Chapter 182: Strange

(Too sleepy, snatched this out. You can temporarily not read it; read it tomorrow afternoon. I'm going to sleep first, it's uncomfortable.)

Jiang Youyi had not been having a smooth time recently.

That day, she took a rare peacock epiphyllum to visit Du Mingzhu, encountered Jiang Li in prison, and was mocked by the bearded man beside him.

She held a grudge.

After returning, Jiang Youyi found an opportunity to whisper in her father's ear, saying that Jiang Li looked down on her, a merchant's daughter, and didn't take the Qingyang Jiang family seriously, and so on.

Her words were all about instigating her father to bribe Magistrate Li and fire Jiang Li.

As a result, who knew, she was scolded by her father instead.

"Is Jiang Li someone you should offend? Don't look at him as just a small bailiff; standing behind him is the Thirteenth Prince!"

The head of the Jiang family was able to snatch the unique and good job of salt merchant among many competitors; naturally, he was not a fool.

For any person in the Ya Men who needed to be handled, he had checked their ancestors back eighteen generations in advance.

Although Jiang Li was just a farm boy, his father was the famous Jiang Mo Nian, the top scholar appointed by the Emperor himself.

As the saying goes, a tiger father has no dog sons. How brilliant was Jiang Mo Nian? How could his son be any worse?

Otherwise, how could Jiang Li become the savior of the Thirteenth Prince?

It was naturally based on his high martial arts and soaring luck.

Therefore, do your own business well, and don't offend people you shouldn't offend.

The head of the Jiang family knew that his daughter was competitive and not very bright, so he had to spell it out for her, "You, it's a good thing you can play with Miss Du. Miss Du's maternal grandfather is the Beian Marquis. If you can build a relationship there in the future, it will also be beneficial to our family."

"But you must remember, you must never interfere in the Du family's domestic affairs, especially the grievances between the Du family and the Jiang family. It has nothing to do with our Jiang family. There is no need to favor either side and end up pleasing no one. Do you understand?"

Jiang Youyi agreed verbally, but she was unhappy in her heart.

She had no interest in the grievances between the Du family and the Jiang family, but who told that Du Ruo to hook up with her Brother Xiao?

She had already investigated clearly that there was nothing innocent between Du Ruo and Xiao Liangchen. The two grew up together, childhood sweethearts, and had almost set a marriage contract.

If Du Mingzhu hadn't ruined Du Ruo's face, Du Ruo would probably already be a Xiao family wife by now.

Thinking of this made Jiang Youyi sick.

She just wanted to see that little bitch Du Ruo suffer, and by extension, she didn't like her man either, even if that Jiang Li didn't look any worse than Xiao Liangchen.

However, Jiang Youyi didn't dare to say these words, otherwise, she feared her father would put her in confinement.

Since Jiang Li couldn't be touched, she turned her attention to Xiao Liangchen.

Hearing before that Xiao Liangchen had placed second in the county examination, Jiang Youyi felt very uncomfortable, so she found two people to go to Qunfang Pavilion to probe the tone, to see if she could bribe the old madam to expose Xiao Liangchen's visit to the brothel and ruin his future and official career.

Unfortunately, that old madam was not on the level and refused to testify.

Jiang Youyi had no choice but to give up for the time being.

Who would have thought that a few days later, Xiao Liangchen actually came to her door himself and, in front of her father, exposed the wicked things she had done.

At the end, he even said that he would rather shave his hair and become a monk, crawling before the Buddha, than ever look up to marry a wife and kneel before money!

Hearing this, her father's old face turned red, and he guaranteed in public that his daughter would never trouble Xiao Liangchen again, then politely sent him away.

That night, her father rarely went to the concubine's room but entered her mother's courtyard and pointed at her mother's nose and scolded her for a long time.

"Look at the good daughter you taught! She throws herself at people, and they don't even want her. Our Jiang family's face has been lost by her!"

Jiang Tai Tai was so angry she cried all night.

Then she vented her anger on her daughter, saying she was useless, couldn't even handle a man, and had implicated her.

This matter soon spread throughout the entire Jiang family, and even the servants were laughing behind their backs.

Jiang Youyi really couldn't stay, so she simply took her maid Danju to the Du Fu. At least in front of the current Du Mingzhu, she could still rely on her face to find a sense of superiority.

As a result, not only did she find a sense of superiority, but she also got a good way to get rich.

Du Mingzhu told her that a gambling game was being held outside, betting on who was the murderer in the case of Jiang being poisoned.

Du Mingzhu said with certainty that Lü Xiue was sure to win!

Jiang Youyi believed it. Du Mingzhu's father was the Assistant Magistrate; she must have some inside information.

So she excitedly ran home, originally wanting to tell her father about this, but suddenly remembered that the first rule of the Jiang family was not to participate in any gambling, so she swallowed the words back into her stomach.

Then she simply went to find her two older brothers.

The three siblings hid it from everyone, took out six taels of silver, secretly ran to place a bet, and bet on Lü Xiue to win.

They thought it was a good thing to bend down and pick up money, but the next day, news came from the Ya Men.

Lü Xiue had actually lost.

Lü Xiue only lost her life, but the three Jiang siblings lost all their savings!

Jiang Youyi's eyes were cried into walnuts.

Seeing her sister so sad, the two brothers couldn't blame her. After all, their sister had good intentions, wanting to take her brothers to get rich, but she just had bad luck and lost.

The brothers were easy to talk to, but the sisters-in-law were not good people.

The two sisters-in-law soon discovered that the money box was empty. After several interrogations, they finally learned the truth.

Now the sky had turned upside down. The two sisters-in-law cried and ran to their father-in-law to complain, insinuating that their sister-in-law was not behaving properly and had corrupted her brothers.

The head of the Jiang family was furious.

He hated gamblers all his life and detested them deeply, so he didn't hesitate to bring out the family law.

The eldest and second young masters of the Jiang family were each beaten with heavy sticks, plus they had to copy the family rules one hundred times; they were not allowed to eat until they finished.

Jiang Youyi didn't fare any better: thirty lashes on the hand with a ruler, and she was punished to kneel in the ancestral hall for a whole night.

And her monthly allowance was deducted for a year.

This punishment was not light. Jiang Youyi lost money, lost face, and suffered. That night, she thought a lot, reflected on her mistakes before her ancestors, and finally came to a conclusion.

It was all Du Mingzhu's fault. If it weren't for her certainty, how could she have bet all her net worth?

And she even dragged her brothers into the ditch!

The next morning, Jiang Youyi couldn't care about her swollen hands and sore knees, and with Danju, she angrily ran to find Du Mingzhu to settle the account.

Du Mingzhu had just finished venting her anger on Liu Ya. Seeing her come, she let Chenxiang find a seat by the bed.

"What's wrong, Sister Yi? Your face looks so ugly."

Jiang Youyi was choked with anger.

Pretend, keep pretending. She didn't believe Du Mingzhu didn't know why she came.

"Mingzhu, didn't you say Lü Xiue would definitely win? I believed your words, that's why I invested all my money."

Du Mingzhu smiled, "So? You lost silver, and you came to me for compensation?"

This... Jiang Youyi's brain became confused instantly.

Asking Du Mingzhu for compensation was definitely unrealistic. Not to mention whether the Du family had six taels of silver, even if they did, even if Lord Du and Lady Du were willing to compensate, did she dare to ask for it?

If she really dared to ask, believe it or not, her father would strangle her when she got back?

Jiang Youyi's arrogance suddenly dropped, and she said awkwardly, "I didn't mean that; I just wanted to ask what was going on."

"What's going on?" Du Mingzhu sneered, "That should be asked of that little bitch Du Ruo. That Lü Xiue was clearly about to win the lawsuit, but suddenly recanted and confessed herself. Don't you think this matter is strange?" ===== CHAPTER 183 =====