(Jiang Wan-yi didn't wait for Jiang Wan-mu to ask her to sit down, and instead took the initiative to sit in the main seat opposite her.) Jiang Wan-mu looked at the uninvited guest with a deliberate expression of righteousness on her face and an upright posture, looking like a dutiful child and grandchild come to lecture an unfilial person. However, Jiang Wan-yi's fierce demeanor couldn't hide the exhaustion in her eyes.

  Jiang Wan's eyebrows and eyes quickly swept over a hint of mockery. The woman in front of her, with a resentful expression, was clearly unbearable at home due to her husband's favoritism towards his concubine. To vent her anger, she found an excuse to come here and cause trouble. Jiang Wan looked at the people beside her, but this time no one followed her in. She said to Ji Yan, "Please let Madame's attendants come in to serve her. Such a precious person, you can't serve her." Ji Yan nodded and quickly walked towards the door.

  Jiang Wan-yi listened to this and her eyes grew even more furious, but just as she was about to erupt, she caught sight of the housekeeper standing off to the side. She swallowed her anger and put on a smile, saying to the housekeeper: "I'd like to discuss some family matters with my sister; it's fine if we have our personal attendants nearby, I really don't want to trouble you to stay." The housekeeper listened to Jiang Wan-yi's polite words, glanced at the unruffled Jiang Wan-mei, and smiled as she said: "Thank you for considering me, Madame Lian, but since you haven't given the order, I shouldn't leave the room. I'm worried that the maids won't be able to handle things properly, so it's better if I stay nearby."

  Jiang Wan-yi, feigning anger and intimacy, said to Jiang Wan-mu: "Third sister, we are family members, let the servants go down." Jiang Wan-mu smiled and looked at her, saying: "Madam, the people in the Wang Mansion have strict mouths. At least now, all over the capital city, except for knowing that the third madam is not stupid, there is no other news going out. I can talk to you about superficial things, it's okay if others hear them. If you want to mention something too ***, don't need to tell me. Each has their own family. Women listening to other people's private affairs are indeed detrimental to women's virtues."

  Jiang Wanru finished speaking and immediately told the housekeeper, "You wait inside for a moment. If the maidservants are not serving Madame Lian properly, you must correct them in person." The housekeeper smiled and nodded, while Jiang Wanyi's face could no longer hold back her smile. She rushed towards Jiang Wanru and said, "Third sister, I've always given you face. But if you yourself don't care about saving face, then don't blame me for speaking the truth." Her words scared several maidservants standing at the door, while Jiyuan quickly walked over to stand behind Jiang Wanru.

  The maid who had been pouring tea in the courtyard, was beckoned by Jiang Wan to come and serve the tea. The maid placed the teapot on the table and reached out to pour the tea when Jiang Wan spoke up: "You can go down now, let the people beside Mrs. Lian do this. They will serve well." The maid looked up at the housekeeper, saw her nodding, and quickly bowed to Jiang Wan before leaving the room. The senior maid beside Jiang Yi had no choice but to step forward to serve their master with tea. She poured a cup of water for the master, and as she reached out to pour tea for Jiang Yi, he let out a cold 'hmm'. The maid was quick-witted and pretended to adjust the teacup, retreating behind Jiang Yi's back.

  Ji Yan glanced at Jiang Wanru, turned around and brought over the water cup that Jiang Wanru often used, placing it in front of her. In a soft voice, she said: "Master, the spring water on summer days is too icy, you'd better drink it slowly." Jiang Wanru smiled and glanced at her, saying: "Alright, I'll listen to you. Just put it on the table and take up space." Jiang Wanyi glanced at Ji Yan and said to Jiang Wanru: "I didn't expect that timid little maid from back then would now dare to be so presumptuous in front of Master. Third sister, you should still keep a good eye on her."

  Jiang Wanmu had just finished dealing with Lian Hao in the morning, and her mind was still unclear. She didn't have the patience to listen to Jiang Wanyi's roundabout words, nor did she want to add more knots to her heart. She said directly: "Mrs. Lian, your family has children, your husband has many concubines, and there are many things going on in the household. If you have something to say, just say it directly, don't beat around the bush and waste each other's time." The steward had already quickly turned his gaze aside when Jiang Wanmu bluntly mentioned that Lian's family had many concubines. Ji Yan clenched her teeth and suppressed a smile, knowing that Jiang Wanmu was already quite impatient.

  Jiang Wan's face completely fell, and he slapped the table, saying in a loud voice: "Jiang Wanyu, I'll tell you the truth, you're an unfilial person. The Jiang family has raised you for 15 years, and when our ancestors were ill for half a year, you didn't even ask about their condition once. Can you say that you deserve to have the Jiang family bloodline in your body?" Jiang Wan said this with a still-unsettled breath, staring at Jiang Wanyu with an angry expression. Jiang Wanyu asked calmly: "When our ancestors were ill, I suppose you were the first one to return home. Who came to pick you up and bring you back home?"

  Jiang Wan's eyes had an unmistakable hint of pride, and she said with a frank expression: "After the old ancestor fell ill for seven days, my elder brother specially came to inform me and took me and the children to see the old ancestor. I stayed at home to take care of the old ancestor for half a month." Jiang Wanru listened to her words, looking at her hand on the table, which seemed ready to slap it at any moment, and sighed with a smile: "But no one in the Jiang family ever told me that the old ancestor was ill. It wasn't until Third Master mentioned it to me casually when he was resting last time that I knew the old ancestor had been ill for a long time."

  Jiang Wanmu turned to Ji Yan and said, "Go get those two gift lists." Ji Yan hurriedly went to the corner of the room, opened the drawer, and took out something. Jiang Wanyi heard Jiang Wanmu's words and sneered, saying, "The old ancestor's illness is not something that can be hidden from people. If you had inquired with a good heart, how could you not know about this matter?" Jiang Wanmu looked at her with a smile, speaking in a low voice, "It's not unusual for the elderly to fall ill at an advanced age. In any family with elderly members, this wouldn't be considered a big deal. There is only one situation under which everyone in the capital would know."

  Jiang Wan-yi slapped the table again, and the teacups jumped up. Jiang Wan-mu quickly pressed down on the teacups and warned her, "Lady Lian, all the utensils here are recorded in a ledger. If your hand hurts from slapping, that's not my concern. But if you break the cup, don't blame me for making you pay compensation according to its value. This cup is part of a set; if it breaks, you'll have to compensate me with the price of a whole set." Jiang Wan-yi pointed at Jiang Wan-mu, unable to speak. At this moment, Ji Yan brought over two sheets of paper and handed them to Jiang Wan-mu.

  Jiang Wanru handed it over, and then handed it to the housekeeper, saying: "Take it and show it to Mrs. Lian." The housekeeper took it and opened the two receipts, putting them in front of Jiang Wanyi, but her expression was particularly attentive to his hands. Jiang Wanyi glanced at the two receipts on the table and said with great displeasure: "Are you saying that I patted your hand twice, and now you want me to pay for the things on this receipt?"

  "That receipt with the fewer gifts is the one I sent to the Jiang family for my ancestors after I received the news. I knew that my ancestor didn't like me and didn't want to add trouble to the Jiang family while she was ill. So, I thought that even though I couldn't be there in person, I could still ask someone to carefully purchase a thoughtful gift and send it as my filial piety. The other receipt is the return gift given by Madame Jiang at the time. Madame Jiang has always been meticulous in her actions. The gifts were more expensive than what I sent, so afterwards, I had someone resell them and after recovering the original silver, the rest was distributed under the name of the Jiang family."

  As Jiang Wan-yi reached out to take the two notes, the housekeeper quickly snatched them up and handed them back to Ji Yan, saying: "Take good care of them. The mistress still has a kind heart and wants to fulfill her filial duties, but others don't appreciate it." Ji Yan took them and put them away, Jiang Wan-yi shook his head and said: "I don't believe this, I know my mother has always resented your mother and you in her heart, but given the circumstances back then, even a legitimate wife wouldn't have tolerated it. You've been in the Jiang household for so many years, she's never harmed you, she wouldn't do such a thing. My mother has always been wise and virtuous, earning everyone's admiration."

  Jiang Wanru looked at her and said in a low voice, "Actually, from the day I entered the Wang Mansion and received the dowry given by the Jiang family. I have used my future to repay the Jiang family for 15 years of nurturing. As for what happened back then, even if Yu Niang is mentioned, she was just young and ignorant, mistakenly devoted to a man. The person who made the biggest mistake was the old master of the Jiang family. He already had a legitimate wife and children, yet he still enticed another family's legitimate daughter, causing her to abandon her own family. As a result, when he left this world, his only wish was to return home."

  Miss Jiang, the one who wronged your mother is your father, not Madam Yu, and even less so me. Miss Jiang, when you hated me for your mother's sake, did you ever think of my innocence? Born into this world, I too wanted to have a loving father and mother, and a family to care for me, but I had none of these things. The people of the Jiang family always remember the mistakes of the past as being on my mother's part, never thinking that it would be easy for a grown man with a wife and children to deceive a young woman who has just fallen in love.

  My original sin is being born as the child of these two people, destined to repay my parents from birth. I married into this family to repay the debt of raising me, and I've been obedient for over two years now. Yet you still come after me asking about my 'filial piety' towards the Jiang family? Miss Jiang, do I have to pay with my life to consider the debt repaid? If so, tell the Jiang family to come and take my life early. I'm tired of living, dying early means reincarnating early, and in the next life, I'll definitely have good parents and a good family.

  "Miss Jiang, if the Jiang family thinks I've already paid my dues, then you shouldn't come visit me again in the future. Because next time, I absolutely won't be so polite. You can leave now." The room fell silent, and Jiang Wan sat stiffly at the table. Her attendants, who had followed her since she entered the Lian household, were all people she had cultivated herself. They knew that the two sisters didn't get along, and always thought their own mistress was right, assuming it was Jiang Wanyu's fault. Now, after hearing this, they finally understood the inside story, each of them lowering their heads in shame, not daring to look at their mistress.

  The housekeeper didn't expect to hear the most private matters of the Jiang family. She glanced at Jiang Wan's indifferent expression, with a hint of pity in her eyes. She sighed silently, no wonder Jiang Wan had never returned to the Jiang family after entering the Wang mansion. Smiling, she walked over to Jiang Wanyi and her maid, saying: "Lady Jiang, please return." Jiang Wanyi stood up, staring blankly at Jiang Wan, saying: "Yes, you are a thorn in our family's side. The Jiang family may have removed this thorn, but the pain remains with me. He constantly reminds me, in various ways..."

  The housekeeper's face changed color upon hearing this, as it was rumored that Jiang Wan-yi had snatched the marriage from Jiang Wan-mei. She immediately interrupted the conversation and said: "Mrs. Lian, you should head home now."

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