"Today, I must see Miss Jiang Er. Who among you dares to stop me?"
After saying that, Jiang Xiancao led his men to break into the backyard of Marquis Wen Ning's mansion.
Marquis Wen Ning followed behind with a grim face, watching Jiang Xiancao enter the yard.
The steward beside him whispered:
"My Lord, what should we do now? Should we really let him take the Second Young Miss away?"
Marquis Wen Ning lowered his eyes.
Previously, Mr. Xuan asked someone to bring him a message saying that Jiang Xiancao and Shen Tingsi had exchanged identities. As long as he let Master Huiming bring Jiang Xiancao into the palace, he could expose everything to the emperor and make Prince Zhan, who had never let them go, pay the price.
He agreed and withdrew the guards patrolling outside the backyard at night, allowing the people from Tianming Pavilion to sneak in easily.
As a result, the person was taken away by Tianming Pavilion, but the task was not accomplished.
Not only was Jiang Xiancao's identity not exposed, Prince Zhan did not fall, and this little bitch gained more trust from the emperor and became more and more lawless.
When she had the audacity to send Shen Tingsi back to the Marquis of Wen Ning's mansion, the Marquis of Wen Ning suspected that this was a trap.
In addition, ever since Huiming's accident, he has been unable to contact anyone from Tianming Pavilion, so he didn't dare to do anything to Chen Tingsi in the past few days.
Now Jiang Xiancao wants to take people away. Although he is very angry that this bitch does not take Wen Ning Marquis Mansion seriously, it would be a good thing if Jiang Xiancao can take Shen Tingsi, the hot potato, away.
Thinking of this, Marquis Wen Ning sneered and said to the steward:
"Let them go, don't stop them."
It was the Ninth Prince who personally came to the Marquis Wen Ning's mansion and kidnapped his daughter.
As a father, he did not dare to stop the prince because of his status as a subject. To be honest, there was nothing wrong with him, and even if something happened later, it had nothing to do with him.
After Jiang Xiancao took Chen Tingsi away from the Marquis' Mansion, Marquis Wen Ning returned to his study to drink tea, hoping to calm himself down and think carefully about what to do next in order to turn the tide like last time.
At this time, the steward rushed into the study, so flustered that he even forgot the etiquette of knocking on the door.
"My Lord, something terrible has happened!"
Hearing the steward's tone that sounded like the sky was falling, Marquis Wen Ning instantly became irritated, "What are you yelling about? Just tell me what you have to say!"
The steward had no choice but to lower his voice, "My Lord, something happened at the manor in Qingcheng."
When Marquis Wen Ning heard this, his face changed suddenly.
He stood up suddenly, grabbed the steward by the collar and said, "What could have happened at the farm? Explain yourself clearly!"
The steward said tremblingly:
"The manor manager said a huge fire broke out a few days ago, burning down a lot of the land and houses!"
Marquis Wen Ning was shocked and angry, "How did the fire start? Did someone set it on purpose?!"
"The woman who cooked for the farmhands made a mistake while lighting the fire, and it just so happened that there were strong winds in Qingcheng those days, so the fire started."
Marquis Wen Ning said angrily:
"Where's that woman?"
The butler answered cautiously:
"People at the village found a charred body. Their face was unclear, but they had her clothes on."
Marquis Wen Ning was shocked and confused, "Did she really burn to death?"
The steward said:
"The dungeon where the woman was imprisoned was always locked tightly, and the fire broke out so suddenly that the people on the farm didn't have time to escape.
These people were not related to her at all, and they didn't even know there was a woman imprisoned in the village. Who wouldn't run for their lives at this time and steal the cell key to save her? No matter how you look at it, she can't escape! "
Marquis Wen Ning felt that what the steward said made sense, but he still said cautiously:
"Let Old Tian, who manages the village, secretly find a coroner to perform an autopsy on the charred corpse."
This woman's identity was not simple. He had to make sure that she was really dead and not just escaping in the chaos.
Otherwise, the Jiang family will surely be in great trouble!
"There is no time to lose. Send a message to Qingcheng immediately using the fastest horse!" Marquis Wen Ning urged in a deep voice.
The steward hurried out of the study and met Old Madam Qin who was standing outside the door.
Madam Qin pushed the steward aside, walked into the study, pointed at Marquis Wen Ning and said:
"Back then I wanted to kill that jinx, but you insisted on sparing her life! Now something bad has happened!"
Marquis Wenning remained silent, and Old Lady Qin said angrily:
"Do you really believe that the fire was just an accident? It's obvious that someone found out something and set the fire to cause chaos, and then took her away in the confusion—"
"Mother, stop talking."
Marquis Wen Ning's tone was gloomy, "My son spared her life not because he still had feelings for her, but because..."
He leaned close to Madam Qin's ear and whispered something.
After hearing this, Old Lady Qin's expression turned extremely ugly.
"She had her reasons for not wanting to die back then, but after all these years, she's no longer of any use to the Jiang family. As long as we can confirm that she's truly dead, my son can put this matter to rest, and my mother won't have to worry."
Madam Qin asked anxiously, "But how can you be sure she's really dead? If that charred corpse isn't hers, and she's all gone, where are you going to find her?"
Marquis Wen Ning said coldly, "My son has his own way."
"You must settle this matter, otherwise our whole family will lose our heads."
Before leaving, Old Madam Qin turned back to look at Marquis Wen Ning and said, "Especially, we must not let anyone in the royal family know that the missing Princess Lin Yue was hidden by our Jiang family."
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