Before Marquis Changping even entered the door, his rough and angry voice rang out.

"Su Zheng, it's all your fault for spoiling your granddaughter! Now look what's happened, the whole capital knows that your granddaughter got into a fight with the Song family girl!"

All the gambling dens in the capital are betting on what happened today, betting on whether our Marquis's mansion will come to apologize or the young ladies of Grand Tutor Song's mansion will apologize.

Now our manor is famous!

Just the other day, I begged and pleaded to suppress the matter concerning the third son, and now this has suddenly appeared. Do you want me dead?

Once inside, seeing her eldest son there, she instinctively asked, "Yuanxu, why are you back at this hour?"

Master Jiang bowed and said, "Like you, I heard some rumors at the yamen, just like you, so I rushed back..."

"What? There are rumors in the government office too!" Marquis Changping, who had just sat down, stood up angrily. "It's all over! These two days are the time when officials are evaluated for their performance. Song Yancheng, the eldest son of Grand Tutor Song, is the Left Vice Minister of the Ministry of Personnel."

The Minister of Personnel is getting old, and everyone knows that Song Yancheng is the only candidate to succeed him. Song Yancheng is now in charge of the Ministry of Personnel.

You've worked diligently in the Office of Transmission for three years; it's about time you got promoted! And the second son, he's been a low-ranking official for years; I think he should be able to get an eighth-rank post by now!

But now, it's all over! Forget about promotions, I'm afraid both of you will be forever barred from officialdom!

Marquis Changping was so angry that he slapped his thigh and pointed at Old Madam Jiang's nose, cursing, "You heartless and wicked woman! Look at the good things your spoiled brat has done! Today I will divorce you, you wicked woman, and then take that brat to the Song Grand Tutor's mansion to apologize!"

Old Madam Jiang remained completely calm, while Jiang Segu, who had been held back by Zhou Mama in the gauze-draped wardrobe, hurried out.

“One should take responsibility for one’s own actions. Why should Grandfather take his anger out on Grandmother? Besides, Azi doesn’t think she did anything wrong today!”

When Marquis Changping saw Jiang Segu, he was so angry that he wanted to kill her. Hearing her unrepentant words, he became even more furious!

"You wretched child, I will beat you to death today to appease Grand Tutor Song's wrath! Guards, bring forth the family law!"

"Grandfather, please hear what your granddaughter has to say! Since Grand Tutor Song is able to assist the Emperor, he must be a reasonable person. If one were to inquire even a little, it would be clear that the fault does not lie with me..."

"You little brat, what do you know! What's right? What's wrong? Power and influence make you right! Even if it's wrong, it's still right!"

"Grandfather, please be patient and let me finish speaking!"

Having power and influence doesn't necessarily silence public opinion! And the higher one stands, the more one cares about their reputation!

That's why this time, the granddaughter didn't just have a minor squabble with the Song family girl as she usually did, but instead brought the matter to the forefront.

Grand Tutor Song is the Emperor's tutor. Whatever his intentions, he would never suppress our Marquis's family at this time. For the sake of the Song family's reputation, he will definitely send someone to apologize!

Is his granddaughter possessed?

The Song family came to apologize to them.

Are you kidding me!

Furthermore, if we don't suppress it now, what about later?

We can't suppress them openly, but secretly making things difficult for them would be enough to give us a hard time!

Even if the Song family is magnanimous and doesn't hold it against them!

But what about the countless disciples of the Song family?

Who can guarantee they won't seek revenge for the Song family?!

"Grandfather, don't worry. Your granddaughter has a way to handle this matter and guarantees it won't affect your eldest and second uncles' careers!"

No wonder they're in a hurry!

If this matter is not handled properly, the eldest son's career will be over! And from then on, the Marquis of Changping's mansion will truly have no place to stand in the capital!

"Grandfather, I promise you, if no one from the Song family comes to apologize before we descend the mountain today, I will accept any punishment you may give me!"

Marquis Changping stared at Jiang Segu, who looked completely confident, his mind a jumble of thoughts. After a long while, he finally steeled himself and gritted his teeth, saying, "It'd better be as you say, otherwise..."

Marquis Changping didn't say anything more, he just coldly turned and left...

Master Jiang, who was standing nearby, followed closely behind and left.

Grandma Jiang was extremely anxious, but she couldn't say anything in front of Old Madam Jiang. She could only kneel on the spot, looking at her daughter with worry in her eyes.

Jiang Segu smiled slightly at her to indicate that nothing was wrong.

Then, she knelt down before Madam Jiang and said, "It's all my fault, Grandmother, that I've caused you all this trouble!"

Looking at the child she had doted on since childhood, Old Madam Jiang was overwhelmed with mixed feelings.

Making the Song family look bad in public, even if the Song family doesn't want to pursue the matter, and actually comes to apologize as Azi said, will have endless consequences!

"Azi, you've really messed things up this time..."

How could Jiang Segu not know?

Her schemes were actually quite naive and might be useless against others, but they would definitely be effective against Grand Tutor Song!

The position of Grand Tutor Song, the emperor's tutor, was far less stable than it appeared.

His Majesty has long desired to weaken the Song family's power, but he has just lacked an excuse!

In her previous life, she only learned at the very end why the prestigious Song family would marry their eldest daughter, Song Yuhui, to Liang Shaojie.

On the surface, the Song family suffered a loss in this marriage, but in reality, the Song family's position was already precarious, and they desperately needed a helper!

This helper must not have any ulterior motives and must be obedient!

With no connections, easy to manipulate, and being a newly appointed top scholar, Liang Shaojie, who is more likely than others to scheme against the Yin family, is the best choice!

Although she didn't know when the Song family had chosen Liang Shaojie, after careful consideration over the past few days, she guessed that Liang Shaojie had already secretly colluded with the Song family before their marriage!

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