Chapter 412: The Last Chance
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It was truly humiliating! Jiang Linlin had never been so humiliated in her life. She gritted her teeth and remained silent, while Jiang Shanshan remained silent as well. Mingzhu didn’t care whether they agreed or not; once she agreed to release them, no one dared to stop them.
Jiang Shanshan continued to bleed as she walked, which some of the maids found distasteful. One of them approached and said, “At least use something to cover it up. Spilling blood everywhere is disgraceful, have you no manners?”
That insolent woman! Jiang Linlin hated her to death, but Jiang Shanshan silently took out a handkerchief to bandage her foot and continued walking. Along the way, they encountered Wu Guo Gong’s shizi, Qiu Jin, who was greatly alarmed. “What’s going on?”
Jiang Linlin couldn’t speak through her tears. “Husband!”
However, Jiang Shanshan ignored the couple and just gritted her teeth, moving forward.
Jiang Linlin felt frustrated and refused to attend to her. Instead, she quickly explained what happened to Qiu Jin, who was furious. “Nonsense!”
Although the Changxing Marquis’s mansion still had some influence, the incident with the glass had severely weakened their power. They couldn’t be compared to before. Joining forces with the Wu Guo Gong’s mansion against the Fu family and Ying Wang’s mansion? Even if Qiu Jin agreed, the elders in his family wouldn’t! Previously, everyone in the family praised Jiang Shanshan as a talented and clever girl, almost putting her on a pedestal. She had indeed brought many benefits to the family, but now she was nothing but trouble in his eyes! It would be better for her to die early and end this, to prevent her from harming others!
Jiang Linlin and Qiu Jin had a good relationship as a couple, and they had never spoken harshly to each other before. But seeing Qiu Jin angry now, Jiang Linlin was also a little scared. She awkwardly said, “It happened right in front of me. I couldn’t just stand by and watch; otherwise, people would laugh at me.”
“Now I know why she insisted on dragging us along. Clearly, she had malicious intentions and wanted to drag us down with her. Your sister has a wicked heart!” Qiu Jin was furious. Since it wasn’t convenient to speak here, he waved his sleeve and urged Jiang Linlin to leave. “Let’s go, let’s talk outside!”
Worriedly following him out, Jiang Linlin asked softly, “What should we do? Ying Wangfei is bullying us. Won’t it damage her reputation if this gets out? Can’t we pretend to be pitiful?”
Qiu Jin sighed. “If she dares to do it, why would she care about her reputation? Did she invite your sister over? Don’t you know who currently has the worst reputation in the capital? It’s your sister! It’s a case of cutting off one’s nose to spite one’s face! Otherwise, if you dare to cry here, tomorrow it’ll be said that your sister has no shame, no dignity, and begged to be a concubine, which would make her lose face even more! Think about it, who would people believe?”
Jiang Linlin fell silent. When she saw Jiang Shanshan in the carriage, covered in bloodstains and looking weak, she felt a twinge of pity and said, “Forget it. You’re the legitimate daughter of the Marquis Mansion, why do you have to become someone’s concubine?”
Jiang Shanshan smiled bitterly. “I’ve embarrassed you and Brother-in-law today. I’m sorry.” Although she didn’t explicitly say she would continue, it was clear she wouldn’t listen to any advice.
Jiang Linlin stopped trying to persuade her and sighed, “You’ve always been independent since you were young and unwilling to listen to the family’s words… Think more about the kindness of the family when you do things in the future.”
Jiang Shanshan buried her head in her arms, saying nothing. It’s ungentlemanly not to avenge a grievance, and if she didn’t kill Mingzhu, she wouldn’t rest even in death.
Just as the carriage stopped at the gate of the Changxing Marquis’s mansion, Jiang Linlin signaled to the two maids beside her to watch Jiang Shanshan closely. “Hurry up and take Second Miss inside.” She then went to find the Changxing Marquis in a hurry. “Father, we can’t let Second Sister continue like this. Otherwise, our whole family will eventually be ruined by her! I shouldn’t have agreed to accompany her to Ying Wang’s Mansion today. It almost ended in a disaster!”
The Changxing Marquis had been irritated these days, with no peace of mind anywhere. Seeing his eldest daughter like this, he couldn’t help but start to feel a headache. “What happened again?”
Jiang Linlin said straightforwardly, “Lock up Second Sister and don’t let her cause trouble again! I almost got her killed today!”
The Changxing Marquis still felt sorry for Jiang Shanshan. “Your sister has just had a stroke of bad luck recently…”
Jiang Linlin burst into tears. “Father has always been partial to her. I’m her older sister, and I’ve always indulged her since childhood. Now I have to offend my in-laws for her sake? Do you want me to be divorced before you’re happy! I can’t help her anymore. Don’t ask me about her affairs in the future!”
The Changxing Marquis was furious. “Why are you talking to me like this!”
Jiang Linlin said, “She’s unwilling to be the Anyang Wangfei, and insists on becoming someone’s concubine. Father, why don’t you ask her what she’s thinking? Even if that person manages to rise to power, it depends on whether she has the fortune! Letting her do as she pleases, she’s only going to offend people even more. The first thing that person will do when they rise to power is to exterminate her family!” After saying this, she left angrily, not even stopping for the Changxing Marquis’s wife’s persuasion.
The couple sat in silence for a while. They couldn’t help but worry about Jiang Shanshan. They had invested too much in her, and almost their entire wealth and lives were in her hands. Now, to abandon her hastily, they felt somewhat reluctant.
Jiang Shanshan’s wounds had been treated, and she was currently writing a letter. Seeing them enter, she calmly sealed the envelope and handed it to the Changxing Marquis. “Father, please help me deliver this letter.”
The Changxing Marquis looked at the name written on the envelope and felt another headache coming on. “Let’s not have any more entanglements with Ying Wang’s Mansion, okay? I’ve been in contact with our relatives these past few days. You should go back to our old home and avoid trouble.”
Jiang Shanshan shook her head. “No, I’ve come this far. There’s no turning back. If you’re willing to help me deliver this letter, then fine. If not, I’ll find another way. You know what I’m capable of. Whether to take the risk or not, to soar to the sky or fall from grace forever, it’s up to you to decide.”
The Changxing Marquis was extremely frustrated. He had always been indecisive, and if it weren’t for Jiang Shanshan, the Changxing Marquis’s mansion would never have been so prosperous in this generation. So he had always obeyed Jiang Shanshan’s orders. Now that things were going badly, he was anxious, but didn’t know what to do. He wanted to gamble, but feared sinking deeper and being unable to turn things around. He didn’t want to gamble, but also couldn’t bear to let go of his former glory.
Jiang Shanshan noticed his hesitation and quickly started to speak persuasively, using sweet and gentle words to coax him, painting numerous rosy pictures and then threatening him a little, finally managing to persuade him. Changxing Marquis took the letter and sighed, “I’ll give it a try.”
Jiang Shanshan said, “Don’t worry, if it doesn’t work this time, I won’t think about him anymore.” If Yuwen Chu remained obstinate, then he couldn’t blame her for seeking solace in someone else!
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