"What are you doing? Are you trying to stop me? Can't I get up to do something?"
"Where I, a dignified general, go is none of your business, you servants. Or do you think you have the right to tell me what to do? You'd better call Xiao Minghui over right now. I want to ask him, is this how his men treat their father-in-law? Don't they have any manners at all?"
Xu Wei was furious and yelled at them, but the guards remained completely calm.
"General Xu is too kind. We were just worried that you might not know the way. Besides, we were just doing our duty to protect the princess here."
Xu Wei then realized that the person guarding the place looked familiar. "Who are you?"
“I am the princess’s bodyguard, and I am one rank above you.”
That last sentence was absolutely brilliant, making Xu Wei's face turn ugly again.
This guy really is... showing him no mercy.
“I am the princess’s in-law…”
"In-law?" The guard smiled but said nothing more. "You should go back and rest early. The princess said she wants you to stay here for a few days. I'm sure you'll be willing."
Xu Wei: "..." Can he not refuse?
He then returned to the courtyard, considering whether to send a message by carrier pigeon, but ultimately decided against it.
The next morning, Mo Yan received the news. Sure enough, Xu Wei wanted to run away.
Mo Yan asked Xiao Minghui to take Xu Wei around...
Xu Wei, however, expressed his desire to see his granddaughter, Xiao Yudie. He understood perfectly well that as long as Xiao Yudie was willing to marry, even Princess Moyan couldn't do anything about it. He never expected...
He went into the courtyard, exchanged a few casual words with Xiao Yudie, and then prepared to get down to business.
"Yu Die, have you met the young prince that Grandpa introduced before?"
"Grandpa, Yudie and her sisters and aunt hosted a reception together."
Xu Wei: "..."
"Didn't Grandpa tell you to meet him alone?" Xu Wei was speechless. How could his granddaughter be so stupid?
“Grandpa, I absolutely cannot agree with what you said. The second son of Prince An is a man. How can I meet him alone? That is against the rules.”
Xu Wei: "???"
Xu Wei never expected that his granddaughter could think of this.
"How could that be? You're all young people of similar age, speak together..."
"Grandpa, are you trying to ruin your granddaughter's reputation?" Xiao Yudie's eyes welled up with tears, feeling extremely wronged.
She was truly wronged. She had always thought that her grandfather loved her very much, but he just didn't want to meddle in the Xiao family's affairs. She never imagined that he was just using her.
As a child, she had hoped to live with her maternal grandfather. She expressed this wish, hoping to have enough to eat and warm clothes at his house, but he refused.
Now it's even more...
"How could this be?" Xu Wei frowned, truly not understanding why Yu Die was so agitated.
Xiao Yudie felt even more aggrieved, and tears fell from her eyes, which were filled with confusion and grievance.
"If that's not the case, why did Grandpa say that? I would never be alone with a man outside. You'll still talk about him later."
Grandmother said that marriages are arranged by parents and matchmakers, and her granddaughter's marriage should be decided by her and her father.
Xu Wei's face darkened again. He thought his granddaughter was naive, but it seems she knows everything.
"Yudie, what exactly do you want to say? You don't need to hide it like this anymore, just say it directly."
Grandpa isn't an outsider, and besides, he's genuinely doing this for your own good.
You are not the only granddaughter in this family, but you are my only granddaughter by marriage.
This attempt to sow discord is quite obvious; it's practically a direct accusation.
"Grandpa also said that his granddaughter is just a granddaughter, isn't she?"
Xu Wei: "..."
"Did you hear something from someone? Your grandfather knows you're not having a good time in this household, and he hopes that you will have a peaceful and smooth life from now on."
In Xu Wei's opinion, Yu Die must have heard something from someone, otherwise she wouldn't dare to do this.
"Grandpa, I've always wanted to ask, since you know I'm not doing well in this household, why haven't you come and let Mother take over the household management?"
You're probably thinking, "I shouldn't meddle in other people's business, so you don't need to worry about my granddaughter's marriage. You want me to be someone's concubine? Is this your way of showing love?"
"You knew?" Xu Wei was surprised that his granddaughter already knew.
"Granddaughter didn't know before, but now she does. It turns out that in Grandpa's eyes, the way to love granddaughter is to make granddaughter a concubine. You really are willing to do anything for power."
Yu Die didn't care whether her grandfather looked pleased or not. She smiled and continued, "It's just a pity that grandfather is wrong. Grandmother said that the daughters of the Xiao family must never become concubines."
Xu Wei: "..."
"Aren't you afraid that if you say these things to me, I'll disown you as my granddaughter?"
"Thank you, Grandpa. Your granddaughter will be very happy."
"you!"
Enraged, Xu Wei was about to retaliate when Mo Yan's bamboo stalk came crashing down on him. In the pain, he quickly caught it with his other hand.
The excruciating pain in his hand made him feel that his hand was ruined.
“You hit my granddaughter in my own home, Xu Wei, are you trying to slap me in the face?”
Despite the excruciating pain, Xu Wei apologized, "Princess, I didn't mean that. It was Yu Die who went too far."
"Excessive? Which sentence? Is it that you shouldn't have interfered in her marriage, or that she shouldn't be a concubine?"
I said, you can use your own granddaughter, but you can't use my granddaughter.
Xu Wei, don't think too highly of yourself. To me, you're nothing!
Xu Wei's face darkened further. From the moment he arrived, Princess Mo Yan had given him no friendly treatment. What was she trying to do?
“Princess, isn’t that going too far? I am, after all, an official appointed by the imperial court.”
"Oh, you want to use your official position to intimidate people? What can I do? Just pick someone from my side and their official position is higher than yours."
You can say whatever you want, but as your maternal grandfather, you have no right to interfere with Yu Die's marriage.
"If you're talking about your daughter, then take her back."
Xu Wei was completely speechless.
"Princess, I'd better go back." He didn't want to stay in this place for another second; it was disgusting.
"Is this a place where you can come and go as you please? I've said it before, you'll have to wait for Xiao Anzi to come and bail you out."
Xu Wei: "..."
——
Compared to Xiao Yufei, the young prince was much more unlucky; they hadn't eaten anything and felt like they were starving to death.
He wanted to find someone to rush out and deliver the message, but everyone around him was afraid of dying.
In the end, they waited there for three whole days and three nights, during which they were only given rice porridge, which was really just rice porridge without a single grain of rice.
On the morning of the fourth day, Prince An arrived.
Upon receiving Mo Yan's letter, he was so angry that he wanted to beat that unfilial son to death. Was this someone he could afford to offend?
Mo Yan had Xu Wei keep watch early in the morning, and the moment Prince An entered, Mo Yan threw out the bamboo.
Prince An discovered it, but he could not hide, nor dared to hide.
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