Chapter 896: The beloved cousin escaped from control (22)
Zhao Hui asked Du Shichu to visit her at the general's mansion when he was free, and Du Shichu agreed. After all, Zhao Hui's personality was quite compatible with hers.
After the wedding banquet, Du Shichu officially began to emerge in the social circle of the capital. Nowadays, whenever there is a happy event, everyone will send her an invitation. Even if there is no happy event, there will be girls of similar age who want to be her friends.
Du Shichu goes when she feels like going and doesn't go when she doesn't feel like going. Even if someone thinks behind her back that she is arrogant, aloof, and looks down on others, she just pretends not to know and, of course, doesn't care.
Zhao Hui, a young lady who was used to acting arrogantly in the border town, was like a husky locked in a cage when she returned to the capital. She wished she could tear her home down. It was said that her grandmother insisted on correcting her habits that were not suitable for a young lady, such as not showing her teeth when smiling.
This made Zhao Hui miserable. After meeting Du Shichu, she often went to the Princess's Mansion for refuge.
"Princess, you have no idea how much my grandmother dislikes me! She wishes I would stay in the yard all day and not go out, pretending to be a lady from a noble family who never goes out of the main door or the second door. It's really funny. What I despise most are those spoiled girls who can't even laugh or cry freely, and who will feel annoyed if they eat one more bite of food. But my grandmother wants to train me to be like that. It would be better for me to be reborn!" Zhao Hui kept complaining to Du Shichu.
Du Shichu thought it was funny and nodded, "Indeed, if we want to change your impetuous personality into a gentle and graceful one, it would be easier to let you reincarnate."
Zhao Hui tried to tease the little lion in Du Shichu's arms, but the little lion impatiently slapped her hand away with its paw and buried its furry head in Du Shichu's arms.
"Little thing, even you look down on me?" Zhao Hui rubbed the little lion's back angrily, causing the little lion to meow angrily and stretch out its claws to scratch her angrily.
"Don't mistreat my cat." Du Shichu glared at her. "I told you that you came to my place from the capital to have some peace and quiet, so I have to charge you for food and tea!"
Zhao Hui immediately touched her nose guiltily and said, "Oh, you are the Princess of Duanyang, don't be so stingy! Can't you afford to entertain a good friend of mine?"
"I'm afraid your grandmother will come and take you back personally." Du Shichu rolled his eyes.
"No, my grandmother seldom goes out." Just as Zhao Hui finished speaking, a servant came to report to Du Shichu that the old lady from the Pingxi General's Mansion had come to visit.
Zhao Hui: ...
Du Shichu smiled and said, "What did I just say? Isn't this a coincidence? Speak of the devil and he will appear. Your grandmother is really here to arrest you."
"Go and invite Madam Zhao in quickly." Du Shichu quickly ordered the servants.
Zhao Hui immediately grabbed Du Shichu's arm anxiously: "What should I do? What should I do? Why is my grandmother really here? Is it too late for me to find a place to hide now? Do you have a place for me to hide?"
Du Shichu slapped her hand away in anger and said, "Don't dream about it. If you find a place to hide now, doesn't your grandmother know that you are here with me?"
Zhao Hui immediately became dejected and sighed, "Is there no way for you to protect me here?"
Soon, Madam Zhao came in. She saw her granddaughter and yelled, "Zhao Hui! You little bastard! I knew you were hiding from the Princess's Mansion!"
Zhao Hui shuddered, turned around and shouted with a dry laugh: "Grandma..."
Madam Zhao snorted at her, then her expression softened and she said to Du Shichu, "This must be Princess Duanyang, right? I, your unfilial granddaughter, am causing you trouble by bothering you all day long."
"You're worrying too much, old lady. I'm very happy that Miss Zhao can come and play with me. She is a very interesting woman." Du Shichu said with a chuckle.
"As a grandmother, how could I not know what kind of personality my granddaughter has? She is just like a monkey, jumping up and down all day long and never quiet. She is already old enough to get married, but she is still so childish. When I asked her which talented man she liked, she didn't like any of them and just kept playing. It makes me so worried!" Old Madam Zhao did not treat Du Shichu as an outsider at all, and complained about her granddaughter to Du Shichu in a very familiar manner.
Zhao Hui retorted unconvincedly: "Grandma! I am just a little more lively, how can I be a monkey? I am just busy playing. Please don't ruin my reputation."
"You still have a reputation? You got into a fight with someone just two days after returning to the capital. Everyone knows that you are unruly and domineering. Even your grandmother is worried that you will never get married in this life." The old lady said angrily.
Zhao Hui was very angry: "I didn't fight with anyone on purpose. Wasn't it that man who flirted with me the most? He deserved it! And, grandma, if I can't get married, then I won't get married. Anyway, my family doesn't need me to eat!"
"Zhao Hui!" Old Madam Zhao picked up her walking stick and was about to hit Zhao Hui, but Zhao Hui quickly dodged to the side and avoided it as if she was familiar with the situation.
Du Shichu was watching the quarrel between the grandparents and grandchildren from the side, and he found it very interesting.
Finally, Mrs. Zhao tried to hit Zhao Hui with her cane several times but failed. She had to stop panting and cursed him as a "little bastard" before she stopped.
"Princess, I'm sorry to have embarrassed you." Old Madam Zhao regained her dignified and kind appearance, and said to Du Shichu with some apology.
"It's okay, I don't mind." Du Shichu poured her a cup of tea, "Madam, please have some tea."
"Princess, speaking of which, I held you in my arms more than ten years ago. At that time, your mother had just given birth to you and was not in good health. She needed a certain medicinal herb, and I happened to have a copy of it. Your father came to me for help. When I delivered the medicinal herb to your house, I went to see you and your mother. You were so small at that time that I didn't dare to move even when I held you..." Old Madam Zhao slowly talked about the past.
Du Shichu listened to her quietly, and when she finished, he smiled and said, "I didn't expect that the old lady had such a connection with my parents. Speaking of which, I have to thank you for giving the herbs to my mother."
Madam Zhao shook her head and said, "I'm not telling you this to demand repayment. After all, your father has given me enough in return. I'm just mentioning it now to lament that time has passed so quickly. You were so small back then, but now you've grown up so much."
"Grandma! So you and the princess have such a fate? It's amazing." Zhao Hui heard it and came over to chatter, "Does this mean that the princess and I are destined to be good friends?"
"Yes, yes, you are destined to be my good friend." Du Shichu nodded to her and comforted her. She was just like a four or five-year-old child who went to kindergarten for fear of not being able to make friends and was anxious to find one.
(End of this chapter)
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