Ever since Xiao Qingheng abused the maid until she was only breathing her last breath, he seemed to have found a way to relieve the pain of his wound.
That is to make others suffer. Seeing others suffer, he would feel less pain. Especially by imagining those lowly maids as Tian An and humiliating them, it could better relieve the hatred in his heart.
Once there is a chance, there will be a second. After tasting the sweetness once, no maid who came to serve in this side courtyard could leave safely.
Even if they were lucky enough to still have a breath left, after they got out, Jiang Shunyi would arrange for people to guard them and drag them to a mass grave to feed wild dogs after they died.
Those who were unlucky enough to die on the spot would have it easier, as they would be sent to the mass grave outside the city after nightfall.
In just a few days, maids disappeared for no apparent reason in every courtyard of the mansion. Even the courtyards of Yonglin and Jiang Junfan were missing a maid who did menial work.
At first, I thought it was just the maids who made mistakes and were secretly dealt with by the master. After all, this kind of thing happened frequently in the Jiang Mansion.
But as the number of people increased, everyone began to take it seriously, and gradually even theories about ghosts and gods began to spread from nowhere. For a time, everyone in the mansion was in a panic. Everyone in the mansion, especially the little maids, would hide in their rooms at night and would not go out even if they were beaten to death.
Even during the day, people would go to the toilet in groups of three or five, because some people would disappear as soon as they went to the toilet.
In the main courtyard, after sending away the maids around her, Madam Zhu lowered her voice and discussed with Jiang Shunyi, "Can't you go and persuade that master to restrain himself? If he continues like this, something bad will happen in the mansion sooner or later."
Jiang Shunyi threw his hands up and sat down on the chair, angrily and helplessly saying: "Do you think I don't want to? I have to persuade you!"
Zhu walked up to him relentlessly, "Why can't you persuade him? You are his elder after all, he will probably listen to you!"
Jiang Shunyi took a deep breath, opened his mouth and was about to say something, but then sighed again. After a while, he spoke again: "If he could listen to me, would he be like this now?"
Zhu slammed her hand on the table and said nonchalantly, "I don't care how you invited this ancestor here and how you send him away."
"You, you..." Jiang Shunyi kept saying "you" for a long time, but in the end he didn't say anything, feeling very frustrated.
After a long silence, he said weakly, "If the injury on his hand is not healed, no one's advice will be of any use."
Zhu looked at him with a critical look and snorted, "Just because you can't persuade her doesn't mean others can't!"
Jiang Shunyi frowned, "Are you talking about the Queen Mother?"
Zhu nodded, "The Queen Mother is his grandmother, so her words should count!"
Jiang Shunyi thought carefully for a moment, then shook his head and said, "Qingheng has lived in Chuzhou since he was a child, and he hasn't met the Queen Mother very often. Unless the Queen Mother can persuade him in person, it will be very difficult."
But is it possible? According to the current situation, it is impossible for the Queen Mother to leave the palace or for Xiao Qingheng to enter the palace.
This method didn't work, so Zhu thought of another way, "Then find a way to heal his injury!"
He became like this because of the injury on the back of his hand. As long as the injury is healed, won't he be back to normal?
Jiang Shunyi sighed, "Do you think I don't want to? Who knows what kind of evil thing that Tian An put on his hand? So many doctors came, but not one of them could cure it."
In fact, it’s not that Tian An’s poison is so powerful, but that all the doctors in the capital have long been controlled by Lord Pei.
If the emperor didn't want him to get better, it would be useless even if he invited a miracle doctor.
Xiao Qingheng would call a doctor every day, and let Lord Pei know his latest physical condition at all times. If he knew that he would not die, he probably would not let his injuries heal.
And after he has seen all the doctors in the capital, he should be able to take action.
Zhu didn't quite believe that a little girl from the countryside could be that capable. "If all else fails, just call an imperial physician! The Empress Dowager has been in the palace for so many years, she must have a few trusted confidants!"
Jiang Shunyi's eyes flashed, "We still have to discuss this matter with the Queen Mother. I'm afraid the palace will keep a close eye on us and it will be exposed. Then it will implicate us."
Seeing that he was finally willing to go to the Queen Mother, Zhu was relieved. "If it were me, I would have just tied up that little bitch Tian An and forced her to tell me the antidote. Now there's nothing wrong."
Jiang Shunyi glanced at her sideways, "Do you think you can just kidnap the current Princess Anping whenever you want? Didn't Qingheng get injured because he tried to kidnap the Princess Anping? And he hasn't learned his lesson yet?"
Zhu pursed her lips. "I was just saying it casually! Why are you making such a fuss? If you ask me, that's just an excuse you guys make for your own incompetence. She's just a country girl, how can she really fly to heaven?"
Jiang Shunyi was too lazy to talk to her. After a short rest, he urged Zhu to go to the palace to discuss with the empress dowager.
It’s not that he wants to be lazy, but he has no official position now, so it’s not as convenient for him to enter the palace as Zhu.
Seeing this, Zhu raised her head with an arrogant look on her face, straightened her back and said nonchalantly, "Master is really partial. When he encounters problems, he always looks for me. When he is happy, he thinks of your concubines."
Jiang Shunyi knew that she was making trouble, so he had to stand up and coax her for a while. Finally, he promised that he would not go anywhere today and would wait for her in the main courtyard before she gave up.
She changed her clothes and then calmly went to the palace with her maid.
As soon as she left, Jiang Shunyi arrived at Aunt Bai's courtyard.
It was not until the mansion became chaotic that the two men came out of the room in disheveled clothes.
When the maid who came to report saw the two of them like that, her face immediately turned red with shame and she lowered her head, not daring to look at them.
Jiang Shunyi was very upset that his good time was interrupted. Seeing that she didn't say anything, he said sternly: "Speak up! What's going on outside? Why is there so much noise everywhere?"
The maidservant was startled and said hurriedly, "Master, there's been a lot of panic in the mansion recently, so the eldest young mistress invited masters from the Huguo Temple to come back and chant scriptures and perform rituals. She said she wants to perform a ritual to exorcise evil spirits in every courtyard of the mansion. The masters of each room are vying to invite the masters to their own courtyards to perform rituals!"
Jiang Shunyi was shocked. How could there be any evil spirit here? If they revealed what happened in the side courtyard, it would be disastrous.
He ran outside without even pulling on his shoes.
Now that the master has entered the mansion, if he drives them out at this time, it will definitely attract attention. The only thing he can do now is to find a way to stop them from going to the side courtyard.
He first sent his confidant to inform Xiao Qingheng to find a way to hide.
When he arrived at the main courtyard, the rituals there had been completed and the masters were preparing to go to other courtyards.
Just as I breathed a sigh of relief, I heard someone remind me, "There's a side yard over there!"
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