Chapter 51: So Desperate
"Eunuch Chen, why don't you wait until you figure it out before you acknowledge me as your godmother?"
Without waiting for Eunuch Chen to reply, Madam Chen's face changed and she refuted him coldly with a hint of sarcasm.
"Miss Chu, it's just a joke, you wouldn't take it seriously, would you? Besides, my master is an official, how could he possibly ask a merchant like you, a teenage girl, to be his godmother?"
Pop.
After the slap landed on Mrs. Chen's face, Chu Jiuning raised her long eyelashes and looked at her with a cold light.
"I'm just a merchant, what about you?"
These words were extremely sharp, and made Mrs. Chen lose all her face. She covered her burning face and trembled with anger.
So many years.
Although she was only the wife of a eunuch, Eunuch Chen had deliberately honored her and invited an aunt from the Ministry of Rites to teach her the rules of a noble family, so her status in the capital had always been high. Qingwu was also proficient in music, chess, calligraphy and painting, and was no worse than the young ladies of aristocratic families.
If Chu Jiuning hadn't reminded her, she would have really forgotten that she had crawled out of the flood.
But so what? She has been pampered for so many years and has long been whitewashed. At this moment, Mrs. Chen feels extremely aggrieved and ashamed.
It was she who killed her daughter and it was she who was beaten.
Covering face.
She looked at Eunuch Chen with tears in her eyes, but this time, Eunuch Chen did not say anything. He just looked at Chen Qingwu's body with sad and angry eyes.
Chu Jiuning followed his gaze and looked over.
When a certain image rushed into her mind, she was stunned and finally remembered where this strange place came from.
This secret.
It was dug out after Eunuch Chen's body was left exposed in the wilderness after his death.
At that time.
She was imprisoned in the side courtyard of the Song Mansion and she overheard the matter when the servants were discussing it.
They said.
This was agreed upon when Eunuch Chen married Madam Chen. Eunuch Chen would give them a comfortable life, but Chen Qingwu had to follow Eunuch Chen.
so.
Chen Qingwu has been eating and sleeping with Eunuch Chen since she was a child. Eunuch Chen takes care of all her daily life, including food, grooming, and even her underwear.
He witnessed Chen Qingwu's growth with his own eyes, and licked her into his woman with his own mouth.
As for the adopted son, he was indeed born to Madam Chen and the housekeeper, and this was tacitly approved by Eunuch Chen.
You can see it.
He was deeply saddened by Chen Qingwu's death, and there was some sincerity in his feelings.
perhaps.
She could find a breakthrough from Chen Qingwu's death and win over Eunuch Chen.
"master."
Mrs. Chen cried and called Eunuch Chen softly. Eunuch Chen was pulled back from his thoughts and frowned and scolded.
"Shut up."
"Imprisoned."
Lord Wu didn't want to listen to any more whining, so he rubbed his aching forehead and waved his hand with a cold face to give orders.
The bailiffs rushed towards the pale-faced Lady of the Duke and Song Jinhuai.
Several ladies and young ladies immediately breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that the bad guy had finally been imprisoned, and after being executed, their revenge would be avenged.
However.
Just as the bailiffs were escorting the Duke's wife, she struggled and bit desperately, and a jade pendant suddenly fell out of her arms.
"etc."
The moment the Duke's wife saw the jade pendant, the dejection in her eyes disappeared, and her eyes suddenly widened and lit up, and she raised her head and shouted excitedly.
"No one of you can arrest me. I want to see the emperor. I want to see the emperor."
She laughed and became proud. She became confident and even her charming face looked cheerful.
"Master Wu, did you see that?"
The Duke's wife pointed at the jade pendant on the ground and shouted happily. Someone picked it up and handed it to Lord Wu.
After taking a closer look, Lord Wu suddenly looked towards His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.
The prince nodded sullenly.
This confused Lord Wu.
Isn't this a jade pendant that only the Empress has? To be precise, only the Empress who gave birth to the Emperor's prince has a jade pendant. How come she has it?
Lord Wu felt more pain on both sides of his solar plexus.
The matter could have been resolved soon, so why did this happen?
It seems.
This matter still needs to be reported to the emperor. After all, if Duke Song reports it to the palace, he will still have to meet the emperor.
"Sir Wu, take the jade pendant to the emperor. He will definitely see me."
The Duke's wife shouted proudly, looking very confident. If she had known earlier, she would not have been so awkward with her son and would have directly shown him the jade pendant.
Lord Wu put the things in his arms and said with a cold face.
"I'll take him to the prison first and then I'll go to the palace."
Lord Li stepped aside and wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. Lord Li and his entourage nodded, and then signaled everyone to pack up and disperse.
Eunuch Chen walked up to Chen Qingwu's body and looked at it quietly. When the corner of his eye shattered, he gave orders in a cold voice.
"Carry it and follow us into the palace."
Chu Jiuning's heart trembled when he heard this.
The Duke's wife wanted to make a comeback with the jade pendant, but Eunuch Chen wanted to use Chen Qingwu's body to suppress her.
But.
She was just an adopted daughter, not a legitimate heir, so would the emperor care? Why was the Duke's wife so confident?
"Your Highness..."
Just as Chu Jiuning was about to express her doubts, Song Jinhuai, who was being taken away, suddenly turned around and looked at Chu Jiuning.
"Chu Jiuning, I am your husband, your heaven. If I suffer, we will suffer together. Don't you intend to help me?"
"There's nothing wrong with being widowed."
Chu Jiuning replied indifferently, and Song Jinhuai immediately gritted his teeth, looking as if it was just as he expected, and turned around and yelled at the servants.
"Go tell Yinyin to take good care of herself and the child while we're away. Ask Mistress Chu Jiuning for anything she needs to eat or wear."
"yes."
The servants were in a panic and ran away, fearing that they would be in trouble.
"If you scream again, I'll sew his mouth shut."
The prince scolded him coldly. Song Jinhuai quickly shut up and turned away.
Madam Yang, Princess Yun, and the four sons of the Chu family, who had been watching from the side, only felt their tightly clenched hearts relax at this moment.
Chu Boyue led the three of them forward and saluted the prince before speaking to Chu Jiuning.
"Xiaojiu, can you handle this by yourself?"
"Well, you guys go back first. You've worked hard today."
Chu Jiuning nodded slightly and watched them leave quickly before looking at the prince. The prince knew what she was going to say and nodded.
"Don't worry, I'll be in the palace soon."
The jade pendant just now was very strange, and the prince became suspicious, so he was planning to go into the palace. But just as he was about to turn around, he turned back.
"I'll take you there first before I leave."
Madam Yang and Princess Yun were surprised but didn't dare show it, so they walked towards the mansion next door.
Shen Liuguang took a look around and told the guards from the Crown Prince's Mansion to be careful before leaving with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.
Until Nanny Hong came in with hot tea.
Only after everyone sat down together did they feel exhausted.
“That’s unheard of.”
There are people who are so cruel that they would harm innocent lives just to get what belongs to her.
Just saying.
Mingtang came in and said that several ladies and young ladies had not left yet and were standing at the door, asking if they could come in and thank her.
Chu Jiuning frowned slightly.
to be honest.
She didn't really want to meet these ladies.
only.
She must save these young ladies and not let them die.
Although it was Chen Qingwu who made fun of her and tortured her the most in her previous life, the other young ladies were not much better.
"You don't want to see them?"
Yang Biyu asked her softly, and Madam Yang then remembered and held her hand.
"Come, let me introduce you. This is your sworn brother, Yang Heming. He's married and has a daughter. This is your sworn sister, Yang Biyu, who married into the Cheng family, the Minister of Rites."
"Cheng family?"
Chu Jiuning suddenly had a flashback to the wedding day when a dandy young master waved his hand and said he wanted to be her lover, and so she asked her.
"There was a young man with a plum blossom mark on his wrist."
"That's my husband's second brother, Cheng Yanzhi, seventeen years old. Why are you asking about him?"
Chu Jiuning told her what happened on the wedding day, and Yang Biyu laughed as she listened.
"That's what he can do and what he can say. My second brother, although a playboy, is a good person. Don't worry."
Chu Jiuning also lowered her eyes and smiled slightly, then she bowed deeply to Yang Heming and Yang Biyu. The brother and sister stepped forward to help her up, and then took out a gift from their arms and gave it to her, Yang Heming said.
"Originally, I shouldn't have recognized you in this situation, but things happened suddenly. Next time, let's go to Guixiantai and have a good meal."
"good."
Chu Jiuning agreed, and Princess Yun drank her tea before looking up and speaking to her.
"Jiuning, it's better for you to meet some ladies and young ladies."
In fact, Princess Yun did not have a very good impression of them. She blindly concluded that Jiu Ning was the murderer without investigating the matter thoroughly. But they were the wives and daughters of the official family after all, so she had to give them the face she deserved.
"See you."
Chu Jiuning nodded in response.
Although he was unhappy, he thought that these people might be useful to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince in the future.
So he asked someone to prepare, and in a short while, several ladies and young ladies were brought in.
When Madam Li, Madam Liu, and Madam Qian saw that Madam Yang and the princess were still there, they remembered that Madam Yang had adopted Chu Jiuning as her adopted daughter. They suppressed their surprise and greeted each other.
Li Wangshu was the first to salute Chu Jiuning.
"Miss Chu was wronged by what happened today, and we wanted to come here to apologize. We also want to thank you for saving us."
If Chu Jiuning had not acted decisively, they would have really died in that sea of fire.
They all saw how tragically Chen Qingwu died and how blackly he was burned. Even now, they feel cold all over and a chill on their backs when they think about it.
"Miss Chu, after this matter has settled down, I want to hold a banquet. Would you be willing to come then?"
Liu Yunyi smiled faintly and walked up to her and asked her. Mrs. Liu's eyes were also gentle, as if the previous suspicions and guesses had never happened.
"OK."
Chu Jiuning suppressed her impatience and responded with a gentle smile. Seeing this, Yang Biyu pointed to the seats around her.
"Everyone sit down, everyone must be scared."
A trace of contempt flashed in Qian Shiyu's eyes, and she shook her head and said softly.
"We'll just sit down. After all this has happened, we're in a hurry to get back home to tell our families we're safe and to discuss what to do next. Your Majesty, Madam Yang, we'll take our leave now!"
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