Chapter 102: Does She Really Think She Can Just Let This Matter Rest Like That?
“Cousin Miss came to see Master in the afternoon. I originally thought she really just came to visit, but Cousin Miss is restless. While I was out pouring tea, she openly seduced Master.”
“Run Ru, this sentence concerns Cousin Miss’s reputation. You must not speak recklessly.” Hong Ye said calmly from the side.
Run Ru started crying again.
“My Hong Ye girl, at this point, how would this servant dare to lie? Cousin Miss is an unmarried girl whose behavior was improper. Her reputation is naturally important, but Cousin Miss is just restless. It only took the time for me to pour one teacup of tea, and she was dressed scantily, with only her bodice left, sitting on Master’s lap.
I thought at the time that I must have been seeing things. Thinking that Cousin Miss’s buttocks had just been beaten, how could she do something so shameless? But I rubbed my eyes, and if it wasn’t Cousin Miss, then who was it?”
Thinking of Kang Qihui’s usual soft and weak, silent demeanor, Hong Ye truly found it hard to imagine that she had such courage to do something so shameless.
“What does this have to do with the injury on your face?” On the contrary, Jiang Ruanxi asked calmly.
When it came to the main matter, Run Ru covered her face again.
“When I went in, I opened the door, and the wind blew, causing the hat on Master’s head to fall off just right. Perhaps Cousin Miss had never seen Master’s true appearance before and was directly frightened, tumbling to the ground in shock.
Her injury hadn’t healed yet to begin with, so this fall caused a problem. She couldn’t get up at all, and there was blood on her pants. This servant was afraid something big would happen, so I found someone to send Cousin Miss back. But Concubine saw that Cousin Miss was injured and thought this servant did it, beating this servant without distinguishing right from wrong.”
Thinking of Madam Kang Zhou’s character, Jiang Ruanxi naturally believed she was capable of doing such a thing.
“This servant’s injury is a small matter, but Cousin Miss is so shameless as to covet Master. This clearly shows she doesn’t take you seriously. This servant feels wronged on Madam’s behalf, so I wanted to tell Madam.”
Run Ru’s words echoed in her ears, but Jiang Ruanxi waved her hand. “Alright, I know about this matter. Go back and watch over Master properly.”
Run Ru was stunned and also stopped crying. She couldn’t believe Jiang Ruanxi would react this way.
Shouldn’t she come out to uphold justice for her and severely punish Kang Qihui? After all, she was Jiang Ruanxi’s person.
“What, is there something else?”
Hearing her cold voice, Run Ru remembered Jiang Ruanxi’s ruthlessness. She didn’t want to go back to that damp, cold, bitter back courtyard to do dirty work.
After coming back to her senses, Run Ru immediately kowtowed. “This servant doesn’t dare. This servant will go now.”
After Run Ru left, Hong Ye said, “Madam, you can’t believe everything Run Ru says.”
“She herself was wronged and just wants me to help her vent her anger.” Jiang Ruanxi fiddled with the teacup. “She wouldn’t dare lie about this matter. I just previously thought that after this incident, Master had truly given up those thoughts, but I didn’t expect he was just pretending.”
An injured Kang Qihui could forcibly sit on his lap?
Suppressing the disgust in her heart, Jiang Ruanxi thought of Lin Ningkun’s current appearance, and a cold smile involuntarily rose in her heart.
With Lin Ningkun’s ugly appearance, he probably really frightened Kang Qihui.
“Go prepare some gifts. Cousin Miss is injured, so we should go visit her, right?”
“Yes, Madam.”
Taking advantage of the thick moonlight, Jiang Ruanxi brought Hong Ye to the back courtyard.
But after just walking a few steps, wails came from the room.
“My good sister, look at what your servants did. They bullied our Qihui like this. She’s still an unmarried girl. What will happen to her in the future? No, you must make this right for me no matter what.”
Hearing this, Jiang Ruanxi could no longer listen and directly pushed open the door. “I wonder how Aunt wants Mother to make this right for you?”
In the room, besides Madam Kang Zhou and Madam Zhou, there was also Madam He.
“You came at just the right time. The servant from your back courtyard bullied Qihui like this. How do you explain it?”
Madam Zhou also advised, “It’s just a maid. Why not leave her to your aunt to dispose of?”
“Does Mother believe Aunt’s words just like that? Without asking about the reason for the matter?” Jiang Ruanxi ignored the two and fixed her gaze on Kang Qihui.
But she didn’t know if it was guilt or something, as she only kept her head down, not daring to meet her eyes at all.
Madam Zhou frowned in dissatisfaction. “What reason could be more important than your cousin’s life?”
“Then I’d like to ask Cousin, in broad daylight, what were you doing going to the back courtyard? How did I hear from Run Ru that you were naked, sitting on Master’s lap?”
Kang Qihui’s face turned deathly pale. Her frail body trembled uncontrollably, and her teeth bit down hard on her lips, as if bearing a huge insult.
“What? You sat on Kun’er’s lap?” Madam Zhou reacted belatedly and nearly wanted to tear Kang Qihui apart. “You cheap wretch, not satisfied with seducing Crown Prince, you still dare to covet our family’s Kun’er?”
In Madam Zhou’s eyes, her son was handsome and talented. Even if taking a concubine, he needed one with matching family background and status. A mere concubine’s daughter was, in her view, delusional.
“My sister, why get excited? Qihui hasn’t said anything yet. It’s probably someone sowing discord and deliberately saying these things.”
Madam Kang Zhou blocked in front of Madam Zhou, and Madam Zhou immediately stopped, looking back at Jiang Ruanxi with some suspicion.
“If Mother doesn’t believe my words, she should at least believe Master’s words, right?” Suppressing the disgust in her heart, Jiang Ruanxi said, “Why doesn’t Mother go ask Master and see if this matter happened?”
Kang Qihui nearly fainted. Seeing the matter couldn’t be concealed, Madam Kang Zhou then said, “Aiyo, a young girl in love. Qihui admires Lin Ningkun. Isn’t that the most normal thing? I think Ning Kun should just take Qihui. Our two families would be even more closely related. How about it?”
Madam Zhou was silent. Madam He frowned slightly on the side.
Seeing that this farce didn’t know when it would end, she said, “Second Brother’s Wife, men taking concubines is just human nature. I think you should be magnanimous and take Cousin Miss Qihui.”
Only if Madam Kang Zhou achieved her objective would she stop making a fuss.
She had long grown tired of this endless life and just wanted to end it quickly.
Jiang Ruanxi truly had no feelings for Lin Ningkun. He could do whatever he wanted, even take a concubine, and she wouldn’t care.
But the premise was that it didn’t disturb her.
She knew Madam Kang Zhou’s thoughts very well. Her intentions were not on the wine; clearly, she wanted to use Kang Qihui’s relationship to openly interfere in Lin Family matters.
She just hadn’t expected that Elder Sister-in-law, who usually disliked Madam Kang Zhou, would speak up for her at this time.
Did she just want to settle the matter peacefully like this?
Jiang Ruanxi wouldn’t let her have her way.
