Yan Xiao's attitude just now, compared to Qiao Jiaojiao's pitiful appearance, would make anyone who saw it feel that Qiao Jiaojiao had suffered a great injustice.
People tend to sympathize with the weak, and given the detailed and convincing account of Qiao Jiaojiao, as well as the unconscious Granny Li lying on the ground, many onlookers looked at them with pity and sympathy.
If the person being accused were an ordinary person, they would already be being criticized and attacked by these people.
However, since the other party was Yan Xiao, the legitimate mistress of Jiangbei City, none of the onlookers, unless they were out of their minds, dared to confront her directly.
However, whispers were inevitable. If Yan Xiao didn't handle this matter well today, her reputation for being arrogant and domineering would spread throughout the entire Jiangbei City before tonight.
Although Yanxiao is not someone who cares much about his reputation, it's one thing for him not to care, but it's quite another for him to be schemed against and threatened.
Besides wanting to curse, the main reason she said those things was to see if Granny Li had really fainted or was just trying to scam someone, so she could figure out the best way to handle the situation.
Although Qiao Jiaojiao's movements were subtle, they did not escape her eyes. She was now almost certain that Granny Li had not fainted at all.
Today's incident was probably because a few days ago, she had someone cut off the support and monthly allowance for the mother and daughter. The two of them were unwilling to compromise and deliberately staged this scene for her.
The purpose was to use the kindness shown by Li Mama's deceased son to Shen Muzhi to morally blackmail her and force her to compromise.
Unfortunately, she hadn't been poisoned by the ancient ideas of the three obediences and four virtues for women, so she didn't regard her husband as her husband, nor did she feel that the debt of gratitude owed to Shen Muzhi had anything to do with her words and laughter. Moreover, she didn't seem to have any morals.
This mother and daughter are really targeting the wrong people if they want to morally blackmail her.
Yan Xiao thought for a moment, then whispered a few words to Zhao Qian, and then instructed someone to prepare some melon seeds, snacks and tea for her. She also brought out a reclining chair and sat down as if no one else was there.
Then she lay half-reclined on the recliner, cracking sunflower seeds while watching Qiao Jiaojiao's performance, giving off an air of detachment and indifference.
While doing all this, she didn't look at Qiao Jiaojiao and her daughter even once, let alone respond to Qiao Jiaojiao's accusations, completely ignoring them.
Qiao Jiaojiao was shocked that Yan Xiao would ignore her like this in front of so many people. She was directly provoked by Yan Xiao's indifferent attitude.
She almost couldn't maintain her weak and pitiful expression. She pointed at Yan Xiao and kept saying "you, you, you" for a long time, but found that as long as Yan Xiao risked her reputation and didn't ignore her, she couldn't do anything about it.
But she had already gone all out by coming here with her mother today; if she didn't achieve her goal today, it would be even more impossible in the future.
Thinking of this, she gritted her teeth and immediately continued to sob.
"Madam, what do you mean by this? Do you really intend to kill my mother and me? I beg you, please save my mother. If the general were here, he would not stand by and watch her die."
Not to mention Qiao Jiaojiao, even the onlookers who were waiting for Yan Xiao to explain were confused by Yan Xiao's actions and didn't know what she meant.
While some might call her arrogant and domineering, she allowed Qiao Jiaojiao and her daughter to cause a scene at the entrance of Yuanyitang without using her power to drive them away.
If you say she's guilty and doesn't dare to make a scene in front of so many people, then why is she sitting there so leisurely eating sunflower seeds, acting more like a spectator than the onlookers themselves?
The onlookers looked at Qiao Jiaojiao, who was crying pitifully, and then at Yan Xiao, who was leisurely eating melon seeds and watching Qiao Jiaojiao's tearful plea. They felt that the scene was somewhat eerie.
Just as they were wondering what Yanxiao was planning, a gentle yet slightly disapproving female voice suddenly rang out from the crowd:
"Madam, how can you act like this?"
Although there were many onlookers, no one dared to speak like that, so the woman's voice sounded rather abrupt.
Many onlookers instinctively looked towards the source of the sound and tacitly made way for it.
Then a beautiful woman dressed in white came out.
She was frowning slightly, looking in the direction where Yan Xiao was with a disapproving expression.
Most people here recognized the woman who had suddenly appeared, including Yan Xiao.
Yan Xiao has been focused on making money lately and has almost forgotten about the original female lead. Counting the time, she hasn't seen her since their last parting at the city tower.
A hint of doubt flashed in Yan Xiao's eyes. She didn't understand why Jiang Xinrui was here. Putting everything else aside, as a military doctor, she should have gone on the expedition with Shen Muzhi.
Regardless of why the other person is here, just from the way they look at me now, and from what could be considered an interrogation, it's obvious without even thinking that they're not here to reminisce.
Yan Xiao sat up a little straighter, as if she had finally become somewhat interested, but she still showed no intention of getting up, only saying indifferently:
"Who do we have here? It's Doctor Jiang! It's been a long time! I didn't expect Doctor Jiang to be interested in watching a show!"
Yan Xiao never likes to do things that are met with indifference. The last two times, she was blinded by the original plot and had a natural bias towards Jiang Xinrui, thinking that with her beautiful, kind, and saintly persona, she would be easy to manipulate.
It turned out that I had been deluding myself.
After returning home, she cast aside those illusions and carefully examined all her interactions with Jiang Xinrui, only to find herself acting like a complete idiot.
Whether she likes it or not, there's only one reason why Jiang Xinrui would see her: rivals meeting in love are bound to be extremely hostile.
As for the supposedly virtuous and beautiful character archetype, how could she forget that this is a male-oriented novel? It's fine for men to write about men, but writing about women...
Ha~, it's not that he looks down on men, but he genuinely doubts whether they can distinguish between a saint and a hypocrite.
Jiang Xinrui also noticed that Yan Xiao's attitude towards her was much colder this time. She didn't think much of it, assuming it was because she had rejected her last time.
Hearing Yan Xiao's question, she quickly concealed a hint of unease in her eyes and replied:
"I just happened to be passing by."
After speaking, he glanced at Granny Li lying on the ground and Qiao Jiaojiao, whose eyes were red from crying, his face full of pity. When he looked at Yan Xiao, who was still leisurely cracking melon seeds, his tone had become admonishing:
"Madam, as a doctor, even if you have some misunderstanding with Granny Li and her daughter, you can't just stand by and watch her die, leaving her lying here like this."
Moreover, his son had saved the general's life. The wife and general were husband and wife, sharing both glory and misfortune; it was only right and proper for her to lend a helping hand.
Upon hearing this, Yan Xiao paused slightly while eating sunflower seeds, then looked up and carefully examined Jiang Xinrui, not missing the slightest change in her expression.
Then, as if he had discovered something extremely amusing, he chuckled a few times, slowly stood up, and lightly patted the sunflower seed shell fragments off his clothes, giving Zhao Qian a somewhat disgruntled look:
"Why hasn't Butler Zhang arrived yet?"
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