"Jiang Laosan, you're really something! I just entered the palace and you've already taken Xiaoya as your sister. What do you mean by this?" Princess Zhaoyang questioned him the moment she saw him.
“Xiaoya saved my life, so she is my benefactor. She also became close friends with my mother at first sight, and they recognized each other as mother and daughter. This was all thanks to the efforts of the Princess, and many ladies in the capital witnessed it. The process of recognizing the family was full of respect and care, without the slightest negligence. I wonder if the Princess has any complaints?” Jiang Chengli said calmly.
His words instantly calmed the tense atmosphere around him.
"You!" Princess Zhaoyang pointed at him, seemingly about to get angry, but because there were servants in the room, she barely managed to hold back and immediately chased them all away.
"Since there are no outsiders here, I might as well be frank with you." Princess Zhaoyang coughed lightly, starting with a threatening tone.
Upon hearing this, Xu Wanying, who was drinking tea and watching the play, immediately spoke softly: "Princess, what you are about to say sounds like it involves a lot of issues, so I won't stay to avoid causing trouble."
After she finished speaking, she stood up, bowed, and prepared to leave.
"Stop! Who told you to leave? This matter doesn't involve many people. It's just about Xiaoya and your husband being in love. As Jiang Laosan's wife, you should know this and shouldn't be kept in the dark!" Princess Zhaoyang coldly stopped her and made her point out directly, giving no one a chance to stop her.
Xu Wanying slowly sat back down. She hadn't planned to leave in the first place. Such a great show was definitely worth watching from the front row. The scene just now was just for show.
"Husband, is that so?" She turned to look at the man and asked, feigning sadness.
"No, Xiaoya and I are siblings, and we have never had any romantic feelings for each other," Jiang Chengli explained earnestly.
Xu Wanying nodded, a relieved smile on her face: "That's good."
After saying those three words, she said no more, but picked up her teacup, took a sip, and adopted the posture of drinking tea and watching a show.
"That's it?" Princess Zhaoyang had been waiting for her to explode, but Xu Wanying only asked one question and then said nothing more, which surprised her.
Xu Wanying kept her head down, not knowing whether the words were directed at her or if Princess Zhaoyang was directly pointing it out.
"Xu Wanying, I'm asking you a question. Don't you have anything else you want to ask?"
“I just asked, and my husband said no. What else is there to ask? Please teach me, Your Highness.” Xu Wanying raised her head and said with a somewhat aggrieved expression, as if she had been coerced.
"You believe him just because he says no?" Princess Zhaoyang said angrily.
"Of course I believe you. Who else would I believe if not my husband?"
"Then I would say they are deeply in love and will stay together until death! Why don't you believe me?"
Xu Wanying blinked, seemingly a little embarrassed, and said, "He is my husband, so of course I believe what my husband says. As for what the princess said, you should talk to the two of them. I wasn't involved, so I don't know how to explain it to you. I can only have some tea."
After she finished speaking, she picked up her teacup again, making her stance clear.
She's trying to shut herself up with tea, so don't bother her.
Princess Zhaoyang was so angry at her actions that she gritted her teeth, but there was nothing she could do.
"Jiang Laosan, you come from a family of military generals, how can you go back on your word and not take responsibility for your actions?"
“Princess, please be careful with your words. Do not ruin Xing Xiaomei’s reputation. My relationship with her is completely innocent. How can you say that I have gone back on my word?” Jiang Chengli was not afraid at all.
Princess Zhaoyang immediately looked at Xing Xiaoya: "Xiaoya, look at him, he's a heartless man, he's not worth you making such a sacrifice."
"Princess, please stop talking. I'm too ashamed to face anyone." Xing Xiaoya raised her hand to cover her face, whether from sadness or embarrassment, it was hard to tell.
“Please provide evidence, Princess, otherwise I will go before the Emperor and accuse you of slander.” Jiang Chengli stood up and argued his case.
Princess Zhaoyang was so anxious that she broke out in a sweat: "This kind of mutual affection is something that both people know in their hearts. What evidence do you want me to provide? If I were to produce something, it would be the one to ruin Xiaoya's reputation."
What could she possibly offer? Did she expect Xing Xiaoya to hand over Jiang Chengli's undergarments? But Xiaoya wouldn't stoop to stealing someone's clothes.
Besides, if she actually took it out, Xing Xiaoya would be talked about behind her back for the rest of her life. That would be shameless.
“Princess, what do you want me to do? You want me to admit to something I didn’t do without any evidence? I think it’s better to go to the palace now, explain everything to the Emperor, and let him decide.” Jiang Chengli said as he stood up, clasped his hands in a fist and bowed, making a gesture of invitation.
"Fine, Jiang Laosan, you've been waiting here all along. Even if you regret it, I won't let Xiaoya stay with you anymore. A man like you, who has no sense of responsibility, is not worthy of Xiaoya at all. She doesn't care about being your Marquis's adopted daughter. Xiaoya, come with me to the palace. This wretched place is unbearable!"
Princess Zhaoyang was so angry that she grabbed Xing Xiaoya's hand and rushed out, and no one could stop her.
Xing Xiaoya struggled a couple of times instinctively, but then reluctantly followed along. She was also looking forward to entering the palace.
[Haha, the plot is finally starting to move forward! Host, let me tell you, the men in the Jiang family are just stepping stones. The real male lead is the Third Prince, Xiaoya's true love. When they meet, it'll be like lightning striking the earth. The Marquis of Zhongyi's family has embarrassed Xiaoya like this; when he ascends the throne, your whole family will be beheaded!]
The system popped up right away, purely to annoy people.
Xu Wanying sneered, fearlessly replying, "How can you be so sure the Third Prince will ascend the throne? The Emperor has so many sons; who knows who it will be!"
[The plot is that the third prince becomes emperor!]
The system immediately retorted, which made Xu Wanying roll her eyes and not even want to respond.
The system has really been fooled by the plot; even at a point like this, it's still thinking about what the plot of the book is.
If things had really followed the plot strictly, Xing Xiaoya wouldn't have been able to become the adopted daughter of the Marquis of Zhongyi's mansion, and the men of the Jiang family couldn't have remained indifferent for so many days while she was in the mansion.
Although she had seen through all of this long ago, she didn't want to argue with the system. After all, this thing was really an idiot. It would be faster to slap it in the face after the facts came out.
Upon hearing the system's words, Jiang Chengli couldn't help but clench his fist.
The system described things that he had actually experienced, and on several occasions.
He was tormented through hundreds of reincarnations. In each one, Xing Xiaoya became the Third Prince's consort and then the Empress. He and the Jiang family became stepping stones, and in the end, he had to exert his last bit of light and heat to make Xing Xiaoya abandon their family. Even though the Jiang family pushed the Third Prince to the throne, they were still accused of treason.
However, the feeling of powerlessness and despair quickly faded, and he was no longer someone who couldn't change the plot.
As Xu Wanying said, the emperor has so many sons, who says it must be the third prince who ascends the throne?
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