Chapter 691 I think this punishment is too light
"Duanhe, Duanhe, I was wrong."
Ji Li was screaming madly, his face twisted in pain.
Those who were caned were all the eldest princess's men. Since they treated the princess so badly, they naturally beat her as hard as they could.
"Duanhe, if you don't think about yourself, think about Ruirui. She is a child of our Ji family, and family disgrace should not be made public."
Madam Ji thought she could use Rui Rui to control Duan He, and sure enough, Princess Duan He hesitated for a moment.
The princess glanced at Madam Ji calmly and said, "I will ask the emperor to let Rui Rui take her mother's surname."
She only gave birth to Duan and He in her life, so it was a good thing to let Ruirui use her husband's surname.
"No, how can we change Rui Rui's last name?"
Ji Li was in great pain. At this moment, he might be regretting in his heart, regretting favoring his concubine and ignoring his wife.
However, Duanhe said firmly, "Mother, I want to divorce him."
"Okay, Mom will help you."
The eldest princess acted decisively and arrested all the culprits, as well as the head of the Ji family.
"Wan Wan, I'll leave Duan and I to you first. Please help take care of her."
"Don't worry, auntie. I will take good care of Duan, sister, and Ruirui."
Jiang Wan readily agreed and watched the eldest princess take the person away. Qiu Yan stepped forward and picked up Princess Duanhe.
The servants packed up casually and took away Duanhe and Ruirui's things, and they set off together back to the Princess's Mansion.
The people in the Princess's Mansion had already received the news. Their princess had been tortured like this, and they all hated the Ji family to the core.
Finally, we returned to the courtyard where Princess Duanhe lived before she got married. The eldest princess often sent people to clean it, so it was very clean.
"Qiu Yan, take someone to get the medicine. I'll give the princess acupuncture first."
Jiang Wan swiftly wrote down a prescription and handed it to Qiu Yan. Just as she was about to give the princess acupuncture, Rui Rui was unwilling to go out.
"Rui Rui, I'm going to treat your mother. Can you wait outside?"
Jiang Wan tried to soften her voice, but Rui Rui still shook her head, "No, I don't want to go out."
If she goes out, will she never see her mother again?
Princess Duanhe forced a smile with difficulty, "Rui Rui, be good, mom is here, you won't go anywhere."
"Okay then. Rui Rui will wait for her mother at the door."
Rui Rui spoke clearly and her tone was very serious. Jiang Wan shook hands with her.
"Don't worry, Auntie won't lie to Ruirui."
She gave the maid a look and the maid coaxed Ruirui out.
A maid was also left behind to take off Duan He's clothes. When Jiang Wan saw the crisscrossing scars on Duan He's back, her pupils shrank slightly.
"He actually dared to hit you?"
It seems that the eldest princess was too lenient just now. The Ji family is so brave!
"My mother carried my father's coffin back home, and the Ji family... ahem... thought I had no one to rely on."
Princess Duanhe was not a gentle person, but for the sake of her Ruirui, she had been enduring it.
"These are all old injuries from a long time ago. After mother came back, he didn't dare to do it."
As she spoke, Princess Duanhe burst into tears again, blaming her for being credulous and thinking that Ji Li had changed a lot, and even having the foolish idea of living a good life with him.
Unexpectedly, they plotted against her and even lost her child.
"Have a good night's sleep."
Jiang Wan couldn't bear to let Duan He suffer any more pain, so she lit incense in the room.
Soon Duanhe fell asleep slowly, and Jiang Wan then took the needle and began to give acupuncture to Princess Duanhe.
She had many old injuries on her body, and one acupuncture treatment was definitely not enough. Jiang Wan felt really uncomfortable.
It turns out that domestic violence men in ancient times were so terrible. He didn't care about Duanhe's identity.
Half an hour later, Jiang Wan finished the acupuncture, with sweat on her forehead. She transferred some of her supernatural powers to Duanhe, and Duanhe's complexion looked visibly better.
Another quarter of an hour passed before Jiang Wan removed the needle and Duanhe fell asleep peacefully.
"Duanhe."
The eldest princess came back from the palace. She walked in hurriedly and Jiang Wan made a hushing gesture to her.
"Shh..."
She pointed at Princess Duanhe on the bed, and the princess breathed a sigh of relief and said:
"I fell asleep."
"Let's go outside and talk."
Jiang Wan made a gesture and the two of them left the room. Rui Rui was waiting outside.
"Aunt, how is my mother?"
"Don't worry, it's okay."
Jiang Wan hugged Rui Rui. With the eldest princess around, the little girl seemed to be more relaxed.
"Rui Rui, your mother is asleep now. You should go and have a rest for a while. Come and accompany her when she wakes up, okay?"
The eldest princess softened her voice, which became much gentler, far different from her fierce appearance just now.
Since her grandmother had said so, Rui Rui no longer insisted and was taken away by the maid to rest.
After tossing and turning for so long, the eldest princess looked a little tired, and Jiang Wan gently pressed her head.
"Don't worry, auntie, I will cure Duan and sister."
"Thank you for your hard work, Wanwan."
The eldest princess was full of gratitude, "Just now I brought the Ji family into the palace, and they admitted their crime of favoring concubines and ignoring their wives.
The emperor stripped the Ji family of their title, and the head of the Ji family also lost his official position. Ji Li and the concubine were sent to a temple and a nunnery respectively.
To be honest, I think the punishment is too light, but the emperor said Duanhe is still alive, so it’s not a good idea to kill them directly.”
"For those who are high up in the world to suddenly fall into the mud is probably more painful than losing their lives."
Jiang Wan was more open-minded. "If they are so spoiled like that, I'm afraid they won't live long."
"You are right."
The princess sighed deeply, "I went to the battlefield in my early years, and my body is very weak, so it is not easy for me to get pregnant.
But my husband has only me as his wife. I took a lot of medicine and got pregnant with Duanhe when I was nearly 40 years old. If I had known this, I would not have let her get married.
I should find a few handsome young men and have them marry into the Princess's mansion."
"That's a good idea, aunt."
Jiang Wan had read in storybooks that many princesses kept male lovers, and princesses like the eldest princess and county princesses certainly had the capital to do so.
"Let's talk about it later."
The eldest princess was already old, and she felt very uncomfortable after such a commotion. Jiang Wan gave her acupuncture before she said goodbye.
"You've been busy following me all day, go back and have a good rest."
The eldest princess gave Jiang Wan a lot of good things, and Jiang Wan couldn't refuse, so she had to take them back.
She was indeed tired today. After returning home, she went straight into the space to freshen up and take a short nap.
When she woke up, her stomach was growling with hunger, so she got a pheasant from the space and took out some mutton that she had frozen earlier.
Jiang Wan prepared some barbecue seasoning and put it into the food box. Just as she was about to look for Song Jiuyuan, she saw Song Jiuyuan climbing in through the window.
Jiang Wan: ...
"Wan Wan, what are you doing?"
Song Jiuyuan looked confused, and Jiang Wan was speechless, "I'll treat you to barbecue."
She opened the door and walked in confidently. Song Jiuyuan followed her. Qiu Yan in the side hall was surprised when she saw Song Jiuyuan.
"Qiu Yan, go prepare some charcoal."
Jiang Wan had no plan to go out again, so she simply asked Qiu Yan to prepare some ingredients.
Qiu Yan didn't suspect anything and thought that the food box was brought by Song Jiuyuan, so she happily went to the small kitchen.
Everything was ready. Qiu Yan, Muxiang and Lushui were grilling food skillfully, while Song Jiuyuan and Jiang Wan were sitting on the couch.
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