"Junior, please let Uncle Xu arrange everything. Just the lunch and resting place for my guards outside the door, please uncle."

"Don't worry, I will arrange for the housekeeper and the others to take care of this." With that said, Xu Haitao and Mr. Xi left the west wing one after another.

Chen Tianhua and Xu Yunyuan sat on two chairs and waited without ceremony.

After a quarter of an hour, the butler Xu Chengzhou and a maid brought the food in baskets, put them on the coffee table, then closed the door and left.

Xu Yunyuan said that this maid was the personal maid in her mother's house, Xi's, and was relatively reliable.

Both of them were preoccupied and didn't pay much attention to eating. They took a few bites of rice and closed their eyes on the chair to rest, waiting for their fate to be pronounced.

…

At about two o'clock in the afternoon, Chen Tianhua and Xu Yunyuan were led to the backyard lobby by the housekeeper, where Xu Haitao had been waiting for a long time.

At this time, there were several coughs from the back of the hall, and an old man walked out with square steps. Xu Haitao stood up respectfully, "Father, I'm sorry to disturb your rest, but General Chen is a distinguished guest of the Xu family, and it's rare for him to come to visit!"

"

Chen Tianhua looked at Xu Zhengyin, a famous master of traditional Chinese culture in the south of the Qing Dynasty. He was over seventy years old, with white beard and hair. There was no smile on his square face, and there were big bags under his eyes under his thick eyebrows, but his eyes were still full of color.

It is bright and bright.

When Xu Zhengyin glanced at Xu Yunyuan behind Chen Tianhua, the corners of his eyes trembled slightly, but there were no other changes. This made Chen Tianhua secretly surprised.

Generally speaking, in this era, most relatives are intergenerational, and the relationship between grandfather and grandson should be much better than that between father and son. Xu Yunyuan has said many times that her grandfather doted on this precious granddaughter when she was a child.

But at this time, Mr. Xu saw his resurrected granddaughter suddenly appearing in front of him, with his face unchanged and his heart not beating. This kind of self-cultivation, Chen Tianhua thought to himself, was absolutely inferior. He did not believe that just covering it with a layer of

Mr. Xu couldn't recognize Xu Yunyuan in the veil, or he didn't dare to recognize her.

"General Chen!" Xu Zhengyin didn't wait for Chen Tianhua to speak, but first raised his hand and said:

"The general is young and promising. He is the pillar of the country. It is an honor for us to come to Xu Mansion, a common people. Please take a seat...please take a seat!"

In public, Chen Tianhua was naturally unable to follow the etiquette of descendants, so he could only clasp his fists and bow deeply, and said in a loud voice: "I came to Chen Tianhua after I was a junior student and met Master Xu."

Xu Zhengyin said expressionlessly: "The general is a civil servant and military general of the Qing Dynasty, and I am a Confucian scholar among the people. The four characters of being a laggard and a scholar are irrelevant. General Chen is being humbled."

Xu Haitao on the side quickly said: "Father, did General Chen's poem and calligraphy three years ago impress Miss Luan Rong, the top star of Red Sleeve Bookstore in Shanghai? He is very different from ordinary civil servants and generals.

It’s different.”

It would have been better not to say this, but when I said it, Xu Zhengyin snorted coldly, "How can such a beautiful poem reach the level of elegance? Tao'er, it seems that you often go to the fireworks place in Shanghai to combine my teachings with

Where are all the family traditions placed?”

Such lack of respect immediately made both Chen Tianhua and Xu Haitao embarrassed. The latter glanced at the former apologetically, not knowing how to express his apology.

Chen Tianhua's face suddenly became hot. He had never been humiliated like this in public in all these years.

These so-called great scholars were particularly pedantic and valued integrity more than their lives. No wonder Zhu Di was so angry when he wanted to annihilate ten Fang Xiaoru clans and kill more than 870 people.

At this time, Chen Tianhua's secret love situation was not good. Let's not talk about his identity. He was a dignified Qing Dynasty citizen and military general. He was his granddaughter's savior. As the leader of the Xu family, he should not be like this. He refused like this.

People thousands of miles away can only mean one thing.

That means he is not prepared to admit the return of Xu Yunyuan, his precious granddaughter.

Chen Tianhua decided to make a final test. He couldn't get into trouble and return without success.

"I would like to report to Mr. Xu, please open the window and tell me clearly. Tianhua and Yun Yuan are in love with each other, but Mr. Xu is not talented. He is willing to marry Yun'er as his wife. I also implore Mrs. Xu to make this marriage come true."

"The old granddaughter married to Nanyang ten years ago. Youdao is a married girl. From now on, everything about her will be decided by her husband's family. I, Mrs. Xu, have no right to decide the rest of her life, let alone bother General.

Come to Zhujiajiao."

Xu Zhengyin's answer was as cold as ice. Even Xu Haitao on the side had a twisted face and lowered his head. Chen Tianhua's face was even red with anger.

Xu Zhengyin, a pedantic old man, rejected all possibilities with one mouthful. Chen Tianhua was about to get angry, but when he heard the inaudible crying behind him, his heart softened again, and he clasped his fists and said solemnly:

"Mr. Xu, that's not what you said. A weak woman encountered a disaster, and it was us men who did not protect her well and allowed her to be plundered by the enemy. How can we blame Yunyuan?

What's more, Yunyuan's husband has been dead for eight years, so it is only natural that she remarries someone else. Please think twice, Mrs. Xu!"

Xu Zhengyin snorted and turned his head to ignore it, obviously disdainful of arguing with Chen Tianhua.

Chen Tianhua suppressed his temper and thought that he was here to beg for help today. He knelt down and said again: "Mr. Xu, I am begging you. As long as Yun'er stays in Meiyuan for two days, Tianhua will send someone to come immediately."

Come to propose marriage, come to marry me in a big sedan chair, everything will not be too troublesome for the Xu family."

Seeing this, Xu Zhengyin banged the table and shouted loudly: "General Chen, I have made up my mind. I would rather die than give in. You'd better get up on your own. If you say more, you will be humiliating my Xu family. I hit my head on this pillar and died."

superior."

It was so despairing to talk about this. Chen Tianhua couldn't help but became furious. He stood up and blurted out:

"Okay... I, Chen Tianhua, am blind, and I still imagined that I would ask you to show some mercy. Hum... a Confucian master is so hard-hearted and ruthless that he is like this. Today Chen has learned the lesson! There is no perfect path for man.

Yun'er, let's go!"

With that said, he stretched out his hand and pulled Xu Yunyuan to leave.

Unexpectedly, Xu Yunyuan sobbed and broke away from Chen Tianhua's hand, knelt on the ground with a bang, kowtowed three times to Xu Zhengyin in the hall, got up, covered her face, and rushed out.

Chen Tianhua turned around and strode out immediately.

"Father!" Xu Haitao knelt down with a bang, touched his head to the ground and scratched the skin to bleed, sobbing uncontrollably.

From the back of the hall, two women rushed out. The older one grabbed Xu Zhengyin and screamed: "Master, that is our granddaughter Yun'er!"

Another younger person knelt down next to Xu Haitao. She was Mrs. Xi. She had shed tears and choked up her voice: "Father-in-law, my wife begs you, please have mercy on Yun'er."

Xu Zhengyin looked up to the sky and sighed. Although his eyes were full of tears, not a single drop fell.
Chapter completed!