She Became A Downfall Noble Lady
Chapter 451 - 449 His Highness Will Arrive Shortly

Chapter 451: Chapter 449 His Highness Will Arrive Shortly

"Indeed," Duke An picked up the teacup in front of him, lowered his eyes, and said, "In the future, don’t talk to me about different social statuses. These children are the sworn brothers of my granddaughter, and their household registrations are all in order. Their status is no lower than that of any of your families. I am a fair man. Even though the children from your families have bullied the weak by being strong and numerous, I know that children fighting is beyond reason. They haven’t been seriously hurt, so I won’t hold it against them. But let this not happen again!"

"Lian Gui, see the guests out for me."

The people in the hall were all dumbfounded. Is this even possible, to say as though we didn’t know? Your granddaughter changed her name and entered the household registry of Clear Water Village under the identity of a common girl. That registry is for ordinary civilians!

These kids are not registered under Duke An’s Mansion. Where do they get their not-so-low status from?

Xing Bin’s face was also looking unpleasant. When he came, he was filled with righteous indignation, determined to teach those country boys a lesson. Ideally, to thwack them in front of everyone, to whip them till their skin split and flesh burst, to take out his family’s resentment.

Who would have expected such an outcome? Not only did he fail to lay a finger on their children, but his large group also ended up being disgraced.

But this was Duke An’s Mansion. Duke An rudely turned them away. If they continued to stay here, they wouldn’t get any results, and might even really get thrown out of the mansion by Duke An.

And his family’s children had fought others. Although it wasn’t as Duke An had described, with the strong bullying the weak and the many oppressing the few, the fact remained. It was just that his family’s children lacked the ability. For the first time, Xing Bin regretted their scholarly birth, thinking it would’ve been delightful to beat up other children decisively and satisfyingly.

Xing Bin lowered his head and glared at his nephew. If you can’t hit hard, why fight at all?

He had come here heavily concerned but ended up without any results, and it would be difficult to explain to his family back home. Xing Bin felt a pain in his liver just thinking about the pained expressions of his mother and his younger brother’s wife.

With no choice left, Xing Bin stood up. Xing Guangwen saw his great-uncle rise and wondered if they were leaving. He couldn’t help but exclaim urgently, "Great-uncle, aren’t we going to whip them as a lesson?"

Xing Zhonghe felt extremely annoyed inside. He had never felt such frustration in his life. But faced with the current situation, he couldn’t express any other words.

Hot-tempered and not avoiding Duke An, he stepped forward and grabbed his young cousin, glaring at Qi Sanshun and the others with malice, comforting Xing Guangwen, "Elder brother told you long ago. A gentleman’s revenge is not too late even after ten years. We are in no rush. Elder brother will definitely let you vent this anger."

Duke An lifted his head from the teacup, his eyes filled with mirth. The offspring of the Xing family were tall and strong. Were they planning on taking matters into their own hands against the children from his mansion?

If children fight among themselves, Guan He could stand by and watch. But if adults get involved...

Even without Guan He’s granddaughter, those children were hard enough to handle. Now with Guan He’s support, who knows what trouble they could stir up?

Duke An sighed inwardly. Finishing the affairs he started for Guan He might be much harder than settling matters for Ye Xinyan and those children. He hoped Xing Zhonghe would be sensible. Otherwise, he as an old man would just take the blame and act shamelessly, but it would be Xing Zhonghe suffering the physical pain and losing face.

Qi Jiaer was young and didn’t understand the implication of Xing Zhonghe’s words, but Qi Sanshun, who was a few years older, did.

Upon hearing Xing Zhonghe’s words filled with malice and threats, Qi Sanshun immediately looked at him and loudly said to Qi Jiaer, "Xiao Jiajia, we must tell elder cousin that their grown-ups want to find an opportunity to take revenge on us and avenge their children."

Xing Zhonghe glared coldly at Qi Sanshun. What can speaking do? Ye Xinyan was merely a woman, and her previous upper hand was all because her opponents were the gentle and frail ladies of the inner courtyard.

He wanted to see. Facing the men of the capital, what could Ye Xinyan possibly do? He was determined to shame Duke An’s Mansion and send those wild children scurrying out of the capital in disgrace.

Xing Zhonghe completely ignored Duke An, secretly gritted his teeth, and without paying attention, heard a clear voice of a woman ringing out, "Sanshun, who wants to seek revenge on you?"

Without a look, Xing Zhonghe knew that barging into the living room filled with men without being announced, such a rule-breaking, uneducated act, could only be done by Ye Xinyan of Duke An’s Mansion, whose reputation was in tatters.

No wonder she was discarded by Jiang Yifan.

Then he saw a woman dressed in a deep lotus-patterned dress stitched with patterns of multicolored butterflies of the same color, walking into the parlor without any hesitation.

Indeed, it was this woman.

The granddaughter of Duke An, unlike the female relatives of other households, often appeared uninvited, and was known by many. Xing Zhonghe had seen her more than once before.

He coldly looked towards Ye Xinyan, his gaze meeting her indifferent one as she glanced over him.

Ye Xinyan sneered to herself. The offspring of noble families in the capital really lacked class. With things so clear, they still refused to let go. Were the adults planning to step in now? How interesting it would be for adults to fight; she could already imagine the delightful scene of Guan He knocking down all those young masters, with her going over to kick them a few more times.

Ye Xinyan stepped forward, bowing to Duke An with an apologetic tone, "Granddaughter saw that the three children hadn’t returned for a while, feared that they might cause trouble for grandfather, so she came to see. The children brought to the capital by granddaughter are naturally under her control and teaching; grandfather need not trouble himself, if they feel unwilling, they can come at me."

Duke An gently chastised, "You child, with your grandfather here in charge, what are you doing coming out? All right, it is nothing, take your brothers back to rest."

Ye Xinyan said somewhat awkwardly, "There are many of them, and they aren’t reasonable. Granddaughter just worried that you might not have the experience in dealing with these kinds of things."

Xing Bin had been frowning for a while. Ye Hongyang really was a foolish buffoon who didn’t know the weight of his actions, look at what he turned his legitimate daughter into?

"Miss Ye, please be cautious with your words. Groundless speculation should not be spoken lightly," Xing Bin said sternly.

Ye Xinyan was surprised, "The little lady didn’t say anything wrong, did she? Are you gentlemen not being unreasonable? Just now, this gentleman threatened to seek revenge. He’s from your family, right? If you gentlemen aren’t satisfied, you can fight again. What’s this about involving adults?"

Xing Bin turned back and gave a warning look to his son, stopping what he was about to say in its tracks.

Ye Xinyan continued, "Since it’s a fight, who decreed that the outcome should be decided by status? If that’s the case, there’s no point in fighting, just compare statuses. My children are heirs of the hereditary, First-Rank Duke’s Mansion. Naturally, our Brother Shun and Brother Jia won."

Duke An helplessly put down his teacup, this child. She’s even more unreasonable now, actually speaking such nonsense.

He turned to Xing Bin, "Virtuous Nephew Xing, let’s end this here, shall we? What do you think?" Squabbling with a younger female relative and losing would be a blow to one’s status. It was better to take the high road and leave.

Xing Bin flicked his sleeves, bowing with a fist to Duke An, "I apologize for the disturbance, I hope the Duke will forgive me. Xiao Ke will take his leave now."

No sooner had his words fallen, when the housekeeper of Duke’s Mansion hurriedly came in, bowing to report, "His Highness Prince Yu has arrived. I have come to announce first, His Highness will be here shortly."