Jiang Mingzhi smiled, poured himself a cup of chrysanthemum tea, drank it in one gulp, and then replied to his grandmother: "Grandma, no matter how many things there are to do, if you do them one by one, you will be able to finish them. No matter how difficult it is, you will be able to overcome it. You don't have to worry too much."
"Over the years, the Marquisate has been on a downward spiral, and my father has been marginalized by the court. In the past, the rewards given by the Marquisate during festivals were a clear sign of the emperor's generosity, but now they are getting worse year by year. I think as long as the Marquisate can make ends meet, we can just live day by day."
"You know what I want to ask." Old Madam Jiang raised her eyelids.
"Yushu's case is her own fault. Although she wasn't the direct murderer of Feng, Lord He has already said that she is guilty of manslaughter and will spend the rest of her life in a women's prison. As for Chunhua, now that she's back home, the truth will come to light. Instead of letting people gossip about the Marquis's family and accusing them of being heartless and disloyal, it's better to let Chunhua return to her roots as soon as possible to silence the gossip."
As he was speaking, someone outside said, "My uncle and his wife are here to see the master."
Jiang Mingzhi didn't expect that her aunt still couldn't stop her uncle. Just now in Mo Chunyuan, she persuaded her uncle not to act rashly and wait for her to speak first. If that didn't work, she would ask her uncle to step in. Otherwise, wouldn't it be like killing a chicken with a sledgehammer?
Wang Hanzhang and the Zhang couple came together. No matter how stupid Mrs. Jiang was, she knew that they had bad intentions.
Wang Hanzhang, however, couldn't help but laugh at his niece's expression. Was his uncle really that unreliable? After all, he was a seasoned official with many years of experience. How could he really do something so irrational?
"Uncle, this is..."
Wang Hanzhang didn't beat around the bush. After sitting down, he directly stated the purpose of his visit.
"Feng family, what do you plan to think?"
Obviously, he came to support Jiang Mingzhi and her sister.
Old Madam Jiang couldn't help but sigh in her heart, it's good to have a strong maternal family, even if the biological mother is not around, there are people to protect her.
Unlike her, even though she became a marquis' wife and had an imperial edict, she was still despised by the nobles in Kyoto because she had no support from her maternal family.
But now that things have come to this, she would not be so foolish as to protect the Feng family. To put it bluntly, no one in the Jinyi Marquis Mansion is her blood relative, so there is no need for her to get involved in this mess.
She asked herself, she has done her best. If the old man knew about this in the afterlife, he couldn't blame her, right?
After thinking for a while, Madam Jiang looked at Mother An and laughed twice. "I'm old, half buried in the ground. I'm already powerless to deal with these things. I've already made an agreement with An Ru that we'll return to Dingzhou when the Marquis gets better. Young people have their own blessings and ways of living. I can't bear to worry about it anymore!"
Wang Hanzhang was stunned. Isn't this obviously giving up?
You have to know that in the entire Jinyi Marquis Mansion, this old lady is the only elder who can make decisions. Now she simply doesn't care about anything. Who can they go to for justice?
Jiang Mingzhi was also a little surprised, but then he thought that for the old lady, this was indeed the most convenient and simplest way to escape.
If she had stayed in the Marquis' Mansion, all the mess would have fallen on her shoulders. But after returning to Dingzhou, she was still the prestigious old Marquis' wife, and her life was much better than in the capital.
Wang Hanzhang couldn't say anything more, but he still wanted to express his opinion: "Yushu is back. I plan to adopt the child into the Wang family. In the future, Yushu will marry off as a daughter of the Jiang family."
Jiang Mingzhi was stunned. She didn't expect her uncle to think this way. Indeed, with the strength of the Jiang family, it would be difficult to deal with this child properly. But if she married into the Wang family, the Wang family would be prosperous and would surely protect Chang Ya.
Unexpectedly, at this moment, Chunhua pushed the door open and walked in, "No!"
"I won't marry, and no one of you can take my child away!"
Chang Ya, who was standing by, also started crying, refusing to leave her mother.
For a moment, the room was noisy and chaotic.
Wang Hanzhang frowned, "Why are you here?"
"Okay, okay, this is just talk. If you don't want to, we won't force you. Your uncle and I naturally want the best for you."
Chunhua shook her head, tears streaming down her face. "Uncle, aunt...elder sister, I've made up my mind not to marry again in this life. Please don't force me, and I won't make it difficult for you. I've already asked, and there's a family temple in the Marquis' Mansion. I'll take my eldest daughter and move there, where we'll worship the ancient Buddha and watch her grow up and get married. That'll be the end of my life, with no regrets."
In just a few hours, Chang Ya actually found out all of this.
Jiang Mingzhi sighed, thinking that this girl was really discouraged, but there was still a long way to go, times had changed, and no one could tell what would happen in the future, so it was better not to force her now.
She stopped her uncle from continuing his lecture and said to Chunhua, "Don't overthink it. The Wang and Jiang families are yours to come and go. Changya also has relatives like us. No one will take her away from you. You don't have to be afraid of anything."
Chunhua finally breathed a sigh of relief after hearing her elder sister's assurance.
But Jiang Rongqing never recovered and had to lie in bed for the rest of his life. Jiang Mingzhi was also secretly planning. Feng took away a lot of Wang's dowry, but the bulk of it was still there.
Thinking that Chunhua and Changya had no property, she was ready to give all of Wang's dowry to Chunhua, no, to be precise, to Jiang Yuying. A few days ago, a letter came from Dongjun, saying that her grandmother decided to change Chunhua's name to Yuying and also named Changya Wang Jiaojiao.
Moreover, according to Chunhua's wishes, the grandmother registered Changya under the name of Wang Chun, the Wang family's deceased nephew, and made the decision to give Wang Chun's part of the property to Changya.
Jiang Mingzhi didn't understand at first why she was called Jiaojiao. The child had suffered a lot during these years with Yuying. Judging from the current signs, this child would definitely not be a spoiled child when she grew up.
I guess the grandmother hoped that the child would not suffer in the future and would grow up pampered, which would be a blessing!
Jiang Yuzhen set fire in the middle of the night because of the Feng family's affairs. If someone hadn't gotten up and discovered it, the entire mansion would have been burned down. Fortunately, it was discovered in time and only Jiang Mingzhi's yard was burned.
As for Jiang Mingzhi, she had Qingsha Qingwu with her. She had already hidden away when Jiang Yuzhen threw the kerosene. Not only that, she also asked someone to call the police and detained Jiang Yuzhen, the arsonist, at the scene.
Jiang Yuzhen was thrown into prison, but she was not alone for a few days. With the help of her uncle Wang Hanzhang, He Zian quickly investigated the truth of that year.
All the members of the Feng family who helped Feng commit the crime and kidnap Yuying were implicated in the case. Feng Baoan, who originally thought he could get away with it, was also convicted because of the letters that were not destroyed that year.
After all the trouble, Jiang Mingzhi was exhausted, but fortunately everything went smoothly.
At least the original owner and Wang would rest in peace if they knew about this.
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