The fate was changed, the mistress of the Hou family was slapped in the face and made money to win

Chapter 356 Summoned to the Palace

"You're overthinking it. From my perspective, as long as you're no longer a threat, then life or death has nothing to do with me."

Jiang Suining spoke in a nonchalant tone, which made Zheng Yan'er even more confused.

"Then why did you..."

"But you are my mother's niece after all." Jiang Suining interrupted Zheng Yan'er and glanced towards the city gate.

There was a small, inconspicuous carriage parked there, which had been parked there before she came over.

The blood ties in this world are sometimes so strange. Even if you are disheartened and no longer feel any affection, you really don't want to be soft-hearted. But when the time comes to say goodbye completely, you will eventually feel reluctant in your heart.

Following Jiang Suining's gaze, when she noticed the carriage, Zheng Yan'er's heart suddenly trembled.

"Could it be that the person in the carriage is..."

aunt?

Did her aunt come to see her off?

Jiang Suining did not answer, his eyes fell on the package in Zheng Yaner's hand.

"Now that the property has been returned to its original owner, I'll leave this jade stone to you as a souvenir. But no one can predict what will happen during your exile. Whether you can keep the silver is up to you."

Jiang Suining had finished speaking and turned to leave.

Looking at her back, Zheng Yan'er's heart beat faster and she finally asked a question.

"Have you never looked down upon me?"

Jiang Suining stopped and turned to look back.

Zheng Yan'er took a deep breath, "Since I came to the Jiang family, I have been inferior to you in everything. I was not as smart as you in school, and I only knew how to use tricks in business. Even my later calculations were exposed by you. Jiang Suining, in your eyes, I am just a complete idiot. You don't need to care about me at all, right?"

Because he had never looked up to her, even though he had targeted her before, he could still give her money now. In Jiang Suining's heart, no matter how he tossed and calculated, he never cared about her.

"Is everything you do just to make me respect you?" Jiang Suining asked back.

"Of course not, I want to live a good life and to be envied and admired by everyone!" Zheng Yan'er spoke without thinking.

"That's it. Since whether I look down on you is not your purpose, why bother to worry about it. But..." Jiang Suining smiled and raised his eyebrows at Zheng Yan'er, "Do you still remember that you struggled to pass the college assessment before?"

Zheng Yan'er gritted her teeth, how could she forget that Jiang Suining was such a great example and she was mocked by Jiang Mushi all day long. She put in a lot of effort to pass the test, but no matter how hard she tried, she could only maintain a mid-level level.

"Are you trying to remind me that even if I try my best, my abilities are still there?"

"No, at that time I still admired you a little. After all, most of the students in the academy have a basic foundation, and it is good that you can reach the middle level."

"It's a pity that you are too impatient, dreaming of reaching the top in one step, standing at the highest point and enjoying all the admiring looks. But you don't know that most of the glory in this world is achieved silently day by day."

In her previous life, in order to make up for the regret of not being able to go to the academy, she spent almost every day studying.

In this life, in order to run a good business, she put a lot of thought into it from the beginning, from learning the business to checking the accounts, and she did not dare to slack off for the moment.

Even Shen Yanxi, who was highly praised, never slacked off, no matter whether it was scorching heat or bitter cold.

There may really be people in this world who are gifted and born geniuses, who are hard for others to catch up with, but such people are few and far between. There are more people who persevere day by day and make unremitting efforts to move towards their goals.

Pulling his thoughts back to his senses, Jiang Suining met Zheng Yaner's eyes and spoke calmly.

"I didn't laugh at you or look down on you because of what happened at the academy. If you think I didn't take you seriously, it's probably because... what I was looking at from beginning to end was my own goal, not you."

Zheng Yan'er stood there in a daze, feeling mixed emotions.

It was not until the carriage drove away and headed towards the city gate that she came to her senses and gathered all her emotions. She carefully took out the silver bills and hid them close to her body, then tied the package tightly and walked back to Dong Kaijian and the officials behind her.

The few of them continued on their journey. After walking for some distance, she turned her head and looked back in the direction of the city gate. Jiang Suining's carriage had already entered the city, and the small carriage that had been parked at the city gate had disappeared.

This time, she really will never come back.

Inside the city, Zheng looked at Jiang Suining with mixed feelings.

"Sui Ning, I'm not soft-hearted. I just thought that she would never be able to come back, so I planned to see her from afar."

She didn't want Zheng Yan'er to know, so she deliberately didn't use the Jiang family's carriage. However, she didn't expect Sui Ning to come as well, and even guessed it was her.

"Mother, you don't have to explain. I understand." Jiang Suining said with understanding.

Zheng sighed, "Anyway, it's a good thing that she chose to leave with Dong Kaijian. I hope we won't see each other again in the future."

Of course, she also hopes that Zheng Yan'er can live a good life in the future and not make any more mistakes.

"I will." Jiang Suining responded.

The smile on her face made Zheng's complicated mood calm down a lot, and the various frustrations caused by Zheng Yan'er seemed to be completely dissipated. Looking at Jiang Suining, Zheng suddenly smiled.

"Sui Ning, there is something I haven't had time to tell you. Someone came to visit yesterday. Guess who it was."

Hearing Zheng's tone, Jiang Suining was about to ask when he saw Jiang's servant running over in a hurry.

"Meet the madam, miss."

"Why are you so anxious? Has something happened?" Xier asked.

The servant reported to Jiang Suining, "Miss, someone from the palace just delivered a message saying that the Fifth Princess wants to summon you and ask you to hurry to the palace."

"The Fifth Princess?" Zheng was a little surprised. "Sui Ning, do you know the Fifth Princess?"

"I met him at the banquet yesterday." Jiang Suining replied.

He is in such a hurry to see me, could it be that my reminder yesterday has worked?

If that's the case, then Xiao Yue's reaction is quite quick.

"Mother, since the Fifth Princess has summoned me, I will go to the palace first. The person who visited me yesterday you just mentioned..."

"You should go into the palace first. After all, you are summoned by the princess, so you must not neglect her. I will explain the details to you after you come back."

The city gate was far away from the palace, and it took about an hour for the carriage to stop at the palace gate.

Xiao Yue arranged for a palace maid to wait at the palace gate. After confirming Jiang Suining's identity, the palace maid took her all the way to the Liuli Pavilion where Xiao Yue was.

"Greetings, Fifth Princess." Jiang Suining walked into the hall and bowed when he saw Xiao Yue.

"No need to do that..." Xiao Yue didn't finish her words, but noticed the palace maids beside her, and calmed her expression and said, "Stand up."

"Thank you, Princess." Jiang Suining stood up.

Xiao Yue looked at the maids and said, "I had a great chat with Miss Jiang yesterday. I want to have another good chat with her today. You can all go down. You don't have to keep watch."

"Yes, slaves obey."

"Yes, slaves obey."

After the palace maids left, Xiao Yue seemed to be relieved and walked to Jiang Suining in three or two steps.

"Ms. Jiang, I understand what you mean now."

Seeing Xiao Yue's expression, Jiang Suining raised his eyebrows slightly, "What does the princess mean by this?"

"I have asked people to investigate. The poems I wrote at the banquet have not been spread out at all. It was my father who personally ordered that they should not be spread out. And I found out last night that a palace maid secretly rummaged through my things. If a palace maid dared to do this, there must be someone behind the scenes instructing her. Maybe my father is suspicious of me!"

Xiao Yue lowered her voice and frowned as she told Jiang Suining about her discovery.

However, she did not notice the dark light that suddenly flashed across Jiang Suining's eyes after hearing these words...