Chapter 52: Miscalculation

  Tu Shi was scolded twice by Sheng Qi Ye as soon as he arrived in the capital today, which has never happened in the past ten years.

  She felt a sudden chill in her heart and knew she had been too rash.

  No matter how hard she tried, she misjudged Wang's daughter, Sheng Siyan.

  She really didn't expect that this ten-year-old little girl would speak and act flawlessly, and also be able to please and sell cleverly. In front of Seventh Master Sheng, she put on a perfect filial and obedient daughter's appearance, and easily let her, the elder, take two steps back.

  Wang is not scary, what's scary is her daughter.

  She can't afford to have a direct conflict with this little girl again.

  Sheng Qiye seemed to be very fond of this daughter, she was born well and had a clever tongue, her own daughter Da Ya was not her match.

  If you have to take it back and let her fix it, your own calculations will really be ruined.

  Tu Shi hastily lowered her head, not wanting to let Sheng Qiye see the clever calculation in her eyes. She smiled and said: "It's this concubine who was mistaken, forgetting that this is the capital city, please forgive me, Seventh Master." As she spoke, she gently approached him, linking arms with Sheng Qiye on his other side. Her full breasts were pressed tightly against Sheng Qiye's arm, her eyes beginning to well up with tears, which flowed towards Sheng Qiye's face like a wave.

  Sheng Qiye turned his head and glanced back, his face flushing red, trying to pull his arm back, but was tightly hugged by Tu Shi.

  Sheng Siyan saw that this Tu Shi was still speaking evasively, and did not order her children to change their address to call her "Auntie". She knew that this woman really had big ambitions, and she was also puzzled where she got the nerve from, actually thinking of becoming the legitimate wife. What qualifications does she have? Is it just because of her flesh?

  Sheng Siyan remembered that on the way, Father had said that this woman had a concubine contract, and after returning, she would have to coax it from Father and give it to Mother, otherwise Mother might not be able to control this woman.

  "Second Auntie, this is at the main gate. Give some face to my father."

  Sheng Qiye pushed Tu Shi ruthlessly and said with a fierce face: "Under the bright sky, what are you trying to do?"

  Tu smiled and took a step back.

  The attendant next to him was stunned.

  Sheng Qiye strode through the corner gate with a flick of his sleeve.

  Sheng Siyan smiled and said to Tu Shi: "Second aunt, you bring Da Ya and the others to follow me." As she spoke, she also turned around and went in.

  Tu looked at the tightly closed main gate and asked the door god standing beside him, "Why didn't Seventh Young Master leave by the main gate? Why did he leave by this small side gate?"

  Meng Zidao said, "The main gate is only opened when it's New Year's or a festival, and there are noble guests coming to the door. Normally everyone enters through the side gate. All households with some dignity in this capital city are like this, Second Aunt has just arrived from the countryside and isn't familiar with it yet?"

  Tu Shi's face turned red again as he was called "second aunt" by Men Zi, and he also heard a tone of disdain in the other's voice, seemingly looking down on him for being from the countryside. He stared at Men Zi with a deadpan expression, thinking that when it was time to serve Sheng Qi Ye at night, he would blow some "pillow wind" and get rid of this Men Zi.

  Not just this son, all lazy servants in this house will be driven out!

  Tu Shi thought as he led his three children through the corner gate.

  Qianmian Sheng Siyan had already sat in a small sedan chair and gone to the second gate.

  Tui and his three children sat in a small donkey cart heading towards Ermen Gate.

  Her elder brother did not enter and was arranged by Menzi in the guest house outside the courtyard.

  Sheng Qiye first returned to the inner courtyard. He said to Wang Shi, "The four of them from Tu's family came today, you take care of their arrangements." After saying that, he added, "I've delayed for a day, today I need to go to the palace to see the Emperor's condition, tonight I won't be back, and will rest at the Imperial Physician's Quarters in the palace."

  Wang knew it was Sheng Qiye's official business, so he hastily packed a bundle of clothes for him and ordered the servant to send a food box to the outer courtyard. He let Sheng Qiye's young servant take it and follow him into the palace.

  After entering the palace, Sheng Qiye would first go to Empress Dowager's Anhe Palace to check on Emperor Xiaoming's condition, and then head to the Imperial Physician's residence in Taixiang Lane to concoct his prescriptions and prepare medicine.

  The imperial physician can bring a young servant with him when he goes to the outer palace.

  Tu Shi entered the inner courtyard with three children when Sheng Qi Ye had already left.

  The exquisite scenery along the way left all four of them speechless.

  The Shengguo Gongfu was a newly built mansion, and to say the least, it was far inferior to the other three national dukes' mansions, but it was enough to shock the Tu family.

  As soon as they entered the corner gate, they were startled by various fake mountains everywhere. Walking further in, they saw long corridors stretching out in all directions, with distant towers and pavilions looming vaguely, winding paths leading to secluded spots, and it seemed like a maze.

  The Shengguo Gong Mansion faces many mountains in the east and many waters in the west, surrounded by high walls on all sides, surrounding the deep house and courtyard, with a winding corridor connecting them.

  In the middle of the Gonggongfu, there is a long and narrow small lake, which divides the Gonggongfu into two courtyards. On the lake, there is a corridor bridge in the shape of the Chinese character "hui", named Hanyue Bridge. The bridge has a pavilion with doors, which serves as a natural second gate.

  The artificial hills in the lake are exquisite, the lake rocks are delicate and transparent, and the caves are majestic.

  They got off the mule cart in front of Huanhui Bridge and followed the woman to walk onto the bridge, coming to the second gate set up in the middle of the bridge.

  The woman guarding the second gate looked at Tu Shi with narrowed eyes for a while, and smiled: "Is this Second Aunt? Indeed, she looks good."

  Tu smiled and said, "Seventh Master wants us to go see him."

  "Is that Lord Guo? Oh, Lord Guo just left and went into the palace." The old woman said with a smile, "Please come in. Madame is waiting for you in the main room."

  "Seventh Grandfather is gone?" Mrs. Tu still couldn't believe it, "How could that be? We just arrived and he's already passed away?"

  The old woman guarding the gate smiled wryly and said, "Second Madam, I don't know about these things. If you don't believe me, ask Duke Guo another day." As she spoke, she stepped aside to let them in.

  In the upper house of the inner courtyard, Sheng Siyan was talking to Wang Shi: "Mother, you'd better be careful. This second aunt is not a good person."

  Wang had already asked the young servant who followed Sheng Qiye out today, and he was well aware of what had happened outside. He also wondered how Tou Shi could be so arrogant?

  "Mother, Father said that when he took a concubine, he signed some kind of document. Have you seen it?" Sheng Siyan hastily reminded Wang Shi.

  Wang nodded, "Your father had me keep the concubine contract."

  Sheng Siyan put down half of her heart and smiled: "That's good." Although Wang Shi had the title of legitimate wife, she was originally one level higher than Tu Shi, but she also wanted to see that Father's heart was biased towards Mother. She didn't want to just have a title to suppress Tu Shi...

  The Wang lady smiled and pinched her apple cheeks, "Don't worry about these things, just don't bother." She instructed the maid beside her: "Go tell the second madam and the young masters and misses that they have come from afar and are tired. Let them rest in their own rooms and eat dinner there today. Tomorrow, after Seventh Master returns, we'll all meet together again."

  The maid nodded and went out to spread the word.

  Sheng Siyan clapped her hands and laughed: "Great! It's really great!"

  "What's so high?" Wang gave her a slanted glance. "More and more without any proper shape."

  "Unexpectedly, Mother is well-versed in the art of war!" Sheng Siyan said with a smile, "This is to make the opponent come with great momentum, but in the midst of waiting, they lose their momentum and are unable to contend with others!"

  "Alright, alright, no need to say so much. Your father is not in the mansion, I just don't want to see them alone. Let's talk about it when your father comes back."

  Sheng Siyan nodded, "Alright, mother has thought of everything." She then repeated what she had said to her father in the carriage, "Mother, about Da Yu and the others, is it okay to arrange them like this?"

  Wang came back to his senses and said, "It's the only way it could be. I really didn't expect this. This Tu family is actually so ignorant of the rules." As he spoke, he shook his head, seemingly finding it unbelievable.

  Sheng Siyan also thinks that Tu Shi is somewhat inconceivable. Moreover, she feels that Tu Shi is not the kind of ignorant and foolish woman who does not know the height of the sky or the thickness of the earth, nor does she understand how to read people's faces.

  What gives her the confidence and courage to challenge Wang Shi and Sheng Siyan's strength?

  Wang was the legitimate wife, and Sheng Siyan was the eldest daughter.

  Doesn't Tu look normal too?

  Why did she have to be stuck with them as a lowly concubine?

  Sheng Siyan always felt that there were some things in it that she didn't know about.

  She bit her lower lip and asked again: "Mother, is there no one left in your hometown?"

  Wang was stunned. She turned her back and gazed at the beautiful scenery outside the window reflected in the skylight for a long time, and after a good half day, she said faintly: "You go to the kitchen and see, today I want to eat some shrimp oil mixed with angled squash."

  The topic was diverted again.

  Sheng Siyan let out a low sigh in her heart and didn't ask any further, taking a small maid to the kitchen to get some dishes.

  Mr. Zhen had just walked halfway when a maid came over and said to the woman leading the way, "The mistress has given orders that no guests are to be received today. Let's talk about it tomorrow. Take them to the prepared courtyard to rest for now."

  Tu's family was taken aback and hastily stopped the maid, saying: "Sister, Wang... madam, why doesn't she see us?"

  The maid said seriously: "Second aunt, be careful what you say. The lady's surname is not something you can call casually? I'll let it go this time since it's your first time."

  How can a servant girl dare to scold her own master?!

  Tu's brain can't keep up.

  She stared blankly at the maid's receding back, and said to the woman beside her: "The servants in this Prince's estate are so unscrupulous, doesn't Seventh Master take control?"

  The old woman was shocked. "How could she not follow the rules? She's a senior maid next to the mistress, and when it comes to following rules, no one can compare to her!"

  "But she is so rude to her master, isn't that also against the rules?" asked Mrs. Tu in doubt.

  "What did she do to offend the master?" The old woman thought for a moment, understood, and smiled: "Oh, you're talking about yourself. To be honest, you can only count as half a master. The senior maid beside the mistress is indeed more dignified than you. She doesn't need to show courtesy to you, that's the rule."

  "How can I be a half-master?" Mrs. Tu said with great discontent, "I am Seventh Master's person! I also gave birth to a son!"

  The old woman saw that she couldn't make herself clear and didn't want to say any more, so she hastily took her to the house that had been prepared beforehand and settled her in, then went back to report.

  Wang's family had them stay overnight and it wasn't until the next morning, after Sheng Qiye returned, that he ordered someone to invite Tu Shi and her three children over.

  Sheng Siyan is the elder sister and was also called over.

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