Chapter 24 The Second Master
Afterwards, she once wondered, had Mr. Pei done something?
Otherwise, her great-aunt loved her so much, but after what happened to her, her great-aunt turned out to be indifferent and indifferent to her.
Xia Zihan raised her eyes and saw Mrs. Pei smiling, and she ordered the maid behind her to help her peel the shrimps.
"I heard from your great-aunt that you like to eat shrimps the most. Now is the time when shrimps are in season. The shrimps at this time are the most tender and delicious. Eat more." She took out a plate of shrimps that the servant had peeled. He personally brought it to Xia Zihan.
Was he so kind to her because the county leader banned her? Or is it because of the reward from the emperor and queen?
Xia Zihan felt extremely sarcastic in his heart.
The shrimps eaten in the mouth also lost their former deliciousness.
If she remembered correctly, because the young Zeng family and the Duke of Guo had been immersed in days like flowers before flowers and under the moon for decades after they got married, Anyang Hou Mansion was also struggling to make ends meet. In the past ten years, Anyang Hou Mansion was unable to make ends meet. The government has fallen from being a first-rate nobleman to a second-rate nobleman.
If you don't think about it, you will probably fall into the third-rate ranks in a few years.
By that time, the Anyang Marquis Mansion had become a ruined settlement and would no longer be able to gain a foothold in the court.
The death of her grandfather and the emperor's high regard for her gave the Anyang Hou Mansion an opportunity.
As long as the Anyang Marquis Mansion can take advantage of the legacy of the Chu family to resume its official career, it will soon be among the first-class nobles again.
That's why Pei would put down his posture to please her.
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Early that morning, before Xia Zihan even got up, the Yu family came to report, "County Master, the second master is here."
"The second master asked for leave and came directly from Mingchang, with only two boys with him."
The second master is Xia Zihan's father, Xia Shiming, the second young master of the Xia family in Jiangning.
The twelfth batch of Jinshi in the Lifeng year, who served as Chief Secretary in Mingchang, ranked from the sixth grade.
It's only five days' journey from Mingchang to the capital. If you drive day and night, you can get there in three days.
Plus the eight hundred mile urgent report. It has only been five days since Mr. Chu Ge passed away today. In terms of time, Xia Shiming took leave as soon as he got the news and hurried over.
Xia Shiming was the only one from the Xia family who came here. The Xia family's old residence was in Jiangning City, which was about ten days away from the capital. Even if they got the news, they wouldn't arrive so quickly.
When Xia Shiming took office in Mingchang, he did not bring his step-wife Xu with him. Xu stayed in the old house to serve Mrs. Xia, and there was only Aunt Zhang to serve him during his tenure.
My aunt was not qualified to attend Mr. Chu Ge's funeral.
When Xia Zihan saw Xia Shiming, his expression was resentful.
In her previous life, when her stepmother wanted to betroth her to Cao Zian, her father only heard that Cao Zian was the distant nephew of Xu's brother-in-law, so he nodded in agreement.
Without investigating, he just nodded casually and told her whole life, pushing her into the abyss of hell, leaving her beyond redemption and dying without a burial place.
Xia Zihan didn't complain about her father's indifference towards her.
She is resentful.
When she married Cao Zian, her father secretly gave her two hundred taels of silver behind her stepmother's back. At that time, she had thought that maybe there was a place for her in her father's heart.
Later, after the fake dowry was exposed, she realized that the two hundred taels of silver were just a small amount of compensation given to her by her father in order to buy a good conscience.
Her stepmother and stepsister calculated to take away her tens of thousands of taels of silver as a dowry, but instead bought her dozens of fake dowries. She didn't believe that her father, who was the head of the family, didn't hear about this.
Knowing, but pretending not to know, is even more indifferent.
Her father's indifference towards her made her feel chilled.
"Dad, you are here."
(End of chapter)