As Aunt Jiang Er stepped out of Jiyue Courtyard, she asked Disheng fiercely, "Where is your young master?"

"Young Master is at Huayang Pavilion."

"Go and drug your young master and take him back to Kaiping."

Disheng couldn't believe what he was hearing.

"I refuse to believe that your young master only asked you to buy croton powder! If you don't bring your young master out of the Marquis's mansion within an hour, I'll make sure you never return to Kaiping!"

After that, Di Sheng scrambled away.

If you offend the young master, he might just be a little harsh with his words and give you a couple of slaps, but if you offend the madam, not only will he be punished, but his family will also be implicated!

As a compromise, Disheng had no choice but to apologize to Wan Tianci!

Aunt Jiang turned back to look at Jiyue Courtyard, her eyes filled with mockery.

Cheng Lei, you're still too green to mess with me!

Half an hour later, Wan Tianci, with the help of Di Sheng, boarded the carriage that was leaving the capital.

Wen Dong was overjoyed when she saw this and went to tell Gu Songhan the good news.

However, not long after he left, Jiang Wenlin and Master Wen rode out of the Marquis's residence in a carriage. Their carriage headed towards the city gate, seemingly heading out of the city.

Half an hour later, Granny Jiang went to Huayang Pavilion with a worried look on her face. When she learned that Jiang Wenlin had left the mansion, she became even more flustered and hurriedly took Xiuhe and left the mansion by carriage.

Just fifteen minutes ago, she received an anonymous letter.

The letter said that if she wanted her son to be safe, she should go to Puji Temple alone.

If it were just a letter, she wouldn't be so nervous. But inside the envelope, besides the letter, was a jade pendant that her son often wore. Now that her son was not in the mansion, she was naturally panicked and at a loss.

"Third Madam, let's inform Third Master first! Or, we could inform the Marquis or the Old Madam as well!"

"Didn't you read what was written in the letter? It told us not to make a fuss, otherwise..."

Grandma Jiang couldn't continue, fearing that her words might come true.

“But we can’t save the young master by going like this! Why don’t we go to the Sixth Miss? She’s full of ideas, maybe she can come up with a solution?”

"No! We absolutely mustn't alert Azi, lest we drag her into this too!"

Seeing that her persuasion was ineffective, Xiu Rong could only shut up and stop talking.

The carriage soon arrived at Puji Temple.

As soon as their carriage stopped, a peasant woman stepped forward and asked, "Are you the Third Mistress of the Marquis of Changping's mansion?"

"yes!"

"Please come with me, my master has been waiting for you for a long time!"

Although the peasant woman spoke with the air of a servant, her manner of immediately trying to pull Jiang San's grandmother along, as well as her calloused hands, made it clear at a glance that she was not her true self.

Xiurong stepped forward and shoved the peasant woman aside, scolding, "Who do you think you are, daring to pull on my grandmother? If anything happens to my grandmother because of you, even killing you wouldn't be enough to compensate!"

"It's not like it's made of clay, it doesn't break just from being pulled!"

The peasant woman muttered something under her breath, but thinking of the reward she would receive later, she still smiled and said, "I was just worried that this grandma would have trouble walking because the mountain path is rugged, so I thought I'd help her."

"I'll take care of my grandmother myself, you don't need to fawn over me. Just lead the way!"

"Xiurong, you mustn't be rude!"

Grandma Jiang stopped Xiurong, took two steps forward and took the peasant woman's hand, saying gently, "Sister, it was my maid who was rude, please don't hold it against her!"

As she spoke, she pulled the red-gold plum blossom hairpin from her hair and handed it to the peasant woman. "I'm so sorry to have troubled you to wait here for so long, and I'm also grateful to you for showing me the way. Consider this hairpin a gift to express my gratitude for our good kinship!"

The peasant woman was momentarily stunned by the bright gold hairpin, and immediately forgot all her instructions. She bit the hairpin, then stuffed it into her bosom before saying, "This grandmother is too kind! That woman asked me to take you up the mountain. She lives alone in a wooden house on the west mountain, with no one to serve her. I'm the only one who brings her three meals a day and does her laundry."

Grandma Jiang had a plan in mind, and then asked, "This mountain is so remote, how come there's only one woman living here?"

"I don't know! It looks like he's been brought here after committing a crime!"

She committed a crime... Could it be her?

"Just her alone?"

"When it was first brought here, there was a girl with it, but she was taken away later. A couple of days ago, a rather handsome man came..."

Grandma Jiang already had a vague idea of ​​who had written the letter today to invite her to meet!

"No one came today?"

"Yes! There's a big, burly man with a fierce look..."

The peasant woman was a gossip, and she didn't stop talking after she started, "That woman is too promiscuous, she's pregnant and still messing around with men, it's really outrageous!"

Xiu Rong wanted to scold her, but was stopped by Jiang San's grandmother.

"Has the elder sister ever seen a boy of fifteen or sixteen years old come here?"

"I haven't seen him!"

"Third Madam, the young master isn't here, let's go!"

Grandma Jiang San looked at the wooden house that was faintly visible and decided to go up and take a look!

What if Peony instigates someone to tie up Lin-ge'er?

Based on the peasant woman's words, Grandma Jiang was able to confirm that the person in the wooden house was Shaoyao.

If it really is Peony, she might capture Brother Lin in revenge.

The three of them walked up the mountain and arrived at the wooden house.

The door to the wooden house was open, and Peony was sitting in the chair in the middle. Her belly was slightly protruding. When she saw Grandma Jiang, the corners of her mouth turned up. "We've been waiting for you, Grandma Jiang!"

Where is my son?

"What's the rush, Third Grandmother? Come in and talk!"

Xiu Rong stepped forward and grabbed Jiang San's grandmother, "Third Grandmother, no! What if there's something fishy going on inside the house!"

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