Jiang Jinyan has been a favored child of heaven who has attracted everyone's attention since he was born. What he values most is his reputation, but now he has lost all his face.

But he still didn't think that it was Jiang Huaizhu's fault that he lost face.

This is all Jiang Xiancao's fault.

Although he didn't dare to say it in front of the Queen Mother, he had already determined in his heart the same as Jiang Jinxing, that the drug defilement and the remnants of Tianming Pavilion were all tricks played by Jiang Xiancao and the Ninth Prince.

Zhu'er is so well-behaved and sensible, how could she do something that would bring down the entire family?

And Prince Zhan, who is in charge of the Imperial City Bureau, once again "happened" to intervene in this matter. Is this also a coincidence?

Prince Zhan must have secretly defected to the Ninth Prince a long time ago, so he wanted to deal with him, the prince's ally, and deliberately helped the Ninth Prince set up the trap.

Afterwards, he personally investigated the case as the commander of the Imperial City Division.

The next step of King Zhan is probably to prove that they are involved with Tianming Pavilion and put the Jiang family to death!

Jiang Jinyan suddenly swung his sleeves and walked away.

Jiang Jinyi chased after him, "Brother, what are you going to do?"

"Of course I'm going to see the Crown Prince! The Jiang family is about to be framed as traitors by the Ninth Prince and his men, and Zhu'er has been taken to the Imperial City, her life hanging by a thread. How can I, the eldest brother, just sit there and wait for death?"

Jiang Jinyi wanted to stop it, but he couldn't.

No matter how he advised Jiang Jinyan to stay calm and try to find out whether Jiang Huaizhu had really done something to be caught by the Ninth Prince and the Imperial City Bureau, Jiang Jinyan refused to listen.

She even tried to push him away, pointing at him and cursing, "Are you scared? Do you think that if you put the blame on Zhu'er alone, the Jiang family will be able to get through this difficult time, and you will be safe? You are so weak and incompetent, you are worthy of being a concubine's bastard!"

Jiang Jinyi staggered and fell to the ground, his face instantly becoming extremely ugly.

Jiang Jinyan just sneered and left without looking back.

Jiang Jinyi sat on the ground in a daze for a long time. It started raining for some reason, soaking his brocade robe, but he was completely unaware.

Suddenly, a red umbrella was stretched out to shield him from the rain.

He raised his head and saw the handsome face of the Ninth Prince with a smile on his face.

The first thought that came to his mind was that this man's smile was really annoying.

It was obvious that the Ninth Prince was not like this before, but ever since he gave Jiang Xiancao a blood transfusion, the Ninth Prince seemed like a different person. The expression he showed in front of his brothers was always a smile of ease mixed with sarcasm.

This man who was mocking them with his expression, indeed made them look like clowns in everything he did, making them look foolish in front of everyone.

Jiang Jinyi really couldn't understand how a person who was still on good terms with them just a few days ago could suddenly change so much?

Jiang Xiancao was also looking at her former third brother.

She saw the confusion that inadvertently flashed in his eyes, and knew what he was confused about.

But she would never tell him the answer.

She raised her thin lips and smiled:

"Mr. Jiang San, you certainly didn't expect that the eldest brother you have always respected and relied on would actually see you this way, right?"

Hearing this, Jiang Jinyi clenched his fists.

He stood up suddenly and pushed the umbrella away from Jiang Xiancao's hand. "Your Highness, please don't worry about the family affairs of the Wenning Marquis' Mansion!"

Seeing his back as he fled in panic, Jiang Xiancao's smile deepened.

She knew that he was just using his intense reaction to cover up his true feelings that were being guessed.

The more a person lacks something, the more he cares about it.

Jiang Jinyi was a concubine's son. Even if he passed the imperial examination and became an official, his worry would still be because of this and it would never change.

That's why he followed Jiang Jinyan closely, obeyed his elder brother's words, and let him snatch all the glory from the younger generation of the Jiang family without daring to complain.

His respect for Jiang Jinyan concealed a deep sense of inferiority.

Jiang Jinyan's words really broke his heart.

When a person is heartbroken, even if he doesn't say it, he will definitely have a desire for revenge in his heart.

Just as Jiang Jinyi was about to run away, Jiang Xiancao suddenly said:

"Mr. Jiang San, in fact, this king has always felt that you are more talented than Jiang Jinyan."

Jiang Jinyi's footsteps stopped as she expected.

She smiled and continued:

“Although Jiang Jinyan is the third place winner in the imperial examination, personally chosen by my father, and a recognized talent in the capital, I have never felt that his pretentiousness, his flowery rhetoric, and his academic skills are truly worthy of our admiration.

But you are different. You are not good at writing, but you have real talents and knowledge. You are a person who can really do great things and become a pillar of the country.

But because you are the illegitimate son of the second wife, the Wen Ning Marquis's family never wanted to spend their connections on you. Long before Jiang Jinyan took the imperial examination, Wen Ning Marquis recommended him to be a student under the Right Prime Minister. What about you?

You don't have a famous teacher to guide you, so you can't enter good places like the Hanlin Academy and the Eastern Palace. You can only go to the Ministry of Justice to investigate cases, doing the hard work that children from aristocratic families avoid.

Even if you spend decades in the Ministry of Justice and eventually become a minister, your best years will have been wasted, and you will never have the chance to become a prime minister or a close minister to the emperor."

Jiang Jinyi did not turn around, but said in a tense voice:

"Your Highness, please don't waste any more time. I won't believe these divisive words!"

Jiang Xiancao's eyes were full of sarcasm.

If he really didn't believe it, why would he stop and listen?

Isn’t it because these words hit the nail on the head?

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