Chapter 102: Apology 1
"Has anyone come back?"
As soon as the servant came back, Yuan Zhen couldn't wait to ask before he had a chance to speak.
"Sir, he's back." The boy replied, "Young Master said he'll be back soon after changing his clothes."
Yuan Zhen naturally knew Yuan Jin's character. Upon hearing this, he slammed the teacup in his hand onto the table with a bang and cursed, "This rebellious son will die in that wine jar sooner or later!"
It was obvious that he was very angry, and even the servant who was lowering his head beside him shuddered.
But the person in question was completely clueless and just washed up and changed his clothes casually before walking in nonchalantly.
The weather was not hot, but he insisted on holding a fan in his hand, which made Yuan Zhen even more angry.
“Zu…ah!”
Before he could finish his words, he had just stepped in when a flying teacup hit his shoulder, and the clothes he had just changed into were stained with tea leaves.
Before Yuan Jin could figure out what was going on, he heard his grandfather's angry voice, "Get down on your knees, you idiot!"
He knelt down reflexively, Yuan Jin still confused as to why he suddenly got so angry.
His bewildered look added fuel to the fire. Yuan Zhen was so angry that he ignored his manners and stepped forward and kicked him hard twice.
After being kicked like this, Yuan Jin came back to his senses. The pain from the place where he was kicked made him feel wronged and angry. "Grandfather, what are you doing? Why are you angry with me for no reason?"
Hearing his words, Yuan Zhen was so angry that he laughed. He snorted coldly and turned to the servant beside him and said, "Open the ancestral hall. Today I will teach this unfilial son a lesson!"
After saying this, he ignored everyone's surprised expressions and said, "Go to the south chamber and watch over Zhao Fang. Don't let her go to the ancestral hall."
Zhao Fang is Yuan Jin's mother and is very doting on Yuan Jin.
The servant responded, turned around and quickly walked out.
Opening the ancestral hall was equivalent to being punished by the family rules, and the family rules of the Yuan family were very strict. Yuan Jin had only seen the ancestral hall opened once in his life, and his uncle had one leg broken at that time.
Thinking of the scene at that time, Yuan Jin's face turned pale. He knelt down and grabbed Yuan Zhen's pants, and said in tears: "Grandfather, why? What did I do?"
Yuan Zhen shook off Yuan Jin's hand, snorted coldly, and walked away, heading towards the ancestral hall.
Before leaving, he asked Yuan Lang to keep an eye on Yuan Jin and not let him run away.
"Brother, how did I offend grandfather?" Yuan Jin looked up and asked Yuan Lang again, with panic and fear on his face.
Yuan Lang sighed and said, "Think about what you did today?"
"I didn't do anything..." He shook his head reflexively, but suddenly remembered what happened in the afternoon, "Could it be because of that..."
His face turned even paler and beads of sweat broke out at his temples. Yuan Jin swallowed and opened his mouth again and again, but not a word came out.
Seeing him like this, Yuan Lang shook his head, a flash of disgust in his eyes, "I have told you before, don't hang out with your bad friends, don't do those things that bully men and women, but you didn't listen, now you have offended the wrong people."
The two are half brothers. After Yuan Lang's mother passed away, Yuan Lang's father remarried and had Yuan Jin.
Yuan Lang has always disliked Yuan Jin's actions and felt disgusted with them. He has advised him many times, but he just wouldn't listen.
People who should not be provoked...
Yuan Jin frowned, but he saw that Ji Zheng's identity token showed that he was just a fifth-rank official, not someone he should not mess with.
Seeing the thoughts on Yuan Jin's face, Yuan Lang was speechless and explained, "The man you offended today is called Ji Zheng, a new noble in the court. Although his official position is not high, he is very favored by the emperor. He just passed the exam this year and was promoted two levels in half a year."
After a pause, he added, "Do you know about fireworks? He made them. The gunpowder that intimidated the foreign envoys a few days ago was also made by him. These two things alone are enough to make him famous in history. It is no exaggeration to say that he has made great achievements."
With every word Yuan Lang said, Yuan Jin's face turned paler. After hearing the last sentence, he collapsed to the ground, with cold sweat dripping down his temples onto the ground.
His lips trembled, and after a long while he said weakly: "But no matter what, my grandfather is still the prime minister..."
Yuan Lang was so angry at such a stupid person that he cursed: "Have you eaten your brain like a snack? You can't figure this out? Grandfather is seventy-nine this year. How many more years can he be the prime minister? Ji Zheng is one year younger than you..."
After listening to Yuan Lang's analysis, Yuan Jin felt as if he had been hit on the head and his head was buzzing.
With a heavy sigh, he told the people around him to keep an eye on Yuan Jin, and Yuan Lang also left. He originally wanted to talk to his grandfather today about supporting Lin Yu as the principal wife, but looking at the current situation, he estimated that it would not work, and his disgust for Yuan Jin increased a little more.
Of course, in addition to Yuan Jin, who was punished by the family rules, there were also two other young masters from the Shangshu Mansion who were waiting to be punished with gloomy faces.
At night, there were only a few pedestrians walking on the quiet street.
A horse-drawn carriage slowly stopped at the door of Ji Zheng's house.
The curtain was opened by a hand. Looking in the direction of the hand, the person who came out was Yuan Lang. After getting off the carriage in two or three steps, he turned around and shouted impatiently at Yuan Jin who was still dawdling in the carriage: "Why don't you get off yet?"
"I'm coming, I'm coming, big brother, don't rush me, my butt hurts!" Yuan Jin shouted with a grin and slowly moved out of the carriage.
He had changed into a new set of clothes, his eyes were red and swollen, and his face was tightened with every step he took. The most important thing was that his right hand was hung in front of his chest with gauze, which seemed to be broken.
"You should know what to say when you go in later." Yuan Lang instructed.
The expression on his face was very ugly and he was in a very unhappy mood.
Come to think of it, no one would be in a good mood if they had to clean up a messy stall late at night.
What's more, Yuan Lang had finally cleared up the misunderstanding with her husband, and they have been spending a lot of time talking sweet nothings to each other and wanting to stick together every day. On this beautiful night, she should be at home enjoying the warmth of her husband instead of cleaning up the mess for an annoying person.
He urged again impatiently.
Yuan Jin finally got off the carriage and was about to knock on the door when two carriages slowly drove over from the distance.
The carriage also stopped at the door of Ji Zheng's house.
Yuan Lang also roughly guessed who it was.
Sure enough, the people who came out of the carriage were Minister Zhang and his son, and Minister Chen and his son.
The two young masters no longer had the arrogance they had during the day. Compared with Yuan Jin, it could be said that they were even worse.
The three of them looked at each other, their faces twitched, and their expressions became very gloomy.
Yuan Lang, Minister Chen, and Shangshu Zhang greeted each other, all with expressions of disappointment at not being able to make it.
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