Chapter 691 - 689 More Important than the Princess Consort
What irked Han Yanhui wasn’t just the need to compensate Ye Xinyan with a large sum of silver, he was even more infuriated that his own granddaughter, well-behaved as she was, would provoke that untouchable woman.
Yes, untouchable and beyond reproach. Not only did Ye Xinyan possess that unreasonable combat prowess from the past, but she also acquired a shrewdness and cunning she hadn’t had before. As a result, his dearly nurtured granddaughter, acting without thinking, actually dared to mess with such a person.
Now, this would practically peel a layer of skin off the Han Mansion.
Before long, the houseguards called Ah Er and Ah San came in limping, bearing pained expressions, and recounted the whole story of the young lady’s visit to the City God Temple.
Han Yanhui waved his hand, dismissed Ah Er and Ah San, picked up the list, and headed to the inner courtyards.
It was still early in the day, with some time left before dinner, when Old Lady Li, Han Yanhui’s wife, was surprised to see him back so early in the inner courtyards—there must be trouble.
Indeed, Han Yanhui first instructed Old Lady Li’s maidservants to summon his daughter-in-law and granddaughter. Then he sat down on the kang bed across the kang table from Old Lady Li.
Old Lady Li casually picked up the list Han Yanhui had placed on the kang table and after glancing it over, she couldn’t help but gasp, "Whose list is this? If we calculate according to this list, it’ll amount to no small sum of silver. How did this end up in your hand?"