Chapter 21: Verbal Dispute
"Well, take your people there first. I'll go talk to my mother and ask her to move our banquet to Yifang Court. It'll save her the trouble."
Jiang Wan withdrew his gaze and instructed his sister, then returned to the waterside pavilion, said a few polite words to the young girls, and then came to the main courtyard with his personal maid Hongzhu.
Then, as luck would have it, she caught up with the opening ceremony of a tragic drama.
Living in the center, the ladies of the inner house gathered together.
Zhu Mingzhi, who had followed Song Qingshan's wife, Min, into the room, had a direct and blatant plan. Disregarding the shyness of a woman in the boudoir, she came up and bowed deeply to Xu with a look of deep sorrow.
"Sister, please spare my life. I know that Brother Jiang values friendship and loyalty, and he would definitely not dare to welcome another woman into his family without your approval.
But, my sister has a really hard time too!
If it weren't for the fact that Prince Yihuai personally acted as matchmaker and promised the marriage, I wouldn't have dared shamelessly to get involved with Brother Jiang. Now that the situation has become like this, sister, you insist on standing in the way and pretending to be deaf and dumb. Aren't you forcing me to die?"
It was obvious that this woman was really determined to go all out today. She reached out and pulled out the hairpin on her head, pointed the sharp end at her neck, and with a slight force, a hint of red appeared.
"Since ancient times, a virtuous woman would not serve two husbands. Since I have been promised to Jiang Huailiang, I will be his in life and his in death!
If you don't give me an explanation today, I'll just die in the Jiang family. It's better than being laughed at by everyone outside and bringing shame to the family."
Tears rolled down one after another, and the weak snow-blue figure kneeling on the ground cried like a flower in the rain, which was as pitiful as a flower.
When Princess Zhao of Huai saw this familiar scene, she was so angry that she pinched her fingers hard in her sleeves.
Good job, Zhu Mingfu!
Now that your trick has been successful, are you going to pass it on to your sister? This is absolutely abominable!
But it was indeed the tacit approval of King Huai that Jiang Huailiang took in little Zhu. Otherwise, the Zhu family wouldn't dare to pretend to be deaf and dumb. The daughter of the Ren family acted so recklessly, and the Jiang family wouldn't have endured it and openly fought back.
I just don't know if Xu, who has the talent to manage the household, has the ability to keep her position as the mistress of the household.
In fact, Zhao was not the only one who was watching. The ladies of other families were also watching from the side, wanting to see how capable Xu was.
Especially since Min, who was entrusted with an important task, wanted to cut the Gordian knot and end this matter as soon as possible. So, despite the cold treatment from Princess Huai, she stood up.
"Sister Xu, look at all the people watching here. It's not a big deal for the little sister of the Zhu family to kneel here, right?
Otherwise, Sister Xu, just spit it out!
After all, the daughter of the Zhu family will only be a concubine in the future, and will not be a big deal for you as the legal wife."
"Mrs. Song, you seem to be doing a very smooth job as a pimp. Could it be that you have inherited the unique skills of your Song family?
Oh, sorry, that's a little inappropriate. Judging from your familiar tone, I guess you've done this kind of thing a lot.
I heard that you will soon be marrying General Song. Such a good skill must be the basic skills you learned from your mother's family. I think it has nothing to do with the Song family."
This time, Xu didn't give her any face at all. She just sneered with a gloomy face and retorted with sharp words.
Min was almost mad enough to fall over!
"Xu, how dare you talk like that? Who has ever done the kind of business you're talking about? My Min family is a place of integrity, known to everyone in Maocheng. How dare you so casually accuse us of something?"
With someone pointing fingers at him, Xu's education from childhood came into play. He remained calm and composed, yet his tongue was sharp as a knife, hurting people with every word he spoke.
"Why should I explain this? Haven't you already done it openly? You've dragged people to my door time and time again.
how?
Could it be that you and Zhu Mingzhi have some shameful dealings in private that is why you are so diligently helping her to cheat on others?"
She dared to cause trouble when her family opened the door to host a banquet for the first time. There was no way that the Xu family would let her go so easily!
If she really compromised today out of helplessness, how would the Jiang family maintain their dignity if word got out? She, the head of the Jiang family, would instantly become the target of ridicule among the ladies of the Maocheng backyard.
Being scolded so openly, Min's expression paused. In fact, she knew that what she had done was somewhat unreasonable. But thinking about her husband's instructions, she gritted her teeth and stubbornly refuted the criticism.
"How could they be as filthy as you think? How could there be any secret dealings? I just got along well with the young lady of the Zhu family, and I felt sorry for her being bullied into this state by that heartless and ungrateful person, so I only spoke a few fair words in her favor!"
Although Min was good at making excuses, Xu was not a pushover and continued to talk along with her words.
"Your family, the Min family, is a wealthy and noble one, so you are probably born with a generous heart. You think it's normal for a man to have two wives and one horse to have two saddles.
But as a peasant woman from a small family like mine, Mrs. Xu, I'm not born with a heart as kind as you, Madam Song. I can only concentrate on living with a country bumpkin like Jiang Huailiang, and I really can't learn your kindness and generosity.
Since she's just a concubine, she won't be a big deal to the main wife in the future. Why don't you, Madam Song, go back and open the main gate and bring this concubine back for General Song?
It just so happens that you are virtuous and she is kind, and you get along so well with each other. I think they will not be as petty and stubborn as me.
By then, you two will be sisters, and your husband, General Song, will be surrounded by beautiful women. Even outsiders like us will have to praise you sincerely. It will be a rare and beautiful story!"
“…You, you…!”
In the verbal battle, Min was defeated.
Xu curled the corners of her lips in contempt, and a smile of seductive beauty appeared on the half of her intact face.
Humph, are you trying to talk nonsense to me?
Don't you know that when my father debated with the scholars in the court, he could kill his enemies with just one word! If she hadn't been so unlucky that she ended up in trouble and wasted many years in the countryside, how could she, Xu Ruoyu, use her sharp tongue to deal with such a fool?
The pleasure of being slapped in the face without mercy was so great that not only were the wives in the yard surprised, but even the large group of men who had rushed over after hearing the news were dumbfounded at the gate.
Especially Song Qingshan, who became the protagonist of the scandal for no reason. He had a face like a scholar-general, but he was squeezed by Jiang Laocou, the country wife, and his face was flushed and his eyes were twitching.
He was so angry that he turned around to settle the score with Jiang Huailiang.
"Old Jiang, you idiot, you're such a jerk! Didn't you say your wife was gentle and virtuous? Then who was that woman who was spitting knives out of her mouth just now?
No matter what, my brothers, aren't you just trying to persuade my wife and sister-in-law in front of me so that you can get the girl with peace of mind?
This is great, he scolded us for no reason! What's the logic behind this?"
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