Chapter 11: She Made a Terrifying Mistake

Nan Bao has a daughter, Nan Baozhu, who has been pampered and spoiled since childhood. She has a lively and straightforward personality and is not afraid of offending anyone.

Nan Baoyi looked at her cousin who was protecting her in front of her, feeling warm inside.

In her previous life, she had a hard time in the Cheng family, and her cousin also protected her like this. Even after she was disfigured, her cousin rushed into the Cheng family with a servant and slapped Nan Yan.

At that time, the Nan family had already declined, and Nan Yan lost face. She resented her cousin very much and used the Cheng family's power to force her cousin to marry a middle-aged official as a concubine.

Although her cousin ran away on the way to the marriage, her future life was probably very difficult, and all of this was caused by Nan Yan!

Nan Baoyi also understood that Nan Yan asking her to study in her room was not really for her own good, but to establish her authority in the Jin Yi Pavilion.

There were many maids and old women in the Jin Yi Pavilion, and many pairs of eyes were watching. As long as she showed obedience to Nan Yan, they would also obey Nan Yan's orders in the future and treat her as a proper young lady in the mansion.

Unfortunately...

Nan Yan was destined to be disappointed.

She said in a childish voice, "But I don't want to study. Are you going to use a ruler to punish me?"

Nan Yan's face turned pale and green, and her hands clenched tightly in her sleeves.

She originally wanted to establish her authority in the Jin Yi Pavilion by stepping on Nan Baoyi, but the other party unexpectedly did not cooperate with her...

It didn't matter if she didn't cooperate; she still had a trick up her sleeve.

She looked full of pity, "Baoyi, sister is really doing this for your own good. Even if it causes a scene in front of grandmother, I am in the right."

If it caused a scene in the Songhe Pavilion, the old lady would definitely think that she was diligent and studious, and Nan Baoyi would be seen as a complete fool!

Nan Baoyi said with a sweet smile, "Then let's go to grandmother and make it clear!"

She went forward to hold Nan Yan's hand, "Let's go together to the Songshou Pavilion."

Just as she touched Nan Yan, she suddenly exclaimed, "Oh!" and fell down with a smack.

She looked up with teary eyes, "Sister, why did you push me?"

Nan Yan was shocked!

What was going on? She didn't do anything at all!

Was Nan Baoyi sick?!

Nan Baozhu guessed Nan Baoyi's little plan and threw herself on her with a sorrowful look, "My poor cousin, she's being bullied by her daughter before her stepmother even enters the house. How will she live in the future? My poor cousin!"

She wailed loudly, louder than a professional mourner.

Nan Baoyi secretly gave her a thumbs up.

Nan Yan's face turned red and white.

She knew that today's matter was probably going to cause a big scene, so she secretly signaled to her maid to go and fetch Nan Guang.

...

Songhe Pavilion.

The old lady hugged Nan Baoyi with concern, "Poor little Jiaojiao, let grandmother take a look. Are you hurt?"

"My ankle hurts a lot..." Nan Baoyi's voice was weak, tears glistening in her phoenix eyes. She held onto the old lady's sleeve tightly, "Grandmother, I'm scared..."

"Good child, don't be afraid!" The old lady patted her hand and sternly glanced at Nan Baozhu, "Zhu, you come and explain, what exactly happened?"

Nan Baozhu exaggeratedly recounted the whole incident, "...It was Nan Yan who pushed Jiaojiao, I saw it with my own eyes!"

Nan Yan looked pitiful, "Grandmother, I didn't push my sister. I just wanted to persuade her to study more, learn some needlework and embroidery, and not waste her talents. I was doing it for her own good, please believe me, grandmother!"

The old lady was annoyed by her mere presence, "You've only been in the mansion for one day and you've already caused trouble and disrupted the household. It's truly despicable! Jimo, take a few maids and drive her out of the mansion, she's not allowed to step into the Nan family's residence!"

Nan Yan widened her eyes in shock.

It was only her first day in the mansion, if she was driven out by outsiders, what would become of her reputation?!

She was already of marriageable age...

Nan Baoyi peeked at Nan Yan from the old lady's embrace.

In her previous life in the Cheng family, Nan Yan treated her like this.

She pretended to be weak and helpless in front of Cheng Deyu, sometimes accusing her of pushing her, and sometimes accusing her of plotting against her. She portrayed herself as an innocent flower, and portrayed herself and Cheng Deyu as a pair of star-crossed lovers, while she, Nan Baoyi, was the malicious intruder...

What goes around comes around, and Nan Yan should taste what it's like to be wrongly accused.

Jimo was about to take action when a loud voice came from outside:

"Who dares!"

Nan Guang strode in.

He pulled Nan Yan, who was kneeling on the ground, and personally brushed the dust off her skirt, angrily saying, "Mother, don't just listen to Jiaojiao's one-sided words. Yan is gentle and kind, she couldn't have pushed her!"

The old lady was annoyed as soon as she saw her youngest son, "Zhu, did you really see it with your own eyes?"

"Third Uncle, my eyesight is very clear!" Nan Baozhu playfully circled her eyes, "Apart from someone with a bad eye who dotes on Nan Yan, no other elder likes her. She's jealous of Jiaojiao being loved by the whole family, so she pushed her!"

Nan Guang was furious.

What did she mean by someone with a bad eye?!

It was obvious who she was referring to!

Nan Baozhu was his second brother's precious pearl, so he couldn't scold her. He turned to Nan Baoyi with a dark expression, "You explain to me clearly, did your sister push you or not?!"

Nan Bao Yi was so frightened by his father's shouting that he shrank into the arms of the old lady.

She raised her teary Danfeng eyes and said with grievance, "Daddy, don't blame my sister. Perhaps she didn't mean to..."

Nan Guang almost spat out blood!

He knew that this matter was difficult to explain, so he raised his voice and said, "Even if Yan'er pushed you, it was just a childish squabble. But Nan Bao Yi, what you did today was a huge mistake, much worse than Yan'er's. Why don't you kneel down and apologize?!"

Every time the old lady heard her youngest son speak, her heart would race. His loud voice was almost deafening!

She covered Nan Bao Yi's ears and scolded, "Can't you speak more gently? Do you want to deafen your mother's ears? If you scare Jiao Jiao again, you'll have to kneel in the ancestral hall!"

Nan Guang blushed, "Mother, I was wrong. It's just that Nan Bao Yi committed a heinous mistake, and I couldn't overlook it."

Nan Bao Yi blinked her teary eyes, "What heinous mistake did I commit?"