Hearing the familiar screams, Jiang Sanye quickened his pace up the mountain, with Siyuan following closely behind.
When he saw a man groping Grandma Jiang in front of the wooden house, Grandpa Jiang roared, not even bothering to catch his breath, "Stop!"
Siyuan was much healthier than Jiang Sanye. He stepped forward with the food box and started smashing it at the man.
The man screamed in pain as the blows were smashed.
"Stop hitting her, stop hitting her! This woman did it willingly! She made me abort the woman inside, and then she did it with me... ah..."
"You dare to slander my third grandmother's reputation? I'll beat you to death!"
Grandpa Jiang stepped forward and picked up Grandma Jiang in one go, "Achan, how are you?"
Tears streamed down Grandma Jiang's face as she looked at Grandpa Jiang, whose eyes were empty and lifeless.
The handsome man the peasant woman was talking about must be him!
If you cherished her so much, why didn't you protect her with your life back then? Instead, you tried to fool her with all sorts of nonsense. Were you afraid that she would be ruthless and hurt Shaoyao?
The more Grandma Jiang thought about it, the more tears welled up in her eyes.
Drop by drop, like boiling oil, it splashed onto Jiang Sanye's heart.
"A-Chan, I'll take you away!"
Uncle Jiang staggered as he tried to lift Aunt Jiang up.
At this moment, Peony, whose lower body was covered in blood, crawled out and reached out a trembling hand to Third Master Jiang.
"Third Master... save me... our child is gone!"
Her coming out was fine until she did, but it immediately stirred up Jiang San's nerves.
Grandma Jiang suddenly stood up and stepped forward, punching and kicking Shaoyao, grabbing her hair and repeatedly slamming her head against the door, even opening her mouth to bite Shaoyao.
Peony screamed incessantly as she was beaten.
"Third Master, save me... Ah! Third Master... I was just following orders... Ah, it's not my fault! Help! Third Master, you know... It wasn't me... Save me..."
As the conversation progressed, her voice grew weaker and weaker.
Looking at the frenzied and ferocious Jiang San's wife, whose mouth was full of blood, Jiang San Ye was terrified and dared not go forward.
On the other side, Quan San, seeing this, knew he couldn't keep up the act any longer. He turned around and punched Si Yuan on the head, making Si Yuan dizzy.
Taking advantage of the chaos, Quan San ran down the mountain in a panic. In his haste, he lost his footing and tumbled down the mountain, crashing headfirst into a stone bench at the foot of the mountain where people could rest. He then died.
Not long after, Xiu Rong and the peasant woman slowly woke up.
Seeing Grandma Jiang's face covered in blood, still gnawing on the dying peony, the peasant woman was terrified and screamed as she scrambled away.
Xiu Rong steadied herself before stepping forward to pull away Jiang San Nainai.
When Grandma Jiang saw someone coming up, she instinctively bared her teeth and made a gesture as if she was about to attack.
Xiu Rong didn't dare to go up rashly, so she squatted down a meter away from Third Grandma Jiang and said, "Third Grandma, it's me, Xiu Rong. Don't you recognize me?"
Looking at Grandma Jiang, whose clothes were disheveled and whose eyes were wary, Xiu Rong felt a sharp pang of sorrow in her heart.
Third Madam was always gentle and kind, and never punished the servants. Now she looked like a cannibalistic monster. Looking at her disheveled clothes, one could imagine the terrible scene she had endured while she was unconscious.
As Grandma Jiang listened to Xiu Rong's words, a hint of wariness in her eyes lessened.
Upon seeing this, Xiu Rong squatted down and stepped forward a little further. "Third Grandmother, let's go home. Sixth Miss is still waiting for you at home!"
As a result, the wariness in Grandma Jiang's eyes lessened somewhat.
But the next moment, as if she remembered something, her eyes flashed with anger, and she pulled up the half-dead Peony.
"Where's my son? Where did you take my son?"
At this moment, Third Master Jiang spoke up: "Brother Lin went out with Master Wen to enjoy the spring scenery and compose poems. He told me this morning!"
Upon hearing this, Grandma Jiang felt as if her bones had been suddenly pulled out. After releasing Shaoyao, she collapsed to the ground.
Xiu Rong stepped forward and hugged Grandma Jiang San to prevent her from bumping or falling again.
Third Master Jiang strode forward, intending to help Third Grandma Jiang up.
When Grandma Jiang saw him approach, she said to him with disgust and resentment, "Get out!"
"Third Master, this servant will help Third Madam down the mountain. Please don't upset her!"
Jiang Sanye felt very distressed, but seeing his wife's resistance towards him, he could only back down. "Achan, I won't go forward, but it might be a bit difficult for Xiurong to help you down the mountain by herself. You wait here for me, I'll go and hire someone to carry you down the mountain!"
Xiu Rong immediately refused: "This servant can do it! Besides, it's inconvenient for Third Madam to be seen like this. If Third Master is willing, he can go down the mountain first to send the coachman away, and then buy Third Madam a similar set of clothes, so that people won't gossip when she returns to the mansion! Also, prepare some water, and this servant will wash and comb Third Madam's face."
As for this lady, I'm afraid Third Master will have to stay and take care of her! That way, he won't blame Third Madam later when he thinks of her!
After saying that, Xiu Rong gritted her teeth and helped Third Madam up. Then, as if she remembered something, she said, "Oh, right, Third Madam did not come here today on purpose to disturb Third Master's secret love affair. It was this lady who wrote a letter and used the young master's jade pendant as bait. Third Madam was worried about the young master, so she came!"
This lady is quite cunning. She has a strange fragrance about her and even has an accomplice who knocked out the maid. Third Master, you should ask her what her true intentions are!
If they coveted Third Madam's position, they could have simply asked Third Master for it; why scheme against her like this!
Xiu Rong was angry, so she said some inappropriate things.
Jiang Sanye knew that Jiang Sannai and Xiurong had misunderstood, but he also knew that now was not the time to explain.
"Xiurong, things are not as you think. But for now, let's take Third Madam away from here. Once we return to the manor, I will explain everything to you in detail!"
Under Jiang Sanye's arrangement, the two coachmen stepped aside. After Jiang San's wife got into the carriage with Xiuhe's help, Jiang Sanye instructed Jiang San's wife's coachman, "When you drive, go slowly. I'll go ahead first. Wait for me in Tonghua Lane."
Tonghua Lane and Yulan Lane are adjacent to each other.
And so, the two carriages left Puji Temple one after the other.
Peony, her eyes blurred with blood, watched the two carriages disappear into the distance before taking her last breath...
Meanwhile, Jiang Segu was having tea with Jiang Chuhui at the Pinmingxuan tea house.
Suddenly my right eyelid started twitching incessantly, and I felt inexplicably irritable. In my haste to put down the teacup, I lost my aim.
The teacup fell to the ground and shattered into pieces.
"Jiang Segu, you're so careless! Big sister, this teacup is on her tab. Don't pay her when it's time to settle the bill!"
Jiang Chuhui asked Mu Ying to call the waiter, who cleaned up the broken teacups and poured Jiang Segu a cup of tea before asking, "Is something wrong?"
"Elder sister, I suddenly feel a little flustered. Why don't you and fifth sister continue drinking tea here? I'll pay for the tea. I have to go back to the manor now!"
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