“Aunt Jiang, how about I ask for you when I go to the prefectural city in a few days?” Cai Xiaolian said.
"Yes, you must ask. Because Luo girl looks so much like my sister-in-law. My brother and sister-in-law have a son and a daughter. My nephew died in an accident years ago before he was married. My brother never took a concubine. The old couple were hoping to find their daughter, but they never adopted anyone from their clan. Last year, my brother's old illness relapsed, and my sister-in-law came to me and said that if they both died, she asked me to hand over their entire family property to the court, as a way to accumulate merit for their lost daughter so that she could live a better life. If they find her, then they will give the family property to her," said Empress Dowager Jiang.
Cai Xiaolian raised an eyebrow. "You're telling me all this without even knowing who it is?"
Cai Xiaolian always felt that Empress Dowager Jiang trusted the Gu family a lot, which could also be said to mean that she was quite certain that Sister Luo was her niece.
“Aunt Jiang, aren’t you afraid that Sister Luo will impersonate you when you tell me all this? Although the Li family is the richest in Qingzhou, Aunt Jiang, you come from the capital. The family business you can hand over to the court must be quite substantial!” Cai Xiaolian said with a smile.
"Alas! What does it matter if we impersonate her? I found a renowned doctor to examine my brother, and he said he has at most five years left to live. If we impersonate her, perhaps my brother's final days will be more pleasant, without any regrets. Of course, ordinary people can't impersonate her; Luo girl really looks just like my sister-in-law!" Empress Dowager Jiang said with a smile.
Cai Xiaolian: ...
It feels like a scene from a melodramatic idol drama. If Sister Luo weren't already married with children and not young, I would really suspect that it's a melodramatic struggle between a real and a fake heiress for money, status, and men.
"Xiao Lian, don't be too direct when you ask. It's best to let her ask her parents first. I remember when she got separated from me, she was wearing a jade pendant and a pale yellow dress made of lake silk. Oh, right, she also had a birthmark on her waist, about the size of a fingernail," Empress Dowager Jiang added.
“Okay, Aunt Jiang, I’ll ask for you. By the way, Aunt Jiang, where did your niece get lost?” Cai Xiaolian asked again.
"In Nanzhou, on the banks of the Nanjiang River," said Empress Dowager Jiang.
“Okay, I understand. Aunt Jiang, don’t rush to send the letter to your brother and sister-in-law. Let me find out first,” Cai Xiaolian suggested.
"I know. If I wasn't sure, and I said there was someone who looked like him, my brother would definitely come over even though he's seriously ill. Let's not go through all that trouble," Empress Dowager Jiang said with a smile.
Cai Xiaolian really wanted to complain about this time travel.
Although it's set in the real world, it still feels a bit melodramatic.
The family always encountered strange people when they went out. The young master met the emperor and even drank the emperor under the table.
Niannian went out and saved the daughter of the prefect. Her maternal grandparents' family was a marquis's family. She was also encountered by the unlucky son of the richest family, which led to the discovery of the richest family's wife.
She got along very well with this lady, and they felt like they had known each other for a long time. It turned out that this lady was very likely the Empress Dowager's niece!
Let's not even talk about Xin Xin. She picked up a fish and released it, and she even found the Dragon King's child and got a golden finger.
Cai Xiaolian really wanted to ask, "Who else is going to appear? Come out together!"
...
The Gu family returned late at night and, along with the constables, took the Zhang family of three away.
The whole family was exhausted, but Uncle Gu was still worried about Renshen, so he called Gu Shouxin and Lu Zheng to take a carriage to the next dock to try their luck, hoping to run into Xue Qianyu along the way.
Gu Shouxin had no choice but to agree. It would be better for him and Lu Zheng to come along, so that his older brother wouldn't get lost if he went out alone.
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