Chapter 134: Two Worlds Separated by a Wall
In order to convict Chu Hean and Concubine Wan, Anu's personal testimony is still necessary, so that they can be directly dragged from a high position to the abyss, with no chance of recovery.
But before that, if Anu fell into Chu Hean's hands first, wouldn't all their efforts be in vain?
"Don't worry, Miss. Anu has been taken away by Cang Yi."
Jiang Qingyue breathed a sigh of relief and turned to look at Yuxiao again.
"It's just one sentence, is there any need to split it into two?"
Yu Xiao chuckled, "Yes, I know I was wrong."
After such a commotion, Mrs. Li’s birthday party naturally could not go on, and everyone dispersed early.
Jiang Guiyu almost cried to death in the carriage, and Mrs. Jiang's face was even darker and more frightening.
Jiang Shouye's carriage followed closely behind. Madam Jiang immediately ran up to him and said, "Master, you don't know that at Madam Li's birthday banquet today, the people from the Xuanping Marquis' Mansion were really too bullying. They..."
She talked incessantly, wanting to tell her everything, but Jiang Guiyu was perceptive and gently pulled her back.
Only then did Mrs. Jiang see Jiang Shouye's ugly face, and her heart sank suddenly.
"Master, what happened?"
Jiang Shouye's ugly face gradually became solemn.
"Xie Lingyun is dead."
who?
Xie Lingyun?
The Jiang family's mother and daughter were terrified.
"When did this happen? Why did my cousin just say that Prince Xie would be back soon?"
Jiang Shouye shook his head. "The Seventh Prince wrote back to the capital, saying that Xie Lingyun had contracted the plague and had been dead for several days."
Mrs. Jiang's expression changed again.
"But my cousin just now..."
Jiang Guiyu supported Mrs. Jiang steadily, lowered his head, and then used a handkerchief to cover his cough, but a smile kept appearing on the corners of his mouth.
"Mother, isn't Sister Qingyue a skilled doctor? How could she have let Master Xie die of the plague? Was Sister Qingyue afraid of being held accountable by the Marquis Xuanping's residence, so she tried to fool the Marquis's family? The Marquis's wife thought Master Xie would return, so she acted so brazenly at Old Madam Li's birthday banquet..."
After hearing Jiang Guiyu's words, Jiang Shouye and his wife both looked dissatisfied.
"How did the Second House raise their children? Even after such a big incident, they still wanted to lie!"
"The Imperial Concubine is also misjudging the situation. Sending her to treat the plague is simply sending her to her own death."
Listening to his parents scolding him one by one, Jiang Guiyu felt quite happy.
Although it was not Jiang Qingyue who died in the plague, it was Xie Lingyun, and the Xuanping Marquis Mansion would definitely not let her go.
Not long after returning to the mansion, Jiang Guiyu thought about it again and again, and asked someone to prepare a carriage and go to Lu Tingzhi's mansion.
As soon as she saw Lu Tingzhi, Jiang Guiyu burst into tears, "Brother Tingzhi, my father said that Prince Xie died of the plague? Is that true?"
Lu Tingzhi's expression was exactly the same as Jiang Shouye's.
He was silent for a while before nodding, "I just received the news that Master Xie is indeed dead."
Cough cough.
Jiang Guiyu seemed to be coughing, but in fact he could hardly suppress the joy in his heart.
Jiang Qingyue is dead this time.
But after a moment, Jiang Guiyu realized something was wrong.
In the past, Lu Tingzhi would get extremely nervous whenever she coughed, but today she coughed for so long, but Lu Tingzhi didn't react at all.
Jiang Guiyu looked at his expression carefully and saw that he looked worried.
She choked up and said, "The Xuanping Marquisate trusted Sister Qingyue so much, ahem, and yet she got into such a disaster. Brother Tingzhi, will the Xuanping Marquisate vent their anger on our Jiang family?"
After she finished her last word, she realized that Lu Tingzhi's expression seemed to be even uglier.
"Guiyu, Qingyue is also your sister. Why do you only want the Jiang family to be free of guilt, but not consider Qingyue's safety?"
Jiang Guiyu was stunned for a moment.
Lu Tingzhi, are you blaming her?
"I...cough cough!"
She suddenly became anxious and started coughing violently.
Lu Tingzhi also realized that what he had just said was a bit inappropriate, so he hurriedly patted her back to calm her down.
The belated tenderness still made Jiang Guiyu feel dissatisfied. Coupled with the anger he had suffered at the Li family before, Jiang Guiyu was unable to breathe and fainted in Lu Tingzhi's arms.
Lu Tingzhi's face changed drastically. He picked her up and urged the servants to call a doctor.
When Lu's mother got the news and rushed over, the doctor had already given her an injection, but she was still unconscious.
Seeing that Lu Tingzhi had been sitting next to her and watching, Lu's mother called her over in a deep voice.
"I heard that he fainted after coughing twice? With Jiang Guiyu's body, who knows how long he can hold on. Tingzhi, why don't you meet Miss Li from the Minister of War's family who I told you about last time?"
Lu Tingzhi was a little annoyed, "Mom, what nonsense are you talking about?"
Mother Lu said patiently, "If you really can't let go of Jiang Guiyu, you can take her home as a concubine. She's not the Jiang family's biological daughter. Her biological parents are criminal slaves in the northern border. How can her status compare to that of the Li family's young lady, Li Yuting?"
"By the way, I also heard that there is a princess who also likes you and was asking about you a while ago..."
"mother!"
Lu Tingzhi interrupted her loudly.
After taking a look at the unconscious Jiang Guiyu, Lu Tingzhi hurriedly pulled his mother outside.
The moment the door closed, Jiang Guiyu opened his eyes.
Her eyes were clear, and she didn't look sleepy at all.
Bai family?
Li family?
These two people seemed to be on good terms with her, but unexpectedly they both wanted to compete for the position of Ting's brother?
What criminal slave from the Northern Frontier? Her parents are the legitimate masters of the Jiang family, and she is the daughter of the Jiang family.
Lu Tingzhi can only be hers!
"It's almost Chinese New Year and you're still fainting in someone else's house. How unlucky!"
Mother Lu's voice still came through.
"I'll ask the Jiang family to take her away soon. What nonsense!"
"I understand, mother."
Hearing these words, Jiang Guiyu gritted his teeth and held back his coughing and crying.
In the blink of an eye, another day passed.
Yuxiao put the cloak on Jiang Qingyue and said, "Miss, you have been looking at me for a long time."
Jiang Qingyue then withdrew her gaze from the distant city wall and asked, "Still no news of returning to the city today?"
Yuxiao shook her head.
If there really was news of returning to the city, Chu Hean would have already started packing up.
Jiang Qingyue also shook her head, "I'm afraid I can't go back today."
The people were in a daze, and many of them could not tell the time.
But there were also people who counted the numbers on the wooden shelf of the medical tent and shouted after half a day.
"Today is New Year's Eve."
Because of the epidemic, everyone was already familiar with each other. When they talked about the New Year celebrations in their hometowns, the medical tent suddenly became lively.
"I've lost my home, and I just barely survived... Now I just hope the next year won't be so hard."
I don't know who said this, but the lively atmosphere suddenly became quiet again.
From this moment until dark, the medical tent was completely silent.
Suddenly, with a bang, the entire night sky was lit up. Everyone looked up and realized that someone in the city had set off fireworks to celebrate New Year's Eve.
Fireworks are beautiful, but they only last for a moment.
But before the splendor faded, a second, bigger and more beautiful firework was set off.
"Mom, it's New Year's!"
A few children ran out of the medical tent. They were dressed in rags and looked skinny, but they were still pointing excitedly at the night sky and cheering.
Soon after, more and more people came to watch the fun.
It should have been the same night sky, and the bustle should have belonged to everyone, but because of a wall, the people were divided into two worlds.
Just at this moment, the sound of horse hooves came from afar.
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