amaotonovel Chapter 281: Making up stories to stir up anger
Chapter 281: Making up stories to stir up anger
The Duke's Mansion.
After returning, Yang Manman immediately found Duke Yang and asked him to find a way to teach Jiang Suining a lesson.
As for the reason, she naturally would not say anything like there was a grudge between her and Jiang Suining or that she disliked her. Instead, she claimed that when she was at Ningxiu Pavilion, she heard with her own ears that Jiang Suining despised the Duke's Mansion and even humiliated Duke Yang.
"The Jiang Suining you are talking about is the young lady from the Jiang family who was praised by the emperor before?" Duke Yang looked at his own daughter.
Yang Manman nodded immediately, "Yes, it's her. She thought she got some praise, so she was arrogant and said things without thinking. Father, you must teach her a lesson, otherwise, I don't know how many people will look down on our Duke's Mansion in the future!"
After saying this, Yang Manman did not forget to add fuel to the fire and fabricate a lot of contemptuous words from Jiang Suining.
Duke Yang frowned.
"Although I have never met Miss Jiang, since she was praised by the emperor, I think she is a sensible person. Why did she say these words in public? Did you offend her first?"
Duke Yang knew something about his daughter's temper and personality, and she would offend others from time to time.
Just like the previous discord between Chu Jingyue and Yang Manman, Duke Yang had actually heard about it, but he just thought it was something between girls in the boudoir, and since it didn't get out of hand, he didn't waste his time on it.
Yang Manman thought that Duke Yang would be furious after hearing the words she fabricated, but she didn't expect that he would actually doubt her.
"Father, I am your biological daughter. Why don't you trust me and trust the daughter of a merchant who is always in the limelight?"
"Then you should ask yourself what you have done before. This is a time of crisis, don't cause trouble."
Meeting the warning look from Duke Yang, Yang Manman was furious. Seeing that her father really didn't seem to intend to cause trouble for Jiang Suining, she made up her mind and spoke again.
"Jiang Suining also said that I followed your and mother's orders and deliberately tried to make Li Zheng break his leg so that I could get engaged to Li Zheng and let our Duke's Mansion get close to the Prime Minister's Mansion!"
"What did you say?" Duke Yang's face changed.
Although he was somewhat skeptical of what Yang Manman had just said and was too lazy to argue with Jiang Suining, once it came to the Prime Minister's Mansion, he instantly tensed up.
Seeing that her father finally responded, Yang Manman quickly continued.
"Father, this is what Jiang Suining said herself. She seems to want to spread the news widely. If we don't teach her a lesson, the news may spread throughout the entire imperial city. If the Prime Minister's Mansion believes it and thinks this nonsense is the truth, our Duke's Mansion will be in trouble. And you, father, may also be deliberately retaliated by Li Zheng's father!"
"What a bastard!" Duke Yang's face turned pale.
If it was just a few quarrels between girls, he could ignore it and would not interfere, but this matter involved the relationship between the Duke's Mansion and the Prime Minister's Mansion, so he would absolutely not allow others to spread rumors.
Yang Manman was overjoyed, but when she spoke she still frowned tightly, looking indignant.
"Father, Jiang Suining is just a merchant, yet he looks down on our Duke's Mansion. I don't know what others are saying about him in private. This time, we are teaching Jiang Suining a lesson as a warning to others, so as to prevent any rumors that are unfavorable to us from spreading!"
Duke Yang looked at his daughter, was silent for a moment, and finally nodded.
"You are right. She dared to spread such news to slander the Duke's Mansion. We must not let her off easily."
Fortunately, although Jiang Suining was commended by the imperial edict, she was not of high birth after all, and the limelight of the previous commendation had already passed, so even if she was taught a lesson, it would not be a big deal.
Yang Manman immediately proposed again that they go to Ningxiu Restaurant together tomorrow to teach Jiang Suining a lesson and let others see that the Duke's Mansion is not easy to bully.
After Duke Yang agreed, Yang Manman was extremely happy. She spent the whole night looking forward to the scene where Jiang Suining would be humiliated in public the next day, or even kneel down and beg for mercy. She felt indescribably happy in her heart.
Ever since they first met, Yang Manman had been unhappy after being humiliated by Jiang Suining.
Later, seeing Jiang Suining becoming more and more prominent and even getting engaged to Shen Yanxi, while she only had the lame Li Zheng, Yang Manman's hostility towards Jiang Suining suddenly reached its peak.
She didn't think about her current situation at all. It was caused by her and had nothing to do with Jiang Suining. She just couldn't wait to see others make a fool of themselves, as if this would cover up her bad reputation and regain her sense of superiority.
Early the next morning, Duke Yang went to the morning court first. Yang Manman waited anxiously at home and even had the carriage prepared in advance.
As soon as Duke Yang came back, Yang Manman immediately took him to Ningxiu Restaurant.
When the carriage from the Duke's Mansion arrived at the gate of Ningxiu Pavilion, Jiang Suining just got off the carriage.
After taking a look at the people coming and going around, Jiang Suining deliberately stopped and waited for the people in the carriage to get off.
Yang Manman was the first to get off the carriage, and as soon as she saw Jiang Suining, she immediately gave her a very provocative look.
"Father, it seems we came at the right time. Miss Jiang happens to be here."
Duke Yang walked out of the carriage and looked at Jiang Suining. When he saw her elegant temperament, he frowned.
He doesn't look like the kind of person who speaks without restraint and talks nonsense.
But soon, the anger that Yang Manman had deliberately provoked along the way suppressed his rationality.
He looked at Jiang Suining with deep eyes, his majesty fully revealed.
"Miss Jiang, is that right? I heard that you humiliated our Duke's Mansion in various ways yesterday, and even talked nonsense, trying to discredit our Duke's Mansion. You are so bold!"
When the last sentence was uttered, Duke Yang's eyes turned fierce, and Xier, who was following Jiang Suining, and the waiter at the door, couldn't help but tremble all over.
Although Duke Yang did not hold any real power in the court, his status was still there, so it was easy for him to deliberately scare ordinary people.
He thought that after hearing what he said, Jiang Suining would be so scared that he would apologize immediately, or at least be very nervous.
However, Jiang Suining just looked at Duke Yang in confusion, with surprise and confusion in his eyes.
"What do you mean by that, Lord? I have never said anything to humiliate the Duke's Mansion. As for making up nonsense to smear the Duke's Mansion... it is nonsense."
"You still want to deny it, but I heard it with my own ears yesterday!"
From an angle that Duke Yang couldn't see, Yang Manman gave Jiang Suining a very proud look.
Although those words were all made up by himself, Jiang Suining was indeed disrespectful to the Duke's Mansion in his heart, so he didn't wrongly accuse her!
Feeling Yang Manman's gaze, Jiang Suining raised his eyebrows and sighed softly.
"Ms. Yang, although you have caused a lot of trouble, I never thought that you would even deceive your own father."