My Daughter Was My Sworn Enemy In Past Life

Chapter 13: Bullying Her Father (1)

Tang Song Nian went to yamen[1]. As he walked, he asked someone to invite Constable Ma. When Constable Ma arrived, he ordered, “Arrange someone to find Madam Hei in Dongliu Alley, Pingdong County, Lin’an Prefecture. Her husband’s family name is Zeng, and her mother’s family is in Danyang County, Guangping Prefecture. This woman is He Shaoting’s aunt. Inquire if she had really adopted He Shaoting. If there is no mishap, she should be He Shaoting’s only relative.”

Constable Ma looked at him in amazement. “Lord, how do you know that there is such a Madam He?”

The child was silent no matter how many questions were asked by the others. Those in the Sun Manor were even less sure of his origins, so they naturally had no way of knowing.

Tang Song Nian smiled lightly. “I have my own ways to deal with things. You should just follow my orders! Don’t inform Madam He what happened to He Shaoting yet. Just tell her that his parents are dead, and she’s the only relative left. Come straight back if she doesn’t have any ideas or intentions.”

When Constable Ma saw his mysterious face, he was helpless and could only agree. He went to arrange the matter.

“At such a young age, he has to pretend to be a mysterious old man. No wonder the young miss calls him ‘old man’!” From afar, Tang Song Nian heard Constable Ma’s whisper, and his smile stiffened. He touched his nose in embarrassment.

On this day, a senior provincial’s wife held a banquet for county magistrates’ wives of several neighboring counties. Ruan-shi left early in the morning and came back by carriage after almost the sun came down.

“Where are Zhou’ger and Little Treasure?” she asked when she entered the house and saw Tang Song Nian sitting alone. She didn’t see her pair of children.

“They went to their grandmother,” Tang Song Nian lazily turned over the scroll, lifted his eyes, and answered somewhat carelessly.

Ruan-shi washed her hands and took the cloth towel handed over by Cui Wen. She then wiped her hands and casually asked, “Were they good at home today?”

“Good, very good,” Tang Song Nian replied.

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It seemed that Tang Song Nian had never seen his wife so dressed up for a long time. Compared with her usual elegant and simple appearance, today’s her had a different charm.

Ruan-shi sat in front of the dressing table and removed the ornaments from her hair bun. Then she saw a small plate of cherries on the round table beside her and asked strangely, “Where did the cherries come from?”

“Uncle De sent them. Mother and the children ate more than half of the basket. This is for you; I remember you love this.”

Seeing that he actually remembered this detail, Ruan-shi was happy and satisfied. She suddenly remembered something and hurriedly said, “Little Treasure also ate it? You didn’t give her too much, right? She is still a child. Such a fruit can’t—”

“Don’t worry, I didn’t give her any,” Tang Song Nian flicked her hair hanging by the side of her cheek with his fingers and answered absent-mindedly.

Ever since their daughter became sick last time, his wife had been worried about her illness. After she recovered, he was busy with business and hadn’t had any intimacy in bed for a long time.

“Little Treasure really obeyed?” Ruan-shi asked in surprise, without realizing that the mind of the person next to her had wandered to the ends of the earth.

“Not only obeyed, but she did not make any trouble at all. She’s really our daughter.” Tang Song Nian squeezed her earlobe, his voice low.

Ruan-shi blushed and gave him an angry look. She pushed him away in a shy manner. “What are you doing? The maids will see us!”

Tang Song Nian smiled slightly.

What he liked the most to see was his wife’s beautiful appearance, who was so shy to answer. When she smiled, it was the world’s most beautiful view that caused him to love her too much to part with it.

Fearing that he wouldn’t take it seriously and prompted by a sudden impulse, Ruan-shi quickly changed the subject. “I heard from the wife of a senior provincial that Eldest Brother’s dispatch notice has already arrived, and the official documents from the Ministry of Appointments have been sent. He will be taking up the post of Green Prefecture’s Minister of the Army.”

Tang Songnian frowned unconsciously while playing with her hair. “Is it true?”

“It should not be fake. Mrs. Zhizhou is not someone who speaks without thinking. If she is not 100% sure, she will not say it.” Ruan-shi said.

Tang Song Nian looked a little solemn.

How long had it been since his eldest brother started to make money? Even if Prefect Wu received the money and sent it back to the capital, it would take two months at the earliest for the appointment letter from the Ministry of Appointment to reach the He’An Prefecture. Why did the appointment letter arrive at the state office at this time?

There was only one possibility: This appointment letter was not sent from the capital at all. However, no official in the world dared to fake the ministry’s official letter, so it must be genuine.

Thinking about the rumors he had heard earlier about the Crown Prince’s blatant corruption, his eyebrows suddenly wrinkled tighter.

He was afraid that the rumors were not groundless!