The book has no strength, the female supporting role just wants to survive

Chapter 283 Shattered Completely

During the years that Xiao Huaimin served as the Minister of Rites, he did not like to get involved in party disputes, so he tried his best to maintain the same attitude towards everyone. In other words, he was polite to everyone. Over time, he gave people the illusion that he was very easy to talk to.

This is what Zhang Yi, the assistant minister of the Ministry of War, thought. Xiao Huaimin had never made any mistakes in all his years in officialdom. Although he was sometimes too upright and made others unhappy, they were ultimately just minor frictions.

The main thing is that he is much better than Luo Shengtai, that mad dog who bites everyone he sees. That person doesn't care about people's official positions when he scolds them. He will just start scolding them when he finds them doing something wrong.

"You girl, why don't you kneel down!"

An angry shout brought Jiang Tunan back to her senses from her confused state. She looked up and found that it was Mrs. Zhang who said this. At this time, Zhang Qi in her arms looked at her with eyes full of resentment.

"Why are you kneeling?"

Jiang Tunan refused Madam Zhang's offer without thinking. Xiao Huaimin and Ji Xinhui were right here. Logically speaking, they were his uncle and aunt and the masters of the house. They didn't say anything, so why was Madam Zhang so anxious to jump out?

"I've heard that Madam Zhang is a strong person, but I didn't expect that she would show off her power in my Xiao Mansion."

Mrs. Xiao held the teacup with one hand, her eyes seemed unhappy, but her tone remained normal.

"Mrs. Xiao, you are joking. I just think your cousin looks too naughty and doesn't show any remorse on her face, so I want to discipline her for you."

Mrs. Zhang looked disdainful. In her eyes, Jiang Tunan seemed like a little girl who could be punished at will. This arrogant attitude made Jiang Tunan dislike her from the bottom of her heart.

"Oh? It seems that Madam Zhang likes to interfere in other people's affairs. Tunan, come here."

Madam Xiao suddenly called her so intimately that Jiang Tunan felt a little scared, but she could also see that Madam Xiao did not agree with Madam Zhang's behavior, so she still plucked up the courage to go over.

Mrs. Xiao's seat was right opposite Mrs. Zhang. Jiang Tunan walked to Mrs. Xiao's side and faced Zhang Qi.

"aunt."

Jiang Tunan bowed obediently, and Madam Xiao was quite satisfied with her actions. It seemed that Jiang Tunan had been studying etiquette well these days, and her manners were much better now than when she first entered the mansion.

"It's nothing big to ask you to come here. Madam Zhang just wants to ask you something. Just answer truthfully."

Madam Xiao gave him a meaningful look, but Jiang Tunan was unsure what Madam Xiao meant, so he could only nod blankly.

Ye Ruzhen knelt on the ground, watching the two families in front of her being polite to each other, but then she turned to look at her own family, and no one spoke for her.

There was a dull pain on my face, but it was not even one point less than the grief in my heart.

"Was Zhenzhen also called in for questioning? But why was she kneeling on the ground?"

Ye Ruzhen looked up in confusion, but saw Jiang Tunan pretending to be ignorant, which caused the Zhang family to remain silent for a while.

Zhang Yi invited the guests several times, and glanced at Ye Bingchun's family. Ye Bingchun immediately understood and explained,

"The little girl is naughty, just let her kneel, it's okay."

Although Mrs. Ye was dissatisfied, she did not dare to refute. She could only sulk by herself and turn her head away.

"It's pitiful for the little girl to kneel here. Anyway, we are asking Xiaonan a question now, so why not let her stand aside?"

Luo Yunqing smiled faintly at Jiang Tunan, and the two of them understood each other's meaning just by looking at each other.

Although Madam Xiao felt that Jiang Tunan and Luo Yunqing were meddling in other people's affairs, she thought the Ye family's actions were indeed too extreme, so she did not offend her daughter-in-law.

"Mrs. Ye, please help Miss Ye to the side first."

Hearing this, Jin was overjoyed. She immediately helped her daughter to her seat and looked at the slap mark on her face with heartache.

"Let her stand back."

Seeing that Jin was holding her daughter in her arms like Mrs. Zhang, Ye Bingchun quietly told Ye Ruzhen to quickly stand with Ye Ruxuan.

But Jin acted as if she didn't hear anything and kept holding Ye Ruzhen. Because the seats of the Ye family were closer to the outside, the younger generation standing on the side heard the noise of the Ye family. Xiao Mingxu knew that Ye Ruzhen was a good friend of Jiang Tunan, so he also tried to persuade them.

"Master Ye, Miss Ye is in such a bad condition, please let her have a good rest."

As Xiao Mingxu's number one lackey, Ji Yichen immediately agreed,

"Yes, yes, when you are sad, you should throw yourself into your mother's arms."

Ji Yichen actually felt a little sympathetic towards Ye Ruzhen. At that time, he and Ji Lingyue were guarding Ye Ruzhen who was crying on the street. Just when she calmed down, people from the Ye family came and took her away to be questioned without saying a word.

The Ji siblings had a bad feeling, so they followed them. Unexpectedly, it was the Zhang family who came to find the Ye family. Ye Bingchun did not dare to offend the Minister of War's family, so he slapped Ye Ruzhen hard in front of everyone to let the Zhang family vent their anger.

Unexpectedly, the Zhang family was not satisfied with this, and they also went to the Xiao family to make trouble for Jiang Tunan. Seeing this, the brother and sister, one went to the Xiao Mansion to inform the other to go to the Imperial College to bring Xiao Mingrui back.

As for why he wanted to find Xiao Mingrui, it was because Xiao Mingxu had told Ji Yichen that the fourth brother was the smartest among the four brothers, and Xiao Huaimin and Madam Xiao were more likely to listen to the fourth brother, so Ji Yichen made a prompt decision and sent Ji Lingyue to find someone.

Unexpectedly, Xiao Mingrui arrived first, while Jiang Tunan and Xiao Mingxu were still outside.

Thinking of this, Ji Yichen looked at Ye Ruzhen with sympathy again. This child had just been slapped by his own father, and then he was asked to kneel down as soon as he entered the Xiao Mansion. It was really too miserable.

Ye Ruzhen felt the gazes of others, some of which were curious, some sympathetic, and some mocking. She buried her head deeply in Jin's arms, as if that was the only way to block out those gazes.

Ye Ruzhen tried hard to live every day happily. Although she had no friends before and was isolated, or her grades in Xinglan Academy were not outstanding, like an invisible person, she still had something to be proud of.

But at this moment, her pride and self-esteem were completely shattered.

"Miss Jiang really has good intentions, but sometimes if some children are not disciplined, they will become lawless and disrespectful to their elders, and even do some treasonous things."

Mrs. Zhang's words were a veiled criticism, but Jiang Tunan simply played dumb.

"Really? Fortunately, I am a good child, otherwise my uncle and aunt would not love me so much. Even the emperor has praised me."

The implication is that if you dare to scold me, just try it. If you scold me, you are scolding the emperor for having poor vision, which is a direct crime of disrespect.

Jiang Tunan: A very unethical thing.

It's wrong to open your mouth now. Otherwise, you will be killed the moment you show your head in the future.