"The letter was written by Cui Wu, saying that my elder brother-in-law is dying." Liu Yaoyu's eyes were slightly red. "I didn't dare to tell my elder sister, so I came to find you first."
Yu Jiao was not surprised after hearing this, because Cui Mubai was already dying.
Pulling the letter out of the envelope, Yu Jiao lowered her head and quickly scanned it, then frowned slightly when she saw the back of it.
Liu Yaoyu had already read the letter. Seeing Yu Jiao frowning, she said, "Cui Wu also said that my elder sister's husband wanted to take a brothel girl as a concubine. My elder sister's husband and I have such a good relationship, how could he suddenly want to take a brothel girl as a concubine? My elder sister has only been in Beijing for a short time. I always feel that this letter is strange, but I recognize Cui Wu's handwriting. This is indeed Cui Wu's handwriting."
Yu Jiao put the letter away. Seeing Liu Yaoyu's anxious face, she comforted her in a gentle voice, "Second sister, even if we set off to return to Beijing immediately, it will take more than ten days. It's not like your eldest brother-in-law would suddenly get sick. Besides, there are so many doctors in the Imperial Hospital."
"Should I show this letter to my elder sister?" Liu Yaoyu's eyes were wet and hurt by the biting wind outside the Great Wall. She rubbed her eye sockets and said in a panic, "Third sister, what should we do?"
Yu Jiao handed her the heater and said, "Let me think about it. Don't tell Big Sister about the letter yet. If you tell her rashly, we are so far away from the capital and we won't be able to return for a while. It will only make Big Sister anxious and worried."
Liu Yaoyu took the heater and nodded: "I know, but I can't keep it to myself, elder sister. Cui Wu asked you to go back and save elder brother-in-law in the letter. Third sister, should we leave and return to Beijing immediately?"
"If we leave for Beijing, we will definitely alarm Madam." The wind in the military camp was a little cold, and Yu Jiao wrapped herself in a cloak. "Let's go back to the mansion first. You go to the carriage and wait for me. I will tell Young Marquis Gu."
"What happened?" Although Gu Yun was far away, he could see Liu Yaoyu's anxious and tearful expression. When he saw Yu Jiao coming over, he asked with concern before she could open her mouth.
Yu Jiao shook her head: "If you want to send a letter to the capital, how many days will it take at the earliest?"
"If we use carrier pigeons, it will take about seven days." Gu Yun said.
Yu Jiao calculated in her mind that it would take seven days to send the letter, and more than ten days to wait for a reply from the capital. She had originally thought of writing to the capital first to inquire about Cui Mubai, but now it seems that this is not a good idea.
"Did something happen in the capital?" Gu Yun asked.
"It's not a big deal. I'm going to go back with my second sister first." Yu Jiao didn't know whether she should tell Gu Yun what Cui Qiong said in the letter. Liu Yaoyu asked her to make the decision, but Yu Jiao was also embarrassed because she knew clearly that even if she returned to Beijing, she could not save Cui Mubai.
Seeing that Yu Jiao was obviously worried, Gu Yun immediately said, "I'll take you back."
"Don't you still have to help General Feng train his troops?" Yu Jiao came back to her senses from Cui Mubai's matter.
Gu Yun shook his head and said, "It's okay." After that, he blew a whistle, and a snow-white horse galloped over from the camp. This horse was the one Gu Yun asked for from Xiao Ning.
Gu Yun touched the horse's head, led Yu Jiao to the carriage, and then climbed on the horse.
Along the way, Yu Jiao was thinking about how to deal with the letter from Cui Qiong. When Liu Yaoyu and she saw the letter, they subconsciously wanted to hide it from Liu Yaozhen first. But if they put themselves in her shoes, if she were Liu Yaozhen, she would definitely not want to be kept in the dark. Even if her family did it for her own good, doesn't she have the right to know?
Yu Jiao was conflicted all the way. She originally thought that after Liu Yu knew that Cui Mubai had taken Wu Shi San, he asked Madam Liu to bring Liu Yaozhen to Pingliang Prefecture to visit his relatives. He wanted Liu Yaozhen to divorce Cui Mubai. But from Cui Qiong's letter, it seemed that her father did not take any action after they left Beijing.
Or maybe there was something hidden in Cui Qiong's letter. Yu Jiao didn't think that Liu Yu would let his daughter share a husband with a prostitute and suffer such injustice.
When they were almost at Liu's house, Yu Jiao's mind suddenly became clear.
Cui Mubai must have known that he would not live long, and he was trying to take a brothel girl as a concubine. He must have a purpose, and that purpose was most likely to make Liu Yaozhen divorce him. After all, given the status of the Liu family, they would never agree to him taking a brothel girl as a concubine and letting Liu Yaozhen suffer such humiliation.
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