Chapter 4.1: Greetings, Ninth Uncle Chapter 4.1 \nCheng Yujin stepped back and gave way. The man didnât pretend to be polite and walked pass her.\n
He was tall and straight, taller than Huo Changyuan. His eyebrows shaped like a sword and eyes shaped like a star. The bridge of his nose was straight and his face had distinct edges. Overall, his appearance was very outstanding. There was no expression on his face, but when he walked closer, Huo Changyuan unconsciously stepped back to give way to this man.
That kind of aura, as if he was born to be worshipped by many, obviously wasnât like normal people.
Cheng Yujin knew that the Cheng family had a member with an extraordinary identity. However, that person had not been in the manor for so many years. These last two years, he seemed to work as an official outside the capital, and her memory about him was very few.
That year, the incident was very big and almost made old Madam Cheng fell out completely with her husband, the old Master Cheng. At that time, Cheng Yujin was merely a one-year-old baby, so she didnât have the slightest recollection about the day when old Master Cheng suddenly brought back a six years old boy from the outside and told his family that he was his and Xue-shiâs son. Cheng familyâs blood couldnât be allowed to stray outside, so old Master Cheng brought the child back to let him recognize his ancestors.
Old Madam Cheng instantly exploded. Very good, she worked hard at home, taking care of his family, but Marquis Cheng dare to sow his seeds outside, joining back affection with his old lover, and gave her a six years old illegitimate child!
Want him to enter Cheng familyâs door? Dream on!
However, old Master Cheng was determined this time. He insisted on opening the ancestral hall, recording the child into Cheng clanâs genealogy, named him Cheng Yuanjing, and gave him a familyâs rank of his generation, thus the boy became Cheng familyâs ninth master.\n
In other words, based on seniority, Cheng Yuanjing was her ninth uncle.
What happened later, even Cheng Yujin barely remembered. Old Madam Cheng kept making out ruckus, threatening that if old Master Cheng insisted to bring back little Xue-shi and their illegitimate son, she would bring her sons and daughter back to her natal family. Old Madam Chengâs granddaughters had been born, of course, she couldnât be divorced. Moreover, she was also the familyâs matriarch, and she had given birth to two sons and one daughter for the old Master, so he had to give his wife some face. Thus the Marquis bought a residence outside, and let little Xue-shi and Cheng Yuanjing lived there.
Man, even if you could tie up his body, you couldnât tie his heart. Old Madam Cheng was no longer able to stop her husband. Because little Xue-shi and Cheng Yuanjing no longer could affect her status, she simply turned a blind eye on them. Because of the old Madam, no one in Cheng family dared to mention the ninth master. From the gossips sometimes leaked by Qingfu Junzhu, Cheng Yujin knew that this outside son seemed to be very intelligent. At the age of sixteen he already a jinshi. But because no elders took care of him, his career didnât run smoothly.
It was normal for a jinshi to enter the Hanlin academy. Although the position there was a bit underappreciated, it was under the direct control of Senior Grand Secretary Yang, which was the only way to enter the cabinet in the future. Cheng Yuanjing didnât have this kind of good luck. First, he was granted an official position that wasnât low nor high, and not long after, he was transferred outside the capital.
This kind of transfer, few would be called back. But today, Cheng Yujin suddenly saw her ninth uncle, Cheng Yuanjing, in the inner courtyard.
When Cheng Yuanjing passed by her, he didnât even give her a single glance. But Cheng Yujin didnât care, because he also ignored Huo Changyuan.
Huo Changyuan was equally bewildered. He was a man who received army training. He also had eaten his share of experience in the battle, but he didnât even notice the man who was standing at the walkway with so many servants!\nThis greatly shocked Huo Changyuan and made him afraid. He couldnât care about Cheng Yujin anymore and didnât even try to stop when she left.
He couldnât move his hands against a woman, so Cheng Yujinâs slap was his compensation for damaging her reputation.
Cheng Yujin walked through the path and passed a heavy gate. After she could no longer see anyone behind, she asked, âThe man just now is ninth uncle?â
âListening to how his servant called him, it should be so.â
Cheng Yujin frowned and muttered: âMy grandmother hates little Xue-shi the most. These four or five years we never heard about him, why did he suddenly come back today?â
How could Du Ruo and Lian Qiao know? Cheng Yujin walked through the moon gate and murmured to herself: âOnly three years and he already rose to the fourth rank, it is too fast.â
Du Ruo and Lian Qiao did not have any knowledge about the imperial court, so Cheng Yujinâs words made them curious: âMiss, you just looking at him, how do you know that ninth master is already a fourth rank official?â\n\nCheng Yuanjing held old Master Chengâs arm and stopped him. âMarquis, please sit up.â
Old Master Chengâs tears barely stopped, he refused to sit and said, âHow can this old man sit with your highness, this isnât conforming the rules.â
âMarquis is joking, how can there be any rules here.â Cheng Yuanjing smiled, but his eyes still indifferent. âMarquis, my surname now is Cheng, you canât call me that anymore.â