coobybook Chapter 11 My Cousin is Here
Chapter 11 My Cousin is Here
"Zhi'er."
Marquis Zhenyuan was so angry at Jiang Zhi's words that his face turned purple.
Standing to the side, Lady Liu looked at Marquis Zhenyuan with a smile, putting on her usual doting motherly act.
“My lord, what Zhi’er said makes sense. Since she’s not in the attic, why force it on her?”
"However, the maids and servants all saw it, but Zhi'er is suspected of having dealings with Young Master Pei."
"Proving Zhi'er's innocence is not difficult."
"Have the matrons from the manor come over and examine Zhi'er to see if she is a virgin."
“If Zhi’er is innocent, it proves that she is innocent, and our Jiang family has truly wronged her.”
Sure enough, Liu's true colors are finally about to be revealed.
At this moment, she lowered her eyes and remained silent, and the Jiang family thought she was about to cause a scene.
Unexpectedly, she burst into tears.
Unlike Jiang Luan, Jiang Zhi trembles all over when she cries, I see actors.
She cried silently, her eyes lowered, tears falling drop by drop.
Since Jiang Zhi returned to Beijing, she has never cried in front of them. For a moment, the Jiang family was stunned and felt very uncomfortable.
"Why are you crying? I was just trying to prove your innocence."
Liu pretended to wipe away the tears from Jiang Zhi's eyes.
"What are you saying, young lady?"
"I have just returned to Yanjing and have no connection with Young Master Pei. How can Zhi'er meet with him in secret?"
"I'm not even here, yet you're taking people with you. What's the meaning behind that?"
"I heard that before my sister even entered the room, she was already shouting outside that I was having an affair with Young Master Pei inside."
"But I want to ask, did anyone see it?"
Jiang Zhi coughed lightly twice, her eyes filled with tears.
Madam Liu's face stiffened, and she forced a smile, "Zhi'er, that's not what I meant."
"Now, the only way to silence public opinion is through this method."
Liu knew that if Jiang Zhi did not harmonize his yin and yang with someone within a quarter of an hour after drinking the wine, or if he did not take the antidote, he would die suddenly.
Moreover, Jiang Zhi doesn't understand pharmacology, and it's impossible for him to carry an antidote with him.
If she hadn't left the mansion, she certainly wouldn't have been able to get the antidote.
Unless, of course, she truly achieves harmony between yin and yang with a human.
Seeing this, Jiang Luan added, "Grandmother, Father, my sister is just feeling guilty. If she hadn't been having an affair with Young Master Pei, why wouldn't she be willing to prove her innocence?"
Madam Jiang stared in horror, then sat down and gave instructions to the maids and nannies beside her.
"Go over there, take the young lady back to her room, and examine her body!"
“If she is truly innocent, I, as her grandmother, will apologize to her.”
As soon as the voice fell, several maids and nannies came over, roughly pinned Jiang Zhi down, and prepared to drag her back to her room.
There were many of them and they were strong, so no matter how Jiang Zhi struggled, she couldn't break free.
Marquis Zhenyuan's face darkened, and he wanted to intervene, but he couldn't do anything about the order given by Old Madam Jiang.
At this moment, Jiang Luan, nestled in Liu's arms, said smugly, "Sister, in our Jiang family, if someone has an affair before marriage, they will be drowned in a pig cage."
"They'll be beaten to death with sticks and driven out of the Jiang family."
"Sister's resistance suggests that she is not truly a virgin?"
"I never would have guessed that my sister could be so shameless and engage in illicit relations with others."
"Luan'er, say less," Liu Shi said deliberately from the side.
Several old women roughly grabbed Jiang Zhi's clothes and dragged her out.
They had barely taken two steps when a sudden sound reached their ears.
"stop!"
"Let go of Zhizhi!"
Everyone in the hall looked up and saw a young girl in a light red peony-patterned ruqun (a type of traditional Chinese dress) walk in.
The girl was beautiful and clever, with rosy cheeks and bright eyes.
This was none other than Lu Nianqiu, Jiang Zhi's cousin.
Lu Nianqiu walked over, grabbed the old woman abruptly, and pushed her away.
"What do you want to do!"
The old women released their grip.
Lu Nianqiu looked down at Jiang Zhi and smiled, "Zhi Zhi, don't be afraid, I'm here."
Jiang Zhi's brows relaxed, and she looked up at Lu Nianqiu.
She led him by the wrist into the inner room.
"Nianqiu, weren't you at the shop? What brings you here?"
"Let go of Jiang Zhi's hand." Jiang Shuyue, who was in his seat, became somewhat impatient when he saw Lu Nianqiu arrive.
Lu Nianqiu grabbed Jiang Zhi's wrist and walked up to Old Madam Jiang and Jiang Shuyue.
It turned out that she was at the shop, and at noon she went to find her and said that Jiang Zhi had been bullied.
She rushed to the mansion.
She bowed and calmly said, "Uncle, Grandmother, Miss Liu."
"Nianqiu just wants to ask one question today: why didn't Zhizhi go to the attic, but instead forced this matter onto her?"
"Most people would avoid such things like the plague, but why is the Zhenyuan Marquis's mansion always trying to drag their own people into this mess?"
"Zhizhi came to the shop right after Luan's coming-of-age ceremony, and did not go to any attic."
"Now you're still insisting on examining her body. If word gets out, what will people say?"
"Even if Zhizhi is innocent, people are now spreading rumors and turning white into black. What will the people of Yanjing say about the Zhenyuan Marquis's mansion?"
"Zhizhi isn't feeling guilty; she's just concerned about the Jiang family's reputation!"
“Uncle, Zhizhi just came back, and you treat her like this.”
"If this ridiculous farce gets out, the entire Zhenyuan Marquis's mansion will become a laughing stock in Yanjing."
Upon hearing Lu Nianqiu's explanation, Marquis Zhenyuan's expression became dazed.
Madam Jiang frowned, her gaze falling on Jiang Zhi's face, but Jiang Zhi showed no sign of panic.
Jiang Zhi took a deep breath and looked at everyone without changing his expression.
“Grandmother, Father, you have always said I am a jinx since I was a child.”
“You are all right. I, Jiang Zhi, suffer a calamity every year.”
"From the time I can remember, when I was five years old and went to Liangzhou, I would inexplicably encounter danger every year in Liangzhou."
“I have narrowly escaped death almost every year, including being burned to death, falling into the water for no reason, contracting a strange illness for no apparent reason, and being kidnapped.”
"If Father and Mother don't believe it, they can ask Granny Zhang if this is true."
Liu felt somewhat guilty.
Jiang Zhi will always remember that when she was ten years old, her father specially brought her back to the mansion to celebrate Liu's birthday. However, less than a month after she returned, Liu's son died mysteriously.
That night, Liu's son was punished by his mother for not studying properly at school. She made him kneel in the ancestral hall and forbade him from eating.
Feeling sorry for Liu's son, she went to the ancestral hall to bring him some snacks. Unexpectedly, a man in black turned around and snatched the snacks from inside the room. As she rushed to hug Liu's son, a dagger was right next to her. Before she could react, the dagger was already at her side.
Madam Liu then brought Old Madam Jiang over, and upon seeing the dagger beside her, she concluded that Old Madam Jiang had killed her son.
That night, no matter how she explained, apart from her cousin, no one in the Jiang family believed her.
That same night, she was beaten so badly by Old Madam Jiang that she was covered in blood and unable to move. The next day, she was sent back to Liangzhou.