"well--"
Mrs. Jiang returned her attention to Mrs. Huang and sighed sadly. Then, she looked at Mrs. Huang apologetically and said,
"It's all because we are too arrogant and indulgent to her, which makes her become so unruly..."
"woo woo woo woo……"
On the side, the silenced Jiang Xinyao looked at the coquettish old lady of the Jiang family angrily, her heart burning with anger.
arrogant?
Are you sure your behavior towards me is called "arrogance" and not "harshness"?
Perhaps there is someone else who really enjoys the pampering treatment, right?
Unfortunately……
Jiang Xinyao, who was now speechless, could not describe the resentment in her heart. She could only watch the old lady of the Jiang family and the old lady Huang discussing various aspects of marriage.
"Bang!"
Suddenly, at this moment, a ray of red light shot out, aiming directly at the old woman who had sealed Jiang Xinyao's mouth.
Facing this bloody red light that exuded the terrifying power of a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood, the old woman who had sealed Jiang Xinyao's mouth couldn't help but loosen her restraint on Jiang Xinyao, and tried her best to deal with the terrifying red light in front of her.
"call out!"
The red light shot past and directly penetrated the old woman's palm.
Not only that, the red light that penetrated the old woman's palm actually had an corrosive effect, and instantly spread along the wound toward the old woman's arm.
"snort!"
Seeing this, the old woman immediately groaned and looked extremely ugly.
"call out!"
Immediately, the old woman raised her left hand without hesitation, and cut off her right arm very neatly. This stopped the red light from continuing to erode.
"Chi chi chi..."
As for the right arm that was severed by the old woman, it was directly transformed into a pile of withered bones under the erosion of the red light. Then, it was gently blown by a breeze from nowhere, and then turned into fly ash. , dissipated in the air...
"There is a difference between superiority and inferiority. If a mere servant dares to attack the Jiang family's legitimate daughter, I will cut off your arm today as punishment!" At the same time, a majestic voice came out from outside the main hall.
Everyone followed the sound and immediately saw the slightly stern face of Protector Jiang Tianmo.
"It's the Lord Protector!"
When she saw the person coming, Mrs. Huang's heart immediately trembled.
Jiang Tianmo, the protector of the country, became famous at a young age and was the dream lover of countless famous ladies, and she was also one of his fans back then.
It's a pity that the young man who was famous in the capital at that time married a wife who was said to be a vulgar woman who ran around in the world. She died not long after giving birth to her daughter...
"After all, he is a poor person!" Mrs. Huang couldn't help but feel such emotion in her heart.
"Son, why are you back so early today?" The old lady of the Jiang family looked at her son with some confusion, and suddenly a bad thought came into her mind.
"It has been spread throughout the capital that the second son of the Huang family is coming to my Duke Protector's Palace to discuss marriage. It is related to the legitimate daughter of my Duke Protector's Palace. As a father, I naturally want to come and help me. My daughter is in charge!" Jiang Tianmo, the protector of the country, bowed to his mother and answered his mother's question indifferently.
Then, the Protector of the State bowed his hand towards Mrs. Huang who was standing aside, and then he casually pulled a chair from the side and sat down.
"My son doesn't need to worry about small matters like marriage. My mother can handle them very well!" The old lady of the Jiang family said without knowing it.
Regarding the words of the old lady of the Jiang family, Jiang Xinyao immediately responded with dissatisfaction: "Grandma, you are going to push me into the fire pit. How dare you..."
"Shut up!" Lord Protector Jiang Tianmo scolded Jiang Xinyao very dissatisfiedly, "Why are you talking to your grandmother? No big or small!"
Jiang Xinyao was obviously a little afraid of her father. After being scolded by her father, Jiang Xinyao immediately lowered her head and remained silent.
"My son, let me tell you, you are so arrogant on her in normal times that you have developed her temper today..." The old lady of the Jiang family trembled when she saw her son scolding her granddaughter Jiang Xinyao, and immediately I want to take advantage of the situation to scold Jiang Xinyao.
"Okay, mother, we will talk about these things behind closed doors later. Now let's talk about what happened when the Huang family came to my Duke Protector's Mansion to hire someone." Lord Protector Jiang Tianmo He lightly interrupted his mother's ramblings, and then turned his solemn gaze to Mrs. Huang.
Being watched by the lover of her dreams in her prime, Mrs. Huang immediately straightened her sitting posture subconsciously. At the same time, her tone was softer than ever before: "It's probably my fault for not being strict in raising my son, so that he got into this place. A great disaster is coming..."
As if it was hard to say anything, Mrs. Huang hesitated for a while, then she said softly with a slight blush on her cheeks: "A few days ago, many ladies from famous families were admiring the flowers in your mansion. Some people saw them with their own eyes. I saw the ugly things they two did..."
"What scandal?" Protector Jiang Tianmo's eyes darkened, he stared at Mrs. Huang seriously and said, "You might as well speak more clearly!"
Hearing what the Protector Jiang Tianmo said, Mrs. Huang suddenly looked up at the man in front of her in astonishment, and then said with some surprise: "Does the Protector still not know what happened that day? This This thing has been spread throughout the capital these days!"
"Oh? Really? Then you should tell me, what is the content of this matter that has spread throughout the capital?" Jiang Tianmo, the protector of the country, asked Mrs. Huang in a leisurely manner.
The old lady of the Jiang family who was sitting nearby heard her son's words and couldn't help but remind her in a strange way: "Son, it's the day of the flower viewing party..."
"Mother!" Protector Jiang Tianmo glanced at his mother indifferently, "I want to hear whether the rumors Mrs. Huang heard are the same as some of the rumors I heard recently."
The old lady of the Jiang family, who was glanced at by her son's indifferent eyes, immediately sensed her son's displeasure and immediately stopped talking.
As for Mrs. Huang, who was named on the side, she didn't notice anything wrong - since Lord Protector Jiang Tianmo asked her to speak, then she just had to speak!
"A few days ago, didn't the two ladies of your Duke Protector's Mansion hold a flower-viewing party and invite some famous ladies to enjoy the flowers together? That night, someone saw the eldest lady of your house and me. The son came out of a certain side room with disheveled clothes... That's why today's appointment in our Huang Mansion came about!" Mrs. Huang truthfully told what she knew.
Jiang Xinyao, the eldest daughter of the Jiang family, who felt bitter about Mrs. Huang's words, ignored her father and scolded her: "Marriage is a major matter, and it is related to a woman's reputation. If Mrs. Huang dares to talk nonsense again, then she will Don’t blame me, Jiang Xinyao, for disrespecting the elders!”
"Boom!"
On the side, the old lady of the Jiang family looked at Jiang Xinyao like a shrew scolding the street, and she hit the ground heavily with her crutch in her heart with great displeasure.
"Jiang Xinyao, you and Mr. Huang did such scandalous things. You should have committed suicide with a piece of white silk. Now, the Huang family does not dislike you and is willing to marry you. What else do you have to cause trouble?" Jiang The old lady stared at Jiang Xinyao with disgust on her face.
"But, grandma, I have told you many times that the two parties involved in what happened that night were really not me and Mr. Huang. They were deliberately impersonating us and throwing dirty water on us. Why are you? Don’t you believe it?”
Jiang Xinyao looked at her grandmother full of grievances. The more she talked about it, the angrier she became. In the end, she couldn't help but shed tears down her cheeks.
"Grandma, after all, I am your granddaughter, and Jiang Xianyu is just a concubine. Why do you only care about your sister and not me, your legitimate daughter?"
"Shut up!" Hearing that Jiang Xinyao was accusing her of pampering her concubine and destroying her legitimate son, the old lady of the Jiang family immediately scolded Jiang Xinyao and said, "If it weren't for you being a careless sister, how could I pay all my attention? To Xianyu? If you were half as well-behaved as your sister, you would never have caused what happened today! Now, instead of reflecting on your own mistakes, you come to complain against me, my grandmother, which is really unreasonable!"
Regarding the words of the old lady of the Jiang family, Jiang Xinyao, the eldest lady of the Jiang family, obviously had something to say. However, before she could speak, she was interrupted by Jiang Tianmo, the protector of the country on the side.
"Actually, to be honest, I have heard some rumors in Beijing, but they seem to be different from what you said before!" Jiang Tianmo, the Protector who stopped Jiang Xinyao from speaking, began to describe the rumors he had heard. , "As far as I know, the prevailing theory in the capital is that, as my daughter said before, someone pretended to be her and your son, which is why this commotion was caused!"
Mrs. Huang, who heard the words of the Protector Jiang Tianmo, suddenly looked back at Jiang Tianmo with some strangeness and said: "Rumors in the market cannot be believed..."
"Since the rumors in the market are not trustworthy, why did Madam Huang take the rumors you heard seriously? Co-author, if it is good for you, it is true, and if it is not good for you, it is just a rumor?" Duke Jiang Tianmo sneered and interrupted Mrs. Huang's words, saying this somewhat sarcastically.
"Of course this matter is not just a simple rumor in the market. Many ladies from famous families who attended the flower viewing party at the Protector's Mansion that night can all testify..." Madam Huang was busy trying to bring out witnesses, but unfortunately, Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted again by Jiang Tianmo, the Protector of the Country.
"The rumor I heard was also confirmed by the many ladies from famous families who came to my residence to participate in the poetry meeting yesterday!" Jiang Tianmo, the protector of the country, said calmly.
After hearing what the Protector Jiang Tianmo said, Mrs. Huang immediately panicked and said without hesitation: "No, Lord Protector, believe me, it's true. Your daughter really was with you that day. My son is having a tryst, and he is not pretending to be someone else at all..."
"Bang!"
Suddenly, at this moment, the Protector Jiang Tianmo stretched out his hand and slapped the table next to him heavily.
"Wow..."
In an instant, the table turned into powder directly in front of Mrs. Huang.
"Mrs. Huang, please be careful in your words and deeds!" Protector Jiang Tianmo said threateningly, "At this moment, most of the famous ladies in the entire capital can testify for my daughter. The so-called one who appeared that night Second Young Master Huang and my daughter are not themselves at all! What, do you still question everyone?"
"No...my son was not at home that night, and such news happened to come out that night. How could there be such a coincidence in the world?" Mrs. Huang immediately stood up, trying to make a final struggle.
"Oh? Your son was not at home that night, so you think he has a relationship with my daughter? However, my eldest daughter was not the only woman who appeared at my Duke Protector's house that night. Could it be that they also came to protect me? Did the Duke have a private meeting with your worthless son?" At this time, the increasingly impatient Protector Jiang Tianmo stood up directly and looked coldly at Mrs. Huang in front of her. In his eyes, It was an undisguised murderous intention, "If you let me hear such untrue words again in the future, don't blame me for killing your whole family!"
"Plop!"
After Lord Protector Jiang Tianmo made his words clear, Old Madam Huang, who knew that it was no longer possible for her to get married to the Lord Protector, and that it would even bring great trouble to her family, was paralyzed with fear as she had no luck anymore. on the chair beneath him.
Jiang Tianmo...you are so cruel!
At least I liked you back then, but... you treated me like this?
No mercy at all?
Madam Huang looked at the departing figure of Lord Protector Jiang Tianmo, her lips trembled slightly, and she wanted to say something, but in the end, she said nothing.
…
…
With the departure of the Protector Jiang Tianmo, the eldest daughter of the Jiang family, Jiang Xinyao, also left here in a happy mood - this marriage could not be accomplished after all!
At this time, the only people still in the main hall, apart from the servants, were the old lady of the Jiang family, Jiang Xinyao, the concubine of the Jiang family, and Mrs. Huang, who was slumped on the chair.
At this time, because of the departure of his son, the old lady of the Jiang family also breathed a sigh of relief.
After a slight pause, the old lady of the Jiang family softened her tone slightly. At the same time, she stretched out her right hand and waved to Jiang Xianyu, who was standing by obediently.
When Jiang Xianyu came close to the old lady of the Jiang family, the old lady of the Jiang family hugged Jiang Xianyu in her arms very lovingly, and at the same time looked at Jiang Xianyu with heartache and said : "Xianyu, you know my grandmother. In my grandmother's eyes, there is no distinction between legitimate concubines at all. Whether they are the legitimate daughters of the Jiang family or the concubines of the Jiang family, they are all the daughters of my Jiang family, and they are all the same. My granddaughter, so don’t take what grandma just said to heart!”
