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Chapter 88 Drowning in a Pig Cage
"However, Jiang Luan still bears the surname Jiang. As long as she remains in the Jiang family, I, as her grandmother, have the right to manage her."
"If the Duke's mansion insists on making a scene..."
"Fine, at worst we'll all go down fighting."
Old Madam Jiang spoke calmly, while Liu, standing to the side, twitched at the corner of her mouth in anger.
"Do you really intend to do this?"
"She is your granddaughter."
Upon hearing this, Old Madam Jiang nearly died laughing.
"She's my granddaughter?"
"The Duchess doesn't even know what her daughter gave birth to."
“An outsider comes to someone else’s house and interferes in their family affairs.”
"Hmph, if His Majesty finds out, I wonder what crime the Duchess will be charged with?"
“Our Jiang family has raised Jiang Luan for so many years, and now she’s making a marriage without a matchmaker, completely disgracing our Zhenyuan Marquis’s mansion.”
"She even plotted to seduce Prince Jing. If the Emperor punishes her, can she bear the charge of seducing a prince?"
"If we don't drown them in a pig cage, won't everyone say that our Jiang family has no manners or family education?"
"Madam Duchess, please don't meddle in other people's business."
When Jiang Zhi arrived, that was what Old Madam Jiang said.
The smile in her eyes was almost overflowing.
Liu stood up, her eyes gradually turning red.
"Old Madam Jiang said I was meddling in your Jiang family's affairs. This Jiang Luan is, after all, my granddaughter. She doesn't even know Prince Jing, so how could she seduce him? This must be a setup."
Old Madam Jiang sneered, "Whether she was framed or not, she knows perfectly well, so why bother?"
"Could it be that she was tricked into dressing up as a songstress?"
"Or was she coerced?"
"It's best if the Duchess doesn't interfere in how our Jiang family deals with its female relatives. If it gets to the Emperor, no one will benefit."
Liu gritted her teeth. Since this matter involved Prince Jing, she couldn't say much.
Madam Jiang added, "Jiang Luan attempted to seduce the prince. If you don't punish her, are you only satisfied when the Emperor punishes her?"
Madam Jiang's eyes suddenly sharpened, and she raised her voice, saying, "Today, I will let everyone know what the consequences will be for those who do such things in the Jiang family."
She ordered several guards, "You few, go down and drag Er Yatou out!"
Upon receiving the order, the guards immediately turned and headed towards the woodshed.
Liu was so angry that she clenched her fists. Finally, unable to contain her anger, she left the Jiang family with a furious expression.
After seeing Liu leave, Old Madam Jiang snorted coldly.
"Steward, gather all the women in the household. I want them to see what happens when someone has an affair without a matchmaker!"
"Yes, old lady."
Jiang Luan was escorted out of the woodshed by several guards.
Upon seeing Madam Jiang, Jiang Luan immediately knelt down.
"Grandmother, Grandmother, you can't treat your granddaughter like this."
“I truly love Yuan-gege. I will be a member of the Jingwang Mansion in the future, and will be the future Princess Jing. You cannot drown me in a pig cage, Grandmother.”
Madam Jiang sat in her chair, her face ashen, staring at her with a cold gaze.
“It is intolerable for an unmarried woman to have illicit relations with a man.”
"You say you and Prince Jing are truly in love, so why didn't he come to plead for you?"
"You're just being presumptuous, actually thinking that others would plead for you."
“But you are engaged to the Marquis of Guangde’s family, yet you secretly have an affair with someone, breaking your promise and tarnishing the reputation of our Jiang family.”
"Guards, lock the Second Miss in the water cage!"
As Madam Jiang's icy voice fell, Jiang Luan's face turned ashen, clearly terrified.
Jiang Zhi sat in the chair, eating the small square cakes from the plate one by one, her eyes sparkling with laughter.
Today is her death day.
Jiang Luan, lying on the ground, begged for mercy, "Grandmother, Grandmother, I beg you, please have mercy on me."
"I was wrong, I was really wrong, I was wrong, Grandmother."
No matter how much she screamed, the old women simply locked her in the water cage.
There is a pond not far from the Jiang residence.
Before long, several old women carried Jiang Luan, who had been locked in a cage, out of the mansion.
The moment Jiang Luan was placed on the ground, she looked around in terror, her hands trembling even more violently, and cold sweat beaded on her temples.
Her hysterical pleas for mercy turned into unbearable curses.
Madam Jiang didn't care at all; she looked at the women of the Jiang family.
“The second young lady of the manor has committed a grave error and shall be punished in accordance with the laws of the Jiang family’s ancestors.”
"It will last for two hours."
The maids, servants, and other attendants present held their breath and bowed their heads, saying, "Yes, Madam."
Old Madam Jiang turned to look at Jiang Luan, who was crying pitifully in the cage.
"You lowly hussy."
Jiang Luan's face turned deathly pale, and she frantically begged for mercy, as if her grandmother would let her go that way.
"Grandmother, I was wrong, I was wrong, I was really wrong."
"Grandmother, please, please don't do this!"
Before the plea for mercy could even finish, Old Madam Jiang spoke coldly.
"Throw them down, and if they die, they die."
Her eyes widened in shock. Before she could react, several old women lifted her, cage and all, off the ground and threw her directly into the pond.
The icy pool water instantly seeped into my internal organs.
A trembling scream, mixed with the gurgling sound of water, reached everyone's ears.
After being thrown into the pool, Jiang Luan tried to struggle, but she couldn't move her body and it gradually sank.
Madam Jiang remained calm. "Let's go. Come back in two hours."
She looked at Granny Wu and said, "You stay here and keep watch. Don't let anyone get close."
Granny Wu nodded. "Yes, Madam."
In the crowd, Jiang Zhi looked at Jiang Luan.
Jiang Zhi's eyes shone brightly and joyfully.
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At noon, Jiang Luan soaked in the water for two whole hours.
It had already lost all life and was eventually fished out of the pond.
The moment it was pulled out of the water, the marks on its face and body became visible.
The maids and nannies present looked at each other and whispered among themselves upon seeing her appearance.
Soon, the news that she had a mark on her body reached the ears of Old Madam Jiang and Jiang Zhi.
Madam Jiang leaned back in her chair, her eyes slightly moving.
"A purplish-red mark?"
She remembered that Jiang Luan had this mark on her body when she was born, and a few days later Liu said that the mark on her body had healed, so it turned out that it had been hidden all along.
This must have been part of Liu's scheme.
Old Madam Jiang snorted coldly, "Who cares if she has any marks or not? If she's dead, just throw her into the mass grave. Don't defile our Jiang family."
"She has enjoyed so much wealth and luxury in the Jiang family for so many years, that's enough."
Granny Wu frowned. "Will the Duke's mansion intervene again?"
“If His Highness Prince Jing gets involved again, I’m afraid…” The old woman’s words trailed off.
Madam Jiang snorted coldly.
"She's just a wild child, who would speak up for her?"
"His Highness Prince Jing is not a fool."
"Besides, that Liu woman's good days are over too."