Jiang Segu felt a mix of emotions, but maintained a smile on her face. "The person Grandmother chose must be good! However, I already had Mother look for someone for me a few days ago!"
Madam Jiang smiled and nodded, "Since your mother has chosen someone for you, you can use them for now. If you don't like them, then tell your grandmother!"
Jiang Segu responded with a cheerful "okay," and then heard Old Madam Jiang say, "You've sent away quite a few people from your courtyard the other day..."
Jiang Segu took a deep breath.
She had refused her grandmother's two requests in a row, and had been reprimanded by her grandmother for disturbing the government. Now, if her grandmother asked her to provide her with a few more maids, she could not refuse under any circumstances!
But... she wasn't sure what her grandmother's intentions were, and she didn't dare risk letting people in!
She was afraid that if she wasn't careful, Zhou's mother would do something drastic, and even more afraid...
Old Madam Jiang's next words interrupted her thoughts.
"How about we have your aunt send some people over by a matchmaker so you can pick a few you like!"
Jiang Segu paused slightly upon hearing this, but also breathed a sigh of relief.
"My aunt is probably busy with my eldest sister's entry into the palace lately. I have enough people in my courtyard right now. If I need more, I will ask my grandmother for some!"
Fearing that Old Madam Jiang would bring up the matter of hiring more servants, she quickly changed the subject, "Grandmother, do you think Grandfather will really kick Shaoyao out of the mansion?"
She always felt uneasy.
"Don't worry! Although your grandfather is muddle-headed, he's still quite astute when it comes to important matters! When someone from the palace comes tomorrow, he won't cause trouble for himself at this crucial juncture!"
Old Madam Jiang explained slowly, her eyes suddenly darkening as she looked at Jiang Segu with an inscrutable expression.
A sense of foreboding flashed through Jiang Segu's mind.
"Azi, your grandmother understands you less and less these days! The methods you use to eliminate dissidents are truly chilling!"
Jiang Segu tried hard to suppress the panic in his heart and forced himself to say, "Grandmother, are you blaming Azi for having Cai Niu's leg broken?"
Old Madam Jiang's gaze was deep and dignified.
Under such scrutinizing gazes, Jiang Segu's palms were covered in sweat, and he remained silent.
Seeing this, Old Madam Jiang looked heartbroken. "Qiuxia, search these two maids!"
Jiang Segu's heart skipped a beat. "Grandmother, what are you doing?"
Madam Jiang did not respond, but gestured for Qiuxia to search her.
Qinghong instinctively tried to adopt a defensive stance, but Jiang Segu stepped forward and blocked the two maids. "Grandmother, I don't know why you had Qiuxia search my two maids."
“Azi, your grandmother doesn’t mean to harm you, but rather to remind you how dangerous what you’re doing is! If people find out that you’ve used a curse to frame Shaoyao, have you thought about the consequences? That woman may be despicable, but she’s not worth taking such a risk!”
Jiang Segu felt as if something was blocking his chest, making him feel extremely uncomfortable.
She stared at Old Madam Jiang, who sat at the head of the table, as if trying to see through her, but she couldn't see through her or understand her!
Old Madam Jiang beckoned to her, "Come here!"
Jiang Segu walked to Old Madam Jiang's side without thinking. Old Madam Jiang held her hand, and Jiang Segu looked down at Old Madam Jiang's wrinkled but dry and warm hands, and heard Old Madam Jiang's kind voice.
"You must never act so rashly in the future! Today, it was your grandmother who saw through your schemes. If it had been someone else, or if your rivals had seen through you and used your grandfather against you, you would have truly been doomed!"
Jiang Segu slowly raised his head, timidly meeting the gaze of Old Madam Jiang.
Old Madam Jiang's gaze was as gentle and warm as a spring breeze, with a hint of concern rippling in her eyes. Jiang Segu suddenly buried his face in her arms and cried out in despair, "Grandmother, Azi doesn't want this either, but Azi has no choice!"
Azi couldn't just stand by and watch her mother be bullied by that woman. If Azi didn't help her mother, that woman would kill her sooner or later!
Madam Jiang gently patted Jiang Segu's back and gently scolded, "Silly child, don't you still have your grandmother? In the future, if anything happens, just come to your grandmother, and your grandmother will stand up for you!"
Although your grandmother dislikes your mother, she would never allow others to humiliate her for your sake! Besides, your father married such a washed-up woman!
When peonies were mentioned, Madam Jiang's eyes subtly revealed disdain and disgust.
"But speaking of which, I used to think your father was spoiled by your grandfather, but today he still knows how to protect you, which makes me look at you in a different light! Could it be that Azi has become closer to your father lately?"
Jiang Segu blinked her watery eyes, a hint of confusion in them, "Father still leaves the manor every day and hasn't gotten close to Azi!"
Madam Jiang narrowed her eyes. "The sun has certainly risen in the west! Alright, it's getting late. Will Azi stay with Grandmother, or go back to rest?"
Jiang Segu tightened her arms around Old Madam Jiang's waist, her voice still nasal from crying as she pleaded, "Azi has missed Grandmother so much! Of course, I want to sleep with Grandmother tonight!"
"Qiuxia, go and tidy up the green gauze wardrobe!"
"Grandmother, Azi wants to sleep in the same bed as you!"
"what ever!"
Then he instructed Qiuxia to bring in a brazier!
"Grandmother, is your knee bothering you again?"
"It's not my knee that's uncomfortable; Grandma is just cleaning up after you!" After saying that, Old Madam Jiang glanced at Qiaohe and Qinghong, "Tell me, whose things are they on?"
Jiang Segu nodded to Qinghong.
Qinghong then took out the rag doll she had been hiding on her body.
Qiu Ling, who was standing to the side, stepped forward, took it, and handed it to Old Madam Jiang.
Madam Jiang glanced at the name and birth date written on the doll, her eyes immediately filled with rage, and she looked at Jiang Segu with a very serious expression.
Jiang Segu hesitated and dared not speak, only shrinking his neck like a quail.
"You! You! You..."
Madam Jiang was so angry that she said "you" three times, but she couldn't say any more words of reprimand!
She could keep quiet about her granddaughter's use of witchcraft to frame others, or even cover it up, but she absolutely couldn't stand seeing her granddaughter tormenting her like this!
"Who would write their name and birth date on such a cursed object! You'll only understand the severity of this once you're punished according to family rules!"
“Grandmother, I had no other choice! I don’t want to implicate anyone in the Marquis’s household, and besides, only writing about me would be more convincing!”
Seeing that Madam Jiang's expression was growing increasingly grim, Jiang Segu quickly added, "Azi will never dare to act like this again!"
Madam Jiang's chest heaved, and in the end she only symbolically patted Jiang Segu's shoulder, "If there's a next time, see how your grandmother punishes you!" Then she sternly said to the several maids standing by in the room, "Anyone who dares to spread what happened today, don't blame me for wiping out their entire family!"
The maids repeatedly said they dared not!
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