The news that the Queen Mother was going to hold a grand birthday banquet for Princess Wen Yi also reached the Wen Ning Marquis's Mansion.
At this time, the old lady and the marquis' wife happened to come back with their female relatives.
In the main hall of the inner house, the old lady Qin sat high in the main seat.
She has been practicing Buddhism for many years and always looks kind and gentle. She doesn't even care about family affairs, and has handed over the power of managing the family to her eldest daughter-in-law, Mrs. Lu.
Therefore, the younger generations in the family were not very afraid of her and thought that she was just a grandmother who doted on them.
But now, when she frowned and swept her sharp eyes over everyone present, no one dared to say a word.
Finally, Marquis Wenning stood up and spoke slowly:
"Mother, all that happened before was because I didn't manage the family well and failed to teach Jinyan and the others well, which is why such a big disaster happened. Now that I am at home, Jinyan and the others know how to repent. I promise you that no one in the Jiang family will do anything to discredit the family again."
After he finished speaking, his eyes fell on Shen Tingsi inadvertently.
Shen Tingsi sat next to Marquis Lu, the wife of the Marquis. When he noticed that Marquis Wenning was staring at him, he sneered silently.
And his subtle expression just happened to fall into the eyes of Old Lady Qin.
Qin placed the teacup heavily on the tray held by the maid and asked in a stern tone:
"Little girl, what are you laughing at? Do you disagree with what your father said?"
Hearing this, everyone looked at Shen Tingsi.
The Marquis's wife, Madam Lu, who was sitting beside him, took a deep breath, grabbed his hand, and said, "You've been in the Metropolitan Marquis' Mansion for so long, how come you still don't know etiquette? You dare to disrespect the adults! Why don't you apologize to your grandmother and father?"
Mrs. Lu knew that her daughter suffered a lot when she was not at home.
But she didn't think that Jiang Xiancao was really that wronged.
Zhu'er is such a well-behaved and kind child, and the whole family likes her. Why does she become so vicious when she comes to Jiang Xiancao?
Jiang Xiancao must have done something extremely excessive first, which forced Zhu'er to this point.
Zhu'er is an adopted daughter who already has a deep sense of inferiority due to her blood relationship. The appearance of Jiang Xiancao is a deep hurt to her. However, Jiang Xiancao, who brought the hurt, not only has no guilt, but also uses his status to oppress Zhu'er, ambitiously wanting to take away everything from Zhu'er.
Even if Jiang Xiancao is her biological daughter, she doesn't think Jiang Xiancao is wrong.
After all, people should be reasonable.
Zhu'er only fought back because she couldn't stand it anymore. Can't Jiang Xiancao, as the legitimate daughter, be more generous and give in to her sister?
He insisted on instigating the Ninth Prince to make things worse and even brought in the Imperial City Bureau. This was simply too much.
As for the incident at the blessing banquet, even though Jiang Huaizhu has been executed and Marquis Wen Ning has expressly forbidden anyone in the mansion to discuss or mention the matter in private, Lu's opinion is similar to what Jiang Jinyan and the others thought at the beginning.
Zhu'er is a weak and innocent girl. Even if she really wants to take revenge on the Ninth Prince and Jiang Xiancao who humiliated her, how could she possibly get in touch with the killers of Tianming Pavilion?
This must be a conspiracy set up by the Ninth Prince and Jiang Xiancao. Maybe even His Royal Highness Prince Zhan, who is in charge of the Imperial City Bureau, is involved.
With Chen Yubai, a powerful royal figure, committing embezzlement, Zhu'er could never clear her name even if she jumped into the Yellow River.
How helpless and painful she must have felt when she was imprisoned in the imperial prison for interrogation.
She clearly hadn't done anything, but no one believed her. She was tortured into confessing and even lost her life.
Thinking that it was her husband who took the initiative to ask the emperor to kill Zhu'er, Lu was only afraid of Marquis Wen Ning's decisiveness in killing, but did not dare to have any hatred.
She did not think that Marquis Wen Ning was the one who caused Zhu'er's death, nor could she hate the two powerful princes, so she mentally blamed Jiang Xiancao for it.
Zhu'er might have been wrong to fall into the water, but she had already apologized. However, this vicious daughter not only refused to forgive Zhu'er, but also insisted on taking revenge, and used such despicable means to force the Marquis to sacrifice Zhu'er for the family.
It also caused her loyal and righteous son to be punished by the Queen Mother. Not only did he almost lose his official position, but he also became a laughing stock in the capital.
It's all Jiang Xiancao's fault.
Therefore, after returning home, she not only did not feel any sympathy or love for her biological daughter who she had just taken in for more than half a year, but only felt deep resentment and blame.
But the Marquis said that he couldn't offend Jiang Xiancao now because he would need this daughter in the future.
Lu didn't dare to show her dissatisfaction, but on this occasion, she was very happy to teach her ignorant daughter the rules as a mother.
She originally thought that after being scolded by her, Jiang Xiancao would stand up obediently and apologize to the old lady and the marquis as she asked.
But the girl who was always timid in front of her just glanced at her with indifferent eyes.
Then, he completely ignored her words.
Mrs. Lu was so angry that her face turned red all of a sudden. She glared at Shen Tingsi and said:
"Your mother is talking to you, can't you hear?"
Shen Tingsi then spoke slowly:
"So Madam Lu still remembers that you are my mother. If you hadn't mentioned it, I would have forgotten about it."
Mrs. Lu couldn't believe her ears. Was her daughter crazy? How could she say such outrageous words in front of the whole family?
Marquis Wen Ning also heard what Shen Tingsi said, and his eyes darkened instantly.
But he did not vent his anger, but said to Shen Tingsi in a deep voice:
"Cao'er, I know you have resentment towards us elders because of the unfair treatment you received before, but as a daughter of the Jiang family, you shouldn't be so unruly."
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