In the Chen Mansion Study Room, Chen Ao's face was still as deep as water. He walked back and forth in the study room with his hands behind his back. Occasionally, he sat on the denzi, but couldn't help but feel irritable. He immediately stood up and then walked back and forth.

After all, Chen Ao was born in the army. Although it was inherited from the family, the study room was decorated in a simple and rough manner.

There are two rooms inside and outside the study room.

The door of the inner room is closed and the layout inside cannot be seen.

There is a square table placed directly opposite the door to the wall, with a cup of tea on it, and two chairs are placed on the left and right.

On one side of the main seat was a desk with paper and pens and scrolls placed in messy manner.

There is also a sword hanging on the wall, which is both a house-guarding and self-defense.

A knock on the door sounded, and Chen Ao turned his head and said to the door: "Come in."

Chen Xiyao pushed the door and walked into the study. Under Shen Ao's glare, he walked closer and said, "Grandfather is asking me for something?"

"Kneel down." Chen Ao shouted.

Chen Xiyao didn't say a word, kneeling gently on the floor, but stubbornly straightened her back and looked at Chen Ao.

"What? Not convinced? Today, in front of the Holy One, he said such words shamelessly. What do you think of the civil and military officials in the court? You are a little girl, how arrogant."

“…”

Chen Xiyao opened her mouth, but she had no way to defend herself. Although she was confused and didn't know what happened, her personality made her unwilling to admit her mistakes.

Chen Xiyao lowered her head and stared at her knees. Although there was a voice of Chen Ao scolding in her ears, she didn't listen to a word, and kept thinking about what happened during the day in her mind.

I felt that my grandfather scolded me for a long time, and finally I heard one sentence: "Just kneel here and reflect on myself."

"Grandfather, what happened...?

Finally, Chen Xiyao asked until Chen Ao finished speaking.

"you……"

Chen Ao's anger suddenly became angry, he snorted and walked out of the study with a black face, shaking his robe sleeves.

After a while, the old butler Chen An walked into the study and helped Chen Xiyao up: "Miss, get up. The Marquis left the mansion and probably won't come back later. You can go back to the room first."

"Where did he go to grandfather?"

The old housekeeper shook his head.

"I don't know."

"I understand. Thank you, the old housekeeper. I'll wait for my grandfather to come back here."

After saying that, Chen Xiyao knelt on the ground again.

"Hey, Miss, why are you doing this? It's cold underground, which is not good for your health."

Chen An advised him for a while, but Chen Xiyao was unmoved at all.

The old butler shook his head helplessly and walked out of the study.

After a while, Chen An returned to the study with a small tray. There was a bowl of white porridge and a few plates of side dishes on it.

"Miss, please have something to eat."

"Thank you, butler, let's put it on the table first."

Chen An looked at Chen Xiyao who was kneeling on the ground, shook his head and left the study room helplessly.

It was already late at this time, and candles were lit up in every household. Against the backdrop of the candlelight, the sound of girls playing in a small building came from another mansion.

The small building is not luxurious, but it is very exquisite. The layout of the building is obviously thoughtful, showing the gentleness and delicateness of the owner.

Compared with Chen Xiyao's boudoir, this place is like a room in the sky and the ground, and this place is what a lady's room should look like.

Under the veil, two girls were gathering in front of a table. One girl gently put down the ink ingot in her hand, lifted up a silk handkerchief covered on the paper, revealing a picture of a lady inside that had not yet been completed.

"Miss, you're ready, please continue to draw."

The sitting girl let out a light whisper, took her eyes back from the bronze mirror beside her, grabbed a pen, carefully painted and outlined the drawing paper, and looked at the mirror from time to time.

The maid stood opposite the girl, her eyes constantly flowing on her ladies and paintings.

"Miss, it looks so good."

The girl glanced at the maid and felt a little disgusted.

“Where’s the best place?”

"The lady is beautiful and her paintings are beautiful, and they are all beautiful!"

The girl stopped the pen in her hand, raised her head and looked at the maid dissatisfiedly, and said coquettishly: "Good mouth and smooth tongue!"

The maid screamed in disbelief.

"Where is it!"

Indeed, the maid didn't tell any lies. The girl was indeed pretty. A round face that was a little fat, with big eyes flashing with glitter.

There is nothing special about the girl's facial features. If you take out the facial features separately, each one is very ordinary, but if these are combined together, it will be a very attractive face, and the more you look at it, the more you look good.

"That's right, my granddaughter is indeed beautiful."

While the master and servant were having fun, a voice came from outside the door.

The girl rolled her eyes and complained a little.

"What kind of wind is this that blows Chu Xiang."

Chu Rupeng didn't answer, and laughed and walked to the table to check his granddaughter's paintings.

The girl stood up and saluted with her maid.

"Well, the painting skills have improved, but they are more craftsmanship."

The girl grabbed Chu Rupeng's sleeve and shook it, and said coquettishly: "Grandfather, are you here to laugh at me?"

Chu Rupeng enjoyed his granddaughter's spoiled behavior very much, and let his granddaughter grab his sleeves and twist his beard and laugh.

"Okay, okay! Didn't I still praise your painting skills for getting better?"

The girl shook Chu Rupeng's sleeves, frowned and snorted. She took the tea served by the maid and sent it to Chu Rupeng with both hands.

"Grandfather, please use tea."

Chu Rupeng let out a light huh, took a sip, and placed it on the table. Then he looked at his granddaughter carefully.

The girl was a little furious when seen.

"Grandfather, what's wrong?"

Chu Rupeng sighed: "I only realized that I am old when I saw you."

"How could my grandfather feel this way?"

"Today I saw a little guy in the Royal Garden. He is a woman like you, but what he said is quite interesting."

The girl's eyes rolled.

"I'll guess!"

Without waiting for Chu Rupeng to speak, he continued: "The female officials in the court are only at the fifth rank, and there is no chance to see Your Majesty. The princess and female officials who live in the palace are not involved in the affairs of the court, and they will not say anything that makes Chu Xiang interested. Then there are only Tianfeng Army, who is on duty in the palace. I think ordinary soldiers will not attract the attention of important officials in the court, so there are only three lieutenants. Although I don't know who the Tianfeng Army is today, I guess they are one of the three of them."

Chu Rupeng was very relieved and laughed.

"I am worthy of being my granddaughter of Chu Rupeng! I guessed it right."

Chu Qingying raised her head proudly, with her hands behind her back, jumped behind Chu Rupeng, and reached out to massage Chu Rupeng's shoulders.

"Grandfather, then tell me who it is?"

Before Chu Rupeng could speak, a servant walked into the door and bowed.

"Master, the housekeeper is waiting outside the yard and said that Mr. Shen is visiting."

Chu Rupeng looked at the servant who was passing the message in surprise, and shook his head with a little laugh.

"This old guy, he is old, why is his mind getting heavier?"

He said to Chu Qingying again: "I know who it is this time."

After saying that, stand up.

"You have a break earlier and I'll go see this old guy."

It was getting late and late, and it was already the hour of Xu.

Finally, there was a noise in front of the Marquis' Mansion in northern Jibei.

As soon as Chen Ao returned to his home, he came to the study room directly. He looked at the unmoved mouthful of white porridge on the table, shook his head and sighed.

"Get up, don't kneel down. Several adults miss you for being ignorant and forgive you."

Chen Xiyao stood up silently and looked at her direct grandfather in confusion.

"Grandfather, you don't have to be like this today."

When Chen Xiyao thought of things during the day, she felt a little irritated.
To be continued...