The Prime Minister's Residence.
Jiang Su was detained by the emperor in Nuanxin Pavilion without any charges against him, and was placed under house arrest in a side room.
When Lin Qingwan returned to the Prime Minister's residence, she saw Lin Shi slap Jiang Yanwan.
"I've spoiled you for so many years for nothing!" Lin felt no pity for Jiang Yanwan left, and even regretted treating her with all her heart.
Cheng deceived herself and abused her own daughters, yet the Prime Minister's mansion treated them as her saviors!
Lin's years of self-pity and dedication have ultimately become a joke.
Jiang Yanwan never expected things to turn out this way. She drugged Prince Jing only because she didn't want to marry the cripple and wanted to enter the Prince's mansion. Little did she know that the Prince was on the verge of death and was furious.
"Mother, I just want to find a way out for myself."
"I have no intention of harming the Prime Minister's residence."
Lin felt disgusted just from the touch of her skirt and angrily pushed her away, saying, "You shameless woman, you drugged and seduced the prince, disgracing the Jiang family and wasting all the years of my upbringing of you."
"Your mother harmed me and Qingwan, and now you want to harm the Prime Minister's residence! You are all beasts!"
Lin always maintained her dignity and never cursed, even when she was angry.
Upon hearing the word "beast," Jiang Yanwan's eyes filled with resentment and hatred as she broke down. "My mother raised me single-handedly. If I am a beast, then what are you?"
No sooner had she finished speaking than Qin Ma stepped forward with a dark expression and slapped her again.
Jiang Yanwan's eyes widened in fury, "You lowly servant!"
Qin Ma said sternly, "Miss had better accept the Madam's reprimand. Talking back will result in punishment."
"You dare hit me? Who do you think you are!"
Lin could beat and scold her, but what right did a lowly servant girl have to touch her?
Jiang Yanwan's thoughts were written all over her face. Qin Ma mocked, "This servant is a maid of the Madam, just like your birth mother."
“No.” Qin Ma raised an eyebrow. “At least I am a proper servant, unlike your birth mother who was ungrateful and betrayed the madam. Even if she dies, she will have to pay for her sins in the eighteenth level of hell.”
These words struck a nerve with Jiang Yanwan; she was furious but couldn't refute them.
Qin Ma said to Lin Shi, "Madam, she is still the offspring of a lowly servant. No matter how you package her like gold, she is still base at heart."
"She didn't want to be a proper wife, so she had to resort to despicable means to get into the prince's bed. Not only did she ruin the reputation of the Prime Minister's mansion, but she also wanted to drag everyone down to hell."
Not only Qin Ma hated her, but everyone in the Prime Minister's mansion wanted to tear her to pieces!
Jiang Yanwan's fingernails were scratched by the cold floor tiles, and she smiled with red eyes, "When the prince wakes up, he will take me into the manor. I am the prince's woman now."
"You all depend on me to survive!"
"You wretched maid, you hit me today. Once I become the prince's concubine, I will tear you to pieces!"
Aunt Qin sneered, "Young Miss, stop dreaming."
"I'm not dreaming, don't you believe me!" Jiang Yanwan roared.
Madam Lin closed her eyes briefly. "The Prime Minister hasn't returned, and the Prince is unconscious. You are the murderer. At best, you will atone with your death; at worst, the entire Jiang family will be buried with you."
Jiang Yanwan felt a chill run down her spine, then burst into vengeful laughter, "Then let's die together."
Lin's anger, which she had barely managed to suppress, was reignited by her words, her face contorted with rage again. "You..."
Jiang Yanwan's eyes were devoid of any warmth. "I did nothing wrong!"
"My mother taught me to strive for what I want. For women in the inner quarters, beauty is just a stepping stone. Everything requires cunning and scheming to last."
"Blame your mother. You gave me vision and perspective, and now you want me to be the wife of a cripple?"
"If my mother truly understood me, she would know that I would never accept this!"
Madam Lin pursed her lips, "I've turned a blind eye to all the wrong things you've done and the times you've framed Qingwan. I only let you marry into the Hu family out of consideration for our past relationship. I never expected you to be so heartless and try to harm us!"
"You've ruined the Prime Minister's mansion!" Jiang Yanwan's gaze was sharp as a knife. "Back then, you trusted the Cheng family too easily, and you deserve to have raised someone else's daughter for the past fifteen years."
"You neglected Lin Qingwan because you disliked her for growing up outside, disliked her for eloping with someone in Shuiyuan Town, you felt ashamed of her, and you didn't want to be accused of abandoning your own daughter, so you reluctantly kept her in the Prime Minister's mansion."
"You hold onto the kindness you showed her back then and treat me poorly, but you only dote on me because you can't bear to abandon me, the eldest daughter of the Jiang family whom you've raised to be presentable."
“Mother, you have never truly loved anyone.” Jiang Yanwan cried as she spoke.
"What you love is the reputation of the Jiang and Lin families, and the dignity of the Prime Minister and his wife. Only those who are beneficial to you can get your protection."
“Once she loses her value, once she brings shame to your face, you can throw her away without a second thought.”
Jiang Yanwan wiped away her tears, took a deep breath, and said, "I'm no different from Lin Qingwan."
"Shut up!" Madam Lin panicked, a murderous glint in her eyes that even she couldn't have imagined. "What nonsense are you spouting?"
“Mother.” Lin Qingwan’s cold voice broke in.
When Lin saw her, the anger in her eyes subsided, and she subconsciously wanted to care for her, but then she remembered what Jiang Yanwan had just said.
Therefore, Lin Qingwan saw a hard-to-describe expression on her mother's face.
Lin finally managed a stiff smile, "The steward has been searching everywhere for you. Such a big incident has happened at the Prime Minister's residence; Mother is very worried about you..."
Lin Qingwan was unconvinced and couldn't bear to listen anymore, saying directly, "This matter is not entirely without a solution."
Lin's eyes lit up.
"Although Jiang Yanwan drugged the prince and forced him into a relationship, he is still Prince Jing. Even if outsiders want to laugh at the Prime Minister's residence, they have to consider the prince's attitude first."
"The prince is currently unconscious, but the palace has not yet come to arrest Jiang Yanwan, which must be because they do not want to tarnish the prince's reputation."
"It's really shameful to be drugged and have your life threatened by a woman."
Seeing her calm and composed, Madam Lin also calmed down. "Qingwan, are you saying we still have a chance?"
Lin Qingwan glanced at the disheveled Jiang Yanwan, who panicked and heard her say, "As long as the Hu family is willing to marry Jiang Yanwan, it means that the rumors outside are not true."
“If Your Majesty is willing to spare my father’s life, this is a way out.”
Jiang Yanwan's fall from grace wasn't enough; she was also tormented by being dragged repeatedly through the mud. "I don't want to marry a cripple."
"Hu Erlang caught me having an affair with the prince, so he won't marry me."
Lin Qingwan looked over with a smile, "He will."
Jiang Yanwan knelt down and said, "I was wrong before, but the one who started this was my mother. I am also a victim."
"Don't force me like this, I don't want to marry into the Hu family."
"Hu Erlang will not treat me well."
Lin Qingwan's smile was cold, and her gaze was cold as well. "That's your business."
"You said it yourself, Mother only cares about saving face."
Upon hearing this, Lin remained silent.
Jiang Yanwan collapsed to the ground, feeling like she was living a life worse than death.
Lin Qingwan knew that the disaster for the Prime Minister's mansion had not yet truly arrived, and it didn't matter whether Jiang Yanwan married or not, but she wanted to let Jiang Yanwan taste the feeling of having no end in sight.
She will make the Hu family marry Jiang Yanwan, and she will also make the Hu family "treat" Jiang Yanwan well.
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