Chapter 598
Chapter 598
“Jiang Yuanjie, what are you doing?” Jiang Siyue, dressed in a scarlet wedding gown, stormed out and pointed at Jiang Yuanjie, launching into a furious tirade.
“Oh my, the bride ran out by herself?” The crowd stared at Jiang Siyue in curiosity.
Wasn’t the bride supposed to be waiting for the groom in the bridal chamber?
Seeing the bride’s aggressive bearing, everyone looked at Jiang Siyue with gleaming eyes, eager for gossip.
“Oh my, Sister-in-Law, your daughter-in-law certainly has the bearing of a principal wife!” Madam Feng covered her mouth and snickered at Madame Jiang.
Madame Jiang’s face darkened as she looked at the overbearing Jiang Siyue.
At that moment, she wanted less than anyone to admit that this woman was her niece.
“Take her back!” Madame Jiang ordered Nanny Tang coldly.
“Yes!” Nanny Tang hurried over to Jiang Siyue.
Even she felt that this cousin miss had no sense of propriety at all. Today was their wedding day, yet she had come out at a time like this. Wasn’t she simply inviting everyone to laugh at her?
“Young Madam, Madam asks you to return to the bridal chamber at once.” Nanny Tang approached and took Jiang Siyue by the arm, intending to lead her back to the inner courtyard.
“Nanny Tang, move aside!” Jiang Siyue said unhappily. In her mind, Nanny Tang was merely a servant. How dare she grab her?
“Young Madam!” Nanny Tang had never expected the cousin miss to disregard her so completely.
“Get lost!” Jiang Siyue snapped angrily.
It was the first time anyone in the Jiang family had ever spoken to Nanny Tang like that.
“Young Madam, Madam asks you to return to the bridal chamber!” Nanny Tang endured her anger and repeated herself, mindful of all the guests watching.
“Slap!”
Jiang Siyue, enraged, struck Nanny Tang across the face.
Nanny Tang stared at her in disbelief.
She was, after all, an old servant who had served Madame Jiang for many years. Yet today, Jiang Siyue had slapped her in front of so many guests.
How was she supposed to show her face in the Jiang household after this?
With that thought, Nanny Tang no longer bothered with the hysterical Jiang Siyue.
She turned dejectedly and walked back toward Madame Jiang.
The surrounding guests looked at Jiang Siyue’s outburst with undisguised contempt.
After all, no woman would make a scene on her own wedding day.
The one losing face was herself.
That old nanny had urged her to return to the bridal chamber for her own good. Yet not only had Jiang Siyue refused to appreciate it, she had even struck her.
“I heard that the original Eldest Young Master Jiang would rather sever ties with the Jiang family than marry her.”
Someone who knew the inside story spoke in a low voice.
“Good heavens! With Eldest Young Master Jiang’s abilities and influence, how could he possibly have taken a fancy to a girl from such a lowly household?”
The woman looked at Jiang Siyue’s shrewish behavior with deep disdain.
She had seen shameless women before, but never one who discarded even her own dignity as completely as Jiang Siyue.
“The Jiang family is probably going to decline.”
Watching Jiang Yuanjie and Jiang Siyue behave in such astonishingly disgraceful fashion, many people found the whole spectacle utterly absurd.
“What are you all talking about?” Jiang Siyue shouted furiously at the two women, her eyes reddening.
Nanny Tang returned to Madame Jiang with reddened eyes, knelt down, and said, “Madam, please forgive this old servant. My words carry too little weight.”
“Madam!” Madam Song, who was also displeased by Jiang Siyue’s behavior, spoke up from the side. But even Nanny Tang had failed to stop her. Madam Song knew perfectly well that the cousin miss would be even less inclined to listen to her.
Madame Jiang’s face was as black as ink.
Was Jiang Siyue really determined to trample the Jiang family’s reputation into the dirt?
“Sister-in-Law, you certainly picked yourself a fine daughter-in-law!” Madam Feng felt that, at last, something had happened to brighten her spirits.
Just look at the wife Madame Jiang had gone to such lengths to find for her son.
No wonder Jiang Yuanrang had preferred to abandon the Jiang family rather than marry Jiang Siyue.
It seemed he had truly seen the situation more clearly than anyone else.
Madame Jiang’s expression remained dark, and she ignored Madam Feng’s pointed sarcasm.
She walked straight toward Jiang Siyue.
At that moment, Jiang Yuanjie was looking at the disruptive Jiang Siyue with clear displeasure.
“Jiang Siyue, whatever it is, we’ll discuss it after we go back!” Jiang Yuanjie said impatiently. He had to entertain so many guests today. Wasn’t she making a spectacle of him?
How was he supposed to establish himself in the Jiang family and in Lu City after this?
“Jiang Yuanjie, have you forgotten what you said before?” Jiang Siyue looked at him with displeasure.
Could it be that this man thought marrying her meant he had truly become the head of the Jiang family?
“Someone, take the Young Madam back!” Jiang Yuanjie had no desire to quarrel with Jiang Siyue in front of all the guests, so he quickly ordered someone to escort her away.
Otherwise, Madame Jiang might soon assume that he was incapable and couldn’t even handle such a minor problem.
“Jiang Yuanjie, how dare you!” Jiang Siyue had never imagined that Jiang Yuanjie would stand up to her today.
It was completely different from what she had expected—that once they married, Jiang Yuanjie would obey her in everything.
How could she accept this?
He had always been inferior to Jiang Yuanrang in every respect, and now even his former gentleness and attentiveness were gone.
The more Jiang Siyue thought about it, the angrier she became.
“My wife, today is our wedding day. Whatever the matter is, can’t we discuss it later?” Jiang Yuanjie truly wanted to turn and leave.
But with all the guests present, he could only try to reason with Jiang Siyue through emotion.
Clearly, that was not what Jiang Siyue had in mind.
“Jiang Yuanjie, if you dare refuse to come back with me today, you can forget about remaining the head of the Jiang household!” Jiang Siyue said arrogantly, pointing a finger at Jiang Yuanjie’s nose.
“Unruly brat!” Madame Jiang slapped Jiang Siyue across the face without a second thought.
“Aunt?” Jiang Siyue had never expected her aunt to strike her.
“Why are you still standing there? Take the cousin miss back!” Madame Jiang immediately turned and scolded Madam Lan.
“Aunt!” Jiang Siyue was stunned. She couldn’t understand why her aunt wasn’t taking her side.
Madame Jiang gave a signal to the maid beside her, and soon several people escorted Jiang Siyue back to the inner courtyard.
“Everyone, please forgive us. The young girl is nervous on her wedding day and had a little too much to drink. Please don’t take offense,” Madame Jiang said with a smile as she turned back to the guests.
“Haha, understandable, understandable. Who hasn’t been young?”
Someone laughed in response.
But everyone understood what had really happened. The Jiang family’s new Young Madam was clearly narrow-minded and unsuited for the public eye, which was why she had caused such a scene on her own wedding day.
“Brother Jie, see that everyone is well looked after. I’m going to check on things in the rear courtyard,” Madame Jiang said, forcing a smile.
“Thank you, Mother!” Jiang Yuanjie replied, genuinely breathing a sigh of relief. He had been afraid that Jiang Siyue might come out and cause another scene.
But this wedding banquet at the Jiang residence was destined to become the laughingstock of Lu City.
The Capital
“Emperor of Lannuo, when are we going to sign that century-long agreement?”
Shangguan Mu looked at Zhu Jingchen with open displeasure as he questioned him.
He had already been waiting in the Lannuo Kingdom for far too long.
The people of Lannuo were like slippery loaches—impossible to pin down. Even now, they had agreed to nothing.