The next few punches all hit Ji Shuyan, making one dull sound after another.
"Shu Yan!" Seeing Ji Shuyan being beaten, Aunt Ji was also extremely anxious.
However, the servants rushed to Aunt Ji at this time and carried her out of the yard, leaving her to watch Ji Shuyan being beaten.
Nangong Muyun originally wanted to provoke Ji Shuyan to take action, so that when his father came, he could complain to his father and accuse Ji Shuyan of hurting someone.
Unexpectedly, Ji Shuyan managed to withstand all those punches without even making a sound.
After hitting him many times, Ji Shuyan didn't react at all, and Nangong Muyun also felt it was boring, so he stopped.
After a while, the servants brought Abei here.
When Abei was tied up and taken to Hanmeiyuan, he knew that the matter of keeping the vegetables had been discovered.
As soon as he was escorted into the yard, he saw Aunt Ji also being escorted aside. Next to her was the wife of the Marquis, who was sitting on a small stool in the yard, being served by maids and drinking tea leisurely.
Seeing Ah Bei being brought in, she glanced at him coldly, and said to Ji Yi Niang with a rather gloating look: "Look, your adulterer is here. I want to see how you will explain it when the Marquis comes."
"Madam, this matter has nothing to do with Abei. I was worried that Shu Yan wouldn't have enough to eat, so I asked the kitchen to save some food for me... Consider this as me overstepping the bounds. Please don't punish an innocent person."
"Hmph, it's already this hour, and you're still thinking about pleading for mercy for your adulterer. You don't need to say more to me. If you have anything to say, wait until the Marquis arrives."
Abei looked at the scene in front of him, pursed his lips, and ultimately did not speak.
The lady kidnapped him not because of the facts or reason.
She just wanted to find a random excuse to complain about Concubine Ji in front of the Marquis.
He sighed slightly in his heart. Before Aunt Ji was abducted into the mansion by the Marquis, she had been kind to him.
That's why after he learned that she was abducted into the Marquis' Mansion, he chose to work as a cook in the Mansion.
Especially when he found out that Concubine Ji was not living a good life in the mansion, he tried to find ways to take care of her more within his ability.
And because he was afraid of bad rumors, he had always been very restrained and had never done anything that overstepped the line.
Even so, the lady still noticed him...
After waiting for a while, Marquis Nangong came to Hanmei Courtyard under the guidance of his servants.
He looked at the small courtyard now crowded with people and asked in confusion, "What's going on?"
Nangong Muyun saw his father coming and quickly surrounded him, "Dad, Mom discovered that Aunt Ji had an unclear relationship with Ah Bei, the cook in the kitchen, so she specially called you over."
After hearing this, Marquis Nangong glanced at Aunt Ji and Abei who were standing beside him.
His eyes were full of scrutiny.
"What's going on?"
This question was directed at Aunt Ji, and the voice was several degrees colder than before.
"My Lord, I only asked Ah Bei to leave some food for me. Apart from that, there is nothing else."
Nangong Hou's eyes swept back and forth between the two of them several times, and he made up his mind.
Then he pointed at Ah Bei and said, "Kick him out of the mansion."
Regardless of whether it was true or false, the fact that the chef in this mansion had started a rumor with his own woman was something that Nangong Hou, as a man, could not tolerate.
Upon hearing this decision, Aunt Ji felt slightly relieved. Fortunately, he was only expelled from the house. According to Abei's ability, it should not be difficult for him to find a living somewhere else.
"As for you..." Marquis Nangong's gaze returned to Aunt Ji again.
"Demoted to a criminal slave, you will stay in Hanmei Courtyard from now on and are not allowed to take a single step out."
The wife of the Marquis seemed not quite satisfied with the decision and wanted to ask the Marquis to change it.
Nangong Hou just glanced at him coldly and said, "Do you want this matter to be known to everyone?" Then he turned away.
Seeing this, the wife of the Marquis had no choice but to shut up.
But at least Abei was sent away, and Aunt Ji was also put under house arrest.
Although the Marquis still did not directly punish Concubine Ji, her goal this time was achieved. Without Abei in the kitchen, Concubine Ji could not come to the kitchen in person. Then she could arrange for her own people to drug Ji Shuyan in the kitchen...
So she didn't stay in the yard for long, and left with the servants and Nangong Muyun.
Only after everyone had left did Aunt Ji relax her tense nerves.
Ji Shuyan and Jiang Ziyi hurried forward to lend a hand.
"mother."
Facing Ji Shuyan's worried face, she smiled and said softly, "Mom is fine. But you, is your back still hurting?"
Ji Shuyan shook his head and said, "Mom, I'm fine too."
Jiang Ziyi looked at the mother and son in front of her and felt very distressed.
Ji Shuyan's past, which seemed to be calm and could be brushed off with the word "forbearance", was actually full of difficulties.
Just as she was thinking about how to help the mother and son, suddenly, a black mist rose up, blurring her vision.
That familiar feeling of soul being ripped away came back.
After a while of dizziness, when she opened her eyes again, she was no longer in Hanmei Courtyard.
Jiang Ziyi found herself on the street, which was crowded with people, and she was holding a basket of things in her hand.
She immediately realized that the timeline here was not coherent, but rather had certain jumps.
And judging from the size of my palm, it should be a few years later.
Since she was only traveling through the spiritual consciousness and not through Chang Qing's body, there was no corresponding memory in her mind.
She guessed that Chang Qing might have been sent out to buy something and was now on his way back home.
But what did Changqing buy?
Jiang Ziyi stared at the basket in her hand with some confusion. It was covered with a white cloth and she had no idea what was inside.
However, when she lifted the white cloth out of curiosity, she was instantly shocked by what she held in her hand.
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