Inside Jiang Luoluo's courtyard at the General Weiyuan's Mansion.
"Young Miss, the kitchen got a osmanthus fish from Jiangnan today, and the old lady specially ordered me to invite you over for lunch." The old nanny who had been beaten last time, with a bruised face, kowtowed on the ground and said cautiously to Jiang Luoluo.
"Okay, I understand, you may leave!" Jiang Luoluo was inserting several trimmed osmanthus flowers into a porcelain vase.
"Is Miss going?" Dingdang asked tentatively. When Jiang Chengfeng and his wife were in the capital, the old lady would come to invite Jiang Luoluo and her brother to dine at Changshouju.
"Of course I'll go. The trap has been set. Let's go see what tricks my dear grandmother is up to this time." Jiang Luoluo smiled slightly and wiped her hands with a damp cloth.
Dingdang nodded in agreement and hurriedly took Jiang Luoluo's fox fur cloak.
In the main hall of Changshou Residence, the aroma of food filled the air. Yao Shiyu was already sitting properly next to Su Cuirong, her eyes misty, clearly having just cried. It was a classic case of a crying child getting candy.
Su Cuirong kept patting Yao Shiyu's hand to comfort her. It was strange today, as Jiang Luoluo's aunt, Jiang Yuelan, was also at the table. Was the three of them setting up a trap for her?
"Greetings, Aunt!" Jiang Luoluo stepped forward and curtsied, then smiled sweetly at Su Cuirong, "Greetings to Grandmother!"
For some reason, Su Cuirong now felt breathless whenever she saw Jiang Luoluo. She took a deep breath while turning her prayer beads in her hand, "You still have the nerve to come here?"
Jiang Luoluo asked in surprise, "Didn't Grandmother invite Luoluo over to eat fish?"
Su Cuirong snorted coldly, "Look at what you did at the Gu residence yesterday, you've completely disgraced the Jiang family."
Jiang Luoluo had already pulled up a chair and sat down at the table. "Grandmother, if you want to give a lecture, why don't you wait until you've eaten and drunk your fill? Aren't you feeling dizzy and weak right now with an empty stomach?"
Su Cuirong's anger was stuck in her throat, and she couldn't utter a single word. "You?"
Jiang Luoluo had already started warmly greeting everyone, "Come on, come on, mandarin fish is a rare treat, we only get to eat it once a year, so let's enjoy it while it's hot and not waste it!"
No sooner had she finished speaking than Su Cuirong slammed her chopsticks down on the table with a loud bang. "Jiang Luoluo, your attitude has already made me furious. I think you're getting more and more outrageous. Do you even have any respect for me as your grandmother, or for the Jiang family?"
Jiang Luoluo curled her slender fingers and brushed a strand of hair from the corner of her eye. She was a surgeon, and sometimes a single operation would last from morning until night.
Even when they were starving and parched, they still had to stand up straight and be 100% alert. Only when the patients relapsed could they sit down for a short while.
Only after a surgery is completed can one have a hot meal.
Therefore, eating is the greatest reward for her, and it is only during mealtimes that she is most relaxed.
She particularly dislikes being disturbed while eating, and even more so, she dislikes being lectured at the dinner table. Of all things, food is the most important.
Jiang Yuelan also spoke up, "Luo Luo, you can't act so lawlessly just because your parents aren't around. You didn't even discuss it with your family before making the decision to annul the engagement."
What you did was extremely disrespectful to your grandmother. And the scene you caused at the Gu residence yesterday is known throughout the capital. Who knows how they'll laugh at the Jiang family behind their backs now.”
Jiang Luoluo scoffed coldly, a half-smile on her face, and said, "Aunt, what are you saying? If I break off the engagement, wouldn't that make room for your good daughter? I bet you're secretly delighted right now."
Jiang Yuelan twisted the handkerchief in her hand. "You?"
"What, Aunt, do you think I'm wrong? If I don't break off the engagement, I'll be Gu Boyuan's legal wife from now on."
"And your daughter and Gu Boyuan are so deeply in love, yet she can only be someone's concubine. Do you really want to see your daughter, whom you've raised with such care, become someone else's concubine?" Jiang Luoluo smiled, "Aunt, you should be thanking me!"
Jiang Yuelan never expected that Jiang Luoluo would so brazenly bring up Gu Boyuan and Yao Shiyu's affair in public; she was truly shameless.
She felt a lump in her throat, unable to choke back down. Wasn't Jiang Luoluo implying that she hadn't properly raised her daughter, allowing her to seduce men so easily?
Jiang Yuelan was at a loss for words and could only shut her mouth in embarrassment.
Jiang Luoluo glanced at Yao Shiyu, whose eyes were brimming with tears, and said indifferently, "Cousin Shiyu, you weren't aggrieved when you climbed into Gu Boyuan's bed, so why are you acting aggrieved now?"
"Jiang Luoluo, I'm going to teach you a lesson today!" Su Cuirong's chest heaved with anger. She slammed her Buddhist prayer beads on the table and raised her thick hand, adorned with gold rings and bracelets, to slap Jiang Luoluo across the face.
Dingdang exclaimed, "Miss!" She hurriedly stepped forward, trying to block Jiang Luoluo, only to see Jiang Luoluo curl her lips into a cold smile.
Jiang Luoluo grabbed Su Cuirong's hand and threw it at her with such force that Su Cuirong almost fell to the ground.
"Ding-dong, Grandma is full. Clear all the dishes off the table!" Jiang Luoluo clapped her hands, her tone chillingly cold. "Grandma, remember, next time, don't give a lecture at the dinner table."
The atmosphere in the hall froze for a moment. No one expected Jiang Luoluo to directly confront her. Su Cuirong watched Jiang Luoluo's departing figure, her chest heaving with anger but helpless. She could only clench her prayer beads tightly in her hand and grit her teeth inwardly, "She's gone too far! That bitch!"
In Jiang Luoluo's courtyard, Dingdang distributed all the dishes that had just been removed to the servants who were cleaning. The food for the servants of General Weiyuan's mansion was not bad, but the mandarin fish transported from Jiangnan was rare and precious in the capital, and the servants were overjoyed.
Jiang Luoluo took a sip of the freshly stirred tea; it was this white tea that soothed her worries.
Today, Yao Shiyu not only sought out Su Cuirong, but also Jiang Yuelan. Both of them, relying on their status as elders, lectured Jiang Luoluo. This kind of harsh scolding, although not physically damaging, is like cutting flesh with a knife in the long run, and will eventually damage Jiang Luoluo's vitality.
Jiang Luoluo put down her teacup and tapped her head with her fingers. Filial piety was especially valued in ancient times, but Jiang Luoluo couldn't do anything about it. Yao Shiyu probably knew this and always stirred things up from behind.
Jiang Luoluo took out the Jigong Pill that Xie Yizhi had given her, poured one out and put it in her mouth. It was cool and refreshing, and her head cleared up a lot. All the annoyance she had just felt disappeared at this moment.
"Ding-dong, prepare the carriage, let's go out of the manor!" Jiang Luoluo happily ordered.
Dingdang accepted the order and left. Before long, the master and servant appeared at the brokerage firm in the eastern suburbs.
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