Tianliangyuan

Chapter 21 Two birds with one stone?

The girls gathered together, reciting poems or painting. Later, to liven up the atmosphere, they even played a couple of rounds of pitch-pot.

Xu Zhaozhao has always been very tactful, not conspicuous, but not so much that she can be ignored.

Her unassuming nature pleased the other young ladies, who were eager to befriend her.

The original owner was naturally introverted and didn't usually like attending these kinds of gatherings.

Now that Xu Zhaozhao has arrived, she doesn't plan to immediately change her image; it's better to take it slowly.

After everyone had had their fill of fun, Jiang Ning invited them to move to the banquet area.

Xu Zhaozhao is the daughter of a marquis, so her position is naturally not too far back. However, Sun Qian was also arranged to be next to her, which made Xu Zhaozhao even more curious about what Jiang Ning wanted to do.

The two were standing close together, and before they had even touched their chopsticks much, Xu Zhaozhao noticed something was wrong.

She subtly flicked her sleeve, which conveniently concealed the sachet she was wearing.

She was certain that she had just smelled a scent from a sachet that didn't belong to her.

Therefore, someone must have tampered with it.

Xu Zhaozhao silently took the opportunity of admiring the flowers to walk to the side as well.

This is a very rare Wei Zi plant, in full bloom, and it is placed in the middle, naturally attracting many young ladies to come closer to admire it.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, when no one was paying attention to her, Xu Zhaozhao took out the extra items from the sachet.

For an outsider, it might be difficult to tell, but for a plant-based ability user, it was incredibly simple. She didn't even need to look; she could just rely on her intuition to retrieve the item.

Xu Zhaozhao approached Sun Qian again, and unsurprisingly, she smelled that scent on Sun Qian this time as well.

Therefore, Xu Zhaozhao was quite certain that it was she who had tampered with her sachet.

When?

After quietly returning the items to Sun Qian, Xu Zhaozhao sat back down and began to review her actions after meeting Sun Qian.

It seems that during the poetry contest in the pavilion in front, Sun Qian sat next to her on the balustrade, and Xu Zhaozhao remembered that she leaned to one side and said several words to another young lady.

Therefore, that was the best time for Sun Qian to make her move.

It’s true!

It's really hard to believe that a bad person can easily turn good.

Someone like Sun Qian, after learning such a big lesson, still hasn't learned her lesson!

Xu Zhaozhao wanted to see what tricks Sun Qian could come up with this time.

Xu Zhaozhao used her special ability to quickly remove the excess odor from her body to avoid getting into trouble again later.

As the banquet was about to end, Jiang Ning ordered someone to remove the potted Wei Zi pot as well.

Just as everyone was praising Jiang Ning, they heard a dog barking!

This caused many young ladies to lose their composure, and even some of the tough old women showed fear on their faces.

The sound grew closer, and Xu Zhaozhao unconsciously moved away from Sun Qian.

In fact, Sun Qian also intended to stay away from Xu Zhaozhao, for fear of being implicated again, so she took the opportunity to distance herself.

This was exactly what Xu Zhaozhao wanted.

As everyone was filled with fear, a large black dog suddenly burst in, barking fiercely at the group of women, followed closely by several male servants, clearly intending to subdue the vicious dog and take it away.

However, the black dog seemed to have been provoked by something, barking wildly and even lunging at one of the women.

Xu Zhaozhao remained hidden in a corner, observing secretly. If the opportunity arose, she would still have to make a move. She couldn't let this vicious dog harm anyone, especially since they were all women. Whether it was a facial injury or a physical injury, they probably couldn't bear it.

Wow!

The black dog smashed the food on the table into a mess, then pounced on one of the women in pink. The woman seemed startled, her body went limp, and she fell to the ground.

Then she saw the black dog rushing towards her, and for a moment she was so frightened that her eyes rolled back and she fainted.

The black dog didn't stop moving; instead, it leaped over the woman in pink and pounced straight at Sun Qian behind her!

Sun Qian was terrified!

Why is this thing coming towards me?

"what!"

"Someone come here!"

Everyone fled the area, while poor Sun Qian was being held down on the ground by the black dog.

When Sun Qian came face to face with the black dog's long tongue and large mouth at close range, she immediately tilted her head to the side and knew nothing more.

The black dog didn't care whether you were dizzy or not, and slapped you with its paw...

This scene truly terrified many people.

Some of the women were so frightened that they scrambled away from the place, not daring to look at it again.

However, some of the women, unable to dodge in time and weakened by the moment, remained in the hall, watching helplessly as the vicious dog's claws struck Sun Qian's face.

Xu Zhaozhao, hiding behind the pillar, could see it clearly. At this moment, Sun Qian's right cheek was covered in blood, seemingly because the pain on her face had forced her to wake up again.

"what!"

Sun Qian wiped her face, saw her hands covered in blood, and then, upon meeting the dog's eyes, which were clearly even more excited, she fainted again.

Seeing that a life was about to be lost, the servants following the black dog finally subdued it. However, the black dog had already injured Sun Qian, and the pink-clad woman's clothes had also been torn by the dog. At this moment, several more servants rushed forward to subdue the vicious dog, so...

Xu Zhaozhao shook her head. It seemed that things would be difficult today.

With such a big incident, even the matriarch of the Jiang family couldn't sit still and personally led her daughters-in-law to deal with it.

After all, apart from Sun Qian, the other guests at the banquet today come from all sorts of noble families!

Xu Zhaozhao noticed that a young woman was following behind the ladies. Judging from her appearance, she guessed that she should be Jiang Ning's elder sister, Jiang Fu.

Xu Zhaozhao thought about the information she had learned from the flowers and plants today, and several possibilities quickly came to mind. So, this banquet today was Jiang Ning's plan to kill two birds with one stone.

Sure enough, as soon as Madam Jiang began her interrogation, Jiang Fu took the initiative to stand up and apologize.

“Reporting to Grandmother, that vicious dog belongs to one of my husband’s concubines, and my husband adores it. He brought it to my door today to apologize, but unexpectedly, he failed to control the dog in time and it ended up injuring someone.”

At this moment, Old Madam Jiang was so angry that she almost cursed out loud!

How can we allow a vicious dog to break into such an important occasion?

Once word gets out, who will dare to attend the Jiang family's banquets again?

Not only that, a group of women were having a banquet in the back garden when a vicious dog attacked someone and male servants filed in. No matter how you look at it, this was damaging to the Jiang family's reputation.

However, this matter could not be kept secret. There were quite a few women of noble status present, including two princesses, a young lady from the family of the eldest princess, and three daughters of dukes. Such prominent statuses were beyond the reach of the Jiang family.