"But so what? Even if I really have no power or influence, can I just let people like you, worse than pigs and dogs, trample on me?!"
Zhou Jie stared at Qin Chuan intently. His aura was so powerful that it frightened Qin Chuan so much that he collapsed to the ground.
Zhou Jie clenched his fists and glanced at the person on the ground. "Master Qin, don't worry. I won't touch you. After all, you won't live for many days."
"Okay, I still have to go to your Qin Mansion to pick up your family. No need to thank me, this is what I should do."
After saying this, Zhou Jie didn't even look at the person on the ground and just walked away.
Only Qin Chuan was left, trapped in the prison like a lost soul, muttering: "How could it be... How could it be like this..."
When preparing to leave the palace, Zhou Jie met Jiang Li at the palace gate.
"Princess Jinling."
Zhou Jie bowed to Jiang Li and said in a voice only the two of them could hear, "Thank you, Princess Jingling, for saving my life. I will always remember this."
The story goes back to half a month ago, after Jiang Li agreed to be the master of Yaowang Valley, she stayed in the valley waiting for Gu Qingchen to pick her up. She met an old man in the valley who was in charge of medicinal herbs.
The disciple in the valley said that he brought the old man back when he went out to look for medicinal herbs a year ago. When he met the old man, the old man seemed to have fallen from the mountain and was seriously injured.
After bringing the man back to the valley, Old Man Wu cured him, but when the old man woke up he had lost his memory and could not remember anything from the past.
The old man was very kind. Knowing that Jiang Li was the new Valley Master, he specially prepared some delicious food for her.
Jiang Li used the golden needle technique to disperse the blood clot behind the old man's head.
As a result, when the old woman woke up again, she found out that she had been pushed down the mountain. She also said that her youngest son had been killed and her eldest son was in the palace, working as a guard to protect the emperor.
After finding out the name of the old man's eldest son, Jiang Li asked the people in the valley to take good care of the old man, while she wrote a letter back to the capital and had someone hand it to Zhou Jie.
"It's just a small favor, Lord Zhou, don't worry about it."
Jiang Li heard from Gu Qingchen that Zhou Jie had made the greatest contribution to Qin Chuan being captured so quickly today.
After all, although Jiang Shengsheng has collected physical evidence, it will take a lot of time to send people to verify and find witnesses.
Unexpectedly, there happened to be letters between the magistrate of Heze County and Qin Chuan in it, and with Zhou Jie's testimony, the emperor issued an order directly.
Zhou Jie said nothing more, bowed to Jiang Li, and led his men straight to the Qin Mansion.
Jiang Li sent the prepared antidote to the Imperial Hospital, then went to the Imperial Study, and finally left the palace and went to the Dali Temple.
"Master Bai, I'll take the person away."
Jiang Li took Jiang Shengsheng away from the Dali Temple with the emperor's oral order.
In the carriage.
Jiang Li looked at the pinch marks on Jiang Shengsheng's neck and asked, "Did Qin Ji pinch her?"
Jiang Shengsheng was stunned for a moment, then followed Jiang Li's gaze, raised his hand and touched it, and chuckled, "Yes, thank goodness your people arrived in time, otherwise I would have died in the Qin Mansion."
"You found a good maid. If she hadn't risked her life to deliver the letter, it's hard to say whether you would be dead or alive."
"You mean Xiaomei? I found her on the road. I was really worried she'd run off with the indenture and leave me alone. So it seems my luck isn't that bad after all."
"You are indeed lucky to have met someone as reliable as me. If it were someone else, no one would care about you."
The two chatted idly, and as they were talking, they looked at each other and burst out laughing.
"I never thought that we could get along so harmoniously."
Jiang Shengsheng sighed. When she was in the Jiang Mansion before, she felt annoyed when she saw Jiang Li. She always thought that if she didn't have this sister, she would be the only legitimate daughter of the Jiang Mansion, and no one would care whether she was born to the second wife.
Unexpectedly, as time went by, Jiang Li was indeed no longer her sister, and she indeed became the only legitimate daughter of the Jiang family.
However, Jiang Li became the jewel in the crown of the General's Mansion, and no one cared whether she was the daughter of the second wife, because she was the only one left in the Jiang Mansion.
As she laughed, a tear fell from Jiang Shengsheng's eyes.
Glancing at Jiang Li, Jiang Shengsheng bit her lower lip and said, "Thank you."
"Thank you for saving me."
Jiang Li took a deep breath and looked at Jiang Shengsheng in front of her, feeling a bit upset. However, she didn't want to make the atmosphere too solemn, so she pulled the corners of her mouth and smiled, "Okay, it's all over. Do you want to find a place to recuperate before leaving, or just leave?"
When she was working with Jiang Shengsheng before, she had promised her that she would send her away after the Qin Mansion was destroyed.
"Take me out of the city."
After Bai Zhou took her to the Dali Temple, he had someone check her wounds and send her new clothes.
Jiang Li said that Qin Chuan had been imprisoned in the Sky Prison, and the commander of the imperial guards had also gone to the Qin Mansion to arrest him. She had avenged her parents.
"I don't have any reason to stay here anymore." He looked up at Jiang Li, "If I leave the capital and go to a place where no one knows me, I can start a new life, right?"
Jiang Li nodded, as if he had already guessed her thoughts.
He glanced at Bai Zhi and took the bundle from her. "I packed two sets of light clothes for you, and also put some banknotes. If you are frugal, it should be enough for you to spend."
"The Qin family has been sentenced to extermination this time. Because you have made a meritorious report, the emperor has shown leniency and will not pursue the case. However, your dowry will be confiscated."
At this point, Jiang Shengsheng curled his lips and muttered, "If I had known earlier, I would have moved earlier."
Feeling Jiang Li's gaze, Jiang Shengsheng said, "I'm just joking. I feel it's dangerous to carry so much money. Besides, the Qin family has been eyeing my dowry from the beginning, so I'll just treat it as a burial gift for their entire family."
“Whoa—”
The carriage stopped.
Jiang Li lifted the curtain and saw that they had arrived at the post station outside the city.
"Just send it here."
Jiang Shengsheng took the bag from Jiang Li's hand and said, "Sister, I'm leaving now."
"Jiang Shengsheng, do you... regret it?"
Jiang Shengsheng paused after hearing this, then chuckled, shook his head and said nothing more.
After she got off the carriage and her figure gradually disappeared into the distance, Jiang Li lowered the curtain.
"Go back."
"Princess, what do you think this is?"
Bai Zhi pointed to the place where Jiang Shengsheng had just sat, and there was a letter there.
When I opened it, I saw a piece of rag inside and a piece of paper next to it.
"I didn't expect you to be so true to your word. You really did what you said at the beginning and sent me away from this dangerous place after this is over. Since that's the case, I'll give you another big gift. Signed, Jiang Shengsheng."
Jiang Li unfolded the rag with a bit of confusion and was instantly shocked.
This turned out to be... a handwritten letter from the day when Qin Ji and the Third Prince were imprisoned together, when Qin Ji asked someone to bring in poison, poisoned the Third Prince to death, and then pretended to commit suicide!
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