The old woman stepped forward and bowed, saying, "Madam Fu, my young lady invites you to have breakfast in the guest room. A doctor will be here soon to examine this young lady's leg injury."
Cheng walked away dejectedly, glancing back repeatedly at the child who had been dragged away by the woman's legs like a leg ornament.
...
"Why did you hit him?" Jiang Shan asked while washing Jiang Huai's face.
"She's so noisy, she'll wake up Mom!" Jiang Huai's little face scrunched up, but he didn't resist as his mother kneaded and shaped him into various forms.
"What's she making a fuss about?" Jiang Shan said dismissively.
Jiang Huai tilted his head and thought for a moment, then said, "No manners! The children raised by the Jiang family have no manners, always yelling and shouting..."
After saying that, she turned around and looked outside, "Lili, I don't remember the rest!"
Jiang Shan paused, his clear eyes turning slightly cold.
"Good job! Have breakfast with your mother, and then go to the bamboo hut to play with your grandfather and uncles. Your master is busy today, so you can practice your calligraphy with your grandfather! Your handwriting is so ugly, you need to work on it!"
"Write 123..."
"Write big characters!"
"Just write 123!"
"Write big characters! If you keep yelling, you won't be able to go out to play tomorrow!"
Jianghuai remained silent.
He likes writing numbers and doing addition and subtraction, but he doesn't like writing large characters!
Sigh! What can I do? He's my mother's precious son!
In the guest room, the doctor said to Madam Cheng with a troubled expression, "Madam, this young lady has a broken shinbone. Even if it can be restored, it will probably affect her normal walking to some extent."
Bizhu, enduring the pain and unable to believe it, said, "What nonsense are you talking about! You quack doctor, you good-for-nothing! Madam, please, Madam, find me another doctor!"
Mrs. Cheng's face turned pale, and she murmured, "How much strength can a child who is just over a year old have? Could he break a leg with just one kick?"
The doctor smiled and asked, "That's no ordinary child. The young master of the Jiang family is born with superhuman strength, surpassing even most adult men. If you don't think my medical skills are up to par, then please seek someone more skilled!"
The old woman standing to the side said expressionlessly, "Doctor Xu is the best bone-setting doctor within a hundred miles. Every time our young master is injured, it is Doctor Xu who heals him!"
Doctor Xu said with pride, "It is the young master's great fortune that has brought me this assistance; I have only done my humble best."
Madam Cheng pursed her lips and said, "Then I'll have to trouble Doctor Xu!"
Bizhu let out a desperate wail and covered her face, weeping bitterly.
Cheng turned and left, thoroughly annoyed.
Granny Cheng asked in a trembling voice, "Madam, that child...?"
"It's Yuan'er's child!" Madam Cheng clutched her chest and slowly closed her eyes.
It's obvious that this is the child of Yuan'er and Jiang, as his appearance bears a resemblance to both his parents.
Granny Cheng said with a complicated expression, "The young master looks very healthy. That Jiang family has taken excellent care of him..."
"What's so good about it! Didn't you see that the child was clinging to her leg? She'd rather drag him than carry him?"
Granny Cheng's face stiffened slightly. It was quite strange; what kind of mother would treat her child like this!
When Cheng finished her breakfast and went to find Jiang Huai again, the old woman said that the young master had already gone to school.
Madam Cheng was shocked: "Such a young child is already in school? Who is their tutor? Does he have any official rank or title?"
The old woman curled her lip and said, "Young Master has more than one master, and they are all very capable. Miss wants Young Master to become the top scholar in both the civil and military examinations in the future!"
No, your young lady didn't think of that!
Cheng's heart ached even more. That woman was so selfish to make such a young child bear such a heavy burden in order to achieve her own goals!
Cheng wanted to get more information about her grandson from her mother-in-law, but the mother-in-law's mouth was like a clam shell, impossible to pry open.
Fu Shu, having watched the commotion from the wall for a while, saw that it was about time and came to see Cheng Shi and the others off back to the capital.
"Madam, the carriage is ready. The young master sent me to see you off."
Madam Cheng's face fell. "Where is the eldest son? Why didn't he come to see me off?"
"The eldest young master went to the government office early this morning and is still busy at the trade fair!"
Cheng's face darkened further. She stared intently at Fu Shu and asked, "Where is Jiang? Where is she? Take me to see her!"
Fu Shu sighed with difficulty and said, "Madam, it's not that I don't want to take you there, but even if I did, you wouldn't be able to see her!"
What do you mean by that?
Fu Shu slumped his shoulders, crossed his arms, and bowed, saying, "Madam, you may not know this, but Boss Jiang is now the vice president of the Yuzhou Chamber of Commerce and the person in charge of this exhibition. Not only can you not see her, but even the eldest young master rarely gets to see her. If the prefect wants to see Boss Jiang, he has to send someone to inform her first, and only when Boss Jiang has free time can he meet her!"
Madam Cheng's eyebrows twitched. After a long while, she said dejectedly, "Let me see that child... his name is Jiang... Huai'er, right? Let me see him, I'll just say a few words to him and then leave, just a few words!"
Fu Shu lowered his head, cowering, "Madam, please spare me. The young master has guards around him, and I can't beat them. I have no way to bring the young master out to see you."
Madam Cheng was furious. Pointing at Fu Shu, she cursed, "You traitor! You are a servant of the Fu family, not Jiang's person! I am that child's grandmother. Who dares to stop a grandmother from seeing her grandson!"
Fu Shu's eyes turned slightly cold, and his tone was tinged with indifference. "May I ask, Madam, who can prove that Young Master Jiang is the eldest son's son? As long as Boss Jiang doesn't admit it, no one in this world dares to take Young Master Jiang away from him!"
Cheng pointed at Fu Shu, trembling with anger, "You dog of a servant, have you forgotten who your master is...!"
"Let me tell you something else, Madam, so you won't offend someone so important without realizing it! Young Master Jiang has a sworn brother named Rong, whose given name is Yue. In his sworn brother's eyes, Boss Jiang is even closer than his own aunt..."
Her surname is Rong... her given name is Yue... Rong Yue!
Cheng's face turned pale instantly, and goosebumps rose all over her body. "Rong... how could he... what is the relationship between that Jiang woman and the Duke of Rong?"
Fu Shu said with a half-smile, "Boss Jiang and Duke Rong have no relation. It's just that a few months ago, the Grand Princess Liyang came to Yuzhou to relax and also made a kinship acquaintance... Alright, Madam, it's getting late, we should set off!"
Before Madam Cheng could react, Bizhu was carried out, sobbing, and put into a carriage.
Not long after Cheng Shi boarded the carriage, her face suddenly turned ferocious. She grabbed Cheng Mama's hand and cried out urgently, "No! This is not right! What virtue or ability does Jiang Shi possess to gain the favor of the Grand Princess of Liyang? The heir of the Duke of Rong's mansion is a plague god. It's only by sheer luck that Jiang Shi hasn't been harmed by him! I don't believe she has such an opportunity. This is impossible!"
Granny Cheng held Cheng's hand tightly, wanting to say a few words of comfort, but not knowing where to begin.
She also felt it wasn't quite real.
"We're not going back to the capital! I want to see just who this woman surnamed Jiang really is! Let's go to the Pei residence instead!"
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