Jiang Yuyao rushed over after hearing the news, intending to add fuel to the fire and support Jiang Bochuan, in order to avenge Jiang Songyi. However, as soon as she stepped into the courtyard, she was pestered by Liao Qianqian, a woman who was as persistent as a dog-skin plaster.
She tried hard to suppress the urge to kick Liao Qianqian away. Instead, she gently helped her up and turned to Xu. "Mother, Qianqian and my sister grew up together and are as close as sisters. Why did you have to be so cruel and sell her out? If she simply angered my sister, a reprimand would be enough. Why kick her out of the house? That's too cruel."
Xu glanced at her and said coldly, "I was the one who decided to sell her off, and you accuse me of being cruel?"
Jiang Yuyao had been raised by the old lady since she was young, and she didn't have a close relationship with Madam Xu. She held her in awe. "That's not what I meant. I just think Mother should consult Sister Songyi."
Liao Qianqian also turned her gaze to Jiang Songyi, "Songyi, I shouldn't have told the truth just now. I should have stood on your side. Please don't be angry with me. Please keep me. I really don't want to be sold into prostitution again."
Liao Qianqian was confident that Jiang Songyi would not reject her. After all, Jiang Songyi was known to be kind-hearted.
However, deep down in her heart, she wanted to stay with Jiang Yuyao. Look, Jiang Songyi's plea was useless, but as soon as Jiang Yuyao came forward, things turned around. It was clear who had a higher status in the Marquis' Mansion!
Mrs. Xu was worried that Jiang Songyi would be soft-hearted, so she frowned slightly and slowly persuaded her, "Songyi, this girl has no rules and should not be kept. My mother can select a few more docile and intelligent maids to serve you."
"Mother, you can't say that. The bond between Qianqian and me is incomparable to any other maidservant. Even if she behaves improperly, she is pure and kind at heart. Besides, Qianqian and I have a certain connection. If I'm dissatisfied with her, there's no need to be so heartless as to sell her off. You can just place her in Weiyang Garden. Having another maidservant is nothing more than a small matter."
Jiang Yuyao has always been good at pleading for mercy when others punish their servants. Just by relying on her eloquence, without any substantial effort, she can use the harshness of others to show her gentleness and kindness, and at the same time win the hearts of the servants.
If it were in the previous life, Jiang Songyi might have forgiven Liao Qianqian and insisted on keeping her, considering the deep friendship they had since childhood, and in order not to appear too harsh and heartless.
However, in this life, Liao Qianqian, this ungrateful person, let her go to Jiang Yuyao.
She responded to Xu meekly, "Mother, I will follow your instructions in everything."
Liao Qianqian was shocked and asked sharply, "Songyi, how could you abandon me? Now that you're the daughter of a marquis, do you look down on me, a poor relative?"
Jiang Songyi reached out to stop Hongying, who was about to pull Liao Qianqian away, and sighed to Liao Qianqian, "Qianqian, it's my fault that I failed to give you a better life, but Yuyao is your cousin. She is willing to accept you, so it's inconvenient for me to hinder your future."
Liao Qianqian, who was originally crying, suddenly had her eyes shining. She was originally plotting how to plot against Jiang Songyi, expel her from the Marquis' Mansion, and then turn her to Jiang Yuyao's arms to enjoy the welfare. Unexpectedly, Jiang Songyi agreed without hesitation!
Liao Qianqian wiped her nose and said impatiently, "Songyi, I misunderstood you. Since Madam won't allow me to stay with you, then I will go to Weiyang Garden to serve my cousin."
Jiang Yuyao was shocked.
She had originally intended to plead for Liao Qianqian and keep her, simply to use her to cause trouble for Jiang Songyi. However, she had never expected that she would end up bringing trouble upon herself!
At this time, Liao Qianqian clung to her like a dog-skin plaster, and the hand that had just wiped her snot and tears tightly grasped her clothes, making her feel extremely disgusted and nauseous.
Although Jiang Yuyao was unwilling in her heart, she couldn't refuse outright, so she could only carefully answer, "Mother, I have already taken away many of your treasured things, and I really don't want to take away the person you trust most in the mansion."
Jiang Songyi rolled his eyes disdainfully and said disapprovingly, "You've taken away more than one thing. Besides, I respect Qianqian's decision."
Liao Qianqian nodded repeatedly, as eager as a chick pecking at rice: "That's right, cousin, I choose to follow you."
Xu glanced coldly at Jiang Yuyao and Liao Qianqian, and set the tone firmly: "In that case, let this girl go back to Weiyang Garden with you."
Jiang Yuyao felt like there was a fishbone stuck in her throat, unable to swallow it. She could only say obediently, "I will follow my mother's arrangements."
As she left, she covered her lips with a handkerchief and coughed a few times.
Jiang Baichuan immediately asked with concern: "Yuyao, what's wrong with you?"
"You're not the eldest lady yet, pushing the second lady into the icy lake..."
"Ziying, don't say too much."
Jiang Yuyao scolded in a low voice, then coughed a few times.
Jiang Songyi watched from the side and couldn't help rolling her eyes.
[No matter how much you talk, wait until the maid finishes her words before you speak, seriously]
Jiang Baichuan, who was about to get angry at Jiang Songyi, was stunned when this sentence suddenly rang in his mind.
Xu next to him was also stunned.
Song Yi hadn't even spoken just now, so how could she have heard her voice? Was she hallucinating because she was so sick?
However, this statement is indeed pertinent.
Xu frowned, pulled Jiang Songyi behind her, and said to Jiang Yuyao, "Since you have caught a cold, go back and rest early, and don't spread the disease to others."
Jiang Baichuan was dissatisfied with Xu's partiality for Jiang Songyi. "Mother, didn't you hear? It was Jiang Songyi who caused Yuyao to catch a cold."
[Nonsense! Jiang Yuyao clearly fell into the lake on purpose. Everyone is blind and unable to see through her tricks to frame others.]
Jiang Baichuan looked shocked.
Yuyao is gentle and kind, how could she deliberately frame Jiang Songyi?
Did he really misunderstand Jiang Songyi?
Xu glanced at Jiang Songyi beside her with soft eyes, her heart full of pity.
Her daughter, displaced and homeless, had finally returned home after going through countless hardships, only to be framed like this! What was even more outrageous was that Jiang Baichuan, as the older brother, actually stood by the fake daughter and accused his own sister!
Xu's rage shot up into the sky, and she immediately angrily rebuked, "Whether Songyi pushed Yuyao or not, I didn't see it, but Jiang Baichuan, you pushed Songyi down just now, that's an indisputable fact that I saw with my own eyes!"
Jiang Baichuan was filled with grievances: "Mom, I really didn't push her, she fell accidentally! Jiang Songyi, you are framing me!"
His eyes widened as he stared at Jiang Songyi.
"How dare you get angry at your sister?"
Xu broke off a slender bamboo branch from the nearby bamboo fence and lashed it at Jiang Baichuan's legs without hesitation. "You're out gambling and making trouble, even alerting the authorities and destroying the casino. It's one thing, but when you come home you actually bully your own sister! I'll teach you a lesson today!"
Jiang Baichuan was in excruciating pain, dodging and crying for help: "Mom, I'm really innocent. Sometimes what you see with your own eyes doesn't represent the truth!"
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