She didn't marry into the general's mansion out of her own will, but was just acting on impulse?
Song Wenjing grasped the meaning of Jiang Jingyu's words and quietly moved the tiles under him.
A ray of candlelight shone through the room, and the woman's figure immediately came into Song Wenjing's sight.
Jiang Jingyu was fiddling with the spices on the table with her head down. Song Wenjing couldn't see her face clearly, he could only see her pair of white jade hands moving between bottle after bottle of spices.
Song Wenjing's eyes darkened, and all he could think about was the night of the Lantern Festival when she threw herself into his arms and put her arms around his waist.
Jiang Jingyu is very skilled in making perfume, and the order is slightly different from that of other perfumers.
Before the incense was finished, the clear and subtle fragrance had already emanated from her hands and drifted into Song Wenjing's nose along with the gentle breeze.
Song Wenjing came back to his senses, closed his eyes and sniffed the fragrance in the air.
It's Duhengxiang, and it smells very nice.
Du Heng's incense was faintly mixed with a hint of her fragrance. He had been using incense for many years, and it was a scent he had never smelled before.
Song Wenjing sat on the eaves of Nanyuan, lowering his eyes and quietly watching Jiang Jingyu who was preparing incense in the room.
He just watched quietly without making any noise to disturb her. He waited until Jiang Jingyu lit the incense and extinguished the candle before leaving.
The next day.
"ah--"
A terrified scream broke the tranquility of the general's mansion.
"Madam, madam, what's wrong with you?"
The maid guarding outside the door hurriedly pushed it open and walked in, and saw Zhang sitting on the bed in a daze, waving her hands.
"Don't come over here, don't come over here!"
Zhang looked ahead with horror, dodging backwards as if she had seen something terrifying.
Nanny Feng rushed over upon hearing the noise and came directly to the bedside: "Madam, Madam, what's wrong with you?"
"Don't come over here! Ah! Don't come over here! It wasn't me who killed you, it wasn't me!"
Zhang screamed in horror, causing Nanny Feng's pupils to constrict!
The two maids in the room were startled and lowered their heads hurriedly, as if they had accidentally heard some secret that they shouldn't have heard!
Nanny Feng hurriedly comforted the agitated Zhang, then turned her head and glanced over.
"Madam, you must have had a nightmare last night. You're a little confused and talking nonsense. If I hear any gossip about you, don't blame me for being rude to you!"
The two maids shuddered and said hurriedly, "Don't worry, Ma'am. We didn't hear anything. We promise we won't say a single word!"
"That's better! What are you standing there for? Go ask the court doctor to check on Madam!"
The court doctor came and took Zhang's pulse, saying that she was frightened and emotionally agitated, and prescribed some tranquilizers.
Nanny Feng did not dare to delay and quickly asked someone to boil medicine for Zhang.
"Madam, please take the tranquilizer quickly. After that, have a good sleep and you'll be fine."
Nanny Feng brought the tranquilizer to Zhang as if she was coaxing a child. Just as she was about to feed her the medicine, Zhang waved her hand and knocked the medicine bowl over.
Nanny Feng frowned and had to order the servants to fry another portion.
Zhang refused to drink the medicine and knocked over four or five medicine bowls in a row.
In the end, he ran out barefoot, muttering to himself, saying that he didn't kill anyone, and then saying that he wanted to go to the cell to save Zhou Huaian.
The news of Zhang's mental disorder quickly spread throughout the general's mansion, and Zhou Huaiqian was informed of it when he returned from court.
"What does the doctor say?"
"General, the doctor said that the lady was frightened and mentally disturbed. I'm afraid... I'm afraid she's gone insane..."
Zhou Huaiqian's face was extremely gloomy.
First his younger brother was sent to jail, then he was demoted, and now his mother has gone insane. It was like a heavy burden pressing down on Zhou Huaiqian, making it hard for him to breathe.
He went to see Zhang, but now Zhang didn't even recognize him.
Zhou Huaiqian didn't stay long. He just said, "Take good care of your mother," and left the front yard.
Before he could catch his breath, a servant came running over in a panic.
"General, General! Something happened at the shop in the south of the city!"
Zhou Huaiqian's heart was pounding. He frowned and looked at the servant, saying sternly, "If something happens to the shop, go find the shopkeeper. Do you even want me to teach you something as trivial as this?!"
The servant hurriedly explained, "General, this happened so suddenly that the shopkeeper is at a loss as to what to do. He specifically sent me to report this to you, General!"
"General! Reporting to the General, there's been a loss of life in the casino east of the city. Soldiers are already on their way there. Please move!"
Another soldier hurried to Zhou Huaiqian, waiting for him to go to the scene and make the decision in person.
Zhou Huaiqian was demoted three levels. Now all the trivial matters in the imperial city are under his jurisdiction. If there is any unrest in the imperial city, he must go there in person to deal with it.
Zhou Huaiqian clenched his fists and immediately decided to go to the casino with the soldiers to find out what was going on.
The servant called out to him anxiously, "General, General! What should we do with the shop?"
Zhou Huaiqian pursed his lips and said in a deep voice: "Go ask the madam!"
Zhang has gone crazy, and the Madam here naturally refers to Jiang Jingyu.
The servant was delighted to receive Zhou Huaiqian's instructions, nodded in agreement, and ran towards Nanyuan.
As the young master of the Jiang family, Jiang Jingyu was good at managing the shop. After listening to the servant's words, she went to the shop in the south of the city in person.
Someone died in the casino, so Zhou Huaiqian immediately closed the casino and put all the culprits in jail.
Later, it was discovered that people in the gambling house had cheated people out of money. Zhou Huaiqian sent people to return the money on the list, and the rest was put into the national treasury.
Zhou Huaian's name happened to be on the list of people who were cheated, and he was cheated out of a full one hundred taels by the casino.
And this one hundred taels was exactly the one hundred taels of silver notes that Jiang Jingyu gave to Zhang that day, and all of it was lost to the people in the casino by Zhou Huaian, the unscrupulous guy.
After Zhou Huaiqian finished dealing with the casino matters, it was already late at night when he returned home.
He returned to his room with a tired look on his face and let the servant take off his outer robe for him.
"Has the matter in the shop been settled?"
Zhou Huaiqian looked tired and suddenly remembered this.
"General, my wife has taken care of everything. She not only took care of the stall in the south city, but also went to other shops. Now, under my wife's care, several shops are running in an orderly manner!"
The servant was a little excited. He was present when Jiang Jingyu was dealing with the mess and saw with his own eyes how she turned the tide with just a few words.
Zhou Huaiqian's eyes flashed slightly, and he breathed a sigh of relief imperceptibly after hearing that the shop had been taken care of by Jiang Jingyu.
Thinking that the one hundred taels of silver notes were still in his hands, Zhou Huaiqian suddenly stopped the servant's actions and put on his outer robe again.
"General, where are you going so late?"
"No need to follow."
Zhou Huaiqian left the room after giving this order, heading towards Nanyuan where Jiang Jingyu was.
At the same time, after nightfall, Song Wenjing once again followed his heart and headed towards the General's Mansion...
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