Chapter 62: Rage

The sound of “bang” startled both the Madam and Liang Wenyin.

They have never seen their husband/grandfather so angry…

For a moment, even the Madam began to hesitate.

Ye Shuo turned a deaf ear to it and didn’t take it to heart at all. He didn’t care even if his father was angry, let alone a mere tutor.

“Don’t pay attention to him, Master’s wife, please continue talking.”

Perhaps it was the Ninth Prince’s calmness that gave the Madam confidence. The Madam was not the kind of person who could not distinguish the important from the unimportant. Compared with her husband’s momentary anger and her granddaughter’s lifelong happiness, the latter was obviously more important.

So the Madam settled down again.

The Grand Tutor was fuming and glaring for a long time, and found that no one paid any attention to him. Only his granddaughter looked at him hesitantly and worriedly from time to time. But his granddaughter was obviously not the one who made the decision, which meant that his anger was in vain and had no effect at all.

But the Grand Tutor really didn’t dare to leave. At least he could keep an eye on things here. Once he left, who knows what shocking words the Ninth Prince might say. What if his wife and granddaughter were really led astray by him?

The Master had never felt so aggrieved in his life.

There was nothing he could do, no one listened to him, and in the end he could only sit down again feeling frustrated.

The Madam paused for a moment, as if she had discovered some new world. An idea crossed her mind unconsciously –

It turns out that my husband also has times when he is helpless…

The Grand Tutor didn’t understand why someone would be interested in the affairs of a girl. What man would have such a hobby? Looking at the Ninth Prince who moved a stool and sat there, listening with relish, occasionally interrupting and expressing his opinions, the Grand Tutor couldn’t help but take a deep breath.

Tsk, he won’t leave even though I told him to. He’s really used to it. Ye Shuo couldn’t help but curl his lips.

Soon, the Madam told the whole story.

It turns out that Miss Wen Yin’s marriage was arranged by the tutor.

Upon hearing this, Ye Shuo could no longer hold back and started to complain: “There are two children, and we can’t tell anything yet. Why is it decided so early? What if the children grow up to be bad?” With Taifu’s personality, he would probably keep his promise even if the children grow up to be bad. Isn’t this just pushing his own children into the fire pit in vain?

It is really not advisable to arrange a marriage or make a marriage contract at a young age.

The Grand Tutor was immediately unhappy: “There are countless people in the world who act like this. Are they all wrong?”

Ye Shuo didn’t even think about it: “When does having more people mean it’s right?”

The two looked at each other, neither of them giving in, and soon turned their heads away.

The Madam continued.

The boy was a few years older than Liang Wenyin. At that time, the two families agreed to wait until the young master of the Cao family came of age. Coincidentally, Liang Wenyin also came of age, and then the two families would immediately fulfill the marriage contract.

Now the agreed date is almost here, and the young master of the Cao family is about to come of age, but something happened in the meantime that has bothered the Madam to this day.

It wasn’t a big deal. It was just two years ago, when Wen Yin was fourteen years old, the young master of the Cao family gave Wen Yin a hairpin on her birthday.

After all, they are an engaged couple, and nowadays, the separation between men and women is not as strict as imagined. As long as young men and women do not give or receive things privately and their parents are present, it is not a big deal for them to give each other gifts.

But the bad thing was that when the Madam went to visit Cao’s house later, she accidentally saw that Mr. Cao’s cousin, who was staying at the house, had a hairpin in her hair that was almost exactly the same as the one on her granddaughter’s head.

After a little inquiry, the Madam found out that it was also sent by the young master of the Cao family. Since that day, the Madam couldn’t help but grumble in her heart. At first, she always felt that there was something going on between her future granddaughter’s husband and her cousin, but there was no substantial evidence, and there were not even any rumors. Gradually, the Madam couldn’t help but become suspicious.

Could it be that I really misunderstood?

Seeing his wife bring this up again, the Grand Tutor couldn’t help but say, “It’s just a hairpin, why are you ladies so particular about it?”

Ye Shuo had a different opinion: “Taifu, what you said is wrong. Hairpins are women’s personal belongings. If close sisters borrow them from each other, it’s fine. But who wants others to have the same things as themselves?”

“It would be fine if they didn’t know each other, and it would be awkward at best if they met. But it happened to be a birthday gift for niece Wen Yin, and it was given by the same person. This young master of the Cao family is really too rude.”

The key point is that it was made by one person, and it is a birthday gift. Who wouldn’t be disgusted?

“Does he think that niece Wen Yin can share everything with others? Can she just give anything away?”

The Grand Tutor couldn’t help but frown when he heard this: “You are just taking advantage of the situation, how can it be so serious?”

The Madam beside her had her eyes slightly lit up: “Yes, yes, that’s what I mean.”

Every time she told her husband about this, he would say she was narrow-minded. Today, finally someone agreed with her.

The Madam previously thought that she was being pretentious, but now it seems that it is not the case.

Seeing that Liang Wenyin next to him hadn’t said anything, Ye Shuo couldn’t help but turn around and ask, “What about you? After hearing about this, do you feel uncomfortable?”

Liang Wenyin hesitated for a moment and nodded: “I am a little… not very happy.”

“It’s right that you’re unhappy. You did nothing wrong in this matter.” Ye Shuo made the final decision, which made the tutor next to him very angry.

Ye Shuo didn’t even look at him, and then asked: “What happened next? Did you go to ask that Master Cao?”

Although Liang Wenyin looked weak, she was, after all, a delicate young lady raised in the Taifu’s mansion since she was a child, so she would naturally speak out if she was unhappy.

So she said: “Yes, he asked, but…but he said I was unreasonable, and said that I was jealous…”

When she finished speaking, Liang Wenyin obviously hesitated for a moment. It was obvious that she had reflected on herself, and the shame in her eyes proved that she also felt that it was her own problem.

In the eyes of the Taifu, it was just unreasonable, but the word “jealous” was too strong, and the Taifu was not very happy to hear it.

Ye Shuo has basically confirmed that this Cao is most likely a scumbag.

He couldn’t argue or felt guilty so he just put the blame on the woman. This is what the old scumbag did.

“Was he very angry at the time? Was he very loud? Was he also a little angry out of shame?”

Liang Wenyin recalled it and nodded hurriedly: “Yes, yes, yes.”

Ye Shuo: “…”

This familiar operation was too familiar to Ye Shuo, a veteran who had been in the business for many years.

When a man feels guilty, he tends to use anger to cover up himself. There’s nothing you can do about it. Who made you hit his sore spot?

Of course, this alone is not enough, Ye Shuo continued to ask: “What else, is there anything else?”

Otherwise…

The Madam thought for a moment and continued, “I didn’t hear anything about it afterward, except that Yin’er saw the young master of the Cao family punishing the servants in his yard a few times. I heard that he was quite harsh and the servants even bled…”

The Taifu next to him couldn’t help but snorted coldly: “Women’s kindness.”

The Grand Tutor felt that women were not good enough, they were soft-hearted and confused. But why couldn’t he be beaten because the servant had dirty hands and feet?

The statements of the Grand Tutor and the Madam were almost completely opposite, but Ye Shuo could hear something different, so he asked, “Grand Tutor, how did you know that the servant made a mistake? You were not there at the time, and you didn’t see it.”

The Grand Tutor answered casually: “Of course, the young master of the Cao family told me.”

Ye Shuo couldn’t help but sigh: “Look, one is what niece Wen Yin saw with her own eyes, and the other is what Cao explained to you.”

Between the two, even a fool knows which one is more reliable, right?

Upon hearing this, the Grand Tutor was stunned for a moment.

But the Grand Tutor still didn’t believe these things were true. Liang Wenyin was his granddaughter. His eldest daughter died early, leaving behind this daughter. How could he not love her?

Therefore, when choosing a husband for her, the Grand Tutor carefully selected the Cao family.

“The Cao family has a clean and upright family tradition for generations. There is a family motto that a man can take a concubine only when he is 40 and has no children.”

Ye Shuo shook his head: “Don’t believe all rumors. Bad bamboo can produce good bamboo shoots, so how can good bamboo shoots not produce bad bamboo? This can only prove that the Cao family is good, not that Mr. Cao is good.” If he really took a concubine, could the Cao family still kick him out of the house because of this? Think about it, Mr. Cao is the Cao family’s biological son.

The Grand Tutor added, “I have met Master Cao many times. He is truly a gentleman, well-mannered and polite, and a child who knows when to advance and when to retreat.” The Grand Tutor has been watching over him all these years, as he is also afraid that his grandson-in-law will grow up to be a bad person.

Ye Shuo shook his head again: “You can’t know a person’s heart by his appearance. You are the current imperial tutor, a first-rank official. Except for me, everyone in the younger generation is polite when they see you. Doesn’t my third brother have to bow to you when he sees you? He is the crown prince.”

Ye Shuo has been a man for two lifetimes, and he knows very well that if you want to understand a man’s character, you can’t just look at how he behaves when he is in glory. When he is in glory, everyone can pretend, and it is really not difficult. The real way to understand a man’s character is to look at his bottom line when he is down and out.

If the other person can maintain his status quo, or has not fallen too far, then even if he is bad, he is not that bad.

So it’s not enough to just hear about it, you have to try it yourself.

After all, it’s someone’s lifelong happiness, how can you treat it so lightly?

However, the Grand Tutor beside him was almost mad at him. It turned out that the Ninth Prince himself knew that he had no manners at all around him!

Ye Shuo pondered for a long time and felt that these alone were not enough, far from enough.

In this era, the Madam and Liang Wenyin were talking about minor issues that might not even be considered problems in the eyes of others.

There must be more to it than just this, as they both opposed it and even asked the Imperial Tutor to cancel the engagement.

Thinking of this, Ye Shuo asked.

…The Ninth Prince is really sharp!

The Madam and Liang Wenyin were both surprised and even shocked by his question.

There were indeed more reasons for breaking off the engagement. The Madam did not even tell her husband because she and her granddaughter found it absurd, even ridiculous.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

The Madam never dared to tell it out loud, because if she did, her husband would get very angry.

But now that the Ninth Prince has brought it up, the Madam finally decided to speak out.

You can’t keep it a secret forever, right?

After a long while, she hesitated and said, “Actually, the reason why Yin’er and I are so opposed is because… because we both feel uncomfortable when we see the young master of the Cao family…”

It’s hard to describe what kind of feeling it is, it’s just annoyance and dislike. The other person hasn’t done anything wrong, but he is just so unlikable.

Sure enough, as soon as the words fell, the Grand Tutor became furious.

After all, this reason seemed like a joke to him.

The marriage had been arranged for so many years, but in the end his wife told his granddaughter that she objected for such inexplicable reasons. How could the Taifu accept this?

The Grand Tutor felt that even the Ninth Prince would be angry this time, and would think that the two of them were not getting along, right?

But when he turned around, he found that the Ninth Prince’s expression was more serious than before. The Taifu’s eyes widened instantly, and he couldn’t even breathe.

Ye Shuo was not pretending, he really felt that the situation described by the Madam and his cheap niece at the end was more serious than the previous ones.

Think about it, if the cheap niece is rejecting the young master of the Cao family from the bottom of her heart, then the young master of the Cao family is useless no matter whether he is good or bad. How can the two of them live on?

It would have been fine if she was the only one feeling this way, but the Madam actually had the same feeling.

Ye Shuo was once a modern man, and he still believed in the concept of chemistry. If he didn’t like someone, then he didn’t like them.

And women’s sixth sense can be quite scary sometimes.

Ye Shuo nodded and said, “I understand, but this is not a solution. The wedding is coming soon and we can’t delay it. How about we think of a way and give it a try first?”

The Ninth Prince actually believed it…

He didn’t even have any perfunctory intentions…

Not to mention the young Liang Wenyin, even the Madam was unable to come back to her senses for a long time.

The Taifu looked at this, then looked at that, and suddenly everything in front of his eyes went dark.

The Master held his chest tightly, unable to hold back anymore, and flew into a rage: “You three, are you listening to me?!”