"What do you mean by this?" Master Jiang looked at the third young miss of the Jiang family with a cold expression. Was she getting too arrogant even before getting married? "I'm telling you, you were born a member of the Jiang family. Without the Jiang family, you're nothing!"
The third young miss of the Jiang family pressed her lips tightly as she looked at Master Jiang. "I think Father has misunderstood my meaning. When I said I couldn't complete the task, I didn't mean it like that."
"Then what do you mean? Could it be that someone forced the third young miss to do something shameful? Like betraying the Jiang family?" the concubine beside them said slowly, looking at the third young miss.
Hearing the concubine's words, Master Jiang's look at the third young miss turned even colder. "Speak! What on earth have you done?"
The third young miss felt extremely annoyed as they pressed her step by step. "When Auntie said this, didn't you even think about what your own daughter has done?" the third young miss said sarcastically, looking at the concubine.
"What do you mean? And quickly let go of my daughter! Even if you're the legitimate young miss of the Jiang family, you can't bully her like this! She's at least the fourth young miss of the Jiang family," the concubine said defiantly.
How could Madam Jiang watch her daughter being bullied? "I'm saying, what right do you, a concubine, have to talk here? My daughter hasn't even explained the reason yet, and you've been blabbering on. What? Do you have something to hide from us?" Madam Jiang looked at the concubine with a suspicious gaze. The concubine felt a bit guilty under Madam Jiang's stare but quickly composed herself.
This third young miss seemed so angry this time when she came back. Her daughter must have succeeded. Otherwise, why would Miss Jiang be in such a hurry to come back and complain to Master Jiang?
"How could I possibly be hiding anything from you all?" the concubine said softly, looking at Madam Jiang.
"Humph! Whether I'm right or not can be known by letting my daughter and your daughter tell the story." She was sure that this little slut must have done something wrong to her daughter.
"Tell me. What exactly happened?" Master Jiang looked at the third young miss and said.
"Father, you don't know. This dear younger sister of mine has been going to the Third Young Master's mansion every day for the past few days. And she always dresses like this. I don't know if she has some dirty thoughts," the third young miss said as she directly pulled the fourth young miss out from behind.
Seeing the clothes on the fourth young miss, Master Jiang understood what his daughter was up to. But he still didn't know how far this matter had gone and which one the Third Young Master had chosen.
"What did your fourth younger sister do?" Master Jiang looked at the third young miss and asked.
"She goes to the gate every day to seduce the Third Young Master. And today, since her seduction didn't work, she directly said that the Third Young Master isn't a real man and doesn't understand the pleasures of the boudoir. She also said that the Third Young Master is just a stray dog," the third young miss glanced at the fourth young miss and just started making things up.
The fourth young miss was so angry that her face turned red when she saw her third elder sister spouting nonsense. "What are you talking about? When did I ever say such things? You slut! How dare you slander me!"
The third young miss ignored the fourth young miss and looked at Master Jiang. "Father, that Third Young Master also said that he wanted to ask if our Jiang family is about to go bankrupt. Otherwise, why would we let the daughters of the Jiang family dress like prostitutes and come out to earn money. He also said that if the Jiang family is really going bankrupt, his family can support us. Although it won't have a huge effect, it can at least guarantee our family's food, clothing, and daily expenses."
After the third young miss finished speaking, Master Jiang immediately stood up and slapped the fourth young miss. If she had successfully seduced the Third Young Master, it would have been okay. But not only did she fail, but she also made the Jiang family lose all its face.
"You evil girl! Look at what you've done!" Master Jiang said angrily, looking at the fourth young miss, wishing he could strangle her.
"Father, don't listen to her nonsense. The Third Young Master never said such things to me. It's all her made - up story," the fourth young miss refused to admit it no matter what. She knew that once she admitted it, what awaited her would be Master Jiang's punishment. She didn't dare to imagine what would happen to her.
"Master, you must investigate clearly. How could my daughter do such a thing? She always respects her third elder sister. She couldn't have done such a rebellious thing," the concubine saw that things were going badly and immediately stepped forward to plead, looking at Master Jiang with tear - streaked eyes.
Seeing the concubine covering her face and crying, Master Jiang felt a bit reluctant. After all, this was his favorite concubine.
Just when Master Jiang was hesitating to let this matter go, Madam Jiang spoke up. She had already seen the hesitation on Master Jiang's face, so she directly said, "This is not a small matter, Master. It's better for us to investigate clearly. Otherwise, if that Third Young Master looks down on our Jiang family and doesn't want to marry our daughter, our Jiang family will lose an important connection." Madam Jiang looked at Master Jiang and said.
Hearing Madam Jiang's words, Master Jiang, who was originally a bit soft - hearted, immediately woke up. This was not a small matter. It was related to the future of the Jiang family.
"Someone, go and investigate this matter clearly. I want to know every single detail!" Master Jiang directly pushed away the concubine who was leaning in his arms and looked at the guard beside him.
The fourth young miss was stunned. She didn't expect things to turn out like this. She had been so confident just now because she believed that her mother could surely handle Father. But she didn't expect Madam Jiang to interfere! How hateful.
"Master, there's a young gentleman outside. He said he's here to find the third young miss, and he also said... he also said..." The servant hesitated and couldn't seem to say the following words.
"What else did he say? Hurry up!" The concubine seemed to see new hope. As long as they could find new evidence against the third young miss, this matter would be diverted, and her daughter would be safe.
"That young gentleman also said that he wants to know when the third young miss will go back. If she doesn't go back today, he'll go out tonight," the servant closed his eyes and blurted out the words in one breath.
But after he finished speaking, he didn't hear the expected outburst. The servant quietly opened his eyes and saw the third young miss looking at the fourth young miss proudly, with full contempt in her eyes.
And Master's expression was also a bit indescribable.
"Quickly invite the gentleman in. Hurry!" Master Jiang said excitedly.