Rebirth, guarding the mute at the tip of my heart

When Steward Li saw Lord Jiang and his wife coming, he quickly jumped out to explain, "Lord, this is what happened. You sent me to follow the young master to find the thief who stole the glass lamp. But Wangzi, who was guarding the side door, said that only the eldest lady had entered the young master's room these days. After that...

After that, the eldest young master walked all the way to the side hall to look through the eldest young lady's dowry. I really couldn't stop him!"

As Manager Li spoke, he was anxiously wiping the sweat from his forehead, looking as if he had really tried his best. But in fact, he was complaining in his heart. These two people were people he could not afford to offend. He was really miserable!

Jiang Zhengchu looked at the glass cup in Agui's hand, and combined with what Manager Li said, he could guess the whole story. He glared at Manager Li who had not done his job well, and then looked at Jiang Xin who had been causing trouble since he came back, and scolded him in a low voice:

"Why can't you just talk it out calmly? It's your sister's wedding day, and you have to make a scene here? If the guests in the front hall hear it, you'll just be making a fool of yourself!"

"..." Jiang Xin pursed his lips tightly, raised his head and looked directly at Jiang Zhengchu, angry and aggrieved: "Dad, I am mute."

Jiang Zhengchu: “…”

Ah Gui immediately understood what his master meant, and hurried over to protect Jiang Xin, saying confidently, "Why do you say that, Lord Jiang? My master has been suffering from muteness for so many years, and he just learned to speak recently. He can't even speak a complete sentence, so how can he make a fuss?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Agui quickly pointed his finger at the nanny who was guarding the dowry, and then said, "It was this nanny who was shouting and stomping her feet and yelling, as if she was afraid that others couldn't hear her.

What's more, my young master was only looking for the lost glass lamp, but now he found the lost item in Miss Jiang's dowry. How can it be my young master's fault?"

Jiang Zhengchu was choked and became even angrier. Although he was angry at Jiang Daiyu for being ignorant and secretly taking Jiang Xin's glass cup and putting it into his dowry, he was even more annoyed that Jiang Xin made a fuss about it and brought outsiders in to show off.

Thinking of this, Jiang Zhengchu said coldly with a gloomy face: "I know that you are the prince's man, so I won't bother with you, but please let my Jiang family handle the affairs of my Jiang Mansion.

What's more, you are just a servant. How can you interrupt the master when he is talking?!"

Agui didn't expect that with such solid evidence, Jiang Zhengchu's first reaction was not to question Fu Xuerong and his daughter, but instead to vent his anger on him and his son. For a moment, he was both indignant and angry.

His son is so wronged. Is there any father like this?

Fu Xuerong finally realized what was going on. She didn't expect that Yu'er would still set her sights on the glass cup after she rejected her request. Although she was angry that her daughter didn't listen to her, she was even angrier at Jiang Xin!

It was natural for a brother to add to his sister's dowry. Since Jiang Xin already knew who took the glass lamp and guessed that it had been put into the dowry box, why couldn't he wait until after the wedding to discuss it with her, instead of making a scene at her daughter's wedding? !

He just lost a glass cup, but her daughter's marriage was a matter of a lifetime!

If the reputation of stealing spreads at the wedding, how will her daughter live in her husband's family in the future? !

Thinking of this, Fu Xuerong immediately began to defend her daughter and pointed the finger at Jiang Xin:

"Yu'er just heard that your glass cup was a rare item from overseas, so I took it to have a look out of curiosity. I originally planned to return it to you after I was done. It must have been taken by mistake when the servants were packing up the dowry. Xin'er, why are you making such a fuss?

And you even said your sister is a thief. What is your intention in ruining your sister's reputation?!"

After saying that, Fu Xuerong waited for the mute to stumble, and when he failed to speak clearly, she stopped him, and then confirmed the nature of the matter: Yu'er was very curious and wanted to borrow her brother's things to have a look, but her brother was stingy and vengeful, and deliberately ruined his sister's wedding!

However, the mute who was thought to be taciturn, stupid and tongue-tied now looked at Fu Xuerong and the others calmly, and uttered a sentence clearly and coherently: "If you take something without asking, it is stealing."

He knew what would happen to Liuli Zhan when she was found in the dowry box. He didn't care about the verbal abuse he had endured over the years, their deliberate neglect and cold violence, or the different treatment he received from Jiang Xingyu.

However, the glass cup was given to him by His Highness and was his most treasured gift. He would never accept anyone stealing it from him, nor would he allow himself to be tarnished by it.

The gift His Highness gave him was the most beautiful and purest, and no one could destroy it.

"The one who did something wrong and stole things was Jiang Daiyu. I did nothing wrong." Jiang Xin said with a serious face, emphasizing each word.

"You--!" Fu Xuerong had never seen Jiang Xin so tough. She was angry but also a little frightened.

The person she had originally thought was completely useless, the person she had originally thought would not be able to cause any trouble even if his voice was restored, seemed to have undergone earth-shaking growth in a short period of time that she was unaware of, and had once again become a threat to her position.

“Master…” Fu Xuerong was a little scared for a moment, so she changed her strategy and looked at Jiang Zhengchu pitifully: “I know that Yu’er’s behavior is a little inappropriate, but you know her. She is a little spoiled, but she has no bad intentions.

Moreover, today is her wedding with the Fourth Prince, but Jiang Xin is so persistent. He is blaming Yu'er even though they are about to leave. Isn't this embarrassing for both families?"

These words touched Jiang Zhengchu's heart. He wanted to settle the matter as soon as possible and not make it worse. If it got out that his daughter stole and his son opened the dowry box on his sister's wedding day, he would really lose all his face.

Thinking of this, Jiang Zhengchu didn't bother to investigate Fu Xuerong's dereliction of duty as a mother. He just frowned and said to Jiang Xin:

"Well, now that we've found it, let's clean it up quickly. Your sister will be leaving soon. What's the point of making such a fuss?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Jiang Zhengchu's tone softened, perhaps because he realized that Jiang Xin's attitude was no longer that of the son who could tolerate being beaten and scolded without fighting back. "After today, I will investigate this matter thoroughly and give you an explanation."

Is that okay?

Jiang Zhengchu stared at Jiang Xin, implying that he should quit while he was ahead.

Jiang Xin paused, took the glass cup from Agui, and thought that he had said what he wanted to say. He had no intention of making things difficult for Jiang Daiyu's wedding. Just as he was about to give in, he heard a familiar voice from not far away: "Wait a minute!"

Jiang Xin and the Jiang family were all stunned and turned their heads subconsciously. They saw Yao Jingtong and Nan Yuanbai, who were in the front hall just now, walking over at some point. When they saw Jiang Xin, they nodded to him. It was obvious that they had a good relationship.

Jiang Zhengchu was startled, and hurriedly stepped forward with a smile: "Why are you two nephews here? This is the side hall..."

"Oh, we……"

"Looking for a toilet." Nan Yuanbai said seriously with a stern face.

Yao Jingtong: “…” He really knows how to apply what he has learned. Who was the one who disliked his excuse just now?

"..." Jiang Zhengchu was choked for a moment, then quickly said: "I'll have someone take you there right away. I'm really sorry, I have some personal matters to deal with here..."

"No hurry." Nan Yuanbai replied calmly, then walked to Jiang Xin, looked at the opened dowry box, and bent down to take something out of it...

"What are you doing?!" Fu Xuerong suddenly became anxious, and hurriedly wanted to step forward to take back the dowry from Nan Yuanbai's hand, but Nan Yuanbai was more than eight feet tall, and the other party could not reach it if he just raised his hand slightly.

Jiang Zhengchu's face turned cold when he saw this: "Mr. Nan, what do you mean? Please put my daughter's dowry back to its original place."

"Master Jiang, please forgive me. I did not mean to offend you." Nan Yuanbai first bowed to Jiang Zhengchu, but did not put the thing down. Instead, he took it in his hand and looked at it carefully. Then he raised his head and said seriously:

"It's just that Yao Jingtong and I accidentally went to the wrong place and ended up in the side hall. We heard the argument you guys had and had different opinions. I apologize for that."

Everyone in the Jiang family: "..."

Yao Jingtong: “…” Just say it, why are you dragging me into this?

Nan Yuanbai didn't care about other people's reactions. He just turned around and looked at Jiang Xin, and said calmly: "Brother Jiang, may I ask if your mother's ancestral home is in Dongzhou?"

Jiang Xin was stunned when he heard this, not knowing what the other party meant by asking him this, but he nodded subconsciously. His grandfather's ancestral home was indeed Dongzhou, and although he had never been there since he was born, he knew it.

Nan Yuanbai nodded, but his brows were still furrowed: "That's right."

Everyone in the Jiang family: "?"

"If you have something to say, just say it. Why are you playing dumb?" Yao Jingtong, who was impatient, walked up to Jiang Xin at some point and said to Nan Yuanbai in a bad mood.

Why are you still keeping him in suspense at this moment? Didn't you see that Mrs. Jiang's eyes looked like she wanted to eat him?

Nan Yuanbai didn't bother to pay attention to Yao Jingtong, and just continued to say to Jiang Xin: "I'm afraid that there are more than just this set of glass cups that were mistaken in your young lady's dowry."

Jiang Xin was stunned: "What, what do you mean?"

Nan Yuanbai raised the green jade gourd in his hand so that everyone could see it, and then he explained: "Please look at the long knot on this jade gourd."

Everyone's eyes immediately shifted to the knot on the mouth of the gourd in Nan Yuanbai's hand, and then they heard Nan Yuanbai say: "My ancestral home is the same as Brother Jiang's mother's family. Last year, my second sister got married, and I saw that my mother personally prepared such a gourd-shaped knot as my second sister's dowry.

This is the custom in our Dongzhou. Whenever a daughter gets married, the elders in the family will personally weave a long knot for her and fasten it on the mouth of a gourd, hoping that her daughter will have a safe and smooth life, and stay with her husband for a long and blessed life.

If I remember correctly, Lord Jiang and Madam Jiang are not from Dongzhou, so they should not know the customs of Dongzhou."

What this means is that this gourd knot could not have been prepared by Fu Xuerong, who was unaware of Dongzhou customs. And the only person in the Jiang Mansion who would possess the gift from the Dongzhou elders was Jiang Xin's mother.

In other words, this gourd with a long knot should be the dowry of Jiang Xin's mother, and it should be left to Jiang Xin.

As soon as these words came out, not only Fu Xuerong, but even Jiang Zhengchu's face changed. Fu Xuerong immediately screamed and denied: "You are slandering me! All of Yu'er's dowry was left to me by my mother and I bought it for Yu'er myself!

How come this jade gourd with a long knot on it has become a custom for Dongzhou girls to get married? There are many gourds and knots like this in places selling ornaments outside!"

"There may be many gourds like this out there, but this knot is definitely only found in Dongzhou." Nan Yuanbai glanced at Fu Xuerong, who was almost at the point of losing his defense, and said in a cold voice:

"This long knot is different from the long knots made by ordinary people. There is a small hook at each end. It is a knot unique to Dongzhou. If you don't believe it, you can compare it with the knots on the market."

As soon as he finished speaking, before Fu Xuerong could continue to argue, Nan Yuanbai quickly said:

"Mrs. Jiang, you might be wondering if the weaver in the shop you bought is from Dongzhou. Unfortunately, even in Dongzhou, this kind of knot will only appear when elders pray for their children. It must not be sold in a shop."

Fu Xuerong: “…”

Now that things had come to this, Jiang Xin was left with nothing to understand. He looked at Jiang Zhengchu in shock and anger, anxiously gesturing as he said, "Father, are you giving the relics that mother left to me to my sister as a dowry?!"

"What nonsense are you talking about?!" Jiang Zhengchu felt ashamed, embarrassed and angry. He stared at Jiang Xin and said, "Yu'er is getting married, and I took a few things from my private storehouse as her dowry. Maybe I took the wrong ones by accident. Is it worth you making such a fuss?!"

"Pfft~" After watching the whole excitement, Yao Jingtong finally couldn't help but sneered, and said in a particularly disrespectful way:

"The chances of someone in the Jiang family 'accidentally' or 'taking the wrong thing' are really high. Could it be that they took all the dowry left by Young Master Jiang's mother and used it as your young lady's dowry?"

Jiang Zhengchu & Fu Xuerong: "..."

"Ah Xin, do you have the dowry list when your mother entered the mansion?" Yao Jingtong and Nan Yuanbai stood on Jiang Xin's left and right, obviously ready to support him.

Jiang Xin shook his head. After Fu Xuerong married into the Jiang family, she sent away all the people left behind by his mother one after another. He had never seen any dowry list since he could remember.

However, he once shamelessly asked his father and mother if they had left anything for him, and his father only said that he would give it to him when he grew up. Unexpectedly, he saw it in his sister's dowry today.

Yao Jingtong seemed to have expected this. With a daughter who could even steal, how could Mrs. Jiang be a good person?

However, he already had an idea, so he just smiled and said, "It doesn't matter. General Pingxi's family must have kept a list of the dowry. When the time comes, let Your Highness write a letter and ask about it.

Now, let's count everything in the box and make another copy according to the list.

Since Lord Jiang doesn't have the ability to keep your mother's belongings, let him return all the dowry to you.

If you find something missing, you can compare it with today's dowry and know which things were 'taken by mistake'. "

Jiang Zhengchu & Fu Xuerong: "..."