Chapter 572
Chapter 572
Just as Jiang Siyue was about to leave, she heard a series of loud bangs and was startled.
“What kind of person dares to make a scene at the Jiang residence?” Siyue said indignantly as she walked out.
“Who are you?” Li Zhiwei looked at the haughty Jiang Siyue and wondered whether this was the cousin who had designs on her elder brother.
Could someone like this really become her sister-in-law? Li Zhiwei immediately dismissed the thought.
A woman like her was utterly unworthy of her elder brother.
Even if she gave birth to a child for her brother and then stayed in Lucheng, that still wouldn’t do.
“It’s you again!” Jiang Siyue recognized Li Zhiwei.
After all, there were only a few attractive young women in Lucheng.
The last time Li Zhiwei had come, Jiang Siyue had been extremely jealous of her looks. She never expected that this vicious woman would dare to come and smash down the gate of the Jiang residence.
“Let Princess Consort An guess your identity. You wouldn’t happen to be the Jiang family’s cousin, would you?”
Li Zhiwei ignored the displeasure on Jiang Siyue’s face and looked at her with undisguised contempt.
“Hmph!” Jiang Siyue replied smugly.
“You don’t actually think that smashing our gate will let you into the Jiang residence, do you?” Jiang Siyue asked warily.
Yet in her heart, she was thinking that if her cousin married a woman like this, what would become of her?
“Who would want to enter your Jiang residence? Bring out your eldest son,” Li Zhiwei shouted, planting her hands on her hips in annoyance.
“You claim you don’t care about entering, yet you want to see my cousin. Hmph! What are your intentions? Do you think no one can see through you? You simply want to seduce my cousin. I advise you to give up on that idea!”
Jiang Siyue pointed at Li Zhiwei’s nose and berated her.
“She’s too noisy. Slap her,” Li Zhiwei ordered coldly.
Cuihua immediately stepped forward and slapped Jiang Siyue several times across the face.
“Why did you hit me?” Jiang Siyue had never imagined that this woman could be so unreasonable as to order someone to beat her without a word.
As she touched her aching cheek, she remembered that her aunt had told her to wait at Haoke Lai Restaurant because something extremely important was going to happen.
But now that this woman had had her beaten, how was she supposed to leave?
“A few slaps are getting off lightly,” Li Zhiwei said disdainfully.
After all, she was now Princess Consort of An. Jiang Siyue had openly insulted her, and having her slapped a few times was already a lenient punishment.
For the things Jiang Siyue had just said, she could have been beheaded.
“Bitch! My cousin will never take a liking to you!” Jiang Siyue’s eyes reddened. This woman was far too arrogant. She absolutely could not let her cousin marry her.
“Bring your eldest son out at once. I’m not known for my patience. If he doesn’t come out, I’ll tear this entire Jiang residence apart,” Li Zhiwei shouted toward the house.
She was certain that many servants inside were still watching the situation.
As long as Jiang Yuanrang was free to act, he would certainly come out after hearing her words.
If he did not appear, that meant he was being controlled by someone. In that case, she would simply storm inside.
“Master, why don’t you wait in the carriage for now?” Cuiyue asked anxiously as more and more onlookers gathered.
“What is there to fear? Just reveal his identity,” Li Zhiwei said, waving her hand. How could she possibly leave like this?
“Eldest Young Master, if you’re inside, come out quickly! Our Princess Consort traveled all the way from the capital to see you, yet the Jiang family won’t even open the door and has left us standing outside!” At Cuiyue’s words, she hurriedly shouted toward the house.
“Madam Jiang, you’d better return our young master to us at once!”
Cuiyue deliberately infused her voice with internal energy as she called toward the Jiang residence. She believed Jiang Yuanrang would certainly be able to hear her.
“Where did these beggars come from? Hurry up and leave! This is no place for you to run wild!” For some reason, Jiang Siyue felt a little anxious. She quickly stepped forward and scolded Li Zhiwei and the others.
“You’re the beggar. Seize her and gag her. She’s giving me a headache,” Li Zhiwei said, rolling her eyes and waving her hand.
Before long, someone stepped forward, forced Jiang Siyue’s hands behind her back, and stuffed a piece of cloth into her mouth.
Jiang Siyue struggled, but what kind of people were these guards? How could they possibly let a small, untrained woman escape their grasp?
Hearing the commotion, Jiang Yuanrang hurried out of the Jiang residence.
Madam Feng and Madame Jiang followed behind him, eager to see what was happening.
“Weiwei!” When Jiang Yuanrang saw Li Zhiwei, he hurried over and anxiously examined her from head to toe. “Weiwei, are you all right?”
“Cousin, save me!” Seeing Jiang Yuanrang rush worriedly to Li Zhiwei’s side, Jiang Siyue cried out coquettishly in dissatisfaction.
“Cousin, who is she?” Li Zhiwei planted her hands on her hips and looked at Jiang Yuanrang unhappily, demanding coldly, “Who is she?”
“She’s my foster mother’s niece. Weiwei, don’t worry. I’m not close to her at all,” Jiang Yuanrang hurriedly explained.
“Hmph. You’d better not be,” Li Zhiwei warned him.
“Oh, Yue’er, what happened to you? Who hit you?” When Madame Jiang saw Jiang Siyue being held by the guards, with several distinct handprints on her face, she hurried over in concern.
“Aunt!” Jiang Siyue looked at Madame Jiang pitifully.
She tried to break free from the guard’s hold, but no matter how hard she struggled, she could not escape. All she could do was look at Madame Jiang helplessly.
“Who are you people? Release her at once!” Madame Jiang shouted angrily.
The guards completely ignored her.
“Rang'er, hurry over and save your cousin!” Madame Jiang had no choice but to turn to Jiang Yuanrang.
“Mother, my cousin looks perfectly fine to me. She doesn’t need my help,” Jiang Yuanrang said without even turning his head.
“Aunt, that woman also said she was here to see Cousin,” Jiang Siyue said, looking at Li Zhiwei jealously.
At first, she had only heard that an expensively dressed woman had come to cause trouble at the Jiang residence, but she had not taken a close look at Li Zhiwei’s face.
Now, when she turned to look at Li Zhiwei, she froze completely.
That face looked far too much like Jiang Yuanrang’s.
Madame Jiang quickly realized Li Zhiwei’s identity.
Then she noticed the large number of guards accompanying Li Zhiwei, and worry stirred in her heart.
Could her plan still succeed?
She thought of the arrangements at Haoke Lai Restaurant that day.
She did not know whether those arrangements would be useful.
Even less did she know whether Jiang Siyue could succeed in one stroke today.
After all, there might not be another opportunity so easily.
Moreover, this person had already found her way to Lucheng. Did that mean Jiang Yuanrang would soon be leaving?
At that thought, Madame Jiang could barely remain standing.
How could they take away the son she had painstakingly raised for nineteen years without giving her any preparation?
She was unwilling!