"Watch your mouth!" Ruan Tinghuai retorted without backing down. "I won't allow you to humiliate Qingwan like this!"
Jiang Zhenlin sneered, "You're the one who humiliated her! I didn't beat you to death because of her. You dare to say another word?"
He was like a ferocious beast on the verge of losing its mind, his dark eyes filled with a desire to gouge out Ruan Tinghuai.
Although Ruan Tinghuai was furious, he was still intimidated and couldn't answer for a moment.
Lin Qingwan coughed in anger, making everyone's hearts tighten.
She was so pale and thin, and her cough sounded like it was shaking her heart and lungs out.
Mu Xue burst into tears, crying, "Miss, Miss."
Gao Peng held Jiang Zhenlin tightly, regretting that he shouldn't have come, and even more so, he shouldn't have believed that the Fire God beside him could control his temper.
But now he couldn't pull or drag her away. "Ah Lin, calm down! You promised me you'd talk to Miss Qingwan nicely. She's so badly injured, don't upset her."
Jiang Zhenlin stared intently at Lin Qingwan, feeling a pang of sadness in his heart. He clenched his fists tightly, deciding not to argue with the man surnamed Ruan.
But Ruan Tinghuai looked nervous, turned around and helped Lin Qingwan up, patting her back affectionately, "Qingwan, don't be angry."
Their hair was touching.
Jiang Zhenlin couldn't hold back and stepped forward to pull Ruan Tinghuai away. Lin Qingwan was caught in the crossfire, leaning forward and bumping into Jiang Zhenlin's shoulder.
The moment she leaned in, Jiang Zhenlin instinctively tensed up and slowed his breathing.
Even Ruan Tinghuai's warning tone softened a bit, "Don't touch her!"
Ruan Tinghuai frowned. "Get out of my way."
"I am her family. She has people from the Prime Minister's residence to take care of her when she is injured. It is not your place to be an outsider!"
Before Ruan Tinghuai could speak, Lin Qingwan pushed Jiang Zhenlin away, met his surprised and angry gaze, and said, word by word, "Get out of here."
Every time Jiang Zhenlin protects and helps her, she doesn't appreciate it! Speaking to him like that in front of a stranger!
He blurted out his true feelings, "Lin Qingwan, are you out of your mind?! Why do you have to get involved with these shady men? I'm helping you cover for them, and you're just being ungrateful!"
Lin Qingwan gasped for breath, her gaze as cold as ice. "From the very first day I returned to the Prime Minister's residence, Young Master Jiang has only given me humiliation and beatings. He has never given me any face!"
"You!" Jiang Zhenlin felt extremely wronged.
"Don't insult Mr. Ruan, he's not a scoundrel."
Jiang Zhenlin was so angry at her that he wanted to hit her, seeing that she was having trouble even speaking and yet she was still sulking with him!
But considering her health, he said sternly, "Don't forget how Butcher Lin died! Even if he was instigated by Jiang Mingyun, no one who endangers the reputation of the Prime Minister's mansion will have a good ending."
Lin Qingwan's pupils constricted, and her heart skipped a beat.
Jiang Zhenlin glanced at Ruan Tinghuai and asked, "Lin Qingwan, how long do you think he can stay in the capital?"
"What ability do you have to protect him!"
Jiang Zhenlin coldly uttered two sentences, turned around and left the courtyard. Gao Peng looked guilty and ashamed, bowing to Lin Qingwan three times to apologize, thinking that he shouldn't have come, and he would never come again!
Jiang Zhenlin's words made Lin Qingwan feel uneasy, and she was unable to recover for a long time.
Ruan Tinghuai comforted her for a long time before going out to cook for her.
Mu Xue fed her medicine, and Lin Qingwan blinked. "What's the Prime Minister's residence and Prince Jing up to?"
Since waking up, she has been greedily enjoying the easy and pleasant time with her husband, deliberately avoiding reality, and even fantasizing about having her own courtyard so that she can spend some quiet time with him.
She thought that by not returning to the Prime Minister's residence, she could cut off all ties, but Jiang Zhenlin gave her a wake-up call.
In fact, Lin Qingwan was aware of the situation; she was just too tired and wanted to avoid it for a few more days.
Mu Xue had secretly met with Qiu Hong, so she naturally knew about the situation at the Prime Minister's residence.
But Lin Qingwan is still weak. "Miss, don't think too much. The most important thing right now is to recover. This is the Crown Prince's courtyard. No one will dare to force you."
"I told the guard at the gate today that if the young master comes again, I will not let him in."
Lin Qingwan patted Mu Xue's hand; Mu Xue had suffered because of her.
"The Crown Prince can protect me for a while, but he can't protect me forever."
Mu Xue said sadly, "Then you and Mr. Ruan should leave the capital and go far away."
Lin Qingwan said, "Even if he's willing, I can't harm him. Even if we can leave, he'll have to live a life of hiding, even living under an assumed name, and he won't be able to do business normally."
“As a young lady of the Prime Minister’s family, whether I elope with someone or am tricked away, it will bring shame to the Prime Minister’s family.”
"All I brought to you was endless darkness."
Mu Xue's tears fell in a patter. How could Miss suffer so much? How could a person really have no way out? How could God be so cruel as to not give her any choice at all?
Miss did nothing wrong.
"Good Muxue, I didn't even cry. Why are you crying? Tell me what's going on outside."
Mu Xue wiped away her tears and sobbed, "The charge of the Prince for encroaching on farmland has not yet been settled, but the Gao family, the Minister of Works, is under investigation. I estimate that there will be no results until after the New Year."
“Because Young Master Mingting killed a farmer, the Prime Minister’s residence was also in trouble for a time. But…” She glanced at Lin Qingwan and couldn’t continue.
Lin Qingwan had a guess, "But because the prince almost killed me, the Prime Minister's mansion proved its innocence without any effort."
When Mu Xue thought of all the care and concern the Prime Minister had shown the young lady, her heart felt like it was being pulled taut by a rope, and she felt extremely uncomfortable.
"When Miss Mingyun was sent to a nunnery, the old lady and the second lady made a scene in front of the Prime Minister's mansion for half a day. The news spread, and everyone knew that the Prime Minister refused to let Young Master Mingting go to the grain office because of personal reasons. That's why Young Master Mingting joined Young Master Gao's side and made a mistake. It was a deliberate act of revenge against the Prime Minister's mansion."
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