In the carriage passing by, a man in a dark green robe, with his black hair tied up, looked into her eyes with his deep and cold eyes.
This person possesses the majesty that only those who have held high positions for a long time can have, and he is extremely noble.
Jiang Qingyao looked at him, stunned for a moment, and didn't notice that she had been staring at him until the two carriages were far apart.
"I think I've seen this person somewhere before?"
After thinking about it carefully, I couldn’t think of it.
"Sir, isn't that the little girl you pulled out of the icy lake earlier? She seems to be the eldest daughter of the Jiang family?"
In the carriage, a young man in gray suddenly spoke.
The man addressed as "Sir" raised his eyes and said indifferently, "Yes, it's her."
The girl's skin was as white as snow, her face was as rosy as a peach, her facial features had grown, and she looked less immature. She would stare at people straightly.
The young man in gray asked, "Are you going back to the He family?"
The man said calmly, "I won't go back for now."
Ningyuan Marquis' Mansion.
When the three generations of grandparents and grandchildren returned home, Ningyuan Earl Jiang Yisong and stepmother Xu came up to inquire about the situation.
After hearing what happened at the He family during the day, Jiang Yisong's face fell and he asked, "Are you crazy? You chose the Marquis instead of the Crown Prince! What if... How could a woman refuse to marry her fiancé and marry her future father-in-law like you?!"
"Jiang Qingyao, you've made our Ningyuan Marquis' Mansion a laughing stock in the capital. We'll be laughed at every time we go out. You've ruined the reputation of the Ningyuan Marquis' Mansion!"
"What a curse, what a curse. If I had known earlier..." I shouldn't have let this disaster survive.
Jiang Yisong was still furious. Madam Xu, looking gloating, quickly patted Jiang Yisong's back and said, "Husband, calm down, or you'll get yourself hurt. Qingyao, you're really too ignorant. How can you save the reputation of our Ningyuan Marquis's Mansion?"
"Why don't you kneel down and beg your father for forgiveness?"
Old Madam Jiang knew that what happened today was not Jiang Qingyao's fault alone, but she didn't like her eldest granddaughter, so she continued to watch from the sidelines and allowed others to attack Jiang Qingyao.
Jiang Qingyao pursed her lips, her face expressionless. She looked around and saw that the Ningyuan Marquis' Mansion was no longer what it used to be. The only reason it could barely maintain its outward splendor was that it was secretly draining away the dowry left by her mother.
After my mother passed away, my grandfather did not ask for the dowry back for her sake, and it all remained in the hands of the old lady.
The exquisite furnishings of the house, the food, clothing, and daily expenses of the family, the wages of the servants, and the money used to bribe and smooth relations, which one of them did not consume her mother's dowry?
He spent her mother's money, yet had the nerve to criticize her, mistreat her in every way, calling her a disaster, a sinner, and a disgrace to the Ningyuan Marquis's Mansion.
Without her, my grandfather would have taken back the dowry long ago, and the entire Ningyuan Marquis’s Mansion would have been left with nothing!
It's so sad to think that she endured it in her previous life.
Her mother was drained of blood by the Ningyuan Marquis' Mansion, and she was squeezed dry by the He family. Even the Xue family was brutally wiped out.
Jiang Qingyao lowered her eyes and pinched her fingertips. The Xue family was destroyed seven years later. Now that she was reborn, she had to change her fate.
There is still time.
"What? Are you mute?" Jiang Yunxue had a hint of sarcasm in her eyes and pushed Jiang Qingyao aggressively.
"Everyone praised my beauty, but I couldn't even win the prince's heart. I'm so useless! It's fine if you're the only one who's embarrassed, but you actually dared to marry a dead man and make us embarrassed with you!"
Because Jiang Qingyao was too beautiful, Jiang Yunxue was often overshadowed by Jiang Qingyao. Wherever Jiang Qingyao was, Jiang Yunxue became a supporting role. This had always been her pain.
Jiang Yunxue would not let go of this rare opportunity and ridiculed Jiang Qingyao harshly.
"Dead man?" Jiang Qingyao grabbed Jiang Yunxue by the collar and slapped her face furiously. "Marquis Anguo's body hasn't been found yet, so we can't say he's dead. How dare you say I married a dead man? You're cursing Marquis Anguo!"
"Who gave you the courage? How dare you?"
It happened so quickly that everyone gasped in shock.
It was Mrs. Xu who reacted first and rescued her daughter from Jiang Qingyao, but it was too late. Jiang Yunxue's face was swollen, with the slap marks overlapping each other, red and swollen, looking horrible.
Jiang Qingyao did not hold back at all, venting all the resentment from two lives.
Old Madam Jiang and Jiang Yisong were both terrified. Jiang Qingyao, who had always been patient and gentle, seemed to have completely changed into a different person, and she acted with all her might.
Is this still the disaster star that they easily controlled?
Normally, when daughters of aristocratic families make mistakes, they won't be punished easily. But this little bitch Jiang Qingyao actually dared to hit her precious daughter. It's really outrageous!
Xu's face was grim. She hugged Jiang Yunxue, her eyes almost filled with heartache. She turned her head and glared at Jiang Qingyao, forgetting even the pretense of a loving mother as she angrily scolded, "What a jerk! You've only taken the title of eldest daughter and secured a good marriage for nothing, yet you don't even take your own sister seriously and want to humiliate her to death. Jiang Qingyao, don't go too far!"
"I went too far?" Jiang Qingyao chuckled. "Do you know that what Second Sister said just now was a curse to the Marquis to die? Fortunately, she didn't go to the Marquis of Anguo's Mansion today. If she had gone and accidentally said those words, how do you think the Marquis of Anguo would view our Ningyuan Marquis' Mansion?"
"Canceling the engagement is a small matter. If word of this were to reach the court, how would Anguo Hou's colleagues and friends treat my father? And if word of this were to accidentally leak out and reach the emperor, how would he punish the person who cursed his sworn brother?"
Jiang Yisong's face instantly turned gloomy.
He knew that what Jiang Qingyao said was true.
The emperor relies heavily on Marquis Anguo. When the emperor was in danger during the expedition, Marquis Anguo risked his life to save him. As a result, he fell ill and became infertile. He remained unmarried for many years and adopted He Huaixuan from the He family's branch as his crown prince.
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