As soon as these words came out, the surrounding crowd was in an uproar. The farce of Shangshufu was also well known in the capital a few years ago. At the beginning, Xia Yan was innocent, and he was known to be both virtuous and artistic, but after being picked up, he was actually disgusted by his virtue. At this moment, when I heard the words of these two girls, it was like throwing a stone in the calm lake, and I couldn't stop making ripples. Some of them are a little older, and they recall the first wife of Shangshu Mansion, Zhao Meilai.

Speaking of which, Danfan has some impression of Zhao Mei, but he actually has a very good impression of her. Zhao Mei was born beautiful, simple and kind, and often helped the poor when she married into Shangshufu. She never dislikes the poor and loves the rich, let alone put on the shelf of a noble lady, and she is surprising in her approachability. It's just that the reputation of these good people has all been attributed to Shangshufu, which has added a lot of bargaining chips to Jiang Quan's career. At the beginning, Jiang Quan's reputation for honesty among the people may not have the credit of Zhao Mei.

It's just that Zhao Mei gradually faded out of people's field of vision, and then there was a gentle and virtuous Xia Yan with the name of a talented woman, and Jiang Quan intended to promote it. People only remember that the current Mrs. Shangshufu is Xia Yan instead of the original Zhao Mei. As soon as the two girls mentioned it at this moment, some people remembered the beautiful and kind young woman at the beginning, and there was a good heart in the heart, so some people who were unhappy said: "Yo, which is the key to the first lady who is dying, the first lady is a kind and good person." ”

The official stepped forward to take the form in Forsythia's hand and glanced at the crowd, and now the lord of Hong'an is hot. There is also the big backer of Jinying Wangfu behind him, and he didn't dare to slack off when he heard Jiang Ruan's name. After only a few drinks, the crowd was not allowed to make noise, and walked inside with the form.

Unless there is a noble family who has a great grievance to sue, and is afraid that the people in the yamen will intervene and judge the case unfairly, they will be added to the case division. The case division can also choose whether to try the case or not, after all, there are too many twists and turns in the rich and noble's homes, and one will get into trouble if he is not careful. However, today, since an official has dared to take the lead in resolving the complaint, it is obvious that he has been greeted by an adult before, and he has to try the case after taking the case, and the surrounding crowd knows that there will be another excitement to see tomorrow.

Lu Zhu was especially not enough, and deliberately said loudly: "Xia Yan, the concubine of Shangshu Mansion, poisoned and murdered the master's mother, mutilated the son-in-law and daughter-in-law, and the means were vicious. The mistress was dying, but she said that she was sick and died. I ask the case division to try diligently, and return my young lady and wife to a clean and fair life! ”

The crowd that was about to disperse suddenly boiled again, and Dewdrop's words can be described as a shocking scandal. In fact, in large families, there are not a few cases of concubines murdering the upper position of the main house. But if Jiang Quan knew everything that happened in Lu Dao but pretended to be deaf and dumb, and even acquiesced in Xia Yan's approach in it, this would be the first time. Officials in the capital who have some reputation and are not fools will definitely not let this kind of thing happen. Just because once it is exposed, it will be a huge stain, and the fight between women in the backyard is jealousy. Men should not be involved, especially if they do something that falls into the ground, a person can treat his wife so cruelly, and where is there any humanity at all.

If it was said that Jiang Quan was just a ridiculous person who couldn't handle the affairs of the backyard before, now as soon as the words of Dew Drop come out, Jiang Quan will become a representative of an ugly man in the capital from now on. He is hypocritical, vicious in his heart, and has a determination to abandon even his own flesh and blood. As a parent, it is really one in a million to do his part.

Dewdrop and Forsythia looked at each other and smiled, both of them had a kind of refreshment that was vicious. They have been with Jiang Ruan for many years, and they have a clear understanding of how Jiang Quan has an attitude towards Jiang Ruan. It is better not to have such a father, Zhao Mei's death was unjust, and the status of Jiang Ruan's brothers and sisters in Shangshu Mansion has changed from being bullied to not being underestimated now, and now it can be regarded as a small revenge, and they are very happy.

The matter of the lord of Hong'an suing his biological father spread throughout the capital in just a short period of time. Xia Yan and the Xia family are gone, and Jiang Chao and Jiang Susu are also dead, which is naturally unproven. However, the only Jiang Quan is still alive, which is equivalent to pointing all the fingers at Jiang Quan.

In the palace, Jiang Ruan looked at the sun in the sky. The snow stopped early in the morning, and even a little sun, the weather was good, she slowly picked up the teacup and took a sip, before saying to Jinsan and Tianzhu beside her: "Let's go, the time is almost up." ”

Tianzhu got up and put the silver rat fur cloak on her, and put a stove in her hand before following her out the door.

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Shangshufu is extremely lively today, since Jiang Chao's death, no, it should be said that since many years ago, when Jiang Quan's career began to decline, Shangshufu is no longer busy with the traffic it used to be. When Jiang Quan was like a fish in water in the court, there were people who wanted to visit every day, and the table with many posts in the house could not be placed. Jiang Quan discussed the current situation in the DPRK and China with the dignitaries, and Xia Yan chatted and laughed with the nobles. At that time, Jiang Susu was still a fairy who was not stained with ordinary people, and she could play a song in the garden that made people stop and linger. How many princes and grandsons of the nobles were puzzled by the beautiful sound of the piano, and stood in the corner of the outer wall to listen to the vocal music, and fell in love with the beautiful woman. And Jiang Chao always came back from the Guozijian proudly and talked with the children of the new family.

At that time, Mrs. Jiang was still alive, the second aunt and Jiang Li dared to be angry at Xia Yan every day, and Jiang Dan cowardly shrank in the house, which could be regarded as prosperity in the end. People speculated that the seemingly clear Shangshu Mansion would one day become the mainstay of the imperial court. Because they're loyal enough and they don't make mistakes.

All this prosperity seems to be yesterday, and the excitement has nothing to do with Jiang Ruan, as if the three of them have always been strangers. Later, when she came, Shangshufu seemed to have fallen into evil and gradually declined. The glory of the past is long gone, and everyone has said, it's not that the time has not come, God is finally watching from above, and the causes planted in the past of Shangshufu have finally caused today's evil results. Over the years, there have been frequent accidents in the Jiang Mansion, but now Jiang Ruan's complaint is tearing up the real reason to everyone.

The common people are simple and direct, some people directly blocked the door of Shangshu Mansion and threw eggs and vegetables and leaves at the door, and the guards of Jiang Mansion came out to stop them, and they were also scolded for being bloody, and they no longer dared to fight hard, so they had to close the door in the anger of everyone, and the public was angry.

It was just when they were filled with righteous indignation that they saw a carriage slowly coming from the crowd, and the crowd automatically split into two ways. The carriage was exquisitely made but not long-lasting, and had a low beauty, and the driver of the carriage was a tall and handsome young man, who at first glance knew that it was a rich and noble family. At a glance, people seemed to be able to sense that the people in the carriage were either rich or noble, and when they saw that it was from the Shangshu Mansion, they all fell silent and watched.

The carriage finally stopped, and the curtain was lifted, and two tall young women jumped out of it. The two men bowed down and lifted a woman out of the carriage.

The woman was dressed in a crimson velvet embroidered jacket, and she was wearing a bright jade flower-sprinkled crepe skirt, so the red and green colors were not gaudy, but there was a shocking beauty. Covered with a cloak of woven gold and silver rat hair, holding a stove in his hand, his complexion was as white as jade, his face was beautiful and moving, and he only combed a quiet fallen horse bun, which pressed the bright color a little. A pair of flattering eyes are amazing, but the gaze is flat, and the touching brightness shows a bit of solemnity and indifference.

Someone in the crowd recognized her and exclaimed, "Isn't that the eldest daughter of the Jiang family, the lord of Hong'an!" ”

The daughter of the Jiang family, this is her first name. Even if she is the princess of Jinying and the lord of Hong'an, she is first of all the daughter of the Jiang family. And appearing here at this moment is thought-provoking. Everyone knows that Lu Dao just sent her girl to the case department early this morning to complain, what are you doing in Shangshu Mansion now? Everyone watched with relish, and they all wanted to see what she would do next.

Jiang Ruan glanced at Tianzhu, Tianzhu understood, so he stepped forward and walked to the door of Shangshu Mansion and knocked lightly three times, her movements were polite and gentle, not like she came to find fault, but like a guest, very polite, and then said respectfully: "Please report, my princess will return to the house today." ”

Since Jiang Ruan married into the Jinying Palace, he was poisoned before he even had time to return to Ning. But even so, Shangshu Mansion is not a thousand miles away from Jinying Wang's Mansion, if you have a heart, it is always okay to send someone over to ask. Who knew that Jiang Quan was able to say nothing without mentioning it at all. As if there was no such daughter as her, at this moment, when Tianzhu mentioned Guining, the people around him gasped. I knew that the relationship between the concubine of the Jiang family and Jiang Quan was not very close, but it was so cold that it took so long for the newlywed to return to Ningning, which was really a joke.

The people inside did not respond for a long time, so Tianzhu carefully retreated behind Jiang Ruan, and the three of them stood quietly at the door of Jiang's mansion, and the surrounding crowd whispered, but they were also shocked by Jiang Ruan's coldness at this moment. Because her eyes were deep at the moment, it seemed that she was not looking at the Jiang Mansion, but looking at the long years that had been separated by the door of the Jiang Mansion.

Jiang Ruan's thoughts went back to the previous life, and it was also such a snowy day, and she returned to Jiang's mansion from Zhuangzi for the first time. It was his own home, but it seemed to be under the fence, and standing at the door of Shangshufu was both nervous and happy. She was dressed in tatters, and there were people around her pointing and guessing her identity, she felt ashamed and ashamed, and at this door, Xia Yan and Jiang Susu came to greet her in bright clothes. The more gentle and elegant they are, the more vulgar she becomes. Just under this plaque in the Chiang Mansion, the closed door opened, and all kinds of injuries and shame poured out of it. She went from the gate of Jiang's Mansion to the gate of the deep palace, and she was more embarrassed every time. The picture of her previous life was like a joke, reminding her of the unbearable past all the time.

And now? Jiang Ruan raised his head, and his gaze fell on the huge plaque in Shangshu Mansion. It was a plaque given by the emperor, Jiang Quan's pride, but he didn't know when it was already full of dust. In his previous life, Xia Yan's favorite thing to do was to instruct his subordinates to wipe this plaque clean, as if it represented the glory of the Jiang family. Now the Jiang family is about to collapse. In this life, she was here when she returned to Jiang's house, and she made a vow outside the gate to slaughter all the people who had hurt her relatives in her previous life, and she planted a seed of revenge here, and now the seed has long since broken the ground and grown into a towering tree, with a little more force, this huge grave that buried her and her family can be uprooted.

I don't know how long it took, and the door creaked open. Behind the family behind the door, a man in an official uniform slowly walked out, his face was gloomy, and he stared at Jiang Ruan viciously.

Jiang Quan may have just left the dynasty and hasn't had time to change his clothes, or he wants to use this clothes to suppress Jiang Ruan's momentum. It's just that it looks really haggard. Jiang Ruan smiled slightly and greeted politely: "Father, long time no see." ”

I haven't seen him for a long time, and Jiang Quan is almost like the elegant and decisive middle-aged man in Jiang Ruan's impression. He has lost a lot of weight, his complexion is also very tanned, the cheekbones on both sides are deeply sunken, he is surprisingly thin, and the whole person has shown his old state. Jiang Quan has always been a person who pays attention to appearance, even if he is not confused at the beginning, he is as young and elegant as when he was established. Now he is a man who is not very good-looking, and he may still be a little decadent.

Only the indifference and meanness in his eyes were exactly the same as in the previous life, Jiang Quan sneered: "Gui Ning, you still look at my Jiang family in your eyes?" ”

Jiang Ruan nodded: "I put my father in my heart, and I never dare to forget it all the time." "How dare you forget the blood feud and shame? The corners of her lips lifted slightly: "It's just that the father doesn't seem to like his daughter like this." ”

The meaning of these words is to accuse Jiang Quan of being unkind to his father, Jiang Quan was angry and said angrily: "I have shortened your food and clothing, don't forget that I am still your father!" How did you grow this big without me? Now that the wings are stiff, someone supports them, and they actually arranged your Lao Tzu to come! This is the wild rule learned in the mountains and wilderness places! "Jiang Quan holds his own identity as a literati, and he has always spoken very gently, how can outsiders have ever seen him scold people so vulgarly. At this moment, he was probably very anxious and didn't choose to speak, but he taught the surrounding crowd to see the real appearance.

"Without a father, naturally without me." Jiang Ruan said lightly: "Thanks to my father, when my mother was still there, my eldest brother and I only saw my father dozens of times in a year, but the second sister and second brother from Aunt Xia stayed with my father all day. The second brother was able to enter his father's study, but the eldest brother even invited his master and son to his mother. The second sister has the best piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, but I was taught by my mother herself - but my mother came from a family of military generals and didn't know anything about those. Father, do you want to say that it is because I understand my mother's mother's heart that wants me and my eldest brother to be by her side all the time? ”

These words were full of irony, Jiang Quan's face slowly turned red, and he was about to open his mouth to retort: "This..." ”

"But it's nice to be with my mother, and it's nothing. Qin, chess, calligraphy and painting are not my love, and my eldest brother does not practice the way of civil officials now, all thanks to my father's foresight. Jiang Ruan's eyes flashed with a hint of ridicule, and continued: "It's just that the eldest brother is sick and wants to ask for a doctor at night, but Aunt Xia deduces that my father has already fallen asleep and will talk about it tomorrow, so my mother can only warm the eldest brother with her body all night, if it weren't for his fate, the eldest brother would not be able to be safe now." And what will the father explain? Without waiting for Jiang Quan to speak, Jiang Ruan smiled and said, "My father is busy with official business, and I can save it." So when my mother was seriously ill, my father didn't come, and when I was dying, my father didn't come, only my father came on the day when Aunt Xia helped me to put on the plate, and my father pulled my second brother and sister to smile very happily. The eldest brother left home in anger, but I was sent to Zhuangzi. ”

She laughed softly: "Why was it sent to Zhuangzi, did your father remember?" Because a Taoist priest said that I was a lone star of Tiansha, Kefukemu, but five years later, when I returned to Beijing, the Taoist priest repeated his old tricks, and was recognized as a liar. Father still remembers who was the employer behind the Taoist priest? It was his father's favorite concubine and later mother-in-law, Aunt Xia. ”

She said a long and sighing, but the people around her were shocked when they heard it, and they refused to let go of even a little girl, this Xia Yan's mind was too vicious.

"Does my father want to say that he doesn't know about Lu Dao at all, then I'm afraid that my father doesn't know about Lu Dao is a bit too much. For example, on the day my eldest brother returned to Beijing, he was ambushed in the woods, and he was actually going to be killed. Who is the father behind it? Naturally, my father didn't know what to do, because it was also my father's favorite concubine, Aunt Xia. Jiang Ruan smiled slightly: "My father wants to be an honest and honest official, but he can't even know the people next to his pillow, and it's really distressing to look at him as a daughter." ”

The people around him sneered and pointed, and only said: "It turns out that Shangshu Mansion is such a tiger's den and dragon pool, no wonder General Jiang wants to join the martial arts, otherwise how to protect himself and his sister, I am afraid that there are no bones left that have already been eaten!" ”

Xia Yan's cruel mind has reached the point of outrageousness, and he wants to not let go of Jiang Xinzhi and Jiang Ruan. I don't know how much of a feud Zhao Mei has with her, such a vicious woman, if Jiang Quan doesn't notice anything, it is really too much to underestimate this official who is a third-grade official. Everyone doesn't believe it, it's just a matter of turning a blind eye. If Jiang Quan pushed Zhao Mei's death smoothly, it is also a reputation for a wolf's heart and a dog's lungs. But even his own sons and daughters don't know what to do, which is really incomprehensible. It is said that tiger poison does not eat children, Jiang Quan's heart is iron?

"You.... What the hell are you talking nonsense? Jiang Quan was annoyed and angry, and he was also afraid that Jiang Ruan would tell more secrets: "You talk nonsense without evidence, who taught you to say this, to insult my Shangshu Mansion like this?" What is his purpose? ”

Jiang Quan is an old fox in the end, and he quickly thought of arousing everyone's doubts. As a son and daughter of Shangshufu, Jiang Ruan naturally would not wronged his father for no reason, but what if someone was behind his back? Jiang Ruan is now married to King Jinying, and the person behind it naturally refers to Xiao Shao.

A trace of anger flashed in Tianzhu and Jinsan's eyes, Jiang Quan actually wanted to bite at this time, it was really a forgivable sin. Jiang Ruan smiled slightly: "Father, none of this is important. When Aunt Xia asked people to drug my mother, I naturally had evidence, and my mother told me since I was a child not to bite others indiscriminately. ”

There was a burst of laughter around him, Jiang Quan thought that Jiang Ruan was just scareping, so many years have passed, Jiang Ruan at that time was just a child, he didn't know anything, and now that Xia Yan is also dead, where is there any evidence. Jiang Quan was not worried in his heart, but after Jiang Ruan's trouble, he felt that his face had been lost today. Deng Shi was furious and said, "Do you really want to do this? Evil girl, you dare to sue your biological father, where is this filial piety? Where do you put me, my father? ”

In this world, no matter what, when a hat of filial piety is pressed down, it will always press off several layers of skin. No matter how wolf-hearted Jiang Quan is, he is Jiang Ruan's father by blood, and there is no such thing in this world that a daughter sues her father, your parents just want you to die, and you have to bear it. Because this is the general ethics, it is a rule that everyone in the world must follow. Seeing that Jiang Ruan didn't speak, a trace of pride flashed in Jiang Quan's eyes, and he only felt that his waist was straighter, and he felt more confident. "Don't forget, it's my blood that you have left!" Without me, where did you come from! ”

The surrounding crowd was silent, indeed, even if what Jiang Ruan said was true, when he scolded Jiang Quan for being ruthless and unjust, Jiang Ruan's opinion was very complicated. Suing his biological father is a shocking thing, and he even has some strange opinions about Jinying Palace. Jiang Ruan did such a thing as a child, and it is not an exaggeration to call it out of line. It was this lawsuit that won the most, and Jiang Ruan, who was left, also had to face everyone's strange eyes.

Jiang Ruan was not affected by everyone's gaze at all, she was slim in the cold wind, it was a brave gesture that could not be blown by any strong wind, as if to show everyone that she would never compromise. And the words that came out were cold and tough, and slowly knocked into the ears of everyone: "Indeed, father, you gave me life, and without you there would be no me." You gave me half of my bones, but God knows," she sneered, "how disgusted I am." ”

Before the words fell, they saw that there was an extra delicate dagger in her hand, and everyone was shocked, and they didn't know what she was going to do, so they saw the dagger lightly swiped on the back of her hand, and large drops of blood flowed out, blooming bright blood flowers on the snow.

And her smile was charming and cruel, her words were cold and decisive, and she lightly opened her lips in the face of Jiang Quan's stunned gaze: "Now, I will return it to you." ”