northernbook Chapter 377 The Jiang Family: A Lingering Ghost
Chapter 377 The Jiang Family: A Lingering Ghost
Since tomorrow is the first day of the lockdown holiday, my second sister doesn't have to be on duty, so the guards from the Prince of Ning's mansion escorted her to the vicinity of the Marquis's mansion, and she let them go back.
"Thank you very much. You've worked hard. Please leave us here."
The second sister gestured to the kite.
Zhiyuan immediately took out a purse and handed it to the leading guard: "It's too cold outside, please have some tea to warm your stomachs, brothers."
The guards didn't want it, but Second Sister was so polite that they felt bad refusing.
After everyone left, Zhiyuan said, "His Highness Prince Ning is a really good person. However, I heard that Prince Ning personally went to the Emperor and canceled his engagement with the county princess."
"Huh?" Second Sister has been so busy lately that she didn't know about this. "But wasn't the County Princess injured and unconscious?"
Paper Kite nodded: "That's right, many people say that His Highness Prince Ning isn't upright enough. When his fiancée got into trouble, he immediately broke off the engagement. Sigh..."
The second sister felt that Prince Ning was not that kind of person.
Before they could think about it carefully, several people appeared behind them and dragged the second sister and Zhiyuan into the car.
"Who goes there? Someone, come here..."
The second sister was immediately struck by the thought that her first thought was the Second Prince.
She never expected that someone would be so bold as to drag her away from the Marquis's residence, which was so close to it!
However, besides the second sister, who was busy as a spinning top every day, the Jiang family were also unaware that Prince Ning had broken off the engagement.
Although they moved to Kyoto, Prince Ning created a rift between them, making it somewhat inconvenient for them to do what they wanted.
They have no access to the elite circles at the top.
They had gone to great lengths to find Zhao Ning, but after telling him about their second sister's seduction of Prince Ning, they were unable to see Zhao Ning again.
After inquiring for over a month, it was finally discovered that Zhao Ning was in a coma. Not only that, but Prince Ning had actually requested an imperial decree to annul the engagement.
The Jiang family, unaware of the reason, assumed that Zhao Ning disliked his second sister and took the initiative to attack. However, he was outmatched and was killed by his second sister.
Jiang's mother said fiercely, "I knew that Si Mutong was no pushover. Otherwise, how could she have survived that situation! I never expected that even a county princess like her wouldn't be a match for Si Mutong this time."
Jiang Jianchun said worriedly, "What do we do now? Prince Ning broke off his engagement for Si Mutong. Will he marry Si Mutong later? If they really get together, won't all the things we did in the past be exposed?"
After thinking it over, Jiang's mother still said, "No, we have to find a way to get rid of Si Mutong! We might as well go all the way, otherwise she'll be a menace sooner or later."
Jiang Jianchun hesitated: "Even if we can find a way to get rid of Si Mutong, what about the rest of the Si family? What will we do?"
"It's alright, I've thought about this carefully." Jiang's mother waved her hand. "As long as we do it discreetly, and no one knows that Si Mutong's disappearance is related to us, that's fine. Even if Jian Qiu finds out about the past, we can just deny it. We can say that Si Mutong ran away because she couldn't stand the loneliness after learning that he was dead, and that it had nothing to do with us."
Jiang Jianchun thought about it and agreed with his mother: "That's right, that's right. Prince Ning has no evidence either. No one knows whether Si Mutong ran away or was abandoned by us. If the Si family doesn't admit it, we'll say they conspired to deceive people."
After making this decision, Jiang's father and Jiang Jianchun found out where the Si family lived and kept watch at the door for several days. However, although Si Mutong went out every day, she was always followed by many guards.
They had no way to get close.
Now that they had the opportunity, they took action immediately.
This time, Jiang Jianchun didn't plan to do anything else. He wanted to kill these two people as soon as possible to avoid any unforeseen complications.
Ironically, having spent so much time at the Dali Temple, the second sister had actually learned some self-defense techniques. They weren't just fancy moves; she could withstand some attacks from ordinary people. Not knowing who the person in front of her was, she kicked him directly in the groin.
Jiang Jianchun let out a "whoosh" and cried out in pain.
The second sister recognized her voice and kicked him again, sending him tumbling off the carriage. Seeing this, Father Jiang released the kite and rushed towards the second sister.
Even though her hands were tied, Zhiyuan still swung her fist and smashed it towards Jiang's father's head. Her second sister also kicked him, sending him crashing down.
The two women tied each other up and untied the cloth bags covering their heads and the ropes binding their hands.
Jiang's mother and sister-in-law were waiting in a carriage behind when they heard the commotion and opened the door. They saw Jiang Jianchun and Jiang's father being kicked off one after another.
Jiang Jianchun was still clutching his groin, unable to get up at all.
Jiang's mother rushed over to help her son up, but he couldn't. She turned around and yelled at the carriage, "Si Mutong, you've really got some nerve!"
The second sister pushed open the car door, sneering repeatedly: "Attacking and arresting people in front of my house? Who's really bolder?"
Jiang's mother used to treat Si Mutong with utter disrespect. Little did she know, Si Mutong was no longer the gentle and kind girl she once was.
The second sister didn't get out of the carriage, but shouted loudly. The guards of the Si family heard the commotion and rushed over immediately.
"Take them all down!"
Jiang's mother cried out in panic, "Do you know who we are? I am the mother of Prince Ning!"
The Si family guards, naturally only listening to their second sister, stepped forward without a word and detained the group.
The second sister looked at the group with a cold smile: "You guys are like persistent ghosts, coming here to try and catch me. Today I will hand you over to the authorities."
She waved her hand, not wanting to say anything more.
Unable to break free, and knowing that begging for mercy was useless at this point, Jiang's mother began to curse: "You shameless slut! You promised not to bother Jianqiu, but you broke your promise! You are vicious and will die a horrible death!"
The guards were about to hit her, but her second sister raised her hand to stop them.
"I'm wicked and deserve a terrible death? I'm just too soft-hearted, and I almost got killed by you heartless bastards. The fact that I'm standing here unharmed is because I'm lucky, and because my father, sister, and brother are kind-hearted. From top to bottom, which member of the Jiang family isn't wicked?"
Jiang's mother was speechless for a long time after being choked by her words.
The second sister still sneered: "Originally, I thought that the past was over and we could just never see each other again, but you have been entangled with me time and time again. Today it is time to put an end to it."
"You...you can forget about it! We are Prince Ning's relatives!" Madam Jiang's eyes widened. She was about to curse, but when she looked up, she saw Prince Ning standing behind her, who had appeared out of nowhere.
She immediately changed her demeanor and began to cry: "Jianqiu, Jianqiu, it's all this wretched woman's fault! She's so cruel! Your fiancée was ruined by her, she..."
The second sister turned to look at Prince Ning, bowed, and said, "Since these are Prince Ning's family members, please let Prince Ning deal with them as he sees fit."
She didn't say much, got out of the car and left.