Chapter 328 The Annoying Min Pan'er
Ah Shuang nodded affirmatively, then said with a strange expression, "I also noticed that Miss Jiang's attitude towards this Miss Min is very strange."
"Oh? What's so strange about it?" Min Qiaoshi became interested.
After thinking for a moment, Ah Shuang said, "Miss Jiang's concern for Miss Min is genuine, but the disdain that she inadvertently revealed in her expression doesn't seem fake."
"Both caring and disdainful?"
“Yes.” A Shuang didn’t know where this strange feeling came from, but she felt that something was not simple.
Madam Min nodded knowingly, "When we find a place to stay, have Jiang Hongling come and see me."
"yes."
The group walked for another two hours before finally entering a small county town.
As before, Min Qiaoshi led a small group to stay at an inn in the city, while the main group stayed outside the city overnight.
Whether by coincidence or design, Min Pan'er woke up just as Madam Min and her entourage checked into the inn.
When A-San came to report, Madam Min Qiao had just had Jiang Hongling invited over to talk.
Upon hearing the news that Min Pan'er had woken up, Jiang Hongling said sarcastically, "Finally, she's decided to wake up."
The tone of voice made it sound as if Min Pan'er was faking fainting on purpose.
Min Qiao looked at Jiang Hongling strangely, "Isn't she your cousin? You ran away from home to find her, didn't you? But why do I get the feeling that you actually dislike her?"
Jiang Hongling pouted, "It's not that I hate Min Pan'er, it's just that Min Pan'er is so annoying! It's impossible to like her!"
Seeing Jiang Hongling's attitude, Madam Min Qiao couldn't help but tease, "I heard from A Shuang that Min Pan'er is extremely beautiful. Is it because you're jealous of her beauty that you dislike her so much?"
Upon hearing this, Jiang Hongling immediately became unhappy.
"Grandma, if you talk like that, I'm going to get upset!" Jiang Hongling pouted, glaring resentfully at Min Qiao Shi.
Seeing that she seemed genuinely anxious, Madam Min Qiao quickly waved her hand with a smile, "Alright. I won't tease you anymore. Tell me, what's wrong with your cousin?"
Jiang Hongling then calmed down, pursed her lips, and slowly said, "This matter has to start with my aunt..."
From Jiang Hongling's account, Min Qiaoshi learned that Jiang Hongling's grandfather was the prefect of Huizhou.
The most powerful family in Huizhou is the Min family. It can be said that the Min family is the local tyrant of Huizhou.
When Grandfather Jiang took office, the first thing he did was to arrange a marriage with the Min family. The person chosen for the marriage was Jiang Yun, Jiang Hongling's aunt.
Jiang Yun was originally a virtuous and kind-hearted daughter of an official. However, after marrying into the Min family, she suffered several great losses and gradually learned to scheme and deceive. At the same time, she also became a domineering woman.
Min Pan'er is a concubine's daughter who lives under the watchful eye of such a domineering stepmother.
Min Pan'er's aunt was a top courtesan in a brothel. She secretly gave birth to Min Pan'er and then entered the Min family because of her daughter.
Although Min Pan'er and her mother moved into the Min family and enjoyed the treatment of being half masters of the family, Min Pan'er's aunt, Liu, never had any official status.
Min Pan'er was only added to the family genealogy when she was three years old.
Because of Jiang's high social standing and strong personality, Liu lived a very humble life in the mansion, which caused Min Pan'er to develop extreme inferiority complex from a young age.
When Jiang Hongling was a child, she often went to the Min family and saw Min Pan'er being bullied several times.
Those who bullied her included the young masters and ladies of the Min family, as well as the old women and stewards of the Min household, and even the maids and servants.
Jiang Hongling couldn't stand by and watch, so she stepped forward to help Min Pan'er twice.
On one occasion, Min Pan'er was bullied by another illegitimate daughter from the Min family, and she stepped in to help reprimand the person.
The man was clearly terrified when he saw her; his face had turned pale.
Instead of thanking her, Min Pan'er bowed and apologized to the person, saying it was all her fault and that Jiang Hongling should mind her own business.
This put Jiang Hongling, the person involved, in a very awkward position.
On another occasion, Min Pan'er's aunt fell ill, but the steward of the mansion deliberately made things difficult and refused to call a doctor.
This forced Miss Min Pan'er to kneel and kowtow to a servant.
Originally, Jiang Hongling was not going to care about Min Pan'er anymore because of what had happened before. However, seeing the servant bullying the master, and seeing Min Pan'er kneeling and kowtowing, she couldn't stand it anymore and decided to meddle and help.
Well, the result was the same as before; the manager gave in.
But Min Pan'er's bent back could not straighten up.
Instead of thanking her, she was quick to distance herself from her, saying that her actions had nothing to do with her and asking the manager not to be angry...
Jiang Hongling felt like strangling Min Pan'er at that moment.
She had never seen anyone with such a soft bone structure!
If Min Pan'er continues to be so weak, Jiang Hongling will at most be angry at her lack of ambition.
But then, Min Pan'er, who had been weak for nearly ten years, suddenly became like a completely different person, making her seem utterly unfamiliar.
That happened five years ago.
It was the day of the old lady of the Min family's seventieth birthday. Min Pan'er, who had always been hunched over and bowed her head, suddenly seemed like a different person. Her waist was no longer bent, her back was no longer hunched, and her demeanor was elegant and dignified.
Her beauty, which was only slightly better than others, became extremely dazzling at this moment.
Overnight, Min Pan'er transformed from a grain of sand trampled into dust into the most beautiful girl in the Min family.
From that moment on, Min Pan'er's fate underwent a dramatic change.
She went from being a pitiful little girl who was bullied by everyone to becoming the apple of the eye of the Min family matriarch and the Min family patriarchs. After discussing it, they even changed Min Pan'er's status from an illegitimate daughter on the family tree to a legitimate daughter raised under the name of her legal mother, and her future was bright.
And her aunt finally got the status of a concubine, had a maid who served her carefully, and had the honor and dignity she deserved.
If things had ended there, Min Pan'er's successful comeback and the bittersweet reward could still be considered a remarkable story.
However, Min Pan'er's personality changed drastically after she turned her life around.
He always acts superior and condescending towards everyone.
She didn't let any of those who had bullied her get away with it.
She didn't let anyone off easy, not even those who hadn't bullied her but had merely watched coldly.
If that were all she was, it would be fine.
But she became increasingly arrogant, and if anyone rolled their eyes at her, she would gouge their eyes out.
If anyone speaks ill of her behind her back, she can cut their tongue out.
Even her cousin, who had once helped her, was ridiculed by her multiple times. Min Pan'er even made veiled accusations that she was always running to the Min family, perhaps hoping to marry into the Min family.
Jiang Hongling was truly furious.
But ironically, even though Min Pan'er went so far, not a single elder stepped forward to discipline her.
Over the years, Min Pan'er became the most arrogant girl in the Min family and even in the entire city of Huizhou! She also became the most disliked girl in the entire city of Huizhou!
A few days ago, the Min family announced that they were going to find a husband for Min Pan'er. But a few days later, Min Pan'er suddenly went missing.
Some say she was so hated that she was the victim of her enemies.
Some people say she's too beautiful, and that she might have been kidnapped and sold to a brothel.
Of course, some people said that she was victimized by the underhanded tactics of the Min family's inner quarters... pointing the finger directly at Min Pan'er's stepmother, Jiang Hongling's aunt, Madam Jiang.
Jiang Hongling came out to search for people for two reasons: first, to explore the world (run away from home), and second, to find Min Pan'er and prove her aunt's innocence.
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