Chapter 434: Grandmother and Grandson (3)

General, Madam Called You To Farm

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Mrs. Chu's eyes swept over the three of them, clearly noticing something was off, “What’s wrong with you all? You look so strange.”

Fourth Sister-in-law, Mrs. Lan, had red-rimmed eyes, “Big Sister-in-law, Xiao Qi… he……”

Mrs. Chu frowned, “What about him?”

Mrs. Lan choked up, “He’s… impotent… No wonder he’s already at this age and still not interested in women……”

Just as Wei Ting opened the door and was greeted with the words ‘impotent’ : "........."

The sisters-in-law froze in mortification.

Wei Ting, on the other hand, remained completely calm.

He greeted them with perfect composure and walked away as if nothing had happened.

Mrs. Lan looked even more heartbroken, “He’s still pretending to be strong……”

Somewhere in the darkness, Wei Ting stumbled slightly.

Old Madam Wei called Mrs. Chu inside, dismissing the others to go rest.

"Well, what do you think?"

Old Madam Wei looked at Mrs. Chu and asked.

She didn't hide the earlier conversation with her grandson from Mrs. Chu.

Her daughter-in-law was calm, detached from worldly affairs, and together with Old Madam Wei, they managed the household together.

Mrs. Chu said, “Grandmother, you mean Xiao Qi? Is it true that he’s……”

Old Madam Wei huffed in frustration, “Hmph! Only he would have the nerve to spout such nonsense! Shameless little rascal!”

Mrs. Chu gave a faint smile, it was so slight that it seemed as if she hadn’t smiled at all.

She said, “It seems Xiao Qi truly doesn’t have any intention of marrying Princess Lingxi. In my opinion, we should just drop this engagement.”

Old Madam Wei scoffed, "And if we don’t? Tie him up and drag him to the wedding sedan? Drug him and send him into the bridal chamber? Believe it or not, the moment he woke up, he’d throw Princess Lingxi straight into the river!"

Wei Ting was really capable of doing such a thing.

Don’t be fooled by the way he acted in the countryside, so dignified and noble like some unapproachable flower on a high mountain.

That was only because he had no room to truly be himself there. And around the honest and simple village folk, he kept up appearances as the refined noble.

But when it came to the noble sons of the capital, Wei Ting had never shown mercy.

Youth was meant to be wild.

And after what happened to the Wei family, his blades had been soaked in blood on the battlefield. When he returned to the capital, he carried with him a colder, more violent edge.

This kind Wei Ting was even more untouchable.

Old Madam Wei’s white eyebrows furrowed tightly.

“No, we can’t indulge him any longer. He’s become completely lawless! Just because he says he won’t marry, we give in? Who does he think he is, refusing to marry as he pleases? He’s already a grown man now! What? Is he planning to be single forever? Does he think he’s so desirable he gets to be picky?”

Mrs. Chu didn’t say anything.

Xiao Qi’s desirability… it wasn’t low. On the contrary, it was too high.

So many noble ladies in the capital had secretly fallen for him. But who would dare compete with a princess for a man?

Old Madam Wei called in the shadow guard who had returned to the capital with Wei Ting.

“Tell me the truth, did Xiao Qi really not get involved with any improper women while he was away?”

The guard answered, “No, Young Master is very self-disciplined. He never lets such people get close to him.”

Old Madam Wei nodded in satisfaction.

Until the guard added, "There’s only one woman he permits to be near him."

Old Madam Wei was startled, “What? What woman?”

The guard blinked, "Did the young master not tell you? When he was ambushed in Qingzhou, he was severely wounded and taken in by a local family. And then he became their live-in son-in-law*."

*live-in son-in-law: rendering of a man marrying into the woman's family (often seen as subversive for nobility).

Mrs. Chu gasped, “A live-in son-in-law?”

The guard gave a sheepish nod and relayed the gossip he had heard from Yuchi Xiu: “Young Master actually seems quite happy in that role, mooching off his wife without shame, eating soft rice* like it’s the tastiest thing ever. He didn’t even want to come back!”

*Eating soft rice: live off a woman

Mrs. Chu nearly choked!

Old Madam Wei slammed her cane on the ground with a thud: “Wei…Xi… Chao!”

*(Wei Ting’s courtesy name is Xichao.)

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Comments (1)

katherine padis6/25/2025

Wahhahaha the guard is amazing. He drop the hottest tea and even grab the tea pot for more hahaha