What the third cousin said was right. Jiang Qingyao also felt that she was dressed too plainly.
It wasn't that she didn't want to wear nice clothes and jewelry, but it was that Old Madam Jiang didn't like her, the eldest granddaughter, and the monthly allowance she gave her was the lowest among all the young ladies and masters.
Xu was in charge of the household and had people make clothes and jewelry, deliberately making them old-fashioned and tacky, for fear that Jiang Qingyao would overshadow Jiang Yunxue. Yet, she would order beautiful jewelry and custom-made new clothes for Jiang Yunxue every now and then.
Xu held her daughter in the palm of her hand. It was natural for her to love her daughter deeply, but how much of this money was spent from the money left by Jiang Qingyao's mother?
Not only that, Xu even had the audacity to swallow up the subsidies and jewelry given to her by the Xue family, and used them on herself and her two children.
Jiang Qingyao had a cold smile on her face and started to attack on the spot, not giving anyone any face.
Xu's heart trembled, and Jiang Yunxue frowned, her face unhappy as she loudly retorted, "Sister, don't talk nonsense. This necklace was specially made for me by Mother. You are clearly jealous of me and looking for an excuse to slander Mother!"
Xu calmed herself down and said, "Qingyao, is there some misunderstanding here? What subsidy? I really don't know. I did buy this necklace for Xue'er..."
Suddenly she raised her hand and wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, "You can't slander me just because I didn't buy it for you."
Seeing this, Jiang Yunxue became even more angry. Her face was stern, and she almost pointed at Jiang Qingyao's nose and scolded, "Sister, when you were sick as a child, mother took care of you day and night. How can you be so cruel and heartless?"
Sleepless?
Jiang Qingyao almost laughed out loud.
When she was ten years old, she had a high fever that wouldn't go away. In order to maintain her image as a loving mother, Mrs. Xu said she would take care of her. But how did she take care of her?
While she lay in bed in a daze, Xu opened the window in the middle of the night, letting in cold wind, secretly soaking her bedding, and even poured out her medicine...
Jiang Qingyao survived the fever for three days and three nights.
If she hadn't been lucky, she would have reported to the King of Hell long ago!
Old Madam Jiang watched all this and despised Jiang Qingyao's behavior in her heart. She made a fuss over trivial matters. It was just some subsidies and jewelry. Even if Xu really swallowed them, so what?
Xu is her mother, and it is her duty to respect her mother.
Thinking this way, Madam Jiang spoke to smooth things over, "Qingyao, Xue'er is right. You feel deeply about how your mother treated you, and everyone has seen it. Grandmother believes she is not that kind of person. Let's just forget about it and don't cause unrest in the family."
"That's right!" Jiang Xize glared at Jiang Qingyao. "My mother doesn't even care about the little money the Xue family sent. Not even a dog would be greedy!"
Being called a dog, Xu's face changed for a moment, and she cursed this brat in her heart!
Jiang Qingyao glanced at them calmly, resisting the urge to slap each of them. She said, "Since Second Sister said Mother bought it for you, then do you know what this necklace is called?"
Jiang Yunxue choked. She didn't know that her mother had suddenly given it to her one day.
Everyone said she was so beautiful and they were so envious. At that time, she was proud of it, but Jiang Qingyao was not.
Jiang Qingyao, that jinx, doesn't deserve such a beautiful thing.
Jiang Qingyao said slowly, "It's called the Langhuan Blessing Pearl Necklace. My aunt ordered it to be made and blessed by a master. It's also engraved with my childhood name, Qiqi."
She has six cousins, and she is the youngest, ranking seventh, the youngest of this generation. The Xue family dotes on her very much.
Jiang Yunxue's heart was shocked. There was indeed the word "Qiqi" on it.
When everyone saw her expression, they immediately understood that Jiang Qingyao was not lying.
Jiang Yunxue said angrily, "Nonsense! This is mine! It's mine! Don't even think about stealing my things!"
Jiang Qingyao met Jiang Yisong's gaze and asked, "Father, how do you think this matter should be handled?"
He is the master of the family and he should have the final say on all matters, big or small.
It was rare that Jiang Qingyao was willing to ask for his opinion. Jiang Yisong felt a little relieved. He looked at his wife with tears in her beautiful eyes and his two angry children.
The scales in my heart undoubtedly leaned towards Xu.
Jiang Yisong: "Xue'er, give the necklace to your sister. Since she wants it, give it to her."
Zhitao frowned. What the uncle meant was that the young lady was being unreasonable and trying to steal the second young lady's things. They were obviously the young lady's things, so how could they be considered something that should be stolen?
If this gets out, the lady's reputation will be ruined again.
Jiang Yisong turned around and gave Jiang Qingyao a rare loving smile. "As for the rest, forget it. From now on, if the Xue family sends anything, they will send it directly to Huajianju. What do you think?"
As a father, he has given her enough face. It would be ungrateful if she didn't go down the stairs.
Seeing her husband defending her like this, Xu's panic disappeared and her expression became calm. She wondered if Jiang Qingyao would dare to disobey her father?
Aren’t you afraid of being labeled as unfilial?
Seeing their shameless faces, Jiang Qingyao sneered and said, "No, since my father is blind and biased, I can only let the Xue family confront us. No, let's report it directly to the police and bring the case to court!"
"When the time comes, we will know who is right and who is wrong!"
“Nonsense!”
Jiang Yisong stiffened his neck, his eyes blazing with anger, "You evil creature, you dare to sue your mother and you don't even care about your father?!"
His authority as a father and the head of the Ningyuan Earl family cannot be challenged. Regardless of who is right or wrong in this matter, what he says is the truth.
Jiang Qingyao didn't take him seriously and even mocked him for being blind and heartless. This was simply outrageous.
He must punish this bastard severely.
"Someone come here, let's enforce the family rules!" Jiang Yisong was furious, as if someone had stepped on his tail.
Old Madam Jiang twirled the Buddhist beads with her fingers, slowly closed her eyes, and had no intention of intervening.
Jiang Yisong took the whip and said that if he didn't beat her half to death today, he would not be named Jiang.
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