Chapter 266 Met Your Dad
Shen Jingxuan struggled several times but failed, so she could only let her pull her.
It was not until Jiang Shaoying stopped that Shen Jingxuan discovered that the two of them were standing in front of the gate of Fufeng Courtyard.
"What are you doing here, grandfather?" Shen Jingxuan was puzzled.
What made her even more confused was how Jiang Shaoying knew the way from Yuxuanyuan to Fufengyuan?
Jiang Shaoying: "Of course there is a reason for coming here, just wait patiently."
Shen Jingxuan was about to continue asking questions when she saw the door of the study open and heard Mr. Shen's hearty laughter.
"Miss, the old man wants you and Miss Jiang to go in."
Jiang Shaoying acted as if he was at home. Without waiting for Shen Jingxuan to react, he pulled her to the study.
Mr. Shen said, "Xuan'er, come and meet your father."
When Shen Jingxuan heard him calling her, she raised her foot and walked towards Mr. Shen. When she heard the following words, she suddenly stopped.
Her... her father?
"Pfft..." Jiang Shaoying laughed unkindly.
Seeing Shen Jingxuan's shocked expression, Jiang Shaoying said, "What about our father?"
Before she went to look for Shen Jingxuan, she deliberately stayed to listen to the conversation between Old Man Shen and her father.
After the two of them had discussed the result, she let the maid take her to Yuxuan Courtyard.
Seeing Shen Jingxuan looking a little dazed at this moment, he found it even more funny.
They have known each other for so long, and Shen Jingxuan has always been cold and indifferent. Even if she encounters any problem, she seems to remain calm.
She had never seen him like this before.
After a moment of silence, Shen Jingxuan recovered as before. She slowly walked to the side of Mr. Shen: "Grandfather."
"Well, Song Ping said she wanted to adopt you as her daughter, and grandpa agreed."
Shen Jingxuan looked puzzled: "Isn't she my adopted daughter?"
When Marquis Zhongyong talked to me about this before, he said it was an adopted daughter, but now it has become a daughter. I wonder what the reason is?
She didn't understand, what was the difference between an adopted daughter and a daughter, both of them recognized him?
The loyal and brave marquis said: "Yes, my daughter. From now on, you will also be a lady of the loyal and brave marquis's mansion. You will be treated the same as Ying'er in all aspects."
"She is still an adopted daughter." Shen Jingxuan said lightly.
"No, it has to be my daughter. Stepfather sounds too bad. I want you to call me daddy."
"..."
Is this what Marquis Zhongyong was planning?
Shen Jingxuan looked at Old Man Shen, and seeing him nod slightly at her, she had no choice but to call him Daddy.
After he finished speaking, there was a moment of silence in the study. The eyes of the loyal and brave Marquis flickered slightly: "I... I didn't hear clearly..."
Jiang Shaoying stared at his father, and only two words flashed through his mind: shameless.
She could hear it clearly even though she was standing so far away. How could Shen Jingxuan not hear it clearly if she was standing next to him?
Could it be that I'm getting old and my ears are failing?
Shen Jingxuan knew what the loyal and brave Marquis was thinking, so she had to shout again: "Daddy..."
"Yeah." He responded quickly.
The loyal and brave marquis took out a jade pendant from his arms: "This is the status jade pendant of the mansion. It is a pair with Ying'er's."
He stroked the jade pendant gently, as if lost in memories.
This pair of jade pendants was a token of love between Marquis Zhongyong and Madam Song when they were young.
The jewelry Jiang Shaoying is wearing now was given to her by Marquis Zhongyong when she was born.
But the piece in his hand belongs to Mrs. Song.
Mrs. Song particularly liked this jade pendant and often played with it in her hand. When Jiang Shaoying was born, she wanted to give her own jade pendant to her, but was rejected by Marquis Zhongyong.
Thinking of this, the Loyal and Brave Marquis handed the jade pendant to Shen Jingxuan: "Put it away, one for you and one for Ying'er."
Shen Jingxuan looked at Mr. Shen, and after seeing him nod slightly, she took the jade pendant in her hand.
"Thank you, daddy."
When Marquis Zhongyong heard Shen Jingxuan's voice, his eyebrows curved, as if her voice could instantly wipe away the discomfort he had just felt.
"Hahaha, good boy."
Jiang Shaoying said: "Daddy..."
"Speak nicely." Marquis Zhongyong glared at Jiang Shaoying.
Didn't he just call him daddy in the past? He had been calling him that for so many years, and suddenly when he heard Jiang Shaoying change it to daddy, he always felt awkward.
"Dad, you stay here by yourself. Axuan and I are going out." Jiang Shaoying glanced at him, then pulled Shen Jingxuan away.
Didn’t he just ask Axuan to call him daddy?
Thinking he would like to hear it, she tried to shout it out, but she didn't expect that her father would dislike her.
Without waiting for Marquis Zhongyong to respond, the two men quickly fled the study.
Shen Jingxuan asked: "Ying'er, what's going on with your father?"
The reason why I asked Marquis Zhongyong to ask my grandfather was simply because he was Jiang Shaoying's father and I didn't want to reject him in person.
I didn't expect that he actually took it seriously and actually came to the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion to visit my grandfather.
What surprised him even more was that when the two of them got together, one dared to speak and the other dared to respond.
"Our father is crazy." Jiang Shaoying laughed.
She didn't know why, but her father had been talking about it every day since he met Shen Jingxuan that day.
If he hadn't tried to stop him in every possible way and told him what A Xuan had told him, Jiang Shaoying was really afraid that his father would have had him carried into the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion the next day.
Shen Jingxuan followed Jiang Shaoying back to Yuxuan Courtyard, where Lu Changfan was still waiting.
"Are you going to look for Yier?" Seeing Shen Jingxuan and Jiang Shaoying coming together, Lu Changfan asked anxiously.
For some reason, the longer he sat here, the more uneasy he felt.
Jiang Shaoying teased, "Look how impatient you are."
Isn't it just that he is in a hurry to see his beloved? So why would he feel tortured to make him wait any longer?
Shen Jingxuan smiled at the two of them and said, "Ying'er, when you meet someone you like, you might be even more anxious than Changfan."
The corners of Jiang Shaoying's mouth stiffened slightly, and the smile on her face disappeared in an instant.
Someone she liked? She had liked someone before, but that person seemed to have disappeared and she hadn't seen him for a long time.
Jiang Shaoying pursed her lips and said, "Let's go and see Yi'er."
"Ah Xuan, there will be an annual banquet in the palace in a few days. Shall we go together?"
Lu Changfan's eyes lit up: "Tell Yi'er later, we'll go together."
No, she didn't want to go. She just wanted to spend the New Year quietly at home.
Shen Jingxuan continued to walk forward, turning a deaf ear to what the two said.
She had a different status from Jiang Shaoying and the others. Their fathers all served in the court, so most of them had to attend any palace banquet.
However, no one from the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion was serving in the court, so unless the Emperor and the Empress sent an invitation and forced them to attend, all palace banquets had nothing to do with them.
As soon as the three of them stepped out of the mansion, they saw the eunuch from the palace coming towards them.
Shen Jingxuan looked at the person in front of her and raised her hand to lightly press her forehead.
The visitor handed the gold-stamped invitation to Shen Jingxuan: "Miss Shen, this is from the Queen, asking you to attend the annual banquet."
She knew that whenever she saw someone from the palace, nothing good would happen.