Chapter 52 Must I kneel today too?
After Jiang Wanning came out of the study, she saw Jiang Wanru crying and shouting outside, wanting to see Jiang Zheng.
"Little sister," Jiang Wan Ning said dramatically, "what are you doing kneeling here?"
"I just went to see Father, begging him to come see you, but he said if you continue to act so recklessly, then..."
"well..."
Jiang Wan Ning deliberately hesitated, as if she wanted to say something but then stopped herself.
"Didn't you say that if I acted like this, my father would think I was filial and would soften his heart?"
Jiang Wanru glared angrily at Jiang Wanning, "Was it you?"
"Did you do this on purpose?"
"Jiang Wan Ning, you're just looking for revenge, aren't you? You blame me for stealing your marriage, but you could have married the Crown Prince."
"It was your own stubbornness that led you to insist on marrying the Prince of Langya."
"You plotted to embarrass me in front of everyone at the Spring Banquet, and then you went after my aunt."
"I'm going to tell Father that the Marquis's mansion can no longer tolerate my mother and me," Jiang Wanru said as she rushed into the study.
"Good sister, you've really misunderstood your older sister." Jiang Wan Ning stepped forward. "Your older sister knew nothing about the loan at exorbitant interest rates."
"You didn't even want to wear the clothes your sister sent you at the spring banquet."
"Oh well, I won't hold it against you since you're my sister. You should go back and rest."
Jiang Wanning went to help Jiang Wanru.
"Stop your crocodile tears and fake compassion!" Jiang Wanru shook off his arm.
Jiang Wan Ning fell down with a thud, "Ah!"
"Second Miss, the Eldest Miss has been so good to you, how could you do this?" Peony said as she stepped forward to help Jiang Wan Ning.
"Stop acting!" Jiang Wanru said as if she had gone mad. "Now that we've torn off the mask, stop pretending."
"Jiang Wanning, your acting skills aren't even as good as mine. There's no one here, so why are you acting!"
"Sister...I didn't." Jiang Wan Ning's eyes reddened, and she bit her lip and gently shook her head.
He looked as if he had suffered a great injustice.
“Jiang Wan Ning, let me tell you, it was I who deliberately seduced the prince. We’ve been together for a long time.”
"You're stupid. You couldn't beat me before, and you still can't beat me now."
"Before long, everything you have will become mine! The Marquis's mansion, the Prince's mansion, all of them!"
"I'll make you kneel down and beg me then!"
"Do you want me to kneel down and beg you too?"
A deep voice came from behind. Jiang Wanru stiffened and slowly turned around, "Father... Father."
"I thought you were obedient and sensible, but it seems it was all an act," Jiang Zheng said in a deep voice.
His face was ashen; even Jiang Wan Ning had never seen Jiang Zheng's face look so ugly.
Jiang Wanru shook her head subconsciously, "Father, it's not like that, it's her."
Jiang Wanru pointed at Jiang Wanning, who looked rather disheveled, and said, "It's all her fault. She framed us."
"Smack!"
Jiang Zheng slapped Jiang Wanru hard across the face, saying, "I heard everything you just said clearly."
“Your sister has been pleading for you and your mother in the study, and even asked me to find the imperial physician to treat you.”
“Impossible,” Jiang Wanru stared blankly at Jiang Wanning. “This is impossible.”
How could she be so kind as to call a royal physician for herself after hitting herself?
That's impossible!
"Father, it's not like that. She orchestrated all of this. You must believe me, Father."
“I’m not deaf!” Jiang Zheng shook off Jiang Wanru’s hand.
He instructed Steward Wang, who was standing to the side, "Starting today, make her kneel in the ancestral hall for four hours every day!"
"yes."
"Ningning, are you alright?"
Jiang Zheng looked at Jiang Wan Ning's hand that had just touched the stone.
"I'm fine, Father, don't worry."
Jiang Wan Ning comforted her, "Father, calm down. Second sister has always been very sensible. I think she's angry today because I exposed Aunt's loan sharking."
“But Ningning doesn’t regret it. This concerns the entire Marquis’s mansion. Even if it’s her mother who’s like this, Ningning will still put the greater good before family.”
“Good boy,” Jiang Zheng said with great satisfaction, “How could your mother have done such a thing?”
"Only something this low-class could be so stupid!"
"Is Father out of the house because he has something to do?"
Jiang Zheng was reminded by Jiang Wan Ning's words.
Jiang Wanning seized the opportunity to say, "Father, go ahead and get busy. You can leave the house to Ningning."
"My sister just misunderstood me for a moment, my daughter will handle it."
After Jiang Zheng left.
Jiang Wanning hadn't even had a chance to pay attention to Jiang Wanru before
Then they heard Jiang Wanru sobbing and saying:
"Sister, I was wrong, it's all my fault, everything is my fault."
"Please, spare me and my aunt."
Jiang Wan Ning scoffed inwardly.
This Jiang Wanru is truly flexible and adaptable.
She knew Jiang Zheng was not there, and that no one could save her from being in her hands.
"What are you saying, little sister?" Jiang Wan Ning reached out and helped her up. "No matter what, we will always be sisters."
“You’ve seen how big this has happened. Father is furious right now. You should go back first, and I’ll call a doctor to treat you.”
"Don't go near your father during this time, lest you be punished again."
"And don't worry about the injury on your face, it won't leave a scar."
"I'll have someone send you the scar-removing ointment in a little while."
Unable to gain Jiang Zheng's pity, Jiang Wanru could only plead with Jiang Wanning, "Thank you, sister."
"Okay, let's go back."
"They'll also have to kneel in the ancestral hall as punishment."
"Do we have to kneel today too?"
"This is Father's order. My sister just heard it. If you don't want to upset Father again, then you should obey."
"It's only four hours, it won't matter if my sister kneels down for a bit."
Jiang Wanru clenched her fists tightly, gritted her teeth, turned around, and walked away, looking back every few steps.
After walking a distance,
Jiang Wan Ning's smile vanished instantly, her eyes turning venomous.
She knew her father's temperament all too well; if what had just happened hadn't occurred, Jiang Wanru would probably have cried and sobbed two or three more times.
The father would immediately soften his heart, and then be taken advantage of by Liu and her daughter.
"Peony, go and take the scar removal cream from my room to Jiang Wanru."
"Miss, wouldn't it be better to let her have a scar? Are you really going to give it to her?"
Peony didn't want to give it away. Miss used to treat Second Miss so well. I never thought she would do something like having an affair with the Prince without any matchmaker.
"Give it, why wouldn't I?" Jiang Wan Ning smiled. "They wouldn't dare use the things I sent over anyway."
Jiang Wanru is foolish, but Aunt Liu is not to be underestimated; she is clever, cautious, and patient.
They probably already knew there was something wrong with the food they were giving them.
As the two walked towards the Wutong Courtyard, a white dove landed on Shaoyao's head.
Jiang Wan Ning removed the letter from the pigeon's leg.
"That stinky Begonia, she always uses me as a benchmark when training homing pigeons," Peony muttered. "Next time, I'll eat her pigeons."
Jiang Wan Ning smiled and closed the letter.
Haitang has already found a granary and exchanged all the silver notes for grain. She is now on her way back.
After the locust plague, many more refugees will flood into the capital, and the city will need to stock up on more food.
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