Becoming a literary master starting from the story of Minglan

"Cough cough!"

Seeing that the Yu family was ignoring him, Yu Zhenghao became anxious.

"That won't do!"

He secretly looked up and glanced at the two people above him, especially his own father's attitude.

Immediately, Yu Zhenghao understood, thinking to himself, "Judging from this, Father is still angry!"

At this moment, Yu Zhenghao did not realize that Grand Secretary Yu had made up his mind. He thought that his father was just angry at the moment, and even naively thought that as long as his father calmed down after a while, he would continue to help him consolidate his career.

After all, he was already the Yu family's last trump card in the imperial court.

However, Yu Zhenghao was unaware of his own situation. He felt that if he waited for Grand Secretary Yu to calm down, it would definitely take a lot of time. If he waited until then, Grand Secretary Yu's influence in the court would probably be reduced, which would be detrimental to his future.

There's nothing we can do; he's already retired!
"If my father is still unwilling to forgive me, then the longer things go on, the fewer choices I'll have left?"

Yu Zhenghao frowned, thinking to himself with what he thought was a brilliant plan: "Won't my future days be much more difficult?"

"This won't do!" Yu Zhenghao thought to himself, feeling a sense of dread.
Just as Yu Zhenghao was getting anxious, he glanced around and suddenly spotted Yu Yanran, the eldest daughter standing next to Old Madam Yu.

His eyes lit up, and he immediately had an idea.

"Cough cough!"

Although the Yu family deliberately ignored him, Yu Zhenghao's voice startled Yu Yanran.

"Ah? Father..."

Yu Yanran had just come to her senses when she saw Yu Zhenghao pretending to cough. Just as she was about to greet him, Old Madam Yu secretly squeezed her palm.

"Ok?"

Yu Yanran was taken aback at first, then came to her senses and looked at her grandmother.

Grandma Yu subtly shook her head at her, signaling her not to speak.

Seeing this, Yu Yanran immediately stopped talking.

She trusted her grandmother more than her father.

Yu Yanran stopped her greetings, feeling a little guilty. After all, she still longed for her father's love. She secretly glanced at Yu Zhenghao in front of her, feeling uneasy.

However, upon looking at it, Yu Yanran suddenly felt a sense of loss.

This was because Yu Zhenghao, along with his wife and children, including Fang Shi and their two younger siblings, were paying their respects to Grand Secretary Yu and his wife.

Although no one said it outright, Yu Yanran was implicitly excluded, as if the four of them were the real family.

Even though Yu Zhenghao has paid little attention to Yu Yanran over the years, allowing her to be mistreated by her stepmother and others, Yu Yanran still harbors a sliver of hope in her heart that her father cares about her as his eldest daughter.

However, the scene before her suddenly gave her an unprecedented shock.

She understood clearly.

—She and they really are no longer a family.

"Ze Mo, Yan Hong, why don't you two hurry up and greet your elder sister?"

After coughing a few times, Yu Zhenghao turned around and loudly reprimanded his two children, who were deliberately only greeting the Yu family elders, saying, "What? Is this how Madam taught you manners at home?"

Yu Zhenghao knew that his parents didn't like his wife, and that this whole mess was caused by her influence over him.

At least, that's what Yu Zhenghao thought. Although it was his own shameful act, Yu Zhenghao felt perfectly justified in absolving himself of all responsibility. At this moment, he was trying to use this as an excuse to open up the situation, to embarrass Yu Fangshi, and to elevate Yu Yanran's status in order to please the two elders.

Grand Secretary Yu was fully aware of this.

"Good morning, big sister!"

"Big sister... please take care..."

Yu Zemo bowed immediately, while Yu Yanhong seemed somewhat reluctant and only said something in a low voice.

"Yan Hong, you..."

"okay!"

Grand Secretary Yu was getting impatient; he had already lost hope in his eldest son, Yu Zhenghao.

No, it should be said that it was despair!

"Tell me, what exactly is the purpose of your visit?"

Grand Secretary Yu didn't even want to look at Yu Zhenghao again. He merely glanced at Yu Zemo and his sister standing in front of him and frowned secretly.

"These two children..." Grand Secretary Yu thought with regret.

"Ah? This...this..."

Even though Yu Zhenghao was prepared, his face still couldn't help but turn pale when his father confronted him like that. It was Madam Yu Fang, also known as Madam Fang, who spoke up first.

"Father, mother!"

Although she was always disliked by the elderly couple, Madam Fang was still "flexible and adaptable." Even after being humiliated by Yu Zhenghao, she still smiled and said, "What could we, as the younger generation, possibly have to do? It's just to ask you two for help..."

"All right!"

Grand Secretary Yu, not wanting to see this fool who was old enough to be in his coffin any longer, interrupted directly, saying, "Don't tell me you're here to pay your respects! If that's the case, then you can go back. Your mother and I already know!"

Contrary to his usual attitude, Grand Secretary Yu showed no politeness towards Madam Fang.

Upon seeing this, Madam Fang's heart sank!
She knew that the Yu family looked down on her, and that they only treated her politely on the surface. After all, she was the legal mother of two children, and especially for Yu Zemo's sake, the Yu family's biggest dissatisfaction was simply to ignore her.

However, the scene before her made Madam Fang panic.

"Could it be that Father is thinking of..."

Thinking of the outcome she feared most, Madam Fang's heart sank.

At this moment, not only did Madam Fang notice something was wrong, but Yu Zemo and Yu Yanhong, the two siblings, also noticed their grandfather's unusual behavior. They exchanged a glance and had an ominous premonition.

“Father, I came... because... because I was thinking about... Yanran's marriage…”

Yu Zhenghao naturally noticed the change in Yu Ge Lao's attitude, so he abandoned his initial plan and instead brought up Yu Yanran's marriage.

Yu Zhenghao knew that what the Yu family, the elder couple, cared about most was their granddaughter's marriage.

Hearing Yu Zhenghao speak like this, Elder Yu did not say anything, but glanced at his son and daughter-in-law in front of him and said in a deep voice: "You don't need to worry about Yanran's marriage. I think the person you should be most worried about is your eldest wife!"

"Huh? What?" Yu Zhenghao asked, feigning confusion.

"I don't care whether you genuinely don't know or are pretending not to know, the point is, our Yu family can no longer afford to support this great Buddha!"

Grand Secretary Yu's expression was grave as he spoke directly to Yu Zhenghao, "If you are still a member of the Yu family, you should handle your mistress properly yourself!" (End of Chapter)