The Marquise: I Earn My Own Worship

Kang Ge'er knew that his family was in a bad situation and there were always people outside impeaching their family. He was afraid that he would cause trouble and bring trouble to his family.

"Kang'er, Grandmother knows you're not a child who doesn't know the seriousness of the situation. Don't be afraid, you're still a child. Your family will cover you if anything happens. The Earl's Mansion is your support. We don't cause trouble, but we're not afraid of it either. It's just a fight, what's the big deal? Your grandfather even beat up the prince before."

Kang Ge'er opened his mouth wide, a look of disbelief on his face.

"Really? Grandfather even the prince..."

Mrs. Lu was wiping her tears, and when she heard this, she pricked up her ears and listened.

"Of course, why would I lie to you? At the time, your great-grandmother was the eldest princess, and your grandfather often went to the palace to play. At that time, there was an extremely favored prince... Your grandfather beat that prince alone, and the surrounding palace servants couldn't pull him away. When your great-grandmother found out, she took your grandfather to cry in front of Emperor Gao Hong's throne. Your great-grandmother's younger brother was Emperor Xiaowu, who loved him the most at the time. No one of his peers dared to mess with your grandfather."

It’s a pity that because of a secret incident in previous years, Duan Chongming was away from the court.

The world did not know that the once extremely brave Lord Duan suddenly fell silent.

The public narrative was that the eldest son was weak and uninterested in politics. Many speculated that he had chosen the wrong side and was being purged and marginalized by the current leader.

No one knew that Duan Chongming secretly supported the Emperor of Chu. Even Song Shengfu found out about it by chance later. Apart from her, only the Emperor of Chu knew about it in this world.

Mrs. Lu was a little puzzled as to why the Earl's Mansion had become like this since her father-in-law was so powerful, but she didn't dare to ask.

Kang Ge'er has been impressed by his grandfather and vowed to become a brave man like his grandfather.

"As long as I'm still alive, don't be afraid! At worst, I can hold your grandfather's tablet and cry before His Majesty!"

As for why Song Shengfu was so confident, it was because she accidentally discovered some truths.

But Lu and the others thought she was just joking. When that day really came, they were all dumbfounded.

Cui family, Cui Jie's well-hidden thing was finally discovered.

That day, Cui Jie also got some medicine from a clinic outside, and went back to ask his followers to apply the medicine every day. He endured it for two days in a row and no one noticed that something was wrong with his body.

It was Cui Ze who came back from outside to get the medicine and revealed the secret in front of Cui's housekeeper, and then Lord Cui found out.

That night, Lord Cui and Madam Cui had a big quarrel, and Cui Jie was also confined to the house for a month and was not allowed to leave.

Even the pregnant concubine Wan in the Fourth Prince's mansion was reprimanded and ordered not to leave the yard before giving birth.

"Mother, Cui Ze must have done this on purpose! He just wanted to see me make a fool of myself, and he even implicated my third sister."

Cui Jie was lying on the bed with her clothes taken off, and Mrs. Cui was applying medicine to her with concern.

The master was really cruel. Brother Jie was already injured, but he still whipped him twice.

"Don't worry, mother will definitely avenge you. Just lie down in bed and rest. You're so stubborn. Even when you were hurt, you didn't forget what your family said. You just keep going like this."

Mrs. Cui said this and applied a little more force to her hands, causing Cui Jie to hiss in pain.

"Serves you right! Are you stupid? That guy from Duan Bo's house is more than a head taller than you. How could you possibly beat him? I think that little bastard Cui Ze has no conscience. He just stood there watching you get beaten and didn't help. The little bastard is so rebellious. He doesn't act like a brother at all!"

"He is not my brother. Only the eldest brother is my brother. The others are not!"

Cui Jie seemed annoyed and retorted loudly.

A few spots of blood appeared on the bruised parts of his body.

"No, no, my dear, please be quiet! If your father hears this, will you still be alive?"

Mrs. Cui tried to comfort him, but Cui Jie lay there with his eyebrows raised and his eyes wide open.

"I'm not afraid. Beat me to death if you dare!"

Mrs. Cui was both angry and helpless. Of her two sons, the eldest, Shenwen, was often taken care of by the master, and she hardly had to worry about him.

This is the youngest child who was raised by her since birth. He was fine when he was young, but his temper became more and more weird as he grew older.

"Brother Jie, just be content. Why are you getting angry with your father? If you don't like your half-brothers, then just don't be with them. From now on, mother will tell them not to appear in front of you, okay?"

"I won't! Why? Oh, mother, stop meddling in my affairs. I've applied the medicine, so please leave now!"

Cui Jie began to drive people away. Mrs. Cui was also a little tired. She looked at the youngest son who gave her a headache and rubbed her eyebrows.

"Okay, then mother will leave first, you should have a good rest."

After instructing a new group of servants to take good care of her son, Madam Cui left the yard.

It turned out that all the servants around Cui Jie were sold out after they made mistakes, even the gatekeeper was newly bought.

Cui Jie ordered his new personal maid to feed him grapes while he lay on the edge of the bed in a daze.

"Brother, the fourth young master is outside, and he wants to explain to you..."

"Let him go, I'll settle the score with him after I get better!"

A trace of disgust flashed in Cui Jie's eyes, and he threw the Ruyi he was playing with away, and it fell to the ground with a bang.

"Yes, I will go out and report to the Fourth Young Master immediately."

The maid who had just come in to report trembled with fear, then retreated in panic.

Seeing this unruly behavior, Cui Jie's disgust became even more pronounced.

Xingyu on the side frowned. She was also a newly bought maid. Because of her good looks, she was assigned to be the head maid beside Jie Ge'er.

"Brother, calm down. The little maid is ignorant. I will teach her a lesson later."

Cui Jie turned his face away impatiently, avoiding the grapes that Xingyu handed to him.

This means not to eat anymore.

Xingyu waved his hand and asked someone to take the things away.

Seeing that Brother Jie didn't want to talk, Xingyu didn't say anything else and fanned himself gently.

The breeze was cool like ice, and Cui Jie fell asleep quickly.

Xingyu looked at the sleeping Jie Ge'er. In fact, the little master was quite cute when he was asleep. He had thick and long eyelashes, a pair of curled eyebrows, and baby fat on his face.

Maybe he was injured, so his brows were tightly furrowed when he fell asleep.

Xingyu hummed the nursery rhyme that she had used to coax him to sleep these days. Cui Jie slowly fell asleep, and his brows relaxed.

*

"Jing'an, July 7th is also a good day for begging for skills. We have set this day for the betrothal ceremony. You should dress yourself well."

Song Shengfu held the gift book in one hand, counted the number and gave instructions to Duan Jingan.

"By the way, Fangfei, look here, maybe you made a mistake."

When Lu saw that it was true, he quickly changed it.

"Pei Xi, go tell Steward Lu in the front yard why there's a mistake in the gift list. Have him check it carefully. There can't be any more mistakes. How many times has this happened? Fine him two months' worth of rice and silver to teach him a lesson."

"Yes, ma'am."