jdhmnovel Chapter 203 Recognizing Ancestors
Chapter 203 Recognizing Ancestors
The old lady's face showed her unhappiness, and the other people in the room dared not speak.
The Third and Fourth Wives don't know how many times you've looked at me and I've looked at you. They want to advise the old lady, but they're afraid of running into her trap. However, they don't think this is a bad thing.
If Prince Ning didn't really like Shen Yan, he wouldn't have gone through such a big detour by adopting Princess Roujia, keeping Shen Yan in the Prince Ning's Mansion, and leaving all the family business to Shen Yan in the future.
That is the Ning Wang Mansion, which is better than ten Pingyuan Marquis Mansions. This is a good thing for Shen Yan.
It is not a bad thing for the Pingyuan Marquisate. Our ancestors shed their blood and lives on the battlefield, but they only earned the title of marquis. Now it is the old Prince Ning who is putting his title into Shen Yan's hands. How many royal relatives are envious and gritting their teeth.
From now on, Prince Ning's Mansion will definitely be the backer of Marquis Pingyuan's Mansion, and it will be an ironclad support. This is a great thing for Shen Sui, the third master, and the fourth master.
However, the old lady had missed her grandson for more than ten years and had never seen him. Moreover, Shen Sui agreed to such a big thing without even discussing it with her, which made the old lady feel unhappy.
Shen Sui was so concerned about the lonely children of Prince Ning and Princess Ning that he didn't think about her. Yes, the Marquis's Mansion had many descendants, and each branch had a legitimate son, but Shen Sui's youngest son was still missing, and it was unknown when he would be found. The second branch's family was expelled from the Marquis of Pingyuan's Mansion, and the old lady no longer had a grandson.
After waiting for a long time for Shen Yan to return to his ancestral home, he ended up having to marry into the family.
The old lady was waiting, waiting for Shen Sui to return home. After waiting and waiting, a maid came in and said, "Old lady, the Marquis is back."
After a while, Shen Sui walked in, but he was the only one who came in.
The old lady asked, "Where is Yan'er? Didn't you go to Prince Ning's mansion to pick him up?"
Shen Sui said, "I asked my fourth brother to pick him up."
It’s okay for the Fourth Master to go and pick him up, after all, Shen Sui and Shen Yan have already recognized each other as father and son in private.
The old lady asked, "Why don't you discuss this with me?"
Shen Sui said, "Old Prince Ning really loves Huan'er, I can't bear to refuse him."
The old lady said, "If you can't bear it, what about you? You also have a title that needs to be inherited."
The old lady knew that Shen Sui had two sons, but they had to be present. Both sons were wandering around, and one was found, but what about the other one? Could he be so lucky?
The old lady hopes for it, but it doesn’t mean that it will come true just because she wishes for it.
The old lady only knew that Shen Sui agreed to Xiao Huan marrying into the Ning Wang Mansion, and she knew nothing else.
Shen Sui said, "I have discussed this matter with Old Prince Ning. If Xing'er can be found, the title will be inherited by Xing'er. If not, the title will be inherited by Huan'er's son."
Shen Xing is the name Shen Sui gave to his youngest son who is still living away from home.
After saying this, the old lady's expression eased a little.
Shen Sui continued, "After Huan'er gets married, Old Prince Ning will arrange for Huan'er to train under my command, so the relationship between father and son will not be alienated."
"Occasionally, Huan'er will bring Princess Roujia back to the Marquis' Mansion to stay for a few days to keep you company."
Old Prince Ning had said "every month", but Shen Sui changed it to "occasionally". It was too specific and Shen Sui was afraid that he might not be able to do it in the future and the old lady would be disappointed.
The old lady's expression had softened considerably. "Being with me is secondary. What's more important is your father-son relationship. After all, I haven't had you by my side for so many years..."
The grace of giving birth is greater than the grace of raising a child.
Prince Ning and Princess Ning have always loved Shen Yan. Now that the Emperor has agreed to let him marry into the Ning Palace, their love for him will be even more open and honest. The old lady is afraid that Shen Yan will only have eyes for the Ning Palace and not the Pingyuan Marquisate.
However, Prince Ning was a kind-hearted man after all. He arranged Shen Yan to work under Shen Sui, which made it easier to cultivate the father-son relationship than keeping him in the mansion.
Shen Sui cared about the old lady's thoughts, but not that much. He looked at Shen Tang. After all, it was Shen Tang who brought Shen Yan back. "You don't blame your father for doing this, do you?"
Shen Tang shook his head. "No matter where Big Brother is, he is still my Big Brother. He is always my father's son and my grandmother's grandson."
The Third Wife said, "Tang'er is right. Old Prince Ning loves Yan'er. It is a blessing for Yan'er and also for our Pingyuan Marquisate."
The old lady's anger subsided and she asked, "Why haven't you brought the person back yet?"
The old lady was looking forward to it.
The atmosphere in the room, which had been depressing for half a day, finally eased.
After waiting for another quarter of an hour, a maid came in quickly and said, "Madam, the fourth master has brought the eldest young master back!"
Except for the old lady, everyone else in the mansion has seen Xiao Huan.
After waiting for a while, a tall figure walked in. His eyebrows and eyes were like Shen Sui, but he had a noble aura. At first glance, the old lady knew that Prince Ning really treated Xiao Huan as his own grandson. It was no wonder that Prince Ning was reluctant to let Xiao Huan come back.
The old lady's eyes were moist, "Yan'er..."
Since it is a return to one's ancestral roots, kowtow is inevitable.
The maid brought a cushion, and Xiao Huan knelt down to kowtow to the old lady. The old lady resisted the urge to help him up. After Xiao Huan finished kowtow, she helped him up and said with a sob, "It's been fifteen years. I'm finally home..."
Xiao Huan's eyes were also red.
Although he had lived well in the Ning Palace over the years, and the old Prince Ning and the old Princess Ning treated him like their own grandson and planned everything for him, he knew that he was not the real Prince Ning. He also wanted to find his family and ask why they abandoned him. The old Prince Ning said that he had excellent bones, was a martial arts genius, and was also good at reading. It was not necessarily that he was abandoned, but he might have been separated from his family. But no matter what the reason was, he always wanted to find his family and find out his origins.
After knowing that he was the eldest son of the Pingyuan Marquis Mansion who was lost at the Lantern Festival fifteen years ago, Xiao Huan knew that someone had been looking for him and thinking about him all these years, and the knot in his heart that had been in his heart for many years was finally untied.
Xiao Huan called out, "Grandma..."
The old lady nodded repeatedly, her eyes blurred with tears of joy.
Xiao Huan called Shen Sui again, "Father."
Then he looked at Shen Tang, who called out first, "Brother."
The old lady had many questions she wanted to ask Xiao Huan, but she didn't dare. After all, Xiao Huan had been in Prince Ning's mansion for so many years, and the nobility he exuded in his every move was unmatched even by the royal family. Wiping her tears, the old lady said, "Let's go to worship our ancestors first. We must tell them this good news."
Shen Sui stood up and led Xiao Huan to the ancestral hall. The third master, the fourth master, and Shen Tang also went there.
Normally women were not allowed to enter the ancestral hall, but Shen Sui allowed Shen Tang to go in and burn incense. Shen Yan was found by Shen Tang, and the existence of Shen Xing was only known to everyone in the Pingyuan Marquis' Mansion after Shen Tang asked Xie Guimo to help bring Chunlan back.
Although Shen Tang is a girl, she has done more than her father. If Shen Tang were not qualified to enter the ancestral hall, few people in the marquis' mansion would be able to enter.
On this side, Xiao Huan returned to his ancestral home, and on the other side, the old lady was happy. She rewarded the mansion with monthly allowance for the first and second half of the year, and the entire mansion was happy.
When the Marquis's Mansion was happy, some people were unhappy and even vomited blood.
When the second wife heard what happened at the morning court, she almost had a stroke on the spot due to anger.
She had people spread rumors in order to destroy the relationship between Prince Ning's Mansion and Marquis Pingyuan's Mansion, but not only did she fail to destroy it, she even brought the relationship between the two mansions closer!
The second branch deliberately plotted against Shen Yan's position as the crown prince, and ended up sending Shen Yan to the old Prince Ning, giving him the position of the Ning Prince's crown prince!
The second branch got nothing and was even removed from the family tree. It was like a rat in the gutter, and everyone was shouting and beating it!
The second wife was so angry that her eyes turned black and her mouth tasted bloody.