Senior Master Sheng was very upset!

Yesterday, a mistress of his second son came here to make trouble. Today, his new grandson’s mistress also came to make trouble in front of all the people who were celebrating his birthday!

Senior Master felt that he had lost all dignity in his life!

The most important thing is before he was going to say something, Sheng Lansi who struggled to come to the banquet was surprised. He said that he recognized this girl and she was from Tianxiang Lou. However, Sheng Shuihe just came back for about half a month. Everyone in Sheng Family knew exactly where he had gone to, and he definitely hadn’t gone to Tianxiang Lou, OK?!

Of course, Senior Master was furious. He’s going to find out whoever did something so taboo on his birthday!

When Senior Master flew into a rage, the lady immediately confessed that his granddaughter, Sheng Weiwu, had paid for her to come here!

Third Master of Sheng Family was totally shocked, “My daughter is only seven years old, how on earth she could do that? Besides, my daughter has nothing against Shuihe. It doesn’t make any sense that my daughter would make trouble for my father today!”

Well, since he said so, all the Sheng Family, including Senior Master Sheng, looked at Sheng Lanci unconsciously. They seemed to be suggesting that if it hadn’t been Sheng Weiwu, then it might have been Sheng Weiqiao?

Obviously, Sheng Lanci would believe his sweet litter girl was not that kind of person. With the whole crowd watching, he and Senior Master Sheng couldn’t just let this go that easily. So, they had to send someone to bring both of them to confront them about it.

Then, Sheng Weiqiao came first. Senior Master punched the table and shouted angrily in front of all the guests, “Did the servant you punished before encourage your little sister’s servant to do this using your name out of spite? I’ve told you before, those kinds of bastards should drive them out of the door as soon as possible! A little girl like you only knows to be too kind and soft! See, now, what happened is because of your stupid kindness!!!”

The words were full of partiality. Sheng Weiqiao also understood the meaning behind these words. However, before she could say anything as her grandfather wanted, Sheng Weiwu came in after her and said without thinking, “When did the second sister punish any servants? Did grandpa remember it wrong? Maybe the person is that son of a mistress, Sheng Shuihe, who framed my second sister?! When you first see him, you could tell that he is not a good man. Otherwise, why would my second sister hate him so much?”

As she spoke, she also got a glimpse of Sheng Shuihe who sat there calmly. She was quite shocked, “Why grandpa hasn’t punished him yet? Second uncle was beaten so badly yesterday! I also heard that grandpa was going to kick second uncle out of the house. Grandpa, you can’t be so partial!”

Everyone, “…!!!”

Everyone in the Sheng Family expressed sincere “admiration” for this little girl. The fact was, she sent a maid to Tianxiang Lou to buy a girl who was pregnant and then used the girl to frame her cousin on her grandfather’s birthday. She did this because she witnessed what happened to Sheng Lanci after his mistress came here. She thought that she could copy the whole thing mechanically and kick Sheng Shuihe out of this family so that she could help her favorite second sister to vent her anger!

Well, thankfully, she was not my kid!

All the guests thought so, including Sheng Weiwu’s family from her mother’s side.

After a dead silence, Sheng Lanzi ran to Senior Master Sheng immediately, holding one side of his father’s leg, in case his father would stand up to beat his daughter. He turned his head and yelled, “Bastard! Come here now and beg your grandfather to forgive you!”

“Sweetheart, come here!” This time Sheng Lanci was not the only father who was distraught. Sheng Lanci also followed with anger, “I’ve told you before, your little sister is young, and there are a lot of things that she still doesn’t understand. You should explain to her clearly, or she would misunderstand, and then her good intentions would go awry!”

Sheng Weiqiao was completely speechless. She brought Sheng Weiwu over to kneel in front of Senior Master Sheng.

Senior Master’s expression became more terrible, and he kicked Sheng Lanzi a few times. When he realized that he couldn’t get away with him, he took deep breaths as if he was too angry to speak!

“Everybody, it supposed to be my family problem. I didn’t mean to bother you to enjoy today, and I am genuinely sorry about it!” Sheng Lanci understood clearly that what Senior Master wanted was to cope with the aftermath of the disaster to at least solve it with a good excuse. Then, he stood up, came on the middle stage of the hall with a salute, and spoke regrettably, “But now that this scandal has happened, I have to give all of you an explanation! So, I’m going to have to interrupt you a little bit, and I hope you won’t mind!”

He then bowed drastically.

Sheng Lanci was already very famous in this county. The reason was not only because he made the whole Sheng Family be on a par with Xuanyu and Feng Families that had accumulated wealth for many generations. Another big reason was that after he had passed the government examination, he was supposed to get into the National Academy with a lot of chances to have a meteoric rise. However, he decided to back home without hesitation in order to take care of his old father and stepmother, as well as his younger brothers and sisters.

Which dynasty wouldn’t want such talented, moral, and capable men like him?

Even though he resigned his official position, the government not only still kept his job as the civil service of department level but also ordered the local government to build a Memorial Archway at the outside of the mansion of Sheng Family. The purpose was to let everyone remember his story, write his story into the Annals of County, and praise his behavior.

This was also the reason why all the county officials brought their families to celebrate Senior Master’s birthday today.

If it was a normal business family’s birthday party, even if they were rich, they would not have this kind of treatment.

So, when people saw him salute in person, a lot of people stood up to salute back, and some people waved their hands to show that they didn’t mind.

Sheng Weiqiao’s maternal grandfather, Senior Master of Feng Family, Feng Li, was from one of the three most powerful families in the county. He also helped Sheng Lanci and said, “You just need to explain the whole thing clearly! We have known both of them since they were little and they have never been away from us for a single day. How can we not know what kind of person they are? It must be because I was not feeling well a few days ago, and my little girl was worried about me, so she came to Feng Family to take care of me for a few days but forgot to take care of her own family. As a result, some treacherous servants took the opportunity to try to defame the two children!”

“Father-in-law, what sharp eyes!” Sheng Lanci quickly gave a salute to Feng Li and said, “Just like what my father-in-law said. My wife and I only have one daughter. Although she could hang out with the children from second branch and third branch, she was still alone when she went back to her own house. Of course, she was really lonely back then. But, since Shuihe is back now, my little girl is thrilled, and still sometimes complains to us about why we didn’t pick up her brother back home sooner. However, my little niece has heard these words off and on, which gave her the mistaken impressions that her second sister had a grievance against him!”

“Big Brother, I know Wu sometimes could be headlong, but she definitely was not the person who could do such a thing!” Sheng Lanzi heard what Sheng Lanci said, he was sort of mad and thought, “You cleared your daughter of suspicion, what about mine?!”

“Of course!” Sheng Lanci quickly gave him a look and thought, “What do you mean! She is my own niece. Of course, I am going to help her too!”

Then he kept saying, “My niece is always so naive and innocent. How could she think such a way to set up her cousin? Also, she always lives in a boudoir and is only seven years old. How could she know about Tianxiang Lou?! Besides, her pocket money is only a few taels per month. Usually, she would spend them all after hanging out with her brothers and sisters for three or five times. So, there is no way she could have one hundred taels! If the person was not the servant, to be fair, does anyone would believe that?”

Those who have come to congratulate Senior Master Sheng’s birthday today, no matter what they thought about Sheng Family, at least, they would act like they were friends with Sheng Family in public.

Although they didn’t believe a single word of what they heard, they all agreed that these two girls must have been set up by wicked servants!

“Today is my father’s birthday, so let’s put that on the back burner for now. When I find out the truth, I will revisit you guys to offer an apology!” After he said that, he gave a salute again. This time, Senior Master Sheng finally “realized” something, kicked Sheng Lanzi away, pointed at his two granddaughters and shouted, “For the sake of the fact that neither of you meant it, and were set up by servants, I’ll let you off this time. But next time, if you can’t control your own servants, I will definitely punish you both!”

In the middle of the talk, Senior Master saw Sheng Weiwu was trying to say something with an unconvinced expression. He was so scared that he speeded up and finished the whole conversation without a break. Then he spoke impatiently, “Now, both of you, out!”

Sheng Weiqiao also had a cold sweat and forced her little sister to kowtow to their grandfather. When they stood up, she nearly dragged her out of the hall!

The whole Sheng Family breathed a sigh of relief when they saw the two girls disappeared. Also, they even could feel a sense of happiness after this disaster!

Sheng Family was rising rapidly, and was at its strongest. Sheng Lanci was also in his prime of life and still had great potential.

Even the other two powerful families in Nanfeng County, Feng Family and Xuanyu Family, were also kind of afraid of Sheng Family those two years. After Sheng Lanci offered an apology, there was something that made all the guests even more respectful of Sheng Family. It was the time when all the descendants of Sheng Family came to offer birthday congratulations to Senior Master Sheng. Xu Baomo wore a jade crown and exalted robe, also followed them to kneel down and performed the kowtow to Senior Master Sheng as the congratulation!

He was the Ningwei Marquis’ Young Lord!

Who was the Ningwei Marquis?

He was the mainstay of today’s military court!

Although the marquis made achievements in the north, he was known as a valiant fighter because he killed a lot of enemies. Sangzi was close to Nanfeng County. So, for a lot of people who were here today, this kind of person was a legend.

But it turned out that the Young Lord of Ningwei Marquis who was conferred by the royal government not only gave a salute as Senior Master Sheng’s juniors but also would stay in the mansion of Sheng Family for a few days. It showed that the relationship between the Sheng Family and the Ningwei Marquis was so close!

Although the guests saw an unexpected farce, they still thought that the upbringing of Sheng family was incredible. During the following banquet, no one mentioned the two girls, and they all pretended nothing happened and continued to congratulate Senior Master Sheng.

However, guests could let it go, but Sheng Family couldn’t just pretend that nothing happened.

Senior Master Sheng forced himself to stay until night time and finally sent the last guest away. When he returned to the hall of Jinxue House, he had no time to change his clothes. He thumped the table and shouted, “Bring the two bastards here now!”