The Phoenix is Back - Chapter 14

Chapter 014 Forbidden Ancestral Hall
Although Xiao Xile was frightened to a pale face by Old Granny Jun’s harsh words, she had been pampered by Madam Li since childhood. Now, she did not dare to easily lower herself to suffer this grievance. Although she was scared, she still gritted her teeth and replied, “Grandmother, if it wasn’t for Elder Sister deliberately tripping over me, how would I …”

Before Xiao Xile could finish her words, the matriarch suddenly swept the teacups over.

With a’pa ‘sound, the teacup shattered in front of Xiao Xile. The hot tea splashed onto the back of her hand, and she stood up with a cry of surprise.

“Kneel down! Did I tell you to get up!” The matriarch shouted harshly.

Xiao Xile’s entire body trembled, and then she finally couldn’t hold herself back. She cried out, but she was still stubborn and refused to kneel down.

“Looks like you don’t want to listen to me anymore! Nurse Liu, go, bring me the family law!” The matriarch’s eyes twinkled as a trace of hostility surfaced around her.

“Le’er, kneel down!” Madam Li’s heart trembled as he hurriedly pulled Xiao Xile forward and gave her an anxious look.

The matriarch was not only her mother-in-law, but also her cousin aunt. She was the one who knew her temperament the best. At this moment, the matriarch did not want to know why Xile fell into Perger’s arms at the flower appreciation banquet. She only knew that Xile would dare to attack her elder sister in front of her and even dare to talk back to her. When Madam Li thought of this, she couldn’t help but complain in her heart. Originally, she wanted to tear off Xiao Xiwei’s mask in front of Old Granny Jun, but she did not expect to be tricked by her instead. She was afraid that she had predicted Xile’s temper early in the morning and was intentionally slapped to anger the matriarch.

Xiao Xile cried out loudly, but she still knelt down again in the end.

“Mother, Le’er is young and ignorant. Please don’t argue with her.” Mrs. Li looked at Xiao Xile’s miserable and wronged tears and could only feel a burst of pain in her heart.

The matriarch snorted coldly as her cold eyes swept past Madam Li, “She is young and senseless, so what about you? In my opinion, you are used to her domineering temperament today!”

“Mother” Madam Li was swept by the old lady’s cold gaze, and a trace of fear ignited in her heart.

She knew that even Old Lady Jun would be angry with her.

“La Yue, tidy up that room in the east wing of the ancestral hall. From today onwards, the third young miss will live in that room and study the rules. No one can see her without my permission!” The matriarch said coldly.

“Yes.” Nanny Liu replied with a hanging face.

The matriarch was preparing to personally teach Xiao Xile.

“I don’t want … Mother … Mother …” Xiao Xile’s face turned pale from fear. She hurriedly pulled on Madam Li’s clothes, her face filled with fear.

She was finally released from the ancestral hall with great difficulty. She really didn’t want to be locked up in that cold and gloomy place again.

The mother’s voice was like a knife as she ruthlessly gouged out Madam Li’s heart and liver. “Mother, Le’er’s body is thin, and the ancestral hall is gloomy and cold. How can Le’er bear it …” She turned to Xiao Xiwei and said sadly, “Wei’er, Le’er has been close to you since she was young. If I hadn’t heard that you went to the Old Grand Dowager this time and thought that you had exposed her shortcomings and lost your mind in anger … I hope you can forgive her for your sister’s affection. Mother apologized to you for her here.” “Li shi tears, while saluting.

“Mother, don’t say that.” Xiao Xiwei hurriedly reached out to support Madam Li. If she really did receive Madam Li’s gift, she didn’t know how she would be arranged by others. Xiao Xiwei lowered his eyes and tears stained his eyelashes, his voice hoarse. “I also know that my sister was wronged, but mother, I really didn’t stumble on my sister … I didn’t say anything bad about my sister in front of grandmother … I don’t know why my sister said that to me …”

She didn’t say a word of grievance, but the more she listened to the old lady, the more she couldn’t help but feel grievance for her.

In the end, he was not his own biological child!

“La Yue, what are you still waiting for? Why don’t you bring the third young miss to the ancestral hall?” The matriarch said with a cold expression.

“No! I’m not going to the ancestral hall! I’m not going to the ancestral hall!” Xiao Xile screamed as she desperately dodged behind Madam Li.

“Mother …”

“Could it be that I don’t even have the right to punish a little girl!” The matriarch raised her eyebrows and looked at Madam Li with a fierce gaze.

Madam Li’s entire body trembled as he hurriedly lowered his head and said, “Daughter-in-law doesn’t dare.”

All the pleas were stuck in his throat and he could no longer say a word.

In the end, Madam Li watched helplessly as Xiao Xile was forcibly locked up in the ancestral hall by Nurse Liu with a few girls. Xiao Xile’s miserable cries sounded pleasant to hear. She felt as if someone had used a knife to make her cry. However, she was helpless. She could only watch helplessly.

The matriarch sat back on the bed and took a sip of the tea that the girl had handed over. She raised her eyes to look at Madam Li and said, “It will be Brother Chun’s birthday in a few days. It should be time for her to take back the illness that she had been recovering from in the manor for so long!”

Madam Li was stunned for a moment, but then she was shocked.

Why would the Matriarch suddenly mention this daughter who had been forgotten by the Quick Marquis Manor? Although Xiao Xichun was nominally the young miss of the Marquis Manor, he was disgusted because of his birth mother, Second Concubine. Therefore, he had his mother-in-law carry him to the country manor shortly after he was born.

“Mother, where is Master …”

“I’ll tell Yan’er about it myself. Arrange for someone to bring Brother Chun back first!” The matriarch said calmly.

“Yes.” Mrs. Li forcefully suppressed the shock in her heart.

“Then you can go down and arrange it!” The matriarch placed her teacup in front of the couch and slowly closed her eyes.

“Yes, Mother.” Madam Li blessed herself. Before she left, she glanced at Xiao Xiwei ruthlessly and then angrily walked out of the Tranquil Garden.

The room fell silent for a moment. The matriarch leaned against the couch with her right hand on her forehead. She didn’t know if she was asleep or just resting with her eyes closed. She didn’t care that there was still a person standing in the room.

Xiao Xi lowered her head slightly and stood quietly below.

After about half an incense stick of time, the matriarch finally slowly opened her eyes.

The young girl in front of her stood quietly by her side. The pair of golden-tiered ruby-inlaid twin phoenixes that she had given her on her head quietly stuck to her ears with diancui steps. There was not a trace of impatience on her snow-white face.

In her impression, this granddaughter had never been a quiet and reserved person. She was always dressed in gorgeous flashy praises without restraint. Since when had this child been able to be so calm?

The matriarch couldn’t help but frown, “Wei-jie, do you know what happened today?”

The matriarch was no ordinary woman who could accompany Xiao Qi from a piece of cloth to Marquis Mansion. She could naturally tell that her seemingly innocent granddaughter was not as innocent as she appeared to be.

Xiao Xiwei slowly raised her head, her clear eyes staring straight at the matriarch with an indescribable arrogance and coldness on her face. “Grandmother, Wei’er is stupid. I don’t know what’s wrong with me.”

The matriarch was stunned.

She did not expect Xiao Xiwei’s answer to be like this!

This child!

Matriarch, your granddaughter is extremely intelligent. However, Hui Ji will definitely be injured! I hope you will take care of her!

Aunt Hui’s words suddenly rang in her ears.

The corners of the Matriarch’s lips twitched. In the end, she didn’t say anything. She only lightly waved her hand at Xiao Xi and sighed faintly. “Little girl, Hui Ji is bound to be injured. Don’t go too far. Always leave some room for yourself.”

She had stayed in the backyard for all these years, so how could she not know the shameful schemes in the backyard?

Xiao Xiwei’s eyes moved, and his sockets couldn’t help but become wet. “Grandmother …”

She did not expect that even though Old Lady Jun knew that she had made a scene today, she would still be able to say those words to her.

Looking at Xiao Xiwei’s appearance, the matriarch was slightly moved. “Silly girl, no matter what, you are still the eldest granddaughter of our Marquis.”

No matter what, she still remembered that there was a concubine sister in the manor who no one cared about. Even if it was just an excuse, she was at least willing to plead for her.

In this mansion, no one had any other methods, but they had to have a bit of conscience in their deeds, and not go too far in everything.

Xiao Xiwei couldn’t help but choke, “Yes, granddaughter knows.”

“Go.” The matriarch waved her hand.

“Granddaughter, please leave.” Xiao Xiwei blessed himself and left the room.

When Sun Nurse came in, the matriarch was frowning and gently rubbing her temples with her right hand. Seeing this, she naturally stepped forward and pressed down on the old lady’s temples.

“She’s back.” The matriarch changed her posture. “Is she going to stop making a fuss?”

Sun Nurse smiled. “Third Miss was a little aggrieved at first. Later, Madam rushed over to persuade her for a long time. Third Miss stayed in the ancestral hall peacefully and did not lose her temper again.”

The matriarch snorted coldly, “She is used to it! A-Yan will come back later and ask him to come to the Tranquil Garden first.”

“Yes.” Granny Sun replied with a smile.

The matriarch sighed and reached out to rub her painful forehead. “La Yue, did you say that I was wrong when I promised Ah Yan to help Qingmei as my successor?”

The matriarch did not have any siblings. The only cousin who was slightly related to her passed away because of illness, leaving behind one child after another. The two children begged all the way to the capital to join her cousin aunt. She saw that the child was truly pitiful. She also recalled the little kindness that her cousin had shown her when she was young and adopted the pair of children. Originally, she wanted to find a home for them in the capital, which was also considered to be the care that her cousin had given her when she was young. However, she did not expect that Li shi and Yan’er would actually secretly have feelings for each other. At that time, although she was angry, Li shi was still her cousin. In the end, she persuaded her daughter-in-law, Chen shi, to take Li shi as her concubine as her mother-in-law. Only then did she give birth to Xiao Xile, the third young miss of the Constabulary. Later, Chen shi passed away due to illness, and her body became worse every day. The Li shi gradually took charge of this large manor. During this period, the Li shi kowtowed to the manor every day and looked at the manor in an orderly manner. She promised Ah Yan to help Li shi become the successor on the basis that she was her cousin’s blood. But now it seems …

“La Yue, sometimes I always think that if I hadn’t forced Wan’er to accept Qingmei, she wouldn’t have ended up depressed …”

It was also because of this indescribable guilt in her heart that she did not dare to face it, that she did not know how to treat Xiao Xiwei, the daughter left behind by Chen shi.

“Matriarch, don’t you know Madam’s temperament? She is the most reasonable and filial. Matriarch, please don’t blame yourself. If Madam is still alive, I don’t know how distressed I would be.” Nurse Liu hurriedly consoled.

The matriarch sighed, “Forget it, don’t say anything.” After pausing for a while, she continued, “Sister Wei’er … use more snacks.”

“Yes, this servant has memorized it.” Nurse Liu hurriedly agreed.

The matriarch nodded her head, allowing Nanny Liu to help her into the inner room.