Both Jiang Yashuang and Qiu Yelan knew that although Qiu Qian grabbed the antidote from the first branch, the third branch was also suspected. Even if Madame He was seen as a bad housekeeper and made some changes during this time, it couldn't be rendered into such a bad situation in such a short period as He Shuijin laid a solid foundation for her before she left only a few months ago.
As the Jiang Family didn't divide up family property or live apart, the spending of food and clothing of each branch went into public accounts, for which the third branch Madame He was responsible. If she was useless, then the problems would not only emerge in the bodyguards but also in the management of the mansion, including the shares of each branch. So, the fourth branch could find the problems and take precautions even though they never got involved in the housekeeping matters.
But the monthly shares were as usual in these months. How could the third branch not be
Watching Mr. Jiang's receding figure, Jiang Yashuang turned his head and looked at his wife and said, "My grandfather...""The good thing is that Lang'er is fine." Qiu Yelan, with her eyes drifting, said lightly, "Even though we can spare the real culprit, we still need to find out who he is. Otherwise, who knows whether he will hurt us again or not?"She didn't care about the promise she made to He Shuijin because it was a matter of her son's life and death, and said, "The reason why He Shuijin insisted on staying at the eighth sister-in-law's mountain villa on purpose and refused to leave was that her first child was murdered by Madame He. This time when she found she was pregnant again, she was afraid that her child would be murdered again. So, she took advantage of the opportunity when mother was in Jing City. She offered to go there to find out the truth in the name of justice for the eighth sister-in-law and An."Jiang Yashuang said with
"The owner of the shop was used to be a guy in Qingfeng Ji." Mr. Jiang said in a weird tone, "When Qingfeng Ji was sealed up, all the crucial guys were arrested because it was famous all over the country. Those guys who were not important were released after being arrested for some time."After all, the subbranches of Qingfeng Ji were all over the country. The families and connections of regular employees added up to tens of thousands. So, it was impossible to kill all those people. Especially since many of them were skilled, it would be a pity not to reuse them.Therefore, except for important people, those who were not close to the Gus and were quite talented were released after being fined.The owner of this preserved fruit shop was one of them.There were a lot of people in the group so the maids couldn't know everyone. The people Qiu Yelan sent out to buy the preserved fruit had no idea who owned the shop. He just heard
Qiu Qian chose the first one, Yishu, from the list Qiu Yelan showed her, which was given by Madame Tao."Commandery Princess Yishu?" Qiu Yelan read it twice. She smiled, "You are really a business woman. You are so considerate!""It is the first one. It is obvious that Madame Tao and Marquess Qin wanted me to choose it." Qiu Qian waved her hands, "I guess they want me, and even my brother and sister Mei, to be nice and meek, to make it easier for them. It's just a title. If I can win them over, why not?"Qiu Yelan thought so, too. When she got these alternate titles, she was prepared to persuade her even if Qiu Qian didn't choose this one. But she didn't expect Qiu Qian was smart."Since you refuse to regain the identity of the daughter of Prince's Mansion of Xihe, the reason for giving you the title is that you have saved my son. But you cannot tell the truth about the origin of the antidote!" Qiu Yelan began to explain the
When Jiang Tan and his party went to find He Shuijin, they didn’t know where Shuijin had gone. So, for fear that they would miss her, they walked along slowly to find her. But they travelled much faster when they came back to Jing City. As each of them took more than one horse, they galloped back by changing horses. It only took them two days and a night to reach Jing City!When they arrived at Linlang Jewelry Store, which was a dowry of He Shuijin, they violently rushed into the store and dragged the manager away, even though she was a small and slight woman. And then they, without drawing breath, hurried to Marquess Qin’s Mansion to report.Jiang Yashuang and Qiu Yelan were waiting for their news. So, after hearing that, they were both surprised, “Just bring her and the hairpin there. Let’s see how she is going to tell us!”A few moments later, the disheveled manager was brought here. She still cried out to complain of being wronged. A
Compared to the chaos that followed the sudden death of Sir Jibei, the Jiang Family was now in a real mess. Although the situation today was not as precarious as it was during the summer of that year. Back then, once something happened to Marquess Qin, the Jiang Family would be comprehensively devastated. Now they were ever-more-powerful than others. But that only meant that outsiders could do nothing to them. When they fought with each other in the family, they had a lot of scruples.The first branch and the third branch were wary of the fourth branch’s military power. Especially, Jiang Tianchi was on his way back to Jing City. Who would know that how many people he had with him and what his means were? He even didn’t care about Beihu’s invading. Did he really come back to see Sir Jibei one last time? Anyway, Sir Jibei was dead! Perhaps he was coming at them!After all, Beihu was a threat circling around. Even if Marquess Qin didn’t die this time, h
Qiu Yelan took a look at the silk, and more than a dozen names were on it. At the bottom, there were three blurred characters that couldn't be seen after checking, "Something has been changed!""They..." Qiu Yelan looked at the silk and her face looked bad because she didn't know any of them. Princess Royal Yongfu brought it from the palace so she could guess who they were. She ordered, "Ask Mistress Gu to come here!"Mistress Gu prepared things for Jiang Huizhu and others in a house not far away. She came quickly and said respectfully, "Your Grace!" In fact, Mistress Gu's family background was good among these concubines so she didn't need to say this. But after hearing about Madame Zhuang's methods, she behaved well and regarded herself as a maid when she saw these masters."Do you know these names?" Qiu Yelan asked her to come over and handed the silk to her."They are the Imperial Guards!" Mistress Gu, who used to be Pri
After Jiang Tianchi fell and was carried back to the fourth branch, Jiang Yadan and Jiang Yashuang took turns taking care of him for two days and nights before he woke up.After waking up, he still asked about Sir Jibei, "Is my uncle buried?"It happened to be that Jiang Yashuang was guarding him at this time. He saw that although Jiang Tianchi was awake, his energy was damaged, and he did not fully recover. He whispered softly to comfort him, "Father, don’t worry. My youngest grand uncle’s mourning hall is still there. Grandfather and my youngest grand aunt both said that since you were back, they must bury my youngest grand uncle after you could get better.""When my uncle was dying, did he feel relieved?" Jiang Tianchi closed his eyes. His voice was not high but very oppressive as he was accustomed to commanding thousands of troops."My youngest grand uncle passed away peacefully but not contentedly." Jiang Yashuang, who
In fact, as for the cause of the difference in Jiang Tianchi's attitude, not only did Jiang Yashuang and his wife not know, but also Jiang Yadan muttered inwardly, "I'm twelve years older than Jiang Yashuang, but I'm much worse than him! I thought it would be good if my father didn't hang me up to beat me when he came back. But my father seems to like me more."And then he changed his mind, "Did my father still not know what I had done these years? Because he just arrived home." He knew that letters that were sent from Jing City to the Jiang Tianchi couple always reported good news about children of the fourth branch rather than bad news.Thinking about this, Jiang Yadan was both guilty and afraid. He thought that the reason why his father was very kind to him was that his father believed in his excellence. When Jiang Tianchi found out the truth later, he might turn his face ruthlessly. But Jiang Yadan didn't dare to tell all the bad things that he h