The wonderful life of modern women in ancient times

Chapter 529 General Cao sneaks into the Prime Minister's Mansion

When the four sisters arrived at the hall where the old prime minister and his men were keeping watch, they had expected a warm and cheerful scene. However, they did not expect that their great-grandfather was blowing his nose and glaring at a man. From the back, the man seemed to be General Cao!

Why didn't he spend New Year's Eve at the General's Mansion, but came here? Lin Xi and the others exchanged glances and walked in quickly.

"You are not from my family, so why are you coming to my house to keep watch? Go back to your own house immediately. Your parents are watching you from heaven and will scold you to death!"

The old prime minister held a piece of dried meat with a bite taken out of it in his hand and pointed at General Cao and started to drive him away.

"General Cao, climbing over the wall and sneaking into someone else's house in the middle of the night is not what a gentleman should do. On New Year's Eve, we will not argue with General Cao about this matter. Please go back!

Zhao Che put down the mahjong in his hand, stood up and spoke seriously to General Cao.

General Cao showed a flattering smile, glanced at Cao Fangruo and Cao Zhu who stood up, rubbed his hands and said: "I know that what I did was wrong, but my son, daughter, and grandchildren are all here, I want to celebrate the New Year with them!"

During this period, he would use official business to get closer to his son whenever he had the chance. If he couldn't find his son, he would try to get closer to his daughter. If he saw anything fun and useful, from an intricately carved wooden hairpin to high-quality jade pendants and bracelets, he would buy them all and give them to his son, daughter, and four grandchildren.

Seeing the four grandchildren coming in, he stuffed the bag he was carrying into Lin Xi's hands, looked at the four of them, and said with a smile: "Xi'er, this is the gift that grandpa bought for you four sisters. Come and take a look. Do you like it?"

He had been looking for an opportunity to get close to these four children, but strangely, he never saw them. He did not dare to send anyone to investigate their whereabouts for fear of arousing their resentment.

The reason he dared to come to the Prime Minister's Mansion today was because his son and daughter treated him much better, and they also sent someone to deliver New Year gifts today. Looking at the empty general's mansion, he got excited and sneaked into the Prime Minister's Mansion.

"Thank you!"

Lin Xi looked at the gray-haired old general in front of him, who was humbly trying to please the four children. He sighed, thanked him with a smile, and then looked at Cao Fangruo and Cao Zhu.

Lin Kang, Lin Ping and Lin An also thanked General Cao very sincerely, and then fell silent, not knowing what to say.

"Dad, go back. I'll go to wish you a happy new year tomorrow morning!"

Cao Zhu thought of the guards he had sent to the military camp who had been secretly protecting him, sighed, and said to him.

"Dad, we have to go back to Linshan Village before dawn tomorrow and won't be back until the fourth day of the New Year. I will bring my husband and children to wish you a happy new year in advance. We won't be there tomorrow!"

After Cao Fangruo learned that General Cao had not participated in the assassination of her, she no longer had any hatred towards him. After all, he was her biological father, and she didn't want to see him being too humble in front of the children, so she looked at him and spoke.

When General Cao heard his son and daughter finally call him dad, his back straightened up suddenly. He rubbed his hands with joy, and looked at his daughter and son-in-law who walked up to him with his beard twitching.

Seeing their parents kneeling down before General Cao, the four Lin Xi sisters hurriedly walked behind their parents and followed them to bow.

Listening to his daughter's family's New Year greetings, General Cao's eyes welled up and he grinned with joy. He reached out to help Cao and Lin Dayong up. Lin Xi and the other three stood up with their parents without his help.

"Fang Ruo, then you guys stay up all night with your great-grandfather. Daddy won't bother you anymore and will be back home right now!"

General Cao looked at his daughter in front of him and said lovingly, and then shouted to Cao Zhu beside him: "Zhu'er, remember to come back to the mansion for breakfast tomorrow. I have asked people to prepare your favorite meal for you!"

After saying this, he bowed and clasped his fists towards the old prime minister and Zhao Che, apologized for his rudeness today, and then left the old prime minister's mansion with a red face.

The old prime minister looked at the old boy, whose mouth was grinning from ear to ear with joy, and snorted coldly at his back.

Seeing Lin Xi and her four sisters, his face beamed with smiles again. He pulled them to sit down, divided them into two tables, and shouted at everyone to continue playing cards and mahjong.

Seeing his expression change so quickly, everyone shook their heads in amusement.

Soon after, noisy sounds were heard in the hall.

"Aunt! You can't cheat. You won't regret it if you lose the game!"

"Okay, okay, okay! I accidentally played the wrong card this time. I will definitely beat you next time. Xi'er, you are on the same side as my aunt and grandfather this time! I don't believe that I can't beat the three brothers!"

"It's Jun Huan and I's turn to play. Jun Le, you've already played several games in a row!"

"Oh! Cousin, please let me play one more time, just one!"

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The old prime minister, Zhao Junle, and the Lin Xi sisters, the six of them were playing with playing cards. Zhao Junhuan and Cao Zhu were not on the list. They stood by and looked at each other's cards from time to time, waiting for the next round to replace Zhao Junle and Lin Kang.

In comparison, Lin Dayong and his wife and Zhao Che and his wife, who were playing mahjong, were much quieter, with only Leng Linglong yelling from time to time.

"Haha! I'm confused! Fangruo, you gave me, your aunt, a warning! Thank you so much! Thank you so much!"

There is no powerful family in the capital who is so unruly on New Year's Eve. They all follow the procedures set by their ancestors seriously. If they see the cheerful and lively scene in the old Prime Minister's Mansion, they will definitely think that they are too unorthodox.

Time passed by minute by minute, and when they saw that it was already the beginning of the hour of Mao, Cao Fangruo shouted to everyone to stop, as they still had to return to Linshan Village early to invite Lin Dayong's ancestors to come home for the New Year. So the family paid New Year's greetings to the old prime minister and others, and then, taking advantage of darkness, they sat on Xiao Que's back and left the capital. So they did not see that the streets and alleys in the capital were already covered with Wang Siruo's portraits.

After daybreak, Wang Siruo, wearing a veiled hat, walked out of a remote alley in the capital. At the end of the alley was a small courtyard with two entrances, which was left for Wang Siruo by the man in white as a temporary place for her to stay while practicing.

"Oh my god! There really is such evil Kung Fu! It's so scary, how could the Anyang Marquis' Mansion raise such a thing!"

"That's right, her mother is not a good person. I didn't expect that her daughter is even more vicious than her mother!"

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Seeing passers-by gathered in front of a portrait, pointing and talking, and mentioning Anyang Marquis Mansion, Wang Siruo had a bad feeling in his heart. He strode behind the crowd, lifted a corner of the curtain and looked at the portrait.

The person in the portrait turned out to be her!