Chapter 506 Expelled from the Jiang Family
Everyone present was deeply moved.
"Sister..." Jiang Yingluo called out softly, her eyes red. This call came from the bottom of her heart, and was more sincere than ever before.
Min Pan'er rushed over and knelt on the ground, hugging Jiang Hongling tightly, crying, "Enough! Sister! Enough!"
"I was wrong! I know I was wrong! I will never do it again!"
Jiang Hongling forcefully broke free from Min Pan'er's embrace and kowtowed to Su Rongrong again.
He seemed determined to kowtow until Su Rongrong begged for forgiveness.
However, before Jiang Hongling could kowtow a second time, Min Pan'er had already slammed her head heavily onto the ground first.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!" Three resounding thuds followed.
"Sister, don't kowtow anymore. I made a mistake, I'll do it myself." Min Pan'er said, and then kowtowed three more times.
Jiang Hongling ignored Min Pan'er and continued kowtowing as if nothing had happened.
When she kowtowed for the third time, Su Rongrong finally sighed and said helplessly, "Get up, I won't pursue this matter any further."
Upon hearing this, Jiang Hongling finally stopped kowtowing. "Thank you for your magnanimity, Madam."
Min Pan'er also stopped. Whether she truly knew she was wrong or was trying to appease Jiang Hongling, Min Pan'er's kowtow was quite forceful, and her forehead was now swollen and red, making her look extremely pitiful.
She reached out to help Jiang Hongling, who was trying to get up. But Jiang Hongling resolutely shook off her hand and staggered to her feet.
"Madam." Jiang Hongling walked unsteadily to Qiao Qinghe's side.
“Miss Jiang, you should know that everyone has their limits. I have already given you a chance.” Qiao Qinghe stated her position directly without giving Jiang Hongling a chance to speak.
She had given Min Pan'er a chance back in the border town.
At that time, she really wanted to kill Min Pan'er. But in the end, due to a combination of factors, she only made Min Pan'er kowtow to A Jiu and apologize, and then let the matter drop.
But now, Min Pan'er has crossed her bottom line again.
Therefore, this time, she will not, and cannot, let Min Pan'er off the hook again.
Jiang Hongling smiled weakly, "I know the old lady won't forgive Pan'er, and I don't pray that she will."
"Then why are you still..." Qiao Qinghe frowned slightly.
Jiang Hongling turned to look at Jiang Yingluo, who was nestled in Xiao Qianshi's arms, before saying, "Yingluo isn't a bad person, she's just a bit jealous. That's why she was easily provoked and did something wrong."
"I earnestly request that the old lady consider this as her first offense and give her a chance to reform."
Qiao Qinghe looked at Jiang Hongling with a deep gaze, neither agreeing nor disagreeing.
The current Jiang Hongling made her feel inexplicably strange.
Seeing that Qiao Qinghe remained silent for a long time, Jiang Hongling spoke again: "The old lady said she would grant me a promise. I will use this promise to exchange for the old lady's forgiveness of Yingluo this time. Is that alright?"
Qiao Qinghe narrowed her eyes. "Have you thought this through? I said I could ask Doctor Mu to examine you. Your health doesn't look very good."
Jiang Hongling nodded affirmatively, "I've been examined by doctors in the capital, and there's nothing seriously wrong with my health. There's no need to trouble Doctor Mu."
Seeing Jiang Hongling's resolute attitude, Qiao Qinghe glanced at Jiang Yingluo, looked away, and nodded in agreement, "Okay. I promise you."
"Thank you, Madam!" Jiang Hongling curtsied. After thinking for a moment, she knelt down and kowtowed to Qiao Qinghe.
"Sister!" Jiang Yingluo rushed over, crying, and helped Jiang Hongling up. She sincerely apologized, "Sister, I'm sorry, I was wrong. I used to be jealous that you were the eldest daughter and loved by the elders, so I always wanted to take everything away from you. I'm sorry, I was wrong!"
Jiang Yingluo knew from a young age that her mother was only a second wife, and that she had to perform the concubine's rites before Jiang Hongling's mother's memorial tablet every time she worshipped her ancestors. She also always seemed to be inferior to Jiang Hongling.
Whether it's something good or a good marriage, the elders in the family always consider Jiang Hongling first because she is the eldest daughter of the legitimate wife and a motherless child, so she is always given preferential treatment.
Before Jiang Hongling and her mother had a falling out, her mother always told her to be patient, to please, and to coax Jiang Hongling.
She knew that her mother was only superficially kind to Jiang Hongling, and that all the real benefits went to her.
However, she remained jealous and resentful.
Why can Jiang Hongling live a carefree and unrestrained life, running away from home whenever she wants, while she has to be a virtuous and gentle lady from a prestigious family?
Therefore, she has never liked this older sister since she was a child.
But why is it this sister she hates who steps up to clean up the mess after she commits such a terrible crime?
At that moment, a wave of guilt washed over me.
She regretted it. They were sisters; they should have been the closest of confidantes. But because of her jealousy and her hypocrisy, she almost lost her best sister.
Jiang Hongling gently patted Jiang Yingluo's head twice and said with a smile, "I forgive you. Let bygones be bygones."
"Sister!" Jiang Yingluo cried and threw herself into Jiang Hongling's arms.
Jiang Hongling hugged him back, then pushed him away, saying, "I still have things to do. You go to Mother's side first."
"Mmm." Jiang Yingluo nodded obediently and reluctantly walked back to Xiao Qian's side.
At this moment, Xiao Qian felt a mix of emotions.
She never expected Jiang Hongling to defend her daughter like this.
She was never sincere towards Jiang Hongling. Ever since she married Jiang Fu as his second wife, she had been scheming to take advantage of her stepdaughter.
Both were daughters of the Qian family, but her older sister married into the family as the principal wife, while she could only be a concubine or a second wife. She was always inferior to others.
She never imagined that if she weren't Jiang Hongling's aunt, she, as an illegitimate daughter, wouldn't even have the right to marry into the Jiang family as a second wife.
Jiang Hongling was unaware of, and did not care about, how the Jiang family mother and daughter's mindset had changed.
She was staring blankly at Min Pan'er, her eyes filled with an overwhelming sense of disappointment and loss.
"sister……"
Min Pan'er looked at Jiang Hongling nervously, her unease growing rapidly. "Don't look at me like that, I'm scared."
“I know I did something wrong. You can punish me as you please, I will not say a word.”
"Please, please..."
Min Pan'er realized what was happening. She gripped Jiang Hongling's hand tightly, tears streaming down her face, but she still couldn't help but plead, "Please don't send me away, don't abandon me, don't leave me."
"You said you would always be by my side."
"Sister...you said it yourself! You can't go back on your word!"
Jiang Hongling looked at Min Pan'er apologetically and said in a resolute yet difficult tone, "I'm sorry, I have to break my promise."
"You should leave. The Jiang family can no longer take you in."
Min Pan'er looked at Jiang Hongling in disbelief, "You, you really want to send me away?"
At that moment, the light in Min Pan'er's eyes gradually faded. "You promised me, you promised me..."
Jiang Hongling turned her face away, refusing to look at Min Pan'er's broken expression, afraid that she would regret it.
"I can't let you destroy the Jiang family," Jiang Hongling said cruelly. "So, leave."
"From now on, you have no further connection with the Jiang family."
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