Chapter 123 The Eloquent Prince Heng

Jiang Fenghua said in a deep voice, "I didn't come here for this."

Jiang Jinyan sat up straight, his facial injuries much better. "So, what brings you here?"

Jiang Fenghua saw the injury on his face and wanted to tease him a bit, "You came up with such a stupid idea for Zhang Yumo. If it were me, I would never let myself suffer a loss, no matter what. Brother, you should read less of the classics. You've made your brain dull."

Jiang Jinyan felt his face burning red. "I didn't do it for Zhang Yumo." His voice trailed off, and he couldn't even believe his own words.

“There’s a better way to deal with scum like Li Cheng. There’s no need to risk your own life.” Jiang Fenghua’s eyes flashed with coldness, showing no sign of being only sixteen years old.

Jiang Jinyan felt a chill run down his spine when he saw her staring at him. His third sister was always precocious despite her young age. In fact, he had gone to see her, hoping she could persuade Zhang Yumo not to agree to Li Cheng's proposal, but she refused to see him.

Jiang Jinyan was also a little angry and deliberately said, "Li Cheng is the son of the Minister of War. He has a lot of power and influence. What do you think we can do to bring him down?"

Jiang Fenghua smiled faintly, "He is the eldest son of the Minister of War, and I am still the Princess Consort of Heng. Why would I be afraid of her? To deal with such a petty person, you can be more ruthless."

Jiang Jinyan was speechless and said, "At least now everyone knows that Li Cheng, the eldest son of the Minister of War, has a penchant for abusing women. I wonder who would dare to marry their daughter to him?"

"Will his refusal to marry change his behavior of continuing to abuse women?"

Anger rose in Jiang Jinyan's eyes, and he clenched his fist and slammed it hard on the table. "Can't someone do something about this scumbag? Can't even His Highness Prince Heng do something about him?" Although Xie Shang helped him that day, he did not punish Li Cheng.

Jiang Fenghua smiled slightly, “Brother still doesn’t understand the court very well. The relationships in the court are complicated. Although he is a prince, he can’t have connections everywhere.”

Jiang Jinyan understood what she meant. There was a check and balance between the emperor and his ministers. As long as Minister Li did not fall from power, Li Cheng would continue to do evil.

Jiang Fenghua didn't want to get too involved with him. Xie Shang already knew Li Cheng's character, and not punishing him didn't mean he wouldn't be punished in the future.

She then continued, "I think you're blinded by your own involvement. The more you try to sever ties with Zhang Yumo, the more you can't avoid it. Now that this has happened, you and Zhang Yumo are probably even more entangled. Because of the rumors outside, Li Cheng now knows that your real purpose in hitting him was to make him break off his engagement with Zhang Yumo, so he probably won't let it go so easily."

Jiang Jinyan frowned. "I've been thinking about this for the past few days. I didn't implicate Zhang Yumo in exposing Li Cheng's evil deeds. Old Madam Zhang visited the Jiang residence many times before, and no one knew what it was about. But why are such nasty rumors spreading about us now that this has happened, even saying that Zhang Yumo and I have already..."

He was too embarrassed to continue, "Who exactly spread the word?"

“Ji Chen,” Jiang Fenghua said directly, “I’m here today for this very reason. Ji Chen is doing this not only to deal with me, but also to incite hatred between the Jiang and Zhang families and the Li family.”

That day was also the first time Jiang Jinyan had met Ji Chen. "We have no grudge against him, so why would he do this? How can Ruan Ruan be sure that he is spreading rumors behind our backs?"

"I guess it's because of Su Tingwan."

“It’s that woman again.” Jiang Jinyan’s eyes flashed with a cold light. “Now I finally understand. Given the relationship between Su Tingwan and Ji Chen, he must think that it was Ruan Ruan who stole her favor from Prince Heng. These people are really selfish. Ruan Ruan is the prince’s lawfully wedded wife. What makes her think that the prince wouldn’t like Ruan Ruan? And what makes her think that Ruan Ruan stole her place in Prince Heng’s heart?”

Jiang Fenghua thought to herself: Brother, the real reason is really like this. At least in the previous life, she was not liked by Xie Shang. In this life, she won Xie Shang's favor entirely through her own scheming.

She felt no remorse whatsoever; it was simply a matter of the victor taking all.

"I think Prince Heng treats him quite politely and values ​​him highly. Ruan Ruan should be careful in the Prince's mansion. But how did Ruan Ruan find out that Ji Chen was behind it all?" Ruan Ruan has always been resourceful. It was her idea for him to go out and do business to make more money. Indeed, having money in hand is more important than anything else. At least the Jiang family doesn't have to rely entirely on her father's meager salary to support the family.

The Jiang family lived a very good life; at least the family had never worried about money.

Even the idea of ​​setting up Lingyun Manor was Ruan Ruan's. Now Lingyun Manor is Jishan Hall, under the management of Prince Heng's Mansion. But Ruan Ruan was not betrothed to Prince Heng by the Emperor at that time. How could she know that Prince Heng would take a liking to Lingyun Manor?

Ruan Ruan can even predict which businesses will be profitable. Recently, Ruan Ruan asked Lin Yu to tell him to stockpile grain, the more the better, since it is the harvest season now and a good time to buy grain at low prices. He has already instructed his subordinates to do this.

Jiang Jinyan was puzzled.

Her eyes were open and honest, not at all delicate, and full of scheming. She said in a deep voice, "Don't worry, Ji Chen dares to plot against the Jiang family. I will make sure he never has a good life again. Soon he will lose his good second brother Xie Shang."

Seeing Ruan Ruan like this, Jiang Jinyan trembled. Would she become despicable in order to get that position? He didn't want Ruan Ruan to lose her true self; being happy was the most important thing.

He said, "Ruan Ruan, your brother will work hard and will definitely protect you and the Jiang family." He shouldn't dwell on the past; he should bravely face that matter. It's time to go back to Yucheng.

Jiang Fenghua smiled and said, "I know."

Seeing his somber expression, she changed the subject, "When I came back this time, I noticed that the courtyard seemed to have changed. It was Zhang Yumo who helped you with that."

Jiang Jinyan asked in surprise, "How did you know?"

"Because I've been to the Zhang residence, and she planted the same flowers and plants in her courtyard, and even the layout was somewhat the same." I didn't expect it to be true.

Jiang Fenghua thought to herself: She probably knows what Zhang Yumo is thinking.

She didn't ask any more questions. As long as Zhang Yumo no longer had suicidal thoughts, then everyone would be happy. As for the rest, she would leave it to fate.

It's good that my older brother can get along with Zhang Yumo as friends now, at least they won't have no interaction like they did in the previous life.

In the afternoon, Xie Shang arrived at the Jiang residence.

The Jiang family members were less reserved, and the men and women did not separate for dinner. Normally, the Jiang family did not have such rules when eating; they always ate together as a family.

Xie Shang sat down next to Jiang Fenghua. Seeing that everyone was still a bit reserved, he took the initiative to serve food to Jiang Huai and Feng Jingyuan. "Father-in-law, mother-in-law, you don't need to worry about my status. In ordinary families, mothers-in-law treat their sons-in-law like half a son. You can do the same. I am Ruan Ruan's husband, and I should be as filial to you as she is."

The two women smiled and served him some food. Feng Jingyuan said, "Ah Shang, you should eat too. I don't know if it suits your taste."

"Eating at the Jiang residence is my favorite thing to do. My mother-in-law is the second best cook in my opinion. I really like her cooking."

Feng Jingyuan asked, "Who is number one?"