After Rebirth, I Became a Powerful Minister’s Beloved - Chapter 11

Chapter 11: She Committed a Huge Crime

Translator: Exodus Tales

Editor: Exodus Tales

Her mother only had one daughter, Nan Baoyi. She was pampered since young and had a naive and straightforward personality, never afraid of offending anyone.

Nan Baoyi looked at her cousin sister who was protecting her in front and felt warm.

In the previous life, when she had a hard time in the Cheng residence, her cousin sister also protected her like this. Even after she was disfigured, Nan Baozhu forced into the Cheng residence with some servants and slapped Nan Yan.

At that time, the Nan residence’s status was gone. Nan Yan hated her cousin sister very much for making her lose face. And so, she used the Cheng family’s power to force her to marry a small widowed official as his concubine.

Although her cousin sister ran away when she was on her way to marry the official, the rest of her life has been very difficult. This was all caused by Nan Yan!

Nan Baoyi also understood. Nan Yan did not sincerely ask her to study for her own good but only to establish some authority in Jinyi Pavilion.

There were so many maids in Jinyi Pavilion, so many eyes were observing. If she showed her compliance with Nan Yan, from that day on, the maids would also listen to Nan Yan’s orders and treat her as a proper miss of the residence.

What a pity…

Nan Yan was fated to be disappointed.

She said immaturely, “It just so happens, I don’t want to study. Are you going to hit me with a ruler?”

Nan Yan turned pale, her hands in her sleeves rolled in tight fists.

She wanted to step on Nan Baoyi and establish some authority in Jinyi Pavilion, but the other party did not cooperate with her…

But that was okay, she still had a backup plan.

Her face was filled with grieve, “Baoyi, I am sincerely thinking of your own good. Even if we argued in front of Grandmother, I am still the reasonable one.”

If this got to Songhe Yard, Old Madam would definitely think of her as hardworking and Nan Baoyi was without a doubt the nitwit!

Nan Baoyi smiled sweetly with her dimple, “Then let’s go and make it clear in front of Grandmother!”

She moved forward to pull Nan Yan’s hand, “Let’s go to Songhe Yard together.”

When she just touched Nan Yan, Nan Baoyi fell down and shouted “Ouch”.

She lifted her teary face, “Sister, why did you push me?”

Nan Yan was trembling in shock!

What the hell, she did not do anything!

Was she mad?!

Nan Baozhu guessed what Nan Baoyi’s plan was and rushed to her with grief on her face, “My poor cousin sister, your Stepmother has not even moved in yet and her daughter is bullying you. How are you supposed to live for the rest of the days! Your life is so tough, my poor cousin sister!”

She howled in grief, crying even louder than those women who wailed at funerals.

Nan Baoyi secretly gave her a thumbs up.

Nan Yan’s face flushed red.

She knew that today’s events would create a big problem. And so she secretly gestured to her maid to bring Nan Guang over.

…

Songhe Yard.

Old Madam hugged Nan Baoyi distressingly, “Poor Jiaojiao’er, let Grandmother see if you have any injuries?”

“My ankles hurt a lot…” Nan Baoyi spoke softly and weakly. Her tears filled her eyes and grabbed onto the old lady’s sleeves, “Grandmother, I’m scared…”

“Good girl, don’t be scared!” Old Madam patted her hands and looked at Nan Baozhu, “Zhu’er, tell me now, what happened?”

Nan Baozhu told the story, adding extra details to make it sound worse, “… It was Nan Yan who pushed Jiaojiao, I saw it myself!”

Nan Yan looked pitiful, “Grandmother, I did not push her. I just wanted to advise her to study more and do some needlework when she had free time and not play all day and waste time. I am only saying this for her own good, Grandmother please investigate properly!”

Old Madam was annoyed just looking at her and said solemnly, “My Jiaojiao’er is the kindest girl and will never lie to frame someone. This is only your first day in the residence and already you are stirring up trouble disrupting peace in the family, this is unacceptable! Aunt Ji, bring a few maids with you and chase her out of the residence. She is not allowed to step into the Nan residence!”

Nan Yan’s eyes widened suddenly.

She looked like a little white flower trembling in the wind as if she would faint any minute.

She only entered the residence for one day. If people saw her being chased out of the Nan residence, would she still have any face left?!

She was already at the age of talking about marriage…

Nan Baoyi stole a look of Nan Yan from Old Madam’s arms.

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

She pretended to be weak in front of Cheng Deyu. One minute she framed her for pushing her and the next she framed her for using witchcraft to harm her. She portrayed herself as an innocent and unsullied little white flower. She even portrayed herself and Cheng Deyu as two people in love in a bitter fate and Nan Baoyi was the evil meddlesome person…

Times changed. Nan Yan should also try the taste of being framed wrongly.

Aunt Ji was just about to make a move when a voice called out loudly from outside:

“Who dares!”

Nan Guang stepped in formidably.

He lifted up Nan Yan who was kneeling on the floor and brushed off the dust on her skirt, saying angrily, “Mother, you should not listen to Jiaojiao’s one-sided story. Yan’er is kind and gentle, she would not push her!”

Old Madam was annoyed just looking at her son, “Zhu’er also saw it, are you saying Zhu’er is also lying?!”

Even if it was a lie, so what, she wanted to protect Jiaojiao’er.

After all, staying in the Nan residence for most of her life, she could immediately tell if a girl was good or bad.

Nan Guang stared at Nan Baozhu unhappily, “Zhu’er really saw it with your own eyes?”

“Third Uncle, I saw it very clearly with my own eyes!” Nan Baozhu circled her eyes daringly, “Besides some people who have problematic eyesight loving Nan Yan, no other elders liked her. She is jealous that everyone in the family loved Jiaojiao and so she pushed her!”

Nan Guang was furious.

Some people who have problematic eyesight?!

Scolding him should not be done so obviously!

Nan Baozhu was his Second Brother’s beloved daughter, he could not scold her. And so he turned his dark face towards Nan Baoyi, “Tell me honestly now, did your sister push you?!”

Nan Baoyi looked like she was scared of his loud voice and shrank into Old Madam’s embrace.

She lifted her teary eyes and said weakly, “Father, you don’t blame Sister, maybe she didn’t mean it…”

Nan Guang was so angry he almost vomited blood!

He knew that the matter would not be resolved and so he said loudly, “Even if Yan’er pushed you, this is nothing more than children’s play. But Nan Baoyi, today you committed a huge crime, much worse than Yan’er. You better kneel down now and beg for forgiveness!”

Every time Old Madam listened to her son talk there was uneasiness on her pulse. That big loud voice was about to deafen her ears!

She covered Nan Baoyi’s ears and scolded, “You can’t talk properly? Are you only satisfied by making your Old Mother go deaf?! If you scare Jiaojiao again, go kneel in the ancestral hall now!”

Nan Guang flushed, “Mother, it’s my fault. But this was because I really can’t bear to see Nan Baoyi committing a huge crime.”

Nan Baoyi blinked back her tears, “What huge crime did I commit?”