"How dare you!" Jiang Rongqing glared at his eldest daughter. "You actually cursed your own father! Do you have any manners left in you? Don't think that just because the Wang family has returned to the capital, you'll have someone to back you up. I'm telling you, as long as you have the surname Jiang, you'll be my daughter. If the father wants the son to die, the son has to die. Don't think the Wang family can get their hands on the Marquis' Mansion!"
When Jiang Mingzhi heard that the Wang family had returned to Beijing, she was stunned. How come she didn't know about this and when did it happen?
The doubt was only fleeting, and she quickly returned to normal. Jiang Rongqing felt a little better after his outburst, but there was always an uncomfortable atmosphere in Mo Chunyuan. Thinking of what Feng said about a hard fate and bad luck in marriage, he looked at his eldest daughter again: "The master calculated your horoscope and said that you have a hard fate and bad luck in marriage. Now there are rumors outside that Zhen'er is the one with the hard fate and bad luck in marriage. Could this matter be related to you?"
Jiang Mingzhi raised his eyebrows. "Why, if I say it has nothing to do with me, will father believe me? If I say it has something to do with me, what will father do?"
"If you did it, the Marquis' Mansion will definitely not tolerate you!"
Jiang Mingzhi listened with a heart as cold as iron. It didn't matter how many evil things Feng's mother and daughter had done. If she retaliated, she would be committing a capital crime. Her father was really a good material for being an official!
"Okay, then father can just send someone out and tell everyone that I'm the one with the hard fate and the bad luck."
She looked at Jiang Rongqing with a smile, as if she was a dead pig that was not afraid of boiling water. Jiang Rongqing was furious at being looked at, but Jiang Mingzhi seemed to be unmoved by anything he said. He was full of anger, but had nowhere to vent it, as if he had punched cotton hard.
After taking two deep breaths, Jiang Rongqing finally suppressed the urge to fly into a rage. After a few breaths, he looked at his eldest daughter and said slowly, "No matter what, we can't let people think that the girls of our Jinyi Marquis Mansion are uneducated. Don't forget, your sisters are still married."
After a pause, he continued, "Early tomorrow morning, you will take some gifts to the Prince Jin's Mansion and the Marquis Changyuan's Mansion to personally apologize to the Princess Jin and Miss Han."
I thought Jiang Mingzhi would refuse, but she agreed so readily.
This surprised Jiang Rongqing greatly, but seeing that she was finally willing to be obedient, Jiang Rongqing's expression improved.
After Jiang Rongqing left, Qingtang came forward and said, "Miss, the Marquis has always been partial. Don't take what he said to heart."
Thinking that the two were father and daughter after all, the young lady must be feeling bad that things had come to this, and Qingtang felt distressed as well.
Jiang Mingzhi is not a person without consciousness. She also has feelings. Not to mention arguing with her father, even arguing with a stranger would be uncomfortable. In addition, she still has a little consciousness left from the original owner, which makes this feeling even worse.
Her own father treated her like a worn-out shoe. He knew that she had been wronged over the years, but he still pretended to be deaf and dumb and tried to gloss over the situation. This feeling was really unpleasant.
She sat there straight for a long while before she sighed and leaned her head against Qingtang's body. "Qingtang, tell me, when will these days end?"
Qingtang smiled bitterly, reached out and touched Jiang Mingzhi's hair, and said softly: "Miss is a blessed person. She has suffered a lot in recent years, but everything will go smoothly in the future. She will definitely marry a man of her dreams and live a happy life with him."
Jiang Mingzhi listened, feeling bitter in her heart. She no longer had any expectations for days like this.
Fortunately, she was never a sentimental person, and she quickly cast aside those regrets. She asked Qingtang, "Do you know when my uncle and his family returned to Beijing?"
After asking, he felt funny again. If Qingtang knew, why didn't she tell him? Logically, Lu Yun should know, but she was busy fighting wits and courage with the Feng family these days. It seemed that Lu Yun didn't find a suitable opportunity to tell him.
"Miss, I don't know anything about this either, but since they've already returned to Beijing, that's a good thing. I'll go and find out."
Jiang Mingzhi nodded, thinking that this was a good idea. Since Jiang Rongqing knew about the Wang family's move to Beijing, it must not be a secret, so he asked Qingtang to find out.
But Qingtang was a little confused: "Miss, do we really have to apologize to Prince Jin's concubine and Miss Han tomorrow?"
She didn't agree with this. It was obviously the other party who caused trouble first, so why was it the young lady who had to apologize in the end?
Jiang Mingzhi looked at Qingtang, curled the corners of his lips, and revealed a sly smile.
"Silly Qingtang, if we want to apologize to the Earl's Mansion and the Prince's Mansion, we must give them gifts that are worth showing off. You must know what the situation is like in the mansion these days, right?"
How could Qingtang not know that Feng had even cut back on the servants' clothes, which showed that she was already stretched to the limit. However, she also had to maintain the reputation of the Marquis' Mansion. The food, clothing and other expenses of the young ladies were a considerable expense. It would probably be difficult for her to come up with a hundred taels of silver now.
If they were to prepare two generous gifts at the same time, the Marquis' Mansion would have to tear down the east wall to repair the west wall.
"Miss is still wise."
Jiang Mingzhi has no feelings for this family. Even if the Jiang family is unkind to her, don't blame her for being unfair. If she didn't still care about Jiang Yushu, the situation would be even uglier.
Feng, who was in a state of panic at the Feng family, came back exhausted at dusk.
She looked unhappy, and the passing maids avoided her. She was also fined several months' salary by Feng. She returned to Qinghuiyuan with a gloomy face.
"Ma'am, do you really agree?"
Nanny Duan thought about the result discussed by everyone in the Feng family and asked uncertainly.
"What promises? Are they crazy? Jiang Mingzhi hasn't done anything yet, and they really dare to ask her to be their concubine." After saying that, he gulped down a bowl of tea and continued, "I can't rely on my sister-in-law now. She messed up such a simple thing. I really don't know what's going on in her mind!"
Nanny Duan sighed, "What a pity! Madam has given her so many benefits, but now they are all gone."
Feng's eyes suddenly turned cold, which scared Duan's mother.
"There are some things you should be careful about when you say them, mother. If someone hears them, how can we survive in the mansion?"
Mother Duan knew she had spoken out of turn and quickly slapped herself twice on the mouth, "It was I who spoke too much."
Seeing her like this, Feng waved her hand again, "Alright, stop blaming yourself. Now help me think of some way to make Jiang Mingzhi marry into the Feng family."
"Marry?" Mother Duan caught the word. "Didn't they say that Miss Pei would be the eldest lady? How can the eldest lady marry?"
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