Chapter 114: The Revenge of a Heroine

Jiang Mingyue put the long sword on her neck and slowly backed away: "No one come over here."

"I killed her because she killed my mother. Fifteen years ago, it was she who killed my mother. Now, I just want to avenge my mother..."

"Jiuer, don't be reckless. Put down the sword quickly and let's talk it over." Chang Mingyuan felt very confused.

"Dad, she killed my mother. Hurry up and have her arrested and sent to the Dali Temple."

Chang Mingyuan also wanted to do this, but he didn't dare.

"She must be crazy. Send her back to her room first."

Nanny Qian seemed shocked as well, and stepped forward to stop the guards who were about to arrest Jiang Mingyue.

"Girl, why do you have to do this? It was originally agreed that I would do it, why are you doing this..."

As she spoke, Nanny Qian prepared to pounce on Madam Chang.

At this moment, Jiang Mingyue dropped her sword and quickly grabbed her: "No, Aunt Qian, mother is dead, Jiuer only has you as her relative, please don't die."

Doctor Yu came, but it was too late. Mrs. Chang was already dying.

The two daughters of the Chang family cried their hearts out.

Jiang Jiu could only put the person on the ground and silently retreat behind Zhao Zhuoxi.

Zhao Zhuoxi secretly pulled Jiang Jiu's hand, but Jiang Jiu inadvertently set his eyes on the Sixth Prince Zhao Zhuoran.

Zhao Zhuoran looked at Mrs. Chang with a confused look in his eyes. He seemed to want to say something, but the scene was too noisy and he couldn't say anything.

Jiang Jiu suddenly thought of what he had just heard.

At that time

Besides Chang Mingyuan, the Sixth Prince was also one of the people who went on a secret visit to the south of the Yangtze River.

Everyone thought that the Sixth Prince was a man of indifferent character, but no matter how indifferent he was, he was still young at that time and needed someone to surprise him.

What if she is the child of the Sixth Prince and Jiang Mingyue?

A bold idea suddenly came to Jiang Jiu's mind.

Arrange them in chronological order.

The Third Prince fell in love with Jiang Yao at first sight. Something must have happened between the two of them that made the Third Prince think that Jiang Qiuyue was his daughter.

Therefore, when the Sixth Prince went to the south of the Yangtze River again, the Third Prince did not allow him to fall in love with Jiang Qiuyue.

But once feelings develop, no one can stop them.

It was probably after Jiang Qiuyue followed the Sixth Prince to the capital, and the two of them lived together for some time, that the misunderstanding was finally resolved. Jiang Qiuyue was only Jiang Yao's adopted daughter.

That's why the Sixth Prince wanted to get married back then.

Although he was a prince, he did not have to inherit the throne or accomplish anything, so it did not matter who he married.

If you marry a young master from a small boat, it will also be beneficial to the royal family.

The Sixth Prince killed Jiang Qiuyue before reporting to the emperor. He raised Jiang Qiuyue in a separate courtyard and she gave birth to a daughter.

As for why Mrs. Chang wanted to kill Jiang Qiuyue and her daughter.

Jiang Jiu thought it was probably because of the Third Prince’s wife Zhou Min at that time.

She must have noticed something, or heard something, and misunderstood the relationship between Jiang Qiuyue and the third prince.

Mrs. Chang was Zhou Min's cousin, so she killed Jiang Qiuyue.

Therefore, when Jiang Qiuyue's daughter came to visit, Mrs. Chang did not dare to say anything and could only treat her well.

Is Jiang Jiu really the child of Jiang Qiuyue and the Sixth Prince?

This is just a bold inference that needs to be verified by evidence.

Mrs. Chang was stabbed to death, but Chang Mingyuan did not report it to the police. Despite everyone's pressure, he just had Jiang Mingyue imprisoned in the firewood room.

Who knew Jiang Mingyue would suddenly turn against them.

"Don't arrest me, I'm not Jiang Jiu, she is...she made me do all this."

Jiang Mingyue pointed her finger at Jiang Jiushi.

The Sixth Prince Zhao Zhuoran suddenly stepped forward and said, "Master Chang, why don't you call her over to me? I will definitely give you and the Chang family an explanation."

As soon as Zhao Zhuoxi stood up, two guards appeared beside him and knocked Jiang Mingyue unconscious.

Even though Chang Mingyuan was the right prime minister, he did not dare to interfere with Prince Ling.

They let him take the person away without blinking.

Zhao Zhuoxi had countless thoughts in his mind at this moment. He stood up quickly and tidied his clothes.

"Such a serious incident has happened, Lord Chang, please accept my condolences."

After saying this, he left with Jiang Jiu and the guards beside him.

A banquet ended in a bad mood, and the grudges from fifteen years ago were once again in the capital, causing a stir.

Mrs. Chang was murdered, and the murderer turned out to be the daughter that Mr. Chang had just found.

The daughter did not come back to recognize her parents, but to seek revenge.

When the case had not yet been solved, storytellers and opera singers in teahouses in the capital all performed a story of a heroic woman's revenge, but it was an adapted version of the story.

"The Prime Minister's wife was lying in a pool of blood. The murderer was just a little girl. The cause of this incident can be traced back to fifteen years ago..."

In the play, Chang Mingyuan is a scholar who goes to Beijing to take the imperial examination. He falls in love with a young woman at first sight. The young woman sponsors the scholar to go to Beijing to take the examination. The good news is that the scholar passes the examination with flying colors.

The bad news was that Tanhualang did not marry the woman who sponsored him as he had promised, but was instead favored by the then Minister of Rites and became his son-in-law.

The woman waited and waited, but her lover did not return, so she decided to go to the capital to find him.

Little did she know that what was waiting for her in the capital was bad news: the top scholar had already married someone else, and the woman was already pregnant.

The woman found the man who had won the imperial examination and said, "Even if you have married someone else, I am still willing to be with you." The man arranged for her to live in a separate courtyard and waited until she gave birth.

Unfortunately, the daughter of the Minister of Rites was narrow-minded and did not want the third place winner to have a concubine. The third place winner tried several times, but she refused to let him take a concubine.

The winner was in a dilemma, but just when the woman gave birth to the child.

The daughter of the Minister of Rites secretly arranged for someone to kill the woman and the child.

Thanks to the protection of the woman's two loyal servants, the woman's child was able to escape, but the woman died due to heavy hemorrhage during childbirth.

Fifteen years later, the loyal servant told the child her identity and the truth. The woman still went to Beijing to seek revenge and eventually killed the murderer to avenge her mother.

Everyone applauded the heroine.

"Well done for killing her. This jealous woman is so heartless that she refused to allow her husband to take a concubine. It would have been fine if she didn't even let her child go. She deserves to be killed."

“This isn’t the story of the Right Prime Minister.”

"All the daughters of the Zhou family are like this. Don't underestimate them. Women have always been the most vicious."

In a teahouse in the capital, Zhao Zhuoxi leisurely drank tea while listening to the storyteller downstairs telling the story with great emotion.

"The story you wrote on the boat is quite interesting. I thought you were so secretive at the time, why didn't you let me read it?"

Jiang Jiu sighed deeply: "This is called a public debate. I can't let Jiang Qiuyue help me kill people and die for me. If this story spreads widely, even if she is caught, someone will support her and no one will do anything to her. It all depends on how Queen Zhou responds."

Zhao Zhuoxi's eyes flickered for a moment, and suddenly, his eyes lit up.

"The one we are waiting for has arrived..."

Downstairs, there was an inconspicuous carriage parked. The Third Prince's wife, Zhou Min, dressed in ordinary women's clothes, walked down from the carriage.

It turned out that this trip out for tea was not arranged by Zhao Zhuoxi.

Since I have this free time, I might as well rest at home with Jiang Jiu.

It was Zhao Zhuoxi whom Zhou Min had an appointment with. Madam Chang had been dead for several days. The one under the greatest pressure was not the murderer, nor the Sixth Prince Zhao Zhuoxi who took the murderer away.

Instead, they were two sisters of the Zhou family, the third prince Zhou Min and Queen Zhou Qian.