Chapter 77 should also be cut off as soon as possible.
When Jiang Yu and Lu Yifang arrived at the Marquis of Anyuan's residence, they went directly to the back courtyard where the Marquis's wife lived. Upon entering the hall, the Marquis's wife was chatting and laughing with her granddaughters. Seeing the mother and daughters arrive, she smiled and invited them to sit down beside her.
After talking for a while, it seemed that the two of them had something to say, so Lady Anyuan asked her granddaughters to go back, leaving only the three of them in the hall.
In front of her closest loved ones, Lu Yifang could no longer control herself, and tears streamed down her face. She grabbed the sleeve of the Lady of Anyuan Marquis and sobbed uncontrollably.
Lady Anyuan was startled and quickly put her arm around her, saying, "What happened? Tell me, and your father and I will stand up for you."
Lu Yifang was crying so hard she couldn't speak, so Jiang Yu explained how Jiang Jiamu and Jiang Jiarong's identities had been switched. After listening, Lady Anyuan was stunned for a long time before reacting. She looked at Jiang Yu and asked, "Is the evidence conclusive?"
Jiang Yu nodded solemnly, "The evidence is conclusive."
Lady Anyuan's eyes welled up with tears, but she gritted her teeth and asked Jiang Yu, "How does your grandfather intend to resolve this?"
She had to protect the interests of her daughter and grandson.
Jiang Yu knew that the Lady of Anyuan Marquis harbored many grievances against the Duke of Chu because of this matter. She stood up and said with utmost sincerity:
"Jiang Jiarong has committed suicide out of fear of punishment, and his funeral will be held according to the regulations for a son born out of wedlock. Brother Jiamu will be the eldest grandson of the Duke of Chu's family from now on."
"That's how it should be." Lady Anyuan was still angry, but she was mainly worried about her daughter.
“Yes,” Jiang Yu said, bending slightly at the waist, “Grandfather knows that Mother and Brother Jiamu have suffered a great injustice in this matter, and he will make amends in the future.”
Lady Anyuan was taken aback by her words; such remarks should have come from the Duke of Chu or the head of his household. She looked Jiang Yu up and down with a complex expression.
Jiang Yu calmly accepted her scrutiny, and when their eyes met, he gave her a composed smile.
Lady Anyuan, her heart filled with complex emotions, withdrew her gaze and then said, "The eldest daughter of the Marquis of Jiangling is... Jiang Jiarong's wife. Would the Marquis of Jiangling agree to this?"
“Grandfather has decided to sever all ties with the Marquis of Jiangling’s mansion,” Jiang Yu said.
Lady Anyuan was shocked again, and then Jiang Yu said, "Let Mother tell you about the Jiangling Marquis's affairs. Your granddaughter wants to see her maternal grandfather."
Lady Anyuan paused for a moment, then said, "Your maternal grandfather should be in the study. Have Lianrong take you there."
Lianrong, a maidservant serving Lady Anyuan, was waiting outside the door. Hearing Lady Anyuan call her, she lifted the curtain and came in.
"Take Zhu'er to the Marquis's study in the front courtyard," said Lady Anyuan.
Although Lianrong was surprised that Jiang Yu went to the front yard, she still smiled and agreed, then bowed to Jiang Yu, "Please, Miss."
Jiang Yu bowed to Lady Anyuan and then followed Lianrong out. Lady Anyuan took a handkerchief and wiped Lu Yifang's tears, saying, "If I had known that Jiang Chengye would be such a scoundrel, I would never have let you marry him."
Lu Yifang cried for a while, and after venting her grievances and pain, her emotions stabilized a lot.
She let out a long sigh and said, "I was just too heartbroken to see you. But I know that things are what they are, and I can only accept it and pull myself together."
Lady Anyuan was stunned, speechless, because she had never expected her usually gentle daughter to say such things when faced with such a big problem.
Seeing her expression, Lu Yifang knew what she was thinking. She wiped away her tears with a handkerchief and said, "Mother, I used to live a muddled life. I would leave everything to the Duke, and ask you and Father to solve it. But these days, seeing what Zhu'er has done, I suddenly realized how immature I was."
Lady Anyuan felt both gratified and heartbroken upon hearing this. Her daughter was forty years old, but in her eyes, she was still a child. For a child to suddenly grow up, it must have come after experiencing hardship and suffering.
“It’s good that you think that way.” Lady Anyuan took her hand and said, “But your father and I are healthy and can protect you for many more years. You don’t need to make things too difficult for yourself.”
Lu Yifang's eyes reddened again. She wiped her eyes with a handkerchief and said, "Zhu'er has only just returned after being lost for many years, and Jia Mu is in that situation. Mother, I must pull myself together."
Lady Anyuan shed tears of heartache again. "Alright, but as I said before, don't be too hard on yourself. If anything happens, tell me and your father."
Lu Yifang nodded, and the Lady of Anyuan Marquis wiped away her tears again, then asked, "Does the Duke of Chu have any plans for Zhu'er's future?"
Lu Yifang nodded, "I told you before that I suspected the Duke wanted to send Zhu'er to the palace. In fact, the Duke wanted to raise Zhu'er as his heir."
She recounted the interactions between the Duke of Chu and Jiang Yu over the past few days, and then said, "I think it will be difficult for Zhu'er on this path, but Zhu'er says she likes it."
After listening to her words, Lady Anyuan pondered for a long time and said, "If that's the case, then the Duke of Chu has made a wise choice. With Jiamu's health in such a state and Yun Kang being too young, the only one who can support the Duke of Chu's mansion right now is Zhu'er."
He had also heard about Jiang Yu's performance in the Imperial Study from Marquis Anyuan. At the time, Marquis Anyuan even lamented that Jiang Yu wasn't a real man.
“Don’t worry too much,” Lady Anyuan said, holding her hand. “Zhu’er is intelligent and has the support of the Duke of Chu. Her future won’t be as difficult as you imagine. Besides, we, the Marquis of Anyuan, still have her.”
Hearing this, Lu Yifang seemed reassured, and her face relaxed considerably. She turned her head and whispered in the ear of Lady Anyuan, "Mother, there's something important I need to tell you..."
She recounted the story of the Marquis of Nanling's smuggling of salt, leaving the Lady of the Marquis of Anyuan speechless with shock...
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In the study of Marquis Anyuan in the front courtyard, Jiang Yu was also telling Marquis Anyuan about Marquis Jiangling's smuggling of salt. Marquis Anyuan was shocked upon hearing this, but after regaining his composure, he asked, "How did you know?"
Jiang Yu thought to herself, "As expected of an old fox, he hit the nail on the head right away." However, there was nothing she couldn't say, so she replied:
"After my grandfather and I learned that Jiang Jiarong and Brother Jiamu had been switched, we thought that the Jiangling Marquis's Mansion would definitely make a fuss, so we thought of giving them some benefits in order to maintain the relationship between the two families."
My grandfather ordered someone to investigate whether the Marquis of Jiangling's residence had encountered any difficulties recently. If we could help them resolve the issue, it would be a way of doing them a favor. The investigation revealed that the Marquis of Anling was involved in smuggling salt.
Marquis Anyuan leaned back in his chair, his eyelids drooping in silence. Jiang Yu, unsure if there was any conflict of interest between him and Marquis Jiangling, asked again:
“Grandfather means that our Chu State Duke’s Mansion should completely sever ties with the Jiangling Marquis’s Mansion, and quickly. If you, maternal grandfather, have any dealings with the Anling Marquis, you should also sever ties as soon as possible.”
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