Chapter 78 Who is it

"There is indeed such a young man in the capital."

Zi Su's voice was very low, with a solemnity that was hard to conceal.

"But he is the Empress's younger brother, the youngest son of the Duke of Feng. Lin Heng is rumored to be a young genius, born with extraordinary strength and possessing superb archery skills, unmatched in the capital."

Jiang Qingning's fingertips curled up unconsciously, wrinkling the fabric of his cuffs.

If this is true, then Lin Heng... this name carries too much weight.

Zi Su added with a grim expression, "I'm afraid this is the man who injured the Second Young Miss. Although he hasn't even reached adulthood yet, he's already highly regarded by the Emperor. He's also the most brilliant young man of this generation from the Empress's maternal family. He was just crowned the top martial arts scholar at the beginning of the year and was directly appointed to the Imperial Army."

Jiang Qingning's eyes became completely gloomy, as if covered with a layer of frost.

She spoke slowly, each word tinged with chilling intensity: "It's almost certain. The arrow wound on Xi'er's shoulder is deep, almost piercing through. Ordinary strength and archery skills would never produce such a deep wound. Only natural strength combined with top-notch archery skills can produce such a deep wound..."

"Miss, we..."

There was deep worry and anger in Zi Su's eyes.

"I must contact this person if I get a chance. Do you still have the arrowhead that injured Xi'er?"

Jiang Qingning said it with a resolute tone, a fierce gleam in his eyes.

Zi Su nodded quickly, her voice trembling as she recalled the scene. "Don't worry, Miss, I'll keep it. Back then, the Second Miss came back all the way from Lingnan alone, sleeping in the open air and escaping danger. When she first arrived in the city and heard that you and the Earl of Anping had divorced... She didn't even go home. The first thing she did was to avenge you, and she even wanted to kill the Earl of Anping."

"But he stopped me and shot me in the shoulder blade with an arrow. Now I can't even use much strength... Fortunately, the second young lady entered our courtyard before she passed out."

Zi Su's voice choked with sobs: "Otherwise, I dare not even think about it. If the Second Young Lady had fallen into someone else's home that day, or had been caught on the spot..."

Jiang Qingning's eyes flashed with cruelty as he continued Zi Su's unfinished words, "Otherwise, if Xi'er had fallen into someone else's courtyard and been caught, and assassinated the new noble of the court, the Earl of Anping, personally appointed by the emperor, with both the man and evidence, our Jiang family would have been executed by now, and rivers of blood would have flowed."

The air in the room seemed to freeze, filled with fear and deep hatred.

"If it really is him, Lin Heng."

Jiang Qingning spoke each word with undisguised determination in his eyes. "I, Jiang Qingning, will avenge Xier's vengeance, tenfold and a hundredfold!"

"I will!"

Shisu nodded firmly, her eyes determined.

But she thought of another thorny matter and frowned, "But Miss, the Second Miss, to vent her anger on you, shaved off the entire bun of Miss Ruyi from the second branch of the Jiang family."

"From now on, how will she appear in front of everyone with such messy short hair? Next month, it's her wedding to the Earl of Anping. This..."

Jiang Qingning heard this and a sneer appeared on his lips: "Why are you panicking? If we don't tell anyone, no one will know that it was Xier who did it.

She just went out for fun by climbing over the wall. Only the servants of Ning Pavilion know about it. Keep their mouths shut and don't let the news leak out."

She picked up the teacup, gently skimmed off the foam, and spoke with a cold, knowing tone:

"As for Jiang Ruyi, she took advantage of the fact that our eldest wife was in trouble and I was left alone in the capital to cause trouble. Hasn't she done enough to add insult to injury?"

"Now she has been so deliberate, drugging Xun Chen in the Anping Marquis's mansion and flirting with him without any respect. Isn't it just that she wants to use this underhanded means to climb up the social ladder and marry into the Marquis's mansion? And she has succeeded."

"But she shouldn't forget that there is Bai Qingyi in Anping Marquis's mansion who loves Xun Chen as her life and has worked hard for many years. As a cousin who has loved Xun Chen for many years,

Today, by chance, she had physical contact with Xun Chen as well. Would she be willing to watch the position she had coveted for many years being taken away by Jiang Ruyi, who climbed up through dirty means? "

"She certainly wouldn't want to see Xun Chen marry Jiang Ruyi, nor would she be content to be a lowly concubine."

Jiang Qingning put down the teacup with a slight sound, and seemed to know in his heart what Bai Qingyi's action meant.

"With Jiang Ruyi stirring up trouble in the Anping Marquis's mansion, there will be chaos and dog-eat-dog drama in the future. We just need to wait and see."

"The most urgent task is to resolve the three troubles in the mansion. Since they cannot become good talents, they can only be eliminated as troubles!"

Zi Su comforted Jiang Qingning and said, "Don't worry, Miss, we have someone following us."

The next day, in the second courtyard of the Jiang Mansion.

A shrill, out-of-tune scream suddenly broke the tranquility of the Jiang residence in the early morning.

"My hair! My hair!!!"

Jiang Ruyi woke up from her coma, looked at the huge silver needle in front of her, suddenly opened her eyes and sat up.

Then, she habitually raised her hand to touch the jade comb prepared beside the pillow, but her fingertips felt a strange, prickly sensation.

She suddenly pulled aside the bed curtain, kicked over the maid and doctor in front of her, and threw herself in front of the huge bronze mirror in front of the dressing table.

The mirror reflected a terrified, distorted face.

Above this face, there should have been piles of black hair like clouds.

At this moment, only the uneven, dog-gnawed short stubble was left, with clumps sticking out here and there, making her look like a mad woman who had just crawled out of the stove.

"ah!!!"

A sharp and desperate howl came out from Jiang Ruyi's throat.

She scratched the top of her head frantically, as if trying to confirm that this was just a nightmare.

However, the stinging pain left on her body yesterday reminded her all the time that all this was not a dream, and she really lost her most precious thing.

"Who did it! Whoever it is, I'm going to kill him, I'm going to kill him!"

Jiang Baizhou and Mrs. Jiang Er, who were waiting outside the door, stumbled into their daughter's boudoir. When they saw Jiang Ruyi's shocking appearance,

Jiang Baizhou felt his eyes go dark, the world was spinning, and it seemed as if the whole world was collapsing.

He stumbled and grabbed the door frame to avoid falling. His lips trembled and he couldn't utter a word. Only one thought remained in his mind:

"It's over, it's all over. The wedding to the Anping Marquisate is next month, and later on, the Anping Marquisate will come to deliver the betrothal gifts. How can she get married with this horrible look on her face? Will the Xun family still want her?"

"My only hope, Jiang Baizhou, of clinging to the powerful, reviving the Second Branch, and reviving the Jiang family, is ruined just like that?"

"My son! My sweetheart!"

Mrs. Jiang rushed over and hugged Jiang Ruyi, crying loudly. Her cry was heartbreaking and full of despair.

"Which damned beast could do such a wicked thing that ruins someone's future? I'm so miserable that I deserve to be blessed."

While crying, she tried in vain to straighten the messy short hair on Jiang Ruyi's head, but it only made the scene more horrible.

The mother and daughter looked at each other with tears in their eyes, then hugged each other and cried.