in his arms to protect her.

At this time, the Duke of Zheng grabbed the mad Zheng and shouted, "Enough! What are you doing? Don't you think your home is messy enough?"

Zheng was frightened and realized that she had lost face. She tilted her head, pretended to faint, and fell into the arms of the Duke of Zhenguo.

The Duke of Zhenguo wanted to ask his sons to help Zheng away, but when he turned around, he suddenly realized that his eldest son had left Beijing, his second son was still injured, and his third son was nowhere to be found.

He opened his mouth, feeling angry and sad. He wished he could drag Shi Minghui out from some corner and give him a good beating.

In the end, he just kicked the second in command, Shi Mingwei, to the ground.

Shi Mingwei felt aggrieved and glared at Shi Yao hatefully.

It was obvious that Shi Yao was competing with Zhu Zhu for favor, and she refused to move out, so he hired thugs to destroy her innocence.

He was doing it for his sister's own good. Besides, it had been so long since this happened, so why was he always the one who was singled out and beaten again and again?

The fourth brother, Shi Mingkui, was quick-witted and quickly signaled to the sixth brother, Shi Mingmo. The two brothers stepped forward, supported Zheng, carried her out, handed her over to the maids and old women, and sent her back to Tangdi Courtyard.

Whether the brothers were being beaten or helping out, someone always cared. The seventh brother Shi Mingchen knelt alone on the ground, secretly gnashing his back teeth - he automatically ignored the third brother Shi Mingzhen who was kneeling beside him as if being punished.

The Madam was in a great hurry, fearing that gossip would spread outside, saying that the Duke's Mansion was unhappy with the Emperor's punishment, so she quickly hugged Shi Yao and coaxed her:

"My dear girl, you are the one who has suffered the most injustice. Grandmother knows it. In this family, I am not dead yet! No one dares to hit you. Don't cry, we won't cry anymore."

The old Duke had a headache, and reluctantly handed a handkerchief to Shi Yao, saying, "Don't cry, little girl Yao, wipe your tears quickly."

The Duke of Zhenguo said stiffly, "Don't cry, second girl. Your aunt has lost her mind for a while and her words are crazy. Don't take it to heart. I will ask her to apologize to you later."

Shi Yao sobbed and hid in the lady's arms, as if she was too embarrassed to see anyone.

The Duke of Zhenguo was embarrassed.

The old Duke waved his hand and said, "Everyone go back. From tomorrow on, all the men in the family who have no work to do will go to the ancestral hall to recite the ancestral teachings, and the women will follow the old lady to learn the rules."

Everyone agreed in shame, and left in groups of two or three.

The lady kept Shi Yao and coaxed her with sweet words for a long time before she instructed Nanny Tang to personally send Shi Yao back to Guanju Courtyard.

The old Duke called the butler in, and asked angrily, "Where is that bastard Shi Minghui?"

The chief steward secretly groaned, knelt down and replied: "I am incompetent and failed to find the Eighth Master."

The old Duke slammed the table hard and said angrily, "Keep looking! Look outside the mansion, especially the Ningyuan Marquis's mansion, to see if he is outside the courtyard wall. If not, ask carefully to see if Ningyuan Marquis has caught any thieves today."

The butler was frightened and responded quickly.

At the same time, the Duke of Zhenguo also asked about Shi Minghui, and when he learned that he had indeed not returned home, he was furious and sent his own people to the Ningyuan Marquis Mansion to look for him.

Shi Minghui, who was nowhere to be found, was hiding in the Ge family's garden.

He followed the Ge family's convoy all the way today. When Ge Qiuheng entered Ziyang Villa, he also thought about sneaking in, but he was afraid that Ge Qiuheng would make a noise and expose the fact that he had left the mansion in front of the princess.

Because of his concerns and fear of being charged with deceiving the emperor, he came all the way to the Ge family, looking for an opportunity to climb over the wall and hide until nightfall.

Ge Qiuheng had been out for a day. After dinner, she felt tired and returned to the courtyard to take a shower and rest. Suddenly, Nanny Zhu came in and whispered:

"Young lady, the eldest lady of the Zhenguo Mansion sent a message saying that Mr. Shi Ba has been missing for a day and has not been found yet. She asked young lady to be careful at night."

Ge Qiuheng's sleepy head suddenly became clear, and her white hands grasped the edge of the bathtub tightly, saying hatefully: "This scoundrel didn't cause any trouble during the day, and I spared him this time out of our old friendship and didn't report his deceitful behavior. But he refused to let me go!"

It's not because of any old friendship, but because he is afraid that the Shi family will rise up one day and make things difficult for the Ge family.

She didn't want the Ge family to fight to the death with the Shi family for her.

Nanny Zhu said worriedly, "I don't know what this Eighth Master wants to do. In the past, he didn't seem to care much about the girl. He only had eyes for his sister. Now, the girl doesn't want him anymore, but he has set his eyes on her instead."

With a splash, Ge Qiuheng stood up from the water and sneered, "What a cheap bastard. Mammy, help me change my clothes."

Shi Minghui was a lunatic, and she was afraid that he would burst in immediately.

Nanny Zhu wiped her body and helped her put on her clothes.

Ge Qiuheng whispered, "We need to tell my father and mother about this. Madam, go and tell them. Tell my father not to look for him everywhere. If he doesn't come, it's fine. If he does, today is a chance to cancel the engagement."

Nanny Zhu agreed, asked the maid to keep an eye on the door, and hurried to the main courtyard to look for the Marquis and his wife.

Ge Qiuheng touched the knockout drug bag in his sleeve and felt a little relieved.

Half an hour later, the lights in Nianhua Garden were turned off.

Ge Qiuheng kept his eyes open until midnight, but saw no movement. Thinking that the thief must have given up, he could no longer hold back and closed his eyes and fell asleep.

Soon, a dark shadow came to the base of the wall of Nianhuayuan, climbed over the wall and came to Ge Qiuheng's window.