Siping rolled his eyes, "You're the one with a fever. Didn't you see what happened in the study these days? That was all caused by the eldest grandmother. You still dare to look down on her? I tell you, the eldest grandmother is no longer the unreasonable person she was before. Have you forgotten the time she went to the kitchen and made a scene? She's been through a lot before, and she's really powerful now. Let's not talk about anything else, just talk about Grandma Yun, don't you know who she is? How much do you think she can give to the eldest grandmother? Let's think about it ourselves, most people would have starved to death by now. But if you go to Meiyue Tower, a eldest grandmother and two maids, their lives are so comfortable."
"This... is this true? What's going on? Is it haunted?" Shuangxi's eyes widened, and suddenly he heard Duan Tingxuan's gloomy voice inside: "What are you two mumbling about there? Why don't you get out of here quickly?"
Siping and Shuangxi hurriedly crawled in, smiling and saying, "What do you want, sir?"
Duan Tingxuan didn't actually have any instructions. He just suspected that Siping was spreading his "failure" in front of Shuangxi. Now, when he saw the expressions of the two men, he knew that his guess was right. He was so angry that he wanted to kick the two trusted servants to silence them one by one. In the end, reason prevailed. He thought that he was helpless against Su Nuannuan. Although these two useless people were not very good, they always had some small ideas. So he suppressed his anger and tapped the table with his fingers and said, "Shuangxi, you also know about this, right? Tell me, how can I go to Meiyue Tower to eat openly in the future?"
Shuangxi almost stumbled and fell to the ground, looking at his master with tears in his eyes: "Master, you are the husband of Grandma, it is natural for you to go to Meiyue Tower, how can you ask for a free meal? As a wife, isn't it your duty to serve me?"
Duan Tingxuan rolled his eyes, "Nonsense, don't I understand this? It's just... cough, I was the one who ignored her first. No matter how many mistakes she made, she would never admit that she was wrong, so it's normal for her to blame and hate me. And now she's getting more powerful, and I haven't figured out her temperament yet, so I don't dare to let her move back to the backyard casually, so I naturally have to find a good excuse, understand?"
"What? Master wants Grandma to move back to the backyard?" Shuangxi looked at his master in a daze, thinking to himself, didn't he say that he would wait for Grandma to live there for a while, and if she didn't die, he would divorce her? Otherwise, why would Grandma Yun be so positive? How...how come Master wants Grandma to move back to the backyard in just a few days? Strange, is the food made by Grandma immortal? Is it so delicious?
"I'm just thinking about it, I haven't decided yet." Duan Tingxuan waved his hands in annoyance. The experienced Siping immediately knew that his master was on the verge of exploding. Thinking of what he had just said to Shuangxi, he suddenly had an idea and hurried forward and whispered, "Master, there is something I want to tell you. You have to keep it a secret for me, otherwise I dare not say it."
"Well, tell me." Duan Tingxuan's eyes lit up, and he played with the Qilin paperweight on the table: No matter what the idea was, as long as it could help him get a free meal at Meiyue Tower, it would be fine. Before this, he never knew that he would be such a greedy person. He was obviously tired of the life of luxury, and he had also been out in the open when he was on business trips before. Why couldn't he resist the temptation of that woman's food now? Could it be that she had cast a curse on him?
As he was thinking, he heard Siping whisper, "Master, after Grandma was exiled to Meiyue Tower by you, the monthly allowance and supplies from Grandma Yun... cough cough cough, just... weren't so timely. I thought that although Grandma was living a comfortable life, there might not be much left in the kitchen of Meiyue Tower. When we went to the kitchen before, Master was only busy looking for food, but I looked carefully at the rice jar and flour bags, and sure enough, there was not much rice and flour left, and there wasn't much fish, meat, or eggs either. If Master wants to go over and eat for free, he might as well get some ingredients from the kitchen. As the saying goes, you'll be grateful if you take something from someone. Are you afraid that Grandma won't rush to invite you to have a meal?"
Duan Tingxuan thought about it, and his frown gradually relaxed. He smiled and said, "Don't mention it. You, a dog, are finally useful. I was also confused. I always ask for food and clothes without asking for them. How could I forget that if you want to get something, you must give it first?"
Siping laughed and said, "What are you thinking about? They are national affairs and world affairs. What does a mere family matter? No wonder you can't think of it."
Although this flattery didn't hit the horse's hoof, it didn't hit the horse's butt either. Duan Tingxuan sighed and shook his head, "A mere family affair? As the saying goes, even an honest judge can hardly judge family affairs, which shows that family affairs are the most difficult to handle. If you can't manage your family, how can you talk about governing the country and bringing peace to the world?"
Siping Shuangxi nodded in agreement, and suddenly heard Duan Tingxuan say again: "Siping, you just said that Ran Yun withheld your grandmother's monthly salary and supplies, is this true?"
Siping secretly groaned in his heart. He was afraid that his grandfather would realize this. He was not forced to do this, and he did not want to betray Grandma Yun. But what if his grandfather always failed and came back to force his mother to make dumplings? Their family had eaten enough leeks and chickens these days. He wanted to vomit when he smelled the smell of leeks, okay?
"Well, Master, that... Grandma Yun is in charge of all the big and small things in the family. It's inevitable that she will be negligent sometimes, and it's not stingy." Siping tried his best to explain for Xu Ranyun, but Duan Tingxuan waved his hand and said lightly: "Is it easy to be negligent when you are in charge of all the big and small things in the family? But I haven't seen her neglect the old lady and the madam." After saying that, seeing that Siping wanted to say more, he said impatiently: "Okay, you don't have to say good things to Ranyun. We have been married for many years, and I still don't understand what kind of person she is? It's human nature to flatter the powerful and trample on the weak, and to add insult to injury. What's more, the root of this is still me. I'm afraid Ranyun is also taking advantage of my mind to do this."
Siping breathed a sigh of relief, thinking to himself, "Master, I hope you understand." He didn't know that Duan Tingxuan shook his head in his heart, thinking, "It's just that I don't want to starve the master and servant to death. Doesn't Ran Yun know this?" In the past, she seemed quite extraordinary when she saw her killing and decisiveness, but now it seems that she is just an ordinary person.
He was slightly disappointed with Xu Ranyun, but not completely disappointed. Duan Tingxuan was still a sentimental seed after all. Although this seed encountered a terrible snowstorm with his first wife, it was still growing vigorously with his other wives and concubines. So he dawdled until the evening. He wanted to go to Xu Ranyun, but thinking of the duck soup, it was really bitter in his mouth, so he went to Xue Zhilan's place, comforting himself that even if he couldn't eat anything good, at least he still had Lan'er's stunning appearance, which was counted, and beauty is a feast for the eyes.
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