The daily life of a concubine's daughter

Chapter 165 Old Man, Praise Me

Shi Yao poured more tea for Ningyuan Hou and said with a smile, "Uncle Ge, look, my eighth brother is taking a nap somewhere.

After such a big fuss, the first and third wives were so angry that they fell ill, and the backyard was in chaos, so the servants dared to climb over their masters.

You have seen all the excitement you should have seen. Aunt Ge and Fourth Sister Ge are waiting for your news. How about you go back and keep them company?"

She winked at him, tilted the teapot gently, the tea fell onto the table, and she dipped her fingertips in the tea and wrote the word "回".

Ning Yuanhou blinked in confusion. What does that mean?

Shi Yao blinked at him desperately, with an annoyed look on her face, as if to say "Why can't you understand?"

Ning Yuanhou was even more confused. What did it mean? Go back? And then?

Did something happen in the Marquis' Mansion?

He was unsure, fearing that Shi Yao had heard something and that something had happened to his wife and daughter at home, so he chuckled, shook his clothes, stood up, clasped his fists, held his head high, and looked disdainful:

"Forget it. Since the mansion is in such a mess and Shi Minghui is still hiding, I will just assume that I was blind and misjudged him. I will come back another day to cancel the marriage. Anyway, it's settled. Goodbye!"

After saying this, Ning Yuanhou left contentedly.

First go back home to see your wife and daughter, then go find Xie Jianwei and ask this old guy for advice on how the Xie family turned down the marriage proposal.

The three men, grandfather and grandson of the Shi family, politely saw off Marquis Ningyuan, and were finally escorted out of the door by the Duke of Zhenguo.

Surprisingly, they ran into the sneaky Le An Ning at the door of Hanxu Hall.

The old Duke asked with a dark face: "Mingwei's wife? Why did you go out of the second door? Why are you hiding here?"

Shi Yao wondered how brave Le An Ning was. She had discovered her second sister-in-law following her stealthily outside Guanju Courtyard before, and had watched her search Shi Minghui's yard all the way.

Why did you follow me out the second door?

This eagerness to join in the fun is really outrageous. Isn't she afraid that the old man will get angry and give her a few beatings?

Le An Ning was frightened and looked at Shi Yao twice, embarrassed to the point of digging her toes into the ground. She bowed and smiled apologetically, "Greetings, old master. I saw my second sister go out the second door, and I was afraid that she would be bullied by the male servants, so I followed her out. Since my second sister is fine, I will go back."

After saying this, she hurriedly slipped away with her two maids.

The old Duke's mind was not on Le An Ning. After watching her leave, he turned around and asked, "What did you write to Ning Yuan Hou just now? Why did he leave after seeing that word?"

Shi Yao smiled and said, "I didn't write anything, just the word '回', which means going home."

The father and son returned to the main hall where they were entertaining guests. The old Duke saw the word "回" on the tea table. He thought for a moment and asked, "What does it mean?"

Shi Yao covered her mouth and laughed, "Grandfather, Ning Yuanhou is just like you, overthinking and thinking that I have some intentions. Actually, I have no intentions, I just want to go home.

You adults have complicated thoughts. Old man, don't be angry with me for getting rid of Ningyuan Hou, just praise me!"

Old Duke: "..."

He glanced at Shi Yao twice.

Shi Yao looked back innocently.

After a while, the old Duke's face, which had been as heavy as water, suddenly broke into a smile, and he stretched out his index finger to point at her: "You! You are so clever, you even dared to fool Ningyuan Hou. You still want me to praise you? It's good enough that I don't spank you."

Shi Yao said with a smile: "Thank you, Grandfather, for praising me for my intelligence, quick thinking, and courage! I will gladly accept your name as my granddaughter!"

The old Duke laughed angrily and poked her forehead with his fingertips: "How dare you brag about yourself? You are so audacious! You are talking nonsense today. You are tarnishing your reputation just to punish a maid. If your grandmother finds out later, she will be angry again.

I see it coldly. It was Liu Hua who didn't teach you what to say and what not to say. She really should be punished with a stick. Someone, come—"

Shi Yao hurriedly grabbed the old man's arm and shouted in panic, "No need for help! No need for help! I'm here to serve you!

Grandfather, grandfather, you can’t blame me, and even less can you blame Aunt Liu Hua. It was Madam Wan who didn’t search all the courtyards but insisted on searching my courtyard.

It would have been fine if she just searched my yard, I asked someone to open the door for her to search, but she was still not satisfied and insisted on searching my house.

By doing this, doesn't it mean that she suspected that Brother Eight was hiding in my boudoir? That's fine, but later when I helped her search Brother Eight's yard, she stopped me and didn't allow me to search. Tell me, what did she mean?

You know that I am the apple of your and grandma's eye, but you still dare to bully me and slander me and my eighth brother. It is obvious that you don't take you and grandma seriously!

She is yours. If I don't come to you to discuss this, who else can I go to for redress? My grandmother must be angry about the Xie family's cancellation of the engagement. I can't make things difficult for her, so I rushed to the front yard to ask you to make the decision. I had no choice."

The old Duke was speechless. This girl always had some twisted ideas.

Well, it was also Wan Zheng's wife's own fault. She picked and chose carefully, wanting to find an easy target, but ended up finding the hardest piece of steel.

Just punish him.

"I just feel sorry for your grandmother, but you made me dizzy with anger!"

Shi Yao pushed him to sit down, turned behind him, and massaged the old Duke's noble head: "Granddaughter will massage you. Although I made you angry, I also persuaded Ningyuan Hou, who made you angry, to leave.

Next time, tell the concierge not to see him. How dare he break into our house? Old man, can we call it quits?"

Old Duke: "...You are the only one who has too many twisted ideas! Never mind, write a 1,000-word letter of repentance within three days and hand it over to me for review."

Shi Yao had a look of despair on her face: "Ah? I still have to write a confession! Fine, fine, as long as you can calm down, I'll write it. But, you know I only have so much ink in my stomach. Can I write less? Two hundred words?"

The old Duke finally felt a little better and snorted, "No bargaining allowed!"

Shi Yao had a gloomy face and increased the strength of her hands.

The old Duke felt even more comfortable, thinking to himself, this girl really holds a grudge. She still holds a grudge against him even after reading a thousand-word letter of repentance. He was so angry that he almost died, but he didn't hold a grudge against her just now.

For a moment, I thought of Shi Minghui again.

This grandson seemed steady and decisive in the past, so why is he so hesitant about breaking off the engagement?

Childhood sweethearts, love between young men and women?

He secretly sighed, the mansion was becoming more and more chaotic, these unfilial descendants! They had to be properly disciplined.

After a while, the Duke of Zhenguo came back with a gloomy face.

Needless to say, it was because Ning Yuanhou had been very sarcastic and mean to him during his trip, and he had to endure it for the sake of his son's marriage.

He was so angry that he looked extremely bad.

Shi Yao was secretly happy in her heart. She put on a concerned look, looked at him worriedly, bowed and left, and said as she went out, "Aunt Liuhua, let's go to Ganlu Hall to see grandma."

After saying this, all the people in Guanju Courtyard left in a hurry.

The Duke of Zhenguo first went to take a look at the tea table of the Marquis of Ningyuan. The water stain on the word "回" was still clearly visible.

Then, he knelt down on the ground obediently and said in a deep voice: "My son neglected to discipline Xiao Ba, causing him to bring shame to the family. I, your son, apologize to your father on behalf of Minghui!"

The old Duke was just feeling better, but he immediately became unhappy again and asked with a frown, "Where is that little bastard hiding?"