Sure enough, guarding this mansion's gate, one will never leave empty-handed! Every now and then, there's gossip to hear and excitement to watch—it's truly a great new place for leisure!
Upon hearing this, Jiang Mingyi felt a surge of heat in his chest and finally spat out a mouthful of blood.
So it turns out that the person in this sedan chair isn't Su Shi, but that Yun Ni?
Moreover, what do you mean by his "only" son? He already has a son named Jiang Youchen!
However… when he thought of his son, a bitter feeling welled up in his heart.
The servant beside him hurriedly wiped the blood from his mouth, saying with a forced smile, "Then we really have to thank Madam Zhao. My old lady has been looking for her these past few days."
Zhao's mother's eyes sharpened. "Of course we know you're looking for her. But... things are different now. Just half an hour ago, our Yun family's matriarch took Yun Ni as her goddaughter. It just so happens that she also has the surname Yun; that's fate between the mother and daughter."
The servant was taken aback. Was Old Madam Yun moving so quickly?
As Zhao Mama lifted the sedan curtain, she continued with a smile, "Everyone, take a good look. This Miss Yun Ni is now the adopted daughter of our Yun family's matriarch. She is three months pregnant with the child of the third master of the Jiang family, and the pregnancy is stable. She is going back to the Jiang family to take good care of herself. What do you think, is that right or wrong?"
As she spoke, a young maid helped Yunni out of the sedan chair.
Yun Ni lowered her head slightly, her face blushing.
The people burst into laughter, "Oh my, even though Jiang Junma is half paralyzed, he can still enjoy the blessings of having two wives! Jiang Junma is so lucky!"
"Isn't that right? Since Miss Yunni is pregnant with Marquis Jiang's child, she should naturally return to the Earl's residence to be raised. How can we let Lady Su and the young county princess raise her?"
"Miss Yun Ni has now become the adopted daughter of Old Madam Yun, so her status is quite extraordinary... Once she returns to the Marquis's residence, there shouldn't be any danger, right?"
"I heard that the Marquis's mansion and Princess Qingping were both looking for her! If Princess Qingping finds her, will she have any chance of survival?"
"Hiss—this Earl's Mansion wouldn't be thinking of sending her to Princess Qingping, would it? Even if she is this old lady Yun's adopted daughter, it won't make a difference!"
Hearing this, Zhao Mama smiled with satisfaction, and then dropped a bombshell, "You all probably don't know this yet, do you? Just an hour ago, His Majesty, in his boundless grace, issued an imperial edict restoring the glory of the Pingyuan Marquis's Mansion! Our Old Madam Yun is a true matriarch of the Marquis's Mansion! A first-rank imperial consort!"
"What?!" The people were immediately in an uproar. "The Marquis of Pingyuan has been reinstated?!"
"A messenger arrived this afternoon with urgent news from Liaozhou! They must have accomplished another great feat and repelled the Western barbarians!"
"Wow! These are two pieces of great news today! I have to hurry back..."
Zhao Mama listened to the discussions with a smug look, then looked at Jiang Mingyi's pale face lying on the carriage, and said to Yun Ni with a smile, "Miss Yun Ni, don't be afraid. You are the sworn sister of Marquis Yun! It is really unfair to you to enter the Marquis's mansion like this! But the child in your womb belongs to the Jiang family, and Jiang Junma is your destiny! You should cherish it."
Yunni bowed with tears in her eyes, "Thank you, Mother Zhao. Thank you, Godmother!"
At this moment, the side door opened, and Jiang Mingwei rushed out, first grabbing Zhao Mama's hand and asking, "Zhao Mama, is it true that Marquis Pingyuan has been reinstated?"
Madam Zhao smiled, "Absolutely true! The old lady also said today that once everything in the Marquis's mansion is back in its place, she will invite Miss Mingwei to come and visit!"
Jiang Mingwei's eyes welled up with tears, "Okay!"
Zhao's mother then handed Yun Ni's hand to Jiang Mingwei, saying, "Miss Mingwei, I'm entrusting Yun Ni to your care now."
Jiang Mingwei held Yun Ni's hand, feeling as if it were a dream.
It was already absurd that she had begged her former second sister-in-law to take in her second brother's woman, but she never expected that her former second sister-in-law would actually agree.
Now, the former second sister-in-law's aunt has actually recognized Yun Ni as her goddaughter and even brazenly sent her to the Earl's mansion.
Given her status as the sworn sister of the Marquis of Pingyuan, the Marquis's mansion would naturally not send her back to Princess Qingping to be tormented by her.
Mother Zhao and her sedan chair bearers walked away arrogantly.
Although she wasn't familiar with Yun Ni, from the few interactions she'd had in the past few days, she could sense that Yun Ni was definitely not a simple person.
She was truly remarkable for managing to steal the prince consort from the arrogant and domineering Princess Qingping, keeping her unborn child safe and sound, and even managing to get her master to help the family members of the Joyful Troupe escape the Jingzhao Prefecture prison unharmed.
Therefore, she wasn't worried at all about leaving Yunni in the Jiang family.
Under the watchful eyes of the people, Jiang Mingyi had no choice but to have his servants carry him into the mansion. He was already seething with anger.
Jiang Mingwei helped Yun Ni into the mansion.
This scene looks incredibly eerie.
The common people, however, understood perfectly and spread the news, embellishing the story that Jiang Junma, unable to have sex, had taken a female actor back to his mansion to preserve his bloodline.
Before long, Princess Qingping received the news, and she was so angry that she smashed everything she could in the house.
When a princess gets angry, the consequences are severe.
The most direct example is that when Jiang Mingli, who was imprisoned in the Dali Temple jail, was taken out for interrogation, he was whipped thirty times.
...
At the county magistrate's residence, everyone was overjoyed.
Madam Zhou hugged and kissed Xiao Youran repeatedly, saying, "Everyone says that when you speak, even lies become truths! I never expected that my husband would actually be reinstated!"
It's not entirely true that he was reinstated to his original position. While the Marquis of Pingyuan was restored to his marquisate, the Grand General remained the Grand General, except that he was originally in charge of the border troops in Dingzhou, but now he was in charge of the border troops in Liaozhou.
Li and Yu, along with their children, were overjoyed.
Madam Yun sat at the head of the table, watching all this with tears welling up in her eyes.
Madam Su laughed and said, "Sister-in-law, please stop praising her. She's getting too cocky."
Xiao Youran wiped the drool off her face and struggled to get down. "This is amazing news! I'm going to tell my senior brother!"
After saying that, he left in a hurry.
A month ago, Wen Yuanbai and Xiao Youran and their group arrived in the capital on the same day and went straight to the Xuanwang Mansion, where they continued to stay behind closed doors, claiming to be ill.
This further convinced the Yun family that Wen Yuanbai was indeed the heir of the Xuan King.
But what Xiaoyou Ran was curious about was that Wen Yuanbai was the one who successfully planted potatoes on a large scale in Taizhou, so why was it rumored that the Crown Prince would return to the capital with a bountiful potato harvest?
Moreover, it is said that when the Crown Prince returned to the capital that day, he not only brought three large carts of potatoes, but also a battle report on the successful defense against the Western barbarians on the border of Taizhou.
Even this time, after Wen Yuanbai returned to the capital, the good news from the court was that the Western barbarian bandits had been wiped out in Taizhou, more than 3,000 bandits had been captured, and the fifth prince of the Western barbarians had been captured alive near Wufeng County. His Highness the Crown Prince was the one who made great contributions.
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