The Mute Wife Who Brings Prosperity-Chapter 582 - 549: Ill-Mannered Brat (Part 2)

After thorough consideration, Mrs. Qiao ultimately decided to entrust Tang Yong to Xu Jia.

For no other reason than that Xu Jia is now renowned in the Capital, and a child raised under her knee could only benefit.

Mrs. Qiao definitely did not want outsiders to think of the Tang Family’s young master as nothing more than that shameless harlot.

The Housekeeper worriedly said, "If madam does this, I’m afraid the eldest lady will harbor resentment."

Mrs. Qiao coldly replied, "Do I still need to ask that harlot whom I should entrust the Tang Family descendants to for guidance?"

Remembering Tang Yong’s recent "uneducated" behavior, Mrs. Qiao hated Jiang Qingyu to the core.

If it weren’t for her second son stopping her, she would have had Mrs. Jiang buried with the deceased elder the moment he died.

Rubbing her temples, Mrs. Qiao ordered, "Go to the young master’s courtyard and take a look."

Tang Yong now resides in the main courtyard. Being the legitimate grandson, he receives first-class treatment, with not just a nursemaid but many maids and old women serving him closely.

When Mrs. Qiao and her servant arrived, the courtyard was deserted, except for the mechanical beast lying beside a flower pot, clearly having been dismantled.

Mrs. Qiao’s face changed drastically.

Recently, nearly every visiting guest would come to see the mechanical beast. If outsiders found it damaged right after arriving at their house, who knows what kind of unpleasant rumors would spread? By then, saying Tang Yong is uneducated might be the least of it. The Tang Family might even be accused of "disrespecting the court," which would truly bring them trouble.

Just the thought of it made Mrs. Qiao break out in a cold sweat, her voice dropped, "Where is everyone? Have they all died?"

A woman peered in from outside the courtyard gate, and upon seeing the mistress, immediately appeared to pay respects, then bowed her head, daring not to breathe a word.

Mrs. Qiao frowned, "In broad daylight, how dare you all shirk your duties and laze around when you’re supposed to be serving in the courtyard?"

The woman hurriedly said, "Forgive us, madam. It wasn’t out of laziness. It was the young master who ordered us to leave the courtyard."

"What’s going on?" Mrs. Qiao glanced at the nearly dismantled mechanical beast, her face tense.

"It was the young master," the woman stammered. "The young master wanted to take apart the mechanical beast, but after taking it apart, he couldn’t put it back together. Frightened, he chased everyone out of the courtyard and hid in his room himself."

Mrs. Qiao felt a moment of darkness sweep before her eyes, quickly followed by a furious expression, "The young master is ignorant, but are all of you dead? Couldn’t you stop him?"

"We tried," the woman said, "but couldn’t. The young master was very angry and said he’d beat whoever stopped him. We were helpless..."

"Useless lot!" Mrs. Qiao snorted coldly, no longer interested in hearing her explanations, and strode forward to knock on the door.

But after knocking for a long time, there was no response.

Mrs. Qiao became increasingly anxious and hastily called the woman over to kick the door open.

When the door was finally kicked open, Mrs. Qiao impatiently rushed toward the inner room.

She had expected Tang Yong to be hiding out of fear, as the woman had described, but to her surprise, he was lying on the couch, sound asleep, not even waking from the loud noise of the door being kicked.

Watching her grandson sleep soundly, Mrs. Qiao didn’t know whether to be relieved that he was unharmed or worried about the trouble he had caused.

Without forcibly waking her grandson, Mrs. Qiao turned to the woman and asked, "Did the young master dismantle the mechanical beast by himself?"

"There were also two young servants helping at the time," the woman replied truthfully.

"Can it still be put back together?" Mrs. Qiao asked again.

The woman shook her head repeatedly, "Probably not."

At that time, when the two young servants realized something was wrong and tried to reassemble it, it was already too late. The internal structure of the mechanical beast was very complex, something only an expert could understand, let alone assemble.

Once again, Mrs. Qiao broke into a cold sweat.

When Tang Yong woke up, she didn’t say much and took her grandson straight to Zilan Courtyard.

Xu Jia sat under the veranda, holding a military book in her hands.

Since his brother Xu Shu fainted at the sight of blood from a young age, their father did not allow him to practice martial arts. To make up for his father’s regret, Xu Jia had put considerable effort into this area.

Although she has never been to the battlefield, she is skilled in horseback riding, archery, and wielding swords and guns; undeniably a daughter of a military family.

However, after marrying into the Tang Family, she restrained much of her sharpness and edge.

Presently, seeing Mrs. Qiao leading Tang Yong over, Xu Jia put down the book, stood up, saluted, and asked, "Mother personally comes over, for what matter?"

Mrs. Qiao’s face was full of smiles, "Earlier we agreed to hand Yongyong over to you for discipline, I’m here to deliver him to you."

Xu Jia’s gaze lightly fell on Tang Yong.

Tang Yong disliked the Xu Family, he didn’t want to stay in Zilan Courtyard another moment, but couldn’t escape his arm being held by Mrs. Qiao, he could only glare angrily at Xu Jia.

Xu Jia held his gaze for a moment, then suddenly smiled, "Since Young Master Yong is unwilling, it’s best not for Mother to force it, otherwise if he cries, I don’t have the skill to soothe him."

Mrs. Qiao insisted, "Since it’s decided to hand him to you, I naturally trust you, this youngster is just a bit mischievous, nothing else much, he should move into your courtyard and having more interactions will naturally make the relationship close."

So saying, Mrs. Qiao turned to glare at Tang Yong, "Still not kneeling to apologize to your Second Aunt!"

Her eyes carried full warning.

Before coming, Mrs. Qiao had already said that damaging the mechanical beast was a grave offense, now only Second Aunt could save him.

Grandmother suddenly turned cold-faced, Tang Yong was scared, he sniffled, his knees weakened and he knelt down, barely audible calling Second Aunt.

The other party was unwilling to call, Xu Jia simply pretended not to hear, nor did she allow him to rise.

Mrs. Qiao felt awkward for a moment, inevitably she had to sternly instruct her grandson, "Louder!"

"Second Aunt, I was wrong." Tang Yong’s little mouth twisted, attempting to use tears to deceive.

Xu Jia remained unmoved, only looking at Mrs. Qiao, "Mother, what is this?"

Mrs. Qiao faced her, had to forcibly calm her expression, "Second Daughter-in-law, look the child has admitted his fault, can you help him, return the mechanical beast to the Song family, ask Minister Song for help to repair?"

Xu Jia: "..." She mentioned Mrs. Qiao usually dotes on her grandson like an eyeball, today how come she sternly reprimands, turns out was waiting here.

She spoke seriously, "Other matters perhaps can be discussed, but this is a court-given item, once carelessly damaged, what kind of crime it is, Mother surely knows better than me, now you make Young Master Yong casually kneel before me with a perfunctory apology attempting to reverse the situation, you think too highly of me."

Originally Mrs. Qiao thought it’s no big deal, hearing the words "court-given item" from Xu Jia’s mouth, she was completely shocked.

"This... is it really that serious?"

Xu Jia faintly smiled, "So far, Great Chu has only produced this one, what it represents, Mother surely doesn’t claim ignorance, even if Song Sicheng generously gifted it to the Tang Family, it can’t hide the fact it is court-given, now casually speaking of damage, it’s no longer just anyone’s responsibility, once it reaches the Holy Emperor’s ears, afraid the entire Tang Family would suffer."

Mrs. Qiao now truly panicked, hurriedly came forward to grab Xu Jia’s hand, "Second Daughter-in-law, you must think of a way, after all, you are also part of the Tang Family, can’t watch the Tang Family run into trouble?"

Xu Jia sighed, "Since Mother speaks this way, I’ll find some time to privately visit the Song Mansion to ask Mr. Song if it can be repaired."

Seeing Mrs. Qiao’s tense expression somewhat relaxed, Xu Jia shifted her gaze to Tang Yong, "However, this ill-disciplined child must not be indulged easily, otherwise in future causing bigger trouble, he would drag the entire clan to be buried with him!"

Calling him "ill-disciplined child," left Mrs. Qiao ashamed, unable to say half a word.

Xu Jia appeared like she hated iron for not becoming steel, scolding Tang Yong, "Kneel properly!"

Tang Yong was shouted at, whimpered twice, looking aggrieved, before he could plead with Grandmother, he heard Xu Jia again scolding harshly, "The Young Master of a literati family, wailing like a woman at every turn, what kind of propriety is this? Previously I had no authority to discipline you, but hereafter with me, dare cry recklessly again, I won’t have your grandmother’s generosity to ignore your mischief, cry once, after hitting the palms then penalize kneeling for an hour, heard?"

Tang Yong listened, face drained, neither crying nor crying looking towards Mrs. Qiao.

Mrs. Qiao recalling the charge pressing down, dared not plead for him, closed her eyes, "Your Second Aunt does this for your good, whatever she says goes, from now on, you need to listen well to her, otherwise letting others know you damaged the mechanical beast, you will be sent to jail."

Tang Yong was trembling all over from fright.

Xu Jia satisfactorily curved her lips, "Since Mother trusts me, I’ll just have to give my all."

Mrs. Qiao’s focus was still on the mechanical beast, "Second Daughter-in-law, don’t forget to meet Minister Song."

"Naturally."