Chapter 18 Is she really stupid?

"Why are you still awake at this hour?" The third lady raised her eyes and saw Jiang Ruoting sitting down opposite her, with a slight displeasure on her face, "Didn't you make an appointment with another lady to go to the lake tomorrow?"

As the legitimate daughter of the Jiang family, she cannot go out despite being sleepy. Looking tired would be disgraceful and would be considered disrespectful. Apart from being the head of the house, the third lady cares most about her two children every day. Her son's body is often not good.

Well, the daughter cannot relax. Firstly, she wants her son to inherit the family business, and secondly, she wants her daughter to marry into the royal family. The glory and wealth are waiting for them, mother and son. How can they relax before the completion?

"My daughter is not sleepy at the moment. When she saw the candles in her mother's room, she came to take a look." Jiang Ruoting said, "What is mother worried about?"

The third lady has always been a good manager of the house. The huge Duke's Mansion has been in her hands since Jiang Ruohua's mother passed away, and it has never been worse in these years. Outsiders say that the third lady has a good reputation, virtuous and capable, and is actually the mistress of the house.

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But now it seems that there is something wrong with the shop.

"There is something wrong with the shop again. I still have to go there in person tomorrow." The third lady just felt a headache. "I wonder if there was a collision these days. I have been unlucky one after another. It seems that I have to find a time to get rid of the bad luck. It will always go on like this.

No way either."

She had to handle matters in the shop personally. Looking at the account book full of loopholes, the third lady had a headache. Over the years, the problems had been caused by the original dowry shop of the Duke's Mansion or hers, and Jiang Ruohua's mother left her

The shop below obviously has no owner to take care of it, but it has been running step by step without any mistakes for more than ten years.

The huge imbalance made the third lady worried. Some people were born to bring bad luck to her, and if they were placed there, they would make her feel unsightly!

"Don't worry, mother, there is still a daughter here." Jiang Ruoting said, "Mom, just go and work on the shop tomorrow. Your daughter will help you with the rest."

But the third lady was not prepared to do this. She said with some displeasure: "If you don't do some things, you will dirty your hands. Do you still want your reputation?"

Before her daughter marries into the royal family, the third lady does not intend to let her do anything by herself.

It is also so that my daughter can always have clean hands and no blood, and maintain her best reputation to marry into the royal family.

"My daughter knows her mistake. My daughter is just thinking that her marriage was canceled out of nowhere. Now there are rumors outside that she has changed her temper. My daughter is just afraid that she will find out something." Jiang Ruoting was blamed and hurriedly lowered her head to admit her mistake, but she had to do it no matter what.

He expressed the doubts in his heart, "My daughter agreed with her before and handed over Aunt Yuan to her, which was meant to test her."

The third lady raised her eyes. She naturally understood this, and she also understood why her daughter was adding fuel to the flames. People can't change drastically easily. Judging from the recent events, the outside world's evaluation of Jiang Ruohua has indeed changed. The third lady has not

I never doubted whether Jiang Ruohua had discovered something.

"Aunt Yuan tried it out. There are two aunts on the left and right. No matter what, she can't make waves." The third lady is not worried at all. It is better to say that if Jiang Ruohua really discovers something and has some intentions, he can join in the trouble with Aunt Yuan.

It's better to fight the enemy together.

She will ask Jiang Ruohua and Aunt Yuan to know what a mantis is and to overestimate their own abilities.

An aunt, a girl with no hair at all. If it is as expected, it will save her trouble.

"Mother, my daughter thinks you should not be careless." Jiang Ruoting said, "Jiang Ruohua is smart. Mother, you have spent so much effort to make her become this stupid and stupid person now, but is she really stupid?"

"After thinking about it for the past few days, my daughter just feels that something is strange. The rumors from the outside may not be groundless, but we are the ones who know Jiang Ruohua's nature best. My daughter thinks that if she really noticed something, given her temperament, she probably wouldn't

Do it easily."

These words also pricked the suspicion of the third lady. She indeed felt that breaking off the engagement was weird, but she also felt that she knew Jiang Ruohua very well. The contradiction made the third lady now suspicious, but for a while she didn't know what to do with Jiang Ruohua.

Even if the engagement is broken off, Jiang Ruohua is still valuable, and she also has a father who holds military power, so she can't do anything about it now.

Because of this, the third lady felt inexplicably powerless in her heart.

"What you said makes sense." The third lady thought for a moment, "But even if she is tempted, you must not act too hastily. Since you know her true face, you must be more careful when testing her."

"Don't worry, mother." Jiang Ruoting said, "My daughter knows the importance and will not make any mistakes in this matter."

"Well." Even though she said this, the third lady was still worried, "Ting'er, you have to know that the slightest difference in a person's background may lead to a huge difference in the future. My mother has worked hard to do all this for you and your brother.

It’s all for your future. Mom and your father are not destined to be in good luck, so they didn’t allow you to be born as legitimate sons and daughters in the wife’s womb, but you and your brother can’t bear the background of a concubine for the rest of your life.”

Jiang Ruoting and Jiang Ruohua are very different in the eyes of outsiders even though they are both legitimate ladies of the Duke's palace. Not only is Jiang Ruohua's father holding military power and an important minister in the court, but there are also legitimate concubines among them. Although the Duke

I don't plan to separate the family. Both of them are legitimate daughters, but outsiders have bright eyes. They all know who is better for their family.

If Jiang Ruoting wants to get ahead, someone must act as a foil for her, and then secretly plot, so that Jiang Ruoting can finally occupy the magpie's nest and enjoy true glory, wealth and power.

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"Why did the young lady take out the piano all of a sudden?"

After changing the lamp, Yinqiu blew out the remaining candle, and was a little surprised when he saw Jiang Ruohua gently wiping the piano that had been dusted for a long time at the table.

Not long after Miss Da made the marriage arrangements, the Third Madam hired a so-called nun from the palace to teach her. She spent almost every day learning the so-called rules and had little time to be exposed to them.

Her fingertips lightly traced the strings, and even though she had left it for a long time, the piano was still a good piano, and the sound was far superior to other ordinary instruments. She suddenly became interested and played half of the lyrics, but she did not continue with the second half.

"Miss, why don't you play anymore? I'm all ears." Hua Chan didn't seem to enjoy the music yet, "It's really nice to hear."

"It sounds nice, but it's a bit arrogant." Jiang Ruohua smiled. She was only interested for a moment. After getting married in her dream, it would inevitably take time to stay alone in an empty house every day. Her piano skills seemed to have improved at that time, and she happened to think of it.

Jiang Ruoting would definitely invite her to go out for a lake tour tomorrow, and then she remembered that she had such a piano.

The piano skills in the dream seemed to have been brought out by her, but for her, this was too flamboyant. How could someone who had not practiced piano for many years have such skills?
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