The daily life of a concubine's daughter

The old Duke was drinking tea and choked and coughed. He smiled and nodded at Shi Yao: "You mischievous girl!"

The lady laughed so hard that her body shook. She held up Shi Yao's face and said, "Oh, our little girl is so wronged! You are so talkative, grandma really loves you!"

Shi Yao thought that it was worth it for her to contribute three emoticons in a row, as she had filed a lawsuit and entertained her parents with colorful clothes.

Next, we need to see the old Duke’s reaction.

In fact, even if she didn't say these things, someone would report them to the old Duke.

If she tried to hide it, she would appear guilty.

She just said it all out. She didn't take embarrassment as an embarrassment. Other people's embarrassment was their own business. Moreover, she took this opportunity to expose Shi Mingwei's ugly behavior to the public.

If the old Duke no longer cares, Shi Yao will treat him as a deaf person from now on.

After the lady finished teasing Shi Yao, she turned around and sighed, "Mingwei is becoming more and more unruly. There has never been a master in our house who abuses his servants, but he has set a precedent. Old man, it's time to take care of him."

After a moment's silence, the old Duke stopped smiling and said, "Mingwei is indeed too unrestrained and should be restrained. Yao girl, don't feel wronged. You have only been back to Beijing for a few days. It is understandable that the brothers are not familiar with you. If you get to know you more, they will treat you like a sister.

When you left the house before, didn't you want to wander around the capital and go to the temple to burn incense? When they recover from their injuries, I will ask them to accompany you."

"Ah?" Shi Yao was terrified. She hugged the lady's arm tightly and shook her head repeatedly. "No, no, no, when I saw my second brother and eighth brother, my calves started to cramp and I wanted to stay away from them. I won't go. I won't go!"

The old Duke was so amused that he said, "What are you afraid of? If you lose one hair, I'll beat them with one stick. If you lose ten hairs, I'll beat them with ten sticks. Don't you want to be a heroine, a daughter of a general?"

Shi Yao didn't expect the old man to use her words to stop her. She blushed and said, "Although I am a daughter of a general, my brothers are a group of vicious wolves. Even a daughter of a tiger is afraid of wolves."

The lady laughed so hard that she fell backwards.

The old Duke smiled and said, "Okay, it's settled. I'll see if your eldest brother or third brother is free and they can go with you."

Shi Yao's face relaxed, and she responded hesitantly: "Okay...Okay."

The old Duke sat for a while, then got up and went to the study in the outer courtyard - it was extremely shameful for men to hang out in the backyard in broad daylight.

Shi Yao knew that the mansion was in chaos these days and the women were all busy with their own things. The lady had little company, so she begged her to teach her calligraphy.

The lady of course happily agreed, and immediately asked someone to set out writing brushes, ink, paper and inkstone, and began to instruct on the strokes of horizontal, vertical, left and right strokes.

Shi Yao regarded herself as a dry and fluffy sponge, absorbing knowledge eagerly.

After lunch, he said goodbye to the lady and returned to Guanju Courtyard.

As I walked, I pondered the old duke's intentions.

She thought that the old Duke wanted to make it up to her and support her in the mansion, so he stayed to have breakfast with her in the morning.

It turns out that there is no good banquet.

Is this to force her to go out of the house and show off her deep brotherly love, so as to clear the names of Shi Mingwei and his two brothers?

By the way, it also gave the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion an impression of "family harmony" and saved the Duke of Zhenguo from impeachment for "poor family management".

Back in Guanju Courtyard, Shi Yao climbed onto the kang again, pulled up the gauze curtain, and took out a purse.

That's right, today the three brothers were reported in Ganlu Hall. The good intentions of the lady made Shi Yao suffer injustice, and the lady felt extremely guilty.

The way she expressed her guilt was to give Shi Yao a "mental damage red envelope".

This time the lady gave two thousand taels.

All in all, the lady gave a total of 18,000 taels!

Shi Yao's love for the lady was even deeper.

The lady's money is not unlimited, and what I can give her is probably approaching its limit.

She knew in her heart that this money should include compensation for her mother.

Spend money to buy peace of mind.

So Shi Yao accepted it with peace of mind.

The grudges of the past were a mess. No matter how much they had to do it, it was a fact that the Shi family had treated her and her mother badly.

In a blink of an eye, the ten-day deadline was up.

The old Duke gave the three brothers a day off, allowing them to play with Shi Yao for a day, and start going to the ancestral hall to receive punishment tomorrow.

The three brothers were strong and tough since childhood. Except for Shi Mingwei who needed someone to carry him onto the carriage, Shi Mingchen and Shi Minghui were able to get out of bed and walk a few steps with gritted teeth.

My eldest brother Shi Mingwu didn't come today because he had to go on a business trip. After that, he would have to go to the Fu family to work like a slave for the old lady and father-in-law, begging them to forgive him and let Fu Nanjun return to her husband's home.

Bring him back as soon as possible to prevent Fu Nanjun from saying something inappropriate in the Fu family and letting it reach the ears of the emperor in the palace.

Shi Yao glanced at her brothers standing in a row.

In addition to the three brothers who were beaten with a stick, those who will escort her out of the house today include the third brother Shi Mingzhen from the second room, the fourth brother Shi Mingkui from the third room, and the sixth brother Shi Mingmo.

Shi Yao asked, "Third brother, where is fifth brother?"

The old Duke and his wife had three sons: the eldest son, Duke Zhenguo Shi Jimian, the second son, Shi Jizhen, and the third son, Shi Ji'an.

The eldest son had four children: the eldest son Shi Mingwu, the second son Shi Mingwei, the third son Shi Minghui, the eighth, and the fourth daughter Shi Mingzhu, the ninth.

The second wife had two children: the eldest son Shi Mingzhen was the third child, and the second son Shi Mingying was the fifth child;

The third wife also had four children: the eldest son Shi Mingkui, the fourth, the second son Shi Mingmo, the sixth, the third son Shi Mingchen, the seventh, plus the concubine's daughter Shi Yao, the tenth.

The fifth brother Shi Mingying was from the second branch of the family, so Shi Yao was asking about the third brother Shi Mingzhen.

Shi Mingzhen stood among a row of brothers, and his temperament was obviously out of tune with the others.

Because he loved reading since he was a child and didn't like to wield swords and sticks, although he also practiced martial arts, he was full of bookish air.

It is not convenient for the children of military families, especially those from families with large numbers of troops, to enter officialdom through the imperial examinations. Therefore, Shi Mingzhen has now casually donated an official position and is in charge of the general affairs of the Duke's Mansion on a daily basis.

He was in charge of organizing banquets, welcoming guests and giving gifts, managing the farm and shop, settling guests, etc. His skin was much whiter than that of his other brothers.

Shi Mingzhen was surprised that Shi Yao would come to ask him, and smiled gently: "It's close to the end of the year, and he went to the farm outside the city to order some vegetables and meat for me. Second sister, it's getting late, when are we leaving?"

This means that he doesn't want to talk any more and wants to end the topic. Shi Yao thought to herself that this third brother is just like what is written in the book, a smiling tiger, with a friendly face, but he doesn't hesitate when it comes to tripping someone up.

To sum it up in two words: insidious.

Shi Yao smiled and said, "Let's go now."

After that, she got into the carriage.

Winter is not suitable for riding, so the Shi brothers got into carriages in groups of two or three.

The lady specially sent Shi Mingzhen's daughter-in-law Tao Ziyi to accompany Shi Yao.

Tao Ziyi smiled at Shi Yao, then sat upright beside her.

The two were not familiar with each other, and Tao Ziyi was not good at chatting up people, but since she had been assigned the task, she could only bite the bullet and chat: "I heard that my second sister has been practicing calligraphy these days?"