(Lian Hao exits the courtyard) The two young servants waiting outside rush up, and Lian Xi, holding a large umbrella, hurries forward to hold it high and welcome Lian Hao under it. Lian Gao, holding a small umbrella and a torch, sees Lian Hao's smiling face and asks, "Master, are we going to the study now?" Lian Xi looks at Lian Hao, who had been frowning as he exited the courtyard but is now beaming with joy. He thinks that Third Madame has indeed taken care of Master. He tilts the umbrella further over Lian Hao's head, earning a white-eyed glance from him saying, "Cover yourself too."

  Lian Xi smiled and pulled the raincoat on himself, saying: "Grandpa, I'm wearing a raincoat, it's not worth worrying about." Lian Gao walked in front, heard this and turned back to say: "Grandpa, this time the raincoat is good, you don't have to worry about that little guy, his skin is thick enough." Lian Hao laughed after hearing this and said: "Hold up the torches, let's go take a look at Old Wang's place." Lian Gao immediately turned back to say: "Alright, I'll listen to Grandpa's words, otherwise Grandpa will be unhappy and scold me again. The injuries from our fight two days ago haven't healed yet."

  Lian Hao listened to the tone of the young man and said with a smile, "Listening to your tone, you don't want to stay by my side." Lian Gao heard this and immediately began to kowtow, saying: "Master, spare me! The young one doesn't know how to speak. From now on, I will listen to your orders in everything. Please just let me stay!" Lian Hao lifted his foot high and brought up the muddy water from the ground. Seeing this, he immediately withdrew his foot and said: "Alright, even heaven is helping you this time, so I'll spare you too. Tomorrow, go back to the camp and help with chores in the kitchen."

  Lian Gao lowered his head and didn't dare to say more, Lian Xi looked at Lian Hui with a smile in her eyes, knowing that he was saying something to amuse himself. The three of them walked towards the old king's residence, when they reached the entrance of the old king's courtyard, as soon as the gate opened, Lian Hui rushed in and quickly entered the old king's room. Inside, the old king sat at a table, looking at Lian Hui who had rushed in, and said to his wife sitting on the couch: "Look at him, this is what happens when you can't teach your children properly, a good son has been taught by you to have a face full of laziness."

  The old queen dowager didn't pick up his words, instead she looked him up and down. She hurriedly invited him to sit beside her, stretched out her hand to touch his hair. In a soft voice, she scolded: "Quickly loosen your hair, how can you put it up when it's not dry? You'll get headaches in the future." Lianhao let the old queen dowager loosen his hair, anyway there was no one else in the room except for the old queen dowager and a close elderly woman beside her. The woman brought over a dry cloth and handed it to the old queen dowager. Lianhao took off his shoes and flipped onto the couch, then lay down crookedly at the old queen dowager's side.

  Lian Hao was comfortably enjoying the old queen's hair washing, staring at the old king sitting at the table with his eyes wide open, and said with a smile: "Grandfather. I remember when I was young, you taught me martial arts hand in hand. The first time I went out to fight and came back, Grandfather told me 'A man should be brave enough to fight. If you win, use force to fight, if you lose, escape quickly, don't stay there stupidly and let people beat you.' In these years, I have been following Grandfather's words, and when I lost, I escaped faster than ordinary people."

  The old queen consort laughed upon hearing this. One hand rubbed her chest, calling out: "Wooden head, take a break, let me wipe your hair dry, then you can go talk to your grandfather again." The old king heard the old queen consort's words and immediately shook his head, saying: "You little rascal! Now you're putting all the blame on me. Another day I'll have your father teach you some discipline, now you don't even look like a decent person!" Lian Hao intentionally said to the old queen consort: "Grandmother, grandfather wants my father to punish me, will you help me?"

  The old queen coldly swept her eyes over the old king and said, "My son is a sensible person. I'll see who dares to touch him." The old king sighed and said, "A doting mother will spoil her child." Lian Hao smiled at the old queen and softly said, "Grandmother, it seems that Grandfather thinks my mother spoils my brothers too much. But outsiders all say that my brothers are good people." The old queen looked at the angry old king and laughed, saying, "Wooden Head, you've come, now this house is lively. Your grandfather likes to talk a lot, so you should also talk more. I see that he's full of energy."

  Lian Hao looked at Old Master Wang's panting expression and naturally wouldn't say another word, he didn't want to make his grandfather angry. He reached out to touch his hair and said: "Grandmother, thank you, my hair is dry." He sat up with his hair still disheveled, his black hair setting off his pale face like jade, making Old Master Wang and the old madam smile broadly, their own grandson having an outstanding good appearance, coincidentally having a good reputation in this aspect.

  The woman was about to come over and help Lianhao tie up his hair, but he gently declined, saying: "It's late, I'd like Grandmother to help me tie my hair." The old queen was delighted that her grandson was close to her and waved at the woman, saying: "You're tired today, go rest early." After the woman left, there were only three people in the room: Old King Wang, Old Queen Wang, and Lianhao. The old queen gently stroked his hair with her fingers and softly said: "Wooden head, is something uncomfortable in your heart? Come talk to Grandfather and Grandmother?"

  Lian Hao smiled and took out the peace jade hanging from her neck, showing off to Old Master Wang and Old Madame Wang, saying: "The peace jade blessed by the abbot of Guangming Temple." Old Master Wang and Old Madame Wang's eyes widened in surprise. Old Madame Wang looked down and said: "Good jade. What did that foolish girl do to make the abbot think so highly of her? I didn't expect her to know how to curry favor with you by giving you jade, at least she's not completely stupid." Lian Hao's expression turned unpleasant upon hearing this, and she coldly snorted, taking out another piece of peace jade from her pocket and handing it to Old Madame Wang, saying: "This one is for Grandmother to use."

  The old queen glanced at the jade in his hand, shook her head slightly and said: "You give this to me, and the one on your body will be given to your mother. You can keep it for yourself. The jade that was personally consecrated by the abbot is extremely rare. I heard that when the emperor was young, he went to Guangming Temple and the abbot gave him such a jade, but then nothing more was ever heard of this matter. Now, thanks to you, I can take a look at this jade again. Alas, how did she manage to get the abbot to give it to her today? You should still find out the cause and effect, listen to how she got the abbot's fate."

  However, she can give you two pieces of jade, which seems to be quite thoughtful. Alas, unfortunately, she is a bit silly, not very good-looking, and her family background is also somewhat lacking. Moreover, she has no education or vision. Forget it, saying these things won't change the situation next year." The old queen said with a sigh, looking at her own grandson, and then felt some discontent. Clearly, a good marriage could have been arranged, but all because of Princess Yajing's joke, it became an empty affair. As a result, one was forced to get married, while the other was married off far away, this is probably what people call fate.

  Lian Hao's expression turned gloomy upon hearing this, and he said in a sullen tone: "These two jade pieces weren't given to me by her personally, but were snatched from her by me. Judging from her appearance, she didn't seem like the kind of person who would give away jade. At first, she even tried to hide it from me and not let me see it. Humph, later on I figured out that there were three pieces of jade, and only then did she reluctantly take them out to show me. I left one piece with her, and seeing her angry yet speechless expression, I felt a sense of satisfaction in my heart. She said that the abbot gave her the Peace Jade because she had knocked her head bloody in front of the Buddha."

  Old Master Wang and Old Mistress Wang did not believe this, in the Bright Temple, every year there were many people who knocked their heads to pieces, but those people had never obtained the peaceful jade bestowed by the abbot, at most they got the peaceful paper talisman opened by the high monk. The two exchanged a look, Old Master Wang sneered and said to Lianhao: "Look at your useless appearance, you even snatched this thing from a woman's hand. If people find out, I'll be ashamed for you." Lianhao replied affirmatively: "She is not a talkative person."

  This was the first time Lianhao used 'her' to refer to that stupid woman in front of his family. Old Master Wang and Old Madam Wang had been practicing for many years and were now humanly refined, they exchanged a few glances with Lianhao and swapped a small look. Old Madam Wang said in a low voice: "Will you be sleeping with your grandfather tonight?" This scared Lianhao into jumping off the bed, putting on his shoes and lightly patting his chest while laughing at Old Master Wang and Old Madam Wang: "Grandfather, I'm more than happy to keep watch over you as you sleep. Grandmother, if you don't mind, I'll be sleeping on the bed tonight."

  Old Master Wang heard this and was so angry that he loosened the shoes on his feet and kicked them flying out. Lian Hao dodged the flying shoes, reached out to grab the shoe straps, and smiled as he walked over to Old Master Wang's side. He bent down to help him put his shoes back on with his own hands. Standing up, smiling, he walked out of the room door saying: "Grandmother, you keep that jade pendant, I'm still young and don't need it. Haha, I'm leaving, you two sleep well." Lian Hao left in big strides, leaving behind two worried people. Old Madame Wang looked at Old Master Wang with a low voice asking: "Do you think Wooden Head is foolish, taking a fancy to...?" Old Master Wang glared at her saying: "He's not someone without eyesight, from now on, don't mention unrelated people in front of him."

  Jiang Wanmu gazed at the person leaving, thinking of his triumphant appearance, and her expression became visibly annoyed. Jixian entered the room, startled by her expression, and asked: "Miss, did Third Master offend you?" Jiang Wanmu opened her hand, letting Jixian see the jade in it, saying: "He snatched two pieces of my jade away." Jixian glanced at Jiang Wanmu, thinking that someone like Lianhao would only snatch extraordinary jades. She said softly: "Is it the Open Light Peace Jade given to Miss by Master?"

  Jiang Wanru nodded and handed the jade to Jiyuan to look at. Jiyuan took it and examined it left and right, saying: "It's beautiful." Then he handed the jade back to Jiang Wanru and said: "Miss, he snatched a good one. In this mansion, who knows how many people are eyeing the peaceful jade given to you by the master?" Jiang Wanru listened to Jiyuan's words, her heart turned over and suddenly relaxed, laughing and saying: "I was confused, thanks for reminding me. Such a good thing, how can it stay in my hands? Forget it, I'll find a day to take this jade and give it away too. Wealth going away is a big happy event."

  Ji Yan smiled and said, "Wealth should not be revealed to outsiders, that's what Miss always says to me." Ji Yan looked at Jiang Wanru who had calmed down and smiled, saying, "I rarely see Miss get angry." Jiang Wanru glanced at her and said, "Today I've shown you all my bad sides." Ji Yan couldn't help but laugh after hearing this, and Jiang Wanru smiled as she looked at her, saying, "You should go to sleep, there's still work to be done tomorrow."

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