After being kissed passionately by him, Su's cheeks flushed red. She patted his chest lightly and said, "When have I ever been afraid? Although I am a remarried woman, both of my marriages were aboveboard. What do I have to fear from gossip?! It's better than those who have done shameful things. Didn't you see how well I handled things today? I was just worried about not having a chance to explain my dowry and divorce to everyone, and today this old hag gave me a good way out. Compared to the dirty deeds of those high-class families, what's wrong with my divorce and remarriage? There's nothing to be afraid of people knowing."

She looked up at the man's cold, handsome face. "Don't worry, I can handle it. Besides, I'll be able to tell who's friend and who's foe in the future."

Yun Yue nodded. "Chief Minister Lin did not arrive today, but his mother is quite easy to get along with. It's a pity she is old; she looks more than a generation older than you."

Madam Su smiled and said, "She is familiar with the old lady of the Duke of Zhenguo, so she naturally treats me as a junior. However, I don't know why, but every time I see her, I feel very close to her."

"By the way, I'm afraid that Madam Tian knows about my background." Madam Su recalled that Madam Yong'an had almost blurted out the words earlier, but Madam Tian had stopped her. Madam Tian must know the inside story.

Yun Yue nodded. "Your background needs to be investigated starting with the third branch of the Jiang family. Once I return to the army, I will thoroughly investigate the matter in Dingzhou."

The carriage moved slowly forward as the couple poured out their feelings of parting inside the carriage. Suddenly, several screams came from outside.

Yun Yue lifted the carriage curtain and looked out, and saw several thugs surrounding a man in the middle, punching and kicking him.

He wanted to tell the driver to stop, but when the man instinctively raised his upper body as he was punched hard in the stomach, he saw the face clearly, and the words he was about to say just disappeared.

He glanced at it twice more, then decisively threw down the carriage curtain and ignored it.

The carriage continued forward, and with a flick of the curtain, the world inside became completely disconnected from the outside.

Su asked curiously, "What happened?"

A strange smile appeared on Yun Yue's face. "You're right. We're incompatible with the Jiang family. We should naturally avoid them if we meet."

"The Jiang family? Is that person a member of the Jiang family?" Madam Su also wanted to reach out and lift the carriage curtain.

Yun Yue grabbed her hand and tucked it into his arms. "It's just that Jiang Yuan. The thugs who beat him up had a Li-branded badge on their waists."

Madam Su was taken aback, then smiled, "A member of the Li family? Over the past two years, the people of the capital must be very grateful to the Yong'an Marquis's Mansion."

"Oh? Why is that?"

"After the Yong'an Marquis's family came to the capital, how much gossip and amusement did they provide for everyone during their leisure time?"

It must be that it was Li Ge Lao's son who held a grudge and beat Jiang Yuan up.

"Hahaha..." Mingyue's hearty laughter rang out in the carriage as it sped away.

Jiang Yuan, who was beaten to the ground with a bruised and swollen face, was initially delighted when he saw the familiar, extra-wide, iconic carriage pass by. However, before he could even cry for help, he watched helplessly as the carriage gradually disappeared into the distance.

The hope that rose in my heart instantly turned into despair.

...

On the other side, outside the side gate of Prince Rong's mansion, Madam Gao and Madam Tian helped Lady Yong'an, who was in a daze, into the carriage.

Princess Qingping followed behind and said in a sinister tone, "Mother, please return to the manor first. Your daughter-in-law will come to see you soon."

For some reason, there was nothing wrong with what they said, but Tian and Gao exchanged a glance and both shivered.

At the same street corner, a group of people surrounded Jiang Yuan and beat him severely.

No sooner had the carriage from the Duke of Pingguo's mansion left than the carriage from the Earl of Yong'an's mansion arrived shortly afterward.

Unfortunately, at that moment, Jiang Yuan seemed to see a familiar carriage slowly approaching in his blurry vision. But the next instant, he lost consciousness, closed his eyes, and could no longer see whether it was his own carriage.

When Gao lifted the carriage curtain, she saw a group of people gathered on the street ahead, with only a pair of legs visible in the crowd.

She looked at them from afar and subconsciously felt that the shoes looked somewhat familiar.

Just then, an extremely tiny needle silently pierced the horse's rump.

The horse, in pain, neighed and galloped forward.

The driver was terrified, pulling hard on the reins while shouting frantically, "Get out of the way! Get out of the way!"

The crowd that was beating him quickly dispersed, and the horse trampled straight onto the person lying motionless in the middle.

Both Gao and Tian were terrified and gripped the carriage frame tightly. They felt the carriage beneath them suddenly shudder violently, as if something had crushed it.

As the carriage curtain fluttered, Gao saw through the gap in the curtain a bruised and swollen face lying on the ground.

She was momentarily stunned, then screamed in agony, "Yuan'er! It's my Yuan'er! Stop! Stop now!"

So just now... it was the carriage that ran over her?!

She was so frightened she almost fainted.

The coachman was so frightened that his whole body went limp and his forehead was covered in sweat; he couldn't hold back the crazed horse at all.

After the mad horse turned several streets, it knocked over the goods of countless vendors. Just as the mad horse was about to gallop onto a narrow bridge, the coachman decisively threw away the reins and whip, rolled sideways into the bushes, and jumped off the carriage.

Then, they watched helplessly as the mad horse galloped onto the bridge, its wide carriages crashing heavily against the stone bridge pillars, instantly shattering into pieces.

"Ah! Ah! Ah!" After several exclamations, the three women in the carriage felt dizzy and fell into the water with three splashes.

"Help! Help!"

Fortunately, the river in the city is shallow, so even if you fall in, you won't be in danger of losing your life.

There were five or six women washing clothes by the river. Seeing this, they quickly pulled the person up with their hands and feet.

Half an hour later, Madam Gao was crying her heart out in the Yong'an Marquis's mansion.

Half of the grief was for Lady Yong'an, who had fallen and become paralyzed again, and the other half was for her son, who had been beaten half to death.

While attending to the ailing Lady Yong'an, Lady Tian recalled the words the princess had spoken when she left the Prince Rong's residence, and a bad feeling welled up in her heart.

Could this matter be related to the princess?

She has only one son, Jiang Wen, who is only six years old this year. She didn't want her son to join the army in the future, so she gave him this name and brought him to the capital city, intending to send him to the Songhe Academy to study.

Who knew that ever since the Yong'an Marquis's family moved to the capital, scandals have been rampant, and they haven't even had time to arrange their son's schooling.

Just when it seemed the farce at the Earl's mansion was about to die down, was something else about to go wrong?

Thinking of her husband, who was far away on the border of Dingzhou, she prayed silently that nothing bad would happen to him.

Nowadays, the eldest and second branches of the Jiang family are no longer of any use, only the third branch still holds the border troops and is the mainstay of the Yong'an Marquis's mansion!