Chapter 438 Reunion with Min Pan'er
Aqi's exclamation reached Wenxiu's ears, and Wenxiu quickly lifted the carriage curtain to look into the carriage.
Upon seeing the coffin and Wei Jia, whose eyes were already filled with tears, Wen Xiu felt a buzzing in her head.
Is Ah Jiu inside?
She had just felt something was off, as if she had overlooked something.
It just dawned on me that someone's missing!
Ah Jiu is missing!
She followed the Seventh Princess, and she really followed the Old Madam, while Ajiu followed Min Pan'er and Jiang Hongling.
She and Zhen Huan were both here, as were the Seventh Princess and the Old Madam. Even Min Pan'er and Jiang Hongling had arrived at the border long ago. They were now staying at the best inn in the border town.
Ah Jiu is the only one missing!
Wenxiu and Aqi both looked anxiously at Weijia, hoping for a negative answer.
Wei Jia shook her head: "No."
The two of them breathed a huge sigh of relief.
But before he could fully breathe a sigh of relief, Wei Jiayu said, her voice choked with sobs, "It's not Ajiu in here. But Ajiu is dead too."
"Her ashes are in that carriage."
Upon hearing this, Wenxiu and Aqi instantly burst into tears.
Wenxiu remained silent and did not press the matter.
They were all people who had escaped from an assassin organization and were used to life and death.
Although Ah Jiu's death made her very sad, she accepted it calmly.
Compared to the calm Wenxiu, Aqi's reaction was much stronger.
"That's impossible!"
Tears streamed down Aqi's face; she knew Weijia wouldn't joke about something like this.
But she shook her head vigorously, like a rattle-drum, "Ah Jiu is so powerful, how could she possibly die?"
"Sister Weijia, you're joking with me, right?"
She, Ajiu, and Weijia were all people who entered the Xuanping Marquis's residence at the same time and came to Min Qiaoshi's side.
Their bond was far stronger than that of Wenxiu, who joined later.
Wei Jia remained silent, only shedding tears silently along with A Qi.
***
Meanwhile, in Min Qiaoshi and Li Sanqi's carriage, they also talked about Ajiu.
"A-Jiu is dead!?"
Li Sanqi stared at Min Qiaoshi in shock, "Isn't Ajiu your most capable maid? How could she be dead?"
Suppressing her grief, Min Qiaoshi, with red eyes, recounted what had happened to Ajiu.
She was forced to let Ajiu be taken away by Min Pan'er in order to get information about Li Sanqi from Min Pan'er.
Because of the humiliation she suffered, Min Pan'er took her anger out on A Jiu and subjected her to inhumane torture, resulting in A Jiu's hands and feet being crippled and turning her into a disabled person.
Finally, due to pressure from the Crown Prince, Ajiu chose to commit suicide to protect them.
In fact, because of the long journey and the hot weather, she couldn't even preserve Ajiu's complete body, and only brought back a jar of ashes.
Li Sanqi's eyes were deep and he said slowly, "Min Pan'er! It's Min Pan'er again! I will kill her one day!"
As he spoke, Li Sanqi reached out and touched his left cheek.
There was a scar there, left on her face with a gold hairpin when Min Pan'er and her men came to humiliate her and Wen Xiu.
Madam Min also saw the scar. She had asked her about it when they were still in Daqi, so she naturally knew the origin of the scar.
"This scar isn't serious. After you return to Beijing, have Doctor Mu prescribe some ointment for you to remove it."
When Min Qiao saw her touching the scar, she thought she was very concerned, so she comforted her, "Back then, even those hideous scars on my face were healed by Doctor Mu, so yours is nothing."
Li Sanqi shook his head. "No! I want to keep this scar."
She wanted to use it to remind herself!
She needed to remind herself that it was Min Pan'er who had hurt her! Therefore, she was determined to take Min Pan'er's life!
She also needed to remind herself of her experience of becoming a prisoner in Da'an!
It also reminded her that everything she had experienced was caused by her father, Emperor Xiaozhao!
Of course, she also wanted to use this scar to gain everyone's sympathy, to make her father feel guilty, and to win the pity of her mother and grandmother!
She wants to use this scar to gain the rights and honor she desires!
Min Qiao saw ambition in Li Sanqi's determined eyes. But she didn't think it was a bad thing.
"Indeed, this scar is more useful to keep."
Min Qiao's heartfelt exclamation earned Li Sanqi a knowing smile.
She knew the old lady would understand her!
***
The group quickly returned to the border town.
Min Qiaoshi and her entourage were settled in the best inn in the city.
The border town had no post stations or embassies, only a simple garrison headquarters.
At this moment, the garrison headquarters was already overflowing with people, including the Earl of Annan, the Earl of Enping, the King of Chu, and more than a dozen officials of various ranks who had come from the capital as envoys to negotiate.
Therefore, Madam Min was arranged to stay at the best inn in the city.
It's said to be the best inn, but it's actually the only place that can be called an inn.
Because most of the other so-called inns in the city were actually just houses owned by ordinary people, with a few rooms set aside as guest rooms for passersby, and they couldn't really be considered inns.
The border is unstable and there are not many permanent residents in the border town, which means that most of the people here have very spacious houses.
However, although the house was large, the conditions were very basic. Apart from a shed to shelter from the wind and rain and a stone bed, there was nothing else.
Guests need to provide their own tables, chairs, bedding, hot water, and meals.
Well, this can't really be called an inn at all!
Therefore, the only inn in town became the best-equipped inn.
At least they have all the tables, chairs, sheets, and blankets they should have, and they also provide hot water and three meals a day.
Li Sanqi lives here.
Min Pan'er and Jiang Hongling also live here.
When Madam Min Qiao got off the carriage, she immediately saw Min Pan'er and Jiang Hongling standing at the entrance of the inn.
At this moment, Min Pan'er took off her elaborate princess costume, and her clothes were simple and elegant. With light makeup, she looked incredibly charming.
Coupled with her disabled leg injury, which was still immobilized by a splint, she appeared even more delicate and pitiful.
Jiang Hongling, who was carefree and unkempt, was practically made to look like a head maid next to her.
In addition, Jiang Hongling's health has been poor since her injury, and her complexion is very bad. She looks like everyone owes her money and hasn't paid it back, which makes her very unlikable.
Upon seeing Madam Min Qiao, Jiang Hongling helped Min Pan'er up to pay her respects.
Min Pan'er smiled slightly and gave a proper curtsy, "Madam, it's so good to see you back safe and sound!"
Her words were very pleasant to hear, and her smile was beautiful, but in Min Qiao's eyes, they were incredibly irritating.
Madam Min Qiao looked coldly at Min Pan'er without responding, but instead waved her hand behind her.
They really understood, bringing over Ah Jiu's urn.
"Do you know what this is?" Madam Min Qiao looked at Min Pan'er with a cold expression.
Min Pan'er was taken aback, then shook her head blankly, "I don't know."
"This is Ajiu!" Madam Min said in a chilling tone, "Inside here is Ajiu, whose tendons in her hands and feet were severed by you, and who was subjected to all kinds of torture by you!"
She's dead!
"Because you made her a cripple!"
"Because you made her lose hope and the courage to live!"
You killed her!
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