Han Qingyue also knew that she had said the wrong thing and got into trouble. She cursed those stubborn people who helped Jiang Mingzhi in her heart, but she didn't dare to show it on her face. She thought Bai Huiniang would say a few good words for her, but she didn't get any after waiting for a cup of tea. Han Qingyue was angry and a little scared, so she had to cover her face and turned away in grievance.
"Qingyue!" Bai Hui Niang wanted to call Han Qingyue, but Han Qingyue just wanted to avoid the limelight at the moment, so how could she listen to her?
"How dare you! You don't even know how to behave when you see our Princess Jin. Didn't your Jinyi Marquisate teach you the rules?"
A nanny beside Bai Hui Niang stood up and angrily scolded Jiang Mingzhi who was still standing there.
Jiang Mingzhi frowned when he heard this and turned to look at Bai Hui Niang.
Just now, he was only focused on the confrontation with Han Qingyue and did not take a close look at Bai Hui Niang. Now looking at her, it seems that she is living a good life.
Today she was wearing a gorgeous crimson-purple gown embroidered with gold patterns of fortune and luck, with her hair styled in a Chaoyun bun and a headpiece adorned with purple gemstones. However, the headpiece looked very familiar, and she soon remembered that it seemed to be the headpiece her mother had given her as part of her dowry.
She was the most favored eldest daughter of the Zhou family, and her father always loved his wife and daughters. Therefore, when she married Chu Jincheng, she brought a dowry of 160 loads, of which 30 loads were gold, silver, gemstones, jewelry and head ornaments. There were many and varied things in Prince Jin's Mansion, so she only left 20 loads of jewelry in the mansion, and then gave the rest to Lu Yun for safekeeping along with other land and shops.
Even so, her jewelry had not been repeated in the past ten years, and now it appeared in Bai Hui Niang's hands. It was obvious that she was jealous of her good things and shamelessly took them for herself.
Jiang Mingzhi couldn't help but feel secretly resentful, wondering how could his things be taken away by this couple.
"Princess Jin?"
Jiang Mingzhi blinked her bright eyes and looked at the old woman who spoke with some confusion, "Didn't Princess Jin die of illness? There is no Princess Jin. It's broad daylight. Don't scare people with such lies, old woman."
The old woman was stunned. They were all used to calling Bai Hui Niang the princess in the mansion. In the past, if anyone called her the concubine princess in front of her, Bai Hui Niang would not get angry openly, but would punish the person secretly. Therefore, everyone in the mansion tacitly changed their way of speaking and called Bai Hui Niang the princess. However, they did not expect that this silly eldest daughter of the Marquis of Jinyi would bring up the matter at this time.
"Are you the eldest daughter of the Marquis of Jinyi's Mansion?" Seeing that the old woman was embarrassed, Bai Hui Niang took the initiative to take over the conversation, wanting to put the matter behind her.
Jiang Mingzhi, however, was unwilling to just turn the page. She stared at the old woman and suddenly raised her voice, scolding her, "Where are you from? How dare you pretend to be Princess Jin here? You didn't even ask how long ago Princess Jin passed away? Tell the truth, or I'll have you taken to the government!"
She simply ignored Bai Hui Niang's words, which made Bai Hui Niang very embarrassed. The old woman had never encountered such a thing before, and she really didn't know how to respond for a moment. When she heard Jiang Mingzhi say that she would be sent to the government, she panicked and looked at Bai Hui Niang, calling her "Princess" nervously.
If she said that this was not the princess, but the concubine of Prince Jin, she would probably be punished when she returned. Now she could only leave the matter to Bai Hui Niang to deal with.
Bai Hui Niang had just seen how eloquent Jiang Mingzhi was. She couldn't possibly quarrel with Jiang Mingzhi like Han Qingyue did. It would be better for her to explain herself first and not make a fool of herself.
"Ahem..." Bai Hui Niang covered her chest and coughed weakly twice. Seeing everyone's attention shift from the old woman to herself, she slowly spoke, "Miss Jiang, you misunderstood. My people just spoke too quickly and didn't use the word 'side'. Why are you nitpicking and targeting a small figure?"
She was smiling but hiding a dagger, gentle but with a hidden stick, and she was staring at people with a smile to scare them. It was inevitable that people would think that Jiang Mingzhi was being unreasonable and deliberately making things difficult for a servant, a good trick of hiding a needle in cotton.
Jiang Mingzhi looked at the face with a gentle smile, and the words she had said before emerged in his mind. His son died in her hands. This woman was so cruel to kill such a young child. It was obvious that she was extremely vicious.
She had her own plan for the child. Even though she now knew that he was not her own son but Bai Hui Niang's, she could not be as heartless as Bai Hui Niang. What had the child done wrong?
She really wanted to ask Bai Hui Niang what the child had done wrong, why she had to attack the child when she was being targeted, but she didn't ask. She had already died once, and asking the evildoer for an answer was a foolish thing that only happened once. What she had to do now was to give the evildoer a heavy blow, to make him regret it, to make him tremble with fear, and it would be too late to regret!
Bai Hui Niang watched Jiang Mingzhi's eyes gradually become clearer from dark, and she was a little confused about what she was thinking.
"So you are the concubine of Prince Jin." Jiang Mingzhi was calm and composed, and apologized directly for her behavior. "I am stupid, and I hope that Concubine Jin will forgive my youth and incomprehension."
She emphasized the word "side" very strongly, and when Bai Huiniang heard it, it was as if thousands of thorns were piercing her ears!
Young... ignorant?
Bai Hui Niang was almost so angry that she laughed. She had seen shameless people, but she had never seen someone so shameless. What's more, the other person simply admitted his mistake generously. If she still cared about it, it would be her fault. The other person was so magnanimous. If she was petty and cared about it, wouldn't she be at a disadvantage?
"Miss Jiang should be good at Cuju, right?"
Bai Hui Niang looked at Jiang Mingzhi, with an ambiguous smile in her eyes. Jiang Mingzhi listened obediently and knew what she meant. He kicked the ball back directly. Bai Hui Niang must have hated herself in her heart.
"I'm not good at it." Jiang Mingzhi feigned ignorance and shook her head in confusion. "Princess, you don't know, I was ill when I was a child, and my mind was blocked for more than ten years. I'm only recovering now, so I don't know the pastimes that young ladies from aristocratic families like."
Cuju is not only enjoyed by men, but also a pastime for the young ladies of noble families in their spare time. The current emperor Chu Muyuan said that Cuju can strengthen the body and show off a woman's beautiful figure. It is an elegant activity. Moreover, Cuju requires a relatively large venue, and only the young ladies and gentlemen of wealthy families can afford to play it. Therefore, it has become an entertainment activity that shows one's status.
In fact, the real Zhou Suihuan was very good at Cuju. Among the women in Bianjing, she said she was the second best at Cuju, and no one dared to say that she was the best. But she said so deliberately in order to be realistic. After all, if a fool like her said that she was good at Cuju, others would not only not believe her, but would also think she was exaggerating. Why bother!
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