Chapter 712: Disaster (Part 2)

Xu Siyu, who was usually calm, almost jumped up and down after hearing this.

"This is something you can't control. It's too ridiculous!" His face turned pale. "What did you say to the eldest princess? Who else was there at the time? Did you pass any notes or something? There are so many people who were selected. If your story is spread by someone with ulterior motives, the selected ones may not take it to heart. Those who were not selected may be angry and blame you. If the eldest princess and her husband live well, it's what they deserve. If not, maybe even the princess will blame you. You are a typical case of getting a loss but getting nothing to show for it!"

"Second brother, you are thinking too complicated." Qin Ge'er sat down on the armchair beside him with a nonchalant look. "Everything has its good and bad sides. It all depends on how you deal with it. Second brother's words certainly make sense, but maybe there are still people who are thinking about the relationship between me and the eldest princess?"

At this point, he suddenly asked Xu Siyu with great interest, "Second brother, you say, the eldest princess dares to think about choosing her own prince consort. If the prince consort marries the eldest princess in the future, won't he have to act according to her wishes?"

Xu Siyu saw that he was not in any danger at all, and couldn't help but laugh and cry. "How many people have you met, and you want to help the princess choose a husband? What if you make a mistake? What will happen to the princess? Listen to my second brother's advice. You have been beaten and hurt for the princess. I think you should take this opportunity to return to the job of the Grand Duke. In this way, you can also do your best for the princess..."

Before he could finish his words, Jian Ge'er shouted, "What do you mean by being beaten and hurt? It was Chen Ji who was beaten, okay?" Then he said, "Second brother, I know you are doing this for my own good. But since I promised the eldest princess, what kind of person would I be if I quit halfway? Don't you know what kind of people those selected concubines are?"

As he spoke, a bit of anger appeared on his face. "There is a man who looks decent, but he has studied with a teacher for ten years, but he can't even recognize a few big characters. Tell me, if such a man is really allowed to marry the princess, then it would be better for the princess to remain a widow." Xu Siyu was shocked when he heard this: "Impossible! The selection of a son-in-law must be approved by the Ministry of Rites..."

"Don't mention the Ministry of Rites!" Jiange'er interrupted Xu Siyu angrily, "That guy is the nephew of a doctor in the Ministry of Rites. I don't know what he did to pass his name to the Empress. The eldest princess is our cousin after all, how can we let her suffer such an injustice! I was thinking of finding an opportunity to find trouble with this doctor, it's like a toad wanting to eat swan meat!"

It is hard to imagine how a doctor who only cares about etiquette could pass on his nephew's name to the Empress. Xu Siyu was even more reluctant to let his son interfere in this matter.

"Since this is the case, why don't we find Prince Yong? He is the eldest princess's brother and is in a high position. It will definitely be a hundred times or a thousand times better to have him involved than to go through all this trouble." He considered, "If you do this, it's okay if the candidate is in Yanjing, but if it's in Shandong or Shaanxi, how can you handle it? It will be bad if you make a mistake with the eldest princess!"

Qin Geer listened with a thoughtful look on his face. Xu Siwei came. "Ying Niang, why are you here so early?"

When he saw his wife, he hurriedly helped her to sit on the armchair beside him and whispered, "Didn't I tell you to have someone pass on the message as soon as there is any news? You keep running around like this. It will be troublesome if you get pregnant." Then he greeted Xu Siyu, "Second brother is here too?" He said to Qin Ge'er, "I thought about it all night yesterday. This matter caused such a big fuss - you were fighting in the city, there is no guarantee that you won't be recognized. And it alarmed the people from Shuntian Prefecture and Wucheng Military Department, so it can't be concealed. You might as well go and pay your respects to mother and grandmother later. I will go to find my third brother to think of a way to go through Shuntian Prefecture and Wucheng Military Department and let them help to testify. They will say that those people came with a fierce force and caused the conflict..."

This is also a solution! Xu Siyu listened and nodded slightly, and the way he looked at Xu Siyi was also a little different from before: "I came back in a hurry, and I haven't had time to go to Shuntian Prefecture and Wucheng Bingmasi. If I ask my third brother to come forward, I wonder if he can get it? Otherwise, talk to my fifth uncle? My fifth uncle is a veteran in the Imperial Guard. Most of the people in Wucheng Bingmasi are my fifth uncle's former colleagues. My fifth uncle should be very familiar with them. People from Shuntian Prefecture and Wucheng Bingmasi often deal with each other. There must be someone in Wucheng Bingmasi who is familiar with people from Shuntian Prefecture."

Xu Siyu was stunned at first, then showed an obscure expression. Xu Siyu and Yingniang didn't know the story.

When the two met, one thought Xu Siye was uncomfortable because his ideas were not fully adopted, and the other thought Xu Siye was uncomfortable because he was afraid that he would not be able to communicate with his fifth uncle and could not say it clearly... Just as he was about to speak to persuade him, Xu Siye's eyes flashed with determination, and he quickly made a decision: "Okay, I'll go find my fifth uncle now!"

"I'd better go!" said Jian Ge'er, "I can talk to Uncle Wu about it. When father finds out, he will have someone to help him."

This matter is not something that can be resolved by winning the battle. Since Chen Ji is the son of the Governor of the Grand Canal, his family also has people in the court.

After being beaten like that by him, I will definitely not be able to swallow this anger. Even if his identity cannot be found, my father will definitely find out if he makes a fuss. It is better to prepare for the rainy day than to face my father's anger at that time.

Besides, Fifth Brother and Fifth Uncle have never gotten along well. Instead of making Fifth Brother embarrassed about his own affairs, it would be better for him to go there in person, which would both express his sincerity and help Fifth Brother out of his predicament.

"That's a good idea!" Yingniang was afraid that Xu Siyu would continue to insist, so she told Xu Siyu about the father and daughter who bought and sang for him. "Let's put our grandmother and mother at ease first."

Xu Siyi was a little surprised by his wife's irrelevant answer, but Jianger had already stood up decisively and said, "I think this matter should be settled like this?"

As he spoke, his eyes fell on Xu Siyu, as if asking him if this was okay. Time waits for no one. We must first pass this hurdle.

Xu Siyu nodded immediately: "Then I will go back to my room to change clothes. You should also wash up and go to greet mother and grandmother first, and it will not be too late to go find fifth uncle later." Jian Ge'er nodded, and everyone went back to their rooms.

Although Xu Siyu had come up with a pretty good plan for him, Jiangeer still had his eyes peeled. He waited until three quarters past the hour, when Shiyi Niang was greeting the Madam, and then hurried over to the Madam.

"I slept late yesterday, so I got up late today." He looked sleepy. "I'm sorry, grandmother and mother." Xu Lingyi and Xu Sizhen had already gone to the outer courtyard. Eleventh Lady, Fifth Lady and others were all shocked by the wound on the corner of his mouth, so they didn't bother to investigate other matters.

"Who did this?" The lady immediately took Jian'er's hand and asked, "Where are those guards? Are they just for free?"

Her face was tightly bound, without a trace of smile in her eyes. Although her voice was not loud, it was very serious. She was no longer the usual kind-hearted old lady, but exuded the majesty of someone who had been in a high position for a long time. Not only Jin Ge'er was surprised, but Shiyi Niang, Xu Siyu and others were also very surprised.

"It's okay, it's okay!" Jian Ge'er hurriedly comforted the lady, "I was careless and got hit. The guards didn't expect it."

"What exactly is going on?" the lady asked solemnly, "Where is the person who beat him? Has he been tied up?"

In the first sentence he asked what happened, and in the second sentence he asked whether the person who beat people had been tied up. Even before he heard what happened, it was clear that he already had a scale in his heart.

Xu Siyu breathed a sigh of relief.

As long as the old lady believed that what they said was true, she would automatically think that the person who beat him was Chen Ji. Even if my father knew about it, he would have to think twice before dealing with Jiange'er because of the old lady.

"Sixth brother did a good thing yesterday!" Xu Siyu suddenly spoke, and everyone in the room looked at him. "Yesterday I was going to Chunxi Tower to clean up after my classmates. Halfway there, I saw people fighting there..."

He told a story in a vivid voice. No one doubted it. Firstly, it was because the storyteller was the always calm Xu Siyu. Secondly, there were many strange things in the world, and even in Yanjing, there were people who didn't know the immensity of the world.

Before Xu Siyu finished his story, the lady had already hugged Jiange'er, feeling extremely distressed: "My dear, you have been wronged. There is such an unreasonable person. You tried to persuade them to reconcile, but you were beaten."

Then he instructed Aunt Du, "Pass my message on. Anyone who helps the Sixth Young Master beat someone up will be rewarded five taels of silver. Tell them that when they follow the master out, they should share the master's worries. This is how it should be from now on." He added, "Go and ask that father and daughter who sings where they are from. If they are willing, we will give them some silver to make a gift so that they can return home, and it will be worthwhile for them to meet our Brother Jian." Finally, he said, "Go and tell Chief Steward Bai to ask him to invite an imperial physician to see Brother Jian." Aunt Du smiled and agreed.

Eleventh Lady looked at her son with warm eyes: "Are you hurt anywhere else?"

"No, no!" The heart of the young man finally settled down. The second brother was really amazing. He never lied, but when he lied, he was really deadly. "If I hadn't been careless, no one would have been able to hit me!" He said, still puffing out his chest like before.

Everyone laughed. The lady kept Jian'er by her side and said, "When the doctor comes, I'll ask Zhihong to make medicine for you." Then she said to Shiyi Niang and the others, "It's almost the New Year, you all go and do your own things! We'll give Yu'er a feast tonight."

Xu Siyu still had a lot of things to do today, so he immediately said "yes" with a smile, and excused himself on the pretext that his classmates were leaving. Then the others also left, leaving only Chen Ge'er and Cheng Ge'er, who stared at Jian Ge'er with wide eyes, as if he had suddenly grown a horn on his head.

"Sixth brother, let's have a fight!" Chen Ge'er pulled Jian Ge'er aside, "Let's see how many people I can beat!"

Just as Jian'er was worrying about not being able to find an excuse to look for Xu Lingkuan, he immediately pulled Chen'er to the yard.