The Marquise: I Earn My Own Worship

Kang Ge'er was surprised and quickly asked him to let go of his hand.

"Xuandi, stop making trouble and go back."

Xuan Ge'er shook his head and looked stubbornly at his grandmother who was sitting there.

"Okay, then tell me what you did wrong?"

Song Shengfu looked at the little guy in front of her. When he first came, he couldn't even walk, but now he can run and jump.

Time flies so fast.

Xuan Ge'er straightened his face and answered seriously, "Ever since my father returned to his jurisdiction for the New Year holiday, I've often cried and worried, and sometimes even got mad at my brother and sister."

"My sister, like me, spends most of her time away from our father. As a brother, I should take care of her. Instead, she's been playing with me all day. That's really wrong."

"Brother, you care about us brothers. Because I'm worried, you often take me out to relax. Today, I heard from a friend that there's a place to have fun. Because you were thinking about me, I accepted the invitation and went."

"So the whole thing is my fault. If Grandmother wants to punish someone, it should be me."

Song Shengfu was satisfied and nodded calmly.

Kang Ge'er was extremely anxious and refused to let Xuan Ge'er go to the ancestral hall no matter what.

"Grandma, don't listen to Xuan'er's nonsense. I clearly saw that Cui Jie was trying to provoke me today, but I went in out of curiosity. It has nothing to do with Xuan'er. Besides, he's young and only follows his brothers. Ultimately, it's me who got him into trouble."

Kang Ge'er felt a little regretful. He should have left Xuan Ge'er and Luo Zhen outside and went in to check it out first.

It's all my fault for not thinking it through.

What brothel? Why not name it a brothel? Why not name it Xiaoxiang Tower?

He remembered what the teacher taught him. Xiaoxiang in ancient times refers to a region in general. What other meanings does it have?

Anyway, it has nothing to do with the style of a brothel. Who came up with this crappy name? He thought it was a teahouse or something like that.

The two brothers started arguing, and Song Shengfu felt relieved but also had a headache listening to them.

"okay!"

The yard suddenly fell silent.

"Both of you, kneel down in the ancestral hall and wait for your fourth uncle to come back and punish you."

The two of them immediately became obedient.

After Song Shengfu finished speaking, she stood up with the stick in her hand.

Don’t throw this away, it will be useful later.

"Lu, send someone to keep an eye on them and don't let them slack off."

Lu quickly agreed, then secretly winked at Pei Ju who was standing beside her.

Song Shengfu saw it but said nothing.

In the ancestral hall

Pei Ju and two maids were applying medicine on the legs of the two boys.

Even though he only knelt for less than half an hour, Kang Ge'er's thick skin and flesh made it okay, but Xuan Ge'er's knees had already turned blue.

"It's February, and the ground is freezing cold. Look, the boy's legs are all blue."

Pei Ju knelt on the ground and applied medicine to Xuan Ge'er.

Now, even as she knelt in the ancestral hall, she could feel the biting coldness on her knees.

Not to mention that the two brothers were kneeling in the yard just now. The children were frail and could not bear it.

Xuan Ge'er was a little embarrassed, but his leg was really hurting. Usually he was very delicate, but now he just kept silent with tears in his eyes.

Kang Ge'er was kneeling on the side, and just wiped it casually.

He practiced martial arts on a daily basis, so these were nothing to him, but Aunt Peiju insisted on wiping it for him.

After thinking about how long he would have to kneel, Kang Ge'er finally compromised.

"Aunt Peiju, why don't you leave first? If you are discovered later, you will be punished too."

Xuan Ge'er felt something was wrong, so his grandmother asked them to kneel in the ancestral hall, and his aunt secretly asked someone to apply medicine to them.

Pei Ju touched the ointment and looked at Xuan Ge'er's pitiful appearance, her heart softened.

"Does my brother blame the old lady?"

They could all see with their own eyes that Xuan Ge'er was the most innocent, and even if he had to be punished, it shouldn't be so severe.

What Pei Ju didn't know was that Song Shengfu almost took action.

After all, according to their thinking, the old lady loves her two grandsons the most, especially Xuan'er, so how could she be willing to punish him?

Song Shengfu said that since the child was not her biological child, she was really cruel enough to do that.

After hearing what Pei Ju said, Xuan Ge'er's eyes dimmed.

"I was just afraid that she would be disappointed. I was too ignorant."

Kang Ge'er came over on his knees, comforted his younger brother, and deliberately acted funny to tease him.

"Xuan brother, grandma won't do that. Look at me, I used to be a troublemaker, but grandma only punished me and didn't say anything."

Pei Ju's mouth twitched. The eldest young master knew that he was the one who could cause the most trouble.

But what was true in the past is true now.

Xuan Ge'er felt a little aggrieved and started to cry again. He didn't know what was wrong with him. He thought he was very strong, but he couldn't help crying.

He is a man, how can a man shed tears easily?

“That’s different.”

"What's the difference? Tell me, I want to hear it. Could it be that you are not his grandson anymore?"

Kang Ge'er became a little anxious and insisted on asking what was different.

Xuan Ge'er thought to himself that his brother was his grandmother's biological grandson, while he was just a grandson, so they were different.

"Brother, have you ever been wronged?"

Xuan Ge'er shook his head and stopped talking.

Pei Ju looked at Xuan Ge'er and knew something was wrong, but this was not a good time to ask about it.

"How could the old lady not know that these servants could come here? She knew that you were the most soft-hearted, so she specifically asked you to supervise. Without the old lady's tacit consent, these servants would not be able to come in even if they broke their heads."

Pei Ju held Xuan Ge'er in her arms and patted his back.

"Although we don't know the old lady's intention in doing this, it is definitely for the good of us brothers. When the old lady's anger subsides, I will definitely talk to you guys properly."

After saying this, Pei Ju loosened her hand. This was against the rules in the first place. But seeing the young man so pitiful, she couldn't help but comfort him.

"Thank you for your advice, Auntie. Please go back. If you stay too long, it will be bad if you are discovered."

Xuan Ge'er pursed his lips and urged them to leave quickly.

Peiju packed up and went out with the maids.

As the gate closed, only a hundred flickering oil lamps and two children kneeling there remained in the ancestral hall.

The room was silent...

Kang Ge'er glanced at Xuan Ge'er who was kneeling upright, moved the cushion underneath him and leaned over.

Xuan'er glanced at his brother secretly, not knowing what he was going to do.

Kang Ge'er pretended to look around, then suddenly turned his head upside down, looking at Xuan Ge'er's lowered head from below.

Inadvertently, Xuan Ge'er looked at the big face that suddenly approached and shrank back in fright.

He let out a small exclamation.

Kang Ge'er continued to move forward, he had not forgotten what had just happened.

He knew Xuan Ge'er, and he knew that what he just said must be hiding something.

"Brother, are you no longer the best with me?"