C9 – A Piece of Cake

Tang Yue arrived at Yueyang Marquis’s Mansion with a heavy coronary heart, the journey being silent. Solely upon seeing the 2 imposing stone Qilins on the entrance did he put together himself mentally for the upcoming problem.

As a physician of medication and director of surgical procedure, Tang Yue had handled all kinds of sufferers, together with troublesome ones. But, he apprehensive about dealing with the traditional folks he was about to fulfill.

“Hurry up and inform everybody that the younger grasp has returned!” Tang Yue’s arrival induced a stir in the whole Yueyang Marquis’s Mansion. As he adopted Shan into the manor, the servants he encountered alongside the best way all knelt and saluted him.

Though their angle won’t be real, their manners had been impeccable. Tang Yue might nearly assure that his life within the prefecture could be snug.

“The place is he? Deliver him in to see the previous hag!” A hoarse voice emanated from the principle room. Upon coming into, Tang Yue was met with a dozen totally different gazes.

The room fell silent for a couple of minutes till Tang Shoucheng, the Yueyang Marquis, stepped ahead and took maintain of Tang Yue’s arm. He seemed him up and down and mentioned, “Lastly, I’m again.”

Tang Yue returned the gaze, and he was certain that this was his organic son. The resemblance of their eyebrows and nostril was hanging, and he was grateful for his or her sturdy household genetics. With out them, accepting Tang Shoucheng as his son would have been way more troublesome.

Tang Shoucheng might inform from the expression on Tang Yue’s face that he too had acknowledged the blood relationship, and it made him much more excited. “My youngster, you’ve suffered all these years! I’m your father.”

Tang Yue felt a combination of unhappiness and pleasure welling up inside him. He shortly lowered his head and referred to as out considerably awkwardly, “Father.”

“Wonderful! Fantastic information! Haha… I’ve a son!” This assertion induced a variety of reactions from these current. Some had been pleased, some had been offended, and a few remained impartial.

“Come over right here and let me have a better look,” the Yueyang Marquis mentioned eagerly.

He shortly introduced Tang Yue over and launched him to everybody. “That is my grandmother,” he mentioned, earlier than introducing him to his uncles, stepmother, and 7 sisters, every of whom seemed like a goddess.

Historically, it’s anticipated to kowtow to oldsters and elders when assembly them, however Tang Shoucheng was so thrilled that he forgot. Tang Yue acted as if he didn’t know any higher, having grown up within the countryside with out formal training on etiquette.

Tang Yue didn’t thoughts kneeling all the way down to his personal dad and mom, however it was troublesome for him to do the identical for a household he didn’t know and who had deserted his spouse and son. He questioned how the unique proprietor would have confronted this case.

For now, he might solely see them as his potential dad and mom and employer.

The elders all gave him presents as a type of welcoming him to the household. Tang Yue referred to as in favors from Shan and introduced the presents he had ready beforehand, all of them humble choices. Although they weren’t taken critically, his gestures gained him favor with the household’s elders.

The household had discovered in regards to the unique proprietor’s troubled previous, and had it not been for Tang Shoucheng’s lack of ability to bear a son, they’d have left him to fend for himself on the border.

On this awkward state of affairs, Tang Yue’s generosity was commendable, and the previous madam praised him profusely, holding his hand.

“This youngster is kind-hearted and has fantastic options. He will certainly be an important younger grasp sooner or later!”

“Mom is true. My son is beneficiant and carries the status of our household. He’ll undoubtedly help the Tang household sooner or later.” These phrases induced a sudden change within the Marquis’s Spouse’s expression.

The little woman sitting beside her was additionally sad and spoke up, “Father, he grew up within the countryside with nobody to show him. He’s not expert in civil or army affairs. If he goes out, he’ll tarnish the fame of the Marquis’s Mansion. How can he help a household?”

“Hey!” Yueyang Marquis scolded her and mentioned, “He’s your elder brother. Don’t be so disrespectful.”

Tang Ya stamped her toes and threw the sweet Tang Yue had given her on the bottom a number of occasions. “Father is biased. Who needs these low-cost sweets? I don’t even know the place he got here from. How might Father even take into account handing the household enterprise over to him?”

“What do you imply? He’s the one son within the household. If not him, then who else ought to inherit?” Yueyang Marquis beloved his eldest daughter dearly. After talking, he lovingly stroked her lengthy hair. “You’re getting married subsequent yr. With out the help of your mom’s household, how will you have the ability to dwell in your husband’s family?”

Tang Ya understood this logic, however her mom had mentioned that if the household enterprise was handed over to an unknown boy, the place would they match sooner or later?

“Humph!” As Tang Ya dwelled on her ideas, her coronary heart grew heavier. She clutched her sister’s hand and rushed out of the corridor.

The Marquis’s Spouse dabbed at her eyes with a handkerchief and provided a proof to Grasp Hou, “Please don’t blame Ya. She acted impulsively. She’ll come round.”

Tang Yue stored his head bowed and noticed the state of affairs. All of it appeared slightly infantile to him. Those that had been really harmful didn’t hassle with such petty acts. Nonetheless, he did fear in regards to the Marquis’s Spouse. She was the one one he was cautious of.

Shan had informed him that the Marquis’s Spouse, whose surname was Zhao, didn’t have a son and didn’t maintain a excessive place within the household. Nonetheless, Tang Yue suspected that wasn’t the entire reality. Each the previous madam and the Marquis of Yueyang handled her with respect and kindness. It appeared like there was no barrier between them.

No matter her place, Tang Yue had no intention of difficult the Marquis’s Spouse’s authority. It was finest to coexist peacefully. If that wasn’t doable, he would discover one other alternative to maneuver out sooner or later.