The Duke's Daughter is Reborn

The food at Deyue Tower is indeed as good as its reputation. The food is so delicious that one can’t help but drool.

After finishing their meal, Yang Qi and Han Chu said goodbye and returned to the carriage of Duke Song’s Mansion.

When he returned, Yang Qi saw Yang Jing and An Xiaoqiu standing next to An. However, he looked around but didn't see Yang Lan: "Where's the second sister?"

Xu walked to the side of the carriage and said, "Madam Yongyi has kept Yang Lan to talk. She will not be able to return home for a few days."

Yang Qi nodded and followed Xu into the carriage. Yang Lan had always been loved by the Marquis of Yongyi and his wife. The Marquis of Yongyi had a courtyard reserved for Yang Lan to live in, which was also the courtyard where Yang Lan's mother lived before she got married.

In the carriage, Yang Qi saw that Xu's face looked bad, and thought of how bad An's face looked just now: "Aunt, did something happen just now?"

Xu sighed: "Your sixth sister and An Xiaoqiu ran into the sixth young master of the Xiao family on their way back to change clothes."

Yang Qi thought for a while: "What if it wasn't the Sixth Young Master of the Xiao family who rescued my cousin and sixth sister from the lake last time?" If it really was this person, it would be too much of a coincidence.

Xu sighed again: "It's that child."

Yang Qi pursed her lips and said nothing more.

When it was almost time for dinner, Xin Che came in and said, "Miss, the Duke returned home a quarter of an hour ago and was immediately invited over by Madam."

Yang Qi nodded and turned a page of the book: "Ask Mother He to bring out the dinner and eat earlier today." She was afraid that she would not have time to eat soon.

Just after finishing the meal, the maidservant beside An came to tell Yang Qi to go to the main house.

Yang Qi did not refuse. Yang Lan was still in the Yongyi Marquis's mansion, and An would definitely drag him into today's incident.

After entering the main room, Yang Qi felt that the atmosphere today was a bit weird. Yang Jing and An Xiaoqiu both had red eyes at the bottom, they must have just cried. Song Hongwen and An Shi were sitting at the top, with angry faces.

Every time Yang Qi came to the room and saw An Xiaoqiu, she would want to laugh. An Xiaoqiu was a grown-up girl. When her father was in the room, she shouldn't stay here for a long time. But no one in the room could see anything unusual. Yang Lan never mentioned it, so Yang Qi was too lazy to bring it up.

Yang Qi seemed not to notice the strange atmosphere, and bowed politely to Song Hongwen and An Shi above him: "Dad, Mother."

Looking at Yang Qi who was standing properly, Song Hongwen asked, "Why did this happen today?" In the eyes of his mother and the people in the mansion, his daughter was a well-behaved person, but in An's mouth, it was completely different.

Song Hongwen thought about his mother's instructions and decided to ask about the matter first instead of just listening to An and getting angry.

Yang Qi blinked and frowned: "Today? There is nothing special about my daughter today." Since An and the others were dragging her into this, she could only play dumb for now.

Song Hongwen said hoarsely, "It's about your sixth sister and cousin today."

Yang Qi suddenly realized: "Dad, you are talking about this matter. This matter has been resolved. Second sister explained it. It will not involve our relationship with the Jingguo Mansion."

Jingguo Mansion? Why was Jingguo Mansion implicated, and Yang Lan was also present? Song Hongwen was a little confused, and glanced at Yang Jing who was shrinking her head. It seemed that Yang Jing didn't say much in order to avoid being scolded.

An Shi saw that the topic was not right: "I was talking about why you let your sister go on her own in the Yongyi Marquis's mansion, and why you didn't take good care of her?"

Yang Qi was confused and very puzzled.

Seeing this, An Xiaoqiu said timidly: "Cousin, after we separated from you, we met the Sixth Young Master of the Xiao Family." An Xiaoqiu's words were vague. The real thing was that An Xiaoqiu was molested by the Sixth Young Master of the Xiao Family on the road. However, An Xiaoqiu would not say these words, but would only cry.

Hearing this, Yang Qi's face darkened: "You mean, the young master of the Xiao family was waiting for you on the road? This shouldn't be the case. My second sister told me that the management of the Yongyi Marquis's mansion is very strict. For this banquet, they also invited many people to help outside. Maids and old women are all over the mansion. Besides, men and women are seated separately today, so why can the young master of the Xiao family come in?"

Hearing Yang Qi's quibbling, An was furious: "Before we set off, I told you to keep an eye on my sister. Why did you let my sister act on her own? If you were watching her all the time, how could something like this happen to my sister?"

Yang Qi was very sure that An Shi had not warned her before she set out. Saying this now would only make her father even more angry: "Mother, my cousin and sixth sister are led by the maids of the Yongyi Marquis' Mansion. Do you think I am more familiar with the layout of the Yongyi Marquis' Mansion than the maids? Besides, my cousin is accompanying my sixth sister this time."

It was the first time that Song Hongwen saw Yang Qi like this: "This is how you talk to your mother!" Song Hongwen had always heard An say in front of him that Yang Qi was too domineering, and he thought that An was exaggerating. He didn't expect that this girl would really look like this when she was pushed to the limit.

Listening to Song Hongwen, Yang Qi couldn't believe it. An and An Xiaoqiu were so obviously inducing, but Song Hongwen didn't notice anything unusual. He was scolded for defending himself a few times: "Father, I am just telling the truth. Could it be that I am not as good as An Xiaoqiu, a person with a different surname, in your heart? Young Master Xiao was able to cross the guarded Yongyi Marquis Mansion alone and get to the group of no less than five people including my cousin and sixth sister, and he even took advantage of them. In this case, does father think that as long as his daughter is here, the situation can be changed?"

Song Hongwen looked at Yang Qi's determined face and was furious: "You said these words to your own father. Have you lost all the etiquette you learned over the years?"

Seeing Yang Qi's face that said he was doing nothing wrong and thinking about what Yang Jing and An Xiaoqiu had said before, Song Hongwen couldn't suppress his impulse and slapped Yang Qi to the ground.

Yang Qi felt his face immediately getting hot and painful. Thanks to Nanny Zhu's persistent maintenance over the years, his skin had improved a lot. But after receiving the slap today, he was afraid that his face would be swollen for several days.

An wished that Song Hongwen would slap her a few more times. An Xiaoqiu and Yang Jing also looked gloating. For a moment, the room became eerily quiet.

Yang Qi felt something salty and wet in his mouth. He wiped it with his hand and found it was blood. He guessed it was because Song Hongwen had hit him too hard just now.

Yang Qi closed his eyes and smiled sarcastically.

Song Hongwen originally regretted not controlling his temper, but Yang Qi's reaction angered him again, and he continued to hurl a long string of insults.

Yang Qi stopped pretending and knelt on the ground, letting Song Hongwen vent his insults. Compared with his experience in the Han Mansion in his previous life, these were nothing.