Raiders of the Duke and Duchess

Chapter 949 The Conflict of the Chen Family

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Ji Wuyan shook his head and pressed his temples, then knitted his brows. He was disgusted by this fellow's beating around the bush and trying to appear righteous and self-righteous. He raised his eyebrows and asked him with a mischievous smile, "Third Master, I'm afraid... it's not very suitable, right? I remember there is a yard not far from here in the southeast corner. It was originally chosen by my brother. It is large and bright, but there is a Pixiu in the yard. My brother was worried that he couldn't control it and would ruin his fortune, so he moved it to the east. I think that since Third Master is in a high position and has great power, he shouldn't have such worries."

Ning Xiuyuan was so proud that he would not admit in front of his servants that he was afraid of these supernatural things. Besides, he had no taboos. So he shook his head calmly and said shamelessly, "Mr. Chen asked me to take good care of you. That yard is too far away, I am worried." Then he pointed towards the house and ordered the servants who lowered their heads and pretended to be distracted but obviously couldn't help but be curious and gossiping, "Why are you still standing there? Are you waiting for me to invite you to have tea and give you money?"

The servants hurriedly carried the boxes into the house.

The room on the east side was not big to begin with, so it was fine if someone was staying there temporarily, but Ji Wuyan saw the huge scene and thought Aunt Ning was going to pack up and send her youngest son over. It would be easier to send him away in the future! She rubbed her temples and felt a headache, "Third Master, are you really not going to consider it again? I'm afraid you won't be used to living in such a small room?"

The little girl would only call him "Third Master" when she was being sarcastic or had a hidden meaning, and she would always call him "you". Ning Xiuyuan, however, pretended not to know, rolled up his sleeves and walked up the stairs, standing behind her without saying anything, pressing her temples, and said in a gentle voice, "Look. I noticed that you seemed to have a severe headache just now... You are the worst at taking care of yourself, and the maids and servants around you are all careless, how can I feel at ease living so far away?"

Ji Wuyan suddenly gasped - shameless! A man who lied with his eyes open! Why did Ning Xiuyuan have a headache? Ji Wuyan glared at Xi An who was obviously watching the fun from the side and rolled his eyes, "Xi An, you have become a bad person recently. If I didn't know that Xi Yu went out to do errands for me, I would have suspected that you two had changed your minds."

Miss Ji said this in a gentle and slow manner like a cat, and Xi An felt a chill down his spine instantly - Miss Ji, you can't be so harmful! You can't bear to let your master lose face and prestige in front of those servants, so you are trying your best to do something bad to him?

He stared at Ning Xiuyuan's eyes, and hurriedly shook his head to say no, then smiled awkwardly and explained, "Young lady, please don't tease me. I am an eyesore here because I just got a piece of news that you would like to know, so I dared to wait and tell you as soon as possible."

Ning Xiuyuan's technique of pressing the temple was excellent, and the strength was moderate. Ji Wuyan leaned against the backrest and squinted sleepily. After hearing the words, he raised his eyelids and looked over, asking with a dull look, "What news?"

Xi An glanced at Ning Xiuyuan tentatively, and seeing that the other party had retracted his gaze and frowned as if he didn't want to hear anything, he trotted up the stairs, bent down, and called out, "Miss, I just happened to pass by the inn, guess what?" Ji Wuyan tilted her head and looked at the man in front of her quietly, then suddenly stretched out her hand towards his face. Before her fingertips touched the other party, Ning Xiuyuan slapped her in the face, "Just talk, why are you touching me? What a bad habit!" After saying that, he looked up and glared at Xi An.

Xi An was also frightened and quickly took a step back to protect himself. He knew what kind of person his master was - she was a jealous person. He was afraid that whatever Miss Ji touched with her hand would be chopped off. Looking at the trend of that hand just now, he was afraid that his head would be in danger.

Ji Wuyan was completely unaware of the other party's fear and trepidation. She laughed and explained, "It's rare to see the serious Xi An being so gossipy. I just wanted to see if it was Xi Yu wearing a human skin mask..."

Xian choked, and with a serious expression, he secretly swore that next time he saw Miss Ji, he would keep an arm's length away from her. Most importantly, no matter when and where, there must be no obvious expression on his face. He then went to chop a wooden stake and look at it in the mirror every day to learn the essence of it!
He was filled with fear, and he quickly flipped his eyelids to look at Ning Xiuyuan, then he said with a blank expression, "To reply to Miss Ji, I am indeed Xi An, you don't have to doubt me. The news I want to tell you is that I heard from the inn that the old Patriarch of the Chen family and the second elder had a quarrel, and it was quite fierce."

The gossip was told in a dull voice, which sounded a bit strange. But this was indeed good news that he had hoped to hear. Ji Wuyan finally sat up from the recliner, propped up his chin and looked at the other party with some interest, "Did you see how the quarrel was going on?"

Xi An nodded and continued to describe the gossip he had seen in a straightforward manner, "They pulled each other's hair and tore each other's clothes. The younger generation tried to persuade them to stop, but they couldn't do anything. Oh, they also called each other shameless, old, and ambitious... As for the rest, I thought it was not appropriate to stay too long, so I didn't watch any more, but it was basically the same."

The two elders, who were over 150 years old in total, were also among the most respected elders in the clan. They were ripping each other's clothes and hair in a quarrel... It was a complete loss of face and prestige. How many younger generations of the Chen family would be willing to listen to such elders in the future? I didn't see such a big show, and it would be too boring to retell it. What a pity... What a pity. She propped up her chin, her eyes moved, and grinned, "I really want to join in the fun..."

Before he finished speaking, he was tapped on the head. Ning Xiuyuan joked, exposing someone's secret actions, "Aren't you joining in the fun? The news that was sent to the Gu family in an emergency over 800 miles must be the news that Chen Jiahui's engagement was broken off, right?" The Gu family is also a hungry wolf that can never be fed. The reason why they targeted the daughter of the second branch of the Chen family is just to climb up to the royal family through the marriage relationship between the Chen family and the royal family.

Ji Wuyan did not refute. He smiled and was in a very good mood. "It's a little early for these two from the Chen family to quarrel... There is a reason why the second elder has to be inferior to others for so many years... He is too impatient." He thought that Chen Jiahui's marriage was ruined, and the second branch had married into the Gu family. From then on, the entire Chen family would be under the control of his second branch. However, once the news spread to Jiangnan, the Gu family would probably regret the engagement immediately.