"Perhaps it fell into the river and was swept away."
After the servants finished speaking, they lowered their heads and waited to be punished.
Of course, Qiao Lian'er wouldn't be so magnanimous as to let them off the hook.
“Go back and get twenty lashes, and have a month’s salary deducted.”
It's really not easy being a working person, otherwise she would have punished her even more severely.
The Song family is truly adept at escaping; it seems to be an innate skill they possess.
Now she's too lazy to send people to search anymore. Such an action is tantamount to showing respect to these people. If they ever appear before her one day, they will still be her defeated opponents.
After staying there for a while and things settling down, Qiao Lian'er didn't rush back to the capital and went to Datian Village instead.
After all, she hadn't been home for six months.
The Qiao family was no longer surprised when the mother and daughter appeared again. Seeing that Qiao Lian'er had not gone to the capital but had returned home, the two elders of the Qiao family felt a warmth in their hearts, and their joy was hard to hide.
The supply of fertilizers and pesticides was restored, and villagers came to the Qiao family's house to buy things every day. There were even many people from the town. Since the Qiao family did not have a storefront in the town, the place began to become lively again.
A carriage stopped in front of the Qiao family's house, and a beautiful figure stepped out.
"Grandpa Qiao, Grandma Qiao, are you home?"
Hearing the voice, Grandma Qiao frowned: "Sigh, here we go again."
"Our Qiao family has done everything we could. This kid is really out of his mind," Old Man Qiao said.
"Grandma, who is it?" Qiao Lian'er asked, even though she already had a guess in her heart.
"It's that Jiang family girl. Half a year has passed, and she's still stubbornly clinging to her delusions. She comes to the door every ten days or half a month." Old Mrs. Qiao said, "When you wrote that Dacheng had found a girl he liked in the capital and had no intention of getting married, I made it clear to the girl, but she just wouldn't give up."
Although she expressed her dissatisfaction, as she turned to leave, Old Mrs. Qiao still maintained the polite demeanor one would show to a guest.
"Miss Jiang, is there anything I can help you with?"
At first, she would invite people over to her home to sit and exchange pleasantries, but gradually, Old Mrs. Qiao lost her patience.
Moreover, she felt that being too enthusiastic would easily give the girl false hope.
Jiang Yao noticed a new face in the courtyard. Judging from her demeanor, she must be Qiao Lian'er, who had been granted the title of county princess.
I heard he went to the capital to meet the emperor and express his gratitude, and hasn't returned for almost half a year.
Since Qiao Lian'er is at home, what about Da Cheng?
"Grandma Qiao, the county princess has gone home. Where are Sister Zhi and the others?" Jiang Yao's voice was weak and feeble. She could barely eat one meal a day now, and she was emaciated, but her once beautiful face was still visible.
Grandma Qiao knew what she was going to ask, and said in a nonchalant tone, "Dacheng needs to train its troops, so they can't just leave whenever they want. I'm afraid they'll all have to stay in the capital from now on."
She sighed softly, "Miss Jiang, you two are not destined to be together. You should start thinking about your own future."
“I’ll wait for him here.” Jiang Yao’s gaunt face was resolute.
She believed that if things continued this way, Da Cheng would eventually be moved by her. Were the girls in the capital necessarily better than her? She, too, was literate and educated.
After saying that, she got into the carriage and went back.
Qiao Lian'er thought to herself, it seems that Jiang Yao won't give up until she's been rejected by Da Cheng in person. She should bring Da Cheng here and talk to her about it.
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