Mrs. Xu filled some hot water and gently wiped Jiang Yunxue's body. Seeing the bruises and mottled red marks all over her daughter's body, she cursed Jiang Qingyao thousands of times in her heart.
"My poor Xue'er, you've been hurt like this by that bitch. What are you going to do in the future?"
"Don't let anyone else know about this, otherwise your father will definitely send you to a nunnery to practice asceticism for the rest of your life."
Her daughter, whom she had pampered like a treasure, was ruined by Jiang Qingyao.
Jiang Yunxue's eyes were red and swollen, and she couldn't help but cry. A sense of panic swept over her body.
She didn't know what went wrong. She clearly saw Jiang Qingyao drink the tea with her own eyes, so why was Jiang Qingyao fine?
But her plan, which she thought was perfect, ended up backfiring. Jiang Qingyao was unharmed, but she lost her innocence in vain and had physical contact with a strange man.
Xu asked Jiang Yunxue if the man had left anything behind. Jiang Yunxue took out an exquisite jade pendant and said, "I don't even know who he is!"
"Wow, wow, wow." Jiang Yunxue cried.
Mrs. Xu could only console him by saying, "The man who possesses such ornaments might be a prominent figure. If I meet him in the future, I will definitely ask for his explanation."
In short, this matter must be kept secret.
After finally coaxing Jiang Yunxue to sleep, Xu's eyes changed. She ran to Huajianju with gritted teeth in anger to settle the score with Jiang Qingyao.
"Qingyao, how could you leave your sister alone and go back home first? Is there any sister like you?!"
At this time, Jiang Qingyao's fair little hands were holding a pair of scissors, slowly and methodically trimming the potted plants on the windowsill. Hearing this, without even looking up, she asked in confusion, "What's wrong? Did something happen to my second sister?"
"To have made Mother so angry, it seems something serious has happened. Should we go to Moxiang Hall and call Grandma and Father so that we can all come together to judge the matter? If I have done anything wrong, I will naturally apologize to Second Sister."
Xu's face turned ugly, she was choked, and she was so angry that she overturned the tea table.
Jiang Qingyao smiled sweetly, "Mother, be careful not to get too upset. Zhitao, make a note of this and have someone bring something from Cuiwu Courtyard to pay for the damage."
"You!" Xu didn't expect Jiang Qingyao to be so petty. She took two steps forward, raised her hand, and wanted to hit Jiang Qingyao in the face.
Zhitao was startled and wanted to stop it but it was too late.
At this moment, Jiang Qingyao raised the scissors and made a cut.
"ah!"
There was a shallow bloodstain on the back of Xu's hand. Her face was pale and her expression was ferocious.
"You dare to attack me?"
Jiang Qingyao continued to prune the branches with her head down. "Mother, what you said is wrong. You were the one who started it. I was just protecting myself. How could I have done anything wrong?"
"Zhitao, go call grandma and father!"
Xu's eyebrows jumped violently, and she turned away in frustration.
Jiang Qingyao called her and reminded her with concern: "Mother should be careful and don't let my second sister and cousin get too close, so as not to be led astray."
Xu said nothing and went back to Cuiwu Courtyard, smashing half of the room.
Jiang Qingyao looked calm. She knew that Jiang Yunxue's innocence had been taken away by a strange man, and Xu dared not speak out at all. If her grandmother and father knew about it, Jiang Yunxue would end up in a miserable state.
Although Jiang Yunxue is a bad person, her brain has never been very good. To be able to come up with such a sinister method, there must be someone behind the scenes giving her advice. Jiang Qingyao used her brain a little and guessed that the person was Qin Yurong.
After a while, Jiang Qingyao heard Xu and Qin Yurong fighting. It seemed that she also realized that her daughter was being used as a pawn.
Xu couldn't attack Jiang Qingyao, but could she not attack a cousin?
Qin Yurong was held down by two maids. Xu grabbed her hair and slapped her hard. When her hands were sore, she asked the maid to slap her in the face again.
"Someone, slap him!"
"Pa pa pa..." After more than thirty slaps, Qin Yurong's mouth was broken.
When Old Madam Jiang and Jiang Yisong saw this scene from afar, their expressions changed, especially Old Madam Jiang, whose face became frighteningly gloomy.
"stop!"
Qin Yurong felt dizzy and in so much pain that she collapsed. As soon as the maids let her go, she grabbed Xu's face fiercely.
"ah--"
The sharp nails scratched a deep mark on Xu's face.
Madam Jiang's head ached. What had happened? How had it come to this?
For a while, the mansion was in chaos.
Jiang Qingyao listened to Zhitao's vivid description with interest, "It's great. The mansion hasn't been so lively for a long time."
Zhitao could no longer bear the thought of the word "lively".
The old lady, Uncle Xu and the others don’t want this kind of excitement, right?
Jiang Qingyao asked Zhitao to call the accountant from the mansion over, and soon the person arrived.
"Young Miss wants to see the account book of Madam Xue's dowry shop?"
"Um."
A girl of only sixteen, could she possibly understand an account book? The accountant looked at her with disdain.
After the person brought the account book, Jiang Qingyao let him leave, regardless of what he was thinking.
She has been the mistress of the Marquis's Mansion for so long, but if she can't even read the account books or use an abacus properly, then her life would be in vain.
Only by understanding the operating conditions of each shop and the industry income can we better get back our mother's dowry in the future.
It is not her style to take things one step at a time; she wants to plan ahead and act respectfully.
After Jiang Qingyao reported to Old Madam Jiang, she took in two new maids. Other courtyards were full of servants, but her Huajianju had only Zhitao.
She needs more people available to make things easier.
"Ning, Chulu, from now on you will work beside me. If you have any questions, you can ask Zhitao."
"Okay, miss." The two maids said in unison.
Zhitao was very happy to have more sisters. She helped people get familiar with Huajianju and trained new people.
On the other side, Xu made a big fuss and was not only injured but also severely scolded by Old Madam Jiang. She was fined half a year's monthly salary, and combined with the 16,000 taels she had previously paid to Jiang Qingyao, Xu's life immediately became tight.
Jiang Yunxue locked herself in her room all day, depressed. Jiang Xize didn't know what had happened to her, he only knew it was related to Jiang Qingyao, and he hated Jiang Qingyao even more in his heart.
He is his grandmother's darling and the future successor of the Ningyuan Marquis' Mansion. That bitch Jiang Qingyao actually dared to kick him. Damn it.
Jiang Xize sneered sinisterly, "Don't worry, sister. I won't let her have an easy time."
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