Three families hire each other, the mistress of the marquisate accidentally offends the treacherous

Cao's body subconsciously stepped back, resistance written all over her body.

She took a deep breath and exhaled slowly.

Only then did I realize that my back was covered in cold sweat.

She looked at Jiang Qingyue, thought for a moment, and had already made up her mind.

She sighed and said to Jiang Qingyue:

"I was sorry for what happened back then. I apologize to you. If you have anything to say to me or ask me to do anything, I will agree. I hope you will calm down and stop being hostile to the Jiang family and Lan'er. She was indeed a little arrogant, and it was all because of my indulgence. No matter what, I apologize to you..."

After these words, Cao went from stumbling at the beginning to speaking fluently in the end, which showed that he had completely accepted this reality.

She surrendered to Jiang Qingyue because she was really scared of the Jiang Qingyue in front of her.

She didn't know what crazy thing Jiang Qingyue would do that would cause immeasurable consequences.

In the past, she bullied them mother and daughter simply because she looked down on concubines and illegitimate daughters.

The reason why she is humble enough to speak nicely now is because Jiang Qingyue now has the ability to pose a threat to her and Jiang Peilan.

It would be fine for her, but she couldn't let Jiang Peilan be in danger.

Jiang Peilan is in this situation now. If Jiang Qingyue does anything, Jiang Peilan will probably die without a burial place. She can't and dare not gamble.

It's just a few words, nothing to lose face with.

Jiang Qingyue listened to what Cao said and looked at her intently.

Putting aside other things, Cao was a very qualified mother.

Of course, her mother was equally good to her, but her mother died at the hands of Cao.

Cao spoke more and more fluently, without the initial hesitation, and she became very familiar with it later on. She was used to observing people's expressions and changing her attitude according to the situation.

"I was indeed harsh on you at the beginning, but it wasn't because of you. I was harsh on all the illegitimate sons and daughters in the mansion. Now I apologize to you, and I hope you can forgive my mistakes and don't take it to heart. I hope you can calm down. The Jiang Mansion is still your home. I will do my best to lobby for you on your father's side, so that you can return to the Jiang Mansion in glory and become a lady of the Jiang Mansion."

After she finished speaking, she looked at Jiang Qingyue earnestly with a sincere attitude.

But I heard Jiang Qingyue say:

"I don't accept your apology. You did so many bad things to us back then. If I forgive you just because you say a few random words, I would be doing myself a disservice."

Cao gritted her teeth, cursed in her heart, but had a flattering smile on her face:

"Then what do you want me to do in order to forgive you? As long as I can do it, I will not hesitate."

Jiang Qingyue looked at her and smiled without saying anything.

This condescending attitude almost drove Cao crazy.

She looked at Jiang Qingyue.

"Do you want me to kneel down before you stop?"

These words put oneself in a low position, but in fact it is a step backward to advance.

She was sure that Jiang Qingyue would not dare to ask her to kneel. After all, she was her nominal mother.

If she were really forced to kneel, Jiang Qingyue's reputation would be completely ruined.

Jiang Qingyue slowly turned her head, opened her red lips slightly, and spoke two words:

"Okay."

"what?"

Cao was stunned and suspected that she had heard it wrong.

How could Jiang Qingyue let her kneel?

It would be fine if she just made some sarcastic remarks in private, but is she really going to disregard the rest of her life just to vent her anger?

In this case, Jiang Qingyue is just a fool, and it's a pity that she was found weak by the fool.

But now that Jiang Qingyue has spoken, does he really have to kneel?

The words have been spoken. If she doesn't kneel, Jiang Qingyue will definitely be unhappy. If she kneels, she will lose all her face.

Last time, because of the incident at the Prime Minister's Mansion, Jiang Shuo scolded her when he returned home and asked her to reflect on it.

If she had not been invited to the banquet at Prince Chen's Mansion, she would still be kneeling in the ancestral hall.

If she really knelt, her position as the mistress would be in jeopardy, and Jiang Shuo would hate her to death.

"I can't kneel. Everyone who comes here today is a guest. If I kneel, Qingyue, your reputation will be ruined.

"When you come back to Jiang's house, you can ask me to apologize in any way you want. But now is not the time to lose my temper.

"No matter what, I was once your mother. It would be too bad for you if I kneeled down. I can't hurt you. It's not that I don't want to, but this is really inappropriate. Do you understand my painstaking efforts?"

Jiang Qingyue looked at her coldly:

"I have to do what I said. I am not a pushover. What others think of me has nothing to do with me. I just want to vent my anger first."

Hearing her say this, Cao became anxious.

She didn't expect Jiang Qingyue to be such a stupid person. If she had known that she was a person who only cared about venting her emotions without considering the consequences, she would have a hundred ways to deal with Jiang Qingyue.

Instead of being in a dilemma like now.

Jiang Qingyue didn't care, but she still had to be a human being.

"Qingyue, I apologize to you. I really can't kneel in this situation today. Otherwise, the Jiang Mansion and the Chen Palace will become enemies. The old princess will also be here soon. If she asks me why I kneel, it will be disadvantageous to both of us.

"I know you are angry, so I will give you half of my dowry as compensation. When we return to the Jiang Mansion, I will admit my fault. I will kneel for as long as you ask me to kneel in the Jiang Mansion. Is that okay?"

Jiang Qingyue hesitated for a moment, "70%."

"what?"

"Seventy percent of the dowry."

"Seventy percent is too much. Your brother hasn't married yet."

"Eighty percent."

"Ah..." Cao felt so aggrieved. She felt like a fish on the chopping board, at the mercy of Jiang Qingyue.

"Okay, 80% is 80%." Cao's heart was bleeding.

But at least we got through the crisis.

Jiang Qingyue: "Then I'll take it."

"well."

Hearing this, Cao breathed a sigh of relief.

Although it was painful, I finally solved a big problem.

Knowing that Jiang Qingyue is the type of person who is controlled by emotions, it will be easier to deal with her in the future.

Just go along with her and coax her, this kind of person is the easiest to control. Even taking back her dowry in the future is not impossible.

"Okay, when I get back from Prince Chen's Mansion today, I will pack up the dowry and send it to you."

"I don't believe you. I still need a witness, or even better, evidence."

Cao frowned, "It's better not to let anyone know about this."

"No." Jiang Qingyue refused directly.

Cao gritted her teeth secretly, "Then according to what Qingyue saw, who would be the best witness?"

Jiang Qingyue glanced back.

"I remember that you are best friends with the wife of Censor Liu, so let her be the witness."

When Cao heard that it was Madam Liu, she felt relieved.

This Madam Liu was a close friend of hers who had grown up together, and they had a very good relationship. If she could come and talk it over later, she would definitely help her cover up some things.

Although she didn't think Jiang Qingyue would be kind enough to think of her, she couldn't imagine any bad consequences.

Compared with other ladies, Mrs. Liu treats her the best.

If she invited the lady who she didn't get along with on a daily basis, she didn't know what would happen.

"Alright."

Cao did not show any emotion, fearing that Jiang Qingyue would go back on her word, and immediately asked the maid behind her to invite Madam Liu over.

Mrs. Liu was puzzled, and when she came over and heard that Cao was going to give 80% of her dowry to Jiang Qingyue, she was shocked.

However, seeing that neither of them said anything, it was not a good idea to ask more. It was just a small matter, and since he was on good terms with Cao, he just testified for her.

Afterwards, Jiang Qingyue asked Cao to write a certificate.

Cao also agreed to all of them.

The more Jiang Qingyue was incompetent, the easier she felt Jiang Qingyue was to deal with.

The more you give out now, the greater the chance you will get back later.

Therefore, when Jiang Qingyue asked for her bracelet as a keepsake, she did not hesitate at all.

Although the bracelet was the dowry her mother gave her, in the current situation, material possessions were not worth mentioning.

Jiang Qingyue watched as Cao took off the bracelet from her wrist and handed it to Luhuan, asking her to take it and put it away.

When Mrs. Liu saw this scene, she felt something was wrong and found an excuse to leave without staying any longer.

After Madam Liu left, before Cao could even catch her breath, Jiang Qingyue spoke calmly:

"In this case, Madam Jiang can kneel now."

"what?"

Cao's eyes widened in astonishment, and she looked at Jiang Qingyue with disbelief and anger.

"I have already given you 80% of the dowry, and you agreed to it. Why are you going back on your word and turning your back on me?"

Cao looked angry.

Jiang Qingyue looked at her and said, "Just now I only promised to take your dowry, but I didn't promise not to let you kneel."

Cao was so angry that she almost died. How could there be such a statement?

She had never heard of or seen anyone asking for other people's things without agreeing to do other people's things.

"Jiang Qingyue, don't push your luck. I've given you everything I should have given you."

Jiang Qingyue saw that she was angry and spoke expressionlessly.

"Once, my mother was sick and kept vomiting. I was so anxious that I asked the maid to call a doctor, but you refused. You said it was normal to be sick and she would be well in a few days. It was the birthday of Guanyin Bodhisattva and it was not suitable for her to smell medicine.

"In order to prevent me from having to call a doctor, they even had someone watch over the yard and not allow us to go out.

“But my mother had a high fever and I was so worried that I stole my mother’s money and asked the servant at the door to tell Lord Jiang. The man took my money but didn’t go.

“I later found out that the servant was yours, and you were the one who asked her to do this.

"I am just doing the same thing now, why is it not working? So you also know that this is called pushing the limit."

Cao's arrogance was extinguished in an instant.

It was indeed her idea not to hire a doctor for Lin, and it was indeed she who asked the servants to do so.

Now that Jiang Qingyue was coming for her, she really had nothing to say.

She only regretted that she only killed Lin and not Jiang Qingyue.

Her face turned pale, she looked around, and finally looked at Jiang Qingyue.

"Think carefully, if you sacrifice half of your life just to vent your anger, it's not worth it.

“I know you are angry and want to do something for your mother, but it is not worth sacrificing yourself. I have lived to this age and my dignity is gone, but you still have a bright future and you are going to get married.

"My kneeling will indeed have some impact on me, but the bigger impact will be on you. Killing one thousand enemies and injuring eight hundred of your own is not a good idea."

Cao already knew what Jiang Qingyue was thinking, so he could only appeal to her emotions and reason, and finally said a few words from the heart.

Seeing this, Lu Huan, who was standing by, also felt a little anxious.

In any case, Cao was right about one thing.

If Cao knelt, it would indeed be a slap in her face and would also avenge the young lady's mother, but at the same time the harm to her own young lady would be immeasurable. It was really not worth doing so for such a person.

She couldn't help but want to persuade her, but she knew that her young lady would not be so impulsive. Since she asked Cao to do this, there must be a reason why she had to do so, but she just couldn't understand it.

Jiang Qingyue smiled:

"So Madam Jiang doesn't plan to kneel anymore?"

Her smile did not reach her eyes, hiding a disturbing meaning.

Cao didn't dare to gamble on what Jiang Qingyue, who was so crazy and reckless, would do if she didn't do what she wanted.

Jiang Qingyue is a madman, a reckless madman.

If she had known earlier, she shouldn't have cared about her face and should have stayed away from her and not had anything to do with her.

Cao didn't want to kneel at all, but she had been put here and had to kneel.

I could only think: if someone saw her kneeling, she would just cry and say nothing.

Although this is embarrassing, it is the best way.

There were many people at the party and people were saying all kinds of things. As long as she had someone spread some gossip and portrayed herself as a victim, she wouldn't be too embarrassed.

The lesser of two evils.

Next time she sees Jiang Qingyue, she will definitely stay away from her and never get close to her.

Cao suppressed her emotions, took a step to the side, and knelt down in front of Jiang Qingyue.

When she knelt, she deliberately avoided the crowd over there.

There was a pot of flowers on the table blocking her view, so no one would notice her unless they looked closely. This was her last struggle.

When Lu Huan saw her kneeling down, her eyelids twitched and she looked at her own lady.

Then, the next moment, I saw my young lady pick up the vase on the table and smash it to the ground with a bang.

Suddenly, everyone in the garden looked over here and saw Cao kneeling straight on the ground.

Everyone was shocked and some people exclaimed.

No one dared to come forward.

Originally everyone was paying attention to Jiang Qingyue because the Imperial Concubine was also coming today, and after the previous injustice, something was bound to happen today.

But what no one expected was that something even more exciting would happen before the imperial concubine arrived.

What did they see?

Cao kneeled down to Jiang Qingyue?

Jiang Qingyue was driven out of the Jiang residence, but Cao was still her legal mother. This scene...

It's incredible.

Something must have happened.

Everyone's eyes moved back and forth between Jiang Qingyue and Cao.

There were whispers from the crowd, almost all of which were condemnations of Jiang Qingyue.

Only Mrs. Liu, who had just witnessed the delivery of the dowry, saw this scene and had a vague feeling that something was wrong.

There are many guests coming to Chen Wang Mansion today, because the Royal Concubine is coming, Princess Chen went to the front and waited for the Royal Concubine. The ladies from the third and fourth rooms who were accompanying her were so frightened when they saw this scene, and quickly sent someone to the front to inform Princess Chen.

Something might happen in Prince Chen's mansion today.