The daily life of a concubine's daughter

Chapter 195 Broken Jade

Ning Yuanhou was playing with the jade pendant for breaking off the engagement. He scratched his ears when he heard the words and exclaimed, "What? The thief was Minghui?"

Did I hear it right? Wasn't Minghui punished by the emperor to reflect on his mistakes behind closed doors? If it was him, it would be disobeying the emperor's order and he would be beheaded!

Last night I only heard from my subordinates that a thief broke into the back house, and then I heard that he was caught. I thought this kind of thief should be taught a lesson, so I asked someone to break one of his legs to teach him a lesson.

How can a grown man break into someone's backyard and bring shame to the reputation of the family? He is so shameless and has ruined the innocent life of a woman. He deserves death!

Only because I met a kind-hearted person like me, I would spare his life. If I met a cruel person, I would beat him to death. The Dali Temple, Jingzhao Prefecture, and the Ministry of Justice would not say anything. If the news spreads, everyone will applaud. "

The old Duke shivered his sleeves and scolded, "Xiao San, don't talk nonsense. Minghui was at home last night. We just lost a servant last night. The Marquis is kind-hearted and spared his life. He should thank the Marquis for not killing him."

Shi Mingzhen retracted his angry gaze, clasped his hands together, and said with difficulty: "It was I who misunderstood the Marquis. I hope the Marquis will not blame me. The Marquis misheard. The Xiaoba I mentioned is a servant, not Minghui."

Ning Yuanhou smiled and said, "That's good." He sighed and said, "I am still very optimistic about Minghui. When he was young, I taught him some family kung fu because I valued his talent.

This child is cunning and decisive, and his future is limitless. I wish him a beautiful wife and concubines and a happy marriage."

The old Duke suppressed his shock and pain, stood up to say goodbye, left an apology, and hurried back home with Shi Mingzhen and the seriously injured Shi Minghui.

Ning Yuanhou hurried to the backyard with the jade pendant in his pocket to present the treasure to his wife and daughter.

Li hit him: "Next time you force me to drink yellow soup and marry our precious daughter to someone else, on the wedding day, I will put you in the bridal sedan and you can marry by yourself!"

How could Ningyuan Hou dare to say that he was pretending to be drunk? He took two punches from his lady, then bowed and apologized.

In a blink of an eye, the couple saw their daughter holding the jade pendant and crying silently. Ning Yuanhou was startled and said, "Heng Niang, Heng Niang, please don't cry. Look, your mother is about to hit me with her fist again! Tomorrow your father will choose a good son-in-law for you."

Ge Qiuheng burst into laughter and stood up, threw the jade pendant to the ground and broke it into pieces: "Father, don't panic, I'm not reluctant to part with anyone, I'm just crying for joy!"

Ningyuan Hou winked at Li, fearing that his daughter was upset and couldn't get over it, so he signaled his wife to spend more time with her daughter in the next few days and never let her be alone.

Li nodded, hugged Ge Qiuheng and talked to her about the scenery and customs of the frontier.

Ge Qiuheng listened carefully and was looking forward to it.

In her previous life, she had never been anywhere except the capital, and only appreciated the beautiful scenery of the country and mountains in books. In this life, as a blessing in disguise, she got the opportunity to leave the capital and see the outside world.

The old Duke returned home and met the Duke of Zhenguo, only then did he understand why he had not seen him in the Ningyuan Marquis' Mansion just now.

The Duke of Zhenguo glanced at his youngest son lying unconscious on a stretcher, not caring about his bruised face, and asked in shock, "Father, is Minghui okay?"

Suddenly he saw a drop of blood dripping from the stretcher to the ground, staining the white pebbles on the ground red. Without waiting for his old father to answer, he pulled back the quilt and saw a bloody person in front of him.

"Minghui!"

The Duke of Zhenguo's eyes instantly turned red and he couldn't help but take a step back, refusing to believe what he saw.

"Ge Xiuming, this ungrateful bastard, our two families have been friends for many years. I have often spoken up for him in the court. How dare he treat my Xiao Ba like this? I will fight him!"

Shi Mingzhen hurriedly grabbed his uncle who was about to lose his mind with anger and said, "Uncle, calm down!"

The old Duke's face turned pale, and he said coldly: "You go and shout loudly, saying that Xiao Ba broke into someone's backyard in the middle of the night and someone broke his leg.

Go, go now! Mingzhen, don't stop him. Your eighth brother is already a useless man with no future to look forward to. It's better to ask the emperor to chop off his head and put an end to it all!"

The Duke of Zhenguo covered his face and sobbed.

The servants carried Shi Minghui to the bed, and the doctor came in to treat him. He said with sweat on his forehead, "Fortunately, the best medicine was applied, and the young master is in good health and has saved his life.

I'll prescribe him some medicine, and he'll be fine in the next three days. The bleeding from the wound will stop completely, and his life will be safe. However, Master's leg bone is broken like this. I'm afraid I can't heal it. "

The old Duke had expected this and said sadly, "Thank you, Doctor. It's my grandson's fault that he was so naughty. He climbed a tree yesterday after drinking and fell down from the tree, breaking his leg."

The doctor understood what was going on, so he didn't dare to say it was a discount. He comforted him for a while, wrote a prescription, and left with his medicine box.

The Duke of Zhenguo regretted deeply: "He said he had a way to not break off the engagement, and I thought he really had some clever plan, so I wholeheartedly helped him to delay it, but I didn't expect that he actually climbed over the wall at night and threatened the other person's innocence.

If I had known this earlier, I would have returned the jade pendant to the Ge family long ago - Ge Xiuming, this beast, was too cruel. He was going to ruin Minghui's life!

It was clearly his daughter who shamelessly chased after our Xiao Ba before. Xiao Ba was willing to marry her, but she was not grateful at all, and instead ruined him!"

The old Duke sneered, "What were you doing before you had the time to complain? Xiao Ba wants to ruin someone's daughter's innocence and her life. He deserves to have his legs broken!"

If the other grandson had not been present, the old Duke would have slapped his eldest son in the face to wake him up.

Shi Mingzhen was asking his confidants to change Shi Minghui into clean clothes.

The Duke of Zhenguo regretted his actions to the point of his intestines turning green. After being scolded, he could only shed tears and dared not retort: ​​"If a son is not taught well, it is the fault of the father. Father, I know I was wrong. It was my fault that I did not teach Xiao Ba well."

The old Duke said, "Don't tell a word about what happened yesterday. Xiao Ba must have broken his leg while climbing a tree while drunk. Do you remember?"

The Duke of Zhenguo and Shi Mingzhen swallowed their resentment and agreed.

The old Duke said tiredly, "Let's keep Xiao Ba's matter a secret for now. After lunch, you and your wife should take Zhu Zhu to Prince Xian's mansion to apologize."

The Duke of Zhenguo was embarrassed: "But, my face..."

"What's wrong with your face? If you can hide from the King today, can you hide from the Emperor and his colleagues tomorrow?"

The Duke of Zhenguo could only bow his head and agree.

The old Duke got up and went back to Ganlu Hall to tell the old lady as soon as possible that Xiao Ba was back. She was so worried that she couldn't sleep the whole night.

As soon as he left Shi Minghui's yard, he felt a sharp pain in his heart and could not help but raise his hand to press it.

Seeing that he was pale, the butler hurried forward to support him and asked, "Old Master, do you feel pain in your heart?"

The old Duke waved his hand and said, "It's an old illness. I'll be fine after I go back and take some medicine. Hey, sooner or later these unworthy descendants will be pissed off to death!"

The chief steward carefully advised, "Now that the Eighth Master has been in trouble, the young masters in the mansion will completely restrain their tempers and be careful about what they say and do. In the long run, this may not be a bad thing."

The old Duke smiled bitterly, "I'm afraid that Xiao Ba's leg will irritate them, and make them go against Ning Yuan Hou even more, and secretly seek revenge. If something goes wrong again, the family's century-old glory will be destroyed."