Tyrannical Wang's Beloved Wife

Chapter 6: Ink Orchid, Another Purpose?

The roomful of people all quickly got up to go out and welcome.

Luo Pei Shan has always deeply respected his old wife. Returning back from the office, he didn't go directly to the study like usual, but instead went with his eldest son to the main courtyard. After sending off his eldest son, the two husband and wife pair spoke for a while. After all, they were already an old elderly couple, naturally wouldn't be like the youngsters and still stick to each other like 'newlyweds'. After roughly inquiring about each other's situation in these last three years, each went on with their own matters.

Head Minister Luo first went according to his usual practice and lectured his sons, especially his fourth son who had been attending to the old madam at Qi'an Fu. The carefree and high spirited fourth young master, Luo Rong Wei, who originally didn't have a father above keeping an eye on him, was directly lectured into a quail. Not only did he himself attend to the duties of the Three Departments[1] everyday, he also required his sons to be well aware of the large and small matters daily. Not for them to be righteous and make good judgement, but for them to understand the stakes.

Done lecturing the sons, it was time to lecture the grandsons. With the eldest three, starting from 16, whenever he had time, he would keep them by his side. Not mentioning the eldest di son from the first branch, Luo Jing De, and the second branch, Jing Wan's elder brother, Luo Jing Bo, but even the third branch's eldest shu son, Luo Jing Ming, a shu born's shu born, none were left behind. Luo Pei Shan's certain intentions were practically made abundantly clear.

After entering the room, everyone quietly sat down. Jing Wan then finally knelt before Luo Pei Shan and not at all half-heartedly kowtowed three times loudly.

Luo Pei Shan lightly took a sip of tea and faintly said, "Rise".

Towards her grandfather's indifference, Jing Wan completely didn't have any feelings.

This person possesses strong ambitions, yet didn't for the sake of climbing up, unscrupulously use any means possible. He had principles, and also had a bottom line. Towards his sons and grandsons, he had strict demands. However, if like Luo Rong Yan, they really didn't have any interest in officialdom, he wouldn't insist either, allowing the other to just be a minor official in the Ministry of Revenue. But if one day Luo Rong Yan suddenly wanted to chase after fame and profit, he would probably support him with his upmost effort.

As for the younger generation's marriage matters, if it was able to satisfy both friendship and benefit, then that was for the best. But if not, unless it would cause this family to be at the end of the road, otherwise he wouldn't go as far as to, solely for the sake of benefit, push the younger generation into a fire pit. This kind of person perhaps Jing Wan couldn't become intimate with, but she wouldn't have ill-feelings towards them either.

In these ten or so years, her understanding of this world deepened more and more each day. To be able to be born in Luo family was already quite fortunate.

Luo Pei Shan occupied a high position and possessed power and influence. Because he was born from a literary family, he had an even deeper scholarly aura, making his might not at all overwhelming. Yet because he was strict towards his children, each and every one all revered him, with very little intimacy. And as for the grandchildren generation, they were all heavily influenced by their parents, and also made 'skipping a generation intimacy[2]' become a joke. Luo Pei Shan perhaps felt regretful in his heart, but he didn't really mind.

However, what Jing Wan didn't know was that in Luo Pei Shan's eyes, she wasn't that invisible. Not just because of Luo Old Madam, but because in the very few interactions he's had with Jing Wan, Luo Pei Shan discovered that she was different from most since childhood. Towards him, she had deep respect, but not fear. Perhaps others weren't able to perceive it, but he felt it very clearly and deeply. Furthermore, from his old wife's occasional few words, he knew that this granddaughter was good, but also had a clear distinction between her likes and dislikes. To say she was sometimes kindhearted, it was better to say that she 'cherished life', placing importance on every single person's life. Even if it was a servant that committed a wrong, she wouldn't easily act viciously either. Apart from this, she had principles, had a bottom line, and when she needed to be determined, she would never hesitate. Naturally intelligent, yet didn't expose her fangs. Often times, he would feel it was quite a pity that she wasn't born male.