Tang Yuan thought of what Shen Tingsi had taught her before:
"If our Second Young Miss doesn't change her clothes properly, her mood will worsen. When she meets the Ninth Prince at the blessing banquet, she will complain. The Ninth Prince listens to our Second Young Miss the most. He will definitely tell the Empress Dowager in public that the Wenning Marquisate is mistreating the legitimate daughter."
After hearing this, the maid didn't dare to say anything else. Tangyuan changed a silk skirt for Shen Tingsi.
The fabric of this skirt is nice, but the style is outdated.
When Shen Tingsi asked, he found out that except for a few pieces of clothing made for Jiang Xiancao when she just returned to the Marquis' Mansion, the Marquis's wife had never made new ones since then.
Tangyuan brought another jewelry box, which contained only a few simple hairpins.
Shen Tingsi frowned.
Even the headdresses worn by the maids in the palace are much better than these.
He picked two at random and put them on, then walked to the front yard.
The five young masters of the Jiang family were already waiting there with Jiang Huaizhu. Jiang Jinxing's face darkened the moment he saw him. "Who are you trying to impress by dressing so poorly?"
Shen Tingsi retorted without hesitation:
"What a shame! This is the best thing I found after searching through all my boxes and drawers. What you gave me is so shabby, and now you think I'm embarrassed to wear it out?"
"you!"
Jiang Jinxing was so angry that he threw his sleeves, but Jiang Huaizhu spoke at this time:
"I prepared a change of clothes. Since my sister doesn't have any good ones, she can wear mine."
Her tone was very friendly and sincere, and she didn't seem to hold any grudge against Jiang Xiancao for what had happened before.
Jiang Jinyan and others looked at her, with more or less admiration on their faces.
Especially Jiang Jinxing, he first praised Jiang Huaizhu's kindness and magnanimity, and then began to educate Shen Tingsi:
"You always complain that we favor your sister. Do we really favor her? She's just kinder and more sensible than you. No wonder we like her."
Jiang Jinan also took advantage of the opportunity to say:
"We know you harbor hatred towards Zhu'er, but the incident where Zhu'er fell into the water was actually a misunderstanding. She accidentally slipped and fell into the water, then misunderstood, thinking that you, who was standing behind her, pushed her.
If you hadn't always targeted Zhu'er and done so many sinister things, how could Zhu'er have suspected you?
As for the water-repellent pill, it was all fabricated by the Imperial City Bureau and the Ninth Prince. Zhu'er ended up in the center of the lake because of a strong wind that day, and an undercurrent pushed her over.
You see, Zhu Er took the initiative to lend you her clothes today, so you should know that someone like her would never intentionally harm you."
Jiang Jinyi also nodded and said:
"We're all sisters. Clear up the misunderstanding and stop dwelling on the past. Go change your clothes!"
Only Jiang Jinzhen, who was holding the Buddhist beads, did not speak. He just closed his eyes and silently recited Buddhist scriptures.
Shen Tingsi looked at them, then looked at Jiang Huaizhu.
Jiang Huaizhu's face was filled with guilt and self-blame. He walked over and gently held his hand, "Sister Cao'er, I misunderstood you before. I apologize to you.
But for the sake of our family, we can't quarrel anymore and continue to be good sisters, okay?"
Shen Tingsi listened to her gentle and kind words, but what emerged in his mind was the moment when he first passed it on to Jiang Xiancao——
Jiang Huaizhu took advantage of the fact that no one else was around and said those malicious words in front of him, and she also held his hand and stabbed it towards herself, trying to put him in a desperate situation with her sinister intention.
He knew very well that Jiang Huaizhu had never misunderstood Jiang Xiancao.
This woman, who looks beautiful on the outside but is rotten on the inside, is determined to harm "Jiang Xiancao".
It was like this before, and I’m afraid she won’t stop in the future.
If he can't even understand this, isn't he as stupid as the five young masters of the Jiang family?
Then he suddenly pulled back his hand:
"No, I don't wear clothes that have been worn by vicious women."
Jiang Jinyan said dissatisfiedly, "Zhu'er has apologized to you, what else do you want? Jiang Xiancao, don't be so shameless."
Shen Tingsi listened to this, even though he was just an outsider, he felt sorry for the real Jiang Xiancao, and said coldly:
"You are the shameless ones!"
Jiang Jinyan shouted angrily, "How dare you speak to your brother like that? You are so uneducated!"
He originally wanted to teach Jiang Xiancao a lesson using the family rules on the grounds that she was disrespectful to her brother, but thinking that the blessing banquet was about to begin, he swallowed his anger and said:
"Change your clothes and follow us to the blessing banquet."
Shen Tingsi raised his eyebrows and sneered, "Why?"
Why should he help these people who are only relatives in name but don't care about his life or death at all?
Jiang Jinyan looked at him for a while, then suddenly said:
"As long as you behave yourself at the blessing banquet, I promise that no one will disturb you in the future. The people around you will not be troubled either."
This condition really touched Shen Tingsi's heart.
He had to live in the Marquis' Mansion until the people from the Imperial City Bureau took him away. If there were any ignorant people who repeatedly came to cause trouble for him and Tangyuan, although he could use the title of the Ninth Prince to deal with them, it would still be troublesome and not a good idea.
He was silent for a moment, then said coldly, "How do I know you will keep your promise?"
In his heart, Jiang Jinyan now has no credibility at all.
"I swear to you on the reputation of the Jiang family."
Jiang Jinyan said in a deep voice, "If I lied to you, I would lose my official position and ruin the Jiang family's reputation. Now you can finally rest assured, right?"
Shen Tingsi knew that besides Jiang Huaizhu, what Jiang Jinyan valued most was the family reputation.
All the other party wanted was for him to change his clothes.
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