Madam Wu said that Da Qiao is now her most relied-upon daughter-in-law.
"Da Qiao has farm work to do today, how would she know you were coming? She went to discuss matters with the Wu County Colonial Farm Commandant."
Madam Wu did not understand.
"Sister, what are you discussing? What kind of commotion is this at your house?"
The matriarch of the Wu family was too lazy to explain to the younger matriarch of the Wu family.
Even if we tell Madam Wu to leave, she'll insist on staying.
Madam Wu waited patiently until nightfall.
We'll just have to wait and see what Qiao Jingjing does.
"Sister, your daughter-in-law is my daughter-in-law too. She's still not back late at night, and I'm more worried than you are."
Qiao Jingjing suddenly became the daughter-in-law of the sharp-tongued and mean-spirited Madam Wu.
Qiao Jingjing had just returned from discussing matters with the Prefect of Wu County and the Commandant of the Agricultural Settlement and other county officers, and came over to pay her respects to her mother-in-law.
She walked in with a smile.
"Oh my, Auntie is here. I thought she had gone back to Wucheng County."
Qiao Jingjing was already very outgoing.
Thinking back to how Lady Wu and Sun Kuang forcibly seized Sun Ce's marquisate, forcing him to go out and rob, kill, and commit arson at the young age of seventeen, he suffered endless hardships.
I felt uncomfortable as soon as I saw this mother and her two children.
"When will Aunt set off back to Wucheng County? As the Marquis of Wucheng, shouldn't Brother Kuang be concerned with the important agricultural affairs of the county? If the farming is neglected and the farmers have no harvest, there will be a rebellion in the fall."
Madam Wu was speechless after hearing Qiao Jingjing's words.
All I can do is sneer.
"Sister, your daughter-in-law is quite arrogant and doesn't respect me at all. I am, after all, the mother of the Marquis of Wucheng!"
Just now, Madam Wu had someone bring Qiao Jingjing a chair and then had someone serve her chicken soup with ginseng.
“My daughter-in-law is the most filial and reasonable.”
Madam Wu smiled.
Even though Madam Wu was rebuffed, she still managed a smile.
"I had said I was going to visit you a few days ago, but when I heard that something had happened to Bofu's family, I was so worried. Sister, you know I can't keep things to myself!"
Upon hearing that Ah Shao had fallen into the water, and that the servant named Sun Min had jumped up and tried to strangle Da Qiao, [he said something similar].
Madam Wu looked at Qiao Jingjing.
"This incident scared me so much that I couldn't eat for days. Da Qiao, do you still have an appetite for soup?"
See?
They're still investigating who planted the spy in this house, and she actually asked about it herself and knows such detailed things. Do you really believe it wasn't her?
Qiao Jingjing smiled and said, "I originally instructed the servants at home not to tell anyone about such a shameful thing, but my aunt found out and it made her worry instead."
Upon hearing Qiao Jingjing's words, Madam Wu was taken aback.
I've been infected.
An unnatural expression also appeared on Sun Kuang's face.
Qiao Jingjing then said to her mother-in-law, "Did your mother-in-law tell your aunt? That's making your aunt worry."
Madam Wu said she didn't tell anyone.
Qiao Jingjing asked again, "If there is no such thing, how does Aunt know about what happened in my courtyard, and in such detail? People around me are either dead or scattered. Apart from a few close friends, no one knows why Pearl and Sun Min died?"
Madam Wu's face looked completely unnatural.
Qiao Jingjing described how Pearl died.
"My mother-in-law has always suspected that Pearl has been bribed. In order to keep her from finding out, she put her in my room. Pearl thinks I am easy to fool and always tries to trip me up and does not listen to my instructions."
That doesn't matter.
Since she's a fox, she'll show her tail sooner or later.
I just didn't expect her to reveal her true colors so quickly.
The reason is that someone has already set up a plan: inside the inner courtyard, there are plans to target Qiao Jingjing and A Shao, while outside, there are ways to deal with Sun Ce.
Madam Wu's scheme is about to be exposed by Qiao Jingjing.
Every word Jingjing uttered was met with a fierce stare that captured the expressions of Madam Wu and her son, Sun Kuang.
I don't believe it. If they were the leaders of the bandits, there would definitely be some clues that would show up.
"That poor pearl, her skin was all beaten raw, yet she still thought of that man's kindness, believing that he would come to marry her someday..."
Qiao Jingjing spoke with as much contempt as possible towards the man in the story.
Sun Kuang looked uncomfortable and couldn't listen anymore, so he waved his hand and was about to leave.
As a man, he was free to listen to his elders' admonitions in the inner quarters as long as he pleased, and to leave when he could no longer bear it.
Normally there's nothing wrong with it.
But this is a crucial moment.
If the gossipy Sun Quan and Sun Yi were here, they would definitely press for answers: "Sister-in-law, have you found out who the man who gave birth to Pearl is?"
But this is Sun Kuang.
Qiao Jingjing was still smiling.
She looked at Madam Wu with a smile.
"Oh, please forgive my rudeness, Aunt. After this incident, we interrogated, questioned, and arrested our servants, but no one leaked the news. With your reminder, Aunt, I believe that it won't be long before the person behind this is exposed."
Qiao Jingjing had originally made an agreement with her mother-in-law to swindle the mother and son.
Little did anyone expect that this was a truly wicked person who had done something wrong.
This time it's burning so badly I'm jumping up and down.
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