Tianliangyuan

Chapter 22 Awareness

Jiang Fu knew about her sister's plan beforehand, but she didn't expect that in the end, she couldn't harm Xu Zhaozhao at all, but instead hurt her own pawn.

Jiang Ning wanted to get involved with Xu Zhaozhao. Even if she couldn't pin the blame on her, she wanted to at least tarnish her reputation.

However, when everyone had finished their makeup and came over, Xu Zhaozhao was with Princess Leyang.

As soon as Jiang Ning saw Princess Leyang, he knew that today's plan was completely hopeless.

Princess Leyang said angrily, "Fortunately, Miss Xu was quick-witted and pulled me away. Otherwise, I would have been hurt by this vicious dog."

Jiang Ning's eyes darted around, and she said leisurely, "Miss Xu is calm and composed, which is truly admirable. But why couldn't she save Miss Sun in time? I remember, isn't she Miss Xu's cousin?"

Madam Jiang frowned and glared at her, but Sun Qian was looking at Xu Zhaozhao at the time, so she didn't realize that her grandmother was unhappy with her.

Xu Zhaozhao sighed, looking regretful, "Who says otherwise? It's a pity that my cousin and I were far apart at the time, with at least six or seven people between us. How could I have saved her? In that situation, all I could think about was that as few people as possible would be hurt by the vicious dogs. How could I possibly see who it was?"

"I'm not afraid of being laughed at by the princess and my sisters, but I only realized it was Princess Leyang and Miss Xie after I dragged the princess back five or six steps. It's my own fault for being too flustered and lacking in martial arts skills; otherwise, I would have killed that vicious dog on the spot to prevent further harm to innocent people."

This is the most normal reaction in a moment of panic. When all you want to do is pull the person next to you away, who will bother to carefully distinguish who they are?

After all, this isn't a battlefield!

His words were so impeccable that they only made the young ladies present resent the Jiang family.

Xu Zhaozhao said she has no fighting skills. Which of the ladies present does?

Moreover, what Jiang Ning just said was clearly misleading, and anyone with a brain would realize that by now.

"It was indeed the fault of my Jiang family in this matter, and I ask all the young ladies to calm down. Princess Leyang was also frightened today, and I will personally bring apologies to her later."

Princess Leyang, also known for her fiery temper, raised her chin and said, "No need for apologies. You should think about how to clean up the mess! Miss Sun's face has been disfigured, and the second young lady of the Qi family's clothes have been torn. Even if none of us sisters say anything, it will get out sooner or later. When that happens, it will damage the second young lady of the Qi family's reputation, and I'm afraid your Jiang family will have to bear the blame for a death!"

Princess Leyang's words were quite blunt, and Madam Jiang's expression changed. Apart from promising to handle it properly, she couldn't find any other words to say.

On the way back, Princess Leyang had Xu Zhaozhao get into her carriage.

“Xu Zhaozhao, I am so grateful to you for saving me today. I saw it clearly; that vicious dog was obviously trained. If it were a rabid dog, it would have attacked anyone it caught. But it skipped over Miss Qi and pounced directly on Sun Qian. I think there must be some conspiracy behind this.”

Xu Zhaozhao smiled faintly; this Princess Leyang was indeed clever and quick-witted.

Indeed, she is a princess born into the royal family; she has probably seen this kind of scheming countless times before.

"Thank you for your advice, Princess. I'm not afraid to admit it, but I'm still a little scared. Feel my hand; it's still shaking a bit."

Princess Leyang chuckled: "That's normal! I was scared too. Don't be fooled by how imposing I seemed at the Jiang family just now; I actually felt like I couldn't even stand up straight."

The two exchanged a smile, and their fear lessened somewhat.

Xu Zhaozhao was very poised and confident in front of others, but as soon as she entered the courtyard, she immediately ordered Dingxiang to help her all the way back to Ziyuan.

This matter was naturally reported to the old lady and the lady of the house. Before the two masters could come to visit, Dingxiang and Shaoyao went to report what had happened that day.

Wang Ruolan was quite frightened when she heard that such a thing had happened today: "Quickly, tell the kitchen to cook some calming soup, and also go and invite a doctor to come and take the young lady's pulse to see if she needs any calming medicine."

People are particularly prone to fever or restless sleep after experiencing a great shock.

Wang Ruolan didn't care about anyone else; she was only worried that her daughter's health, which had just recovered, would deteriorate again.

When Madam Wang learned that Sun Qian had been disfigured by a vicious dog, she was completely stunned and lost all reaction.

She didn't faint, but after a while, the maid called her and she responded.

The old lady almost gritted her teeth as she ordered, "Go to the Sun residence immediately and fetch the imperial physician to treat Qian'er's injuries!"

Peony hadn't left yet. After the old lady finished giving her instructions, she asked calmly, "How is Zhaozhao now?"

"Reporting to Madam, Miss was frightened and lay down as soon as she returned to Ziyuan. When I came here, I heard that Madam had already ordered someone to prepare a calming soup."

"That's good then. You may go now and take good care of your young lady."

"Yes, old lady."

Peony didn't purse her lips until she left the courtyard. She thought that when her young lady was poisoned, the old lady hadn't been this panicked. Back then, her young lady almost lost her life. Her cousin was only disfigured. How could that be compared to her young lady's situation?

But the old lady just happens to favor her cousin more, so what can be done?

Less than an hour after the young ladies left the Jiang residence, the news had spread throughout the entire capital.

In particular, the fact that a vicious dog attacked someone at the banquet for the women of the Jiang family, and that a male servant went straight to the banquet hall for the women, is truly intriguing.

The family of the Duke of Su should bear the greatest responsibility for this vicious dog attack.

Jiang Fu directly pointed out that the vicious dog belonged to the young master and his concubine, and now that it had injured someone, if the Duke of Su's mansion could not come up with a solution, they should expect to be reprimanded by the emperor.

Jiang Fu was quite frightened by what happened today. She hadn't expected it to develop like this. She originally thought it was just to scare the noble ladies and then she could take this opportunity to deal with the favored concubine. But she never expected it would almost lead to someone's death.

"Ningning, this matter has become so big now, won't Grandmother and the others find out about us?"

Jiang Ning said nonchalantly, "Sister, don't worry. It was because you were frightened by that vicious dog that you went back to your parents' home to recuperate. Your husband brought the vicious dog and that concubine to visit you only to apologize. Now that something has happened, it's your husband and that concubine's responsibility. How can you blame your sister?"

What Jiang Ning didn't say was that this matter had nothing to do with her. Even if the elders suspected her older sister, they wouldn't suspect her.

That's why Jiang Ning could sit there and enjoy her tea so nonchalantly.

Although the vicious dog was not owned by the Jiang family, since something happened on the Jiang family's territory, the Jiang family still had to take a stand.

Therefore, the Jiang family invited two imperial physicians, who went to the Sun and Qi residences respectively.