Princess Menglang is hard to change, the whole capital is embarrassed for her

The two were separated only after the intervention of patrolling officers and soldiers, and were sent back to their respective residences.

As soon as Miss Yao returned home, she didn't say anything. She went straight to her grandfather's study in the outer courtyard and knelt down.

After a while, her face was covered with tears.

In her blurred vision, she seemed to see her mother, who was waving at her and telling her not to be afraid and not to be afraid of anything.

Duke Chongguo returned to the mansion and saw his granddaughter kneeling outside. He ignored her and walked into the study with a gloomy face, "Butler."

"Yes, the old slave is here."

"What happened? Tell me in detail."

"Yes, after I led my men to the agreed location, I discovered a sedan chair and a giant monkey inside. I had no choice but to return home..."

The old butler recalled and said that some things were unbelievable even to him, but they still happened.

When Duke Chongguo heard that his granddaughter and Miss Wen were fighting in the street, he frowned and asked, "Who will win or lose?"

"Well..." The old housekeeper raised his eyes and stole a glance at Duke Chongguo, and whispered, "It seems that our eldest daughter is even better. I heard that Miss Wen's face was scratched by our eldest daughter, and several clumps of her hair were pulled out."

There were also clothes that were torn to shreds. The old housekeeper felt that it was not appropriate to talk about it because of his age.

A smile gradually appeared on the gloomy face of Duke Chongguo, but it disappeared in a flash.

"Go out and call the older girl in."

"Yes." The old butler turned and went out.

After a while, there was a soft knock on the door.

"Come in."

Miss Yao walked in with her head lowered.

She had tied her hair up herself.

Now that my mother is gone, no one cares whether her makeup is perfect or her image is appropriate.

You have to rely on yourself for everything.

She understood what kind of person her grandfather was. He did not pity the weak, but rather admired the strong.

So as soon as she entered the mansion, she asked the maid to go back to her yard to get clean clothes to change into. In the middle, she also did not forget to go to Ruyi Room. Then, she knelt in front of the outer study door with a victorious attitude, waiting for her grandfather to return.

"Why don't you go back to your grandmother?"

"Because my granddaughter had a fight with Miss Wen on the way back. After all, that's my grandmother's family. I was worried that my grandmother would be angry, so I didn't dare to go."

"Do you want to go but don't dare to go, or do you have no intention of going at all?"

Miss Yao lowered her head and said in a low voice after a while, "I don't plan to go. I have something to say to grandfather."

"Come and sit down," Duke Chongguo said calmly, "Sit down and we'll talk slowly."

Miss Yao looked up with joy, but met the sharp, scrutinizing gaze of Duke Chongguo, and quickly lowered her eyelids again.

Glancing behind her, she went over and sat on the chair.

Duke Chongguo was already standing in front of the desk, picked up an exquisite wolf-hair brush, spread out the paper, and thought about what to write later.

"Last night, there were two women in that group who were quite skilled in martial arts. They abducted my granddaughter and placed her directly in Bailin Monastery. The abbey master can testify to this. He originally said he would send someone to take my granddaughter home the next day, but she didn't wait for them and left at daybreak."

Duke Chongguo paused with his pen in his hand. "Did those two women leave you and then go away?"

"They left without saying a word, abandoning their granddaughter in the backyard of Bailin Monastery. After a while, the abbot came over with his disciples. Without asking who the granddaughter was, they simply opened a room for her to stay in. I guess the two women had already told him who she was. There happened to be a family performing a ritual in the temple, and the room where the granddaughter stayed was next to the rooms of the women."

The purpose of saying this was to let her grandfather know that she was innocent.

"There are so many gossips in the temple. When my granddaughter left Bailin Temple, she covered her face. As she walked, she kept thinking, if the news of her abduction got out, her reputation would be affected, the elders of the family would be implicated, and the Yao family would be humiliated. How can I avoid this situation?"

After saying so much, and arguing with Wen Wanying again on the way back, her throat felt a little dry. She licked her lips, looked at the teacup on her grandfather's table, and swallowed her saliva.

"Take it and drink it. Don't be in a hurry. Take your time."

"Yes, thank you, Grandfather."

Miss Yao hurriedly stood up, took the teacup and drank it all in one gulp. Before she finished, she heard Duke Chongguo shout outside, "Make a pot of tea and bring it in."

Soon there was the sound of running outside.

Miss Yao returned to her chair and sat down politely.

After a while, the servant brought tea and two new teacups. He must have seen that the young lady had not been kicked out by the old marquis and was staying inside, so he hurried to add them.

The servant poured the tea, bowed and left.

"Go on, why did you fight with Miss Wen?"

Miss Yao stared at Duke Chongguo for a moment, then suddenly stood up, left her chair, and sank to her knees. "Granddaughter, I dare not lie to you, grandfather. I was trying to figure out how to get out of this predicament for myself and the Yao family. Unexpectedly, God showed mercy and let me meet Wen Wanying, who was relaxing at Bailin Temple."

My grandfather was the Duke of Chongguo bestowed by the previous emperor of the Zhou Dynasty. He was the father of the current queen and might be the grandfather of the next emperor. He had experienced the ups and downs of officialdom for decades. What kind of monsters and demons had he not seen?

Since she had avoided her grandmother and came directly here, she had no intention of hiding anything in front of the old fox with the intention of burning her boats.

So, Miss Yao cleared her throat and kowtowed three times to the old Duke. Then she straightened her back and said in a firm voice, "To be honest, Grandfather, I hate Wen Wanying."

Duke Chongguo put down the pen in his hand, sat down and slowly took a sip of tea. Through the mist of tea, he glanced at his granddaughter who was kneeling on the ground.

Unexpectedly, the Yao family's son was not promising, but he gave birth to a stubborn granddaughter.

"If she hadn't tricked Grandma into helping others, my mother wouldn't have died in vain. I hate her and have always wanted revenge on her. Now that she's in my hands, it's a chance God has given her, and I won't let it go."

"You hate your grandmother too, don't you?"

Miss Yao was speaking when she was suddenly asked a question by Duke Chongguo. She stood there with her mouth wide open.

"Granddaughter, I dare not."

"It's that I don't dare, not that I don't hate." Duke Chongguo said slowly.

In just a moment, Miss Yao had come to her senses. After thinking for a moment, she lowered her head and whispered, "My granddaughter is not confused. She knows that Mother's death was the best way for our family. I don't hate Grandmother, but I think that Mother's death was related to Grandmother, so I don't dare to get close to her. That's why I avoided Grandmother and came directly to Grandfather to make the decision for me."

"Well, you're being honest. Keep talking."

"After entering the city, my granddaughter saw the Third Prince riding beside us. I guess he saw the Wen family carriage and knew that Wen Wanying was sitting inside, so he wanted to create an encounter. My granddaughter didn't care and said those words..."

"What words?"

"My granddaughter said that Wen Wanying had a crush on my second cousin, but he rejected her and told her to stop being so obsessed with him."

"There's more, isn't that all I've said?"

"My granddaughter even provoked her, saying that she had used dirty tricks to get close to the Third Prince, and that she was actually unworthy of him. She then said without restraint that the Third Prince was nothing in her eyes, and that he was even less respectable than a servant in the palace."

"My granddaughter said she was vicious, offending the Marquis of Guanyong and Miss Shen, and harming my mother. The Third Prince must have heard everything. When my granddaughter and Wen Wanying fought and fell out of the carriage, the Third Prince ignored Wen Wanying who fell under the horse's hooves and just picked up the horse and left."