In the ancestral hall, the Jiang family learned that the Ninth Prince had arrived, and they had already taken Shen Tingsi down from the rack while Jiang Xiancao was outside.
But his blood-stained hands were simply unbearable to look at.
The torture instruments that had not yet been put away were spread out on the ground, clearly visible.
Anyone who saw it knew what had just happened.
Jiang Xiancao saw these things, and then glanced at the faces of the other three people in the Jiang family, and suddenly curled his lips and smiled:
"So you're all here."
Yes, how could any of these mad dogs be absent from such a good thing as torturing their own sister?
Jiang Jinan and Jiang Jinzhen didn't say anything, but just looked at Jiang Xiancao with hostile eyes.
Jiang Jinyi couldn't stand her sharp gaze and couldn't help but speak as if to explain something:
"I wanted to stop them. I also said that the punishment was too severe, but they didn't listen..."
Hearing this, Jiang Jinan and Jiang Jinzhen both stared at him.
Jiang Jinan said angrily:
"Third brother, you told him all this because you want to be a traitor to the Jiang family? Do you still have the Jiang family and Zhu'er in your heart? I really misjudged you before!"
Jiang Jinzhen also said coldly:
"Instead of helping your own relatives, you help an outsider. Third Brother, do you think you can still be safe without the Jiang family?"
Jiang Jinyi clenched his fists and said loudly:
"It's precisely because I care about the Jiang family that I don't want you to mess around! What's the point of torturing Jiang Xiancao at this time? Even if you torture her into a confession, will Prince Zhan and the Emperor believe it?
The problem now is Zhu'er. We should find out whether she really did something and try our best to assist the Imperial City Division in investigating the case and clear ourselves of suspicion. This is what's best for the Jiang family!"
Jiang Jinyan happened to return to the ancestral hall at this time. Hearing Jiang Jinyi's words, he immediately sneered:
"No wonder you've been acting strangely since you came back. It turns out you really were planning to sell out Zhu'er to clear yourself of suspicion. You even said you had the Jiang family in your heart. Are you the only one who wants to clear yourself of suspicion?
Do you think that if you do this, the Ninth Prince and Prince Zhan will let you go?
Don't forget, if you weren't born into the Marquis of Wenning's mansion, with your status as a bastard, if you were born into a less prominent family, you wouldn't even have the chance to pass the imperial examinations!"
Jiang Jinyi's face turned pale, and he was so angry that he threw his sleeves and left:
"Okay, since you think so, I don't care. You can ruin the Jiang family as you please!"
Jiang Xiancao looked at the brothers fighting among themselves, with a slight smile on his face.
Ever since she found Jiang Jinyi and said those divisive words to him, she had never expected that this indecisive waste Jiang Jinyi could really find any useful evidence for her.
What she wanted was to sow the seeds of internal strife in Jiang Jinyi's heart. She wanted the brothers to turn against each other and make the family's dirty laundry public.
After all, the best way to disintegrate a force is to start from within.
She smiled and said to Jiang Jinyan:
"Master Jiang, have you forgotten what the Emperor's decree says? Now you've even resorted to lynching Miss Jiang. What's the penalty for disobeying the decree?"
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