Chapter 504: Smooth Talk
"I, I..." Jiang Yingluo's face turned pale, her whole body trembled, and even breathing became extremely difficult.
What should she do?
Are you suggesting she publicly admit that she tried to scheme against Lady Enping, ruining her reputation and innocence, only to end up being tied up by someone else?
Will she still have a reputation? Will she still be able to establish herself in the capital? Will she still be able to get married?
No! She shouldn't be thinking about her reputation or marriage, but rather whether she can survive after doing something like this.
Jiang Yingluo looked at Qiao Qinghe with pleading eyes, hoping that Qiao Qinghe would give her some hints, considering that she had honestly confessed before.
Qiao Qinghe received Jiang Yingluo's pleading look, but said nothing, only glancing indifferently at Min Pan'er.
Jiang Yingluo seemed to have received a great hint; her eyes lit up, and her panic subsided slightly.
She suddenly pointed at Min Pan'er and shouted, "It's you! You said you wanted to marry the Earl of Enping and that you wanted to use the young princess of the Shun'an Prince's Mansion to get rid of the Earl of Enping's wife!"
"I did the wrong thing today because I was trying to help you!"
"And now you're turning around and kicking me when I'm down! How can you be so vicious?"
Upon hearing this, everyone turned to look at Min Pan'er, their eyes filled with strange expressions.
Good heavens, are the Jiang sisters going to kill each other?
Min Pan'er immediately showed an extremely shocked expression, and then, with red eyes, she retorted aggrievedly, "Third sister, how can you make false accusations?"
"How could I, a cripple, dare to dream of marrying a hero like the Earl of Enping?"
Even if you gave me ten times the courage, I still wouldn't dare.
"Besides, I'm just the Jiang family's adopted daughter. My grandfather took pity on me, which is why my parents accepted me. I'm not the Jiang family's real daughter, nor am I your biological sister..."
Min Pan'er glanced at Xiao Qianshi cautiously, her eyes filled with fear.
She paused for a moment before continuing, "Third Sister, you dare to be so disrespectful even to your own elder sister, so how could you possibly listen to me and risk everything to murder Lady Enping in order to help me?"
Min Pan'er's reasoned words and every unintentional expression she made spoke volumes about how cautious and timid she was in the Jiang family.
People tend to sympathize with the weak. Compared to her, Jiang Yingluo's words lacked credibility.
"Third sister, you should tell the truth and apologize sincerely to Madam Enping and Old Madam Qiao. I believe that as long as you apologize sincerely, they will forgive you," Min Pan'er advised sincerely.
The others chimed in, "Second Miss is right. Third Miss would be better off being more honest."
"That's right, Madam Qiao isn't an unreasonable person. As long as you sincerely apologize, I believe Madam Qiao will forgive you. Isn't that right, Madam?"
Everyone looked at Qiao Qinghe, waiting for her reaction.
Qiao Qinghe scoffed, her gaze sharp as she looked at Min Pan'er. "How did Miss Jiang know that today's events were aimed at Madam Enping?"
"Since you arrived, neither Miss Jiang nor I seem to have said a word about what happened here, have we?"
"How could Miss Jiang Er be so certain that it was Miss Jiang San who plotted to murder Madam Enping?"
"Could it be that Miss Jiang can predict the future?"
"Or is it that all of this was part of Miss Jiang's plan?"
Min Pan'er was only stunned for a moment before she quickly explained, "Madam has misunderstood me."
“When the old lady was asking about the wife of the Earl of Enping from my eldest sister, I noticed that the old lady looked unwell, so I guessed that something might have happened to the wife of the Earl of Enping.”
"Right now, I can see that Lady Enping looks unwell and is very weak. To make matters worse, my third sister has been tied up by the old lady, and the two servants are in such a terrible state..."
Therefore, everything is self-evident.
The argument was logical and well-founded, and everyone nodded in agreement.
Qiao Qinghe scoffed, not bothering to argue with Min Pan'er, but instead giving Jiang Yingluo a disdainful look.
See, that's the difference.
With Jiang Yingluo's brain, she actually wants Min Pan'er to take the blame for her?
Isn't that overestimating themselves?
Just then, as if provoked, Jiang Yingluo suddenly realized something and pointed at Min Pan'er, saying, "It was all your scheme!"
"Because of you, the Jiang family entered the capital, so Grandpa dotes on you, and the servants in the mansion are at your beck and call."
"You're the one who tricked them into falling into my trap! Didn't you?"
"You never really wanted to marry the Earl of Enping, did you?"
"You said that to incite my jealousy and lure me into your trap!"
"Even my plot to murder Lady Enping today was something you planned beforehand, wasn't it?"
"Jiang Hongling is your accomplice too!"
"You deliberately feigned illness to draw everyone's attention away, creating an opportunity for me to lure the lone Earl of Enping here."
"Bring your men here again and expose this on the spot!"
"If my plan succeeds, Lady Enping's reputation will be ruined, and she might even be divorced by the Earl of Enping."
“In that case, I’m doomed. But you can use this as an opportunity to curry favor with Princess Feng.”
“If my scheme fails and the reputation of the Earl of Enping is damaged, the Earl and his wife will still not forgive me.”
“I will also be branded as a vicious person. I might even be expelled from the Jiang family, or secretly killed.”
"In any case, it's a win-win situation for you."
"Min Pan'er, what a meticulous mind you have, what a vicious scheme! In the end, all I did was call you a cripple a few times, and you went to such lengths to scheme against me?"
When Jiang Yingluo began her long speech, everyone gasped.
Even Qiao Qinghe began to look at her with new respect.
That's it, they've finally figured it out!
However, this is for the best. Jiang Yingluo exposed all the schemes herself, so she doesn't have to waste any more words.
She had originally instructed Zhuxi to secretly send Aqi away. Her plan was to quietly deal with Jiang Yingluo and her servants, then walk out openly, pretending that everything had nothing to do with them.
But now that she'd been caught red-handed, she wasn't going to try to cover it up anymore.
Let's just throw caution to the wind and do whatever we want, who's afraid of who?
With Jiang Yingluo's words, she could save herself a lot of trouble.
However, Jiang Yingluo hadn't gotten to the crucial point yet.
Sure enough, no sooner had she finished speaking than Min Pan'er seized on the loophole in her words and launched a counterattack.
"Third sister, one must have a conscience!"
"Grandpa and my parents gave me a home and a noble status. I am grateful to the Jiang family. How could I possibly harbor resentment because of a few sarcastic remarks from you?"
Min Pan'er looked at Jiang Yingluo with disapproval in her eyes and asked in a pained tone, "You said I schemed against you and made you plot against Lady Enping?"
"Then tell me, what benefit would I gain from doing this, or from the Jiang family?"
"Whether the plot to murder Lady Enping succeeds or fails, it will undoubtedly anger the Earl of Enping."
"I'm not afraid to say it, but the Earl of Enping is a man who killed his father and mother. If we anger him, do you think the Jiang family can escape his revenge?"
"If the Jiang family falls, what benefit can I, as a daughter of the Jiang family, possibly gain?"
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