Tianliangyuan

Chapter 100 is so damn infuriating!

Although Zhao Yue had no concrete evidence to prove that the poisoning incident was related to Jiang Ning, her intuition told her that it was Jiang Ning!

It was precisely because she had anticipated this possibility that Zhao Yue had endured for months, all in order to strike decisively.

Since Jiang Ning covets the Prince of Zhong, then let her stay by the Prince's side, though her official title will not be what she desires.

Zhao Yue's hatred for Jiang Ning cannot be fully expressed in just a few words.

How can we just let bygones be bygones when she was poisoned?

She was going to get her revenge on Jiang Ning a hundredfold, a thousandfold!

On the other side, the atmosphere in the Jiang residence was as if someone had died.

The entire Jiang residence was eerily quiet.

Grand Tutor Jiang was still in the palace discussing matters and was completely unaware of what was happening outside, while Jiang Yanping and Jiang Wenhe rushed back as soon as they heard the news.

Jiang Ning has woken up. She keeps insisting that she has been wronged and that she did nothing wrong, but who can believe her except the Deng family?

When Deng arrived after receiving the news, Jiang Ning's clothes were intact, but it was obvious that they had been tidied up later.

The Duchess of Su was related to her by marriage, so she dared not hide anything about the matter and recounted what she had seen and the way Jiang Ning's clothes were half off at the time.

Regardless of whether Jiang Ning was framed or not, it is a fact that she has almost lost her innocence in front of a stranger!

For the Jiang family, the reasons are not important, the process is not important, only the result matters!

The reason why the Duchess of Su did not immediately turn against Deng was that she wanted to know whether Jiang Ning would marry into the Prince Zhong's mansion.

"Master, getting angry now won't help. Let's think of a way to cover this up."

Jiang Yanping angrily rebuked, "How can such a big thing be covered up? You yourself said that Princess Zhong took the prince away with a cold face, and both the imperial physicians and doctors from the common people diagnosed Jiang Ning as being unharmed. How can this be covered up?"

Madam Deng cried twice more before saying, "But Ning'er says she was framed. Master, you know what kind of person Ning'er is. She has always been proud and arrogant, and we have always hoped that she could marry into the royal family. But we have taught her since she was a child that she should marry as a principal wife. How could she possibly be willing to be a concubine?"

Jiang Yanping angrily flicked his sleeve, but didn't say anything.

Is something like this something you can just take seriously just by talking about it?

Who knows if this wicked child took a fancy to the Prince Zhong because of his handsome appearance?

It wasn't until dinner time that Grand Tutor Jiang returned home.

He already knew about this before returning home.

Just before he was about to leave the palace, Consort Jiang sent someone to inform him of this matter.

Throughout the journey, Grand Tutor Jiang weighed the pros and cons of the matter.

Even Consort Jiang has received the news, so the matter must have spread by now.

Whether Jiang Ning truly seduced the Prince of Zhong or not, she could never clear her name.

To be honest, Grand Tutor Jiang did consider letting Jiang Ning die of illness.

As long as she dies, the Jiang family's reputation will be preserved, and it will not affect the Imperial Concubine or the Jiang family's grand plans.

However, the imperial physician diagnosed that Prince Zhong had been drugged, so even if Jiang Ning died, Prince Zhong might not let the Jiang family off the hook.

Moreover, he always felt there was something strange about this.

How exactly did Jiang Ning, this granddaughter, end up with the Prince of Zhong?

After returning to his residence, Grand Tutor Jiang first ordered someone to bring him a bowl of hot porridge so he could have a bowl to fill his stomach. He was getting old and couldn't compromise on many things.

"Men, tie up all the servants in the Second Miss's courtyard and interrogate them one by one, leaving no one out. Find out who the Second Miss has been associating with these days, what she has been doing, especially regarding Prince Zhong."

"Yes, Master."

Jiang Taifu gave the order, and no one dared to disobey.

The old lady also felt sorry for Jiang Ning. There weren't many women in the Jiang family to begin with. Jiang Fu had already married, and Jiang Ning was her favorite granddaughter. Moreover, she was clever and quick-witted, and had learned everything very quickly since she was a child.

Now that such a mess has occurred, the old lady doesn't know how to handle it.

The room was full of people, but no one dared to speak.

After the old master returned to the mansion, Madam Deng knelt in the center of the room and admitted her mistake, but was not called up.

Only after Grand Tutor Jiang drank another bowl of hot porridge did he wave his hand, dismissing all the servants, and then look at Madam Deng.

"When did Jiang Ning and the Prince of Zhong become so close? Do you know?"

Madam Deng looked ashamed and said, "Your Majesty, I was unaware."

Grand Tutor Jiang narrowed his eyes, looking displeased: "Has Jiang Ning ever mentioned to you whether she has someone she's interested in?"

Ms. Deng shook her head: "No."

"Mrs. Deng, as Jiang Ning's mother, you know nothing about this. How did you raise her?"

Upon hearing this, Mrs. Deng burst into tears. She didn't know why things had turned out this way!

But what's the use of crying at this point?

Jiang Ning was still lying in her room. After such a big incident, coupled with the shock, she really didn't want to face her strict grandfather, so she simply pretended to be sick and lay there waiting for the outcome.

However, was Jiang Taifu so easily fooled?

Hearing the commotion outside, Jiang Ning knew that her grandfather was determined to get to the bottom of things.

Jiang Ning felt uneasy, but she also felt that since things had come to this, she might as well marry Prince Zhong. Moreover, she believed that as long as she married him, her grandfather would definitely support Prince Zhong.

In her past life, it was because she married into the Prince An's mansion that her grandfather and father wholeheartedly supported Prince An.

Jiang Ning only remembered these things, but completely forgot that in her previous life, because her whole family had done their best to support the Queen of An, they ended up being executed along with their entire family.

This time, she still only had one obsession with becoming empress, but she never thought that if she married Prince Zhong, would the Jiang family repeat the same mistakes?

Even after experiencing life's hardships, a selfish person remains selfish!

With the intervention of Grand Tutor Jiang, who held the highest authority in the Jiang family, results were swift.

The interrogation was conducted by an old servant who served Jiang Taifu.

"Reporting to the master, we have found out that the second young lady has been in contact with Prince Zhong since June of last year, and the two often meet secretly. However, according to the maid, they have always kept their relationship within the bounds of propriety and have never crossed any lines."

Last winter's severe snowstorm led Prince Zhong to heed her advice and stockpile grain, while the Second Miss hoarded large quantities of cotton cloth, only to lose everything. Her meeting with Prince Zhong today at the teahouse in Qinglan Garden was arranged several days prior.

Upon hearing this, Grand Tutor Jiang already understood the situation.

His face appeared calm, but his heart was in turmoil!

This granddaughter, you underestimate her!

They actually got involved with the Prince of Zhong so early, and last year they did something so brainless that they lost everything!

Jiang Yanping and Jiang Wenhe wished they could slap Jiang Ning twice.

It turns out that the person who was ridiculed for losing everything due to hoarding cloth was actually Jiang Ning!

That's so damn infuriating!