The sound of "bang" startled both Mrs. Zhen and Liang Wenyin.
They have never seen their husbands/grandfathers so angry...
For a moment, even Mrs. Zhen began to hesitate.
Ye Shuo, however, turned a deaf ear to it and did not take it to heart at all. He did not care if his adoptive father was angry, let alone a mere tutor.
"Don't pay attention to him, Master's wife, please continue talking."
Perhaps it was the Ninth Prince's calmness that gave Madam Zhen confidence. Madam Zhen was not the kind of person who could not distinguish the important from the trivial. Compared with her husband's momentary anger and her granddaughter's lifelong happiness, the latter was obviously more important.
So Mrs. Zhen settled down again.
The Grand Tutor was fuming and glaring for a long time, and found that no one paid any attention to him. Only his granddaughter looked at him hesitantly and worriedly from time to time. But his granddaughter was obviously not the one who made the decision, which meant that his anger was in vain and had no effect at all.
But the Grand Tutor really didn't dare to leave. At least he could keep an eye on things here. Once he left, who knows what shocking words the Ninth Prince might say. What if his wife and granddaughter were really led astray by him?
The Master had never felt so aggrieved in his life.
There was nothing he could do, no one listened to him, and in the end he could only sit down again feeling frustrated.
Madam Zhen paused for a moment, as if she had discovered some new world. An idea crossed her mind unconsciously -
It turns out that there are times when my husband is helpless...
The Grand Tutor didn't understand why someone would be interested in the affairs of a girl. What man would have such a hobby? Looking at the Ninth Prince who moved a stool and sat there, listening with gusto, occasionally interrupting and expressing his opinions, the Grand Tutor couldn't help but take a deep breath.
Tsk, he won't leave even though I told him to. He's really used to it. Ye Shuo couldn't help but curl his lips.
Soon, Mrs. Zhen told the whole story.
It turns out that Miss Wen Yin's marriage was arranged by her tutor since she was a child.
Upon hearing this, Ye Shuo could no longer hold back and started to complain: "There are two children, and we can't tell anything yet. Why do you decide on a date so early? What if the children grow up to be bad?" With Taifu's personality, he would probably keep his promise even if the children grow up to be bad. Isn't this just pushing his own children into the fire pit in vain?
It is really not advisable to arrange a marriage or make a marriage contract at a young age.
The Grand Tutor was immediately unhappy: "There are countless people in the world who act like this. Are they all wrong?"
Ye Shuo thought without hesitation: "When does having more people mean it is right?"
The two looked at each other, neither of them giving in, and soon turned their heads away.
Mrs. Zhen continued.
The boy was a few years older than Liang Wenyin. At that time, the two families agreed to wait until the young master of the Cao family came of age. Coincidentally, Liang Wenyin also came of age, and then the two families would immediately fulfill the marriage contract.
Now the agreed day is almost here, and the young master of the Cao family is about to come of age, but something happened in the meantime that has bothered Madam Zhen to this day.
It wasn't a big deal. It was just two years ago, when Wen Yin was fourteen years old, the young master of the Cao family gave Wen Yin a hairpin on her birthday.
After all, they are an engaged couple, and nowadays the separation between men and women is not as strict as imagined. As long as young men and women do not give or receive things privately and their parents are present, it is not a big deal for them to give each other gifts.
But the bad thing was that when Madam Zhen went to visit Cao's house later, she accidentally saw Mr. Cao's cousin who was staying at the house. She also had a hairpin in her hair that was almost exactly the same as the one on her granddaughter's head.
After a little inquiry, Mrs. Zhen found out that it was also sent by the young master of the Cao family. Since that day, Mrs. Zhen couldn't help but grumble in her heart. At first, she always felt that there was something going on between her future granddaughter's husband and her cousin, but there was no substantial evidence, and there were not even any rumors. Gradually, Mrs. Zhen couldn't help but become suspicious.
Could it be that I really misunderstood?
Seeing his wife bring this up again, the Grand Tutor couldn't help but speak up: "It's just a hairpin, why are you ladies so particular about it?"
Ye Shuo had a different opinion: "Taifu, what you said is wrong. Hairpins are women's personal belongings. If close sisters borrow them from each other, it's fine. But who wants others to have the same things as themselves?"
"It would be fine if they didn't know each other, and it would be awkward at best if they met. But it happened to be a birthday gift for Wen Yin's niece, and it was given by the same person. This young master of the Cao family is really too rude."
The key point is that it was made by one person, and it’s a birthday gift. Who wouldn’t be disgusted?
"Does he think that niece Wen Yin can share everything with others? Can she just give anything away?"
The Grand Tutor couldn't help but frown when he heard this: "You are just taking advantage of the situation, how can it be so serious?"
Madam Zhen beside her had her eyes slightly lit up: "Yes, yes, that's what I mean."
Every time she told her husband about this, he would say she was narrow-minded. Today, finally someone agreed with her.
Mrs. Zhen previously thought that she was being pretentious, but now it seems that it is not the case.
Seeing that Liang Wenyin next to him hadn't said anything, Ye Shuo couldn't help but turn around and ask, "What about you? After hearing about this, do you feel uncomfortable?"
Liang Wenyin hesitated for a moment and nodded: "Yes, I am a little... not very happy."
"It's right that you're unhappy. You did nothing wrong in this matter." Ye Shuo made the final decision, which made the tutor next to him very angry.
Ye Shuo didn't even look at him, and then asked: "What happened next? Did you go to ask that Master Cao?"
Although Liang Wenyin looks a little weak, she is, after all, a delicate young lady who was raised in the Taifu Mansion since childhood, so she will naturally speak out when she is unhappy.
So she said, "Yes, but... but he said I was unreasonable, and said I was jealous..."
When she said the latter part, Liang Wenyin obviously hesitated for a moment. It was obvious that she had reflected on herself. The shame in her eyes proved that she also felt that it was her own problem.
In the eyes of the Taifu, it was just unreasonable, but the word "jealous" was too strong, and the Taifu was a little unhappy to hear it.
Ye Shuo was basically certain that this man named Cao was most likely a scumbag.
He couldn't argue or felt guilty so he just put the blame on the woman. This is what the scumbag did.
"Was he very angry at the time? Was he very loud? Was he a little angry?"
Liang Wenyin recalled it and nodded hurriedly: "Yes, yes, yes."
Ye Shuo: “…”
This familiar operation was very familiar to Ye Shuo, a veteran who had been in the business for many years.
When a man feels guilty, he tends to use anger to cover up himself. There's nothing you can do about it. Who made you hit his sore spot?
Of course, this alone is not enough, Ye Shuo continued to ask: "What else, is there anything else?"
Otherwise...
Madam Zhen thought for a moment and continued, "I didn't hear anything about it afterwards. It was just that Yin'er saw the young master of the Cao family punishing the servants in his yard a few times. I heard that he was quite harsh and even drew blood..."
The Taifu next to him couldn't help but snorted coldly: "Women's kindness."
The Grand Tutor felt that women were not good enough, they were soft-hearted and confused. But why couldn't he be beaten if the servant had dirty hands and feet?
The statements of the Grand Tutor and Madam Zhen were almost completely opposite, but Ye Shuo could hear something different, so he asked, "Grand Tutor, how did you know that your servant made a mistake? You were not there at the time, and you didn't see it."
The Grand Tutor answered casually: "Of course, the young master of the Cao family told me."
Ye Shuo couldn't help but sigh: "Look, one was seen by niece Wen Yin herself, and the other was explained to you by Cao."
Between the two, even a fool knows which one is more reliable, right?
Upon hearing this, the Grand Tutor was stunned for a moment.
But the Grand Tutor still didn't believe these things were true. Liang Wenyin was his granddaughter. His eldest daughter died early, leaving behind only this daughter. How could he not love her?
So when choosing a husband for her, the Taifu carefully selected the Cao family.
"The Cao family has a clean and upright family tradition for generations. There is a family motto that a man can take a concubine only after he is 40 and has no children."
Ye Shuo shook his head: "Don't believe all rumors. Bad bamboo can produce good bamboo shoots, so how can good bamboo shoots not produce bad bamboo? This can only prove that the Cao family is good, not that Mr. Cao is good." If he really took a concubine, could the Cao family still kick him out of the house because of this? Think about it, Mr. Cao is the Cao family's biological son.
The Grand Tutor added, "I have met Young Master Cao many times. He is truly a gentleman, very polite, and a man who knows when to advance and when to retreat." The Grand Tutor has been watching over him all these years, as he is also afraid that his grandson-in-law might grow up to be a bad person.
Ye Shuo shook his head again: "You can only know a person's face but not his heart. You are the current Taifu, a first-rank official. Except for me, everyone in the younger generation is polite when they see you. Doesn't my third brother have to bow to you when he sees you? He is the crown prince."
Ye Shuo has been a man for two lifetimes, and he knows very well that if you want to understand a man's character, you can't just look at how he behaves when he is in glory. When he is in glory, everyone can pretend, and it is really not difficult. The real way to understand a man's character is to look at his bottom line when he is down and out.
If the other person can maintain his status quo, or has not fallen too far, then even if he is a bad person, he is not that bad.
So it’s not enough to just hear about it, you have to try it yourself.
After all, it’s someone’s lifelong happiness, how can you treat it so lightly?
However, the Grand Tutor beside him was almost mad at him. It turned out that the Ninth Prince himself knew that the prince had no manners at all on his side!
Ye Shuo thought about it for a long time and felt that these were not enough, far from enough.
In the context of this era, what Mrs. Zhen and Liang Wenyin talked about were all minor issues, which were not even considered problems in the eyes of others.
There must be more to it than just this to make both of them oppose it and even ask the Master to cancel the engagement.
Thinking of this, Ye Shuo asked.
...The Ninth Prince is really sharp!
Mrs. Zhen and Liang Wenyin were both surprised and even shocked by his question.
There were indeed more reasons for breaking off the engagement. Mrs. Zhen did not even tell her husband because she and her granddaughter thought it was absurd, even ridiculous.
Mrs. Zhen never dared to tell it out loud, because if she did, her husband would get very angry.
But now that the Ninth Prince has brought it up, Madam Zhen finally decided to speak out.
You can't keep it a secret forever, right?
After a long while, she hesitated and said, "Actually, the reason why Yin'er and I are so opposed is because... because we both feel uncomfortable when we see the young master of the Cao family..."
It’s hard to describe what kind of feeling it is, it’s just annoyance and annoyance. The other person hasn’t done anything wrong, but he or she is just so unlikable.
Sure enough, as soon as the words fell, the Master became furious.
After all, this reason seemed like a joke to him.
The marriage had been arranged for so many years, but in the end his wife told his granddaughter that she objected for such an inexplicable reason. How could the Taifu accept this?
The Grand Tutor felt that even the Ninth Prince would be angry this time, and would think that the two of them were not getting along, right?
But when he turned around, he found that the Ninth Prince's expression was even more serious than before. The Taifu's eyes widened instantly and he couldn't even breathe.
Ye Shuo was not pretending, he really felt that the situation described by Madam Zhen and his adopted niece at the end was more serious than the previous ones.
Think about it, if the cheap niece is rejecting the young master of the Cao family from the bottom of her heart, then the young master of the Cao family is useless no matter whether he is good or bad. How can the two of them continue to live?
It would have been fine if she was the only one feeling this way, but Mrs. Zhen actually had the same feeling.
Ye Shuo was once a modern man, and he still believed in the concept of liking someone by eye. If he didn't like someone, then he didn't like them.
And women's sixth sense can be quite scary sometimes.
Ye Shuo nodded and said, "I understand, but this is not a solution. The wedding is coming soon and we can't delay it. How about we think of a way and give it a try first?"
The Ninth Prince actually believed it...
He didn't even have any perfunctory intentions...
Not to mention the young Liang Wenyin, even Mrs. Zhen was unable to come back to her senses for a long time.
The tutor looked at this, then looked at that, and suddenly everything in front of his eyes went dark.
The Master held his chest tightly, unable to hold back any more, and flew into a rage: "You three, are you listening to me?!"
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