To others, Jiang An's invitation would be nothing more than a polite gesture.
“Great! I don’t have any plans for the next couple of days anyway.” Hong Xiaoduo replied with a natural smile, which stunned everyone at the courtyard gate.
This also includes Jiang An himself. His invitation wasn't just empty politeness; he genuinely wanted to get to know this young lady. However, he didn't expect her to agree so readily. She truly is a woman who travels far and wide, a person of strong character!
"Okay, okay, then tomorrow at noon?" Jiang An replied happily as soon as he realized what was going on.
Hong Xiaoduo nodded, indicating that she could.
"Then may I ask, how many people are in your party, young lady?" Jiang An asked again. Having invited her, it wouldn't be appropriate to invite only her!
Hong Xiaoduo waved her hand and said, "They won't be going, it'll be just me."
She was there on business, not really visiting.
Even if there is no danger involved, she still prefers to act alone because it is convenient. If she encounters any unexpected situation, she can react to it without any worries.
"Alright, I'll take my leave now. I'll send someone to pick you up tomorrow noon," Jiang An said, cupping his fists in greeting to Hong Xiaoduo.
"Take care, Mr. Jiang." Hong Xiaoduo waved with a smile.
With a smile on his face, Jiang An turned and walked towards his carriage. The servants saw that their master hadn't said anything, so they assumed he was going back to the manor. Before they could even help their young master up, Jiang Baicheng struggled to his feet, glared fiercely at Hong Xiaoduo, and then limped and staggered after his father.
“Father, that vile maid hit your son…” Jiang Baicheng had barely finished speaking.
Mr. Jiang turned around, his face serious again. He raised his hand and slapped him across the face, hissing in a low voice, "Get back to the car and stop embarrassing yourself here. We'll settle your score when we get back."
After saying that, Jiang An got into the carriage. Jiang Baicheng, who had been slapped, was very aggrieved. Now he was afraid that he would lose face outside. He didn't know who made him kneel outside the courtyard gate for almost an hour!
When his son was beaten, he went to the other party but did not scold them or ask for an apology. Instead, he went inside and chatted with the other party for an hour, and then invited them to his home as a guest.
Could it be that Father has taken a fancy to that fierce, lowly maid?
That must be it. I'll go back and complain to my aunt. You want to take that lowly maid as a concubine? Dream on!
Jiang Baicheng himself was a lecherous scoundrel. He didn't care how many concubines his father wanted to take, since he didn't need to earn money to support them anyway.
On the contrary, he hoped that his father would have more women around him, so that his father wouldn't have time to keep an eye on him all day.
As for whether those women will share the family property with him after they give birth to sons? It doesn't matter. He is the eldest son of the Jiang family's main wife. After his father passes away, Aunt Pang dotes on him so much that he will definitely get the lion's share of the family property.
With the help of the servants, Jiang Baicheng boarded the carriage and sat opposite his father. Looking at the smile on his father's face, Jiang Baicheng became even more certain that his guess was correct.
After watching the Jiang family carriage leave, Hong Xiaoduo turned and went into the courtyard. Feiyan closed the door, and the two walked towards the main house one after the other.
As they passed Quan Jing'an and his group, Quan Jing'an gestured for her to come over, but Hong Xiaoduo seemed to be lost in thought and didn't notice as she continued walking forward.
"They're gone?" Quan Jing'an asked, and the seven children beside him pricked up their ears to listen.
Feiyan nodded: "They've left, that's all."
"What's going on?" Quan Jing'an knew something was wrong as soon as he saw Hong Xiaoduo's expression.
"Actually, it's nothing much. It's just that when Master Jiang was leaving, he invited Xiaoduo to his residence as a guest, and Xiaoduo agreed. It'll be tomorrow." Feiyan's voice grew softer as she spoke.
"She accepted the invitation?" Quan Jinghuai thought he had misheard and wanted to confirm.
Feiyan nodded vigorously, really wanting to tell everyone about seeing Xiaoduo secretly pulling the hair out of the Jiang family.
Feiyan knew that Hong Xiaoduo knew the secret technique of identifying blood relations. She had told Kaiyang and Huashi about it when she did it for them, but she did not tell them the specifics of how to do it.
Hearing this, Quan Jinghuai looked towards the main house, where Hong Xiaoduo was no longer visible. He knew that Hong Xiaoduo wasn't one to curry favor with the powerful or associate with wealthy people; after all, she had refused even an official position offered by the emperor.
She wouldn't make this decision without a reason, so there's only one possibility: it's related to what Master Jiang and she were talking about! What could have caught her attention and piqued her curiosity?
"Forget it, you go about your own business." Quan Jinghuai didn't want to speculate anymore.
She'll tell everyone when the time comes if she feels it's something she can talk about.
Upon hearing this, Feiyan went to the children's side, washed her hands, and helped them put on the vegetarian dishes.
Back then, Hong Xiaoduo from the main room sat down in the chair and entered the space, turned on the detector, and put two strands of hair into the detection box.
While waiting for the results, he thought that if Jiang Baicheng was Jiang An's son, then he couldn't help Jiang An with his troubles. He could only say, according to metaphysics, that Jiang An owed Jiang Baicheng in his past life, so he was reborn as his son in this life to collect the debt.
However, if the father-son relationship is not established, then I can be of help. The reason I accepted Jiang An's invitation is simply to meet Jiang An's great concubine, Madam Pang.
Even if Jiang Baicheng was breastfed by her from birth, it's normal for her to develop feelings for the child. What's abnormal is that her biological son was only a month older than Jiang Baicheng. She was forced to abandon her one-month-old baby due to domestic violence by her husband. She was introduced to the Jiang family as a wet nurse by the steward of the Jiang family. However, she refused every time that Master Jiang mentioned accepting the child into the family. This is very abnormal.
How can someone neglect their own child while treating other people's children as their own? It's illogical and doesn't make sense!
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