Jiang Xiancao thought that she was taken back to the Marquis' Mansion because Old Madam Qin was seriously ill. The Jiang family had sought out many famous doctors but none of them could cure the old lady. In desperation, they invited a folk sorcerer, who gave them a secret recipe, saying that the old lady's direct granddaughter had to follow the ritual on the recipe and stay by her grandmother's bedside for three days and three nights, and only then would the old lady's illness be cured.
Jiang Huaizhu is not Madam Qin's biological granddaughter, so of course she cannot save the old lady's life.
But according to common sense, when an ordinary family sees that the sorcerer's prescription is not working, the first thing they would do is to suspect that the sorcerer is playing tricks and giving a useless fake prescription to fool people, rather than questioning whether their daughter is not their biological daughter. However, the people in the Marquis' Mansion immediately sent people out to look for the real daughter.
It was as if someone had known that the real lady had become a wanderer among the people.
At that time, the people from the Marquis' Mansion found her in a restaurant outside the capital in just a short time.
On the first day she returned to the Marquis' Mansion, Madam Shu, who had served the old lady for many years, took her hand and said that she looked very much like the old lady when she was young. The people who went out to look for her recognized her based on the portrait of the old lady when she was young.
Jiang Xiancao was suddenly struck by good fortune and longed for family affection, so he had no doubt about this statement.
Thinking about it now, this excuse is really far-fetched.
Afterwards, she followed the sorcerer's instructions and stayed by the old lady's bedside. She didn't close her eyes for three days and three nights, and pulled the old lady back from the brink of death. However, her own body became weak and she fell ill every other day.
She just thought that she had been used to a hard life, and suddenly she was living the life of a marquis' daughter, and her body could not bear this blessing. She also self-deprecatingly thought that this was her own cheap life.
Later, the maid in the old lady's room let the cat out of the bag, and Jiang Xiancao learned that the sorcerer used the method of borrowing life to save the old lady, and for it to be effective, the old lady's same-sex descendant who was related by blood must offer ten years of life.
Under the deception of everyone in the Marquis' Mansion, she unknowingly gave up ten years of her life for Old Madam Qin. This was the real reason why Old Madam Qin called her back to the mansion and acknowledged her as her granddaughter.
Old Madam Qin knew that she had heard about this, so she called her to her room and gave her a severe lecture:
"Why, are you unwilling to save me?"
"You're a young woman who could live a hundred years. What's the point of giving me ten years of your life? Or are you so heartless and ungrateful that you're willing to watch your own grandmother die on her bed?"
"If you are truly so cruel, then my Jiang family shouldn't have recognized you. We should have let you stay in that shabby tavern outside Beijing, continuing to pour wine for those men with bad intentions. When you get old enough, you can marry an old man and become his mistress, being beaten and scolded by your husband and mistress day and night. That's the life you deserve!"
After hearing these words, she cried heartbrokenly.
It wasn't because of the ten years of life left, but because she didn't understand why her grandmother didn't pity or love her at all even though she was her grandmother's granddaughter, and could say such cruel words to her?
Now she understands everything.
The Jiang family never had any affection for her, any debt or need to make amends. She was a child that was not expected or loved by the Jiang family since she was born.
They disliked and hated her because of her biological mother, but were unwilling to let her go. They used family affection and the grace of giving birth to kidnap her and would not stop until they had squeezed out every last bit of her usefulness.
What a clean and upright family tradition the Wen Ning Marquis Mansion has, what a noble and elegant Jiang family that has been passed down for a hundred years.
Jiang Xiancao slowly closed her eyes to hide the overwhelming hatred in them.
Jiang Jinyi looked at her nervously and called out softly, "Prince?"
After another long while, Jiang Xiancao finally opened his eyes.
Those bright eyes were still cold, without revealing any emotion.
Jiang Jinyi couldn't figure out what she was thinking now, and whether she thought his information was worth it. "Your Highness, you won't regret it, will you?"
Hearing this, Jiang Xiancao raised the corners of his mouth and chuckled:
"Don't worry, I will never go back on my word. I will give you everything I promised you."
Jiang Jinyi wanted to appear more reserved, but he couldn't hide the joy on his face.
Jiang Xiancao looked at him selfishly, as he used his sister's life experience as a bargaining chip to exchange for his own future, and then forgot about his sister after getting what he wanted. The corners of his mouth rose again.
The upper beam is crooked and the lower beams are crooked too. The Jiang family is indeed rotten to the core.
However, she would still need Jiang Jinyi, the traitor, in the future, so she did not show her disdain and disgust towards him. Instead, she smiled and patted his shoulder:
"This prince will find a reason for you to be reinstated before Jiang Jinyan so that others will not suspect you.
In the future, you must work even harder at the Jiang family to gather useful intelligence for this prince. As long as you do well, this prince will continue to reward you. You will surely rise to prominence in the officialdom and crush Jiang Jinyan, that arrogant and conceited fool, under his feet."
Jiang Jinyi's eyes were shining, but he quickly concealed his thoughts as if embarrassed, lowered his head and bowed respectfully to Jiang Xiancao:
"Jinyi thanks His Majesty for your help."
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The first thing Jiang Xiancao did when he returned to the palace was to ask Tinglan to investigate what Jiang Jinyi had said.
"Immediately send someone to investigate privately to find out if Marquis Wenning had kept a mistress outside the palace sixteen years ago. I want to know where he kept that woman, her status and where she came from, whether she had any relatives, and where she went afterwards."
Although Jiang Jinyi said that the old lady had dealt with all those who knew about it, she firmly believed that anything that happened would leave traces.
Jiang Xiancao was very eager to know what kind of person her biological mother was and whether she was still alive somewhere in this world.
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