The daily life of a concubine's daughter

Chapter 370: Life-threatening

The servant agreed to all the requests and went to ask Fu Nanjun first. When he learned that the banquet had been prepared, he prepared two jars of wine and personally delivered them to the ancestral hall.

The Duke's Mansion had been encountering obstacles everywhere for the past six months. Today, it was finally lively. The guards were not strict, and the servant was allowed to knock on the door after paying for tea.

"You are only allowed to talk outside the door. Outsiders are not allowed to enter the ancestral hall casually."

The servant readily agreed: "I know the rules, don't worry, brothers."

After saying that, he didn't dare to knock on the door, for fear of disturbing the Shi family's ancestors, and only shouted loudly: "Second Master, Second Master! Seventh Master asked me to bring some wine!"

After a while, the door of the ancestral hall slowly opened.

There was only a small gap, barely enough to accommodate Shi Mingwei's face.

Shi Mingwei asked with gloomy eyes: "What do you want to call me for?"

The servant's heart skipped a beat.

Shi Mingwei's face looked pale under the big red lantern, and paired with the heavy and solemn gate of the ancestral hall, it exuded a creepy meaning.

He shuddered, put on a smile, and repeated, "Hello, Second Master. Seventh Master asked me to bring some wine, Tusu wine."

Shi Mingwei sneered: "What does Old Seven mean? Are you trying to poke my lungs on purpose? I've come to the ancestral hall to hide, but he still has to chase me to celebrate his sister's wedding?"

The servant choked and explained: "Seventh Master didn't mean that. It's very noisy outside, and Second Master is alone in the ancestral hall. Seventh Master wanted to drink with Second Master, but he couldn't come, so he sent wine to show his appreciation."

Shi Mingwei sneered repeatedly: "Old Seven has become successful! He actually dared to laugh at me, the second brother. He is so proud. In the future, he will be the pillar of the third house and the pillar of the Duke's Mansion. Do I have to curry favor with him?"

The servant was frustrated and sweating profusely, and hurriedly said, "I am not good at speaking, Seventh Master did not mean that, Second Master, please do not misunderstand!"

"Get lost, take Old Seven's broken wine with you, and get lost as far away..."

Shi Mingwei was furious and was about to scold the boy to leave when suddenly someone pulled his clothes from behind.

He closed the door a little more, turned around and asked in a low voice: "What?"

In the dim light and shadow, a slender figure was reflected. This person had a square scarf on his head and was dressed like a servant, but his skin was fair and his voice was soft. He said in a low voice:

"Second Master, please leave the wine. I want to try the Tusu wine."

The sound was so soft that the servant outside the door pricked up his ears.

Shi Mingwei turned around and saw the boy peeping furtively into the door. He was so angry that he reached out and kicked him, cursing:

"My Shi family's ancestral hall, my Shi family's ancestors, how can a coward like you peek in? Put down the wine, I appreciate my seventh brother's kindness, get out of here!"

When the servant heard that the job was done, he hurriedly put down the two jars of wine and ran away, fearing that if he was a step late, the second master would eat him.

It was rumored among the servants in the mansion that the second master was a cannibal. Someone saw him eat a maid and drink her blood.

Shi Mingwei cursed for a while, opened the door, took the wine, and slammed the heavy door of the ancestral hall.

After entering, Shi Mingwei placed the wine jar on the stone table. He could hear the sound of cicadas chirping one after another, and he could not help but complain in a distracted manner:

"Tomorrow I will order someone to poke all the cicadas in the Duke's Mansion. It sounds annoying, like a death sentence!"

The jade-faced servant opposite smiled and said, "Second Master is right. I just heard that young man say that this is Tusu wine? Then I must try it carefully."

Shi Mingwei teased, "Shan Nai, you can't drink much. Don't fall down in this ancestral hall. If you can't escape, someone will find you tomorrow and I'll beat your butt to pieces. I'll be so heartbroken!"

It turns out that this jade-faced servant is Shannai.

These days, Shi Mingwei was locked up in the ancestral hall, and Shannai finally had a chance to catch his breath.

Since that day when Shi Mingwei got furious, the maids under him were very experienced and immediately took away the scissors and other things that could hurt people in the room, not even leaving a feather duster.

She was powerless and the maidservant was of no help either. She was thinking about getting Shi Mingwei drunk and strangling him with a belt. Someone came to pick her up to the Duke's Mansion today.

The visitor was a stranger, but judging by his attire, manners and etiquette, he should be a servant of the Duke's Mansion. I just didn't know which master he worked for.

The visitor simply said, "I know what the girl wants to do. Give her a chance to do it. If she doesn't do it, today will be the day she dies."

He would die if he did it, and it would just be Shi Mingwei who would be the scapegoat.

Shannai's face was pale and his hands and feet were cold.

However, she had no choice.

So, she disguised herself as a servant and successfully followed the man into the Shi family ancestral hall, and coaxed Shi Mingwei with sweet words.

Shi Mingwei was deeply moved.

He was locked up in the ancestral hall for several days, and everyone in the Shi family had forgotten him. Even his wife and children didn't come to see him. Only Shannai went through a lot of hardships to find him and comfort his anger and frustration.

Shannai patted the seal, poured out two bowls of wine, brought one bowl to Shi Mingwei, and took the other bowl, took a sip, and said with a smile:

"Don't talk about life and death, you're just trying to scare me. I want you and I to live a hundred years, and have a happy life every year."

The two clinked their glasses. Shi Mingwei felt much better and drank bowl after bowl of wine. He kept complaining to Shannai that the Shi family had let him and his mother down. He condemned everyone, especially Shi Yao.

"You silly girl, why don't you get married on any other day? Why get married on my mother's seventh day? Aren't you afraid that my mother will come looking for her in the middle of the night to claim her life...

How shameless of you, a bastard girl, to ask my mother, the Duke's wife, to give way to her wedding..."