【Reading Guide: A joyful and lighthearted farming story, with foreshadowing and plot twists, strategic battles and business ventures. There's a lot of foreshadowing in the early parts, so those...
Chapter 353: Self-destruction
early morning.
It's dawn.
Jiang Miaomiao and the others did not go home.
I thought that since I had already left, I would be scolded when I got back anyway.
Just get everything done at once.
It's worth getting beaten up when I get back.
Liuyun found a gong and gathered the people passing by, then went forward and knocked on the door.
“Knock, knock, knock…”
The door opened and the doorman stuck his head out. "Who are you looking for? The Jiang family is not seeing guests today."
"Find your third daughter and ask her to come out and give an explanation, or you can ask the head of your family to come out." In short, one of them has to come out; you can't be a coward.
"Who do you think you are? You can't just see my daughter and the head of the family whenever you want."
"Really?" Liuyun found a big axe from somewhere, gathered up all his strength, and chopped towards the stone lion on the left side of the gate.
The stone lion broke into pieces in an instant.
"If the Jiang family doesn't come out within a quarter of an hour, I'll smash one stone lion. If they don't come out within two quarters of an hour, I'll smash two. If they don't come out within three quarters of an hour, I'll tear down your plaque. If you still don't come out, I'll tear down your door. Hurry and report it."
The little princess said that the bigger the commotion, the better.
We must force the father and daughter out.
Today we must settle all the accounts together.
The doorman's pupils dilated and his mouth opened in shock. It took him a long while to come back to his senses.
Just as he was about to ask who the person was, his eyes fell on Jiang Miaomiao behind Liuyun.
"Five...Five Miss."
He thought it was the Shen family that came. After all, his third daughter had just ruined the marriage between the Shen and Zhou families, so it was normal for them to come and cause trouble.
But I didn’t expect it to be the Lu family.
The doorman slammed the door shut and ran to report to the housekeeper.
The housekeeper didn't dare go out to see, and hurried to the study and told Jiang Yunze what the man outside the door had said.
"Master, it's the Fifth Young Lady. She's leading people outside and shouting, 'I want to see you and the Third Young Lady.' If you don't get to see me, I'm going to smash the stone lions and tear down the plaques..."
Jiang Yunze was already angry, and now he was even angrier. He slammed the table and cursed, "You bastard, you dare to ride on her father's head? Let Aunt Tao go."
It is unreasonable for children to intimidate their own father.
If I could get out, I would definitely teach that little beast a lesson myself.
So that she would know who her offspring was.
The housekeeper had no choice but to ask Aunt Tao for help.
When Tao Tao heard this, she was so frightened that she fell ill.
She must be crazy. She is asked to clean up the trouble caused by Jiang Zijin, but she is not the mistress of this house.
She stroked her forehead and said, "Ouch, I feel dizzy..."
When Jiang Zijin woke up in the morning and saw that her hair was gone, she was so angry that she threw everything in the house.
Now that his anger had subsided, he was taking a pair of scissors to cut the hair of the maids in the yard, thinking of making wigs.
Although the maids received the reward, they were still reluctant and sobbed with tears.
Our bodies and hair are given to us by our parents.
Even if you are a slave, you are raised by your parents. Unless you get married or become a monk and shave your head, no one would be willing to touch their hair.
The housekeeper didn't know what to do and walked around in circles in the yard.
In the end, I had to bite the bullet and go out.
He is the newly promoted steward of the master's family, and he cannot let this matter be ruined.
A quarter of an hour passed.
The door was still closed and the concierge didn't even dare to show his face.
"Knock knock knock..." Liuyun went forward and knocked on the door again, but no one answered.
He looked at the little princess and asked, "Girl, are you still going to smash it?"
"Smash it." The little girl said in a baby voice, but her eyes were very determined.
How can we force them out without smashing them? The effect won’t be achieved.
"Bang..." The stone lion on the right also broke into pieces.
When the housekeeper came out and saw what was happening, he was dumbfounded.
It really smashed.
Seeing that more and more people were watching, I was afraid that this matter would end badly and it would be useless to report it to the police.
Reporting to the police will inevitably lead to litigation, who will go?
The head of the family and the third young lady are in such a state that they cannot be seen in public now. Aunt Tao, a concubine, has no control over the affairs at all.
We can't let the old lady go, she will cry so hard that the roof of the court will collapse.
It would be best if you could persuade the person to go back. If you can't persuade him to go back, you can just invite him to the hospital and talk to him.
The housekeeper stepped forward and bowed, "Fifth Miss, you should take your people back. The master is ill today. If you want to visit him, please follow me into the house."
"No, Jiang Zijin spread rumors and slandered my sister Yun. Let her come out. We want to ask for an explanation." Jiang Miaomiao held up her little hands and raised her chin.
I just won't leave.
You think I'm a kid who's easy to fool.
You just want to smooth things over and trick them into coming in.
Lu Zhiyun pulled Miaomiao behind her and said to the housekeeper of the Jiang Mansion, "I am the second daughter of the Lu family. Your third daughter has spread rumors and slandered me, destroying my reputation. I have come here today to ask her for an explanation. If she doesn't see me now, then we can meet in court another day."
I saw more and more people around, all pointing and talking.
The Jiang family's toilet exploded yesterday, and the stench was already lingering, causing many people to make wild guesses.
Since the head of the family couldn't show up, the matter had to be brought to court, and the housekeeper had to take the risk.
"Ms. Lu, you are both unmarried women. It's inappropriate for you to show up in public like this now. If this goes to court, both the Jiang and Lu families will lose face. After all, the two families were once relatives. The head of the family obtained evidence of the Qi family's rebellion and rescued your Lu family. How can you repay kindness with hatred?"
Lu Zhiyun was speechless. The Jiang family was really good at turning the tables.
She looked at Miaomiao. The little girl's calculation was really accurate. The Jiang family was indeed going to use her aunt to make trouble.
Just make it clear in front of the people.
She had even climbed over the wall to shave someone's head in the middle of the night, so she had nothing to be afraid of and just went for it.
She raised her eyebrows and said, "What's wrong with an unmarried girl? So what if we go to court? Your daughter has ruined my reputation. Those who are barefoot are not afraid of those who wear shoes. What should I be afraid of? As for the marriage, it's long gone. My Lu family's redress has nothing to do with him, Jiang Yunze. Long before he killed his relatives for the sake of justice, the emperor had already pardoned the Lu family. He should stop trying to flatter himself."
As soon as these words came out.
There was an uproar and a lot of discussion around.
"They were actually pardoned long ago! It seems that the rehabilitation of the Lu family had nothing to do with Minister Jiang. It was Minister Jiang who wanted to reconcile with the Lu family because he saw that they had regained their glory."
"That's right, and you still say that justice is the basis of killing relatives."
"This rumor about the Lu family girl was actually spread by Miss Jiang San?"
"Yes, the Fang family also came to make trouble yesterday, but Miss Jiang hid away."
"A little girl is so vicious. Who would dare to marry her in the future?"
"Someone dares to marry her? The young master of the Zhou family canceled the marriage proposal with the Duke Shen's mansion and wanted to marry her."
"Young Master Zhou must have been bewitched by her. He chose to marry a concubine's daughter from the Minister's Mansion instead of the legitimate daughter of the Duke's Mansion!"
"It's said that the two of them have been having an affair without a matchmaker. Someone saw them alone, a man and a woman, boating on Chunjiang Lake."
“Ah~~~”
The power of public opinion was beyond Jiang Miaomiao's imagination.
Suddenly, everyone knew about Jiang Zijin and Zhou Mu's boat trip.
It turns out that there is no impenetrable wall in this world.
They just lit a fuse, and then the rumors exploded like firecrackers, getting longer and louder.
The rumors spread by Jiang Yunze and his daughter eventually backfired on them.
Seeing more and more people gathering around, Jiang Miaomiao felt it was time to dispel the rumors about Sister Yun.
She tugged at Lu Zhiyun's sleeve and said, "Sister Yun, it's quarter past three."
Liuyun stepped forward to stop the Jiang Mansion’s housekeeper who was about to speak, “I said before, if your master doesn’t come out within three quarters of an hour, I will tear down your family’s plaque. I always keep my word.”
"You...don't be so rude. My master is the Minister of Rites, an official appointed by the court. How can I allow you to humiliate him like this?" The housekeeper's face turned green, and he quickly asked someone to invite the master again.
Liuyun: "I don't care if you're the Minister of Rites or not. I'll give you another quarter of an hour. If you don't come out, I'll tear it down."
This made the housekeeper very anxious, and he picked up his clothes and ran back.
barbarian.
The Lu family is full of barbarians from top to bottom.
Lu Zhiyun didn't expect Miaomiao was not joking, she really wanted to tear down the plaque of Jiang Mansion.
Although they are reluctant to admit it, Miaomiao and Jiang Yunze are father and daughter after all, and this will be criticized by others.
"Miao Miao, he is your father after all, so why don't you just forget it?" If this matter was used by someone with ulterior motives to make a fuss, she would be accused of being unfilial.
Miaomiao is still a child, how can she bear such a crime?
"No, he is not my father. Keep smashing it." Jiang Miaomiao looked at Lu Zhiyun with a firm look.
Except for Aunt Xiuxiu, Xier, A'niang and grandmother, no one else in the family knows her background.
So she couldn't blame Sister Yun for backing off.
But now it has come to this, how can we give up? All our efforts will be wasted.
We are going to smash it, and we want to make a big fuss about it.
Let everyone in the capital know that the Jiang and Lu families are at loggerheads, and let everyone know that Miss Yun from the Lu family is not someone to be trifled with.
Jiang Yunze paced back and forth in the yard.
When he heard that Jiang Miaomiao was actually going to smash the plaque of the Jiang Mansion, his legs went weak and he stumbled and almost fell.
The housekeeper quickly helped him up and said, "Master, the man they brought here is a martial artist, very powerful."
Jiang Yunze was so angry that his face turned green. "Evil daughter, how could I have given birth to such a wicked creature? Don't even think about entering my Jiang family again in the future."
Jiang Zijin had helped Old Lady Jiang into the house at some point. The old lady started cursing as soon as she entered the room. "What a wicked creature! I'm going to go out and see how arrogant she is."
Looking at his son's bald head, he was so angry that he almost couldn't breathe.
Jiang Yunze glared at Jiang Zijin and asked, "Why did you bring your grandmother here?"
What if something bad happens out of anger?
"Father, Grandmother is the oldest elder in the family. Since Grandmother is here to speak up, Fifth Sister, no matter how unruly she is, must behave in front of Grandmother. Otherwise, she will most likely be accused of being unfilial and disrespectful."
Jiang Zijin came out with a piece of plain cloth wrapped on her head, revealing only a haggard little face.
Neither she nor her father could show up, as Tao Tao was eager to see her embarrassed.
He's pretending to be dead right now.
If my grandmother doesn't show up, is she really going to wait for someone to tear down the plaque?
Look at Jiang Miaomiao's arrogant look. It's most likely that she was the one who caused the trouble between her and her father.
Otherwise, how could it be such a coincidence that he came to force her today.
Just a little bad guy.
However, what frightened her was that this brat's men entered the Jiang family as if it were no one's home.
It’s chilling to think about it.
"Dad, it's time to replace our guards. They are all a bunch of good-for-nothings." Jiang Zijin reminded.
"It's time to change. If they try to stop us again this time, there's no point in keeping us." Jiang Yunze said softly.
Jiang Yunze thought there was no other way, someone had to come forward to send them away.
If he continues to make trouble like this, he will have to quit his job as an official.
He stepped forward and shook Mrs. Jiang's hand, "Mother, I'll trouble you."
At the Jiang family’s gate.
More and more people gathered around.
Old Mrs. Jiang came out with a group of guards in a menacing manner.
"I want to see whoever dares to smash this plaque today will have to walk over my dead body."
Lu Zhiyun saw that it was Old Lady Jiang and she felt a little scared.
But Miaomiao blinked and looked at her, as if to say, don't let me down.
She immediately mustered up the courage to step forward and bow before speaking, "Madam Jiang, I'm not necessarily going to smash your family's plaque. I just want to seek an explanation from Miss Jiang San, but she's either in the wrong or feeling guilty, so she hasn't dared to show up."
Madam Jiang glanced at her and said, "My granddaughter is not in a position to see guests. If you have anything to say, tell me. If not, get out of here. Don't even think about touching my family's plaque."
As he said this, he ordered the guards to disperse the crowd and drive away the few people.
Jiang Miaomiao saw that it was time to take action, and said to Liuyun, "It's already three quarters of an hour."
Liuyun was about to take action when Lu Zhiyun stopped him, "I'll do it."
She is the victim in this matter, so she is the most suitable person to come.
Lu Zhiyun took out a long whip and flew towards the plaque with all his strength.
The plaque engraved with the two big characters "Jiang Mansion" instantly split in two and fell to the ground.
"Ah..." Madam Jiang screamed, then jumped up in anger and roared, "Tie up this little bitch and hand her over to the government. I'm going to sue her."
The security guard had no time to stop it and stared at the plaque on the ground in amazement.
Hearing the old lady's scolding, he rushed forward.
The onlookers were also stunned.
This... is really a smash.
Finally, everyone's eyes fell on Lu Zhiyun.
Who would have thought that a delicate girl could knock the plaque down with just a whip.
Then the girl was seen swinging the whip and beating the strong guards.
Although she couldn't be said to be very skilled, the little girl was very agile and flexible, but her only disadvantage was that she was a little weak.
With Liuyun's help, these guards were knocked down in no time.
Xier doesn't have to do anything, she is responsible for taking care of the children.
What about Miss Lu Jiayun, who was in poor health and couldn't bear children, and was bullied during her exile?
It's just nonsense and a rumor.
Who can bully her?
The rumor was proven wrong.
…
In the palace.
Madam Lu has been holding a grudge since she returned to the capital.
I got up very early today.
He put on the imperial robes and went to the palace.
She went there at the time when the emperor was leaving court.
Upon seeing the Emperor, she knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, my husband, my son, my grandson, and my great-grandson are all defending our country at the frontier, fighting bravely and risking their lives. However, the women of my family have been bullied and forced into marriage in the capital. My granddaughter's reputation has been tarnished by a little concubine's slander and she has hanged herself several times at home. Please, Your Majesty, help me with this for my women."
The old lady never mentioned who the concubine was.
But the emperor knows it.
A little concubine's daughter made the emperor and his ministers live in unrest.
Beauty is a disaster.
"Old Madam, please get up. Don't worry, I will take care of it for you."
The emperor still relies on the men in this family to guard the border for him, so how can he treat the women in the family poorly?
With the emperor's words, Madam Lu left the palace and went home.
She stood up with difficulty; her legs and feet had some old problems from her exile.
It hurts when it's cloudy and rainy.
He seems to be limping when walking.
It's sunny today, but I'm still a little lame, and it seems to be even lamer.
The emperor looked at the old lady and felt very sorry for her.
"Eunuch Yu, go and personally escort Madam Lu back to the mansion and give her my thousand-year-old ginseng."
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