Chapter 737: Chapter 737: Chaos at the General’s Mansion Chapter 737: Chapter 737: Chaos at the General’s Mansion Situ Yongjie wore a troubled expression, “It’s all family shame, for which the Prince must be laughing at us!”
“Where is Miss Situ? How come I haven’t seen her today?”
“Her adoptive mother has just recovered, and Xuexue is accompanying her in the yard!”
Long Rui curled his lips and said indifferently, “Both are daughters, yet their actions are so different. Miss Situ truly is a filial daughter. It seems that her years of drifting outside the home were not such a bad thing after all. On the contrary, the Second Miss Situ, who has been raised in luxury since childhood at the General’s Mansion, does not know gratitude.”
“I have failed in teaching my daughter, making a laughingstock for the Prince.”
“How can this be blamed on General Situ! General Situ spends years away from home protecting the country; in my view, the General’s Mansion is still missing a lady of the house.”
“Since the death of Xuexue’s birth mother, my heart has grown cold, and I have had no desire to remarry.”
“Do you want Lady Tang to dominate the General’s Mansion?”
“Of course not. If I did, I would have promoted her to my main wife long ago! Why would I wait until now?” At this moment, Situ Yongjie finally spoke a genuine truth.
“Acting in this manner only allows Lady Tang to grow overbearing. I advise you to remarry, to shut down Lady Tang’s hopes of promotion completely.”
Upon hearing this, Situ Yongjie’s face showed conflict, and he responded softly, “I will consider it, thank you, General, for your concern.”
Finally, under Long Rui’s repeated insinuations, Situ Yongjie invited his children over, preparing to have lunch together, with Xuexue among them.
“Greetings to father, greetings to the Prince,” said the three other children of Situ Yongjie as they came forward.
“Hmm! Please, all of you take a seat,” said Situ Yongjie, his gaze drifting towards the entrance of the hall, “Dieer, where is your elder sister? Why hasn’t she come over yet?”
“Father, since elder sister’s courtyard is quite far, Dieer did not go to call for her, so I’m unaware,” replied Situ Dieer very obediently.
She was Lady Tang’s second daughter, a year younger than Situ Qinger, and while her beauty did not compare to Situ Qinger’s stunning looks, she was still very pretty and could be considered a small jade for a lesser household.
“Hmm! I see, you may sit down.”
Having said this, Situ Yongjie turned his head to look at the War Prince, “Prince, the food will get cold, shall we start eating?”
“No need, let’s wait a bit more,” the War Prince gestured with his hand, his eyes occasionally drifting towards the direction of the door.
Around the dining table, a plump little boy, about eight or nine years old, his round eyes fixated on the dishes, said with a displeased face, “Father, I’m hungry, can we start eating?”
He was the youngest son of Lady Tang, the only male child in the Situ Family. As Lady Tang doted on him excessively, he grew up to be fearless and unruly, a veritable overbearing young master within the General’s Mansion. His three elder sisters had to give way to him and a little dissatisfaction from him could send the entire mansion into chaos.
Thus, the self-proclaimed overbearing young master didn’t regard the War Prince at all, still clamoring loudly.
At these words, Situ Yongjie scolded angrily, “Silence! You lack manners. Have you not seen that the Prince is present?”
“Zhizhi, be good, we’ll eat when elder sister arrives,” Situ Dieer said gently to Situ Zhi.
“Why should we wait for that mongrel? She’s not fit for that!” nine-year-old Situ Zhi blurted out the insult with considerable volume.
Situ Dieer’s face changed dramatically, and she quickly glanced at Situ Yongjie before turning back, “Zhizhi, she is our elder sister, you must not talk nonsense.”
“Tch! Mother says the same, Zhizhi listens to mother, refusing to recognize her as elder sister. A country bumpkin, she’s just not worthy!”