RPAGF Chapter 318 Speaking Up for the Jiang Family
Chapter 318 Speaking Up for the Jiang Family
The second sister took a deep breath. It was true they had done bad things, and it was true they had concealed her existence. But her Jianqiu was dead, and that man wasn't Jianqiu!
"Your Highness!"
The second sister interrupted Mr. Jiang and stepped forward to bow.
"Your Highness, I can understand what happened today."
The moment Mr. Jiang heard his second sister's voice, he thought, "It's all over. The Jiang family is finished. I don't know what the third son will do to us."
If he knew they had abandoned his daughter and kicked his wife out, would he have been so angry that he chopped their heads off?
But then I heard my second sister say she could understand?
What can be understood?
Mr. Jiang opened his closed eyes and went back to see his second sister.
Prince Ning also looked at his second sister, frowned, and asked, "What?"
In his memory, Si Mutong was a woman who clearly distinguished right from wrong. How could he say he could sympathize with someone who had clearly been wronged?
The second sister said calmly, "I was just locked inside the house, and I heard their conversation."
She glanced at the Jiang family and said, "So it turns out they saw me chasing after Your Highness and thought I had some ulterior motive towards you. And since they knew you already had a fiancée, they were afraid I would affect your future, so they did something wrong and kidnapped me."
"Is that so?" Prince Ning felt something was amiss.
Sister-in-law Jiang reacted quickly, agreeing immediately: "Yes, Third Brother, that's what Father and Mother meant. After all, this...this young lady is so beautiful, they're just afraid...afraid it will affect your relationship with the County Princess, so..."
The second sister chimed in: "Besides, they brought me here without doing anything. They just intended to talk to me nicely and tell me that you have a fiancée and that I shouldn't try to get close to you."
The entire Chiang family nodded vigorously.
Prince Ning frowned, his intuition telling him otherwise, but Si Mutong said so, and the Jiang family all said so too.
Sister-in-law Jiang sighed, "Third brother, ever since you sent us to Mahe Village, we have truly realized our past mistakes. Especially Mother, she has been eating vegetarian food and burning incense, only wishing that you will be well in the future."
The Jiang family members were on tenterhooks, fearing that Prince Ning would continue to press them and uncover some flaws in their evidence.
He abandoned his wife and daughters first, and then concealed the fact that he had a wife.
If they are really exposed, won't they be in deep trouble?
Their gazes darted cautiously, sometimes to Prince Ning, sometimes to their second sister. Although they didn't understand why their second sister was helping them, surely helping them was better than harming them?
Prince Ning looked at them. He had been in contact with the Jiang family and knew that they were greedy and selfish.
It's possible they didn't want his marriage to change, since he was marrying the daughter of the eldest princess. The more secure his position, the better for the Jiang family.
However, once they capture Miss Si, they certainly won't just talk her out of the goodness of their hearts; they'll probably resort to threats and intimidation as well.
At this point, Prince Ning had not yet considered that the Jiang family had kidnapped his second sister because they truly wanted to kill her.
"You don't need to worry about my affairs. Just stay here and don't cause trouble. I will provide you with wealth and honor. If you have any other ideas, don't blame me for being impolite."
The Jiang family members knew that Prince Ning was not just talking, so they immediately shut up and knelt on the ground, repeatedly saying yes.
Prince Ning, not wanting to cause any more trouble, said to Asong, "Take some men and escort the Second Miss back."
He still has cases to handle and doesn't have time to waste.
Before leaving, Prince Ning glanced back at his second sister. He guessed that she was trying to keep the matter quiet so that he could investigate Si Jing'an's case sooner, but for some reason, he had a strange feeling in his heart.
It seemed as if Miss Si and the Jiang family were colluding to conceal something.
After everyone left, the Jiang family members collapsed to the ground, panting heavily.
Jiang's mother said indignantly, "That Si Mutong clearly met Jian Qiu a long time ago. What does she mean by pretending not to know her?"
Mr. Jiang was displeased: "You still want her to bring up things from the past?"
Jiang's mother pursed her lips: "If she's alive, this whole thing might be exposed."
They all thought Si Mutong was dead. They had also considered that if Prince Ning remembered the past, they would simply say that she died of illness, and that it was too painful to tell him.
But now things have changed. Not only is the person not dead, but they've also come to Kyoto.
Mr. Jiang said impatiently, "What else can we do? She's the daughter of a noble family!"
Sister-in-law Jiang blamed Jiang Jianchun: "It's all your fault! You couldn't control yourself. It's a good thing you didn't succeed. If you had, Si Mutong would never have let us off so easily."
Jiang Jianchun's face was gloomy, and after a long while he said, "What if we tell that county princess in the Princess's mansion about this?"
The people present were all taken aback, fell silent, and pondered the possibility of this.
They certainly can't deal with Si Mutong, but if the county princess becomes the Prince of Ning's legal wife, she definitely won't tolerate the previous woman.
The county princess certainly wields more power than the daughter of a marquis.
To secure his position as the legal wife and to avoid future troubles, he might just take action, kill Si Mutong, and wipe out the entire Si family.
Only then can they truly rest easy.
Once on the carriage, the second sister relaxed, tears streaming down her face as she trembled uncontrollably.
Chuntao was terrified herself and insisted on holding her second sister, saying, "Second Miss, what are you doing? How could you let such a wicked person go so easily?"
The second sister did not answer, but before she even returned home, she developed a fever and was shivering uncontrollably.
Startled, Si Xingzhi quickly invited a renowned doctor to examine his daughter.
Chun Tao returned to Si Muyan's side and saw that Si Muyan was seriously injured and her face was as pale as paper, which made her feel even more distressed.
As soon as the younger sister came out of the palace, she was busy taking care of everything. After finishing with her eldest sister's injuries, she went to take care of her second sister's injuries. Only after her second sister had calmed down did she have time to come and ask Chuntao about her injuries.
"Although you are the eldest sister's maid, when you go out with the second sister, you should protect the young lady. How did you end up like this?"
"It was my fault," Chun Tao knelt down and apologized.
The younger sister waved her hand: "You are the eldest sister's maid, so I cannot punish you. Please stand up and answer."
Chuntao recounted everything that had happened that day, emphasizing what they had overheard the Jiang family saying in the woodshed.
After she finished speaking, both Si Muyan and her younger sister fell silent.
Chun Tao said cautiously, "This servant doesn't know why the Jiang family, who abused their power and almost killed the Second Miss, didn't pursue the matter but instead helped them cover it up..."
The younger sister gave her a sharp look and raised an eyebrow: "You don't know?"
Chun Tao knelt down, but did not bow her head: "This servant does not know."
Having heard so many secrets, even if you don't know them all, you can still guess half of them.
She said she didn't know, but that didn't mean she really didn't know. Rather, it meant she wouldn't ask or mention it, and that she would keep the matter to herself and no one else would know.