The book has no strength, the female supporting role just wants to survive

Chapter 271 Ye Ruzhen and Ye Ruxuan

"Miss Jiang, what else do you want to do?"

Zhang Qi learned about Jiang Tunan's background from others. She was just a country girl. She didn't think that just because she lived in the Minister of Rites' Mansion, she was really a lady of the Minister's family.

Seeing that Zhang Qi was determined to get compensation from Ye Ruzhen, Jiang Tunan was about to open his mouth to make a few more arguments, but unexpectedly Leng Qingyan came over from the side.

"Miss Jiang, you are not going to make trouble and refuse to give me the fifty taels, are you?"

Leng Qingyan is from Yuehua Academy, which ranks first, so the usually arrogant Zhang Qi also gave way to Leng Qingyan a little.

The girls' school has a Discipline Hall which is specifically responsible for managing student discipline, but the Discipline Hall is not absolutely fair. Every time, Nanny Yi from the Discipline Hall is more partial to the people from Yuehua Courtyard.

Especially for someone like Leng Qingyan who had good grades, even someone as arrogant as Zhang Qi would not dare to confront Leng Qingyan directly.

"Miss Leng, what are you talking about? Do you think everyone is the same as you?"

It was obvious that Leng Qingyan was here to cause trouble, so Jiang Tunan didn't bother to be polite.

"Miss Jiang, there's no need to be angry at me. Miss Ye did indeed soil Miss Zhang's skirt, so she should be compensated."

Leng Qingyan glanced at Zhang Qi's skirt and pretended to be considerate and said,

"Miss Ye, I see that Miss Zhang's skirt is beautifully made and made of very fine materials. It's not unfair to charge you fifty taels. You should pay quickly and don't let Miss Jiang suffer criticism along with you."

Leng Qingyan still remembers what happened in Yuzhu Tower before. Wasn’t Ye Ruzhen very talkative at that time? Now she wants to see how Ye Ruzhen ends up.

"Sister, do you have so much money? Do you want me to send someone home to talk to mother?"

Ye Ruxuan is also from Xinglanyuan, but she is Leng Qingyan's follower, so generally speaking she has to follow Leng Qingyan's footsteps.

Ever since Ye Ruzhen slapped her in the face at the door of Ye's residence last time, Ye Ruxuan went from shock to anger to silence, and finally to dissatisfaction with Ye Ruzhen.

It was true that she was partly to blame for what happened in Yuzhu Tower before, but it was also Ye Ruzhen who was so reckless and dared to contradict Leng Qingyan. Why should Ye Ruzhen suffer the consequences of her own actions and still belittle herself in a condescending manner?

"none of your business?"

Seeing Ye Ruxuan also come out to add insult to injury, Ye Ruzhen naturally looked at her coldly.

The mother that Ye Ruxuan mentioned was not her biological mother, but Ye Bingchun’s wife, Jin, who was Ye Ruxuan’s biological mother.

"You are my sister, after all. I remember that mother still has some property. I believe fifty taels can still be taken out."

Jin's family was a merchant family, so Ye Ruzhen should not be short of money. At least among young ladies of the same level, Ye Ruzhen should be a little richer.

But the reality was not like that. Jin's maiden family was not in Kyoto, but in the slightly remote Xuzhou. At that time, Ye Bingchun was the county magistrate in a small county in Xuzhou, and the Jin family was one of the top merchants in that county.

At that time, Jin was still a young lady of the Jin family. She fell in love with the newly appointed young county magistrate Ye Bingchun at first sight. After the two fell in love with each other, the marriage naturally came into being.

The head of the Jin family saw that Ye Bingchun was a promising person, so he put all his family's efforts into spending a lot of money on Ye Bingchun, and finally sent his son-in-law out of Xuzhou.

But the good times did not last long. Later, the county town was attacked by bandits, and dozens of members of the Jin family were killed by the bandits. At that time, Jin had just given birth to Ye Ruzhen and was still in confinement when she braved the heavy rain to ask Ye Bingchun to save her family. As a result, she discovered the affair between Ye Bingchun and Mo, Ye Ruxuan's biological mother, now Aunt Mo.

Before the Jin family members who died unjustly in Xuzhou were buried, Ye Bingchun from Kyoto had already carried Mrs. Mo into the house.

Because she had just arrived in Kyoto and had to take care of everything, most of Jin's dowry was confiscated. Later, when Mo came into the family, Ye Bingchun let Mo take charge of the finances on the grounds that Jin was too sad about the tragedy in the Jin family. From then on, Ye Ruzhen and Jin's life in the mansion became worse.

At that time, Ye Ruxuan could get new clothes every month, but she had to wear her own clothes until they were too small to change. It was not until later that Mrs. Mo directly reduced the charcoal fire for her and her mother in winter that she realized that it was useless to be tolerant.

The easier she looked to talk to, the more those people looked down on her, so she went to Ye Bingchun and threw the inferior charcoal directly on Mo's face. Although she was punished to kneel in the ancestral hall later, from then on, Mo dared not tamper with the supplies so blatantly.

"Zhenzhen, are you okay?"

Seeing that Ye Ruzhen was a little dazed, Jiang Tunan reached out and held Ye Ruzhen's arm.

"Sister, looking at you like this, you are not going to use the 50 taels from the public account of the mansion, are you?"

Ye Ruxuan was happy to see Ye Ruzhen being humiliated. From childhood to adulthood, Ye Ruzhen always acted like a legitimate daughter in front of her. Even though her situation was very bad, she pretended to be indifferent.

Every time she went out to attend a banquet, her clothes were obviously more beautiful than Ye Ruzhen's, and her jewelry was more expensive than hers, but people outside always put Ye Ruzhen first, just because she was the legitimate daughter.

And there was Jin, who clearly still had some assets left, but kept crying poor in front of her father, making it seem as if her own mother hadn't given her any money to spend.

And Jin was the wife of the main wife after all, and every time she attended a banquet, it was Mrs. Ye who brought herself and Ye Ruzhen with her. Whenever this happened, Jin would always leave herself aside and then plan how to help Ye Ruzhen climb up the social ladder.

The people at the banquet were all shrewd people. Seeing that the mistress's attitude towards them, a concubine's daughter, was not very friendly, they all looked down on them.

But Ye Ruzhen felt that she was the one who took all the benefits, and she always pointed fingers with the condescending attitude of a legitimate daughter.

"Sister, although you are the legitimate daughter of the Ye family, you cannot act so willfully."

The disgust in Ye Ruxuan's eyes could no longer be hidden. Ye Ruzhen only glanced at Ye Ruxuan and knew what this person was thinking, so she spoke,

"Yes, I am a legitimate daughter after all. What's wrong with using some of the Ye Mansion's money? You are allowed to declare the public account every time you buy something in Qishefang, but now you are not allowing me to use it?"

Ye Ruzhen knew that Ye Ruxuan cared most about the issue of legitimate and illegitimate children, so she started talking about this.

"Okay, let's decide whether to compensate or not."

Zhang Qi was a little impatient. This was obviously her place. It was fine for Leng Qingyan to interfere, but what was Ye Ruxuan doing here?

"I.."

"We will pay."

Ye Ruzhen looked at Jiang Tunan in surprise when he spoke next to her. At this moment, Jiang Tunan was giving her a reassuring look.

Zhang Qi found it a little funny.

"you?"