The hall was instantly silent.
Mrs. Jiang's complexion suddenly sank, her sharp eyes stared at Jiang Ningbao, the teacup in her hand was placed heavily on the coffee table with a bang, and the hearts of Hongxing and other maidservants trembled.
Jiang Mingyao lowered her head, her pretty face flushed red, and the hands under her sleeves were tightly clenched.
The more grandma wished her well, the more uncomfortable she felt.
The two nanny brought back by the fourth sister are indeed better than the one my mother found for her, but they were found by Duke Dingguo for the fourth sister. The comatose father and the mother, who was tortured by evil spirits from time to time, never cared about other things in the house.
Unexpectedly, the mansion did not invite a nanny for the fourth sister, nor did it prepare for the wedding for the fourth sister, and even the wedding dress was prepared by the Duke of Dingguo for the fourth sister.
Thinking of this, Jiang Mingyao felt even more ashamed.
"Nonsense, fourth girl, have you forgotten that you are a girl from Changningbo's mansion, and you and Changningbo's mansion are both prosperous and hurt, and now there are only two unmarried cousins left in the mansion, you and fifth girl, you help Let's go to the fifth girl, and the fifth girl will live well in the future, and you will also have a sister to help you."
"Don't you still resent the fact that your grandmother and your aunt agreed to retire? We are elders for your own good. Mr. Xie insisted on retiring. If you insist on not retiring, you will really marry in the future and regret it. It's too late."
Mrs. Jiang's face was dark and she angrily reprimanded Jiang Ningbao, her tone was full of anger and distress. The fourth granddaughter's wings are hardened, and she dared to disobey her grandmother.
She's just like her own mother, so don't expect too much from her.
Being scolded by Mrs. Jiang heartbrokenly, Jiang Ningbao looked calm, looking directly at the old lady with a pair of extremely beautiful eyes, and the corners of her mouth unconsciously curled into a mocking arc.
"Grandmother, my granddaughter doesn't dare to resent, and I don't need sisters' help." Helping, speaking is better than singing, with the uncle around, who will help her.
"Grandmother, the granddaughter has already been educated." Jiang Mingyao withdrew her wild thoughts, looked at her grandmother's angry and distressed face, and lowered her head.
"The upbringing nuns your mother found are no match for those who came out of the palace. Those two nuns served the former queen. As long as they have taught you, the Xie family will not dare to criticize your upbringing in the future."
Mrs. Jiang couldn't help but glared at the fifth granddaughter. The fifth granddaughter was really innocent and worrying.
The nanny who served the former empress, the current emperor is the first son of the former empress, as long as the fifth granddaughter is taught by them, she will be looked up to in the future.
Mrs. Xie of Dingguo Duke's Mansion really took great pains. Both parents of her fourth granddaughter died. She was afraid that she would be criticized in her upbringing after she married, so she found two nuns from the former empress palace to teach her.
Without contacts and status, there is no way to grab the nanny in the former empress's palace.
Their small Changning uncle's mansion can't even grab the nanny next to an ordinary concubine, let alone the nanny in the queen's palace.
The fifth granddaughter is so stupid that it makes people feel distressed, she is not at all like her shrewd mother who refuses to suffer.
"Fifth girl, stand aside first and think about it carefully." Mrs. Jiang doesn't want to force her to be the granddaughter who has been hurt since childhood. The Xie family is a big family. If the fifth granddaughter wants to gain a firm foothold in the Xie family, she needs more help. Many chips.
She wasn't worried about the fourth granddaughter. Ding Guogong's situation was special. In this life, the fourth granddaughter was only a woman. Needless to say, she would definitely live a better life than anyone else in the future. She was more worried about the innocent fifth granddaughter.
"Grandmother..." Jiang Mingyao bit her lip, lowering her head and not daring to look at Fourth Sister.
Jiang Ningbao stared at Wumei intently, seeing the other party's hesitation and struggle, and sighed secretly, she is still a little girl, but she is not a soft-hearted person.
"Fourth girl, did you understand what I just said? From now on, fifth girl will be taught by those two nuns together with you." Mrs. Jiang ignored the entanglement of the fifth granddaughter, turned her head and stared at Jiang Ningbao sharply, and acted arbitrarily The command.
Jiang Mingyao trembled all over, and lowered her head even lower.
Jiang Ningbao laughed angrily. Grandma was going to buy and sell by force. She glanced at Jiang Mingyao who was silent, her eyes were cool, and her tone was cold: "Grandmother, granddaughter still say the same thing, I don't agree."
Mrs. Jiang's eyes were cold, and her mouth was trembling with anger: "You bastard, don't think that you can sit back and relax after climbing up to Duke Ding. Don't forget that Brother Jin is still in the mansion. Are you trying to ruin his future?"
The last sentence was faintly threatening.
All the maids in the hall showed shock, especially Hong Xing, the old lady's confidant maid, who couldn't help opening her mouth in shock, eyes full of disbelief.
She didn't expect that the old lady would use the third young master to coerce the fourth girl for the sake of the fifth girl.
There was a moment of silence in the hall.
Jiang Ningbao's extremely beautiful eyes flashed a trace of anger and chills, and the hands under the sleeves were tightly clenched, Mrs. Jiang actually threatened her with her elder brother, ruthless, really ruthless.
Mrs. Jiang can threaten her with her eldest brother today because she does not agree to let the two nuns teach the fifth sister together. In the future, if she marries into Duke Ding's mansion, if something happens to the uncle's mansion or other cousins, will she also He will threaten her with his elder brother.
One step back, and they will push forward even more in the future.
Jiang Ningbao was completely chilled by the old lady. She thought she didn't like herself and her mother, but at least she loved her eldest brother, the grandson who was born in the first place, but she was too naive.
Jiang Ningbao laughed at himself.
Jiang Mingyao was stunned, she didn't expect things to develop to this point, her grandmother actually used third cousin to threaten fourth sister for her, Jiang Mingyao trembled all over, knelt down on the ground with a bang, and kowtowed her head.
"Grandmother, please forgive my granddaughter for being unfilial. The two nuns in the west courtyard were found by the Dingguo government for the fourth sister. The granddaughter is not qualified and will not accept the teachings of those two nuns."
After finishing speaking, Jiang Mingyao kowtowed three more times, then stood up, glanced at the indifferent fourth sister with a complicated expression, moved her lips, silently said sorry, straightened her back and left Shoujin Hall without looking back.
Jiang Ningbao's beautiful eyes widened slightly, apparently she did not expect Jiang Mingyao to disobey the old lady so resolutely, she glanced at the astonished old lady, and smiled coldly: "Grandma, your kindness was rejected by Fifth Sister?"
Mrs. Jiang's face was dark, with a frightening cold light in her eyes, staring at her fourth granddaughter. Jiang Ningbao stood there gracefully, with a mocking smile on her delicate and beautiful face, but she was extremely indifferent.
"Okay, very good, get the hell out of here, you disrespectful girl."
Jiang Ningbao blessed the body indifferently. Before leaving, she said lightly: "Grandmother, granddaughter respects you, but the premise is that you are worthy of granddaughter's respect."
"To be a man, you must compare your heart with your heart. Don't forget that the granddaughter's father earned the family business of Changningbo Mansion, but the granddaughter and elder brother have never received the help of the big house. I sought it myself."
"By virtue of the in-law relationship between the granddaughter and Duke Dingguo, the Uncle House has obtained many benefits. It can be said that apart from the status of a girl from the Uncle House, the granddaughter has not enjoyed any benefits from the Uncle House."
So don't even try to take advantage of me.
Jiang Ningbao didn't say this, but none of the maids present could hear it.
"You don't have the status of a girl from the uncle's mansion, you think you can climb up to Duke Ding." Mrs. Jiang's face was cold and blue, with bulging veins on her forehead, she slapped the coffee table heavily, just in time to touch the teacup beside her.
The teacup fell to the ground with a bang, split into pieces, and the tea splashed all over the floor.
"Grandmother can separate her granddaughter and elder brother out of the house." Jiang Ningbao was not frightened by the old lady's anger at all, and said sincerely.
Speaking of which, Jiang Ningbao should not leave the house, let the elder brother set up another family and be the master of the house.
It's a pity that the branch government needs the permission of the elders and the consent of the clan.
Mrs. Jiang was burning with anger and trembling with anger. She gave Jiang Ningbao a hard look, pointed at Jiang Ningbao with a trembling finger, and shouted angrily: "Get out!"
A trace of disappointment flashed in Jiang Ningbao's eyes. As she expected, the old lady absolutely didn't want the second room to be separated out. She didn't even look at the old lady, and simply got out of Mrs. Jiang's sight.
Stepping out of the Shoujin Hall, Jiang Ningbao looked at the gloomy sky. This time she finally let out a sigh of relief. She picked a big red peony from the nearby flower garden and played with it in her hands. A smile could not help but appear on the corner of her mouth. The mood instantly brightened.
"Girl, you... how did you pick the old lady's favorite red peony?" Chunxi saw the girl coming out of the Shoujin Hall, just in time to see the girl picking a big red peony in the flower garden, her heart skipped a beat, and she was almost scared to death .
The woman next to the flower garden was trembling, her face was terrified, this is the old lady's favorite red peony, a month ago, a woman accidentally damaged a peony, after the old lady found out, she ordered someone to beat her for 30 years. Daban is still lying on the bed panting.
The mother-in-law quickly knelt on the ground and cried and begged.
"Fourth Miss, I can't pick peonies in the flower garden, please give this servant a way to survive."
Jiang Ningbao casually crushed the red peony in his hand, and said in a calm tone: "What a fuss, it's just a flower, can it be more expensive than the girl and young master in the mansion?"
"You tell grandma directly that I picked it, and she won't blame you."
After finishing speaking, Jiang Ningbao picked several big red peonies again under the terrified eyes of the mother-in-law. Chunxi and Chunle next to her were shocked and speechless.
The girl seems a little abnormal today.
"It looks like it's going to rain, Chunxi, Chunle, let's go back to the yard." Jiang Ningbao glanced at the increasingly dark clouds in the sky, and threw a few bright red peonies in his hand to the ground.
As soon as the words fell, a white light flashed in the dark sky, followed by a thunder.
Chunxi and Chunle were taken aback, and hurriedly followed the girl and walked quickly towards the west courtyard.
The mother-in-law glanced at the maidservants who were secretly staring at her not far away, gritted her teeth, quickly got up from the ground, and tremblingly went to the Shoujin Hall to plead guilty.
Mrs. Jiang was in a fit of anger, and Hong Xing, as a confidant maid, quickly handed the old lady a cup of tea. Unexpectedly, a woman rushed in stumbling in and knelt on the ground with a plop.
"Old madam, slaves should be damned. Miss Si picked several of your favorite red peonies in the flower garden outside."
No one in the house knows that the old lady loves red peonies the most.
Miss Si deliberately slapped the old lady in the face.
Mrs. Jiang was still angry, but when she heard that her fourth granddaughter had the audacity to pick her red peonies, the teacup in her hand fell to pieces in an instant.
At this moment, another thunderstorm exploded in the sky.
Everyone in the hall tried their best to reduce their sense of existence, and Mrs. Jiang, who was in a rage, was so angry that she fainted.
Shoujintang panicked for a while.
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At this time, Jiang Ningbao hurried back to the West Courtyard while the rain was still not falling, and just stepped into the house, before he could catch his breath, big raindrops fell from the sky.
Chunxi and Chunle hurried to close the window.
Jiang Ningbao was dressed in a imperial concubine's red dress with silk and butterfly patterns, standing quietly under the eaves of the corridor, like a crabapple in full bloom, shining brightly, a white light flashed in the sky from time to time, accompanied by rumbling thunder, heavy rain poured down.
At this time, a tall figure holding a green silk parasol appeared in front of him.
"Brother, why are you here?"
When Jiang Ningbao saw his elder brother Jiang Jin coming, a bright smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he took out a plain handkerchief and handed it to him. As soon as Jiang Jin arrived under the eaves, he immediately put away the green silk parasol, took the handkerchief and wiped the water on his face After getting angry, she asked concerned: "Ningbao, grandma didn't make things difficult for you, did she?"
Jiang Ningbao was silent for a moment, and slowly told her elder brother everything about Shoujintang. Finally, she looked straight at her elder brother and asked calmly: "If I take a step back today, in the future I will You have to be forced to give in countless times, brother, I don’t regret contradicting grandma, will you blame me?”
Jiang Jin's handsome face instantly sank, the veins on his forehead twitched, and his heart felt cold.
This is his good grandmother.
Jiang Jin looked at Ningbao's stubborn and beautiful face, touched her head with her slender hands, gently hugged her in her arms, and said distressedly: "Ningbao, you are right, brother is not strong enough to make you suffer I'm sorry."
Jiang Ningbao had a sore nose, raised her face, and showed Jiang Jin a sly smile.
"Brother, I'm not wronged. I'm not a person who suffers a loss and endures it. When I just came back, I deliberately picked several red peonies that my grandmother likes the most."
Hearing this, Jiang Jin's heart sank, and when he returned to the academy, Ningbao's temperament would not suffer, and a smile appeared on his cold handsome face: "Naughty, but well done."
"I'll write a letter to tell the Duke later." Jiang Ningbao smiled brightly, making no secret of his desire to complain.
Jiang Jin raised her eyebrows and patted her on the head with a smile: "Brother supports you."
Ningbao has also learned to sue Ningbao, but this is good, Dingguo will definitely protect Ningbao, what his grandmother did today made him completely chilled, even his own grandmother treated Ningbao like this, other people in the Changningbo Mansion People can't be relied on.
"Well, I'm going to write a letter to the Duke now." Jiang Ningbao's smile became brighter. She glanced at the downpour of water and sky in the distance, left Jiang Jin's arms, and went back to the house with the corner of her skirt to give to the Duke. write a letter.
Jiang Jin: "..."
During a cup of tea, Jiang Ningbao wrote the letter and invited Chunle to send someone to deliver the letter to Duke Dingguo's mansion. At this time, news came from Shoujin Hall that the old lady passed out.
Jiang Ningbao smiled lightly, it was time for lunch, she asked Chunxi to pass the message to the small kitchen, she had no intention of going to Shoujintang to visit the old lady in the rain.
But Jiang Jin can't do it, he can't be accused of being unfilial, so he can only hold a green silk parasol, take two young servants and rush to the Shoujin Hall in the pouring rain.
"Chunxi, ask the small kitchen to make some ginger soup, and I'll send it to the third young master when he comes back." My elder brother felt sorry for himself, counting on the relatives in the uncle's house, without even thinking about it.
Dingguo Mansion
Ding Guogong received the letter from Jiang Ningbao, and a trace of softness flashed across his cold eyes. I don't know what the little girl wrote this time. He opened it with anticipation and looked at it. The softness in his eyes faded instantly, and the letter in his hand was torn suddenly. smash.
The scene of a strong little girl who was bullied by her relatives and only dared to hide under the bed and cry in her mind couldn't help. Duke Ding's heart was wrenched, his stern face was covered with frost, and the evil spirit on his body couldn't be controlled. It broke out, and the study room was filled with a violent and cold atmosphere.
The black-clothed guards at the door of the study suddenly felt a chilling, palpitating atmosphere, and looked at each other. Didn't the Duke just receive a letter from Miss Jiang Si
Could it be that something happened to Fourth Miss Jiang, which caused the Duke of the country to be angry, and there was a look of worry on the faces of the guards in black.
At this time, a cold and stern voice suddenly came from the study.
"Prepare the horse and go to the Changning Bo Mansion!"