Chapter 30 No one
Xiangqiao's sudden voice surprised everyone.

The one who reacted most violently was not Jiang Li, but Tong'er. Tong'er immediately stood in front of Jiang Li, protecting her like a hen protecting her chicks, and loudly retorted: "Nonsense! You are slandering me! My girl has never done such a thing. Xiangqiao, I think your conscience has been taken away by a wolf. How dare you slander my girl like this!"

Xiang Qiao didn't even look at Tong'er. Instead, she kowtowed to Old Madam Jiang several times and cried, "I dare not lie. If I say even a word of falsehood, I will be struck by lightning!"

"You!" Tong'er was so angry that she couldn't speak. Xiangqiao actually dared to make such a vicious oath. It was obvious that she was willing to risk her life.

However, Xiang Qiao's words seemed to have confirmed Jiang Li's guilt, and there was no way to refute it.

Jiang Yu'e said sarcastically, "Second sister, you don't have any jewelry on you, but you bought a gemstone headpiece worth four hundred taels of silver for Third sister. You are really generous. This must be because of the deep sisterly love. You have been back to Kyoto for less than a month, and I didn't expect that you and Third sister have such a good relationship."

What this means is that Jiang Li and Jiang Youyao were not on good terms in the first place, so how could she be so kind as to spend a large sum of money to give Jiang Youyao such an expensive coming-of-age gift? It was clearly a trick.

Jiang Youyao raised her head, her eyes were red, she wiped away the tears from her eyes with a handkerchief because of grievance, and said sadly: "Second sister, I am very happy that you are back home, but I didn't expect that you still have resentment towards me."

"Li'er." Ji Shuran, who had been silent, also walked forward. She hugged Jiang Youyao in her arms, patted Jiang Youyao's arm with heartache, then looked at Jiang Li: "If you have any dissatisfaction with me, you can come to me. I consider myself your mother, taking care of you in everything, being on your side, and treating you sincerely. I don't expect you to accept me, I just hope that you can consider your father's sake and our family get along well. These are fine, but Youyao is your biological sister, how can you be so cruel as to curse her, could it be... you really don't care about the blood relationship?" When she said this, she seemed extremely sad, and kept crying while hugging Jiang Youyao.

The mother and daughter were so delicate and pitiful that they aroused the sympathy of many people. Especially Ji Shuran's last words, which reminded people of the fact that Jiang Li had caused Ji Shuran to lose a child. The women present were soft-hearted, and those who had children were even more partial to Ji Shuran. Someone whispered, "No wonder it's hard to be a stepmother. If you have such a young lady, even a saint would be embarrassed."

Madam Jiang's face was as gloomy as water. A good coming-of-age ceremony now looked like a farce. Jiang Li had brought shame to the entire Jiang family today. She looked at Jiang Yuanbai in reproach. If Jiang Yuanbai had taken care of his backyard, there wouldn't be all these troubles.

Jiang Yuanbai looked at Jiang Li with a bit of anger. Ji Shuran's words aroused his guilt. After all, it was Jiang Li's mischief that caused Ji Shuran to lose a child, and that was also his, Jiang Yuanbai's child. Today, Jiang Li did such a vicious thing again, and the little affection that had arisen from Jiang Li's similarity with him these days suddenly disappeared.

Jiang Yuanbai said, "You poor girl, why don't you kneel down?" He was overwhelmed by disappointment, but he didn't care about the consequences. If Jiang Li really knelt down like this, she would be notorious in the circle of nobles in Yanjing City. Even if she stayed in the Jiang family in the future, she would never be able to raise her head in front of the nobles in Yanjing, let alone talk about marriage.

A hint of joy flashed in Jiang Youyao's eyes. Madam Liu was about to speak anxiously, but she saw Jiang Li raised her eyebrows and asked, "Why do you have to kneel?"

No one expected that Jiang Li would talk back in front of everyone. Even Jiang Yuanbo was stunned. Lu was a little surprised. Yang held Jiang Yu'e's hand tightly, fearing that Jiang Yu'e would say something nonsense again.

"You have evil intentions and you cursed my younger sister. As your father, I must discipline you. Kneel down!" Jiang Yuanbai said angrily.

Jiang Li looked at him and uttered two words: "No kneeling."

It was actually tit-for-tat.

Tong'er's body was shaking with fear, but she still stood firmly in front of Jiang Li.

Before Jiang Yuanbo could speak, Jiang Li spoke again: "I made a mistake, and it is only natural for my father to discipline me. But father, before I personally admit my mistake, what you should do is to believe in me and help me first, instead of helping others to frame me and discipline me?"

Jiang Li's words were very impolite, and the guests around were a little at a loss. Who dared to say that to the Prime Minister? Although Jiang Yuanbai was always smiling and playing the role of a peacemaker in the court, no one really thought that Jiang Yuanbai was a soft persimmon that everyone could manipulate. "You actually quibble?" Jiang Yuanbai was so angry that he trembled all over.

"Li'er, Xiangqiao said she saw it with her own eyes. You still don't admit that you did it?" Ji Shuran said, "Although your father is angry, you are his biological daughter. Just admit it and apologize, and then we won't mention it anymore."

Ji Shuran said this very generously.

Jiang Li found it a little funny. If he admitted his mistake and apologized, would the matter be forgotten?

Of course not. Once she admitted to this false charge, Jiang Li's reputation of being vicious would never be reversed. What a vicious mind she had.

Although she herself does not care about these false reputations, that poor girl, the real Miss Jiang II would not think so.

Jiang Li said, "If I did it, I did it. If I didn't do it, I'm not a good-tempered scapegoat. No one can throw unknown dirty water on me. I'm going to say it here today. The knife marks on the head were not made by me. Who here believes me?"

Everyone looked at her.

The girl spoke softly and amiably, with beautiful and graceful features, but she was inexplicably stubborn and tenacious, as if one could see an unshakable stubbornness in her eyes, like brook water.

No one spoke.

Those guests all looked away, that was all. After all, today was just a family affair of the Jiang family. Old Madam Jiang stared at Jiang Li, not knowing what she was thinking. Jiang Yuanbai's eyes were full of anger and regret. Jiang Youyao and Ji Shuran hugged each other and cried sadly.

Later, Jiang Bingji looked at her with hostility. Jiang Yuyan nodded, Jiang Yu'e was proud. Yang avoided her gaze, and Lu seemed to be enjoying the show. Jiang Yuanping smiled and watched from the sidelines, while Jiang Yuanxing lowered his head and pretended not to see it.

Jiang Jingyou and Jiang Jingrui were whispering together at this moment, as if they didn't hear Jiang Li's words.

Did you really not hear it? But I was just being prudent.

Jiang Li glanced at them one by one, the corners of her mouth slightly raised, but there was a hint of sarcasm in that smile.

In the huge Jiang family, among her blood relatives, there was no one who stood by her and believed in her.

Miss Jiang Er is so pitiful. Jiang Li sighed in her heart, but she didn't know whether this sigh was for Miss Jiang Er or for herself.

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