The Humble Family's Daughter Has A Spatial Pocket! novel Chapter 550

Chapter 550: Chapter 505, Distinction_1

Taohua Village.

As Xiao Yeyang prepared to head down the mountain with Defu, Gu Jian glanced at the sky, “It’s still early. Even if Daohua left Ningmen Prefecture early in the morning and took a boat here, she wouldn’t arrive until almost noon. If you go down now, you won’t see anyone yet.”

Seeing Xiao Yeyang’s embarrassed look, Granny Gu laughed, “If he wants to go down, let him go. After all, it’s the same as waiting inside.” While speaking, she picked up a cloak and draped it over Xiao Yeyang herself, “The wind is strong by the docks. Be careful not to catch a cold.”

Looking at Granny Gu, who was trying hard to tie his cloak despite some difficulty, Xiao Yeyang’s heart swelled with emotions.

In the past, his visits to Taohua Village were solely for private moments with Daohua. Although he had respected and appreciated the elderly couple, to be honest, he had not invested much emotion in them.

But this time, he distinctly felt the affection of an elder for a younger generation from Granny Gu. Even Master Gu, beneath his stern and unsmiling face, hid a concern for him.

Since the night of the New Year’s Eve, he had sensed that the two seniors were always looking after his mood, accommodating his dietary preferences, and occasionally showing signs of affectionate concern in their conversations.

He thought, maybe this is how a grandmother shows her love to her grandson.

Now, after Granny Gu finished tying his cloak and straightened it out, she said, “Alright, you can go down the mountain now.”

Xiao Yeyang grinned, “Thank you, Granny!”

Granny Gu squinted at him with a smile, “Do I need thanks for tying a cloak for my own grandson?”

Xiao Yeyang’s eyes flashed slightly as he looked at the affection in Granny Gu’s eyes and cracked a smile, “Granny, then I’ll go down the mountain to meet Daohua.”

Granny Gu nodded with a smile.

Xiao Yeyang paid his respects to Gu Jian, and then he and Defu left the courtyard.

After they had left, Granny Gu happily turned to Gu Jian, “Just now when I said he is my grandson, he didn’t refute me.”

Seeing his sister’s happiness, Gu Jian couldn’t help but smile as well, “That young man knows gratitude.”

…

After descending the mountain, Xiao Yeyang didn’t go straight to the docks, but took a shortcut to the back of the village mountain.

At this moment, at the foot of the back mountain, several Hidden Guards were already waiting there. Seeing Xiao Yeyang approaching, they all knelt on one knee, “Greetings to our master.”

Xiao Yeyang stepped forward and asked in a calm voice, “Have you gathered the information I asked for?”

Hidden Guard, “Reporting to our master, we have investigated it all. The matter of Prince promoting Ma’s concubine to his principal wife was caused by the Guo Family’s rejection of the Jiang Family’s marriage proposal.”

Xiao Yeyang frowned, “The Jiang Family proposed marriage to the Guo Family?”

The Hidden Guard nodded, “Yes, the second son of the Jiang Princely Heir’s family, Jiang Jingrong, wanted to marry Governor’s daughter Xueming. However, Duke Dingguo directly refused, and the news reached the Empress Dowager’s ears in the palace. Furious, she claimed the Guo Family was ungrateful and then proposed the elevation of Ma’s concubine.”

Xiao Yeyang was slightly taken aback, “The Empress Dowager…”

So because the Guo Family disagreed to the marriage, she brought up promoting Ma’s concubine?

What was this, had he become a tool for the Empress Dowager to vent her frustration on the Guo Family?

Visions of his childhood in the Imperial Palace suddenly came to Xiao Yeyang’s mind.

The Empress Dowager was very kind to him. Every time he went to Cining Palace to pay his respects, she would pull him close, speaking kindly to him. In those moments, the surrounding palace maids and eunuchs would say, “The Empress Dowager dotes on him the most.”

Having heard this so often, he had come to believe it was true.

But now, thinking about it, did the Empress Dowager ever really dote on him?

When he had been ostracized by the Princes and Princesses, she had never spoken up for him;

Whenever he had disputes with other Princes or Ministers’ sons, regardless if it was just or not, she indulged him, leading everyone to regard him as arrogant and domineering, and he ended up isolated and disliked.

Once again, Xiao Yeyang found himself thinking of Granny Gu, real affection should be like hers, shouldn’t it?

After a long silence, Xiao Yeyang expressionlessly inquired, “What else?” He did not believe the situation was this simple, nor did he believe that the imperial uncle would agree to his father promoting Ma’s concubine because of this reason.