Raiders of the Duke and Duchess

Chapter 928: The Fierce Old Lady

Shangguan Shou choked, looked at Madam Ji, who had dressed up in a lavish manner, and said from head to toe, "I really disdain to attend this kind of reception banquet that is not worthy of being presented to the public." He sneered, "Since you were thinking of the reception banquet, why don't you just go into the city openly? Instead, you follow those unorthodox practices and hide in the dark to spy... Ha, with such mean behavior, what kind of reception banquet do you still want?"

When the old lady heard this, she could not stand it any longer. She rushed over with big strides, slammed the table, pointed at the other person's nose and scolded, "You old stubborn old man, who are you calling the villain who is practicing heresy?"

"Isn't it? Your Ji family has no other skills and only knows how to raise some messy poisonous insects. Isn't this a unorthodox practice... You can do anything but won't let others say anything. What's the reason?" The old man sneered and provoked, but his body was very honest. He crossed his arms across his chest and hid far away in a self-protective posture. After he finished speaking, he glanced at Ji Wuyan and smiled embarrassedly.

The old lady was also fierce. She leaned over the table and yelled at the old man, "Our Ji family has some unorthodox ways, but at least we can protect our descendants! Unlike your Shangguan family, who are all cowards. When something happened to their child, they asked a little girl to leave her hometown and come here alone to investigate!"

The old man choked. These words were actually quite harsh, but they were also the truth. He couldn't refute a single word. He just shrank his neck, muttered, and said nothing.

As the old lady was speaking, she became so angry that she seemed to have forgotten that they were in public. She almost slammed the table and yelled at the other party, "Look at yourself, how old is this girl? Can she handle all those past events? Where was you, her grandfather, when she was struggling? Now that the truth is out, you come... and you even ask the children to welcome you. Ha, you are not ashamed!" She was so excited that her saliva sprayed on Shangguan Shou's face.

Shangguan Shou was probably really feeling guilty, as he didn't even bother to wipe it. He just stared at it blankly, opened his mouth several times, but didn't say a word.

The servants looked at each other, and the timid ones dared not serve, and quietly stepped back a few steps to avoid them.

Ning Xiuyuan was also stunned, staring at this scene with his eyes wide open, only then did he realize that the old Patriarch Ji had been really kind to him in the past. Although he did hear that Madam Ji and Master Shangguan did not get along, he thought that they were both Patriarchs of the Shi Family, and they always maintained their status, so even if they did not like each other, they would not do anything that would damage their status.

Unexpectedly, this old lady... is really... tough.

He tilted his head and asked Ji Wuyan quietly, "Is it like this in the past?"

Ji Wuyan ate heartily with snacks in one hand and teacup in the other. It was rare to see the old man being humiliated, so she thought it was quite amusing. She just nodded indifferently when she heard the words. Only when she looked at the frightened servants did she persuade them, "Grandmother, you misunderstood grandfather. If he hadn't come to the palace to pay his respects to His Majesty today, I'm afraid I wouldn't have been able to leave the palace so easily."

Shangguan Shou straightened his neck when he heard it, straightened his back, and nodded vigorously, "That's right! If you don't know, don't talk nonsense, you short-sighted old woman! Besides, it's not me who wants to eat at the welcoming banquet, it's the children's kindness. Do you understand kindness? Can you just refuse kindness?"

"Coward!"

"The mouse is short-sighted!"

"Coward!"

"Sideways!"

It was a cold night after the rain, but the warm room was bustling with activity...

The servants, who had never seen such a scene before, shrank their necks in fear, fearing that they would be implicated, but could not resist their curiosity and secretly lifted their eyelids to watch the two respected elders spitting at each other like shrews scolding on the street. The rest of them were already used to it.

Ji Wuyan was really hungry. She ate by herself and turned back to ask Cen Yan, "Where's my brother? He's not at home so late. Are you socializing?"

Cen Yan shook his head and said he didn't know. Zi Qiu, who was carrying the dishes, heard this and said, "In the afternoon, the servant of the Shen family came to pick up some things that Miss Shen left here. Speaking of Miss Shen, she said she was a little tired in the past two days. Our master was probably worried about her, so he asked Old Chen to prescribe some tonic medicine and delivered it personally."

The fingertips pinching the pastry paused, and Ji Wuyan raised her eyebrows slightly. She knew her brother's temper. He was a young man who never allowed strangers to enter. Even if a woman fainted in front of him, he would step over her without changing his expression. Even if Luo Xin knew him, he would not personally deliver the medicine...

She held her chin up and her eyes moved around, finally landing on Ning Xiuyuan, smiling slyly like a fox, "It seems that this girl will finally have a sister-in-law..."

"Sister-in-law? What sister-in-law?" The two old people who were arguing with the childish child as if they were alone suddenly stopped, turned around and said in unison.

This was probably the first time in recent years that they said the same thing in unison. They both felt uncomfortable after blurting it out. They glared at each other, but were anxious about the "sister-in-law" Ji Wuyan mentioned. They couldn't wait to ask, "What sister-in-law? Where did this sister-in-law come from?"

The old lady knew more after all. She was surprised and happy, but she was not sure. She asked anxiously, "Is it Miss Shen?"

"Who is Shen girl?" The old man didn't know. Then he thought of the girl mentioned in the little girl's letter and asked, "Could it be... the little girl from Shen Dingtou's family?"

Ji Wuyan was in a very good mood. She raised her chin towards Shangguan Chu who strode in through the door and said, "Well, the real boss is back. You can ask him yourself!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Shangguan Chu, who had just walked in, saw the overwhelmingly enthusiastic gazes directed at him, so he turned around and ran away without hesitation.

"Hey!" The old man stood up quickly and hastily brought the cups on the table. The cups swung several times and then stopped steadily. The old man had already chased after him, shouting, "Stop right there, you bastard! Stop, stop!"

He just left the whole room full of people waiting to welcome him and chased after him in a hurry...

The old lady had been with the two children for a while, so she was mentally prepared. She was much calmer at the moment, but also had a sense of joy. She moved her stool to Ji Wuyan and asked quietly, "Is it true or not?"

Ji Wuyan poured some milk and pushed it over, and advised in a gentle voice, "I heard that you haven't slept well these days. Drink less tea at night and drink some milk. It will help you sleep."

The old lady was impatient and could not stand Ji Wuyan's evasive talk. She held her hand and asked anxiously, "Is it true or not? If you don't tell me, I won't be able to sleep today!" That boy is a difficult person. He is so old, looks good, and has a good background, but he hasn't found anyone he likes in all these years. Isn't that frustrating?
Ji Wuyan then nodded with a smile, "Yes...it's her."

The old lady heaved a sigh of relief, and felt refreshed...