Tianliangyuan

Chapter 28 Making a fuss

Wang Ruolan and Xu Junting were both quite frightened; they dared not say such things carelessly!

Wang Ruolan was more composed: "Alright, don't mention anything like that again! But since Sun Qian dared to team up with Jiang Ning to scheme against you, we can't let this go. I'll have a good talk with your father tonight. You two better stay put and don't cause any more trouble, understand?"

Wang Ruolan was worried that her two children would get involved again, which would be disastrous.

After all, the Jiang family is not easy to deal with.

"I know, mother."

The brother and sister were quite well-behaved, especially Xu Zhaozhao. Since she couldn't go out anyway, she was content to stay home and listen to the news.

When Xu Han learned of this that evening, he immediately went to change his clothes and go to his study.

Wang Ruolan had been married to him for many years; how could she not understand his temperament?

"Alright, calm down. We certainly can't just suffer in silence like this. But we also need to think things through carefully. Neither the Jiang family nor the Duke of Su's mansion are people we can easily provoke."

Xu Han paced around the room several times in anger, hands on his hips, his face stubborn: "I don't care if he's the Grand Tutor or not! So what if the Jiang family has a prime minister? I even saved the emperor on the battlefield!"

"Alright, alright, stop yelling! You dare to say anything, there's no room for you in this house!"

Wang Ruolan pulled him onto the bed and quickly made him move over a bit before she got on, and the two sat side by side.

"Right now, it's just a struggle between the younger generation. Even if we want to avenge our daughter, we can't show it directly in court, since we don't have any evidence right now."

"Why not? Doesn't Xu Lin have some?"

Wang Ruolan choked: "But the problem is that Xu Lin and Sun Qingyang are only thinking about using this evidence to their advantage, and they don't really intend to make a big fuss."

To put it bluntly, Sun Qian's current state basically means she has been abandoned by the elders of the Sun family. They want to exchange her for more beneficial interests for the family. As for Sun Qian's future marriage or her scars, they don't care that much at all.

These words made Xu Han's heart clench. He felt that his wife was criticizing the Xu family for not raising Xu Lin well, but he had no evidence.

Seeing that he had finally calmed down and his breathing was no longer so rapid, Wang Ruolan slowly analyzed the situation with him.

“My lord, you are a military general. You can’t win an argument with those civil officials in the court. But we can make use of you.”

Xu Han, knowing his wife was intelligent, quickly asked, "How can we use this?"

Wang Ruolan smiled and said mysteriously, "Do you still remember the braised meat shop that Xu Lin brought as part of her dowry?"

"Yes, it hasn't been that long, of course I remember."

"Zhao Zhao told me that if we want to make a big scene, we don't necessarily have to do it ourselves. Besides, since the Jiang family is a family of civil officials, they care about their reputation even more than we do. Let's take advantage of their weakness, and I don't believe they won't take the bait!"

Although Xu Han still only vaguely understood, he roughly grasped that his wife probably wanted to make a big deal out of the fact that scholars shared the same name.

However, the specifics of how to proceed are up to my wife.

After whispering for a while, the gloom on Xu Han's face had completely disappeared. He laughed several times and clapped his hands, saying, "Madam is so clever! This brilliant plan will surely help us vent our anger!"

Wang Ruolan did not take credit: "It's not because I'm smart, it's all because Zhaozhao taught me."

Xu Han looked surprised and delighted: "Are you serious?"

Wang Ruolan rolled her eyes at him: "Of course it's true! Our Zhaozhao is very smart, otherwise do you think she was just killing time by reading those books?"

Xu Han chuckled. He never looked down on women, especially the women in his own family. When it came to literature and calligraphy, his wife and daughter were better than him!

Miss Qi's marriage has not been fully settled yet, but new versions of the story have already emerged among the people.

"I heard that the Jiang family's poetry gathering was originally intended to harm people. It was just that Miss Qi and Miss Sun were unlucky enough to take the blame for Princess Leyang!"

"What are you saying? How come you're still taking the blame for Princess Leyang?"

"You didn't know, did you? The second young lady of the Jiang family and Princess Leyang both fell for the same man. The second young lady of the Jiang family was furious, so she plotted to harm her and then steal him away!"

"real or fake?"

"Even if it's harmful, that vicious dog belongs to the Duke of Su's mansion. How could it obey Miss Jiang's orders?"

"You don't understand. The young master of the Duke of Su's mansion is a lecherous man. He's currently indulging in his new concubine, which has embarrassed his wife, and that's how this whole mess started. Miss Jiang is taking advantage of this situation to get rid of the concubine and the vicious dog, and also to harm Princess Leyang, so she can steal her man!"

……

This version of the rumor spread wider and wider, and people even made it sound very convincing. Some people even claimed to have seen Jiang Ning seducing that young man.

There are many conflicting opinions, making it difficult to distinguish the truth from the falsehood.

In fact, sometimes when many people say something and it gets spread widely, it can easily be taken as true!

When this reached Princess Leyang's ears, she naturally took it as true!

So the King of Qi took his beloved daughter to the palace to seek justice.

The Qi family originally intended to settle the matter peacefully by marrying off their second daughter, which they thought wouldn't be too shameful.

But who would have thought there was such a hidden story?

Now, the marriage was temporarily called off, and the Qi family had no choice but to go to the Jiang family to demand an explanation.

Not only the Jiang family, but even the Duchess of Su wanted to confront the Jiang family.

Liu Huaien never expected things to take this turn!

He was simple-minded, and his greatest hobbies were eating, drinking, and having fun. He never imagined that he and the black dog had been used by someone.

"I sensed something was amiss that day. What kind of husband goes to his wife's family to invite her home, only to bring along a concubine and a wild beast? I never imagined it was these two sisters who had conspired together. Just thinking about it makes me shudder!"

"If that vicious dog had truly injured Princess Leyang that day, you wouldn't have enough heads to chop off even if you had ten!"

No wonder the Duchess of Su was so angry and fearful; Princess Leyang was not to be trifled with, and the Prince of Qi behind her was even more untouchable!

The Prince of Qi and the current emperor are siblings from the same mother. When the emperor ascended the throne, the Prince of Qi made an indispensable contribution.

Afterwards, the Prince of Qi did not covet power and only wanted to live a carefree life as a prince. How could the Emperor treat him badly?

Although Princess Leyang is only a princess, she has everything that princesses in the palace have, and even things that princesses don't have!

This is the favoritism of the most noble emperor of Daxing!

"Madam, I just received news that Prince Qi has brought Princess Leyang to the palace. Moreover, I heard that Prince Qi went there in a rage, and even threatened that if he cannot get justice for the princess, he will go to the Luoyang Imperial Palace to seek the Empress Dowager's help!"