Noble Lady

When the two carriages arrived at the gate of Wu'an Marquis Mansion.

Xue Chenyu, who had been in seclusion for many days, was already waiting in the hall.

Not long after.

Mother Qiu and Qiu Hua came in, supporting a slightly plump old lady, followed by two old nannies and two maids.

The old lady was wearing a satin spring dress, which gave her some of the grace and elegance of an old lady from a noble family in Shengjing City, but unfortunately she was a little thin.

She is the grandmother of Xue Chenyu and her two siblings, the mother of Xue Hou, and the old lady of the Xue family.

Grandmother is here, please keep away.

"Madam, please be careful with the door threshold." Mother Qiu reminded with a smile.

Xue Chenyu and Qiuhua exchanged a glance and then stepped forward. "Granddaughter Chenyu greets grandma. May you live a long and healthy life."

"Granddaughter Luoyan greets grandma. May grandma live a long and healthy life." Xue Luoyan, who was following behind her, also imitated her movements and repeated them.

The old lady looked them both up and down, not disguising her impatience. "Why are you two girls the only ones here? It's fine that Xue Heyan is busy with official duties, but where's your mother He Xue Huai?"

"Especially, don't think I won't scold him just because he's a boy. He didn't even come out to greet my grandmother when she came all the way here. He's been taught absolutely no manners!"

Xue Luoyan thought to herself, you come to someone else's house and point fingers at their parents. You don't have any rules yourself, so how can you expect the younger generation to have any rules?

Don’t blame the lower beams for being crooked if your upper beam is not straight!

Xue Chenyu saw her secretly rolling her eyes and knew what she was thinking, so he gently patted the back of her hand.

Don't mess around.

"To answer grandma, my father and mother went out for something. We thought they would be back before grandma got home, but they haven't come back yet. Maybe they were delayed by something."

Xue Chenyu continued with a smile, "As for Xiao Huai, he's still in class. Their teacher has a bad temper and won't let you take leave until the end of get out of class."

Old Madam Xue showed an impatient expression and said that she had gone out for something. She was probably aware that she was coming and wanted to intimidate her.

"Sir, what's with all that airs? You even have to control the son of my mansion. Do you still want to do this?"

"Grandma, be careful of your words!" Xue Chenyu nervously covered Old Madam Xue's mouth and said in a low voice, "The gentleman Xiao Huai and his friends are dealing with is Mr. Lu, a great scholar of our time. Even His Majesty would show him the utmost courtesy."

Madam Xue's expression changed. How could it be so powerful?

She patted Xue Chenyu's hand, and Xue Chenyu let go when he saw that her expression had calmed down.

"Grandmother, Mr. Lu retired and returned home, and my parents invited him home. This is a great blessing for our Xue family. Do you know how many disciples he has in the court?"

"If I offend him, not only will my second uncle be in trouble, but my father will also have a hard time protecting himself."

Old Madam Xue's face turned a shade ashen.

Xue Chenyu added another stab upon seeing this, saying in a voice only the two of them could hear, "Besides, the Sixth Prince is also studying in this teacher's school. Even the princes don't dare to ask for leave casually. What if what you just said gets out?"

Madam Xue, who had just prepared a lot of curse words, said: "..."

This was like a punch on cotton, and she couldn't get angry.

Looking at his grandmother's face turning blue and red, Xue Luoyan used all his strength to suppress the urge to laugh out loud.

Ajie is worthy of being Ajie. Her ability to make people angry to death is truly amazing.

Xue Chenyu gave her a small look in return, and then returned to her usual appearance as a submissive and obedient granddaughter, helping Madam Xue to take her seat.

"Grandma, you must be exhausted from your journey. Please sit down for a moment. I have prepared tea and snacks. I have also sent someone to look for my father and mother. They should be back soon."

Old Madam Xue originally wanted to say that she didn't need these cakes and pastries, but thinking about what her youngest son had told her, she didn't make trouble and sat down to wait peacefully.

Xue Chenyu also signaled Xue Luoyan to go to the academy to wait for Xue Huai so that he could be the first to know that this troublesome grandmother had arrived at the Marquis' Mansion.

That day, after the little Taoist priest Zhang Songqing warned that "troubles will arise from within the family", Xue Chenyu and her two siblings learned some old stories from Lord Xue and Madam Xue.

When Marquis Xue was young, he followed the old marquis to fight in the border areas. Later, he happened to have the second son, so there was such a big age difference between the two brothers.

But because the old marquis was busy with military affairs all year round, and Marquis Xue was also busy sharing his father's worries, they could not take care of the lady in the marquis's mansion in the capital.

Only the marquis' wife and young son were left behind in the capital.

The mother and son depended on each other for survival, so much so that Mrs. Xue later doted on her youngest son even more, allowing him to be lawless and wanting to give him everything.

It was obvious that Marquis Xue, the eldest legitimate son, had requested to be named the Crown Prince long ago, but after the old marquis died of injuries, Madam Xue still insisted on letting the then young Second Master Xue inherit the title, using the excuses that the eldest son was unknown and that he was a father killer.

In the end, because Second Master Xue was too young at the time, and Marquis Xue had made great military achievements and inherited his father's aspirations, he was highly respected in the army, so Second Master Xue's request to inherit the title was rejected by His Majesty. Only then did Marquis Xue successfully inherit the title.

But since then, Marquis Xue and Old Lady Xue have had an irreconcilable feud with their son, and Old Lady Xue has become increasingly displeased with Madam Xue.

But because Mrs. Xue continued to do business after marriage and always accompanied Marquis Xue at the border, everything was peaceful at the beginning.

But later, because of the birth of Xue Chenyu, Mrs. Xue had to stay in the capital, and the conflict between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law became more and more intensified.

The old lady disliked Mrs. Xue's family background as a merchant, but at the same time she enjoyed her service and her care for their young son. After a long time, Mrs. Xue became unhappy.

Old Lady Xue became angry and said that she did not despise her daughter-in-law, a merchant girl, for her low birth and for bringing disgrace to the Marquis's family, but she had not even given birth to a son for the Marquis's family, and that she was going to make the Marquis's family without descendants.

She also threatened that if Marquis Xue continued to favor his wife of humble origin and refused to take a concubine, she would go to the palace to request an order to depose Marquis Xue and let her youngest son inherit the title.

In a fit of anger, Mrs. Xue took her daughter to her villa, and the spy that Marquis Xue left in the capital also sent him a letter, telling him the whole story.

For this reason, Marquis Xue had a big quarrel with Old Madam Xue after returning to Beijing a few years ago. Since filial piety was important between mother and son, the quarrel naturally ended in a bad mood.

After that, the whole New Year was not going well. The mother and son were like black-eyed chickens, quarreling whenever they met.

Later, Mrs. Xue could no longer bear the annoyance and came forward to persuade Marquis Xue.

He also advised him, "When you encounter a problem, solve it. Arguing won't solve it. When you lead troops in battle and encounter a disagreement, you can't just use quarrels to solve it, right?"

Xue Hou suddenly realized and came up with a solution that would satisfy both parties.

Because the second master Xue was still young at that time and needed the help of Marquis Xue, it would be impossible for Madam Xue, a woman like her, to accomplish anything on her own.

So in the end they both took a step back, and the old lady returned to her hometown in Liyang to spend her remaining years in peace.

Mr. Xue Er continued to stay in the capital with Marquis Xue and Madam Xue.

Of course, Marquis Xue also promised to choose the best academy for his younger brother to study in accordance with Old Lady Xue's wishes, so that he could pursue a career in politics in the future, instead of having to fight on the battlefield like his father and brothers.

Mrs. Xue also wanted to seize the title legitimately through this move.

But unfortunately, Mr. Xue himself is not up to the task.

He refused to study at all costs, and dropped out of various academies several times. In the end, he gave the place in Yuelu Academy that Xue Hou had fought so hard for him to a family slave, and insisted on going to the border to fight for his place.

Because of this, the mother and son quarreled several times.

Old Lady Xue blamed Marquis Xue for not being sad about his brother, for not fulfilling his promise, and for deliberately wanting to make his brother useless.

But in the end, it was refuted by Mrs. Xue with just a few words.

"If he had the talent for studying, the Marquis and I would have supported him even if we had to sell all our wealth. But he has repeatedly tried to drop out of the academy. The teachers there all say he's not cut out for studying. This is an indisputable fact."

"You just don't care. If your son was like this, wouldn't you tie him up and take him back?"

Madam Xue: "You should know your own son better than anyone else. The Marquis and I have already tied him up and taken him back. Isn't that enough? His legs are his own. Can anyone force him to do that?"

Mrs. Xue had nothing to say.

But since then, he has completely stopped communicating with the capital.

Apart from asking people to send New Year gifts and money back home during the holidays, Marquis Xue didn't bother to pay any attention to his biased mother.

This is why Xue Chenyu and her two siblings have never been troubled by their grandmother for all these years.