The daily life of a concubine's daughter

Chapter 249: Aunt, Wait Until I Grow Up

"It's just a joke, ma'am. Don't take it seriously. To be honest, I feel embarrassed to mention my marriage in person. You should talk to the old man and the old lady about this matter. I will listen to the arrangements of my grandparents."

Shi Yao covered her lips, shy and timid, and whispered, "Since I was a child, I have heard that my elder sister was doted on in the Jinling old house. If I were to say envy, not only the wives and grandmothers in the capital envied her, but also the boudoirs in the capital envied her, and the girls from the Jinling old house also envied her.

But I can't really say I'm jealous. I know what you're thinking. My elder sister and I are both daughters of the Duke's Mansion, so I should be jealous of her.

But you have to understand, Madam, that my eldest sister's father is the Duke of Zhenguo, a high-ranking official in the eldest branch of the family, while the third master is only a fourth-rank official and is not favored in the palace or the court.

There is a huge gap between me, the concubine's daughter of the third wife, and the legitimate daughter of the Duke. To put it bluntly, a woman's second half of life depends on her husband's family, and our choice of spouse is not in the same class.

As a human being, we should accept the facts that are determined since birth. With the memories of my sisters-in-law from previous lives to remind me, I will not overestimate my own abilities and seek things that do not belong to me.

Therefore, there is really nothing to fight for between me and my elder sister. If I really fight for her one day, it must be someone who has pushed me to the edge, and my fight will only end in a loss of both sides.

Rong's face froze when she met Shi Yao's smiling yet determined eyes.

She underestimated Shi Yao.

In her previous life, "Shi Yao" first almost married a fool, then married an old man, and finally was forced to compete with Shi Mingzhu for her husband. She became the concubine of the fourth prince Zhou Shao and ascended the throne. Isn't it a situation of both fish and net being broken?

It can be seen that we should never push people into a desperate situation.

Although Shi Yao is only a concubine's daughter, she has the blood of the old Duke and the Dowager Lady. Given her current status in the eyes of the two elders, no one in this mansion dares to harm her life.

Since you can't kill her, there's no need to push her to the brink of death.

Rong never thought of harming her life.

She smiled and said, "I understand what you are thinking, but please don't be so decisive. It's not that serious.

Your fourth brother, sixth brother, and seventh brother are your brothers after all, closer than any other brothers. Brothers and sisters are just supporting each other. If you don’t want to, no one dares to force you.”

Shi Yao smiled but said nothing.

No words to follow.

If he really treated her as his own sister, why would Fourth Sister-in-law Gong Xuan prepare to knock her out in the inner courtyard that day, while Fourth Brother Shi Mingkui was waiting in the outer courtyard?

This black couple deserves their current fate.

Rong was a very smart person. When she saw Shi Yao looking at the screen, she knew that Shi Yao saw through everything. She could not continue talking and pushed the box in front of her towards Shi Yao.

"Please accept the remaining money, young lady. It is a token of our appreciation. Although you are not engaged yet, you should prepare your dowry first. I will send someone to buy materials in a few days. When you are engaged, we can slowly make furniture and so on."

Shi Yao pushed the box back and said with a smile, "I dare not accept a gift without merit. Thank you for your kindness, madam. As for the dowry, please don't worry about it. Grandmother should have made some arrangements. I'm sorry for bothering you today. Madam, please take a rest. I'll go back first."

Shi Yao stood up, bowed, and left the main hall with Aunt Liu Hua.

After passing through two moon gates, a little kid jumped out, grabbed Shi Yao's skirt, and shouted happily: "Aunt! Aunt, I'm so glad to see that you are okay! Did grandpa catch up with you yesterday?"

Shi Yao bent down, pinched the little kid's chubby cheeks, and said with a smile: "No, your grandfather jumped off the river bank yesterday and jumped into the river. I saw him struggling in the river so pitifully, so I left first."

Shi Yunfan chuckled: "Grandfather is indeed pitiful, don't worry, little aunt, Grandfather came back wet yesterday, but he is fine, and he seemed to be crying."

Shi Yao didn't care.

How could Shi Jianan cry, and it was even more impossible for him to cry because of her. It seemed that river water got into his eyes. The child had no common sense and saw that his eyes were red, so he thought he was crying.

"Yes, your grandfather is really pitiful. Brother Fan, please loosen my skirt. I am about to go back."

Shi Yunfan tightened his grip and said disappointedly, "Ah? My aunt is going back so soon. I haven't played with her yet."

Shi Yao coaxed him: "Come to my Guanju Courtyard to play with me some other day."

Shi Yunfan asked shyly: "Then, then my aunt promised to treat me to a meal..."

"You can come anytime. You are a little kid and can't eat much. Auntie welcomes you anytime."

The little fellow's face suddenly turned red, and he twisted his body and said in a baby voice, "Okay, okay, when I grow up, I will protect my aunt. I, I wanted to protect you yesterday, but, but I ran too slowly and didn't catch up."

The child hung his head in shame.

Shi Yao held up his face and gave him a kiss: "Don't worry, Brother Fan will grow up slowly. Little aunt can barely protect herself now. Brother Fan also needs to protect himself."

"Shi Yao, what are you doing!"

An angry shout came from behind.

Shi Yao was startled for a moment, and let go of Shi Yunfan. Without moving, she turned her head slightly and asked nonchalantly, "What can I do for you, Third Master? I am the great-grandson of my grandfather. What do you think I do?"

Shi Jianan walked over quickly, picked up Shi Yunfan, checked his grandson up and down, and sneered, "Have you ever had any mercy on children? If you had, you wouldn't have done anything to your fourth sister-in-law!"

Shi Yao said coldly, "Third Master, please stop being hypocritical. Fourth Sister-in-law doesn't love her child and doesn't do anything with her pregnancy. You don't even love Brother Fan and the unborn Brother Lang as much as you do. Yet you keep asking me to love them. It's really funny!

I finally understood one thing, to be a child in your family, either you have been unlucky for eight lifetimes, or you have committed murder, arson, confiscated property, and exterminated your clan in your previous life, so you were born into this life.

Okay, okay, I'm too lazy to argue with you, so let's just say goodbye. By the way, don't mention the marriage anymore, I just hope that after I get married, I can stay away from you and have nothing to do with you anymore. Don't force me, I don't even know what I look like when I go crazy. "

After saying this, Shi Yao didn't even bother to greet everyone and left.

Aunt Liu Hua did not remind him this time. She glanced at Shi Jian'an whose eyes were red, bowed slightly, and quickly caught up with Shi Yao.

Shi Yunfan stretched out his little hand and touched the forehead that Shi Yao had kissed twice. He pursed his little red mouth and muttered, "My aunt left without saying hello to me."

Does my aunt hate him?

No one had ever kissed him so intimately.

Soft and gentle in a special way.

Like, like...

Shi Yunfan couldn't describe it, anyway, it was a feeling he had never experienced before.

Shi Jian'an's chest heaved violently: "How ridiculous! How ridiculous!"

He turned around and sternly ordered the nurse, "Watch out for the Fifth Young Master from now on. Don't let Shi Yao get close to him. If Brother Fan gets hurt in the slightest, I will sell your whole family!"

The wet nurse nodded in agreement.

In the main hall, the third wife Rong was talking about Shi Yao with her eldest son Shi Mingkui.

Rong pointed at the box containing the banknotes and said softly, "Your second sister is a very smart person. She has the support of your eldest sister-in-law and others. She is not greedy for money and is not easy to control."