The beloved baby has a space

Chapter 685 Denial
"An'er, are you still blaming us?" The old Duchess wiped her eyes with a handkerchief, but she couldn't stop the tears. She wanted to say something more, but she didn't know where to start, so she could only sigh deeply.

The sensible old servant had already sent everyone away to a distance so that they could talk in peace.

The old Duchess couldn't say anything, so she nudged Duke Anguo with her elbow, trying to get him to say something.

To his surprise, when he looked over, he found that Duke Anguo was staring intently at Old Wang, as if he wanted to stare a hole through him.

"Ahem!" The old Duchess coughed.

Duke Anguo then turned his gaze back to Old Madam Wang, and with a deep "hmm," asked, "How did you know it was us looking for you?"

He had his men pretend to be robbers and bring the people over as if they were being robbed, but someone came ahead to report that his daughter recognized them immediately.

This isn't the first or second time his men have played the role of robbers; it's definitely not that they're bad actors, it can only be that his daughter is clever.

Let him be.

“Lord Duke, please speak frankly. We are not young anymore, there is no need to waste time here. I am in a hurry to go home to see the children.” As she spoke, Old Mrs. Wang added, “For ordinary people like us, the most important thing is our children.”

As for how you figured it out, is there any need to ask?

She spent a lot of energy on the series of events in Hujia Village. Later, the people sent by Empress Qin arrived and, with her command, wiped out that group of people in one fell swoop.

Most of Empress Qin's men stayed there to finish up, while the rest were escorted to the nearest garrison without disturbing the villagers.

However, the guards Qin Huai left behind to protect the Wang family were still there. The fact that the guards hiding in the shadows did not move when the robbers appeared is enough to explain the situation.

Moreover, the robbers spoke with the official accent of Wanning City, their movements revealed their military bearing, and the small patterns on their waists, unchanged for decades, were still there. It wouldn't take much effort to guess their identities.

But Old Mrs. Wang had no interest in arguing with them about these things.

Grandma Wang knew that once she returned to Wanning City, it was only a matter of time before her identity was discovered. But it seemed they had already found out more than a day or two ago, yet they were still trying to cover it up. The underlying meaning was self-evident; they simply wanted to prevent something from happening.

Duke Anguo and his wife exchanged a glance and instantly understood that their daughter still harbored resentment, and quite a deep one at that.

“Child, I was wrong back then; I didn’t consider your feelings.” It was the old Duchess who spoke again. “You didn’t want to come home and never sent any news to the family. All these years, I’ve been sending people to look for you. How have you been?”

"Whether it's good or bad, haven't you investigated it all thoroughly?" Old Mrs. Wang said sarcastically. "If you hadn't thoroughly investigated me, you probably wouldn't have dared to show your faces here, fearing that I was another person's fake, either trying to seize your family's wealth or to take your lives. It's truly the kind of thing that wealthy and powerful families are used to doing, and they've long been accustomed to it."

"boom!"

Duke Anguo slammed his hand on the table, but the table didn't budge. He winced in pain.

But he held back, his white beard trembling: "When did you learn to speak like a country woman? So sharp-tongued, mean, and vulgar!"

"Your Excellency is mistaken. When you speak of a country woman, do you mean the wife and mother who feeds the millions of people of Dachang, or the mother who supports thousands of poor students? If this is considered vulgar and mean, then you should really go and walk around Wanning City, shake the doors of those wealthy and powerful families, and see if the amount of rotten flesh that comes out is more than that of a country woman!"

Duke Anguo nearly fainted from anger: "You!"

He pointed at Old Mrs. Wang, then turned to Old Mr. Wang, who was looking down and seemingly oblivious to everything else: "It's you, you scoundrel, who has corrupted my precious daughter!"

After saying that, he lowered his head and moved with surprising agility, taking off his boots and smashing them over Old Wang's head.

It hit him on the forehead with a "bang".

Old Wang looked up blankly: "?"

(End of this chapter)