This girl!

They actually slandered Old Lady Ning and their Ning family like this.

A layer of frost covered Madam Ning's usually kind face.

She had never met this young lady from the Jun family before, and asking one more question would be lowering her status.

However, from Ning Yunyan's description, one can imagine that this Miss Jun, like her, comes from a humble family and is not presentable. When she first came in, she looked presentable, and Madam Ning thought that Ning Yunyan was exaggerating. But now it seems that she is more than not presentable, she is simply undisguisedly sarcastic and mean.

But with just a breath, Madam Ning suppressed her anger and calmed down.

This is normal, just like when she pretended to hang herself, she just gave up because she had no other choice.

Did she think that because she had ruined the Ning family's reputation, the Ning family would have to tolerate her?

"How can you think like that, kid?" Madam Ning said gently, "When people do things, their original intentions are good, but as time goes by and things are passed on from mouth to mouth, they inevitably change."

After she said this, she saw a hint of disappointment flash across Miss Jun's face.

"Yes, people always have good intentions when they do things," she said.

The little girl was completely confused.

So in fact, Madam Ning and the young lady were still talking in a friendly manner, and the tension just now was just her illusion?

Madam Ning smiled.

"Miss Jun, you are still young and think that everything in this world is black and white. If you dig a hole in the ground today, it will never change until the end of time." She said in a gentle voice, as kind as an elder admonishing and teaching his younger generation.

"Yes." Miss Jun said again, with a look of dejection and a hint of sadness.

It's sadness that you thought you had good days within your reach but you couldn't get them.

Madam Ning's smile deepened and her expression became gentler.

"When Miss Jun reaches my age, she will know that black can be white and white can be black, and some things can change." She said, then changed the subject, "But some things will never change."

Miss Jun looked at her, like a young person listening attentively to the advice of an elder.

"For example, people's fate," said Madam Ning. "Some people's fate is cheap. They can't become rich by hooking up with others."

Even if everyone could tell that it was insulting, the eldest lady could still say it with full sincerity, just like a bitter medicine spoken out of concern for the younger generation.

After she said this, the girl in front of her still didn't get angry, but smiled instead.

Madam Ning's eyes could not help but flicker.

This girl, who she originally regarded as just good-looking, actually smiled in a way that was somewhat stunning.

But this girl's smile came and went quickly, disappearing in the blink of an eye.

Madam Ning was also a woman, and her admiration for women quickly disappeared. She should have been more angry, but the girl's smile did not contain any mockery or ridicule. She was just like a young person who was happy to hear good advice from his elders.

This certainly could not be the girl's true reaction.

Mrs. Ning was very unhappy.

It's scary for a woman to be able to hide her emotions in such a situation.

Regardless of her background, she would not choose such a woman as her daughter-in-law.

In short, after this meeting, Madam Ning finally agreed with Ning Yunyan's words. This Miss Jun is really disgusting.

"Madam, you are really modest." Miss Jun said, "But although the Ning family is of humble origin, it is also a kind and wealthy family praised by the people. Madam, please don't belittle yourself."

Madam Ning was furious.

The ancestors of the Ning family were farmhands who grazed cattle and cut grass for others.

This Miss Jun is scolding the Ning family for still being pariahs.

"The son of a weaver and a shoe seller can become an emperor." The eldest lady suppressed her anger and made her tone gentler. "As long as you work hard, you can break metal and stone. Our ancestors of the Ning family did not indulge in wealth and honor. They worked hard to study and seek fame. Only then did they rise from a lowly person to an official and serve the emperor and the people wholeheartedly."

She emphasized on her own efforts and relying on herself.

"These are not things you can get by just climbing up to someone."

Miss Jun smiled.

"The first master of your Ning family bought his fame with money. He used money to get connections and got close to the masters of the government school." She said immediately, "If it weren't for the support of that master, the masters of your family would still be digging coal now."

Madam Ning was so angry that she was shaking.

It was the first time she had seen such a slut humiliating and scolding people so easily and casually.

At the same time, I couldn't hide my surprise.

How did she know the secret of the Ning family?

This secret happened a hundred years ago, and it involves official secrets that have never been discovered, otherwise the Ning family would have had a smooth official career at that time.

Almost no one in the Ning family knew about this matter, as people in the Ning family would not discuss things that happened to their ancestors a hundred years ago.

The reason why she knew this was precisely because she was not from the Ning family.

When getting married, one has to find out the man's background. At that time, her grandfather was in charge of editing books in the court. Because he had nothing to do, he went to look for records about the Ning family for hundreds of years. He happened to find a record from a hundred years ago that accused the old man of the Ning family of cheating in imperial examinations. Of course, it was eventually left unresolved, and no one paid attention to this matter after the dynasty changed.

This happened a hundred years ago, and it is not uncommon to donate money to become an official. Naturally, her family would not regard this as a flaw in the character of the Ning family. They just treated it as a joke and laughed it off.

How could this girl, Fu Ning, who had always lived in a remote place and followed her father as an official, know this?

Could Jun Yingwen, a petty official, really find out?

Or the Fang family?

The Fang family is a merchant family. Although they are rich, the dynasty has always oppressed and discriminated against merchants. Officials may be willing to take money from merchants, but they will never have close dealings with them.

How could the Fang family have the ability to get the private documents from the imperial court in the capital?

What is going on?

No matter what happened, it was really too much for Miss Jun to snoop into the Ning family.

"What do you mean?" Madam Ning said in a deep voice.

"My meaning is very simple. Many things in this world can be done with money." Miss Jun said softly, "Your Ning family spent money to buy an official position a hundred years ago to get rid of this life of a lowly citizen. Now you can also spend money to buy this marriage certificate and get rid of this life of a lowly name."

What is a bad name?

Being humiliated one after another, Madam Ning's good temper could no longer be suppressed, and the gentle smile on her face was no longer there.

"I don't understand what Miss Jun said." She said, "Marriage certificate is marriage certificate, transaction is transaction."

"What's so confusing about this? It's just a matter of paying back a debt." Miss Jun's expression remained the same. "A marriage certificate is a marriage certificate, and it's also a transaction. Your old lady Ning had no money at the time, and she didn't want to bear the bad reputation of being ungrateful, so she used her children's marriage as a reward. Now that she regrets and wants to take back her children's marriage, she naturally has to pay money to atone for this ungrateful reputation."

Nonsense, nonsense.

Madam Ning was shaking with anger, but suddenly she calmed down.

"Are you serious, Miss Jun?" she asked.

She realized that she came here with the purpose of humiliating this girl, and this girl had been humiliating her mercilessly since they met.

The girl said she would break off the engagement if she was given money in order to lure her over, but her purpose after luring her over was not to cling to her and beg for mercy, but to tear her apart and make an enemy.

Miss Jun really doesn't want to get married.

"Of course it's true." Miss Jun said, "I've said that many things can be solved with money, and things that can be solved with money are not a big deal."

There was silence in the room.

Madam Ning felt mixed emotions. She was relieved after all, she had solved the problem that had been giving her a headache, but there was still an indescribable feeling.

She imagined that the solution to this problem was that the girl would give up because of the difficulties of the Ning family, but now she always felt that it was not the fear of difficulties of the Ning family that made the girl give up.

Just as the Ning family was eager to get rid of her, she also was eager to get rid of the Ning family.

Madam Ning was a little unhappy, but then she laughed at her own unhappiness.

People are like this, they don't like those who cling to them, but they also don't like those who let go cleanly and easily. They feel annoyed when they are being pursued, but feel lost when people suddenly ignore them.

What is lost is not how much you care about this person, but this person's attitude towards you.

No respect, no awe.

Especially for a girl with such a background, what qualifications does she have to act like she despises the Ning family?

Madam Ning's expression turned cold.

"Miss Jun's calculations are very clear," she said.

Miss Jun shook her head.

"Thank you, madam," she said.

I really like you!

Madam Ning laughed angrily. This seemingly gentle and quiet person was actually such a scoundrel. It was true that poor mountains and bad waters produced unruly people.

"After Madam's reminder, I realized that I had miscalculated before." Miss Jun continued, looking at Madam Ning calmly.

What went wrong?

Madam Ning was slightly surprised, but also alert.

So she's going to regret it again? Or does she still not want to break off the engagement?

Miss Jun's fingers gently stroked the marriage certificate on the table.

"I said I would return the marriage certificate to you for two thousand taels, but I miscalculated," she said, tapping the marriage certificate with her fingers. "It should be five thousand taels."

Five thousand taels?

Madam Ning was stunned.

Is this what you call raising the price?

"You!" she said, "what do you mean? How can it be five thousand taels?"

"My grandfather treated your old lady fourteen years ago. Five thousand taels is not too much now after taking the interest." Miss Jun said.

Madam Ning's eyebrows twitched.

"How much money from the medicine has accumulated into five thousand taels through interest?" she said.

Is this girl trying to make such a fuss for the money or to humiliate the Ning family?

"How much does it cost?" Miss Jun smiled and said, "The medicine that saved Old Lady Ning's life must have been expensive, otherwise why would Old Lady Ning use her eldest grandson as collateral?"

mortgage?

What are you talking about!

Madam Ning frowned again and was about to speak, but this time Miss Jun did not have the awareness of being the younger generation and did not give her a chance to speak.

"Old Mistress Ning is willing to use her eldest grandson to pay for medicine and favors, so the Tenth Young Master Ning must be very powerful. After coming here and hearing about him and seeing his demeanor with my own eyes, I estimated a price." Miss Jun said with a serious expression, "But now seeing that the Madam is extremely opposed to this marriage, I realize that I still underestimated him. The Tenth Young Master Ning is more valuable than I thought, so this marriage certificate is definitely not worth more than two thousand taels, but should be five thousand taels."

Madam Ning was stunned.

"You, you." She just said.

Miss Jun looked at her and smiled again, taking the marriage certificate in her hand.

"Does the Madam think that Old Mistress Ning's life is worthless, or does she think that the Tenth Young Master Ning is not worth his wealth?" she said.