Revenge of the War General's Daughter
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Silence enveloped the room, Jiang Xialun's body froze for a long time until the soft voice of the third sister made her consciousness return.

“ Second brother is too serious to respond to this problem. I am the one who was careless so that I slipped and fell into the lake.”, Jiang Xia Yan said casually.

“ Third sister...”, said Jiang Xialun with a vibrating voice.

He did not expect at all if in the end only the word came out of the mouth of the sister after both of them were silent for a long time.

However, as quickly as possible Jiang Xialun mastered his feelings. Gently he also said “ I know that experienced by the third sister. I hope you are not sad...”.

“ Why should I be sad brother. This is just a trivial matter...”, Jiang Xia Yan said breaking Jiang Xialun's perception.

Before his second brother said again, Jiang Xia Yan immediately returned to his voice as he got up from the chair he was sitting on.

“ Sorry brother, sister's head is still a little dizzy. If brother has nothing to say anymore, sister retreat to rest.”, said Jiang Xia Yan with a face made as sad as possible.

Seeing that his third brother's condition was still not improving, Jiang Xailun got up from his seat and left the first household with many questions running through his head.

The four personal servants of Jiang Xia Yan felt very happy because in the end the young lady was no longer stuck with the word – soft and sweet but poisonous words issued by Jiang Xialun.

Although they felt strange about the change in attitude of the young lady who was considered very drastic, but the fourth felt very happy because in the end the young lady could be assertive.

While the lady who was the subject of their conversation fell silent again while closing her eyes and lying on the bed.

Right now Jiang Xia Yan was not asleep but rather he was thinking about many things in his small head.

Play back the existing memory slides. If in accordance with the plot, the arrival of his second brother had managed to provoke his anger until he went straight to the second household and directly attacked his eldest brother to get the punishment of the great mistress Jiang.

Because now that Jiang Xia Yan had managed to avoid such a bad fate, he also had to prepare himself to wait for what happened tomorrow.

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The next morning, Jiang Xia Yan looked very excitedly awake. He wanted to know what was going to happen this morning.

Just as Jiang Xia Yan finished his bathing ritual, Jinying was seen entering the room with a pale face.

“ Miss, you are waiting for all family members to have breakfast at the main residence.”, said Jinying with a severed breath – senggal.

“ Oh..so here's the surprise...”, Jiang Xia Yan's inner self smiled cunningly.

According to the memories of the original body owner, he was never allowed to eat together at the main residence.

If she had been invited this morning, surely the old lady had a veiled intention for her. With a sly smile Jiang Xia Yan also said in his heart “ Alright..I will enter in the game that you will make this morning..”.

Seeing if the main residence was very far away from the first household residence made Jiang Xia Yan continue to grumble inwardly during the journey.

As soon as he arrived, he could see that the dining table was full of the presence of the second and third families and an old woman with a striking makeup was sitting in the main seat.

" The old woman must be the great miss Jiang.", Jiang Xia Yan's inner monologue.

Just as his feet stepped in, his second brother had already voiced “ Why is the third sister only up to ?..look at all the cakes almost spent by Jiang Zhu..”.

Of course Jiang Xialun's loud speech made everyone's attention distracted and stared intently at him.

“ It seems that the show will start soon..”, Jiang Xia Yan's inner self while sighing deeply.

He could see the hateful gazes on everyone's faces being cast upon him, including the extremely impatient and hateful gazes shown by the old lady who was his step-grandmother.

Time saw his eldest brother wanted to make a sound, fast – fast Jiang Xia Yan showed his acting talent with – pura dizzy.

“ Please excuse the delay I did this. Because of this weak body I was forced to rest several times throughout the journey to get here..”, he said weakly.

Everyone immediately fell silent with what the young girl said as she realized that the girl's body was indeed very weak, but not with Jiang Xiuying.

He did not want to stop before his third sister received punishment from the grandmother. He tried to provoke the time to see Jiang Xia Yan leisurely start sitting on the chair.

Seeing everyone back remembering the embarrassing incident that crossed the family's good name, Jiang Xiuying kept silent – silently smiled happily and continued his words.

“ And worse, second prince Ming Shin saw your foolish behavior. Is the third sister not trying to apologize to the second prince Ming Shin for making him unhappy.... ”, Jiang Xiuying said with a cynical look.

Seeing the face of big madam Jiang darken, inwardly Jiang Xiuying laughed in satisfaction. Now just see how the stupid girl reacts to her words.

“ So this is their plan. Wanting to make me admit a mistake that I did not make at all and punish me.”, Jiang Xia Yan's inner cynic.

Jiang Xiuying felt a little uneasy when he saw that Jiang Xia Yan's face was still calm, as if it wasn't bothered in the slightest by his words and was instead engrossed in enjoying the dish before him leisurely.

If Jiang Xia Yan could be calm and relaxed, it would be with the gazes of everyone who already looked impatient to see how the foolish girl was punished for humiliating the Jiang family.

After the piece of cake in his mouth had run out and sipped the green tea before him, Jiang Xia Yan began to open his mouth.

“ Oldest brother, what does it mean to say big brother by saying I love second prince Ming Shin?..Isn't that not worth saying ?..what would people say if anyone heard it ?....”, said Jiang Xia Yan reprimanding.

Instantly Jiang Xiauying's face instantly crimson withstood anger. He did not expect his foolish third sister to be able to rebuke him like that in front of everyone.

Not to mention that everyone's astonishment eased with the bold words issued by Jiang Xia Yan to his eldest brother, the girl again said which made everyone unable to help but glare in surprise.

“ Oldest brother must be careful – hearts in choosing the word to be spoken. The second prince Ming Shin is the imperial family and we as the oldest clan in the country should be more careful – hearts again if you do not want to get the punishment for having defamed the imperial family, jiang Xia Yan said with great emphasis.

“ Wasn't it when I fell into the water the eldest brother was beside me. Did the eldest brother also see the second prince Ming Shin ?.….”, Jiang Xia Yan was seen throwing a hot ball into Jiang Xiuying's hands.

Jiang Xiuying who already knew that her third sister was going to drag her into this matter could only quietly hold back the anger while clutching the side of her dress tightly.

“ Yes, I saw it...”, said Jiang Xiuying with a face as flat as possible, trying to contain the anger that had overflowed in his heart.

“ Wasn't that time I was walking – road with the oldest brother on the lake until accidentally slipped and fell into the lake..”.

“ Unexpectedly, at the same time the second prince Ming Shin passed by there..”.

“ Now the question is, how can I know if the second prince Ming Shin came to the Jiang residence ?...

“ Is there a letter coming to the residence conveying about the visit ?...”

“ If anything, is it possible that I who was away from the main residence knew about it while the information that happened in the main residence all this time I never knew if no one had told me….”, said Jiang Xia Yan in a flat and cold tone.

Everyone's faces looked extremely pias with bodies frozen as they heard the words that came out of Jiang Xia Yan's mouth.

Jiang Xiuying who did not accept the words of his third sister tried to refute him, but was stopped by the mother who immediately looked at him fiercely.

Jiang Xia Yan knew very well that within the Jiang residence there were many smart people. They were very familiar with all the words he had just said.

Seeing all of his silent – children start fighting over the imperial seat behind him, emperor Ming Qin deeply hated the princes who established close ties with the officials and upper class nobles.

And the emperor will not hesitate – to behead anyone who dares to do so because the act is the same as treason and is an act of silent rebellion – silent behind him who aims to overthrow him from his current seat of power.

There were thousands of eyes and ears of the emperor scattered where – mana, including also in the Jiang residence which was one of the oldest clans in the country and had the power that the Ming empire feared.

The sentence that Jiang Xia Yan had just spoken indirectly questioned the loyalty of the officials towards the emperor.

If Jiang Xia Yan's father, Jiang Shing who was currently on the border was very unlikely to be suspected.

His two uncles, however, Jiang Quon and Jiang Yu, both imperial officials, need to be wary of Ming Qin emperor if this news blows in the palace because they both hold important positions in the court.

Seeing everyone speechless with a tense face from the speech that came out of his mouth, silent – silent Jiang Xia Yan sneered inwardly.

“ Turns out just this early morning show...very unattractive..”, inner Jiang Xia Yan scoffed.

Casually, Jiang Xia Yan again ate the dish prepared before him regardless of the murderous gaze that everyone had cast upon him, especially the hateful gaze of the great mistress Jiang.