Chapter 19: Beautiful Daughter vs. Heirless Emperor 19
Madam Ji's face changed and she staggered back a few steps. Aunt Zhang supported the old lady from behind. Thinking of some past events, her face also looked unhappy.
After all, Madam Ji had lived for several decades, and she immediately realized that Ji Yunhuan was just deceiving her. Moreover, since the person was dead, it was impossible for Ji Yunhuan to have any evidence.
"Why should I feel guilty? Your mother died in August, and the weather was hot. You kept guarding her body and refused to bury her. The whole house is filled with foul air. If you continue to make trouble, I'm afraid you'll get a plague!"
"I am doing this for your own good. I advised you to stop making trouble but you didn't listen. I can only burn your mother's bones and let her rest in peace."
Nanny Yan stood aside with her hands hanging down, a hint of disgust in her eyes. The Ji Mansion was even more chaotic than she had imagined.
Ji Yunhuan didn't expect her grandmother to admit that she really had no evidence, but she would not let these people go!
"Grandma is old, you should take a good rest and don't go out unless necessary. From now on, you don't have to worry about the big and small things in the mansion."
Taohong brought a chair, and Ji Yunhuan sat in the corridor, feeling relaxed and contented.
Madam Ji, who was standing, was furious and shouted, "How dare you! You, a junior, actually dare to confine Grandmother. You are committing treason!"
Ji Yunhuan held a cup of tea, took a sip, and said calmly: "Grandma, please be careful with your words. I have never done anything treasonous. I just want you to have a good rest."
"Father has not remarried yet, and I am the only legitimate daughter in the mansion, so it is natural for me to be in charge of the household. If grandmother does not want father to be accused of favoring concubines over his wife, it is better to keep quiet."
Madam Ji was really angry. Her face turned red and she gasped for breath. "You...you dare! That's your father!"
Ji Yunhuan understood his grandmother's thoughts best. What his grandmother feared most was that his father would lose his official position.
The Xu family fell into decline, and although the crime did not involve the married daughter, the father was still afraid that he would be implicated. He once borrowed the power of the Xu family, but he was ungrateful and only wanted to distance himself from the family.
That's why he indulged Aunt Zhang in fighting with his mother, favored his concubine and killed his wife, and eventually killed his mother.
My grandmother was afraid that the truth would be exposed, so she naturally tried every means to conceal it for them.
"Grandma, can you try and see if I dare?"
With a loud "bang", Old Madam Ji finally fainted on the ground.
Ji Yunhuan's expression remained unchanged, and he said calmly, "Why don't you send grandma back? Grandma is old, and she should rest and recuperate. There is no need to keep so many people around her."
"Yes, Miss!" All the servants retreated respectfully.
Even the old lady couldn't do anything to the eldest lady, so they had better listen to the eldest lady's orders obediently, otherwise they would die without knowing how they died.
Everyone left, and Aunt Zhang stopped pretending, "Ji Yunhuan! Don't be so complacent, this is the Ji Mansion, everything is decided by the master, don't think you can be great just by finding a few thugs to back you up, just wait, I will take back the housekeeper power sooner or later!"
Not long after Aunt Zhang left, Ji Gongming arrived at Xiuzhuyuan.
Ji Gongming had a good appearance and was especially good at poetry and songs. He was a famous third place scholar in the capital at that time, and his popularity even surpassed the first place scholar in the same subject.
He made friends through poetry and got to know Xu Junwan, a woman who was waiting to be married. They were a perfect match, a talented man and a beautiful woman, and they became a legend.
Ji Gongming had planned everything. The only thing he didn't expect was the sudden decline of the Xu family, which led to him stopping at the position of Vice Minister of the Ministry of Revenue and wasting all these years.
He used Aunt Zhang to get rid of Xu Junwan and promised her the position of his legal wife, but he was reluctant to fulfill his promise.
Ji Gongming often lingered in brothels and made the acquaintance of many aristocratic sons who pretentiously followed culture. He wrote many poems and songs in memory of his deceased wife, and his affectionate personality spread in this way.
He had put so much thought into marrying a noble lady in order to advance his career. How could he waste his position as the principal wife to support a concubine?
After court today, he went to have a drink with his friends. Halfway through the banquet, people around him looked at him strangely, and he realized that something had happened at home.
Ji Gongming rushed into Xiuzhu Garden like a gust of wind and saw Ji Yunhuan watering the Xiangfei bamboo. In a trance, he seemed to see the shadow of his deceased wife.
Xu Junwan was also so gentle and quiet. If that incident had not happened, they could have stayed together for their entire lives.
Ji Gongming felt a little guilty, and his tone softened, "Aunt Zhang told me that you broke into the mansion and injured many people."
"I will not pursue what happened today. Although you have done many wrong things, you are my daughter after all. If you don't want to go to a nunnery, forget it. From now on, you can practice in the small courtyard in the southeast corner, eat vegetarian food, chant Buddhist scriptures, and atone for your sins."
Ji Yunhuan turned her head and looked at Ji Gongming in surprise. What sin had she committed? It was Ji Gongming who should atone for it!
Ji Gongming thought his daughter had heard him, so he said, "This yard is not for you to live in, move out immediately."
"I know you miss your mother, and your father is also concerned about her, so we are going to tidy up this place and move in someday to prevent it from becoming increasingly desolate."
Ji Yunhuan was so angry that she almost laughed. It turned out that not only Aunt Zhang was planning to move in, but her father was also planning to move in.
Xiuzhuyuan was the best courtyard in the mansion. She had been blocking anyone from moving in before, so no one could move in. As soon as she was sent to the nunnery, her father started to set his sights on this courtyard.
"Father, what nonsense are you talking about? This mansion belongs to my mother. Why should I move out?"
"As for you, mother has been gone for three years, and you have brought in countless concubines. I think what father misses is not mother, but mother's dowry!"
Ji Gongming was so angry that his eyebrows were raised and his eyes were wide open, showing a bit of the majesty of an official.
"What nonsense are you talking about? I think you are mentally ill, that's why you say such irresponsible things! I feel sorry for you losing your mother, so I indulge you a lot, but you don't know how to be grateful, and instead you make the family restless!"
"Just wait, your father will arrange for you to leave the capital right away. Don't go to Shuiyue Temple this time. Send you directly to the countryside. I don't want you to come back and cause trouble!"
Ji Yunhuan sneered and did not take Ji Gongming's threat seriously at all.
Ji Gongming used to be the sky above her head, and a single word from him could decide her fate. But now it’s different. She is pregnant with the dragon heir, and no one can touch her!
"Anwu, throw him out!"
Before Ji Yunhuan finished his words, a dark shadow rushed out, grabbed Ji Gongming by the collar, and threw him into the lotus pond outside the yard.
There was a splash of water on the corridor, and several maids screamed in fear, shouting, "Help! Help! The master has fallen into the water!"
After a lot of chaos, Ji Gongming was finally rescued. He had drunk a bellyful of water and was also full of anger.
He wandered outside the hanging flower gate for a few rounds, but finally did not dare to go in. If he was thrown out again, he would be the one who would be embarrassed!
Seeing that the target had left, An Wu tiptoed to the ground and returned to Xiuzhu Garden in the blink of an eye. He knelt on one knee in front of Ji Yunhuan and asked expressionlessly, "Does the queen have any other instructions?"
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