Chapter 196 Leaving Jizhou and hiding his identity
A post station somewhere.
"Daddy, save me, save Yao'er."
Jiang Qinian was awakened from his sleep by a nightmare.
He sat up and looked at the dark room, wiping the cold sweat from his forehead.
Just now, he seemed to hear Yao'er's cry for help...
Jiang Qinian murmured to himself, "With the Prime Minister's Mansion as my backing, no one dares to bully Yao'er."
"It's just a dream."
Under self-hypnosis, Jiang Qinian's lingering fear gradually disappeared.
He stood up and left the room, staring blankly at the endless night.
The news of the theft of disaster relief grain will sooner or later be reported back to the capital.
How about writing a letter tomorrow and sending someone back to the capital in advance to inform the emperor of the situation in Jizhou?
By the time they returned to Beijing, the emperor had almost calmed down.
It’s a good opportunity to “step down and let the wise take over”.
After Xiao Chengjin ascends the throne...
Zhou family.
After calming down, Shen Yan looked at Jiang Yunyao's body and felt inexplicably scared.
She pretended to be calm and asked, "Did anyone see you strangling her to death?"
Zhou Zexuan nodded dully, then shook his head.
"Yan, Yan'er, I don't know either..."
"Oh, by the way, Qiao'er seemed to be in the yard at that time."
Shen Yan recalled the scene when she entered the yard and frowned.
"She's already run away." After Shen Yan finished speaking, a gloomy look flashed in her eyes.
Let’s deal with the current matter first. Qiao’er’s indenture contract is still in the mansion. I don’t think she would dare to tell anyone about this.
"Zhou Zexuan, carry 'her' into the side room first. Then go to your mother and confess the matter."
"Okay, okay, I'll listen to you." The frightened Zhou Zexuan was like a tool, and he carried Jiang Yunyao's body into the side room very obediently.
After making sure that no one else was alarmed, the two men carried Zhou Anshuo and walked stealthily towards Old Lady Zhou's yard.
At this moment, Mr. Zhou, who was wide awake, was sitting beside Old Madam Zhou's bed and cursing Jiang Yunyao.
There are few daughters-in-law in the world who can make their mother-in-law so angry that she faints.
"Madam, the upbringing of the eldest daughter of the Prime Minister's Mansion is just like this, arrogant, domineering and vulgar."
"If we had known this, we wouldn't have tried to climb high branches."
"As the saying goes, a bad wife brings trouble to her husband. This daughter-in-law is far worse than the previous one."
"As soon as the Prime Minister's relatives left, she deliberately made you sick. This is simply too much."
After hearing this, Mrs. Zhou was also very angry.
But when I think about the future when my family can move to Beijing, I feel a little more balanced.
"Now that things have come to this, what else can we do?"
"After all, we were the ones who made the mistake first."
"Besides, she is the eldest daughter of the Prime Minister's Mansion. It would be unfair for her to marry our Xuan'er."
"Well, at worst we can just avoid her from now on."
"When she gets pregnant with Xuan'er's child, maybe she'll be able to calm down a bit..."
Before Mrs. Zhou could finish her words, Zhou Zexuan and Shen Yan rushed in.
The old couple was just about to scold Zhou Zexuan for not showing up for several days when they discovered that he was holding Zhou Anshuo, who was covered in wounds, in his arms.
How could this normally lively and cheerful grandson become like this?
The old couple looked at the scene in front of them with dull expressions.
The next moment, a surge of anger rushed into their heads...
Who is so bold?
Mr. Zhou was trembling all over and asked with gritted teeth, "Who did this?"
"Who beat my good grandson like this?"
"Speak up!"
Mrs. Zhou looked at the miserable state of her beloved grandson and cried and cursed, "Wow, it must have been that vicious woman who did it."
"Ah, ah, damn it, I'm going to go find that vicious woman and settle the score."
Chen Yan was afraid that the old couple's scolding would attract the attention of the servants in the mansion, so she couldn't help but shout in a low voice: "Enough!"
"Stop howling!"
"If you hadn't wanted to climb up the social ladder, my son wouldn't have suffered so much."
"All of this is caused by your greed."
On the way here, Shen Yan had already made a decision.
The Zhou family is finished.
Fortunately, he and Zhou Zexuan have already divorced.
Truth will come to light sooner or later. Prime Minister Jiang will know about Jiang Yunyao's death in Zhou Mansion.
She didn't want her son to live a wandering life with them.
So, I took this opportunity to take my son and break off all ties with them.
Chen Yan's angry look frightened Mr. and Mrs. Zhou.
Madam Zhou stared at Chen Yan in amazement, "Yan'er, you, you..."
Isn’t Yan’er the most filial?
Shen Yan glanced at Mr. and Mrs. Zhou with contempt, and said in a low voice: "Jiang Yunyao has been strangled to death by your good son."
"So, you guys quickly think of a way to solve the next problem."
Mr. and Mrs. Zhou were almost shocked by the news.
The old couple looked terrified and felt as if the sky had fallen.
"Xuan'er, what you and Yan'er said is true..."
This was also Zhou Zexuan’s first time killing someone.
At this moment, his face was pale and he was in a state of shock.
The image of Jiang Yunyao "dying with her eyes open" lingered in his mind.
He felt that Jiang Yunyao would come after him at any time...
Facing Madam Zhou's questioning, he replied in a trembling voice: "Mother, what Yan'er said is true."
"That vicious woman not only made you faint from rage, she also whipped Shuo'er with a horsewhip and threatened to pull out his tendons and skin him alive."
"The son was so angry that he lost his mind... and accidentally strangled her to death."
Upon hearing this, Madam Zhou was both anxious and angry. "Xuan'er, that's the eldest daughter of the Prime Minister's Mansion. You are so confused!"
"Our Zhou family is about to face a disaster." Old Madam Zhou couldn't catch her breath and fainted on the bed.
Mr. Zhou stood there quietly, his only thought being: run away.
He left Jizhou and lived in hiding.
After he calmed down, he looked at Zhou Zexuan with a gloomy face.
"Xuan'er, who else knows about this?"
Zhou Zexuan replied in a whisper, "Qiao'er, you should have seen it."
Upon hearing this, Mr. Zhou narrowed his eyes.
By this time, the person had already run away.
Forget it, she is just a servant. I don’t think she would dare to tell this to anyone.
Mr. Zhou's brain raced: deal with that old woman Zhou, dismiss the servants, and then dispose of the fertile land and shops...
With this wealth, the Zhou family can still make a comeback by moving to another place.
Zhou Anshuo, who was awakened by the pain, whimpered in Zhou Zexuan's arms: "Daddy, Shuo'er is in pain..."
Only now did Shen Yan remember to find a doctor.
She said to Mr. Zhou and his son in a negotiating tone, "If it's for Shuo'er's own good, leave Shuo'er to me 'temporarily'."
"When you find a place to stay, send someone to pick up Shuo'er."
Although Mr. Zhou was reluctant, he still agreed to Chen Yan.
“Chen Yan, you must treat Shuo’er well. In the future, the Zhou family will not treat you unfairly.”
"By the way, after we have dealt with the family business, we will leave you and your son a sum of money, enough for you and your son to live a worry-free life."
Shen Yan walked up to Zhou Zexuan and gently took Zhou Anshuo.
"Don't worry, Shuo'er is my biological son, he is my life, I will naturally treat him well."
"There's no time to lose, so hurry up and deal with 'that person'!"
Bah! Who would believe your nonsense?
You used to say that you would not treat me unfairly, but after you got into the Prime Minister's Mansion, you still treated me like a worn-out shoe.
You deserve this fate!
After Shen Yan finished speaking, she carried Zhou Anshuo and ran straight to the back door of Zhou Mansion.
Zhou Zexuan looked at the backs of Shen Yan and her son as they left, feeling extremely regretful.
I had originally dreamed of climbing up to the Prime Minister's Mansion and becoming a high-ranking official in the capital...
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