Greetings, Ninth Uncle

Ch.4 - The Crown Prince

Cheng Yujin stepped back and gave way. The man didn't pretend to be polite and walked pass her.

He was tall and straight, taller than Huo Changyuan. His eyebrows shaped like a sword and eyes shaped like a star. The bridge of his nose was straight and his face had distinct edges. Overall, his appearance was very outstanding. There was no expression on his face, but when he walked closer, Huo Changyuan unconsciously stepped back to give way to this man.

That kind of aura, as if he was born to be worshipped by many, obviously wasn't like normal people.

Cheng Yujin knew that the Cheng family had a member with an extraordinary identity. However, that person had not been in the manor for so many years. These last two years, he seemed to work as an official outside the capital, and her memory about him was very few.

That year, the incident was very big and almost made old Madam Cheng fell out completely with her husband, the old Master Cheng. At that time, Cheng Yujin was merely a one-year-old baby, so she didn't have the slightest recollection about the day when old Master Cheng suddenly brought back a six years old boy from the outside and told his family that he was his and Xue-shi's son. Cheng family's blood couldn't be allowed to stray outside, so old Master Cheng brought the child back to let him recognize his ancestors.

Old Madam Cheng instantly exploded. Very good, she worked hard at home, taking care of his family, but Marquis Cheng dare to sow his seeds outside, joining back affection with his old lover, and gave her a six years old illegitimate child!

Want him to enter Cheng family's door? Dream on!

However, old Master Cheng was determined this time. He insisted on opening the ancestral hall, recording the child into Cheng clan's genealogy, named him Cheng Yuanjing, and gave him a family's rank of his generation, thus the boy became Cheng family's ninth master.

In other words, based on seniority, Cheng Yuanjing was her ninth uncle.

What happened later, even Cheng Yujin barely remembered. Old Madam Cheng kept making out ruckus, threatening that if old Master Cheng insisted to bring back little Xue-shi and their illegitimate son, she would bring her sons and daughter back to her natal family. Old Madam Cheng's granddaughters had been born, of course, she couldn't be divorced. Moreover, she was also the family's matriarch, and she had given birth to two sons and one daughter for the old Master, so he had to give his wife some face. Thus the Marquis bought a residence outside, and let little Xue-shi and Cheng Yuanjing lived there.

Man, even if you could tie up his body, you couldn't tie his heart. Old Madam Cheng was no longer able to stop her husband. Because little Xue-shi and Cheng Yuanjing no longer could affect her status, she simply turned a blind eye to them. Because of the old Madam, no one in Cheng family dared to mention the ninth master. From the gossips sometimes leaked by Qingfu Junzhu, Cheng Yujin knew that this outside son seemed to be very intelligent. At the age of sixteen he already a jinshi. But because no elders took care of him, his career didn't run smoothly.

It was normal for a jinshi to enter the Hanlin academy. Although the position there was a bit underappreciated, it was under the direct control of Senior Grand Secretary Yang, which was the only way to enter the cabinet in the future. Cheng Yuanjing didn't have this kind of good luck. First, he was granted an official position that wasn't low nor high, and not long after, he was transferred outside the capital.

This kind of transfer, few would be called back. But today, Cheng Yujin suddenly saw her ninth uncle, Cheng Yuanjing, in the inner courtyard.

When Cheng Yuanjing passed by her, he didn't even give her a single glance. But Cheng Yujin didn't care, because he also ignored Huo Changyuan.