The room was silent for a moment.
Mrs. Jiang did not expect that someone would destroy this rare and warm time, and she was extremely dissatisfied, with a hint of anger on her face.
Jiang Sheng was relatively calm, holding his chin and not speaking.
She is no longer the little beggar with a head full of food. She understands that everyone has biological parents. She understands that most children will grow up under the care of a loving mother and a strict father. She understands that only a few are abandoned and those who survive are already a minority. Not easy.
Or perhaps her five brothers filled all her vacancies, filling her heart with love and courage. After a brief struggle, she no longer longed for anything.
The old Mrs. Jiang and Uncle Jiang were just strangers in Jiang Sheng's eyes. Maybe they had some intersection in terms of identity, but their emotions always moved forward in parallel.
Because I don’t love them, I don’t expect, desire, or feel sad.
Jiang Sheng is like a bystander, based in the Jiang family, but always drifting away.
What Mrs. Jiang did naturally did not hurt her, and even made her interested, wondering what strange things this lady could do.
"Madam, madam, you can't come in. The old lady is still resting." Tan Yue's blocking voice came from outside.
Mrs. Jiang suppressed her anger and looked at Jiang Sheng, "Good boy, you go and hide behind."
Jiang Sheng was puzzled, but he stood up and sat obediently behind the screen.
At this moment, Mrs. Jiang Liao pushed Tan Yue away, rushed into the inner room, and saw Mrs. Jiang sitting upright, "Obviously my mother is not resting, but you, this maid, rely on your love to deceive others, you are really bold!"
Tan Yue followed in silently and knelt down on her knees.
"My mother loves you so much, so I give you some dignity, but you can't forget your identity. You are just a maid!" Jiang Liao said coldly, "If this kind of thing happens again, I don't think you need to serve in Deren Hall. Now, sell it directly to Yapo and take it away!"
Tan Yue still lowered her head and said nothing.
Mrs. Jiang just looked ahead indifferently, and the whole room fell into silence again.
Jiang Liao moved her mouth, as if she wanted to say something more, but thought it was better to shut up.
Silence, deathly silence.
There are birds chirping and wind blowing throughout Naruhito-in Temple, but there is no sound of human beings.
I don't know how long it took, but sweat broke out on Jiang Liao's forehead, and she could hardly stand.
Only then did Mrs. Jiang end her disdain, her tone indifferent and majestic, "When did I, the maid of Deren Academy, need you to control me?"
Jiang Liao's figure swayed, forbearing and obediently saying, "Mother, my daughter-in-law doesn't dare."
"You don't dare to betray my maid. If you dare in the future, wouldn't you have to bury me alive?" Mrs. Jiang sneered, "Ms. Liao, think about it when you are arrogant. This is Jiang." Home, not your Liao family."
The majesty that belongs to the general's wife is clearly revealed at this moment. The cold and smiling old man is more shocking than the loud noise.
Mrs. Jiang Liao couldn't stand any longer, her legs went weak and she knelt on the ground, sobbing, "I beg my mother to be kind and spare the Liao family. It has not been easy for the Liao family these years. They only relied on the lychee business to gain a foothold. If Without this business, I’m afraid I’ll be squeezed out of Fengjing.”
This is a bit like asking for help.
Mrs. Jiang signaled Tan Yue to stand up, with a cold expression, "The Jiang family has let the Liao family go. Have the Liao family let the Jiang family go? You have fulfilled your duties as a daughter of the Liao family to the best of your ability, but have you fulfilled your responsibilities as Mrs. Jiang?" ?”
Jiang Liao's face turned pale and he did not dare to answer.
"Since you got married more than ten years ago, you have helped countless times in secret and overtly. The Jiang family has turned a blind eye and pretended not to see it, because the General's Mansion needs you to run it, because the children need you to take care of it, because they think you are working hard, but you How do you treat the Jiang family?" Mrs. Jiang sneered, "The Jiang family helps and protects the Liao family's lychee business. After more than ten years of operation, it has become the Liao family's. How can the Jiang family not protect it anymore?"
It was obvious that she didn't speak harshly, nor did she raise her voice, and she even looked expressionless, but the words she spoke were heartfelt and heavy.
Jiang Liao's originally upright kneeling posture gradually became limp, almost falling to the ground.
"Ms. Liao, do you think that the Jiang family does not dare to bear the scandal?" Speaking of this, Mrs. Jiang was really surprised. "Or do you think that your step-grandfather is a fool like you and allows the Jiang family's bloodline to be confused?"
How could someone replace the Jiang family's children and still confidently ask the Jiang family to protect their natal family?
If Mrs. Jiang were the Jiang Liao family, she would have immediately kept herself humble, tried to please everyone, and tried to make all the children's lives return to normal, and then make up for what they owed.
But Jiang Liao didn't. She ignored Jiang Sheng and turned a blind eye to everything. She chanted sutras in the Buddhist hall every day and occasionally cared about Jiang Chenghuan and Jiang Chengyuan.
If it weren't for the Liao family's secret request, she wouldn't have dared to break into Deren Hall, let alone kneel here limply.
"Ms. Liao, you can value your mother's family, but you can't treat the Jiang family as fools." Madam Jiang said in a cold tone, "You owe the Jiang family now, not the Jiang family owes you. You have no right to ask the Jiang family to do anything. We are even less qualified to demand the Jiang family’s protection.”
This is a dead end.
It also completely moved the mountain behind the Liao family.
Jiang Liao understood her mother-in-law's temper and knew that kowtowing was useless, so she slowly got up from the ground.
In Tan Yue's surprised eyes, she replied with a cold face, "If mother doesn't want to help, she won't help. Why are you talking about so many long words? The general is still at the border and can't hear these words."
Mrs. Jiang's face darkened, "But he will always come back, and he will know what you have done, and the scandal you have brought to the Jiang family!"
"Scandal?" Jiang Liao said blankly, "It is indeed a scandal."
She turned around slowly, as if about to leave. The moment she was about to step out of the door, Leng Bangbang said, "This scandal is not limited to the Jiang family. Mother had better keep it under wraps."
He walked away happily.
Tan Yue's eyes widened, and she subconsciously followed to the door, hearing two words of Jiang Liao's murmur.
"The Jiang family doesn't look up to the Liao family at all, and they don't look up to me at all. The Jiang family is superior and the Jiang family is great, but you old lady... is not from the Jiang family either."
The lady, who seemed to have lost her mind, staggered away from Derentang. Her last words were blown away by the wind, and no more words could be heard.
But it was enough to scare Tan Yue.
She turned back to Mrs. Jiang, knelt down on her knees, and recounted the words fearfully.
Finally, he asked cautiously, "Old madam, madam... Madam may be too angry, maybe she is worried about the Liao family, maybe she is angry with the Jiang family."
"None of them." Mrs. Jiang interrupted her and looked at the little girl who walked out from behind the screen. "What she said is not wrong. I am not from the Jiang family. I am from the Jiang Yao family."
"And the Jiang family does look down on the Liao family."
