The daily life of a concubine's daughter

Chapter 163 Don't Hug My Grandfather's Legs

The old Duke had a splitting headache and asked, "Why did you come to the outer courtyard? Where are the guards at the second gate? Are they all dead?"

Shi Yao paused in her crying, stole a glance at her uncle with a bruised face and nose, and said weakly, "There was only an old woman with hearing loss at the second gate, and no one else. I forced my way out, and she didn't stop me. It's all my fault. Please don't punish her, old man."

The old Duke's head was even more troubled. Why was there only one old woman at the second gate? Where were the others?

He looked at Wan Zheng's wife with a sharp gaze.

Wan Zheng's wife shrank her head, knelt on the ground, and stammered: "The Xie family came to cancel the engagement, and the old lady agreed. After the Xie family left, the third wife was so angry that she fainted."

The housekeeper and the mistress lay down, and the servants were in chaos.

There was another matter of searching the yard. All the maids and servants in the yard had no intention of doing their work. They went visiting other people's houses, or followed her secretly to watch her search the yard, or to inquire about the news of the Sixth, Seventh and Eighth Masters.

Wan Zheng's wife finally had a chance to enjoy the scenery in the backyard, so she did not drive away the old women and servants.

She had received news from Shi Mingmo and knew that it was the Third Master and his son who had made Rong Shi faint with anger, but she did not want to air the family's disgrace in public, so she would not tell the whole story and only mentioned that the Xie family had broken off the engagement.

Ning Yuanhou, who was standing next to him, slapped his thigh hard when he heard the words - thank you for this cunning old fox!

"Zhizhe" is the pen name of Mr. Xie.

Because the Ge family and the Shi family were close, Ningyuan Hou also knew about the Xie family since Shi and Xie got engaged.

He likes merchants like the Xie family very much. The reason is that they have a sense of justice in their hearts, are not greedy for fame, and can help people in times of crisis. Who wouldn't like them?

The generals who knew about the battle seventeen years ago were all willing to make friends with the Xie family. If they saw someone in trouble, they would lend a hand to prevent any accidents. The Xie family was willing to remember a favor and help out with both money and manpower.

If they could make a comeback by relying on the Xie family's food and supplies like the Shi family did, not to mention letting their son marry someone else's daughter, even letting their son marry into the family's family would be possible!

Ning Yuanhou gritted his teeth, it was a wrong decision!

If he had known that the old lady was easy to talk to, he would have gone to find the old lady to cancel the engagement.

The old Duke couldn't imagine how chaotic the backyard was now, and looked at Ningyuan Hou: "My Lord, look, I have family affairs to deal with, otherwise, you can stay away from suspicion?"

Ning Yuanhou was as steady as a rock, and smiled faintly, "Our two families have been friends for centuries, and we are close friends. Your grandson ran around in my backyard, but I made him leave in one piece. I think it's okay for the old Duke to handle a few family affairs, right?"

He wanted to keep an eye on the old duke. If he didn't hand over Shi Minghui today, he would share a bed with the old duke at night and see how this shameless old man had the nerve to refuse to cancel the engagement!

But his youngest daughter gave him an ultimatum: if he didn't cancel the marriage today, he would not be allowed to go home!

The old Duke was helpless. Seeing that Shi Yao was unwilling to leave, he could only ask helplessly, "Second girl, who has wronged you?"

Wan Zheng’s wife’s scalp tightened.

Shi Yao sobbed and said, "Mrs. Wan led people into my yard and said they wanted to search my eighth brother. I knew it was the old master who gave the order, so I quickly sent someone to tell her to open all the doors except my wing room and to look freely.

Lady Wan insisted on searching Guanju Courtyard room by room! I asked her how she searched Lanpei Courtyard, and someone told me that she just asked outside the gate, "Has the Eighth Master been here?" When they said no, she led them away.

I asked her again, how did you search the sisters-in-law's yard? Did you search under the bed carefully? She blamed me, saying that it was the sisters-in-law's yard, and the Eighth Master could not hide there - implicitly speaking, she did not search the sisters-in-law's yard carefully.

Old Master, listen to me, is this human language? Eighth Brother is the eldest son of the Zhenguo Mansion, he is of noble status, born in a prominent family, and knows the rules best. He would not hide under the beds of his sisters-in-law or elder sisters, so how could he hide under mine? She actually had to accuse Eighth Brother of hiding in my room!"

Ning Yuanhou's face, which had been as dark as the bottom of a pot, suddenly turned into a smile.

She is worthy of being his daughter's best friend. Look at her mouth, she is worthy of the words "eloquent".

The old Duke and the Zhenguo Duke's faces, which were already dark, now became even darker than the bottom of a pot.

The two men glared at Wan Zheng's wife.

Wan Zheng's wife felt dizzy and kowtowed, crying, "Old Master, I dare not slander you like this! I just followed your orders and led people to search for Master Ba! I dare not have such filthy thoughts! Please forgive me, Old Master!"

Shi Yao turned around and slapped Wan Zheng's wife hard again, then turned back and cried aggrievedly, "Old Master, you can't keep this servant anymore!

You listen, she is still confusing right and wrong. You asked her to search Eighth Brother, but she didn't. She pretended to obey but secretly disobeyed. She didn't search from Handan Courtyard to Zigui Garden, from Tangdi Courtyard to Fusui Courtyard and Lanpei Courtyard. She just pretended to search and then ran away. She only picked my courtyard to search carefully, room by room, bed by bed!

Old Master, no matter how bad the reputation of your granddaughter and Eighth Brother is, you cannot allow her to slander them like this!

Old Master, you were once a great commander in chief with hundreds of thousands of troops, and you were always fair and just. Tell me, do you want to punish Lady Wan for dereliction of duty, disregarding her master, offending the Ningyuan Marquis, or for disrupting the family?"

Clap, clap, clap! Ning Yuanhou clapped his hands and laughed, "Well said, little girl! Hahahaha, old Duke, you've raised a good granddaughter!"

At this moment, the old Duke also wanted to faint.

The Duke of Zhenguo was too ashamed to face anyone.

The father and son wished they could sew Shi Yao’s mouth shut - how could she dare to say anything nonsense!

Wan Zheng's wife cried bitterly and was about to crawl forward, but Shi Yao quickly stretched out a leg and kicked her back: "Don't hug my grandfather's thigh, don't touch my grandfather!"

Wan Zheng’s wife: “…”

Old Duke: "..."

Duke Zhenguo: "..."

Ning Yuanhou: “…” Wonderful, this girl is a wonderful person!

Everyone: "..."

The old Duke heard that Wan Zheng's wife was deliberately using Shi Yao as an excuse to show off her power, and probably thought she was a soft persimmon, so he only searched Guanju Courtyard carefully for the Ge family to see before returning to report.

But how could she know that Shi Yao was the most difficult person to deal with in the back house, and the one who was most willing to lose face.

Who else but her could have said those few self-degrading words about the brother hiding in his sister's room?

Zhuzhu would never even think of saying dirty words like "lying under my sisters-in-law's beds".

——If Shi Yao knew what the old Duke was thinking, she would probably spit in his mouth!

Shi Mingzhu herself is a younger sister, so she would never think of being siblings or anything like that. But as a sister-in-law, she could actually ask someone to destroy her sister-in-law's innocence so that she could demote her sister-in-law to a concubine!

The old Duke slammed the table and shouted, "Wan Zheng, what else do you have to say?"

Wan Zheng's wife was horrified and cried, "Grandpa, Grandpa, please understand! I dare not have such dirty thoughts. If I dare to have such thoughts, I will be struck by lightning and die a miserable death!

I did not search Guanju Courtyard, and even received more than 20 slaps. After being taught a lesson by the Second Miss, I withdrew. Afterwards, the Second Miss went to smash the Eighth Master's courtyard, and I tried my best to stop her!"