Chapter 457 - Being Known for Talents or Filial Piety, Which One Was Better? (2/2)

“Do you think they will suspect me?” Shao Wanru asked again.

“Of course they will. I heard that the courtyard was prepared for the marriage of the First Young Master of Duke Xing’s Mansion. He once said that he wanted to live in Qinghua and your father’s courtyard and clean the screen wall where your father practiced calligraphy!” Rui’an Great Elder Princess said angrily.

When Hao’er came over in tears and told her that, She was so angry that she wanted to go to Duke Xing’s Mansion and argue with Old Madam immediately, but was stopped by Nanny Gao.

“They want the yard which has been burnt down today. They also want the old residence of my parents. These years they might have meticulously decorated the yard with not only some pieces of stuff of their mansion but also some pieces of stuff of my mother. So they won’t allow me to live there. Besides, the yard where my parents once lived is a symbol of identity. The one living there could be considered the legitimate heir!”

Shao Wanru said coldly.

“They are outrageous! How dare! Hao’er is the heir of Duke Xing’s Mansion!” Rui’an Great Elder Princess became furious. She beat the armrest of the chair and said angrily, “If it weren’t for their aggressiveness, your parents wouldn’t have been forced to leave Duke Xing’s Mansion. It’s all their fault. How could they have the cheek to bring this up now?”

As long as she thought of what had happened at that time, Great Elder Princess would be furious. Over these years, every time she woke up from her dream, she felt extremely distressed. If she had known that her daughter would end up like this, she would have tried every means to prevent her daughter from marrying into Duke Xing’s Mansion and prevent the emperor from giving the edict.

“Grandma, let’s talk about it later. According to the current situation, Hao’er can be the heir, while the First Young Master can also be the heir. After all, the current Duke Xing is his father, while my father is only the former heir of Duke Xing’s Mansion.”

Seeing that Great Elder Princess was so angry that her eyes turned red, Shao Wanru comforted her hurriedly.

Great Elder Princess let out a sigh of relief. She knew that it was true, but she couldn’t get over it. Why could they inherit Duke Xing’s Mansion after trapping her daughter and son-in-law, while her daughter and son-in-law died, left only a pair of orphans and even left Zhuozhuo outside for such a long time?

Thinking of this, she wished that today the fire could fierce enough to burn down the entire Duke Xing’s Mansion.

Great Elder Princess knew that her thought was a little too extreme. Nevertheless, she just found it difficult to cool her anger.

“Grandma, let’s take it slow. I’ll spend three years outside. After three years, I’ll grow up and have the right to speak. When the time comes, they can’t treat me as a child any more, and we can think of a way to seek justice for my parents. But in these three years, you should prevent Duke Xing’s Mansion from determining the heir!”

Shao Wanru comforted Great Elder Princess. She had planned this long before. Although she didn’t like Duke Xing’s Mansion, she would get Hao’er back what belonged to him.

Although being known for talents was admirable, what about being known for filial piety? No one could say anything about it.

In the confrontation between talents and filial piety, she wondered which one was more useful!

“I know. They didn’t succeed in determining the heir in so many years, and they won’t succeed now!” Great Elder Princess nodded. Duke Xing had presented the memorial for determining the heir again and again, but she had tried every means to make the Empress Dowager and the emperor turn it down every time.

Hao’er had been young and ignorant before, but now he became sensible. When the time came, she would show the members of Duke Xing’s Mansion that her grandson was promising and didn’t grow into a profligate childe from a little bully.

Unknowingly, Great Elder Princess began to follow Shao Wanru’s train of thought.

“Duke Xing’s Mansion can’t find out that I have something to do with the fire crash, but everyone saw that I almost got killed. The high-quality kerosene, the fact that I’ve just been recorded in the pedigree on that day and the time when I was about to take a bath, all of these could prove that someone in Duke Xing’s Mansion intended to plot against me and trap me.”

Shao Wanru took Great Elder Princess’s hand and analyzed the situation.

Great Elder Princess nodded repeatedly as she heard that. She held Shao Wanru’s hand and looked at her clear and sharp eyes. Although Great Elder Princess had always been tough, she couldn’t help shedding tears at this moment.

If it weren’t for being in a dangerous situation all this time, such a little girl would have only done some embroidery in her bedroom now!

But now, she was plotting like a little adult. It was all because of Duke Xing’s Mansion!

Clenching her teeth and swallowing the tears in her eyes, Great Elder Princess looked increasingly determined. No matter what her granddaughter wanted to do, she would support her and never let her be bullied again.

She squeezed Shao Wanru’s slender hand with a little force, as if she could give her strength by doing that.

Sensing the strength from Great Elder Princess’s hand and seeing the unreserved love in her eyes, Shao Wanru felt warm in her heart and became increasingly determined. She almost said word by word, “If I mention that I want to go to a nunnery and observe mourning for my parents for three years at this moment, what do you think of it?”