Chapter 176 Jiang Family
Shu Yu was different from ordinary people. Ordinary people were afraid of government soldiers and wanted to stay far away from them, as if they would be arrested as criminals if they got too close.
But she didn't feel that way about the officers and soldiers; in fact, she was happy to interact with them.
So they were only slightly surprised to see soldiers guarding the Ding residence.
When they tried to enter, the soldiers didn't stop them or even make things difficult for them. She felt that there wouldn't be any major problems with the Ding family.
But there are some things she still wants to figure out.
"I heard that the county magistrate was arrested, and many wealthy families in Jiangyuan County were summoned for questioning by the new official, and their families were not allowed to leave their homes. But yesterday, the escaped criminal was caught, and those wealthy families were all released and sent home. Why does it seem like Master Ding hasn't returned yet?"
Xiaoyun was stunned, a look of astonishment flashing across her face. "Manager Lu, you know all this?" How could she have dared to come in with her?
"I know more than just that." She was the one who caught the fugitive.
Shu Yu and Daya continued walking forward, and Xiao Yun quickly followed.
This time, she didn't hide it anymore. She gave a wry smile and explained, "Manager Lu guessed correctly. All the other wealthy families in the county town have been released, only my master is still at the county government office. The Jiang family of Jiangyuan County, who were originally engaged to our family, they..."
"The Jiang family?" Shu Yu suddenly interrupted her, asking, "The Jiang family that runs a winery?"
"Yes, that's their house."
Shu Yu was surprised. The person she wanted to get close to was Deng, the second daughter-in-law of the Jiang family. And through Deng, she wanted to get to know her cousin, Chang, the wife of the Vice Minister of the Court of Judicial Review.
Unexpectedly, the Jiang family and the Ding family had a marriage agreement.
Hmm? Wait a minute, when she passed by the Ding family's gate just now, she seemed to have heard the words 'announcement of the engagement'.
Could it be...?
Sure enough, the next moment, Xiaoyun said, "The young master of the Jiang family is engaged to our third young lady. They were summoned to the county government office before. Yesterday, all the wealthy families, including Master Jiang, went home. But our master is still in the county government office today. The Jiang family thinks something bad is going to happen to our Ding family, so they came over early this morning and broke off the engagement with our third young lady."
Three black lines appeared on Shu Yu's forehead as Xiao Yun grew increasingly angry, "They broke off the engagement, fine, but they were clearly afraid of dying, yet they still tried to shift the blame onto our Ding family. They said our Third Miss was an illegitimate daughter, not presentable, and other things... In short, they said some very hurtful things. How could our Third Miss bear this? She tried to kill herself on the spot, holding a shard of porcelain to cut her own throat. Our young lady tried to stop her, and in the struggle, the shard cut her forehead..."
Shu Yu was momentarily speechless.
Da Ya was also quite moved. She had experienced those messy things herself, so she could understand that feeling all the more.
Shu Yu refrained from expressing any opinion for the time being, and the three of them had already arrived at the Moon Pavilion where Ding Yuehua lived.
There was a person kneeling in the corridor outside Moon Pavilion. Xiao Yun whispered, "This is our Third Miss."
The third girl lowered her head and remained silent, only occasionally swaying her body.
Hearing the noise, he glanced in this direction.
Shu Yu saw her clearly; she was completely different from Ding Yuehua. In fact, this third young lady was much more beautiful.
There were three or four people in the Moon Pavilion. One of them, a woman, looked somewhat haggard and was wiping her eyes while resting her head on her hand.
(End of this chapter)
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