freenovelworld Chapter 101 Father Was Wrong Again
Chapter 101 Father Was Wrong Again
Lu Yangyang just couldn't stand the Duke of Sheng making trouble for no reason, so she said that offhand.
But the Duke of Sheng reacted as if someone had stepped on his tail: "What nonsense are you spouting? From today onwards, you stay in the courtyard and don't go out. Copy the 'Precepts for Women' a hundred times and learn what it means to 'cause trouble by speaking'!"
Duke Sheng shouted, "Guards! Guard this courtyard! From this day forward, Miss Biao is not allowed to step out of the courtyard!"
After saying that, she lifted her leg and walked towards the courtyard gate. Two guards received the order and stood guard at the gate of Lu Yangyang's courtyard.
Lu Yangyang scoffed, "What do you call this again? Solitary confinement? Or house arrest?"
Duke Sheng paused for a moment, as if he didn't want to say another word to Lu Yangyang, and strode away.
Lu Yangyang looked around the courtyard.
He walked to the door of the small kitchen where the water was boiled, picked up a blackened fire poker, and headed straight for the door.
She glanced at the two guards: "Are you leaving or not?"
The two guards immediately said in a deep voice, "Please forgive us, Miss, this is our duty."
“It’s my duty,” Lu Yangyang nodded, then asked, “Are you really not leaving?”
The two remained unmoved, and even shouted at Lu Yangyang, "Please go back, Miss."
“Very good,” Lu Yangyang said, “I have never liked to make things difficult for others, but I dislike it even more when others make things difficult for me.”
As soon as she finished speaking, she ruthlessly swung the fire poker at the two men's legs.
One of them was a beat slow to react and was hit on the calf by Lu Yangyang with a stick, falling to his knees with a thud.
Seeing that things were not going well, the other man drew his sword from his waist with a "whoosh": "Miss, we are guarding you on the orders of the Duke. If you do not take the medicine, don't blame us for being impolite."
"I'm not being polite, why are you being so polite?" Lu Yangyang twisted her wrist and swiftly struck the man's leg.
The man hurriedly dodged, his knife instinctively tilting towards Lu Yangyang.
"Stop! What are you doing?" A cold shout rang out, and a voice seemed to descend from the sky. A soldier kicked the guard's knife away, snatched it from his hand, and held it directly to the guard's neck.
With one hand holding the knife, Sheng Junyao restrained the guard, while with the other hand he quickly pulled Lu Yangyang behind him.
"Speak, what do you want to do?" Sheng Junyao shouted sternly.
"Your Highness, Your Highness, spare my life!" The guard who had been knocked to his knees by Lu Yangyang's blow hurriedly explained, "Just now, the Duke ordered us to guard the courtyard gate and not allow Miss Biao to leave the courtyard even once. We were just following orders."
"Acting under orders?" Sheng Junyao sneered: "Acting under orders, indeed. This is the first time I've heard of anyone daring to lay a knife on a woman in the manor. Our Sheng State Duke's manor rose to prominence through military merit. All the men in the manor have weapons meant to protect our country, not for you to use to bully women."
The two lowered their heads in shame, but were still somewhat unconvinced. "Young Master, it was the Duke who gave the order."
"It was indeed the Duke's order. He said I was meddling in other people's business and made me copy the 'Precepts for Women' a hundred times, otherwise I couldn't go far from home."
Lu Yangyang repeated what the Duke of Sheng had just told her without hesitation, and then stated her position: "But I don't think I need to be watched over, so I've come to ask them to leave."
"Are you hurt?" Sheng Junyao asked Lu Yangyang with concern.
Lu Yangyang shook her head. She had just started to drive the person away when Sheng Junyao arrived.
Sheng Junyao looked her over and, seeing that she was alright, breathed a sigh of relief: "It's good that you're alright. Go back, leave this to me, I'll take them to see Father."
Then he kicked the guard and shouted, "Go!"
The other guard had no choice but to get up and limp forward.
Lu Yangyang was itching to follow, but after taking a couple of steps, she suddenly slapped her forehead. What was wrong with her? She had been influenced by Sheng Yunjiao and was now thinking of going to watch the excitement.
Never mind, she's not that gossipy anyway.
Lu Yangyang turned around and went back.
……
Sheng Junyao dragged the two of them directly to the Duke of Sheng's study and threw them inside.
The Duke of Sheng's face darkened instantly. He ordered someone to keep an eye on Lu Yangyang, but in less than a quarter of an hour, she ran off to complain.
“Father,” Sheng Junyao bowed to the Duke of Sheng.
The Duke of Sheng felt a headache coming on whenever he saw him: "If you want to talk about Lu Yangyang, then don't. Now that she's entered the Duke's mansion, she has to abide by the rules. She doesn't understand the situation and is causing trouble outside, which will only bring trouble to the Duke's mansion. It's reasonable for me to punish her by confining her to her quarters and making her copy the 'Precepts for Women.' If you have any objections, then keep them to yourself."
Then he shouted at the two guards, "Get out!"
The two guards hurriedly got up and ran away.
Duke Sheng then said to Sheng Junyao, "You get out too!"
“Father, you were wrong just now,” Sheng Junyao said, standing still and expressionless.
Upon hearing his voice, Duke Sheng was furious. He now felt that not only Lu Yangyang was there to bring him misfortune, but even his son, whom he had always been very proud of, was there to bring him misfortune.
Previously, every time he said a few words about Lu Yangyang, Madam Lan would come and make a scene. Now that Lu Yangyang has caused trouble, every time he says something, this son comes to cause him trouble again.
So, he can't make the decisions in this family anymore?
"Get out!" Duke Sheng shouted again, not wanting to hear a single word from him.
“Father, what you just mentioned were the rules of the Duke’s Mansion. Then may I ask you, Father, what is Yangyang to the Duke’s Mansion? She is your biological daughter, but you do not acknowledge her, only giving her the identity of a distant relative from your mother’s side. If that’s the case, what does she have to do with the rules of the Duke’s Mansion? It’s inappropriate for you to use the rules of the Duke’s Mansion to restrain her.” Sheng Junyao did not leave. Faced with the Duke’s anger, he simply stated his views very calmly.
"You!" Duke Sheng slammed his fist on the table in anger. "Sheng Junyao! This is the Duke's mansion. The Duke's mansion is raising her, so I can't even discipline her? Do you have any respect for me as her father? You've learned a lot of etiquette and sagehood, yet you disobey your own father like this and speak to me like this?"
Sheng Junyao respectfully bowed and apologized: "Father, please calm down. Father was wrong again. Since Yangyang entered the manor, all her food, clothing and daily necessities have been paid for by Mother. Mother used her own dowry and did not use a single penny of the Duke's manor's money. Even Yangyang's daily food and daily necessities in the main kitchen were paid for by Mother with money given to Second Aunt. Therefore, the Duke's manor did not support Yangyang. Even though she stayed in the Duke's manor, she did not use a single penny of the Duke's manor's public assets."
"Good, very good!" Duke Sheng grabbed the paperweight on the table and threw it at Sheng Junyao. The paperweight grazed Sheng Junyao's neck and earlobe, leaving a bloody mark.
Seeing that he remained unmoved, the Duke of Sheng became even more furious: "So what exactly do you want to say?"
“I’m just here to tell Father that Yangyang is a guest in the Duke’s mansion. From the moment she was not included in the Duke’s family genealogy, Father has no right to make demands on her. I hope you can understand that if Father cannot even tolerate this, then I can talk to my maternal grandfather to let Yangyang live in the Lan family. If Mother wants to return home, she can leave with her.” Sheng Junyao said calmly.
"You unfilial son! What a rebellious and disobedient son! Do you know what you're saying? Instigating your own parents to divorce is a joke that has never been seen before! Have you even read any of the classics?!"