Madam Wang wanted to settle accounts with Qiao Jingjing, but after searching for a while, she couldn't find her.
Back in his room, he summoned the housekeeper for another confrontation, and it turned out to be true.
Madam Wang was filled with indescribable unease.
What I care about so much is not the same for these two young girls. I feel like I'm some kind of ugly person.
Lady Wang couldn't help but recall her life of infighting in the household over the past twenty years. Suddenly, she felt sorry for her own shortsightedness, and then she envied the magnanimity and open-mindedness of her two sisters.
Lady Wang asked her maid to bring out paper and pen. She missed her daughter and wanted to write her a letter to express her grievances.
Everyone in the manor said that she doted on Ajiao, spoiling the eighth young lady of the family rotten.
This is because others don't understand her suffering.
Her husband was no good man. Because of his surname Liu, Cao Cao and Yuan Shu treated him with some courtesy. Although he wasn't very capable, he always had a territory. Wherever he went, he would plunder wealth and take advantage of the local beauties. His wife was merely a tool for managing the household.
She had no one to confide in about her suffering all these years.
The family had many concubines, and the children they bore were numerous, all fighting tooth and nail for the family fortune.
All she had was Gillian Chung, her only child who evoked sympathy. Her son, in order to gain favor with his father, would do whatever his father said, and completely disregarded his mother's words.
That's why she dotes on Gillian Chung, giving her whatever she wants.
Back then, when I was at Lu Kang's residence, I saw the young and handsome members of the Lu family from afar and felt quite envious. I thought that Ajiao was a bit arrogant, and it would be nice if she could marry into such a refined family.
As a result, the Lu family took a fancy to this girl from the Qiao family.
The Lu family's affairs were never discussed further. They were all killed or driven away by the ruthless Sun Ce, and now they have all returned to their hometown in Wu Commandery.
Fortunately, Yuan Shu extended an olive branch at this time, and it was Yuan Yao, the most favored son of his family, who came to ask for her hand in marriage.
Lady Wang was overjoyed and prepared a very generous dowry for Liu Ajiao. She gave Liu Ajiao whatever she wanted, and a grand procession took her to Shouchun to marry Yuan Shu's son.
She was happy when she sent her daughter off to her wedding, but these past few days she has felt lonely and missed her daughter.
Yes, she really wanted to.
The letter written by the maid expressed her longing for her daughter, Liu Ajiao. When the maid finished writing and read the letter to Lady Wang, Lady Wang held the letter and wept so hard that half of the letter was soaked with tears.
A few days later, Liu Ajiao received the letter. Immediately, her longing for her mother overwhelmed her.
Liu Ajiao rushed off to find her husband Yuan Yao and her father-in-law Yuan Shu, saying she wanted to return to Lujiang City to visit her relatives.
How long has she been married?
Surprisingly, Yuan Shu agreed.
Yuan Shu also gave Liu Ajiao several hundred men to escort his daughter-in-law, who had recently married into the family, back to Lujiang City.
Before parting, Yuan Shu instructed her, "Ah Jiao, it's alright. Go back and see your father and mother. It's alright, don't rush back."
Liu Ajiao was very moved.
"I heard that a new official in charge of agriculture has come up in Lujiang City. What's his name again? I can't remember right now. When you get back, please keep an eye out for him. If his methods are interesting, please write to me and let me know."
Liu Ajiao remembered the first few sentences.
She thought she had remembered Yuan Shu's last sentence, so she happily hurried towards Lujiang City.
On her journey, besides thinking about reuniting with her parents and returning to a free and unrestrained world, she certainly couldn't forget about the sisters Qiao Jingjing and Qiao Manman.
She was on her way north to Shouchun when, in the short time it took her to stop to put on makeup, change clothes, and have a drink of water, her capable attendant, Liu Xi'er, was killed. The two sisters also escaped, miraculously escaping being eaten by the bandits and wolves of the mountains. Liu Xi'er's corpse lay there, and the others around her had vanished.
The entire Qiao family was waiting for her return.
Liu Ajiao has been staying in the inner quarters of Shouchun these days. Some of the news about Lujiang City came from her mother's letters, and some she learned from her father-in-law Yuan Shu's men through bribery.
The other news was told to her by Chen Tian.
Chen Tian was originally Lu Kang's advisor. When Sun Ce captured Lujiang City, he saw that the situation was hopeless and fled. He fled around, but in this vast world, he, a man, could not find a place to turn to. He had to use his connections to come to Liu Ajiao's side and help her devise strategies.
Chen Tian advised himself to be patient for now, after all, Liu Ajiao was Yuan Yao's wife, and Yuan Yao was Yuan Shu's son.
He, Chen Tian, was now closer to the political center of the nation.
Chen Tian explained to Liu Ajiao in detail how Sun Ce breached the city and how many people from Lu Kang's family died.
Liu Ajiao came to the conclusion that Sun Ce was an extremely cruel person.
Other minor details include how, when the city fell, Chen Tian kidnapped Qiao Jingjing to threaten Sun Ce, and how Sun Ce spared Lu Xun and Lu Ji's lives in order to save Qiao Jingjing.
Liu Ajiao came to another conclusion: Sun Ce, this cruel man, was bewitched by Qiao Jingjing, this vile woman.
Liu Ajiao's family reunion entered Lujiang City through the north gate.
As soon as they entered the city, Liu Ajiao ordered Chen Tian to personally lead a team, along with a capable subordinate named Liu Dong'er, totaling fifty or sixty people, to quickly go to Peach Blossom Lane in the south of the city and capture all the members of the Qiao family.
"Arrest the men if there are men, arrest the women if there are women. Don't let a single one slip through, do you hear me?"
"yes!"
Just as Liu Ajiao arrived at the gate of what is now Prefect Liu's residence, Chen Tian and Liu Dong'er, who had gone out on business, had already brought back the Qiao family.
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