Painting Doctor Jinhua

When the word "grandfather" came out of her lips, not only Xiao Jian, but also the two young men and the two girls who came with Princess Ningyuan were dumbfounded. One of the girls, who was wearing a long dress with wide sleeves and trailing on the ground, couldn't help but yelled angrily: "What are you yelling about? Who is your grandfather? There is no such person as you in our Xiao family."

Xiao Jinyu's gaze fell on the girl, and memories of this girl suddenly emerged in her mind. This was the daughter of the Right Madam, Princess Yunyin. She was the ninth child in the Xiao family and the youngest legitimate daughter of the same generation as her mother. She was only twelve or thirteen years old now. In the original owner's memory, this Xiao Jiuniang was extremely domineering and overbearing. Relying on her mother Princess Yunyin's identity and her good relationship with Princess Ningyuan, she bullied and humiliated the original owner's granddaughter who had returned halfway.

Princess Ningyuan had feelings for Xiao Yun. After learning that Xiao Yun liked the original owner, she and Xiao Jiuniang planned to let Xiao Yun take over the original owner's body, calling it a good thing for them and treating the original owner as an object to please him.

Afterwards, it was this Xiao Jiuniang who gave false testimony to Xiao Jian, saying that the original owner had taken the initiative to seduced Xiao Yun and voluntarily climbed into his bed.

The memory was suddenly interrupted, and a sentence came to my ear: "Lady, did you recognize the wrong person?"

But it was Xiao Jian who had a stiff face and an ugly expression, and smiled gently and politely at Xiao Jinyu.

Xiao Jinyu also smiled back, and continued in a calm and gentle voice: "If we talk about the genealogy of the Lanling Xiao family, it can be traced back to the Shang Dynasty.

Xiao family, with the surname Zi, was the ancient Xiao State. Its location was Xiao County in Xuzhou. It was later annexed by Song. Daxin, a descendant of Weizi, made great contributions in pacifying Nangong Changwan and was granted the title of Xiao as a vassal. In the 12th year of Emperor Xuan of the Southern Song Dynasty, Chu destroyed it. His descendants took it as their surname and lived between Feng and Pei for generations.

After Zhou destroyed Shang, Weizi was granted the title of Duke of Song. Daxin, the grandson of Weizi, was credited with quelling the rebellion, and was granted the title of Duke of Xiao as a vassal state. In the 12th year of Duke Xuan of Lu, the State of Xiao was destroyed by the State of Chu, and the descendants of Weizi of Song took Xiao as their surname.

When Xiao Jinyu said this, everyone around him fell silent. Xiao Jian's face was slightly surprised. Xiao Jiuniang frowned and asked impatiently, "Grandfather, what is she talking about?"

Like her mother, Xiao Jiuniang disliked reading. She occasionally showed off her literary talent just to pretend to be cultured, but the best she could do was to avoid making a fool of herself.

At this time, Xiao Jinyu continued, "If we talk about the branch that settled in Jiankang, we can trace it back to Xiao Wangzhi and even Xiao He. The Book of Han says that Xiao Wangzhi's eight sons were all proficient in the Five Classics and had great reputations. One of them was a duke and three ministers, all of whom were important officials in the court and held the same titles. Since then, the Lanling Xiao family has been a prominent family in Shandong for a hundred years.

In the first year of the Yuankang reign of the Jin Dynasty, the Central Dynasty was in chaos and the land of Shenzhou sank. The Xiao family and other aristocratic families with surnames such as Wang, Xie, and Yuan migrated south and settled in Jiankang.

In the third year of Song Shengping, Emperor Shun abdicated and handed over the throne to Xiao Daocheng. After that, the Xiao family went through two dynasties until..."

"Enough!" Xiao Jian interrupted suddenly, seeming a little scared and flustered. He glanced around and saw that the people watching were also talking.

"It turns out that this girl is reciting the Xiao family's genealogy. She knows it in such detail, which shows that she must be from the Xiao family."

In today's turbulent times, genealogy is a prominent subject, especially for people from aristocratic families. Both men and women must memorize their family tree. This is also to prevent the family from being unfortunately separated in the turbulent times, so that they can use this as evidence to prove their identity in the future.

Nowadays, perhaps many people who have read the family genealogy know that the Xiao family can be traced back to Xiao Wangzhi, but they would never have thought that it can be traced back to Song Weizi during the Shang Dynasty.

Xiao Jiuniang was one of them. She didn’t even know that her ancestors had been emperors.

"Grandfather, my mother is your eldest daughter of this generation of the Xiao family. My mother once told me that although I am your granddaughter, I am still a descendant of the Xiao family. This is the oath you made in front of the Xiao family's court that year, saying that the eldest daughter of the Xiao family shall not marry, and even if she does, she shall marry a son-in-law, and all her descendants shall be members of the Xiao family."

"So, I call you Grandfather." She paused and saw Xiao Jian's pale face again. She smiled and said, "However, if you really don't remember what you said, then just pretend that I didn't say it."

"I am Xiao, Jin, and Yu, and I am bidding farewell here!"

After saying this, while Xiao Jian was stunned, Xiao Jinyu had already taken Fenghuang's hand and left.

"So there is such a girl in the Xiao family. Not only is she beautiful, but her speech and behavior are also elegant and pleasant. This kind of demeanor is the demeanor of a true noble lady from an aristocratic family. She is much better than this Xiao Jiuniang. Sanlang, don't you think so?"

Someone in the crowd said something, and Xiao Jiuniang's face turned pale. When she looked around, she saw the crowd pushing and shoving, and she had no idea who the speaker was.

"Hey, I just don't know why the Xiao family's patriarch didn't recognize this girl who was left outside when she came back. Did he deliberately not recognize her, or did he really not recognize her? If he really didn't recognize her, what did he mean by calling her 'Aluan'?"

Another voice was heard from the crowd, making Xiao Jian's face turn pale. After standing there awkwardly for a long time, he bowed to the young man who was called "Prince" and said, "I'm sorry, Your Highness, I have family matters to take care of, so I'll go back first." After that, he left with Xiao Jiuniang and Xiao Yun, leaving the Prince and Princess Ningyuan at a loss.

"Brother Crown Prince, what's going on? When did the Xiao family have an eldest daughter? And you gave birth to a daughter this big and came back to claim her as your relative? And you even said that you are a member of the Xiao family. Isn't this deliberately causing trouble for your aunt and making a fool of yourself?"

The prince also looked embarrassed. He quickly pulled Princess Ningyuan's hand and walked away hurriedly.

"Even if it's a joke, it's someone else's joke. What does it have to do with you? Go away!"

After the few people left, the crowd who came to watch the fun also dispersed one after another, and in the end only two men in white clothes and tall hats and wide belts remained there.

The older ones are probably over thirty years old, handsome and with a profound demeanor.

The younger ones were no more than seventeen or eighteen years old, with lively looks and a bit of disrespect.

"I didn't expect that she was from the Lanling Xiao family, and she is the daughter of the eldest daughter. I think her status is not low. Sanlang, do you think we are destined to meet? I just came to Jiankang and I met her again, and I also saw such a wonderful play.

But why did her face change? It was not like this the last time we saw her. Could it be that she is a demon and can change her face? "

The young man said with a smile, and waved his hand in front of the older man's face. Seeing that he didn't move for a while, he leaned close to his ear and shouted, "Hey, Sanlang, are you crazy looking at beautiful women?"

Cui Sanlang was so frightened that he shivered violently. His shivering made the little girl on the side of the road giggle.

The young man waved to the little girl quickly, but then he saw Cui Sanlang's sharp eyes coming towards him. He was so scared that he jumped up like a rabbit and ran towards the street.

"Mother, that uncle is so funny."

Seeing the two gentlemen going away, the little girl looked at the woman beside her, but she saw that her expression was also frozen, as if she was thinking about something, so she asked, "Are you thinking about what that sister just said? Mother, that sister is so beautiful, and she also knows that you often can't sleep at night. Is that sister a fairy?"

The woman didn't answer, she just murmured, "Aluan, could it be her?" She stroked the girl's head and smiled, "Yes, our Ayuan has met a fairy today. Let's go! Ayuan, let's go home early and tell your grandfather about this, okay?"

"Okay!"

The little girl clapped her hands happily, then seemed a little disappointed: "It's a pity that A Yuan didn't even have a chance to talk to that sister, and she left. Mother, I saw those people were so fierce just now, will they bully my sister?"

The woman's expression changed and she let out an almost inaudible sigh.

I'm afraid it's not just bullying. It will be very difficult for this girl to gain a foothold in Jiankang in the future.

However, today's street farce can make this girl famous and earn her a good reputation. Even if she is bullied, those people won't dare to do anything to her openly, right?

……

The woman's guess was correct. The three names Xiao Jinyu quickly spread throughout Jiankang City. Also, the stories about her memorizing the Xiao family genealogy, killing a horse to save a little girl, and her eloquence and witty way of confronting the princess were spread as after-dinner jokes.

"A long-lost girl from the Xiao family came back to recognize her relatives, but the head of the Xiao family said he didn't know this girl. What happened? To know what happened next, please listen to the next chapter."

The storyteller in the teahouse also used his rich imagination.

Everyone was talking and laughing, but Xiao Jian couldn't laugh at all. Ever since he stepped into the Xiao family's gate, the well-informed Princess Yunyin had been making a fuss with him about this matter.

"What's going on? When did you have a granddaughter? And she even said she was from the Xiao family."

"How should I know? Aluan has been missing for more than ten years. How come she suddenly comes back?" Xiao Jian was also very distressed and puzzled.

"It's not her who's back, it's her daughter who's back! Xiao Jian, have you forgotten how her daughter came to be? Who did she give birth to? This is a shame for your Xiao family."

When Xiao Jian heard the word "shame", he became excited. His face looked as ugly as an eggplant hit by frost, and his eyes were full of anger.

"It's been more than ten years since this happened, and no one has mentioned it again. Why are you still mentioning her?" he said angrily.

"Just because no one mentioned it doesn't mean that everyone has forgotten it, especially since she has already confirmed that she is your Xiao family's legitimate granddaughter. Sooner or later, this matter will be brought up again."

"Then what do you say we should do?" Xiao Jian was both annoyed and helpless.

Princess Yunyin sat up straight, tapping a wine cup with her long nails, and said softly with a smile: "Don't let her enter my Xiao family, or... do it more cleanly... just kill her!"