Chapter 308 The Top Scholar 15

He leaned close to Ning Yan's ear and whispered something: ...

His face flushed red as soon as he finished speaking.

He was afraid Ning Yan would laugh at him, so he pressed her tightly against his shoulder and hugged her tightly, afraid that she would see his expression.

But Ning Yan still saw it; his ears were so red they looked like they were about to bleed.

Just as Wu Meng was secretly annoyed, the carriage suddenly stopped.

"Princess, this is the carriage of the Duke of Li's mansion."

"Who from the Duke of Li's mansion?"

Coachman: "Your Highness, it is Duke Li and Consort Shi."

Wu Meng's eyes were unfriendly. "He wouldn't still be hoping we'd go back to the Duke of Li's mansion to serve him tea, would he? Where does he get the nerve?"

He picked up the princess and placed her to sit down. "Princess, I'll go take a look."

Ning Yan stopped him. "They're the ones who stopped our carriage. I'm the ruler, and he's the subject. He should be the one to greet us. Why are you getting off?"

Wu Meng's anger suddenly dissipated.

However, he still couldn't sit in the car waiting for his father to arrive, since his aunt was also there.

"I'll send them away and be right back."

Ning Yan glanced at his pants casually. "Are you sure?"

Wu Meng blushed again.

"I'll wait a little longer."

After about fifteen minutes, the man took a deep breath, straightened his robe, and got off the carriage.

It's no use, absolutely no use. Perhaps he'll calm down once he leaves the carriage and the wind blows.

About fifteen minutes later, the man got back into the carriage, and the carriage continued towards the princess's residence.

Although Ning Yan didn't get out of the car, she heard the entire conversation between the three of them.

"Is there something you need, Father and Aunt, waiting here specifically for?"

Why didn't you return home today?

"How will you get back to the manor after entering the palace? Father, you don't mean to have the princess serve you tea, do you? I've always known you were bold, but I never knew you were this bold!"

"If the Emperor and Empress found out that the princess knelt there for you, do you think the plaque in your house would still be there tomorrow?"

In other words: Where did you get such a big face?

"Or would you and your wife like to kowtow to the princess?"

Ning Yan didn't see Wu Meng's expression at the time, but Aunt Shi found it very amusing, as if to say: Are you all so despicable?

Yes, she did laugh out loud.

Duke Liguo was so angry his face turned green. "You scoundrel! What kind of attitude is this? Don't forget, you are my son. What's wrong with your wife serving us tea?"

“There’s nothing wrong with it, but it would be wrong for my wife, who is a princess, to serve you tea, understand?”

Since you are my father, I'll remind you: the Emperor and Empress's love for the princess is genuine. If you displease the princess, I can't help you.

Anyway, the Duke of Liguo's mansion has long since declined, and taking back the title is just a matter of the emperor saying a word.

I advised my father against personally presenting the excuse to the Emperor.

The Duke of Liguo became honest.

She no longer mentioned having the princess serve tea at the Duke of Li's mansion, but instead tried to get closer to Wu Meng and build a relationship with him. Wu Meng didn't want to fall out with his father, after all, his aunt was still going to live at the Duke of Li's mansion.

The father and son exchanged a few more words before the Duke of Li left, still feeling resentful.

The carriage quickly returned to the princess's residence.

Ning Yan felt sleepy, so Wu Meng carried her into the bedroom to let her rest.

Ning Yan pulled the person back.

"Sleep with me."

Wu Meng: "...Hmm."

A quarter of an hour later, Wu Meng helped the princess with a simple wash, then took off his outer clothes and lay down in the quilt in only his inner clothes to warm the princess's bed.

Manage the government.

The Duke of Li returned home with a dark expression. Aunt Shi, not wanting to invite trouble, immediately went back to her own courtyard after returning to the mansion.

Her son was so successful; he not only became a great general but also the husband of the emperor's legitimate princess. As his mother, she could finally hold her head high.

In the past, the First Madam would cause trouble all day long, and she had to listen obediently and endure it. Now, even if the Duke wanted to curse, he would have to think carefully before choosing how loud to curse.

She now only hopes that the Duke will die soon so that the family can be divided and she can go to live in her son's Marquis's mansion.

Don't say she's vicious and cruel. If Wu Youming had done even the slightest thing that was right for her and her son, she wouldn't think this way.

She didn't enter the Duke of Li's mansion of her own volition, and she never intended to compete for favor in the inner courtyard. But Wu Youming was a womanizer, how could he let such a beauty go untouched?

He only visited her room a couple more times before the madam set her sights on him. Without even giving a reason, she started punishing him: deducting his monthly allowance, cutting back on his meals, making him kneel in the ancestral hall, copy Buddhist scriptures, or making him stand outside the madam's courtyard for three or four hours at a time. Her first child was lost because of her.

But that old man Wu Youming didn't care at all. He just waited for her to finish her postpartum period before he started to torment her. She lost three children that year, and she was gradually forgotten until a new woman came to the house.

They also spent more than two years living a peaceful life in the backyard.

Until one day, the old man got drunk, wandered into the wrong courtyard, and spent another night with her, which is how she became pregnant with her current husband, Wu Meng.

After the old woman left the next day, she never entered her courtyard again. The First Madam thought she was too old and past her prime to bother with her, and she rarely left her own courtyard. That's how she managed to keep the child a secret until she was over seven months pregnant. When the Madam found out, she tried to do a lot of things, but fortunately, she took good care of herself during her pregnancy, and the child was born safely.

However, the lady looked at her child as if he were an enemy. Of all the good names available, she chose the character "Meng" for her son, implying that the child was someone she had deceived everyone to obtain.

Actually, she was quite glad that the lady hadn't given the child a more lowly name, otherwise how would her son stand on his own two feet when he grew up?

For twenty-seven years in the Duke of Liguo's mansion, she was always hungry and poorly dressed, had to raise a young child, and had to deal with the constant torment from her wife. Only after her son became a great general did she feel like a human being.

Now, this old geezer wants to take advantage of his son, so he invited her out, thinking she would speak up for him.

You wish!

If it weren't for wanting to see her son, she wouldn't even leave the courtyard!

Now that she's over forty and her son is successful, she'd be at peace even if she died right now, and wouldn't care about Wu Youming's barking!

After being scolded by Concubine Shi, the Duke of Li returned to the main courtyard, and Madam Zhang came out to greet him. However, her face was a little dark. Her husband had taken his concubine out with him, just for that illegitimate son who was not presentable. How could she be happy?

"Wasn't it said that the princess would serve you tea? Where is the princess?"

Duke Liguo was already in a bad mood after being outside, and his wife was still making sarcastic remarks to him. He felt that his wife was only good at being jealous and was not worthy of his position as wife.

There was already a fire going on, and with someone fanning the flames nearby, just as a maid was serving tea, the Duke of Li picked up the hot tea and threw it directly at the First Madam's face. With a "crack," the teacup hit the ground, and the First Madam screamed in pain, but the Duke of Li ignored her and simply walked away.

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