After Marrying the Disabled Fourth Prince

Chapter 20

Ji Jiaying seemed to have been waiting for her for a long time, smilingly saying, "Fifth sister, how come you didn't inform us in advance when you returned home? Standing at the door for so long, if others didn't know, they might think we kicked you out. It wouldn't sound good."

Bao Ning looked behind her and found that everyone from the family was actually there.

The Duke of Rong Guo stood behind Ji Jiaying with an embarrassed smile on his face. Tao Shi was supported by a maid, her hand resting on her belly, looking radiant and happy.

Ji Yun anxiously stood beside Xu Shi, wanting to step forward when he saw Bao Ning, but was pulled back by Xu Shi.

There were also several eunuchs from the Ministry of Works, dressed in festive clothes, resembling those who had brought betrothal gifts when she got married.

The Duke of Rongguo frowned lightly and scolded, "Ying'er, don't talk nonsense." No matter how much more he had to say, he didn't dare to say anymore. In this mansion, although he was the male head, he didn't have much status. Now that Ji Jiaying had married into the powerful family of Tao Shi's brother, he had even less say.

The eunuchs didn't seem surprised and politely bowed to everyone before bypassing Bao Ning and Pei Yuan and heading out.It seemed they either didn't recognize them or simply wanted to ignore them.

Ji Jiaying's lips curved, about to turn around and leave, when Ji Yun suddenly stepped forward and loudly exclaimed, "Greetings to the Fourth Prince!" After speaking, he bowed respectfully.

The footsteps of the eunuchs stopped, unsure whether to leave or stay, looking at each other awkwardly. But they still had to save face. The leader among them coughed twice and hastily knelt down, "This servant was blind and didn't recognize the Fourth Prince. Please forgive me!"

After he finished, the Duke of Rongguo quickly spoke up, "The Fourth Prince has graced us with his presence. Please come in, please come in!"

The Duke of Rongguo didn't intentionally leave Bao Ning and Pei Yuan standing there; he just didn't dare to go against Xu Shi's wishes. Xu Shi, who had no children of her own and disliked Bao Ning's birth mother Xu Shi, naturally also disliked Bao Ning.

And Pei Yuan, despite his royal title, had no power or influence, so anyone dared to offend him. Xu Shi's power naturally looked down on him.

Bao Ning's heart was originally tense, but luckily Ji Yun's exclamation relieved her.

Pei Yuan nodded and whispered, "Father-in-law, no need for such formalities." He gave a way out, and the Duke of Rongguo was very happy. He wiped the sweat from his forehead, waved his hand to signal the maids standing by to help, and took over Bao Ning's duty, pushing Pei Yuan into the house.

Ji Jiaying frowned. She wasn't satisfied. Her eyes swept over the head eunuch of the Ministry of Works, mouthing, "Leave." The eunuch understood and pretended to stumble forward, saying "Oops" and falling forward, directly onto Pei Yuan's wheelchair.

The maid was just about to take over from Bao Ning, but she let go of the wheelchair because of the force of the collision. The wheelchair lost control and slid forward rapidly, almost crashing into the wall of the gate.

Bao Ning exclaimed in panic, wanting to reach out to stop it, but she couldn't catch it.There were cries of shock all around the courtyard, fearing that Pei Yuan would be thrown out or crash into the wall. Bao Ning was anxious and forgot about etiquette, running to catch up.

Ji Jiaying tugged at the corner of her mouth, whispered, "Just a disgraced prince, acting so high and mighty." Seeing Bao Ning running over, Ji Jiaying gently lifted her skirt to block her raised ankle, wanting to secretly trip her.