Second Madam harbored resentnt towards her cousin in her heart, silently cursing him for being shaless.
"Old Master, Second Lady, Fifth Miss, dinner is ready; the banquet has been set in the dining hall!"
The old housekeeper ca in and saw the joyful scene of the husband and wife with their grandchild.
His old face also bead with a kind smile!
It was then Old General rembered there was a guest, "Marquis Yong Bo’s son, please excuse the lack of attention. Let us have our al in the next room!"
Ye Haohuan smiled and nodded. This oversight as an outsider, when they were discussing family matters and didn’t kick him out, allowed him to learn a lot of things!
"Thanks"
"Thanks for what?" Ye Shiqi glanced at Ye Haohuan, took Second Madam by the arm, and proceeded with her to the adjacent dining room!
Watching his grandmother being intimately leaned on by his granddaughter, Old General felt a pang of jealousy; as a grandfather, why didn’t he have such privilege?
His granddaughter showed no strangeness towards Second Madam, whereas he had never seen her before, yet they seed as close as if they saw each other frequently!
Old General used to wonder why his own daughter wasn’t as close to him?
After his daughter married and had grandchildren, they were afraid of him and not as affectionate!
Old General was very fond of his granddaughter Ye Shiqi, her clever, lively, and lovely nature, her caring attitude towards the elderly, and her protectionism towards relatives!
He was grateful that his son and daughter-in-law had raised such good children, allowing him to know he had offspring in his old age, marking the happiest mont of his life!
The General noticed that the dishes, the ats on the dining table, differed from the usual als prepared by the Second Lady!
Second Lady noticed it too and stealthily glanced at the old housekeeper!
"General, Second Lady, the delicacies on the table were actually prepared by Fifth Miss; our cooks simply followed the recipes of our hotown cuisine. How does it taste? Please try it!"
"Oh, let us give it a try!" Old General unhesitatingly picked up his chopsticks and grabbed a piece of at that looked like lamb. It was delicious, not in the least gay or foul!
"Very good!" After Old General’s praise, he invited Ye Haohuan, their guest, and asked the old housekeeper to fetch so wine and sit down to have a drink together!
"Old Master, will you still be going to the military camp this afternoon? Just a small drink!"
Second Lady couldn’t help but be worried, as the General was getting on in years, and drinking, followed by horse riding, could be hazardous!
"Hehe, we have a distinguished guest today, and my granddaughter has co; this afternoon I’ll take a break!"
Old General certainly did not want to spend a day of family reunion only working!
"Grandfather, you haven’t tried the wine I brought yet!"
Ye Shiqi said with a smile and had a maid fetch a bottle of wine!
All of a sudden, Yu Ye had a bottle of wine in her hands, which nearly caused her to break the bottle due to its weight!
It wasn’t her fault for being so clumsy; her Lady had sprung it on her without prior notice, leaving her no ti to prepare!
"Oh, then let us drink the wine granddaughter has kindly brought!"
Old General hadn’t paid much attention to his granddaughter’s maid before. His granddaughter was so filial that regardless of the taste, he received the wine with a flattering smile!
Ye Haohuan..., that wine in the maid’s hand?
The suspicion that was slowly building seed to be confirming itself!
Did this young girl possess exceptional ans, and did her maid as well?
The maid poured a glass of wine for everyone at the table!
Ye Shiqi explained to them that this wine was made from fruits grown in the family’s orchard!
No one knew what kind of wine it was, only that it was golden in color, with a sour and sweet taste!
n and won, young and old, could drink it, feeling that the wine did not intoxicate but rather improved one’s spirits!
Haoxuan had known Shiqi for so long but had not yet tasted this kind of wine; it seed that today, thanks to the Old General’s fortune, he had the opportunity to try this unique wine.
The al ended with both host and guests enjoying a delightful lunch!
The housekeeper had not rested since last night, a full day and night, and under the strain of fatigue, once he had a al and drank wine followed by a cup of honey tea, he felt completely comfortable. The tension in his nerves and the fatigue in his body from the past day and night were fully relieved!
The Old General, seeming to understand the housekeeper’s fatigue, let him go to the outer court to rest!
The housekeeper nodded, then went to take care of Haoxuan!
"Housekeeper, don’t worry about ; you should go and rest," Haoxuan said. Having sat in the carriage last night without much sleep, he too had been on edge all night.
After all, he was young and strong, and now that he had eaten, drunk the wine, and had the honey tea— if the housekeeper could overco his fatigue, then how could his robust body not recover its energy?
"Housekeeper, you just go and rest; I’ll spar with this young man in a bit!"
The Old General, irrespective of his advanced age, wanted to duel with the young man.
Shiqi had planned to chat with the Second Madam in their courtyard!
Hearing her grandfather’s unyielding spirit, challenging Haoxuan, she did not bla him; after all, he was a General, and assessing the abilities of the young was a necessary example set by a General!
Shiqi glared at Haoxuan, signaling him to refuse the Old General’s request!
Haoxuan... could he really say no?
After all, he represented certain family teams, not just himself. If he conceded, if he admitted defeat, then the terms and content of the cooperation to be discussed would beco difficult!
He turned his head away, neither accepting nor refusing the Old General’s words.
"Young man, if you don’t speak, that ans you agree, right?"
The Old General had not expected this young man to have such composure, much better than those old fogeys, though he wondered if the young man was even a little bit more capable than the old fellow!
The Old General and Haoxuan’s grandfather had known each other, of course. In those days, they were officials in different teams. He was a military officer and didn’t interact much with civil officials, whose eloquent words a soldier could not compete with!
"Old General, respectfulness cannot compare to obedience!" Haoxuan could not refuse at this mont; he could only accept Shiqi’s glare and agreed.
Shiqi kept giving Haoxuan dirty looks. Such a man, bullying an elder!
"Madam, let’s also go and watch!"
It was rare for the Second Madam to enter the General’s training ground, as the First Lady did not permit it.
As a woman of propriety, it wasn’t really appropriate for her to go to the training ground.
But now that her granddaughter had invited her, she nodded her head, also curious to see the General’s valor.
A group of people moved to the training ground; it was now afternoon, typically ti for many to take a nap.
In their Military General’s House, there was no such custom of taking an afternoon nap. Soldiers and guards who followed the General would also co here to practice whenever they had the chance!
The General, accompanying guests and the Fifth Miss and Second Lady, arrived at the site!
In a short ti, people at the General Mansion had learned that among the two guests who had co this ti, one of them was a Lady.
The one who had been sent to greet the Lady hadn’t realized that one of the young masters was the Lady!
Many were inquiring about what had happened on the road!
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