sbdcsierra Chapter 59 Savage
Chapter 59 Savage
Lu Yangyang boiled the water quickly. After boiling, she poured the diluted water into a wooden bucket and easily carried the water out of the small room.
I noticed that Sheng Junyi was still standing at the door of the small room.
She asked warily, "You don't actually want to come with me to take a shower, do you?"
"What nonsense are you spouting!" Sheng Junyi gritted his teeth, turned around somewhat disheveled, and fled in panic.
They were so fast that they disappeared into her yard in the blink of an eye.
Looking at the empty courtyard, Lu Yangyang suddenly realized something and muttered to herself, "It seems that having too few people isn't a good idea. If he can be easily knocked unconscious, wouldn't he be able to come and go as he pleases in this courtyard?"
Lu Yangyang doesn't have any private matters that she can't let others see, but Sheng Junyi's habit of not using the door during the day and insisting on climbing over the wall at night to find people is something that really can't be tolerated.
She needs to think of a way to make it work.
Lu Yangyang carried the bucket into the bathroom, peeked around cautiously, and only after confirming that no one was there did she breathe a sigh of relief and lock the door.
Indeed, living in the capital is not easy.
Lu Yangyang frowned and sighed.
On the other side, Sheng Junyi felt as if he were being chased all the way until he entered the study of the Duke of Sheng in the front courtyard. Only then did he stop and knock on the door with lingering fear.
"Come in." Duke Sheng responded, put down his book, and looked up at Sheng Junyi who had entered. "Why are you back so late? Did you get the information I asked you to?"
Sheng Junyi paused for a moment before replying, "No..."
Duke Sheng frowned: "What's going on? You can't even handle such a small matter? She's just a child, can't you get anything out of her? What is the Crown Prince's injury like?"
Sheng Junyi was unusually silent for a moment. For some reason, the image that kept popping into her mind was of Lu Yangyang, a tiny little girl, squatting in front of the stove boiling water.
Duke Sheng was displeased: "I'm asking you a question!"
Sheng Junyi then came to her senses. "When she came back, her clothes were covered in blood. Other than that, I didn't find out anything else. She... although she is young, she is quite difficult to deal with."
At this point, the Duke of Sheng's expression darkened even further.
"Father, what were your plans when you brought her back?" Sheng Junyi asked.
“She is of the Duke’s bloodline. I have verified that there is no mistake before I went to pick her up. Originally, I planned to raise her as a twin, so that whether or not the truth is revealed in the future, it would be a way of explaining things.” As he spoke, the Duke of Sheng couldn’t help but tap his fingertips on the table. “I just didn’t expect that a little girl who had spent more than ten years in the countryside would be so…savage.”
Yes, it's barbaric.
Duke Sheng initially didn't care much for this daughter. He brought her back for two reasons: first, the bloodline of the Duke's mansion couldn't be allowed to flow outside, to prevent it from being used by those with ulterior motives in the future; second, the unspoken marriage agreement needed someone to take its place, and that daughter had to be of considerable standing.
He currently only has one daughter of marriageable age, Sheng Yunzhu. It's a good thing that Sheng Yunzhu is getting close to the popular Third Prince, but he needs to observe the situation.
Therefore, another "daughter" was needed to take her place, and Lu Yangyang's appearance was perfectly timed.
His plan was perfect, but Lu Yangyang turned out to be an uncontrollable and stubborn person.
At first, Lu Yangyang refused to acknowledge her ancestors, so he went along with her wishes to temper her temper and let her know that in the Duke's mansion, the things she cared about were completely worthless.
But to his utter surprise, Lu Yangyang was actually quite "capable".
She not only coaxed Sheng Yunjiao to run errands for her, but also made Lan Shi want to die for her. Now, even Yan Yue has personally run errands for her several times, and even the Crown Prince now favors her.
If Lu Yangyang had grown up in the Duke's mansion and possessed such abilities, he would be overjoyed.
However, Lu Yangyang never considered the Duke's Mansion as her home, and she didn't care about her family members at all.
He couldn't control her at all.
Whenever he tried to find an opportunity to discipline her severely, Lan would go crazy in response.
Just thinking about it gave Duke Sheng a throbbing headache.
"Can I meet the people my father sent to investigate her background?" Sheng Junyi asked.
Upon hearing his words, Duke Sheng frowned, called out, and had one of his stewards brought in.
Manager Zhang entered and respectfully bowed to the two men.
He was a steward under the Duke of Sheng who went out to collect debts. The Duke's mansion also had business in Qingzhou Prefecture, and Steward Zhang happened to be in charge of that area. So after that incident, the Duke of Sheng sent him to inquire about it.
Sheng Junyi glanced at Steward Zhang and asked, "What did you find out when you went to where Miss Lu... Miss Lu lives? How did you confirm that she is the real Third Miss? Also, did you find out how she lives there?"
Duke Sheng glanced at Sheng Junyi, surprised that he would ask such questions. He had only asked a few casual questions at the time, and after confirming that there were no problems, he arranged to pick up the people.
Upon hearing this, Steward Zhang honestly replied, "Second Young Master, when I went to Qinghe Village where Miss Lu grew up, I inquired carefully. Since it's only been a little over ten years, everyone in the village remembers her. They all know about that wet nurse, Ms. He. She's in her thirties, has one son, two daughters, and a newborn son. Her family is of good standing, and her sister-in-law married into a merchant family in the capital. She has some connections, which is why she was recommended to the mansion as a wet nurse. If I remember correctly, before the Third Young Master was born, Madam selected three wet nurses, and Ms. He was just one of them."
"It is said that when she returned to the village, she was indeed carrying a newborn baby. Some people saw it and said that it was wrapped in silk. Coincidentally, during the time that Nurse He was away from home, her eldest daughter-in-law also gave birth to a baby girl. Nurse He then told everyone that she had picked up the baby girl from outside because she felt sorry for her. She also said that she had gone out to work as a wet nurse but had not been selected and had returned home. Therefore, the villagers did not suspect anything."
"Later, as the two girls grew a little older, one became plump and fair-skinned, while the other became thin and small. I heard from the neighbors that there were often sounds of beatings and scoldings. However, beatings and scoldings of girls were very common in the countryside, and no one cared about it. In addition, such young children rarely went out, and the villagers did not see them often. They only heard them call the thin girl Caoya and the plump girl Zhuzhu. It was not until the Duke's Mansion went to pick up the Third Miss to take her back that the news spread that the girl that He Wet Nurse had taken back was actually a rich young lady, and her whole family had also risen to prominence and moved away together."
"No one expected that they would also abandon one of the girls in the mountains."