When Old Madam Jiang heard the sound, she looked up and saw Jiang Chuyuan and three others walking in.
Apart from Jiang Weizhen's voice, it was just theirs.
She scolded him angrily, "It's an adult matter, why are you kids butting in on this?"
"But Daddy is no longer a child. How could Grandma force him to take a concubine?"
Jiang Chuyuan said coldly, "Also, my parents' love is well-known, and what my mother has done for the Jiang family is obvious to all. Grandmother is not afraid of being laughed at by outsiders for doing this."
"What do you know? I do this for your father's own good." Old Madam Jiang's face flushed red when she was scolded by a junior.
"You are talking back to your elders like this because of the rules your mother taught you."
"Grandma, please don't throw dirty water on me. I was just speaking the truth and didn't contradict you. Honest advice is hard to hear, and even the current emperor has to accept the advice of all officials. Why can't you listen to different voices, Grandma?"
Seeing that Jiang Chuyuan even brought up the emperor, the old lady was very angry, but she couldn't find any words to refute.
"Okay, okay, you two are really great. Now even the children are disobedient."
"Chu Yuan, talk less." Seeing that Old Madam Jiang was about to throw a tantrum again, Jiang Weizhen said hurriedly.
"Mother, this is indeed absurd. I have no intention of taking a concubine. Besides, Miss Li and I are innocent. You are destroying Miss Li's innocence by doing this."
"You brought her back to your house in front of the entire city. How can she still be innocent? If you don't marry her, aren't you forcing her to die?"
Hearing what Old Lady Jiang said, Li Xinru's eyes immediately turned red, and she choked up and spoke.
"I'm sorry, Brother Jiang, I was inconsiderate and ruined your reputation. Princess Yu, I feel so ashamed of you."
[Ouch, the green tea girl has started to perform. Will she have to kneel down and show her loyalty soon?]
As soon as she finished speaking, Li Xinru knelt on the ground, "Old Madam, please don't force Brother Jiang. Even if I die, I will not destroy the relationship between Brother Jiang and the princess."
[Advance by retreating, first gaining sympathy, then threatening death. I guess these tactics were already discussed with the biased grandmother.]
Sure enough, the grandmother helped her up with a distressed look on her face, and said bitterly, "My dear child, it is my fault that I did not teach you well and made you suffer."
"Second brother, you are so cruel as to let your benefactor die. You are truly heartless and ruthless."
[If you want to die, just die quickly, don't talk so much nonsense.]
Jiang Chuyuan spoke out Jiang Qingluo's inner thoughts, "She wanted to come live in the mansion on her own initiative. She said she was Dad's savior, but wasn't it Dad who saved her from the wolf's den?"
"What? Now you're threatening me to repay you for your kindness? If you want to die, then do it now. You're delaying our dinner by dawdling."
"I..." Li Xinru's face turned pale. She picked up the fruit knife on the table and put it under her neck.
"It seems that today I can only prove my innocence by dying."
Tears slid down her cheeks. "Brother Jiang, I'm sorry for causing you trouble. After I die, please cremate my body and send it to Jingzhou. I want to return to my roots."
"Silly child, put down the knife quickly. We can talk it over. Wei Zhen is willing to take you as his concubine."
Madam Jiang looked anxious, "Second brother, can you please say something?"
"Yes, second brother, you can't really watch Miss Li die." Liu was frightened and her face turned pale.
"It's just taking a concubine. It's not good to cause a death." Su Wu was calm, but the coercive meaning in his words was self-evident.
Yu Shulan looked at the people who were acting. "If the eldest sister-in-law and the younger sister-in-law don't care, why not let them go to the eldest brother or the third brother's room?"
"It wasn't brought back by your eldest brother, so what does it have to do with us?" Liu immediately got angry. The two concubines in her first house were enough to bother her.
"It has nothing to do with you, so shut up."
Yu Shulan said coldly, looking at Li Xinru with sharp eyes.
"If Miss Li wants to commit suicide and we don't stop her, I'm going to make this clear today: you can't enter our second room."
"I know that my status is low and I am not worthy of Brother Jiang, so I never dared to have such extravagant hopes."
Li Xinru's eyes were filled with tears, and she looked pitiful. "Brother Jiang, thank you for saving me from the wolf's den. I am so grateful. I can't repay your kindness in this life, I can only repay you in the next life."
"Miss Li..."
Jiang Weizhen, who had been silent all this time, finally spoke.
[No way, Daddy is going crazy again. Who can stop him? Let her see Li Xinru's true face. She won't dare to commit suicide at all.]
Facing Li Xinru's hopeful gaze, Jiang Weizhen said, "Although I can't take you as my concubine, there's no need for you to commit suicide. Didn't you say you'd stay in the capital for a while and then leave? How about I rent you a house somewhere else tomorrow?"
Seeing that he was so stubborn, Li Xinru really wanted to stab him with a knife.
But she knew she was no match for his opponent, so she had to give up, she said with a sob.
"As the old lady said, we came all the way from Jingzhou to the capital, eating and sleeping together, and yesterday, in full view of the public, we entered the Jiang Mansion. This innocence is gone."
“I don’t want to live a life where people are pointing fingers at me.”
"Miss Li, what you said is ridiculous. You have lived in a bandit den for more than ten years. How can you claim to be innocent?"
"How could the princess slander me like this? Although I was forced to join the bandit camp, I have always been clean and honest, and my innocence has never been tarnished by anyone. The princess is really trying to force me to death by saying this."
Li Xinru looked humiliated. "It seems I can only prove my innocence today by dying. Brother Jiang, we'll see each other in the next life."
As she spoke, Li Xinru raised the dagger in her hand high up and was about to stab him.
"Ah...no..." Old Madam Jiang screamed in fright.
Jiang Qingluo also covered his eyes in fear, but the expected scene of death did not occur.
The dagger only penetrated less than an inch, causing some blood to flow, but it was far from fatal.
Li Xinru looked at the motionless Jiang Weizhen with some disbelief. Based on her observations over the past few months, she was sure that he was a kind and upright person.
There was no way she would just watch herself commit suicide, and she was sure that he would stop her, so she dared to act out her own death.
But just now he clearly wanted to watch himself die.
"Miss Li, aren't you going to commit suicide? This little bit of blood isn't fatal."
Yu Shulan looked at her sarcastically.
Li Xinru looked at Jiang Weizhen with a pale face, "Brother Jiang, why, in these past few months, have you never had any feelings for me?"
"Feelings? Are you kidding me, Chief Li?" Jiang Weizhen's expression was fierce, with a bit of the murderous aura on the battlefield.
Li Xinru's face turned pale, and a hint of panic flashed in her eyes. "What village chief? Are you kidding me, Brother Jiang?"
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