Shang Huaitang was furious after reading the letter. "What do you mean you left more than half for me? They're my people." Then he thought, "Guarding the Western Frontier isn't easy for this man. Is being a frontier governor easy?" As soon as he took over as acting governor, he knew the hardships of Helan City over the years.
Forget it. This guy's words are all reasonable, and his work is tough, so let him be assigned. Helan City also recruited over a hundred doctors from Western Xinjiang, including Qiang and Tibetan doctors, to rush to southern Yunnan. Together, they numbered another three hundred, and their arrival relieved the urgent need in southern Yunnan.
The original doctors and nurses can rest and recover, and the medicine of Qiang and Tibetan medicine also has its own unique features.
Wang Lingyi arrived at her second uncle's house. The house was tucked away in the corner of West Street, a quiet spot amidst the hustle and bustle.
Although the gate of the mansion is facing the street as usual, there are two big trees on the left and right, which shade the gate.
The front yard was not big, but was kept neat and tidy. There was a row of side rooms, which should be where the servants of the mansion lived. Wang Lingyi looked around and thought that if all the servants lived here, there would only be about a dozen servants.
Further in, the central courtyard was enormous, more than double the size of an average residence. Considering that my second uncle's household only had a dozen servants, such grandeur seemed out of place. Within this courtyard, flowers, plants, and trees were arranged in an orderly fashion, the blossoms flourishing and lush, a testament to meticulous design.
The old servant who led the way seemed to understand Wang Lingyi's confusion and said, "Master changed the courtyard from three in and three out to a two-in courtyard because he wanted a large courtyard. My wife is ill and it's not convenient for her to go out, but she's bored staying indoors for too long, so he specially built a large courtyard for her to enjoy as a garden."
Wang Lingyi nodded, but it wasn't until she met her uncle and aunt that she understood what "the madam is ill" meant. At first glance, they looked a perfect match, and Wang Lingyi thought: The men in the Jiang family are all handsome.
After the ceremony, he sat down and observed her closely, realizing that Second Aunt Yang was probably mentally retarded. Despite her good looks, her mind was that of a child. She was also clearly extremely dependent on Second Uncle, her eyes full of trust and affection.
The second uncle was also quite gentle and patient with the second aunt, and his eyes were full of doting.
After the pleasantries, Wang Lingyi decided to get straight to the point. She had thought that if she could find out that the young Marquis Jiang Heng did have a hidden secret, then as a couple, they would naturally stick together through thick and thin.
If it was just a lie, then whether she divorced or moved away, couldn't she live in her own hot spring villa? She should avenge the person who poisoned her.
The young marquis once told her that he would do anything to heal her, and if he couldn't, he would kill Chunliu before she died, and die with her. She believed him. She also knew that her father, brother, and Jiang Heng had been searching for the Ghost Valley Doctor, but this time, Jiang Heng had lied to her again, again for Chunliu's sake...
After exchanging pleasantries, he said directly to his second uncle, "I came here regarding Chunliu..."
Before he could finish his words, his uncle glanced nervously at his aunt, motioning for Wang Lingyi to stop. Seeing that his aunt didn't seem to be reacting strangely, he said, "Let's go sit in the yard."
When they arrived at the yard, there was a jujube tree with a set of rattan chairs and coffee tables placed under the shade of the tree. Jiang's second uncle invited Wang Lingyi to sit down and asked the servants to accompany the second aunt to play in the yard. He could also see them from a distance.
Then he said to Wang Lingyi, "I'm sorry, dear niece-in-law, there are some things my wife would get... agitated by hearing, so... let her have her fun and not hear us."
Wang Lingyi hurriedly said, "Second uncle, you are too polite. It was my fault for not thinking it through." Seeing that this was a good time for a conversation, she told the whole story of how Chunliu poisoned her, how the young marquis saved her life and sent her out of Kyoto to be betrothed, and how Chunliu later framed her future father-in-law and broke off the engagement and returned to Beijing after being punished.
After hearing this, the Jiang family's second uncle sighed deeply and said to Wang Lingyi after a while, "I didn't expect that my eldest brother and nephew and his wife would be implicated as well."
The second uncle of the Jiang family said, "Niece-in-law, Jiang Heng could never have any feelings for Chunliu. Chunliu is my daughter."
When the Jiang family's old master was in charge of the army, and old Xuanyuan was still in power, the situation was even more chaotic. The old master's first wife lived in fear at home every day, and her dowry maid Mu He was always by her side.
Later, the old master returned home and, at the behest of his first wife, took the maid Mu He as his concubine. His first wife gave birth to the current old marquis, Wang Lingyi's father-in-law Jiang Bei; his concubine gave birth to Jiang's second uncle Jiang Nan.
The old man has been fighting in the wars for many years, and it is his wife, concubine and two children who support each other in the mansion.
When the two sons grew up, the old man took them to the military camp despite the opposition of his wife and concubine. The two boys almost grew up in the military camp.
Jiangnan said: “I was a soldier in my father’s army camp and met Yu Mingyi, a blacksmith from the border area where he was stationed, and later I met his sister Yu Minghua.
At that time, Yu Minghua and I were in love, and I went to tell my father that I wanted to cancel the engagement that had been arranged in Kyoto. My father was furious and asked me if I knew what would happen to a good girl if her engagement was broken off?
But by then, Yu Minghua and I were already... already married, and I had to secure a legitimate marriage for her no matter what. My father beat me and tied me up and took me back to Beijing for the wedding. I escaped on our wedding night without even removing my veil.
After returning to the border town, I hugged Yu Minghua and cried. I could not go back to my home in Kyoto or the military camp. Yu Minghua and I lived in seclusion in the border town for three years.
It was fine at the beginning, but later I missed the military camp, my home in Kyoto, my father, mother, aunt, elder brother, and my friends since childhood, my brothers in the military camp.
I secretly returned to Kyoto to visit my aunt and saw Yang, my nominal wife, who had been alone in her empty room for three years. She was clearly a young woman, wearing a bun. I felt guilty towards her; she had been taking care of my aunt for the past three years. She was calm and composed, saying that since I was back, we should just get a divorce.
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