C16 Legitimate Daughter

In this era, filial piety was the most important word. If an unfilial hat were to fall on one's head, one's future would be ruined, but for a child to do it, it would be nothing. After all, at such a young age, if others knew about it, it could only be described as a child's character owing to a little tutoring.

"Greetings to Grandfather and Grandmother."

Although they had acted on their own initiative and brought the soft cushion over, the two children had not made the slightest mistake in kowtowing and being unable to be blamed by the Old Master and Old Mistress.

"Get up. I heard from your father that the two of you have come back. It's very fortunate."

These words were spoken in an ordinary manner, and even a child as young as Shan Xing could tell that they were not speaking from the bottom of her heart.

But no matter what he said, he still had to do what he said, no matter how much he tried, he would never be able to take advantage of her. Shan Xing was stunned for a moment before she jumped up and pulled her brother along with her, she could tell that her father and her grandparents were not on good terms, so why did she have to act so obedient and smart? When Shan Xing saw this pair of elderly, she was sure that her father's affection for them had weakened. This was definitely inherited from him.

Shan Xing remembered that her mother had once said that when First Madamsheng's Second Young Master came to celebrate, they came here to celebrate on purpose. Shan Xing felt that she had overlooked something, but couldn't recall what it was.

"We've seen the child as well. Bring them to the ancestral hall."

Shan Xing was really surprised that the old couple didn't follow after such a huge matter like going to the ancestral hall. They didn't even have any rules anymore. Shan Yongxin was such a disrespectful son.

"Then our son will lead them over. Father, mother, farewell!"

Shan Yongxin bowed deeply to his parents before leading his two children away. This family was truly like a family that respected each other like ice. Shan Xing had seen it for herself. In this era of filial piety, being able to live with her parents like this was truly a wonder.

When they arrived at the ancestral hall, Shan Xing realized why her father brought her and her brother here to pay their respects to her grandfather and grandmother, because the mountain clan's ancestral hall was built in this courtyard, so she obviously didn't want to come here. Shan Xing thought it was funny, if the ancestral hall wasn't here, then her father wouldn't have stepped into this courtyard, after all, people would look down on him, and they would be very unhappy.

In all honesty, it was not reasonable that their son would not go over to take a look after having a legitimate son, not to mention they had a son, and if someone caught them talking about them being unkind to their parents, then it would be very bad for their second son's future prospects. Since they did not like their eldest son, then they should prefer their second son, and even though Shan Xing was just making wild guesses in her heart, she had to admit that Shan Xing had guessed correctly, and when she found out the truth later on, she felt that her guesses were simply divine guesses.

"Yong Xin, you're here!"

Outside the Ancestral Hall, Shan Xing saw a lot of people, about ten of them. There were elderly people with graying hair, young and middle-aged, but without exception, they were all men.

"Hello, uncle!"

Shan Xing looked curiously at the man her father had called uncle. She didn't understand why her father didn't pay much attention to her grandfather, instead, he seemed very close to her.

"Greetings to Duke Jia Yong!"

The rest of the people greeted their father in unison. However, they addressed their father with the title of nobility, and their attitude was extremely respectful.

"We're all family, so there's no need to be so polite."

However, when this man was her father, she didn't like him because he was not the other side of her father. Shan Xing remembered that in her previous life, her father had always been very open and kind to her, but when she saw him giving a meeting to the employees under her, she felt that he had a very different attitude. She had always felt that her father was very handsome.

"Let's not waste our time, let's go in and handle the formalities."

Shan Yongxin said to the crowd, and the leading old man nodded.

"Right, right, right, let's quickly enter the ancestral hall, don't miss the important matter of Eternal Sin."

It seemed like this person was the patriarch of the Shan family. However, his attitude towards Shan Yongxin was obviously fawning on him.

"It's just that, Eternal Trust, we have to make sure that Madam and Miss will suffer. We need to have them wait outside the ancestral hall."

First Madam probably knew that it was impossible for her to enter the Ancestral Hall, so she consciously stood outside the door of the Ancestral Hall. At this moment, Shan Xing also stood next to First Madam obediently and knew that First Madam did not like her, so Shan Xing did not try to get close to her and lowered her head to play with her fingers. In fact, her eyes were rolling around the place where she could see everything.

This courtyard was very simple, there was only one temple, and right now there was no one in the courtyard, so it was very quiet. It meant that the courtyard was usually very quiet, and normally no one would come here, and it should also be standing in a certain corner of the courtyard, where Shan Xing had been standing for a long time without hearing a sound from the outside of the courtyard. It could be seen how remote this corner was, and the yard was only a simple place against the wall where some flowers and grass were planted.

Shan Xing really didn't have anything to look at, so she started playing with her fingers. Before she could even play with them a little, the people from the ancestral hall filed out. Shan Xing didn't expect it to happen so quickly.

"Then, I'll thank the clan's uncle and uncles. It's a bit inconvenient today, so I won't invite any of you to my manor. I'll treat everyone to a banquet some other day."

The Patriarch modestly said goodbye to Shan Yongxin, and then went his separate ways at Count Mansion's gate.

"I also put Shan Xing in Madam's name."

As the family walked into the mansion, Shan Yongxin told First Madam,

"On what basis?"

This wasn't what First Madam wanted to hear. She had her own daughter, how could she remember that slut's daughter under her name? If it wasn't for her having no son, that brat wouldn't even be able to remember his name.

"Why? Xing's concubine is not here anymore. Shouldn't Madame have raised her as her mother?"

In fact, he wasn't really interested in Shan Xing's ability to remember her as the direct descendant. Back in the ancestral hall, when the patriarch asked him if he also remembered her as the direct descendant, he casually replied with an "yes." At this moment, he was not angry because Shan Xing had remembered him as the direct descendant, he was just angry that someone had challenged his authority.

"I'll remember it all. What else can I do?"

Seeing First Madam mumbling this way, Shan Yongxin gave a cold snort and let the matter drop.

First Madam didn't expect that because Shan Yongxin wasn't taking it seriously this time, he had managed to help her achieve her goal, allowing her Li Dai Tao to be able to recover completely. At that time, he had made her very excited, even though in the end, this achievement made her regret everything.

"Madam, since there's nothing to do today, please allow someone to measure two of their clothes for them. After all, they are still children within our Count Mansion, so don't let others laugh at us, and let them stitch two more bags of books and prepare them for entering school in the front courtyard tomorrow. There will be no need for Madam to worry about the things in the front courtyard.

Returning to the main yard, Shan Yongxin finished arranging everything. Feeling that there were no more omissions, he turned around and was about to leave.

"Master, where are you going?"

She didn't know that the old master was about to leave again. The old master had been very cold to her recently, but it couldn't be said that ever since the Second Young Master passed away, the old master had been neither cold nor hot to her since then. She wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to find the young master and make peace with the old master.

"Why don't we discuss the matter of the two children. After all, they came to the mansion the day before yesterday, and there are still a lot of things to prepare."

The only thing he didn't know clearly was that First Madam had once said such vicious words. Although she didn't have the chance to do it, Shan Yongxin knew that this was Consort Peng's escape, otherwise, she would most likely attack him, but he didn't want to cause too much trouble with First Madam. After all, with his current status, if his family wasn't at peace, he might be impeached by the Imperial Censor.

"I'll go see the teacher. I've already found a good teacher for him before Lin'er came back, but I wasn't sure when she would come back. I'll take care of Xiu Mu today, I'll get Madam to ask him to come tomorrow to teach."

The next day, Shan Xing still got up early and dragged her brother out of bed. Although the forest was three years older than Shan Xing, in terms of self-discipline, he was obviously not as good as Shan Xing, the sister of an adult.