son, don't mess around

Chuzhou, Chujiang City.

Jiang family!

As the largest family in Jiangnan, the Jiang family's residence is not much worse than the Linwang Mansion. Although the scale cannot be compared with the imperial palace and the Linwang Mansion, it is no less luxurious.

Even worse!

The Jiangnan region was too prosperous. As the most economically prosperous region of the Daning Dynasty, the tax revenue from the entire Jiangnan region combined accounted for almost a quarter of the dynasty.

The aristocratic families in the Jiangnan region, which had been thriving for many years, had built up a very deep family foundation through their business operations for several generations and were extremely wealthy. The entire Jiangnan region gave people the impression of being a prosperous place.

The Jiang family, located in Chujiang City, occupies the most extensive land in the city. The high walls of the mansion stand majestically. Everywhere you can see magnificent buildings and exquisitely carved decorations, you can't help but marvel.

It was a hot summer day, and the scorching sun was shining on the city.

The Jiang Mansion is lush and green.

The towering trees that block out the sun drive the hot air out, making the courtyard cool and not feeling too hot.

In a quiet side courtyard, the flowers and plants are swaying and the scenery is beautiful. The courtyard is paved with bluestone slabs and is clean and tidy. The exquisite decorations make the whole courtyard very elegant.

A petite girl was squatting on the steps under the eaves.

She was wearing a turquoise skirt and had her jet-black hair tied up with an exquisite hairpin. Under the hairpin, she had a pretty oval face.

She was about seventeen or eighteen years old, still a bit childish, with a hint of baby fat.

However, the girl has grown into a graceful and elegant lady, as beautiful as a bud about to bloom!
At this time, the little girl was squatting on the steps, leaning to one side, supporting her delicate little face, staring at the yard in a daze with boredom.

He seemed a little bored and not in high spirits.

"Your Highness, you haven't come yet..."

The little girl had a pouty face and looked listless.

The little girl at the foot of the stairs was Xiaozhu, who came to the Jiang family a few months ago.

Xiao Zhu followed Zhi Yuan and came to the Jiang family with everyone else in the Jiang family, and then lived in the Jiang mansion.

This stay lasted for a long time.

To Xiao Zhu, the Jiang family is of no interest at all.

Although the Jiang family is the largest family in the Jiangnan region, with great reputation, wealth, and power, in the eyes of outsiders, it is an extremely dazzling and prominent existence.

But in Xiaozhu's eyes, the Jiang family was full of death.

There were too many rules for big families, and the rules within the Jiang family were even more strict. This also caused the entire Jiang family's servants to be in a state of nervous tension, and no one dared to make mistakes.

Especially since Mr. Jiang became seriously ill, the situation of the Jiang family has become more serious.

Since Xiao Zhu came here, he has rarely gone out, and he even rarely steps out of this small courtyard.

She really doesn't like it here!
It's so dull here!

She still missed the Linwang Mansion and the days with His Highness. Although there were many rules in the Linwang Mansion, they were definitely not as strict as here, without any human touch.

More importantly... His Highness will be by my side.

During this time at the Jiang family, Xiao Zhu basically spent his time alone out of boredom.

Sister Zhiyuan is very busy and is often not seen. It is said that she is helping His Highness investigate something. Xiaozhu does not have any friends here, so she can only kill time by herself.

Not long ago, I heard that His Highness had already set off from Linjiang City and was preparing to rush to the Jiang family to find them.

Xiao Zhu was very excited when he heard the news. He counted the time on his fingers every day, wondering when the prince would arrive.

Calculating the time, it should be time already!
However, there is still no news from His Highness.

"Ugh……"

Xiao Zhu sat on the steps and sighed softly.

...I really miss Your Highness!

Just when Xiao Zhu was feeling a little disappointed, a figure suddenly rushed into the courtyard.

At the same time, a wailing sound was heard.

"Sister Zhiyuan, Sister Zhiyuan?!"

Xiao Zhu looked up subconsciously and saw a little boy about ten years old, dressed in a brocade robe, running in from the yard in front.

She ran in crying and complaining.

"Master Jiang?!"

Xiao Zhu took a look and quickly recognized the other person's identity... Jiang Shaoan!

Jiang Shaoan was the only son of the second master of the Jiang family in Beijing.

Some time ago, the young master of the Jiang family also followed them back to the Jiangnan Jiang family. However, it was said that the young master Jiang was not well-behaved after arriving in Jiangnan and caused a lot of trouble.

"Master Jiang, what's wrong with you?!"

Xiao Zhu stood up and asked curiously.

"Sister Xiaozhu..."

When Jiang Shaoan saw Xiaozhu, he was overjoyed and quickly walked forward: "Where is Sister Zhiyuan?"

"where is she?!"

"What happened?"

Seeing that Young Master Jiang was so anxious to see Sister Zhiyuan, Xiao Zhu asked hurriedly.

"I was bullied!"

At this moment, Jiang Shaoan's face was full of anger and grievance, and he gritted his teeth and said, "I want to find Sister Zhiyuan to help me get revenge!"

"Someone bullied you?!"

Hearing this, Xiao Zhu was even more stunned.

This is the Jiang family, how could anyone dare to bully Young Master Jiang?
This is incredible!
"Young Master Jiang, who bullied you?" Xiao Zhu asked hurriedly.

"Jiang Jingyun!"

Jiang Shaoan gritted his teeth, his face full of humiliation and anger.

"I will never forgive him!"

"Jiang Jingyun?"

Xiao Zhu was stunned for a moment, and after a while, he gradually remembered who Jiang Jingyun was.
Isn’t that... the eldest young master of the Jiang family?
Xiao Zhu had heard before that the old man in the Jiang family had two sons, one daughter, and an adopted little daughter, Jiang Yuxiang.

The eldest son is named Jiang Ningyuan, and he is the current head of the Jiang family. Jiang Ningyuan has two sons. The eldest son has already started a family, and the younger son is Jiang Jingyun mentioned by Jiang Shaoan.

As for Jiang Shaoan in front of him, he is the only son of Jiang Ningkang, the second son of Mr. Jiang. Back then, Jiang Ningkang protested against the old man's blocking his sister from marrying Lin Hengzhong, and left the Jiang family in anger and went to the capital. He seldom went home for so many years.

Naturally, Jiang Shaoan rarely has any contact with the Jiang family.

At this moment, hearing what Jiang Shaoan said, Xiao Zhu quickly realized something... Young Master Jiang had a conflict with that Young Master Jiang?
"Master Jiang, why did you have a conflict with that Master Jiang?"

"What do you mean I had a conflict with him? It was obviously him who went too far and deliberately picked a fight with me!"

Jiang Shaoan's face was full of grievance and anger.

When Jiang Shaoan thought about his experiences during this period, he burst into tears and felt extremely sad.

When he was in the capital before, although he had no status outside and the dandy young men in the capital didn't want to play with him, but at least in the Jiang family, Jiang Shaoan still had an absolute status. He was a real dandy little bully. Who in the mansion didn't respectfully give him some face?

This also cultivated Jiang Shaoan's spoiled and arrogant character!

But since he came to the Jiangnan Jiang family this time, Jiang Shaoan's status has plummeted.

In the capital, he was the only son of the Jiang family. But here, he was no longer the favored one.

The Jiang family already has an eldest young master!

That Jiang Jingyun is nominally Jiang Shaoan’s cousin!
More importantly, Jiang Jingyun is the son of his uncle and the future heir of the Jiang family. As a result, Jiang Jingyun naturally did not take Jiang Shaoan seriously.

In his opinion, Jiang Shaoan was just a bumpkin from the capital. Now that he was in his territory, he had to show off his power.

But how could Jiang Shaoan be so easy to bully?
Being used to being arrogant and domineering on weekdays, he naturally didn't tolerate Jiang Jingyun. As a result, not long after arriving at Jiangnan Jiang's house, Jiang Shaoan started to argue with Jiang Jingyun.

As soon as the two met, they almost got into a fight!
Although they were stopped by the people in the mansion, the feud between the two was established. In the following period of time, the two fought each other openly and secretly. They said they fought openly and secretly, but in fact, they basically fought whenever they met.

Children fighting is just so simple and unpretentious.

But after all, this is the Jiangnan Jiang family, Jiang Jingyun's territory. He has many lackeys under his command and guards in his mansion. If a real fight breaks out, Jiang Shaoan will naturally suffer.

Just today, he had a fight with Jiang Jingyun and suffered a loss, so he came to Sister Zhiyuan for help crying!

"Sister Xiaozhu, can you please tell me where Sister Zhiyuan is?"

Jiang Shaoan's face was filled with indignation: "This young master must avenge this previous humiliation!"

Xiao Zhu didn't know what to say. This Young Master Jiang was so childish.

"Sister Zhiyuan is not here." She shook her head slightly.

"what?"

Jiang Shaoan immediately looked bitter: "Where is Sister Zhiyuan? When will she be back?"

"I don't know." Xiao Zhu shook her head. She didn't know when Sister Zhiyuan would come back.

"Well, what should we do about this?"

Jiang Shaoan suddenly looked bitter.

He had just been beaten up by Jiang Jingyun and humiliated by him. He was thinking of asking Sister Zhiyuan to help him get revenge and deal a good blow to Jiang Jingyun's arrogance.

But Sister Zhiyuan is not here, what should I do?
This time when he came to Jiangnan Jiang family, he was already alone and weak, and the only one he could rely on was Sister Zhiyuan.

"This……"

Xiao Zhu blinked and suggested, "Master Jiang, why don't you go find Master Jiang?"

"no!"

Jiang Shaoan immediately shook his head and glared: "How can the grudges between us men involve our fathers?"

"Moreover……"

Jiang Shaoan shrank his neck again.

If his parents knew about this, he would probably be beaten again.

"It would be nice if my cousin was here..."

At this time, Jiang Shaoan finally remembered something and clenched his fists secretly: "If my cousin were here, he would definitely help me out!"

"cousin?"

Xiao Zhu was stunned for a moment, and only realized after a while who the "cousin" Jiang Shaoan was talking about was...wasn't it His Royal Highness the Crown Prince? !

"When will my cousin come?"

Jiang Shaoan's face was full of hope.

Ever since Jiang Shaoan witnessed Lin Jiangnian's abilities in the capital last time, he has been completely convinced by Lin Jiangnian and has been calling him cousin obediently.

What is the Eighth Prince, what is the Third Prince? What is the Gao family and the Li family? They used to look so high and mighty?
But in front of his cousin, he still doesn't dare to say a word?

Especially the third prince... isn't he quite powerful?
Don't you still want to rebel?
It's not like it's gone just like that...

This is all thanks to my cousin’s clever idea...my cousin is really awesome!
"It should be soon. I heard that His Highness had already set out more than a month ago. Calculating the time, he should have arrived a long time ago..."

Xiao Zhu was pondering, and his dark eyes were full of longing and hope.

She misses His Highness too!

"real?!"

Jiang Shaoan's eyes suddenly lit up, and he immediately walked outside: "Then I'll quickly find someone to ask around!"

He had just run two steps outside when he suddenly heard another voice.

"Jiang Shaoan, where are you going?!"

Jiang Shaoan's body suddenly paused, and when he looked up, he saw a woman with a graceful figure, gentle appearance and extraordinary temperament walking into the yard with a sullen face.

"Aunt?!"

Jiang Shaoan immediately wilted and quickly lowered his head, looking guilty.

In the front yard, Jiang Yuxiang walked closer.

She glanced at him and asked, "What are you doing here?"

"me……"

Jiang Shaoan felt guilty and didn't dare to speak.

"Do you want me to go and complain to your mother?"

After hearing this, Jiang Shaoan was immediately frightened and quickly told the whole story.

"I, I just want to ask Sister Zhiyuan to help me get revenge...Aunt, please don't tell my mother..."

"My mother will definitely beat me up!"

After Jiang Yuxiang heard this, a sneer appeared on his face.

"Jiang Shaoan, is this all you have?!"

"You got beaten up, and you came back crying and asked for help. Aren't you ashamed?!"

Jiang Shaoan blushed and lowered his head in shame. It was really embarrassing...

But what can he do?
"You can't even beat Jiang Jingyun, what future do you have?" Jiang Yuxiang was very disappointed.

Jiang Shaoan immediately defended himself aggrievedly: "Aunt, I'm not afraid of Jiang Jingyun, but Jiang Jingyun is a mean guy, and he has servants to help him... He is bullying the few with the many!"

"Then you can't do it when no one is around him?"

Jiang Yuxiang glanced at him and said, "You don't know how to attack by surprise? Why do you have to fight him openly?"

Jiang Shaoan’s face was stunned… Could it be like this?
He seemed to have gradually opened the door to a new idea!
and many more……

"aunt……"

Jiang Shaoan seemed to have thought of something and asked cautiously, "You, you want me to sneak attack Jiang Jingyun?"

"You don't want revenge?"

"think……"

"Then hurry up!"

Jiang Yuxiang waved his hands impatiently: "As a man of the Jiang family, you cry when your own people fight. Isn't it shameful?"

"If you are a man, go and defeat Jiang Jingyun yourself. That's what it means to be a capable person!"

Hearing this, a blazing fire appeared in Jiang Shaoan's eyes.

Yes! It's only a skill if he wins the fight himself!
"Then aunt, shall I go?"

"Get lost, don't come to see me if you can't win, I don't have a nephew as embarrassing as you!"

Jiang Yuxiang waved her hands impatiently, and only walked under the eaves after Jiang Shaoan left the courtyard.

"Where's Zhiyuan? Has she come back?"

Xiao Zhu on the side shook his head.

"Not back yet?"

As if thinking of something, Jiang Yuxiang sighed softly: "That girl is really stubborn!"

At this point, Jiang Yuxiang's soft and beautiful face showed a bit of anger again: "Zhiyuan has been working hard to help that stinky boy find clues during this period of time, but in the end, that stinky boy is living a life of luxury in Linjiang City. I heard that there are so many beauties around him, even the princess is by his side. I'm afraid that the stinky boy has long been enjoying himself and having a lot of fun..."

"Hmph, wait till he comes and see how I deal with him!"

Jiang Yuxiang put his hands on his hips, his face full of anger.

"..." (End of this chapter)