ALL NOVEL Chapter 56 - A Family of Five
Chapter 56: A Family of Five
Before Yan Xie could react, he was smashed to the ground by the copper hand furnace that even a hammer could not break!
Yan Xie’s head immediately swelled up!
It wasn’t enough for Shangguan Yan to smash him. She stretched out her leg and kicked him a few times until her feet hurt. Then, she threw all the fruits and snacks on the table at Yan Xie.
Yan Xie cried out in pain!
He really did not understand what had happened. Why would the Princess Consort, who thought highly of him, suddenly make things difficult for him? Could it be that she was also crazy like Yan Jiuchao?!
Bang!
Another object was thrown at him.
The last of the snacks had been thrown by Shangguan Yan. The private advisor immediately handed the snacks beside him to the magistrate after he saw that Shangguan Yan had gone to grab more snacks from the table at the side.
The magistrate then handed it to Shangguan Yan.
There wasn’t anything left for the private advisor to give after repeating this for more than ten times. He dug under the table and handed it to the magistrate.
The magistrate handed it to Shangguan Yan without thinking. After handing it over, he realized that it was a hoe!
“Xiao…”
It was too late to stop her.
Shangguan Yan knocked Yan Xie unconscious with a swing of her hoe.
“Hmph!” Shangguan Yan was slightly relieved of her anger and walked towards the dungeon.
Children that young must have been terrified to be captured and brought to such a place. Three trembling pitiful little boys flashed across Shangguan Yan’s mind, and her heart clenched into a ball.
However, when she arrived at the cell where the young kids were being held, what she saw was completely different—
On the ground sat a young girl wearing shabby old clothes. She should be the village girl that Yan Xie had captured with the children.
The village girl’s eyes were closed, and her scattered black hair covered her face, revealing only half of her fair and translucent face.
Shangguan Yan was stunned by herself countless times every day, so she naturally did not care about a woman’s appearance. What caught her attention was the three precious children in the village girl’s arms.
The children obediently lay in her arms and seemed to have fallen asleep. Their little faces were chubby from being pressed down, and saliva flowed down.
The woman was asleep too.
The four of them looked out of place in terms of their clothes and status. However, at this moment, they were leaning against each other tightly and did not feel any discomfort.
Shangguan Yan was stunned.
Yan Jiuchao, who had entered the prison with her, was also surprised when he saw Yu Wan.
… .
In the end, Yu Wan woke up first.
The three little fellows held onto her tightly and would move around when anyone else touched them. They could only ask her to send the little fellows back to the residence.
At this moment, Uncle Wan rushed over. He was the first to discover that the children were missing. When he woke up, the little masters were gone. This experience was simply too terrifying!
He asked the people at the stall and found out that the little masters had been captured by the newly appointed Yan Xie as thieves. Because Yan Xie was personally promoted by the Princess Consort, he thought about it and decided to inform Yan Jiuchao first.
He never expected that the village girl who was treated as a thief was actually Miss Yu. No wonder Young Master had that expression.
On the way out of the prison, he told the Princess Consort about Miss Yu saving the little masters from the kidnapper. “… It’s most likely that the little masters recognized Miss Yu and went downstairs to look for her. In the end, they were captured by Yan Xie.”
In that case, Miss Yu could not be blamed for implicating the little masters. Yan Xie could only blame himself for being blind and greedy. He was like a pig!
After leaving the Magistrate Prefecture, two carriages drove over at the same time.
“To the Xiao Manor,” Shangguan Yan said.
“Young Master Manor,” Yan Jiuchao said.
Uncle Wan held his forehead helplessly.
Yu Wan asked him softly, “Why are we going to the Xiao Manor?”
What kind of place was the Xiao Manor? She had already learned from Uncle Wan that Shangguan Yan was Yan Jiuchao’s mother. Uncle Wan had yet to say anything else.
Uncle Wan glanced at Shangguan Yan, who was close by. He cleared his throat and said, “Miss Yan is in the Xiao Manor. The Princess Consort came this time to bring the children back to Miss Yan. How can such young children leave their mother, right?”
The last sentence was clearly a lie under Shangguan Yan’s abuse.
Shangguan Yan snorted and turned her face away. “Hurry up and get in the carriage.”
This was for Yu Wan.
Yu Wan acknowledged and carried the three little lads into the car. However, it was not the carriage from the Xiao Manor, but Yan Jiuchao’s.
Shangguan Yan’s eyes widened.
An imperceptible smile flashed across Yan Jiuchao’s lips.
Uncle Wan thought he was seeing things. Did he see wrongly? Young Master actually smiled? How many years had it been since he last saw the Young Master smile?
Uncle Wan wanted to take a closer look, but Yan Jiuchao followed behind Yu Wan and got into the carriage.
It was not until the carriage disappeared at the end of the road that Shangguan Yan finally came back to her senses. “I… I was underestimated by a village girl?!”
“You’re not being underestimated, she disregarded you.” The new maidservant added.
Shangguan Yan felt terrible.
The maidservant continued, “What about Miss Yan?”
At the mention of her, Shangguan Yan became angry. “I’m already like this, why should I care about her? Who does she think she is?! The Yan family raised a scourge like Yan Xie. I don’t think she’s any better!”
She was venting her anger at Yan Ruyu.
Shangguan Yan gritted her teeth. “Get her out of here!”
Thus, Yan Ruyu, who was happily waiting for the Princess Consort in the Xiao Manor, was carried out and thrown rudely onto the streets.
Yan Ruyu fell to the ground and she didn’t even know why!
The carriage entered the Young Master Manor and stopped outside the entrance.
It was Yu Wan’s first time here, but she did not feel too uncomfortable. Compared to going to the Bai Manor, this place was more relaxing. Perhaps it was because she was going to the Bai Manor to do business, so she could not sleep and had to be tense.
Although the children were young, it was still very difficult to carry three at once.
Yu Wan was studying how to save the most energy when a pair of exquisite jade-like hands reached over. He ignored the young kid’s struggles and picked them up with each hand.
Yan Jiuchao carried the two children and alighted from the carriage. Yu Wan carried the other one and followed.
The sky that had been snowing for several days had cleared up. The afterglow of the setting sun fell diagonally from the sky and shone on the two of them. Their shadows were reflected on the ground, as if they were tightly stuck to each other.
The servants watched from afar as their Young Master and a woman walked over with the children in their arms. The scene was indescribably harmonious, like a real family of five.
Young Master had never brought a woman back to the manor. And he had never been so close to any woman.
The three little masters, after a night of commotion and the roof was about to be overturned, were finally quiet.
The quiet little masters were really unbelievably cute…
The two of them entered the courtyard.
A nanny came forward to greet him. She carried the two children from Yan Jiuchao’s arms and went to the little master’s room with Yu Wan.
Looking at Yu Wan’s back as she gradually disappeared at the end of the corridor with the child in her arms, a thought-provoking glint flashed across Yan Jiuchao’s eyes.