Playing bad and eating melons: The whole court is laughing? No, no

Chapter 109: With a Stepmother, There Is a Stepfather

Jiang Yueyang covered her mouth in surprise. [Wow~ The Duchess of England looked so gentle, but I didn't expect her to be so fierce! Hiss~ That sound hurts.]

Inside the rockery, the Duke of England swallowed a mouthful of sand, spat twice, then climbed up and walked out sideways.

Jiang Yueyang subconsciously looked at the land inside the rockery. [The ground showed signs of being turned over. The Duke of Ying must have hidden money in there.]

System: [Hmm, there are still quite a few hidden.]

[This durian I sent was incredibly timely. I wonder if the Duchess of Cambridge will enjoy it?]

The system said uncertainly: [Really? She knows how to use a washboard, so she should be able to discover the wonders of durian.]

The Duchess of England glanced at the ground inconspicuously and said, "I will make him kneel tonight. I can't let your kindness go to waste."

"Come here, help the master change his clothes."

After he finished speaking, the two maids stepped forward and forcefully helped the Duke of England away.

Afterwards, the Lady of England smiled and said to Jiang Yueyang, "Miss Jiang, I'm sorry to have embarrassed you."

"It's okay, it's okay." Jiang Yueyang smiled and waved her hands. "Funny things like this often happen in my family. Every time my dad drinks secretly, my mom makes soup for him. He has to drink as much soup as he drinks."

The Duchess of England was puzzled as to why she secretly drank alcohol and even made soup for him?

Jiang Yueyang explained in a low voice: "My mother's soup is the most unpalatable in the world, even more unpalatable than bitter medicine."

Minister Jiang and his wife: You are truly our good daughter.

The Duchess of England was amused by her. "Miss Jiang, I like you so much. I also have a daughter about your age. Would you mind introducing her to me later?"

"Row."

Afterwards, the two of them went to the courtyard where the British Duchess lived, chatting and laughing.

Not long after they sat down, a woman dressed in gold and silver and with heavy makeup came here with a group of maids.

As soon as the woman came in, she stared at Jiang Yueyang rudely, her eyes full of calculation.

Jiang Yueyang frowned slightly, and the smile on the corner of her mouth fell.

The Duchess of England keenly noticed Jiang Yueyang's mood changes and coughed twice with a sullen face.

The woman then withdrew her gaze and knelt before the Duke of England's wife, "Madam, I heard Jingshu is with you. I'm here to take her back."

Jiang Yueyang subconsciously looked at the little girl before, and frowned even more tightly.

Scared?

She was afraid of this woman.

The Duchess of England also saw the fear in Yun Jingshu's eyes, but she just thought it was the kind of cautiousness a stepdaughter should have towards her stepmother.

"Jingshu, come, go back with your mother."

Yun Jingshu hesitated for a moment and then walked towards the woman, standing beside her with her head lowered.

"Madam, who is this girl?"

Although Lady Yingguo disliked this woman, she reluctantly introduced her, thinking of her niece living under her care: "She is the daughter of the Minister of Revenue, and a fifth-rank editor personally appointed by His Majesty."

When the woman heard this, her eyes lit up. "So this girl is the lady-in-waiting appointed by His Majesty."

The woman was about to sit down, but the Duchess of England coughed twice, so she could only stand back with an embarrassed look on her face.

The Duke of England said coldly, "You should go back."

The woman curled her lips inwardly, but on the surface she bowed to the Duchess of England in a friendly manner.

Then she took Yun Jingshu away.

Jiang Yueyang looked at the receding figure and asked curiously, "Madam, may I ask who she is?"

"She is my half-brother-in-law's concubine, Mrs. Hu."

"Your half-sister..."

"She died in childbirth, leaving behind only Jingshu as her child."

Jiang Yueyang asked thoughtfully, "That child can't speak?"

"Yes." The Duchess of England lowered her eyes and replied, "When she was a child, she had a high fever and couldn't speak after waking up."

Jiang Yueyang recalled the system's previous words, "Xiaogua, didn't you say before that she wasn't mute? What's going on?"

The Duchess of England raised her eyes immediately upon hearing this. Isn’t she mute?

The system sighed heavily. [That child was so pitiful. She witnessed that woman strangling her grandmother to death, and was then threatened and abused.]

Please tell me in detail.

After Jiang Yueyang finished speaking, she started chatting with the Duchess of England, while at the same time listening attentively to the system's answer.

The Duchess of England was also multitasking.

[It must have been one day two years ago when she went to her grandmother's house to play hide-and-seek and accidentally fell asleep in the closet.

After an unknown amount of time, she was awakened by the sound of a quarrel. Then, through the gap in the wardrobe, she saw the woman suffocating her grandmother with a quilt.

At that time, she was so frightened that she didn't dare to go out to stop it. When her family found out that her grandmother was dead, the woman also noticed that she was missing.

She had lived a hard life under her stepmother's control for five years and knew clearly that if her stepmother knew that she had seen everything, she would definitely be killed like her grandmother.

So, after she calmed down, she took the opportunity to escape from her grandmother's yard and finally fainted in the garden.

When she woke up, the woman kept asking her where she had been and whether she was in her grandmother's room.

She said she was playing in the garden and fell asleep, but the woman didn't believe her and kept telling her that if she dared to go out and talk nonsense, she would kill her.

He also said that her mother was just a concubine's daughter of the Cui family, and told her not to expect the Cui family to support her.

Although she was young, she knew the huge difference between a legitimate daughter and a concubine's daughter. Even in a prominent family like the Cui family, concubines' daughters did not necessarily have a good life.

Therefore, she also felt that the Cui family would not care about her.

Later, she had a high fever and was temporarily speechless for three days. In order to survive, she stopped talking and made the woman mistakenly believe that she had become mute.

But even though the woman felt a little more at ease with her, she still abused her and wouldn't let her out of her sight.

She once tried to tell her father about her grandmother's murder and her own abuse, but he simply didn't believe her. Poor child, she was tortured to the point where not a single piece of her flesh remained intact.

[As expected.] Jiang Yueyang sneered, [The old saying is true, if you have a stepmother, you will also have a stepfather!]

After hearing what the system said, the Duchess of England's face turned pale and the handkerchief in her hand tore.

Although not all concubines of the Cui family lived well, Jingshu's mother lived quite well because she was protected by her elder sister, the Lady of the Duke of Ying.

The Duchess of England pursed her lips tightly, not even noticing that her fingertips were sinking into her flesh.

Hu family, Yun family, you all wait for me. I will pay Jingshu back a hundredfold for the abuse she suffered!

At this time, the daughter of the Duchess of England came over noisily.

She shouted from a distance: "Mom, Xiaoyu and I went to Huguo Temple to enjoy the flowers."

Upon hearing this, Lady England was about to scold.

The system spoke first: [Alas~ Another poor child.]