Chapter 10 was sent by the Second Miss.
“It’s me, Grandfather. Zhizhi and I have come to see you.”
Jiang Wan Ning nestled her head on Zhou Taifu's lap and said coquettishly, "Grandfather, please don't blame Ning Ning."
"Silly girl, how could your grandfather blame you?"
"Get up quickly, let your maternal grandfather see you." Grand Tutor Zhou touched Jiang Wan Ning's cheek with his aged hand. "Good child, you've grown so tall."
"Master, young lady, please have your meal."
"Oh right, come and sit down." Grand Tutor Zhou pulled Jiang Wan Ning up, and then beckoned to Chen Ru Zhi, "Zhi Zhi, sit down too."
"Old Zhao, sit down too."
“This is against the rules,” said Butler Zhao.
“What rules or regulations? You’ve always been the one to eat with me. I’m happy today, so go and get the wine I’ve been saving.”
"Grandpa Zhao, please sit down as my maternal grandfather would like."
Seeing that Jiang Wan Ning also said the same thing, Steward Zhao smiled and said, "Then this old servant will go and get the wine."
While Butler Zhao was getting the wine, Jiang Wan Ning chatted with the old master for a while longer.
When we started eating, we realized that the dishes on the table were not only simple, but also somewhat perfunctory; the soup was neither soup nor dishes.
"Grandpa Zhao, what's going on?" Jiang Wan Ning frowned.
Steward Zhao glanced at the old tutor and said, "If the young lady doesn't want to eat it, this old servant will have them make it again."
"I'm asking you what happened?"
"It's just a few cooks slacking off, don't push Old Zhao too hard," the old tutor said. "And you, knowing Ningning was coming, why didn't you give the order sooner?"
"Yes, yes, this old servant was wrong."
Jiang Wan Ning suppressed her bitterness and ate the whole meal with her grandfather so as not to trouble him.
After chatting with the old master for a while, and waiting for everyone to take their afternoon nap, he called Steward Zhao over.
"Grandpa Zhao, what's going on with today's meal?" Jiang Wan Ning asked calmly, "You and your maternal grandfather seem quite used to it."
"This is definitely not the first time."
Butler Zhao noticed that Jiang Wan Ning's question wasn't just a passing fancy.
He sighed and said, "Since Miss got married, the old master has cut the manpower in this mansion in half."
"Later, because of that incident, Miss stayed at home and didn't come back every three to five days. Then it became once a year, and in recent years she only sent people to deliver things."
"The old master donated all the money in the mansion that he could to those poor students."
"Since there is only one old man in the mansion and the young lady and young mistress do not come to visit, these servants have become much more perfunctory in their work."
"The old man is getting old and doesn't want to care about so much. As long as he can get by, he won't say anything. Over time, they have become more and more outrageous."
"Haven't you thought about changing the chef?"
Steward Zhao said, "The Prince of Langya sent some, but the old master refused it."
"The Prince of Langya?"
Steward Zhao explained, "The Prince of Langya often comes to the mansion to play chess with the old master to relieve his boredom."
Pei Yanchuan, there are countless things you've done in your life that I have no idea about.
“That can’t be dealt with like this. I was feeling a bit…” Shen Ruzhi didn’t finish her sentence.
The Grand Tutor's mansion, so prestigious, lives in such poverty.
“Grandpa Zhao, my mother is ill and not in good health. She didn’t come back to see her because she was afraid that my maternal grandfather would worry.”
Jiang Wan Ning explained on behalf of her mother, "However, we have already found a cure, and I will come back after my mother recovers."
“You and your maternal grandfather are getting old, so you can’t be careless about your diet.”
"Leave this to me." Jiang Wan Ning said, and before Butler Zhao could react, she walked towards the backyard.
Butler Zhao was in tears. "Young Miss is back. Young Miss means that Miss hasn't forgotten the old master."
"The Grand Tutor's mansion can still be as lively as before."
Jiang Wan Ning walked to the backyard, looked at the group of people drinking tea, eating melon seeds, and chatting, and her face turned cold. "Who among you is in charge?"
One of them looked up impatiently, glancing at Jiang Wan Ning with a defiant sideways gaze, "Who are you?"
"This is the backyard of the Grand Tutor's mansion. Did the old master feel lonely and marry you to warm his bed?"
"Smack!"
Jiang Wan Ning lashed out with her whip, leaving a visible red welt on the speaker's face.
"Ah—you dare to make a move at the Grand Tutor's residence? Do you have a death wish?"
As he spoke, the man stood up, rolled up his sleeves, and walked towards Jiang Wan Ning.
Seeing that the person in charge had been beaten, the remaining people all rolled up their sleeves and stepped forward.
"How dare you! This is your master's granddaughter, the legitimate daughter of the Marquis's family. You dog servants, how dare you bully your master!"
Shen Ruzhi pointed at a group of people and roared angrily.
The steward paused for a moment. "Young Miss? Hmph, who are you trying to scare?"
"Miss hasn't come for several years, let alone the young lady."
"You're probably just trying to get a piece of the pie because you see how easy things are at the Grand Tutor's mansion, aren't you?"
"Idiots!" Shen Ruzhi cursed angrily. "Ningning, teach them a lesson."
"Brothers and sisters, someone is trying to steal our jobs. What do you think we should do?"
"Get them out!"
A group of people echoed the manager's words, grabbing whatever was around them and rushing towards Jiang Wan Ning and Shen Ru Zhi.
Jiang Wan Ning sneered inwardly. Her kung fu was no match for Pei Yan Chuan's, but dealing with these people was no problem for her.
The long whip was lashed out fiercely.
Shen Ruzhi also found a suitable weapon, and the two of them worked together to defeat the group of people.
Jiang Wan Ning put away the whip and sat down on a chair nearby. "Who taught you to do this?"
She couldn't believe that these servants dared to be so arrogant just because she and her mother didn't come back often.
It seems that Steward Zhao didn't replace these people, but the other side did replace them and then brought in the same people.
The group knelt on the ground, looking at each other, none of them willing to speak first.
"The occasional death of one or two servants in the Grand Tutor's residence is probably not a big deal," Jiang Wanning said casually.
"It's just a matter of losing two taels of silver. My maternal grandfather's wealth is used to support poor scholars, but the Marquis's mansion is rich."
Half of the Grand Tutor's family's wealth was used to support poor scholars, and the other half was used as dowry for her mother.
Jiang Wan Ning glanced around the room and said in a calm voice, "The Marquis's mansion can afford to pay for the lives of all of you."
"You dare!" the manager said boldly. "We didn't sign a death contract, we didn't sell our lives to you."
"If you dare to kill us, someone will go to the authorities to report you."
Jiang Wan Ning casually admired her newly dyed nail polish. "You think... I'd be scared?"
"Or is it the daughter of the Minister of the Court of Judicial Review who is afraid?" he said, glancing at Shen Ruzhi beside him.
“My father is the best at solving cases. In fact, he was also a student of the old Grand Tutor, so he must be even more cautious and meticulous.”
"At that time, it won't just be a matter of one person dying, but the extermination of the entire clan."
Unable to withstand the intimidation, someone cried out, "It's the second young lady of the Marquis's mansion!"
“She always tells us when she comes that we don’t need to go to so much trouble to take care of the Grand Tutor.”
"They said that the young lady and the young lady have grown tired of the Grand Tutor's mansion and no longer want to take care of the Grand Tutor, so they sent her here."
“Him!” the man pointed at the steward. “He was sent by the Second Miss.”
"We were all forced into it."
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