In reality, she was secretly colluding with the Liao family, plotting to murder the entire Yongding Marquisate! She had long since discovered that she wasn't the legitimate daughter of the Yongding Marquisate, but rather the illegitimate daughter of the Duke of Huguo, and intended to leverage the power of the Marquisate to pave a bright future for herself. However, I won't reveal a single word of this. Let's see how you'll reap the consequences in the future, hehe.
The old lady was so angry that she almost fainted.
But she still tried her best to remain calm. After thinking carefully, she was surprised to find that since Yuyao was nine years old, she had indeed gone to Rong'en Temple every fifteenth day of the lunar month, saying that she was praying for her, rain or shine.
Not only that, she will stay there for a few days.
If Yuyao really had been secretly meeting with Liao without her knowledge, if Liao was really the mistress secretly kept by the Duke of Huguo...
It’s terrifying when you think about it.
The old lady instantly felt resentful of being deceived, and an inexplicable fear surged in her heart.
No! This is impossible!
The whole family of the Marquis' Mansion treats Yuyao like the apple of their eye and loves her immensely. How could she repay kindness with evil?
She was about to deny Jiang Songyi's accusation on the spot, but suddenly remembered that the fifteenth would be soon. By then, she could have someone secretly follow Yuyao and clear her of suspicion.
Jiang Yuyao secretly felt fortunate that the old lady had been so enraged by Jiang Songyi's words and actions that she was speechless. She hypocritically advised, "Grandma, please don't harm your body because of me. Sister Songyi's action might have been a momentary recklessness, not her true intention."
"Yuyao, you are really kind-hearted. It is precisely because of your soft-heartedness that Jiang Songyi dares to act so recklessly and arrogantly again and again!" Wen Zigu became more and more indignant about Jiang Songyi's actions. He frowned and looked at her with a sharp gaze. He was about to persuade the old lady to severely punish Jiang Songyi.
The old lady's feelings towards Jiang Songyi were complex. She hadn't fully understood Jiang Songyi's inner thoughts, so she was reluctant to expel her from the mansion. She could only slowly follow the conversation and say, "Jiang Songyi, Yuyao is so magnanimous, I won't punish you severely. Come, take the young lady back to Jinghong Garden. Don't let her leave without my permission!"
Jiang Yuyao was surprised, lowered her eyes slightly, quietly clenched her fists in her sleeves, and sneered in her heart.
Just as my mother said, the fake one can never compare to the real one!
She couldn't show any mercy and had to secure a bright future for herself. After all, the daughter of a Duke's wife was more prestigious than the daughter of a Marquis's wife!
Jiang Songyi was also surprised. She originally thought that her behavior was outrageous enough to be expelled from the Marquis' Mansion by the old lady, but she did not expect the old lady to be so magnanimous.
She turned around lightly and flew away like a butterfly.
The old lady and the fourth prince kept asking questions with concern, as they were afraid that Jiang Yuyao would catch a cold if she fell into the water for the second time.
Jiang Songyi turned a deaf ear to him. There was no longer the entanglement and struggle in her eyes as before, only a deep calmness.
…
Jiang Songyi, holding an oil-paper umbrella, walked slowly through the corridor. She seemed to hear a faint sound, so she looked towards the old and blooming pear tree in the corner of the wall in the direction of the sound.
Under the spring sunshine, the pear blossoms are like an elegant ink painting, slowly unfolding. The pear blossoms on the branches are as pure as snow, layer upon layer, blooming one after another.
Beside the tree, a thin young man in dark black clothes was roughly kicked to the ground by a servant. Under the impact, pear blossom petals fell like snow.
The servants then burst into unbridled laughter.
"You're nothing but a down-and-out prince living under someone else's roof! Your people in Dongling have been expelled from Yanmen Pass by our Lord. How dare you, a hostage, be so arrogant as to think of yourself as some illustrious descendant of the emperor and nobleman?"
One of the servants, with triangular eyes and broom-shaped eyebrows, bit into a steamed bun and stomped the sole of his shoe heavily on the young man's palm. He said sarcastically, "Yue Qingyang, if you are willing to help wash my shoes, I will reward you with half a steamed bun. How about that? You are so delusional, thinking that the eldest lady will help you. She pushed the second lady into the icy lake, and the old lady is planning to banish her to her villa outside the capital. How can she care about you?"
At this moment, another servant suddenly tugged at the sleeve of the servant with the triangular eyes, glanced at him, and said, "The eldest lady is here."
The triangular-eyed servant turned around and saw Jiang Songyi standing there. He panicked and quickly put on a flattering smile: "Greetings to the young lady. We were just playing with His Highness Yue Qingyang. Don't take it seriously."
Jiang Songyi walked forward slowly, looking down at Yue Qingyang who was leaning against the pear tree.
He was tall and thin, with his black hair scattered casually, and his pale face revealed a sickly coldness, like a fragile work of art.
He pressed his hand against his chest, which had just been severely injured. His pain was hidden, but he still raised his eyes and asked, "Miss, I heard that you pushed the second young lady into the water just now, and the old lady punished you. I wonder if you are okay?"
Jiang Songyi's gaze lingered on his pale face for a long time. On the surface, he remained calm, but in his heart he was secretly mocking him.
Doesn’t Yue Qingyang want to find out about Jiang Yuyao’s safety?
In her previous life, she was so foolish that she mistakenly believed that she and Yue Qingyang were both wanderers in the world, so she cared for him deeply and gave him a carefree life.
However, deep down in his heart, Yue Qingyang always regarded her as an enemy and a mere chess piece, but he had a special liking for Jiang Yuyao who bullied him on a daily basis.
How shameless!
Even when he was fleeing from Dongling, he betrayed her and colluded with Jiang Yuyao to frame her for releasing hostages from the enemy country without permission, which eventually led to her being beheaded by the Marquis of Yongding. The tragedy was unbearable to watch.
After Yue Qingyang returned to Dongling, he led his troops to fight and successfully defeated the strong defense of the Western Jin Dynasty. On the joyous day of Jiang Yuyao's marriage to the fourth prince Wen Zigu, she unexpectedly staged a thrilling farce of kidnapping the bride.
As for Jiang Songyi, her body was hung on the city gate and exposed to the sun for three days, becoming the most humble sacrifice.
But now, the cruel Emperor Dongling, who had led his troops to sweep across the Western Jin Dynasty in his previous life, was kneeling at her feet, begging for her mercy.
Faced with such a situation, how should she choose?
Taking this opportunity to curry favor with Yue Qingyang, relying on his power, and making compromises, in order to replace Jiang Yuyao and become the Dongling Princess in the future?
Nonsense!
She doesn't care about the mere Dongling Princess at all!
Yue Qingyang suddenly felt a chill coming from above his head. He looked around but didn't find anything unusual.
He looked at Jiang Songyi with a somewhat confused look, but he only saw her smiling like a flower, charming and attractive.
"Of course I'm safe and sound. After all, I'm the true bloodline of the Marquisate. Even though I've been repeatedly slandered by that bitch Jiang Yuyao, even though I pushed her into a several-foot-deep icy lake right in front of Grandmother, didn't Grandmother still dote on me and never punish me in the slightest?"
Upon hearing this, Yue Qingyang was stunned: "The eldest girl pushed the second girl into the icy lake again today?"
His voice was full of disbelief and his eyes showed disbelief.
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