roccoschili Chapter 181 Take the role, cousin
Chapter 181 Take the role, cousin
"Brother~"
Meng Yao rolled over and hugged Meng Jingchen's thighs.
"Yaoyao feels so wronged~"
Meng Jingchen:?
"Meng Yao, I'll count to three..."
Before Meng Jingchen started counting, Meng Yao immediately ejected and sat on the ground beside him with a look of grievance.
"You are a daughter of the Duke's Mansion after all. How can you sit on the ground so unbecomingly?"
Meng Yao felt uneasy when Meng Jingchen stared at her, so she had to stand up with the help of the maid.
"I feel pain all over my body~"
Meng Jingchen: "You'd better speak to me nicely before I lose my temper."
"Yes, brother."
Meng Yao: (dignified) (beautiful woman with fake smile)
Meng Jingchen looked at Meng Yao with a little disdain, then walked forward, slowly squatted down, and extended his hand to Jiang Tunan.
Meng Yao:?
Jiang Tunan looked at Meng Jingchen's hand in front of him and hesitated a little. If Meng Jingchen held him, he would not be able to perform well later.
"I... Ehhhhh!"
Meng Jingchen saw through Jiang Tunan's intention to refuse and directly pulled Jiang Tunan up. He soon noticed that Jiang Tunan seemed to have some problems with his legs.
"Miss Jiang, how come your legs are lame after not seeing you for a few days?"
Jiang Tunan glanced at Meng Jingchen with some reproach. Why did this guy always steal her spotlight?
"I... I'm fine. It's all my fault... I made Miss Su unhappy... I... ah, can I say this?"
Jiang Tunan looked frightened, but staggered a few steps away from Meng Jingchen.
Su Xiaoxiao was pretending to be unconscious, but when she heard Jiang Tunan say this, she was so angry that she woke up immediately.
"What do you mean Miss Jiang? I am obviously the victim!"
Jiang Tunan: You naughty girl, I knew you couldn’t keep your temper (heart)
"It turns out that Miss Su Er didn't faint. I was worried about her just now. But Miss Su Er, you... are... okay, so I feel relieved~"
Jiang Tunan looked shaky, but his eyes were desperately signaling to Xiao Mingxu.
Come and help me, cousin, why don’t you take the role?
Finally, Xiao Mingrui understood Jiang Tunan's signal and stepped forward to support Jiang Tunan. Jiang Tunan leaned on Xiao Mingrui's shoulder and said thankfully,
"Cousin Mingrui, you still understand me~"
Xiao Mingrui: "Don't talk anymore, just faint now."
Jiang Tunan closed his eyes and pretended to faint. Xiao Mingxu realized what Jiang Tunan was up to at this moment and hurriedly shouted,
"Your Highness, the First Prince! Although my Xiao family is not as powerful as the Prime Minister's Mansion, my father has been diligent over the years. Now you are openly using your status to bully my young lady! Aren't you afraid of chilling the hearts of us ministers?"
Xiao Mingrui coughed a few times and echoed,
"My cousin just returned to Kyoto today. She had a narrow escape from the hands of the big yin man before, and her body was already seriously injured. Now she has been beaten up again. How can we, as her brother, explain this to the elders at home?"
Xiao Mingxu howled loudly and pretended to wipe his nose.
"My poor cousin! She has always been weak since she was young, and now she has suffered such hardships. What will she do in the future~"
Jiang Tunan's mouth twitched, and he exerted force to find that his hand was firmly held by Xiao Mingxu.
Jiang Tunan: No, brother, you are exaggerating.
Xiao Mingrui was somewhat speechless, and silently pried Xiao Mingxu's hand apart. Sure enough, Jiang Tunan's hand was already red where Xiao Mingxu held it.
Meng Jingchen saw this scene with interest in his eyes.
"I don't know what happened here. The styles of these ladies are quite unique."
Leng Qingyan was lying on the ground with half of her hair scattered, her clothes were torn to pieces, and there were red marks on her face. Meng Yao's red hairpins were all messed up, a few strands of her hair had fallen out, and her dress was wrinkled. Yan Wanqing next to her was not much better.
Su Xiaoxiao was the worst off, with red marks on her face and shoe marks on her dress. Her hair was not loose, but the decoration on her head was almost torn off. Su Lanlan was better off than the others, her dress was just a little messy, and the hairpin on her head was still intact.
"Brother, it's like this..."
Meng Yao walked forward with a proud look on her face, but was glared at by Meng Jingchen.
"Did I ask you to say it?"
"Oh."
Meng Yao retreated again with a triumphant look on his face.
The Second Prince Baili Hao looked at the embarrassed young ladies from aristocratic families in front of him, then looked at Su Xiaoxiao who was being protected in Baili Hong's arms, and seemed to have something in mind.
He remembered that Su Xiaoxiao seemed to be just a illegitimate daughter. It was unbelievable that Baili Hong put Su Lanlan, the eldest daughter of the Su family, aside and cared about a illegitimate daughter.
"Royal brother, please allow me to say something. Miss Jiang has appeared in front of the emperor before. Because of the incident with the big yin man some time ago, the emperor even praised Miss Jiang in the palace. But she was beaten half to death by you right after she came back. If the emperor asks about it, how will you tell him?"
Baili Hao mentioned it nonchalantly, but his eyes were very sharp. Baili Hong thought that he had the support of Prime Minister Su behind him, and never took the officials of the six ministries seriously. This was the perfect opportunity for him to win over the Xiao family.
Baili Hong panicked for a moment. The emperor had just said that he neglected his studies. If he knew about this, he would definitely be criticized again.
"What are you talking about, my brother? I haven't done anything yet. This has nothing to do with me."
Qi Guanming coughed a few times and mentioned it casually.
"But didn't the eldest prince just want to be punished? Could it be that I am hallucinating?"
Baili Hao realized at this time that Qi Guanming was also present, and he became more curious about Jiang Tunan.
She is clearly a branch of the Anguo Mansion, but she has been living in the Xiao Mansion. Not to mention that Xiao Huaimin and the other young masters of the Xiao family protect her like crazy, she didn't expect that the Prince of Guangping would also speak for her now.
"I don't know what happened that made my brother embarrass a girl in public."
Baili Hao was speaking in a sarcastic tone, thinking that today's trip to Yuzhu Tower was not in vain, as he had caught Baili Hong talking nonsense again.
Jiang Tunan closed her eyes and could not see the scene in front of her, but from what these people said, she could tell that they were targeting the eldest prince Baili Hong, which was not her purpose.
"Scold Leng Qingyan..."
Jiang Tunan gritted his teeth and spoke, fearing that he would be discovered to be pretending to be unconscious. Xiao Mingrui heard Jiang Tunan's voice and felt amused, so he took the opportunity to speak,
"I wonder why Miss Leng pushed my cousin just now?"
Leng Qingyan:?
"What are you talking about, Fourth Young Master Xiao? It was clearly Miss Jiang who pushed me down, why are you putting the blame on me?"
Leng Qingyan knelt on the ground and suddenly looked up, her eyes full of disbelief. She was standing next to someone just fine, but was suddenly tripped. At that time, besides Ye Ruxuan, there was only Jiang Tunan next to her, so who else could it be if it wasn't Jiang Tunan who pushed her?