Chapter 520 Spoiled and Willful Wife VS Cowardly and Fearful Husband 12
Upon hearing this, Jun Yu's gaze swept over her and landed on her.
Jiang Zhiyi glared back almost instantly, clearly not wanting to be outdone, her expression full of defiance.
That defiant look seemed to say, "So what if I curse you... I'm cursing you," and even the upward curve of the corners of his eyes exuded arrogance.
Seeing this, Junyu sighed slightly and looked away, unwilling to get entangled with her over such a trivial matter.
Jiang Zhiyi always makes fun of him and loves to argue with him over trivial matters.
They are husband and wife, not adversaries; they should be more tolerant of each other.
If she insists on competing with me, we should change the competition to see who can wake up earlier in the morning.
The thought of Jiang Zhiyi sleeping soundly under the covers until late morning, drowsily pulling his hand into her arms and muttering, "I want to sleep a little longer," and not waking up even when he pinched her cheek hard... made Jun Yu chuckle involuntarily.
Lazybones.
If we were to actually compete in this, let's see what she has to offer to beat me.
Jun Yu turned around, temporarily pulling himself out of his thoughts, his gaze as cold as frost as he looked at the person in front of him.
Granny Li was being restrained by the servant, but she was still struggling desperately. The veins on her neck were bulging, and her cloudy eyes were almost bulging out of their sockets.
"Young master, please be wise! This little vixen is clearly trying to drag this old servant down with her! This old servant has worked diligently in the lord's mansion for twenty years, and has never even touched the storeroom key, how could I have stolen a bracelet?"
She suddenly turned her head and glared fiercely at Xia Guo, "You wretched girl, you were caught stealing rouge last month, and now you're trying to frame me again. You're clearly a repeat offender!"
Xia Guo collapsed to the ground. "Granny Li! Speak with your conscience! That day, when you secretly slipped the rouge into my bedding, Wang Mama from the small kitchen caught you! She was right there!"
She pointed with trembling hands to the edge of the crowd. Upon hearing this, an old servant with a hunched back changed his expression and took two steps back, trembling.
Jiang Zhiyi paused in her light fan-waving motion and signaled the steward to bring the person out.
Wang Mama fell to her knees with a thud, her forehead almost hitting the crack in the stone slab. "Young master, spare me! Young mistress, spare me! This old servant... this old servant did see Li Mama enter Xia Guo's room, carrying a red silk pouch in her arms... but this old servant didn't dare say anything! Li Mama said if word got out, she would kick me out of the Jun family!"
"Nonsense! Utter nonsense!" Granny Li shouted. "It was clearly this little hussy who stole the things and is deliberately trying to frame this old servant! If I really stole them, why would I hide them in someone else's room? Wouldn't it be safer to just take them out of the manor under the cover of night than to frame her?"
She turned to look at Jun Yu, and suddenly burst into tears. "Young Master, I have served you for so many years, please trust me this once! I have always been loyal to the Jun family, how could I do such a thing?"
Xia Guo shouted again, "You...your youngest son owes several hundred taels of silver at the Xiaoyao Gambling House, doesn't he? You secretly sold off the storeroom's goods to pay off his debts! Young master, just arrest her son and ask him!"
Granny Li's face turned deathly pale, a flicker of panic crossing her eyes before she snapped back to her snarling, "Nonsense! My son has long been working as a laborer at the docks, starting a new life! You vile woman, you're slandering me, clearly trying to drag me down with you to exonerate yourself!"
Jun Yu watched this farce with a cold face.
He suddenly spoke, and ordered in a deep voice, "Manager, take men to Xiaoyao Gambling House immediately. Also, send someone to invite Granny Li's son to the mansion—we'll know whether it's true or not when we confront him."
"Take Granny Li into the woodshed and have her guarded. There must be no mishaps. As for Xia Guo... first, have the physician treat her wounds. Once her condition has stabilized, I will come to question her personally."
"Yes, young master."
What was Junyu thinking?
This Xiaoyao Gambling House... does have some connection with the Tongjun family.
At that time, he had just taken over the family business and had some conflicts with Mo Xiaoyao, the young master of Xiaoyao Gambling House.
The Jun family was involved in all kinds of businesses: silk shops, canal wharves, money exchanges and pawnshops... even gambling dens, where all sorts of people gathered, had a Jun family name on their side.
Mo Xiaoyao arrived with a visiting card to discuss "how to acquire wealth" with Jun Yu.
Although the Jun family was involved in gambling, they only conducted their business honestly and uprightly, and looked down on his shady and murderous dealings behind the scenes, so they kicked him out directly.
Mo Xiaoyao is extremely petty and vindictive, harboring a deep grudge and plotting against the Jun family for the past few years.
Jiang Zhiyi stood in front of Jun Yu, lightly tapping his sleeve with her fan. "How could Li Mama, a servant of twenty years, so easily slip up? The theft from the storeroom, Chun Tao's arson... all these things together are too suspicious."
She had an almost instinctive feeling that there might be more to the story.
“I don’t think this maid is lying. Chun Tao’s arson attack that day was indeed sudden.” Jun Yu’s gaze swept over the peeking servant in the distance, his eyes flickered, and he subconsciously moved closer to her side. “Let’s go back to the study first and not discuss it in front of others.”
Just as Jiang Zhiyi was about to respond, she glanced down and saw the jade pendant swaying at his waist—sunlight shone on the jade surface, creating a halo, and the finely carved dragon pattern was lifelike.
It does match the jade bracelet on her wrist quite well.
She suddenly hooked her fingertips around the jade tassel, and said with a sly smile, "I want this."
The tone wasn't one of discussion; it was a demand, leaving him no choice but to accept.
Junyu hesitated for a moment.
This jade pendant has been enshrined in the ancestral hall since he can remember, and it is a token passed down in the Jun family for a hundred years.
But after thinking for a moment, he still reached out and untied it, handing it to her, "Keep it safe, this has been passed down through generations of the Jun family..."
"Who would believe you?" Jiang Zhiyi held the jade pendant up to her eyes, turning it in the light, the jade's shimmering color reflected in her eyes. "I've never seen you wear it before, are you trying to fool me?"
She deliberately put on a stern face, but couldn't hide the smile on her lips; it certainly looked like a good product.
"When have I ever lied to you?" Jun Yu gazed at the pearl hairpin swaying in her hair, suddenly recalling the ancestral rule of "passing down the family business to sons, not daughters." He hesitated, then changed his words, "When we have children in the future, we'll pass it on to them too. Don't lose it..."
As Junyu finished speaking, he suddenly felt his ears getting hot.
Although the two have been married for some time, they have not yet consummated their marriage...
As soon as the thought popped into his head, his Adam's apple bobbed involuntarily, and his gaze darted away somewhat uncomfortably.
Jiang Zhiyi held the jade pendant in her palm, feeling a slight coolness.
She looked up and met Jun Yu's evasive gaze. Remembering what he had just said, she suddenly understood and felt like teasing him. She deliberately moved closer, "Oh, what's on your mind, my husband? Are you perhaps thinking about something embarrassing..."
She hesitated, as if she wanted to say something but then stopped.
Jun Yu's ears were burning hotter and hotter, so he could only force himself to remain calm and cough lightly, "Stop talking nonsense."
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