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Chapter 239 Hidden Dangers: Jiang Quan

Jiang Song's fainting frightened Liu, and in her panic, she blurted out a few words of abuse against Jiang Wanqiu, complaining that her words were not tactful enough.

Jiang Wanqiu also regretted it. The mother and daughter asked someone to call a doctor while they pinched his philtrum and patted his back.

The two of them offered words of comfort, but neither of them noticed Jiang Quan, whose face was gloomy, standing in the shadows outside the door.

At this moment, Jiang Quan's face was contorted and terrifying, his eyes flashing with malice and ruthlessness.

My eldest brother is the pillar of our family.

The eldest brother was the support of their mother and sister.

The eldest brother is the head of this household.

Mother and sister were reluctant to buy the best coffin for Father, saying they wanted to save the money for their eldest brother so they could use it to help him get an official position in the future.

What about yourself?

What belongs to him in this house?

These past few days, neither my mother nor my sister have thought to visit him; they only have eyes for my eldest brother.

It was like this when my father was alive.

Knowing that he and his older sister didn't get along, she couldn't bear to give her older brother away and wanted to give herself away instead.

She even went to such a hellish place to be bullied every day for that vague idea of ​​adoption.

Why?

Why does the eldest brother get all the good things? Why does he have to do nothing and everyone pampers him?

He was clearly the youngest child in the family.

Jiang Wanqiu was completely unaware that the different circumstances had caused the people around her to have completely different personalities compared to her previous life.

The mother and daughter were so focused on Jiang Song that they unknowingly planted a poisonous thorn in Jiang Quan's side.

The doctor arrived quickly and diagnosed Jiang Song as suffering from a sudden onset of anger and excessive grief.

This symptom is also common in families holding funerals. It's not a big problem; just take some calming and heat-clearing medicine.

After the doctor prescribed the medicine and gave Jiang Song a few more acupuncture treatments, Jiang Song quickly woke up, tears streaming down his face.

But after crying, things still need to be done.

Jiang Song was forced to grow up, and under the guidance of the old steward, he kowtowed, kept vigil, and handled Jiang Huai's funeral arrangements.

The next day, he met his older sister Jiang Xinyu, whom he had grown somewhat unfamiliar with, and finally couldn't help but ask the question that had been on his mind.

He couldn't understand why his older sister was so heartless.

Even though the aunt favored her own children and was unfair to the eldest sister, they were still family.

How could there be such a deep grudge between family members? Why did they have to squander all the family's property, ruin the second sister's reputation, and cause the younger brother to be bullied every day?

Jiang Song was good-looking, with an upright and dignified appearance. He was tall and elegant, resembling Jiang Huai but even more refined.

Whether from the original story or from the original owner's memories, Jiang Song is a good person, so good that he doesn't seem like Liu Shi and Jiang Huai's biological son.

Jiang Xinyu found this quite strange.

Logically speaking, only the most precious herbs grow near the imperial palace, while only the most stinky latrines should grow with dog urine moss.

It's simply unscientific that a true lotus flower, untainted by the mud, could grow out of the Jiang family's quagmire.

But Jiang Xinyu had no intention of indulging him.

Jiang Song may not have done anything wrong, but he is a beneficiary of the system. He may not have participated, but he is not innocent.

From childhood to adulthood, all his food, clothing, and the money he used for entertaining guests after entering officialdom were provided by Madam Qian's dowry.

He didn't know, but he spent it.

This ancient pine tree of his grew from the flesh and blood of the original body and Madam Qian, drawing nourishment from them.

In the original novel, no one in the Jiang family, from top to bottom, was innocent in Jiang Xinyu's fate.

She was already pushing her limits by not actively harming Jiang Song, and this guy even dared to question her. She had no time to protect his pitiful self-esteem.

Jiang Song thought his reprimand would make his younger sister feel a moment of regret and shame.

Unfortunately, no.

Jiang Xinyu actually smiled and clapped for him, then gave him a very fair two-word evaluation:

Idiot!

Jiang Song was so angry that his face turned red. "How could you be so rude!"

That's utterly disgraceful.

"Serene? How much does 'Serene' cost per pound?"

They just repeat the same two sentences over and over again, and they can't even get the point right when they're cursing.

Calling you stupid is an understatement; you're only slightly better than someone with a mental disability at recognizing a couple of words.

Jiang Xinyu looked at Jiang Song with a mocking expression, "Brother, you're not young anymore. There's a limit to how naive you can be."

Are those two holes under your eyebrows for breathing?

Are you genuinely unable to see many things, or are you deliberately pretending to be ignorant?

I won't say anything else, but didn't you say I embezzled my family's property?

Come on, if you can count, you do the math.

How much is the annual salary of a fourth-rank official in Jianghuai?

How many shops did the Jiang family originally own?

When Liu's concubine entered the household, she brought in a dowry of 36 pieces of land. Apart from 50 acres of land and four shops, did the rest amount to 5,000 taels of silver?

You do the math again: how much can 50 acres of land produce, and how much money can four shops bring in?

Can you calculate how much the Jiang family spends in a year?

Don't even mention the banquets and meals Jiang Huai hosts, or the clothes and jewelry Jiang Wanqiu buys for her.

Take you for example, the brocade robe, cloud-patterned shoes, jade pendant, and jade hairpin you're wearing cost no less than a hundred taels of silver.

Every year, the Jiang family would send gifts of no less than several hundred taels of silver to the teachers and headmasters of the academy.

Where do you think this money came from?

I cheated the Jiang family out of their money. Does the Jiang family even have money?

Even with your aunt's dowry, the Jiang family couldn't support your family of five.

Listen up, Jiang Huai is a freeloader, and your aunt and you three kids are all sucking my blood.

From the moment you were born, you were spent on my mother's dowry, which was my mother's private property left to me.

You're an educated person, you must know that a woman's dowry can only be inherited by her own children and cannot be touched by others.

How dare you accuse me of swindling money from the Jiang family?

"Where's your face? Don't you feel ashamed?"

Jiang Song had never considered this kind of calculation before, but now that Jiang Xinyu had pointed it out, he instantly understood, his face turning red, white, and burning with pain.

Even so, he still felt that a family shouldn't be too concerned about these things.

He himself has money and will definitely be willing to spend it on his older sister and younger brother. So what's wrong with the older sister giving a little money since the Jiang family is in financial difficulty?

It's just material possessions; they're family, why be so calculating?

After hearing his words, Jiang Xinyu's slightest goodwill towards him vanished completely.

"Good, good, good. I thought the bad bamboo had produced good shoots. I didn't expect you to be in cahoots with Jiang Huai."

I can spend my money however I want, what's it to you?

You're only generous with other people's money, not even a penny. Do you know how to write the word "shameless"?

family?

Who is your family?

Jiang Huai and Liu Shi committed adultery during my mother's pregnancy, and my mother caught them red-handed. Otherwise, why would she, the daughter of an official, become Jiang Huai's concubine?

They poisoned my mother in an attempt to steal her dowry.

"The hatred for killing my mother—do you think I'm family with you?"

"No way, absolutely impossible."

Jiang Song's eyes widened and he shook his head frantically, "Your mother clearly died of illness, don't even think about smearing my parents."

Jiang Xinyu gave a cold laugh, "Do you think I need to lie to you?"

What, you still want to say that your father is a loyal, virtuous, good husband and father?

That's hilarious! Did your aunt not tell you how Jiang Huai died?

"To die from masturbation" is, in layman's terms, death from having sex with women.

I've realized you're really stupid; you're still blind to the situation and can't see things clearly.

Who do you think you are?

He was just a scholar with only the title of Xiucai (a lower-level scholar).

Do you know who I am?

I am a first-rank imperial consort. Crushing your entire family would be as easy as crushing ants for me.

You don't even have the most basic self-awareness, are you worth me lying to?

What a dimwit!

I'm only telling you all this because you've never harmed me before.

You'd better take care of yourself and look at the home you live in.

Look at the kind of people your parents, relatives, sisters, and brothers are.

I've met quite a few people, but you're the only one whose stupidity is so refreshingly unique.

After saying that, Jiang Xinyu turned and left without saying another word. Jiang Song finally couldn't hold on any longer and collapsed to the ground.

His worldview has been shattered, and he is currently engaged in post-disaster reconstruction.