Lady Yong'an was furious. "Look at her! She's just an actress. Is she worth you dragging her to me like that? Get her away right now! I have a terrible headache! Get out!"
Helpless, Jiang Mingwei had no choice but to pull Yun Ni out.
Lady Yong'an held her forehead, feeling a headache coming on.
I've finally been free from nightmares these past few days and able to get a good night's sleep, but then my daughter starts acting up again.
Once she recovered, she began to deal with her eldest daughter-in-law, Gao. First, she took back control of the household's finances, and then she had the family's old accountant start auditing the accounts.
Lady Gao immediately became a coward, and to make matters worse, her eldest son, Jiang Yong, lost his position as a royal bodyguard due to the disgraceful act of eating rice infested with worms and getting diarrhea. Her second son had also taken the lover of Grand Secretary Li's son and kept her as a mistress. She was already the laughingstock of the capital. Therefore, she desperately longed for her husband, Jiang Mingli, to be released from prison and rescue her from this predicament.
She received news early this morning that her husband would be home around noon, but now it's almost dusk and there's still no word.
She sent her servants to inquire.
A moment later, a servant rushed back, “Madam, something terrible has happened! Master was supposed to come out, but the vice minister who turned himself in a few days ago somehow changed his mind, and Master has become a suspect again and been taken back.”
Gao, who was already in a great hurry, felt as if she had been struck by lightning and almost fainted. "What?! They've been taken back again?"
The servant nodded, "Yes, yes! I heard something on the way, I wonder if it's related to your matter, sir."
"What is it? Speak quickly!"
"Yes, it's said that... the Second Master recently kept an actor, and during... that time, he got a sudden shock, and the Princess caught him red-handed..."
"What?!" Madam Gao swayed as if she were about to collapse. No wonder, no wonder... Her husband was supposed to be released from prison, but she never expected that the vice minister who turned himself in would go back on his word!
It must be that the princess changed her mind! That's why the people arranged by Prince Rong went back on their word!
When Lady Yong'an learned of this, she nearly fainted again.
Madam Gao immediately grabbed her, "Mother! This is not the time to faint! We must quickly calm the princess down!"
Lady Yong'an opened her eyes wide and said, "Go! Tie Yun Ni up! I want to personally send her to the Princess's residence and let the Princess decide her fate!"
Gao was bewildered. "What Yunni?"
Lady Yong'an glared at her, "Go find Mingwei!"
"yes!"
As a result, Madam Gao searched the Yong'an Marquis's mansion from top to bottom but couldn't find Jiang Mingwei. Upon inquiry, she learned that Jiang Mingwei had gone out with a woman.
Lady Yong'an immediately became murderous, "It would be a good thing if they went to the Princess's residence! Men, prepare the carriage!"
"Mother, where are you going?"
"The Princess's residence!" Lady Yong'an declared domineeringly, "I will go and seek justice for my son!"
...
A moment later, at the Qingping Princess's residence.
A carriage stopped in front of the mansion gate, and the gatekeeper immediately came to greet it when he saw that it was the carriage of the princess's husband's family.
Upon learning that Jiang Mingwei had not come, Gao felt a growing anxiety.
As soon as Lady Yong'an stepped off the carriage, she burst into tears. "My child! Your mother has come to see you! Who was it that spread the rumor that you had some kind of stroke? You're not even thirty years old yet, what scoundrel could say such a thing? Your congenital condition hasn't flared up for so long! How could a mere epileptic seizure lead to such vile rumors? I'm so sorry!"
Ms. Gao helped her mother-in-law up and couldn't help but secretly give her a thumbs up.
These words not only cleared Jiang Mingyi's name but also attributed the source of the illness to himself. No son would blame his mother if he had a disease he was born with.
Upon hearing the report from the old woman, Princess Qingping, who was in the inner room, snorted coldly, "She is quite sensible, knowing to come and clear her son's name."
The old woman asked, "She is, after all, the mother of the Prince Consort. Why don't we bring the Prince Consort back first?"
Princess Qingping snorted coldly, "No need, let him stay there! Hmph, how dare he cuckold me, I'll punish him if I dare!"
The old woman dared not speak.
Lady Yong'an and Madam Gao were led by their maids to a dilapidated courtyard.
Lady Yong'an became increasingly suspicious as she walked. Her son should be living in the main courtyard, so why was he living in such a dilapidated place?
Looking at the servants coming and going in the courtyard, it suddenly dawned on me that this was clearly the servants' quarters!
She was furious, but when she looked at the haughty maid leading the way, she managed to suppress her anger.
Moreover, she had been inside the princess's residence for quite some time, yet the princess's daughter-in-law didn't even come out to greet her.
That's incredibly arrogant!
Sure enough, the maid pushed open a door and said arrogantly, "The Prince Consort has been arranged by the Princess to recuperate here. Please come in, Madam."
Suppressing her anger, Lady Yong'an asked, "Why isn't the Prince Consort in the main courtyard while he's recuperating?"
The maid smiled disdainfully, "Oh, the princess said that the prince consort might have contracted some kind of unclean disease, and she was afraid that she would pass on the disease to him, so she told him to stay here and recover first."
Lady Yong'an was trembling with anger. Her second son was once her proudest son. For the sake of the safety of the Marquis's mansion, she had no choice but to push her second son to the Princess. But she did not want him to be treated so disrespectfully by the Princess.
Although the princess was of noble birth, it was the princess who had taken a liking to her son first. She felt that since the princess was sincere towards her son, how could she use her status to pressure her?
Unexpected, unexpected...
She choked on her own blood, slowly walked in, tears streaming down her face, her voice trembling, "My son!"
Jiang Mingyi was lying in bed, half asleep, when he suddenly heard his mother's familiar call. He opened his eyes and saw his mother standing in front of his bed with tears streaming down her face.
He struggled to get up, but... he couldn't feel his previously injured left leg.
He struggled to sit up, patting his left leg vigorously, and found that his left hand was also very clumsy and he couldn't use it much.
He was horrified and looked at his mother in fear. "Mother, quick, quickly, fetch the royal physician!"
Gao noticed something was wrong outside and asked from the doorway, "Second Uncle, what's wrong?"
Jiang Mingyi shouted, "Someone come here! Summon the imperial physician!"
An old woman outside gave a cold snort and went out.
Lady Yong'an asked fearfully, "My child, what's wrong with you?"
Jiang Mingyi patted his left leg in pain, "I...I can't feel my leg..."
Lady Yong'an was struck dumb, "What?"
Jiang Mingyi took a deep breath before asking, "Why is Mother here?"
Lady Yong'an's initial rage vanished without a trace, and all her certainty turned into uncertainty. "There are rumors outside... that you had a stroke? Could it be that you really had an affair with that actor...?"
Jiang Mingyi shook his head, "Impossible! How could my son do something so stupid?"
Lady Yong'an looked at his legs, and tears welled up in her eyes again. "But...your legs...?"
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