Chapter 195: Pouring Out Her Worries
"I still cannot believe this boy who cannot find his way home resembles the greatest scholar Huang Tengfei", Lord Zhong said chuckling, " Huangs were always short and more to the pretty side than being on the handsome side and they were all soft spoken. But isn’t Rijun tall...? May be it was because of your grandmother... ’, he drank another cup of tea while everyone looked at him bewildered..
Did he just describe the entire Huang family as having feminine traits?
He didn’t stop there, "That should be it... Only Huang Bojing’s sons were tall and their sons are taller than them... It must be because of the princess’ Lu blood", he nodded.
"It should be true, Oldman! Uncle Feiye said my grandfather was shorter than my grandmother too", Xing added her two cents making Rijun want to hit her in the head. How could she talk low of her own family in front of others?
Lord Zhong harrumphed, " Bojing was not that short... It’s the Princess with her weird hairstyles that made her look taller", he could not put down his friends, "They looked good together"
" If it is all about blood, then how come you, a Huang, is that good with sword, Milord?", Seiren questioned. He refused to acknowledge her as ’Your Highness ’ unless he absolutely has to.
"I know! That’s because I have Zhong blood in me", Xing grinned.
"Our family? I don’t remember any of our family marrying Huang family", Lord Zhong was pleasantly surprised.
"Oh, not from my father’s side...but from my mother’s side. Didn’t father tell you, Oldman? I thought you knew", Xing asked Lord Zhong surprised. She thought this Oldman had always had a soft spot for her for this reason too.
Lord Zhong and Xing looked at AoTian who had a guilty expression and trying to hide his face in his teacup. Seeing them still looking at him deeply, he sighed, "What? I forgot!", he turned his face to the side looking like a child caught stealing candy.
How petty! Father actually didn’t tell the Oldman out of jealousy? He thought the Oldman would show more love to me if he knew and so he hid it purposely? Xing could not help but chuckle. In fact her father slipped up this fact to her one day in his drunken stupor too. He originally didn’t meant to tell her either. How adorable!
So the topic veered of to other issues soon and Xing wanted to spend some time with the Oldman alone and just sent everyone away. Lady Zhong left too knowing that Lord Zhong had something to say to her and Seiren knew from her reactions that the time has come for his father to rest and left with a heavy heart too.