Chapter 41 Do you really think that everything will be fine if you are with the princess?
After Xiao Ning finished bathing and changed into clean clothes, he said he wanted to go see the old marquis.
In this marquisate, only the old marquis treated the original owner with some sincerity. Since Xiao Ning was reborn by borrowing the original owner's body, he should be filial to the original owner.
"Then you have to wait until I finish combing your hair. Does the prince want to go out with his hair down?"
Yuzhu pushed Xiao Ning to sit in front of the dressing mirror and combed her black hair carefully with a comb.
She combed her hair into a bun, put on a jade crown, and matched it with a white jade hairpin of the same color. She also smoothed out the wrinkles on Xiao Ning's clothes and patted them.
Only then did he retreat with satisfaction.
Xiao Ning opened his arms, looked down, and said with a smile: "Yuzhu, you are so considerate. I really want to keep you by my side forever."
Yuzhu pouted and snorted, "Your Highness is always good at talking. If you really couldn't leave me, why would you leave me in the Marquis' Mansion to take care of the housework for you?"
Xiao Ning: "That's because I trust you. I don't trust others."
Yuzhu likes to hear this.
Which maid wouldn't like her master's affirmation of her loyalty?
She felt sweet in her heart and pushed Xiao Ning out with a smile, "My Lord, please hurry up. It will be dark soon and the old marquis will be asleep."
Now, when walking in the mansion, the maids and servants passing by would stop, salute respectfully and call him "Young Master" when they see Xiao Ning.
Arriving at the old marquis's courtyard, a maid saw her and came to greet her enthusiastically, "Master, are you here to see the old marquis?"
Xiao Ning nodded and followed the maid into the house.
The old marquis, who was lying on the bed with a dazed look in his eyes, gradually focused his gaze on Xiao Ning when he heard the word "grandfather".
"Is it Aning?"
Xiao Ning stepped forward and shook the old marquis's hand. "It's me, Grandfather. How have you been lately? Have you been eating well?"
The old marquis smiled. "All right, I'm fine. I heard someone say the other day that you were in the Jingji camp. Is that true?"
Xiao Ning nodded and said with a smile, "Of course it's true. My grandson won first place in the competition today. My boss praised me and said I took after you!"
"Really? Hahaha..."
The old marquis started coughing from laughing. Xiao Ning supported him and gently patted his back to help him breathe.
After taking a breath, the old marquis said, "Grandfather is not good enough, but your father was really good at that time! What a pity..."
The old marquis' eyes became cloudy. He didn't know what he was thinking about. He stared blankly into the void, with traces of tears in his eyes.
After a while, he just sighed softly.
"A Ning... it's fine just like this. You don't have to be as outstanding as your father."
"Grandfather has been ill for these years... Your grandmother and the others have treated you poorly. After Grandfather passes away, you... Don't be too harsh on her. We are a family... We are connected by our bones, and only by working together can the Xiao family... be better."
Xiao Ning lowered his eyes and tucked in the corner of the quilt for the old marquis, his expression unchanged: "Grandfather will surely live to be a hundred years old."
The old marquis looked at Xiao Ning, smiled and closed his eyes, "These words... are just to appease the old man. Living like this... I feel tired myself."
Xiao Ning also laughed: "No way, you haven't even held your great-grandson yet, are you willing to leave like this?"
Mentioning this, the old marquis shook his head, his eyelids trembling: "Grandfather has let you down... Grandfather was paralyzed too early, and they didn't care about your marriage..."
"Grandfather!" Xiao Ning held his hand. "Don't overthink it. Princess Duanhui is fine. The rumors are exaggerated. My grandson is very happy now."
"You're trying to trick me again... Never mind, never mind. I'm already half buried in the ground. I don't care what happens to you guys in the future..."
The grandfather and grandson talked for a while. Xiao Ning saw that the old marquis looked tired, so he stood up and tucked his hands under the quilt. He leaned over to his ear and whispered, "Grandfather, take a rest. I'll come to see you again in a few days."
The old marquis responded vaguely, his eyelids beginning to twitch.
Xiao Ning looked around the room and found that there was nothing missing. It was a hot summer day, but there was ice in the room, so there was no heat at all and the temperature was just right.
Xiao Ning left the house. The maid who had led the way was in the corridor. She waved and the maid came over.
"Did the prince give any instructions?"
Xiao Ning asked, "Who has been coming to the old marquis's place more frequently recently?"
The maid thought for a moment, "The old lady comes here quite often, and several masters and ladies come to pay their respects every now and then, and the young masters and young ladies come here quite often too."
Xiao Ning waved his hand, signaling the maid to leave.
This family is really...
Xiao Ning put his hands on his hips and looked up at the sky, then laughed angrily.
Now that she was no longer easy to deal with and had Princess Duanhui to protect her, they turned their attention to the old marquis.
Do you think that if she cares about the old marquis and complains to him, she will wipe the slate clean for the old marquis's sake, treat them like treasures again, and allow them to have whatever they want?
Don’t you see that the old man is at his age and in such a poor condition that he still has the mind to worry about these messy things?
As soon as Xiao Ning walked out of the old marquis's yard, he ran into the old lady and Shen.
When she saw Xiao Ning, the old lady's expression became sinister.
"Xiao Ning, you really are such a good person! You are disobedient, unfilial, and disrespectful to your elders! Do you really think that everything will be fine if you are with Princess Duanhui?"
Xiao Ning: “…”
No way, she hasn't even started any trouble with them yet, and they're already looking for her?
Xiao Ning folded his arms and leaned against the wall behind him. "Then tell me, how have I been disobedient and unfilial, and how have I disrespected my elders?"
Shen supported the old lady and smiled at Xiao Ning, looking weak and frail. "Sanlang, as a junior, you should come to see the old lady when you return home. But you haven't gone to see her in the few times you've come back. If this gets out..."
"Aunt likes to spread rumors, right? Go ahead, I'm a thick-skinned nephew. I've heard all sorts of bad things in my life."
"Oh, by the way, Auntie, is Chunlei still alive? Hiss... He's injured like that, it must cost a lot of money. Auntie is so kind, I wonder if you can help him."
"Two years ago, a maid drugged my soup, and the servant drank it secretly. Fortunately, not much was consumed, so no one died. Hmm... Aunt, can you guess what the maid said to my nephew at the time?"
"And... a few years ago, my nephew and his friends went horse racing in the suburbs. The horses lost control, and my nephew fell off, nearly breaking his legs..."
"Aunt, why don't you guess, was this an accident or was it intentional?"
The smile on Shen's face disappeared completely.
She only felt fear. Was this still the same useless idiot she used to play with?
Why does she know so much?
Could it be that she'd been playing dumb to get her to let down her guard? Her lust for men was probably just a cover...
So, after all her scheming, she was nothing but a clown in front of her nephew, right?
How old was Xiao Ning back then? He was so cunning...
It was a bright, hot summer day, but Shen felt cold all over.
But that voice sounded again like a ghost.
"Aunt, if my story were to spread, which version would be more popular, yours or mine?"
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