"What are you still standing there for? Can you afford to delay the summons from the Concubine Xian?"

The guard spoke in a bad tone and repeated every word the nanny had instructed him to say.

"Yes, yes! Let's pack our bags now!"

Jiang Cangsong grabbed Mrs. Jiang's arm and pulled her out of the main hall. He didn't slow down until they were quite a distance away from the main hall.

"Master, what's going on? What has our family done wrong? Why did the Empress in the palace suddenly summon us to the palace?"

Mrs. Jiang, who had been holding her breath for a while, asked Jiang Cangsong with a nervous look on her face.

Jiang Cangsong pursed his lips and said solemnly, "I don't know what means that rebellious girl used to be appointed as a concubine by His Majesty. It must not be a good thing that she suddenly summoned us to the palace!"

Madam Jiang's pupils trembled: "W-what? Master is saying that the virtuous concubine is, is that little bastard Jiang Li?"

Jiang Cangsong nodded as Mrs. Jiang was shocked: "That's right, now that the rebellious girl has become a phoenix, our good days are probably over."

Jiang Cangsong and Mrs. Jiang both recalled the harshness and abuse they had shown towards Jiang Li over the years, and their hearts suddenly became tense.

As soon as the rebellious girl was named a concubine, she was eager to summon them into the palace. They could tell with their toes that she did this to avenge their harsh criticism and abuse over the years!

She was the virtuous concubine in the harem, while he was just a small prefect of Liuzhou. With such a huge difference in status, Jiang Cangsong couldn't imagine what kind of torture would be waiting for them after entering the palace.

Mrs. Jiang also felt cold all over. A thought subconsciously popped into her mind. She grabbed Jiang Cangsong's arm with trembling fingers.

"Master, let's run away!"

As soon as she finished speaking, Jiang Cangsong shook off her arm and looked at her gloomily: "Escape? She is now the virtuous concubine, powerful and influential. Tell me where can you escape to?"

"Then what should we do?"

Madam Jiang was so anxious that she kept tearing the handkerchief in her hand, and her soles were almost numb from stamping! Jiang Cangsong frowned and kept rolling his eyes. Just when Madam Jiang was about to cry, his eyes lit up! "There is a way!"

"Master, what's the solution? Tell me now!"

Mrs. Jiang grabbed Jiang Cangsong's sleeve tightly with a crying voice, as if she had grabbed the last straw.

"The reason why she was able to take the position of the virtuous concubine was all because of Zhi'er! If she hadn't replaced Zhi'er's identity and entered the palace, how could she have had the honor of taking the position of the virtuous concubine with her lowly identity?"

Jiang Cangsong argued confidently and suddenly remembered this.

"That's right! If it weren't for that little bastard Jiang Li taking Zhi'er's place, it would be our Zhi'er sitting on the throne of concubine now!"

Mrs. Jiang slapped her thigh excitedly, and the fear she had just felt was instantly swept away!

When Jiang Zhi was mentioned, Madam Jiang stamped her feet in anger: "But, but Zhi'er is already married! What should I do?"

If Zhi'er had not married, they could have brought Zhi'er into the palace to report the situation to His Majesty and take back Zhi'er's position. But Zhi'er didn't want to waste her life in the palace, so she got married some time ago!

Jiang Cangsong and Madam Jiang regretted their decision. If they had known that Zhi'er was going to get married, they would have stopped her! If Zhi'er had entered the palace and become a virtuous concubine, they would have been royal relatives in the future! "Oh, what should we do? This silly Zhi'er, if she had obediently entered the palace, she would have been made a concubine by now. It would have been worth it even if she had wasted her whole life!"

Jiang Cangsong, who missed the opportunity to become a royal relative, looked very unhappy. If he had known that he would be granted the title of concubine, he should not have agreed in the first place!

It was no use regretting at this point. The cunning Jiang Cangsong quickly calmed down.

He narrowed his eyes and said in a deep voice: "Since Zhi'er has already missed the position of virtuous concubine, that rebellious girl can forget about sitting on it!"

Madam Jiang nodded in agreement: "Yes, yes! As long as she can't be the queen, she can't do anything to us!"

After saying that, she looked at Jiang Cangsong in confusion: "So, Master, how can we pull her down from the altar?"

"Since she entered the palace in Zhi'er's place, we will expose the fact that she concealed her identity. As long as we keep our testimony and insist that she rashly replaced Zhi'er's identity, she will be guilty of deceiving the emperor! Deceiving the emperor is a serious crime punishable by beheading!"

Jiang Cangsong bit his back teeth, his eyes full of viciousness!

Although they were the ones who forced the rebellious girl into the palace, as long as they give consistent testimonies and insist that she deliberately replaced Zhier's name, I believe public opinion will lean towards them.

Jiang Cangsong has been successful in using public opinion to achieve his goals many times, and the outcome has been determined before he even takes action.

"What the master said makes sense! I will send someone to Zhang's house to call Zhi'er over to go to Kyoto with us!"

After Mrs. Jiang finished speaking, she quickly walked over and told the servant to go to Zhang's house to call Jiang Zhi over, leaving Jiang Cangsong standing there alone.

Jiang Cangsong stood there with his hands behind his back. Having made up his mind, he no longer looked panicked but confident.

"Shunhua, oh Shunhua, it was your daughter who wanted to kill me, so don't blame me for killing her!"

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Jiang Zhi was quickly brought here by the servant of the Jiang Mansion. When he arrived at the Jiang Mansion, his eyes were red and swollen, and it was obvious that he had just cried.

"Zhi'er, what's wrong with you? Why are you crying? Did that bastard Zhang Jun bully you again?"

After seeing Jiang Zhi had lost weight, Mrs. Jiang felt so distressed that she hugged Jiang Zhi in her arms.

Jiang Ligang was knocked unconscious by Jiang Cangsong's men and sent to the palace. Jiang Zhi was afraid that the night would be long and full of troubles, so she wanted to find a suitable person and marry as soon as possible.

Just when they were looking for young men of appropriate age in Liuzhou, the Zhang family, who had just moved to Liuzhou, sent someone to propose marriage.

The Zhang family is a wealthy business family with businesses all over the place. The eldest son of the Zhang family, Zhang Yun, is preparing for next year's imperial examination. Hearing that Liuzhou has pleasant scenery, the Zhang family moved to Liuzhou to give Zhang Yun a comfortable study environment.

I heard that the eldest son of the Zhang family is handsome, humble and polite, and he just passed the imperial examination. He will definitely have a bright future after passing the palace examination.

Jiang Cangsong, Madam Jiang and Jiang Zhi herself were all very satisfied with this marriage proposal, and they arranged for their daughter Jiang Zhi to be engaged to the young master of the Zhang family on the spot.

In order to avoid any further complications, the wedding ceremony was held just half a month after the engagement.

It was not until the day of the wedding that the Jiang family found out that the person proposing marriage to their daughter was not Zhang Jun, the eldest son of the Zhang family, but his twin brother Zhang Jun! (End of this chapter)